Possibility of lasing in the visible band by molecule photodissociation

The lower excited states of certain diatomic radicals and atoms, transitions from which to the ground state lie in the visible and in the near ultraviolet regions of the spectrum, are analyzed. Possible mechanisms of inversion via photodissociation of the molecules by radiation from a source with a continuous spectrum, having a brightness temperature T ? 3·10⁴ °K, are considered.     

ZnO lasing in complex systems with tetrapods

A ZnO structure in the form of a core–shell wire was grown with a modified vapour transport and condensation method. The wire consists of a dense core which may play the role of a waveguide and a shell formed mainly from tetrapod-type crystallites. The high optical quality of the produced ZnO material is confirmed by continuous wave photoluminescence (PL) analysis demonstrating that low- temperature PL is related to the recombination of bound excitons, while room-temperature PL is due to free excitons. Good quality of the crystal structure is demonstrated also by the Raman spectrum. The shell of the wire exhibits room-temperature laser action due to lasing modes in tetrapods under the excitation by nanosecond laser pulses. The nature of the lasing modes is discussed. A simplified model for one of the possible modes is suggested.     

Infrared induced visible emission from porous silicon: the mechanism of anodic oxidation

The visible luminescence caused by anodic oxidation of p-type porous silicon has been studied. It is shown that similar luminescence can be observed in n-type material by illumination with near-infrared light. Addition of a suitable reducing agent to the electrolyte solution can both suppress the oxidation of the porous layer and quench its luminescence. These results confirm a previously suggested mechanism, in which the capture of a valence band hole in a surface bond of the porous semiconductor gives rise to a surface state intermediate capable of thermally injecting an electron into the conduction band.     

Phase-conjugate backward stimulated emission from a two-photon-pumped lasing medium

Optical phase conjugation of the two-photon-pumped frequency upconversion backward stimulated emission of a new dye solution has been demonstrated. When the 1064-nm pump intensity reaches a certain threshold value, a highly directional and phase-conjugate backward stimulated emission at ~616-nm wavelength can be observed. After backward passage through an aberration plate placed in the input pump beam path, the introduced aberration influence (1.6-1.8 mrad) can be entirely compensated by backward stimulated emission with a final beam divergence of only 0.23 mrad. The net conversion efficiency from the absorbed IR pump energy to the backward visible stimulated emission energy can reach 10%.     

Infrared emission and lasing due to magnetoelectric-photo effect in InSb: Spectroscopy

Spectroscopic investigations have been carried out on IR emission (and induced absorption) of bulky InSb subjected to a magnetic field H across a current density J passing through it at 80–300 K. Significant contribution of deep-level acceptors, such as Cu⁻ and Cu⁻⁻, to the radiative recombination has been observed at low excitations by J × H force at 80 and 300 K. While at high excitations the emission due to band-to-band recombination dominates even at low temperatures, and at further high excitations notable line narrowing in the spectral line has been disclosed at 80 K, demonstrating occurrence of lasing mostly in a form of multi-mode oscillations but occasionally with single-mode oscillation.     

Unidirectional lasing from a microcavity with a rounded isosceles triangle shape

We report that unidirectional lasing emission can be generated from a rounded isosceles triangular microcavity within a low nkD range, where n is the refractive index, k is the vacuum wave number, and D is the characteristic size of the microcavity. It is shown that unidirectional resonance modes have relatively high-Q values and in a nonlinear dynamic model appear as stationary lasing solutions with a low threshold. The formation of a whispering-gallery-type pattern along the rounded part on the symmetry axis is responsible for the unidirectionality of the resonances.     

Dual band multi-branch lasing from a hybrid CO2 laser

By judicious imposition of longitudinal mode control onto a resonator cavity, the Q-value of which increases with decreasing wavelength in the 11 to 9 μm region, simultaneous oscillation was obtained on all the four branches from a hybrid CO2 laser when its low pressure section operates in the sub-threshold condition. In the above threshold operation of this section, the hybrid laser lases simultaneously only on 9P, 9R, and 10P branch lines. This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Spectroscopic and lasing characteristics of 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-8-ethyl-pyrromethene-BF2 complex

The basic optical properties of the newly synthesized pyrromethene-BF2 derivative (Compound 1) were investigated systematically by its ultraviolet to visible (UV-visible) absorption, fluorescence and triplettriplet absorption. Its lasing characteristics were measured on a dye laser system pumped by a continuous wave Ar ion laser. The results suggest that, compared with the typical pyrromethene-BF2 dye such as P546, Compound 1 possesses stronger fluorescence and lower triplet-triplet absorption over its fluorescence spectral region. Excellent laser properties were also observed for Compound 1. It outperforms the commercially available benchmark laser dye rhodamine 6G in laser wavelength tuning range, which proves that Compound 1 is probably a potential candidate to be developed as the all-solid-state laser material.     

Unidirectional high intensity narrow-linewidth lasing from a planar random microcavity laser

Lasing was achieved in a new type of random laser: the planar random microcavity laser. The laser consists of a planar microcavity with a random gain layer. Optical confinement by the two-dimensional random cavity and the one-dimensional planar microcavity drastically reduces the number of resonant modes. As a result, the laser output is highly directional (the divergence angle is 1.68 degrees) with an extremely narrow-linewidth and ultralow threshold. All these phenomena are explained in terms of the coupling of random cavity modes and planar microcavity modes. The results demonstrate an important step towards applications of random lasers.     

基于深度玻尔兹曼模型的红外与可见光图像融合

为了克服红外与可见光图像融合时噪声干扰及易产生伪影导致目标轮廓不鲜明、对比度低的缺点,提出一种基于深度模型分割的图像融合方法.首先,采用深度玻尔兹曼机学习红外与可见光的目标和背景轮廓先验,构建轮廓的深度分割模型,通过Split Bregman迭代算法获取最优能量分割后的红外与可见光图像轮廓;然后再使用非下采样轮廓波变换对源图像进行分解,并针对所分割的背景轮廓采用结构相似度的规则进行系数组合;最后进行非下采样轮廓波反变换重构出融合图像.数值试验证明,该算法可以有效获取目标和背景轮廓均清晰的融合图像,融合结果不但具有较高的对比度,还能抑制噪声影响,具有有效性.     

非下采样变换的红外与可见光图像融合

基于非下采样Contourlet变换（NSCT）,提出了一种红外和可见光图像融合算法。针对低频子带系数和各带通方向子带系数分别提出了基于图像物理特征的系数加权选择方式与基于区域能量匹配的系数选择方式,即低频基于区域梯度信息、高频基于区域特征因子的加权与选择结合的图像融合算法。实验结果表明：非下采样Contourlet变换具有较快的运算速度,且经非下采样变换后能量更加集中,可提供更多的图像信息。相对于基于像素的图像融合算法,本文的图像融合算法具有更高的融合性能,是一种更适合图像融合的多尺度几何分析（MGA）工具。     

红外激光对可见光成像系统的硬损伤

采用波长为1315nm的连续波化学氧碘激光对某型摄像机进行了辐照实验,研究了可见光CCD成像系统在响应波段外红外激光辐照下的硬损伤效应。开展了光学系统变光圈尺寸下的激光辐照实验,发现当辐照水平一定的情况下,光圈尺寸越小,光学系统越难发生硬损伤,并解释了该现象的成因;测量到光圈尺寸最大、最小两种状态下的光学系统硬损伤功率阈值分别为几十W、几百W;得到CCD的激光损伤阈值为5.5×104W/cm2;结合相机输出的视频图像与显微镜拍到的被损感光器件实物照片分析了硬损伤机理。     

非下采样变换的红外与可见光图像融合

基于非下采样Contourlet变换(NSCT),提出了一种红外和可见光图像融合算法。针对低频子带系数和各带通方向子带系数分别提出了基于图像物理特征的系数加权选择方式与基于区域能量匹配的系数选择方式,即低频基于区域梯度信息、高频基于区域特征因子的加权与选择结合的图像融合算法。实验结果表明:非下采样Contourlet变换具有较快的运算速度,且经非下采样变换后能量更加集中,可提供更多的图像信息。相对于基于像素的图像融合算法,本文的图像融合算法具有更高的融合性能,是一种更适合图像融合的多尺度几何分析(MGA)工具。     

红外激光对可见光成像系统的硬损伤

采用波长为1 315 nm的连续波化学氧碘激光对某型摄像机进行了辐照实验,研究了可见光CCD成像系统在响应波段外红外激光辐照下的硬损伤效应。开展了光学系统变光圈尺寸下的激光辐照实验,发现当辐照水平一定的情况下,光圈尺寸越小,光学系统越难发生硬损伤,并解释了该现象的成因;测量到光圈尺寸最大、最小两种状态下的光学系统硬损伤功率阈值分别为几十W、几百W;得到CCD的激光损伤阈值为5.5×104 W/cm2;结合相机输出的视频图像与显微镜拍到的被损感光器件实物照片分析了硬损伤机理。     

Two-photon-pumped lasing from colloidal nanocrystal quantum dots

Upconverted lasing in the nonlinear, two-photon absorption regime has been demonstrated, for the first time to the best of our knowledge in colloidal nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs). Upon pulse excitation at sub-bandgap photon energies the radiative recombination of excitons in close-packed CdSe/CdS/ZnS core-shell NQDs was found to be sufficiently fast to compete with the intrinsic nonradiative Auger recombination, as confirmed by the presence of a fast decay (approximately 7 ps) in the time-resolved photoluminescence.     

Interference stabilization of atoms in a strong laser field for obtaining inversion and lasing in the visible and VUV frequency ranges

The interference stabilization of Rydberg atoms in strong laser fields is proposed for producing a plasma channel with the inverse population. Inversion between a group of Rydberg levels and low-lying excited levels and the ground state permits amplification and lasing in the IR, visible, and VUV frequency ranges. The lasing and light amplification processes in the plasma channel are analyzed using rate equations and the efficiency of this method is compared with that in the usual method for high harmonic generation during rescattering of electrons by a parent ion.     

Spectra of lasing efficiency in lasers with solutions of complex organic compounds

Lasing efficiency as a function of the wavelength in lasers with solutions of cumarin 120, perylene, and two derivatives of naphthalimide is studied. It is shown that, for all of the compounds, the lasing-efficiency maximum is attained on the long-wave wing of the absorption spectrum rather than at its maximum. Deceased Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 444–447, May–June, 1998.