Diffraction characteristics of chirped femtosecond laser pulse by rectangle reflection grating

The spectral and temporal intensity distribution expression for the chirped femtosecond laser pulse diffracted by a rectangle reflection grating is derived. The effects of the chirped coefficient on the spatiotemporal and spectral characteristics are theoretically investigated in detail, and a criterion for judging whether or not the diffraction pulse is just split into two independent pulses in the temporal domain is obtained. The results show that the envelope curve of spectral intensity on the diffraction axis is more blue-shift, and its full width at e^? 1 maximum is wider for bigger chirped coefficient. The principal maximum on the temporal axis can split into two independent principal maximums for enough height from the upper and the nether reflection surface of the grating. Each principal maximum splits into two smooth pulses, namely one principal pulse and one secondary pulse, and the secondary pulse gradually increases with the increasing of the chirped coefficient; the duration of two principal pulses increases with the increasing of the height of the upper and the nether reflection surface of the grating.     

Controllable cascaded four-wave mixing by two chirped femtosecond laser pulses

We investigated the generation of cascaded four-wave mixing (CFWM) sidebands by using two crossing chirped femtosecond pulses with the same central wavelength in tellurite glass (Te glass). Sidebands of broadband spectra, which contained non-degenerate and degenerate CFWM signals, were obtained at different delay time between two input pulses. The CFWM sidebands observed on different sides of input beams were flexibly controlled by adjusting the delay time.     

300W线偏振飞秒全光纤啁啾脉冲放大系统北大核心CSCD

报道了高平均功率的线偏振啁啾脉冲放大系统。该系统包括全光纤结构的多级放大器以及透射光栅脉冲压缩器。压缩前,实现了近衍射极限光束输出,平均功率425 W,光光效率81%,消光比约13dB;压缩后,获得了平均功率300 W、脉宽315fs、峰值功率12 MW的激光脉冲,为目前报道的最高平均功率的线偏振光纤啁啾脉冲放大系统。     

300 W线偏振飞秒全光纤啁啾脉冲放大系统

报道了高平均功率的线偏振啁啾脉冲放大系统。该系统包括全光纤结构的多级放大器以及透射光栅脉冲压缩器。压缩前, 实现了近衍射极限光束输出, 平均功率425 W, 光光效率81%, 消光比约13 dB;压缩后, 获得了平均功率300 W、脉宽315 fs、峰值功率12 MW的激光脉冲, 为目前报道的最高平均功率的线偏振光纤啁啾脉冲放大系统。     

35 J broadband femtosecond optical parametric chirped pulse amplification system

We report on what is believed to be the first large-aperture and high-energy optical parametric chirped pulse amplification system. The system, based on a three-stage amplifier, shows 25% pump-to-signal conversion efficiency and amplification of the full 70 nm width of the seed spectrum. Pulse compression to 84 fs achieved after amplification indicates a potential of 300 TW pulse power for 35 J amplified pulse energy.     

Synthesis of periodic femtosecond pulse trains in the ultraviolet by phase-locked Raman sideband generation

We demonstrate a new technique for femtosecond-pulse generation that employs ultrafast modulation of a laser field phase by impulsively excited molecular rotational or vibrational motion with subsequent temporal compression. An ultrashort pump pulse at 800 nm performs impulsive excitation of a molecular gas in a hollow waveguide, and a weak delayed probe pulse at 400 nm is scattered on the temporal oscillations of its dielectric index. The resultant sinusoidal phase modulation of the probe pulse permits probe pulse temporal compression by use of both positively and negatively dispersive elements. The potential of this new method is demonstrated by the generation of a periodic train of 5.8-fs pulses at 400 nm with positive group-delay dispersion compensation.     

Spectral narrowing of negatively chirped femtosecond pulse by cross-phase modulation in a single-mode optical fiber

We demonstrate theoretically that the negatively chirped femtosecond laser pulse can be spectrally narrowed by cross-phase modulation. The new view is well supported by numerical simulation. The negative chirp method in fibers might be useful in all optical wavelength switching applications.     

Control of chirped pulse trains: a speedway for free-optimization experiments

Complex phase-only shaping of intense ultrashort laser pulses is applied to generate highly flexible pulse structures with regular envelopes. By incorporating the linear chirp as additional free parameter into the technique of colored pulses, trains of chirped pulses are produced, capable of independent and simultaneous modulation of relative intensity ratio, optical delay, and individual chirp. Such pulses might find applications in multi-parameter scans or closed-loop feedback measurements. For the latter, we demonstrate that with use of these tailored pulse trains, adaptive feedback control experiments quickly converge. They provide near-optimal solutions, already revealing key features of the system under study. Moreover, seeding standard free-optimization routines with these temporary solutions largely accelerates the search for the closest-possible optimum.     

飞秒啁啾Gauss型脉冲在稠密Λ型三能级原子介质中的传播

利用由预估校正(PC)- 时域有限差分(FDTD)法求得的不含慢变包络近似(SVEA)和旋转波近似(RWA)的全波Maxwell-Bloch方程的数值解, 研究了飞秒啁啾Gauss型激光脉冲(以下简称啁啾脉冲)在稠密Λ型三能级原子介质中的传播.研究表明,啁啾系数(C)的正负及大小的变化对脉冲传播特性有显著的影响,而且这个影响与脉冲面积的大小密切相关.面积小于4π的啁啾脉冲,在介质中传播时不发生分裂,且啁啾脉冲逐渐演化为一个近似的无啁啾(C=0)脉冲,这一特点不随啁啾系数的改变而     

Coherent generation of tunable, narrow-band THz radiation by optical rectification of femtosecond pulse trains

Received: 14 March 1997     

Ultrafast dynamics control on ablation of Cu using shaped femtosecond pulse trains

The ablation processes of Cu film are investigated using temporal shaped femtosecond pulse trains. The depth is modulated by changing the number and interval of the sub-pulses. The underlying ultrafast dynamic processes are discussed based on plasma shielding and electron multiple heating mechanisms. When the sub-pulse interval is less than 0.4 ps electron multiple heating is the dominant mechanism, while the plasma shielding dominates the subsequent ablation processes when the sub-pulse interval is larger than 0.4 ps. The curve of depth obtained by three pulse trains shows more significant oscillation as the function of sub-pulse interval under the low-fluence. We propose that the oscillation of depth is due to the coherent phonon oscillation excited by the pulse train. The study provides a basis for giving insight into the ultrafast dynamics for improving micromachining and nano-fabrications using shaped femtosecond pulse trains.     

Scaling of femtosecond Yb-doped fiber amplifiers to tens of microjoule pulse energy via nonlinear chirped pulse amplification

We demonstrate that the compensation of self-phase modulation by third-order dispersion can be exploited in the design of fiber amplifiers with tens of microjoules pulse energy. At the highest energies, the amplified pulse accumulates nonlinear phase shift as large as 17 pi. Gain-narrowing occurs in the final amplifier stage, but shorter pulses are still generated with larger nonlinear phase shifts. A large-mode-area Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifier generates diffraction-limited 30 microJ pulses, which are compressed to 240 fs duration. These are converted to the second harmonic with 48% conversion efficiency, as expected theoretically, which confirms the pulse quality.     

Selective triggering of phase change in dielectrics by femtosecond pulse trains based on electron dynamics control

In this study we experimentally reveal that the phase change mechanism can be selectively triggered by shaping femtosecond pulse trains based on electron dynamics control (EDC), including manipulation of excitations, ionizations, densities, and temperatures of electrons. By designing the pulse energy distribution to adjust the absorptions, excitations, ionizations, and recombinations of electrons, the dominant phase change mechanism experiences transition from nonthermal to thermal process. This phenomenon is observed in quadruple, triple, and double pulses per train ablation of fused silica separately. This opens up possibilities for controlling phase change mechanisms by EDC, which is of great significance in laser processing of dielectrics and fabrication of integrated nano- and micro-optical devices.     

Simulation of a chirped femtosecond relativistic laser pulse interaction with underdense plasma by using a hydrodynamic approach

A chirped laser pulse indicates that the laser frequency changes over the duration of the pulse: a positively (negatively) chirped pulse implies that the laser frequency increases (decreases) with time. In this paper, we use a simplified, fully relativistic hydrodynamic approach to simulate the influence of chirp on the propagation of a femtosecond relativistic laser pulse in underdense plasma. Based on this simplified cold‐fluid model, the influence of chirp on the main dynamics of the laser pulse, such as self‐steepening, red‐shift in the leading edge, variation of the frequency chirp, and the generated wakefields can be studied self‐consistently. The simulation results show that a pulse with a positive chirp results in a larger increment in the intensity parameter a₀ when propagating a certain distance into an underdense plasma compared with an un‐chirped and a negatively chirped pulse, which is largely because of a much greater forward shift of the peak amplitude and more severe pulse self‐steepening effect due to the frequency red‐shift at the leading edge when exciting a plasma wave. The ponderomotive force, which relates to the first‐order differential of the laser pulse intensity envelope, is expected to be stronger for a positively chirped pulse because of its steeper leading edge and larger intensity parameter a₀. As a result, the wakefield driven by the positively chirped laser pulse is more intense than that driven by an un‐chirped and a negatively chirped laser pulse, which is confirmed by our self‐consistent hydrodynamic simulation.     

Simulation of rippled structure adjustments based on localized transient electron dynamics control by femtosecond laser pulse trains

This study investigates the effects of pulse energy distributions on subwavelength ripple structures (the ablation shapes and subwavelength ripples) using the plasma model with the consideration of laser particle–wave duality. In the case studies, the laser pulse (800 nm, 50 fs) trains consist of double pulses within a train with the energy ratios of 1:2, 1:1, and 2:1. Localized transient electron densities, material optical properties, and surface plasmon generation are strongly affected by the energy distributions. Hence, the adjustment of the ablation shape and subwavelength ripples can be achieved based on localized transient electron dynamics control during femtosecond laser pulse train processing of dielectrics. The simulation results show that better, more uniform structures, in terms of ablation shapes and subwavelength ripples, can be easily formed at a lower fluence or subpulse energy ratio of 1:1 with a fixed fluence. It is also found that pulse trains at a 1:1 energy ratio are preferred for drilling high-aspect-ratio microholes or microchannels.     

Attosecond pulse trains generated using two color laser fields

We investigate the spectral and temporal structure of high harmonic emission from argon exposed to an infrared laser field and its second harmonic. For a wide range of generating conditions, trains of attosecond pulses with only one pulse per infrared cycle are generated. The synchronization necessary for producing such trains ensures that they have a stable pulse-to-pulse carrier envelope phase, unlike trains generated from one color fields, which have two pulses per cycle and a pi phase shift between consecutive pulses. Our experiment extends the generation of phase stabilized few cycle pulses to the extreme ultraviolet regime.     

High power femtosecond chirped pulse amplification in large mode area photonic bandgap Bragg fibers

We report on high power amplification of femtosecond pulses in 40-μm core diameter Yb-doped photonic bandgap Bragg fibers. The robustness to bending and transverse spatial behavior of these fibers is analyzed through simulations. The fibers are used in both stages of a moderately stretched (150 ps) femtosecond chirped pulsed amplification (CPA) system. A compressed average power of 6.3 W is obtained using a low-index polymer-coated Bragg fiber with excellent beam quality and high efficiency, in agreement with numerical simulations. The use of an air-clad Bragg fiber allows us to scale the output power to 47 W at a repetition rate of 35 MHz. This experiment demonstrates the great potential of Bragg fibers to increase the mode area and the power of practical bending-tolerant femtosecond fiber systems.     

Interactions of chirped femtosecond solitonlike pulses

This paper studies the interactions between two and more adjacent chirped soliton-like pulses, respectively. The results show that the pulses present strong interactions when the separations between them are smaller than a certain value, and their behaviour is very distinct under different conditions, such as a different number of pulses or different initial separations between them. Furthermore, we also study the suppression of these interactions and obtain very good effects by using different initial amplitude ratios.     

调控空间非均匀啁啾场获得孤立阿秒脉冲

通过调节二阶啁啾参数和空间非均匀效应对高次谐波光谱进行了优化.结果表明：在长脉宽负向啁啾和负向非均匀效应组合下,谐波光谱截止能量和强度得到最佳增大,并获得X射线范围内的光谱连续区.最后,通过叠加光谱连续区上的部分谐波可获得一个脉宽仅为23 as的孤立脉冲.