Experimental Results from SHIVA Star Vacuum Inductive Store/Plasma Flow Switch Drven Implosions

Using a 1313-?F, 3-nH, 120-kV, 9.4-MJ SHIVA Star capacitor bank, we have performed vacuum inductive store/plasma flow switch (PFS) driven implosions of low mass (200-400 ?g/cm2) cylindrical foil liners of 2-cm height and 5-cm radius. This technique employs a coaxial discharge through a plasma armature, which stores magnetic energy over 3-4 ?s and rapidly switches it to an imploding load as the plasma armature exits the coaxial gun muzzle. The current transferred to the load by the PFS has a rise time of less than 0.2 ?s. With 5-MJ stored energy, we have driven fast liner implosions with a current of over 9 MA, obtaining an isotropic equivalent 2.7-TW 0.5-MJ X-ray yield.     

A Summary of Experimental Results from Inductive Store Pulse Compression Experiments with Plasma Opening Switches on the Pulse Power Generators Pollux and KALIF

Experimental results from inductive store pulse compression experiments with plasma opening switches are presented. The experiments have been performed on the high-power pulse generators Pollux and KALIF operating at nominal powers of 0.1 and 1.5 TW, respectively. A large range of switch geometries, currents, voltages, and magnetic fields have been investigated. Diode loads with falling and rising impedance characteristics have been applied. A peak-power multiplication of 2 has been demonstrated in the Pollux experiments. The power multiplication in the present experiments was limited by the lack of magnetic insulation in the switch and adjacent feed section at higher load impedances. The limitations were much more severe than predicted by laminar flow theories of magnetic insulation. Generally, magnetic insulation was superior, with diode loads having rising impedance characteristics.     

利用等离子体非线性系数实现超强脉冲的压缩

超短脉冲压缩技术在强场物理研究中有非常重要的作用,但由于强场电离现象在惰性气体自相位调制脉冲压缩技术中限制了脉冲的能量。Tempea等人提出可以采用等离子体非线性系数对脉冲进行压缩,本文在考虑毛细管内表面电离的情况下,讨论能量为10mJ左右,脉宽为50fs的脉冲的压缩问题,发现可以将脉冲压缩至5fs左右。计算表明频谱展宽可以在气体密度很低的情况下进行,这样半可以减小电子对脉冲传输的影响。同时,由于毛细管内表面也处于电及状态,从而使脉冲能量不会受到电离阈值的.限制。     

Generation of a 75-MW 5-kHz Pulse Train from an Inductive Energy Store

The first demonstration of fully controlled high-power high-repetition-rate burst-mode operation of an inductive energy storage and transfer system with nondestructive switches was achieved with fast-recovery vacuum switches and a new repetitive transfer circuit. The system delivered a S-kHz pulse train with a peak power of 75 MW (at 8.6 kA) to a 1-? load.     

感应叠加型固态冲击磁铁脉冲发生器设计与实验

文章介绍了用于冲击磁铁的感应叠加型脉冲发生器的实验装置.电路中采用3.3kV/800A IGBT开关,大尺寸纳米晶磁环,2.5kV/50uF储能电容.设计了基于CPLD的多路延时可调、光耦输入触发驱动电路.探讨了IGBT短路时的失效原因及保护措施.利用现有的组元电路,进行了多个单元叠加的样机实验,给出了实验波形.结果表明输出脉冲上升下降时问较快,脉宽可调,最大脉冲电流可达2kA,可以满足束流注入技术的进一步提高的要求.     

Producing High Intense Attosecond Pulse Train by Interaction of Three-Color Pulse and Overdense Plasma

Amplifying the attosecond pulse by the chirp pulse amplification method is impossible. Furthermore, the intensity of attosecond pulse is low in the interaction of laser pulse and underdense plasma. This motivates us to propose using a multi-color pulse to produce the high intense attosecond pulse. In the present study; the relativistic interaction of a three-color linearly-polarized laser-pulse with highly overdense plasma is studied. We show that the combination of ω_1, ω_2 and ω_3 frequencies decreases the instance full width at half maximum reflected attosecond pulse train from the overdense plasma surface. Moreover,we show that the three-color pulse increases the intensity of generated harmonics, which is explained by the relativistic oscillating mirror model. The obtained results demonstrate that if the three-color laser pulse interacts with overdense plasma, it will enhance two orders of magnitude of intensity of ultra short attosecond pulses in comparison with monochromatic pulse.     

感应叠加型固态冲击磁铁脉冲发生器设计与实验

文章介绍了用于冲击磁铁的感应叠加型脉冲发生器的实验装置. 电路中采用3.3kV/800A IGBT开关, 大尺寸纳米晶磁环, 2.5kV/50uF储能电容. 设计了基于CPLD的多路延时可调、光耦输入触发驱动电路. 探讨了IGBT短路时的失效原因及保护措施. 利用现有的组元电路, 进行了多个单元叠加的样机实验, 给出了实验波形. 结果表明输出脉冲上升下降时间较快, 脉宽可调, 最大脉冲电流可达2kA, 可以满足束流注入技术的进一步提高的要求.     

Spectroscopical Observation of a Relaxing High Speed Nitrogen Plasma Jet

A near sonic nitrogen plasma jet operating at pressures between 100 Torr and 1 atm has been investigated spectroscopically. From the absolute emission coefficient of a NI spectral line, local values for the electron temperature T_e have been derived. For pressures above 200 Torr, T_g was found to coincide within the limits of experimental error with the gas temperature T_g. The latter quantity has been determined via the relative emission coefficient of selected rotational line components of the N₂⁺ molecular band at 3914 Å. The results of these measurements together with control data for the electron density derived from the continuous emission coefficient indicate that at pressures above 200 Torr the existence of a thermal equilibrium between the degrees of freedom corresponding to particle translation, electron excitation, and ionization can be accepted, at least for the inner zone of the plasma jet. To the contrary, the data for the absolute emission coefficient of N₂⁺ molecular band lines show that the degree of dissociation in the plasma jet is much in excess of that corresponding to equilibrium. This phenomenon can be explained as a result of the rapid temperature decay in the plasma from initially 13000 K in the arc heating zone to T ≦ 9000 K in the plasma jet zone proceeding in a time interval of 10^?5 s which is much shorter than the time necessary for adjustment of dissociation equilibrium. In the outer cool zone of the plasma jet, an unusual high intensity of the N₂⁺ radiation was found thus indicating the existence of a nonequilibrium excitation mechanism typical for a decaying nitrogen plasma. From the supernormal high degree of dissociation in the high-speed subatmospheric nitrogen plasma jet, conclusions are drawn with respect to its applicability as source of reactive particles in plasma-chemical experiments.     

飞秒激光脉冲压缩用啁啾镜新设计方法

对配对啁啾镜传统的优化过程进行了改进,并且尝试了新的多个啁啾镜匹配的方法。理论上实现了在700～1050 nm光谱范围内,两个啁啾镜配对色散总和振荡小于±10 fs2,三个啁啾镜配对色散总和振荡小于±15 fs2。此配对啁啾镜所实现的精确补偿色散,是获得极短光脉冲的基础,可以用于飞秒激光的脉冲压缩。     

一种高速摄影机同步控制系统

介绍一种高速摄影机的控制系统,重点阐明了系统速度和相位的启动控制方法、 PID复合控制算法以及控制软件的设计,最后给出实际应用的结果,满足了系统对控制性能各个指标的要求.     

Digital Holographic Interferometry for Nonthermal Plasma Pulse Analysis

Russian Physics Journal - A method of digital holographic interferometry and an automated laboratory unit developed to determine the parameters of a nonthermal plasma jet in a pulsed mode are...     

Asymmetrically Apodized Linearly Chirped Fiber Bragg Gratings for Efficient Pulse Compression

Asymmetrically apodized linearly chirped fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are shown to have highly linearized time-delay response. In simulations of a five-stage, 5-cm grating-based dispersion compensation system, asymmetrically apodized FBGs are shown to give over 60% reduction in the energy scattered from the main pulse body, 16 ps?60 ps pulses propagated over 800 km, as compared to a symmetrically apodized grating of similar length, strength, and bandwidth.     

Asymmetrically Apodized Linearly Chirped Fiber Bragg Gratings for Efficient Pulse Compression

Abstract

A simple and stable technique of optical short pulse generation for soliton transmission based on external modulation is reviewe.By using nonlinearity of absorption characteristics of an electroabsorption modulator, ultra-short optical pulse trains having a shape close to sech² shape can be generated just with sinusoidal modulation, without ultra-short driving pulses and ultra-broad bandwidth of the modulator. The pulse width and the repetition rate can be varied by changing the electrical driving conditions. Quasi-transform-limited optical pulseswith time-bandwidth product of 0.32 were successfully generated by the sinusoidally driven InGaAsP electroabsorption modulator with up to 20 GHz repetition rate. An application of a λ/4-shifted DFB laser-electroabsorption modulator integrated light source to a single-chip soliton source is also described. The high quality of the modulator-generator pulses has been proven by long-distance soliton transmission over 6400 km at 2.5 Gb/s using a recirculating fiber loop.     

激光陀螺读出信号高速采集系统

介绍了激光陀螺（RLG）读出信号高速采集系统的设计和实现方案。该系统包括板卡和相应的应用软件,提供两路最高60MHz采样频率、14位精度的数据采集通道,能够同时对RLG两路光强拍频信号进行高速高精度数据采集,为RLG特性分析提供重要依据。该系统通过上位机软件控制板卡的工作状态、设置和切换采样模式。板卡利用FPGA接收计算机指令并协调控制模数转换器、SDRAM和USB接口芯片,完成RLG输出拍频信号的采集、缓存和传输。FP—GA设计中结合了硬件逻辑高速灵活的优点和NIOSⅡ软核处理器在控制方面的优势。SDRAM完成海量数据缓存,USB接口芯片工作在SlaveFIFO模式下,实现板卡与计算机的通信。实验证明该系统工作稳定,在RLG测试和性能分析中具有很好的实用性。     

基于FPGA的高速电光选通系统设计

介绍了一种获取高速调制电信号的新方法－基于FPGA的高速电光选通系统.此系统分为选通脉冲和高压调控两个模块.选通脉冲模块由高速信号放大、FPGA延时、可控延迟传输线三个部分组成.利用FPGA高密度、高可靠性、可反复擦写和可以现场编程、灵活调制的特点,将整个系统的主要控制部分集成在FPGA中,并将延时分为数字延时和模拟延时两部分.然后利用FPGA实现数字延时,可控延时线实现模拟延时.经试验检测,高压部分可以产生重复频率1 Hz~1 kHz,步进1 Hz,延时范围为0~1 μs,步进为1 ns,幅度为8 000 V,前沿和后沿小于10 ns,抖动小于1 ns的高压矩形电脉冲,从而满足各种电光调制系统中的需要.     

用于高功率激光脉冲整形的可编程任意波形电脉冲发生器

研制了一种基于GaAs场效应管与超快脉冲信号微带传输的可编程任意波形发生器.它由计算机控制的多路高准确度偏置电压,多个级联的GaAs场效应管基元电路,以及微带脉冲传输线组成．输出电脉冲波形导入LiNbO3集成光波导调制器,经过电光调制获得相应的激光脉冲波形．通过计算机设置各基d元电路中GaAs场效应管栅极偏压,进而控制整形电脉冲的形状,使高功率激光装置前端时域脉冲整形实现远程控制．     

Multistage Fiber Amplifier with Spectral Compression Elements for High-Energy Laser Pulse Generation

We consider general principles of spectral compression of parabolic pulses in nonlinear optical fibers. It is known that the variance analysis provides a way to describe correctly the evolution of the pulse parameters under the spectral compression. We propose a computational model of multistage amplifier with spectral compression segments incorporated. The model provides the possibility to amplify middle-power input pulses to obtain pulse energies of hundreds of nanojoules with such output spectral characteristics that provide the possibility for further effective enhancement. We also discuss a modification of the model that provides the formation of a parabolic envelope and linear frequency modulation of the output pulse.     

Sustain Driving Method With High-Impedance State for Plasma Display Panel

A new sustain driving method with a high-impedance state for alternating current plasma display panels (ac PDP) is proposed. In this method, the voltage applied to scan and common electrodes of the ac PDP has three states during one sustain cycle, namely, positive-voltage, high-impedance, and negative-voltage states. The positive- and negative-voltage states occur alternately. The high-impedance state occurs between the positive- and negative-voltage states. During the positive and negative states, the glow discharge forms in the on-state cells, and the wall charges are accumulated on the dielectric layer. The high-impedance state is used to interrupt the current flow during the polarity change of the applied voltage and can suppress the loss of wall charges between adjacent gas discharges, thus improving the stability of the sustain discharge in the ac PDP. The experimental results on a 12-in PDP test panel show that the wall charges increase by 15% during the sustain period, the dynamic sustain voltage margin increases by 100%, and the brightness increases by 5%.      

高功率激光装置中超快电脉冲发生器的研究

报导了一种基于雪崩晶体管和阶跃恢复二极管的超快前沿、低触发晃动方波电脉冲产生技术.利用雪崩晶体管的电触发雪崩导通特性得到脉冲主体,再用阶跃恢复二极管的超快阶跃恢复特性对脉冲前沿整形,从而得到输出脉冲幅度23 V、输出阻抗50Ω、脉冲前沿小于160 ps的方波脉冲,脉冲触发晃动小于4.5 ps(rms),脉冲宽度5 ns,幅度稳定性优于3%,顶部不平坦度优于5%.该脉冲发生器在“神光Ⅲ”高功率激光原型装置前端系统中获得成功应用.