掺氢与激励电路对钡蒸气激光输出特性的影响

对用Blumlein电路放电激励的钡蒸气激光在掺氢和不掺氢时的输出特性进行了实验研究 .结果表明 ,用掺氢1 5 %的氖气作缓冲气体能使激光功率增加近 2倍 .在此基础上 ,进一步比较了相互作用电路与Blumlein电路时钡蒸气激光的输出特性 ,发现相互作用电路能显著提高钡蒸气激光的输出功率和效率 ,获得了 3W最大功率和 0 4 %效率的 1 5 μm波长激光输出 .测量并分析了各工作参量与激光功率之间的关系 ,定性解释了掺氢与相互作用电路的作用机理     

脉冲放电激励的钡蒸气激光的研究

设计和制作了新型结构的金属蒸气激光放电管.用钡为激光介质,通过纵向高频快脉冲放电激励,在国内首次实现波长为1.13μm和1.50μm的红外钡蒸气激光振荡,激光成分主要集中在1.50μm这条谱线上,激光输出功率和功率密度分别达1.2W和33.3mW/cm3.测量并讨论了各工作参量和激光输出特性之间的关系.     

Pulsed laser deposition of semiconducting crystalline double-doped barium titanate thin films on nickel substrates

We synthesized by pulsed laser deposition (Ba,Sr,Y)TiO₃ and (Ba,Pb,Y)TiO₃ thin films on mechanically polished nickel substrates.The synthesized thin films were analyzed for: crystalline structure by X-ray diffractometry, morphology and surface topography by atomic force microscopy, optical and scanning electron microscopy, and elemental composition by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and electrical properties by electrical measurements.We have shown that film properties were determined by the dopants, target composition, and deposition parameters (oxygen pressure, substrate temperature and incident laser fluence). All films exhibited a semiconducting behavior, as proved by the decrease of electrical resistance with heating temperature.     

Copper-vapour laser with silver additive

Results of experimental investigation of a pure elemental copper-vapour laser with silver additive are reported. Average output power as well laser output pulse energy increased by up to 10% with the additive. A possible mechanism of additive influence on laser output parameters is discussed.     

Pulsed laser ablation of borax target in vacuum and hydrogen DC glow discharges

The aim of our experiment was to produce a material with BH bonds for applications in hydrogen storage and generation. By using KrF excimer laser (λ = 248 nm) ablation of borax (Na₂B₄O₇) target, thin films were deposited on KBr and silicon substrates. Ablation was performed both in vacuum and in hydrogen atmosphere. DC glow discharge technique was utilized to enhance hydrogen gas ionization. Experiments were performed using laser fluence from 5 to 20 J/cm². Films were deposited under gas pressure of 1 × 10⁻⁵ to 5 × 10⁻² mbar and substrate temperatures of 130-450 °C. Scanning electron microscopy analysis of films showed presence of circular particulates. Film thickness, roughness and particulates number increased with increase in laser fluence. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis shows that sodium content in the particulates is higher than in the target. This effect is discussed in terms of atomic arrangements (both at surface and bulk) in systems where ionic and covalent bonds are present and by looking at the increased surface/bulk ratio of the particulates with respect to the deposited films. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy measurements showed presence of BO stretching and BOB bending bonds. Possible reasons for absence of BH bonds are attributed to binding enthalpy of the competing molecules.     

Pulsed laser desorption near a jet orifice: Concentration profiles of entrained perylene vapor

We have investigated the entrainment in a jet expansion of material vaporized with a laser pulse from a surface below but closely adjacent to the jet orifice. Jets of He and Ar were used as carriers, and perylene was the test substance. Its distribution in space and time far from the nozzle was measured by laser-induced fluorescence and one-dimensional imaging with an optical multichannel analyzer. The width of the perylene concentration profile was found to be much narrower than the width of the gas expansion, especially in He. This makes it possible to extract a useful portion of the entrained material through a skimmer. Depending on the values of experimental parameters, the center of the profile first appears above, on, or below the jet axis and then moves lower with time. Effects of several parameters on shape and time-dependent position of the profile were investigated. The results can be used to optimize the overlap of the concentration pulse with a skimmer or other probe.     

Enhanced performance of a wide-aperture copper vapour laser with hydrogen additive in neon buffer gas

A wide-aperture copper vapour laser was demonstrated at ∼10 kHz rep-rate with hydrogen additive in its buffer gas. Maximum power in excess of ∼50 W (at 10 kHz) was achieved by adding 1.96% hydrogen to the neon buffer gas at 20 mbar total gas pressure. This increase in output power was about 70% as compared to ∼30 W achieved with pure neon at 5.5 kHz rep-rate. The 70% enhancement achieved was significantly higher than the maximum reported value of 50% so far in the literature. The enhancement was much higher (about 150%) as compared to its 20 W power at 10 kHz rep-rate using pure neon as the standard CVL operation.     

Pulsed Sisyphus scheme for laser cooling of atomic (anti)hydrogen

We propose a laser cooling technique in which atoms are selectively excited to a dressed metastable state whose light shift and decay rate are spatially correlated for Sisyphus cooling. The case of cooling magnetically trapped (anti)hydrogen with the 1S-2S-3P transitions by using pulsed ultraviolet and continuous-wave visible lasers is numerically simulated. We find a number of appealing features including rapid three-dimensional cooling from ～1 K to recoil-limited, millikelvin temperatures, as well as suppressed spin-flip loss and manageable photoionization loss.     

He–SrCl2 vapor laser excited by Blumlein discharge circuit

An investigation of a He–SrCl₂ vapor laser excited by Blumlein discharge circuit is performed. Dependences of laser output power on the working parameters are obtained by experiment. The optimal operating parameters for lasing on several strontium atom and ion lines are found. The multi-line average output power of 1.32 W and the power specific of 12.46 mW/cm³ are achieved, of which more than 78.1% is concentrated at the 6.45 μm laser line.     

Pulsed EPR spectrometer with injection-locked UCSB free-electron laser

We describe the first free-electron laser (FEL)-based pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) system designed to study spin dynamics and structure changes of proteins in aqueous solution with nano-second of time resolution. This novel approach opens up the possibility for high-power sub-THz and THz pulsed EPR spectroscopy.     

Pulsed CO2 laser scattering from a hydrogen arc plasma and heterodyne detection

We report the first plasma scattering experiment using a pulsed single frequency hybrid-CO₂ laser, employing heterodyne detection to resolve the spectrum. Waves propagating parallel to the electron current in a magnetically stabilised hydrogen arc plasma are detected.     

钡蒸气的受激喇曼散射及碰撞诱导受激辐射

在宽带XeCl激光泵浦的钡蒸气中,观察到波长分别为472.6nm,582.6nm和648.3nm的碰撞诱导受激辐射以及波长为475nm的受激喇曼散射.碰撞锈导受激辐射脉宽为3ns左右的自终止型短脉冲,其强度随缓冲气体压力的升高而上升.喇曼光脉冲前沿与泵浦光脉冲前沿之间有长20ns的时间延迟,喇曼转换效率随缓冲气体压力的升高而下降     

Cesium vapor laser with transverse pumping by multiple laser diode arrays

We have demonstrated a Cs vapor laser that utilizes fifteen laser diode arrays for transverse pumping of the gain medium. A maximum output power of 28 W was achieved with a total optical to optical efficiency of 14% and a slope efficiency of 15%. Transverse pumping allows scaling of such a laser system to a higher power level by simple increasing of the gain medium volume and the number of pump sources.     

Investigation of SRS conversion of XeCl laser emission in lead vapor,methane, and hydrogen

We have thus optimized the conditions for SRS conversion of XeCl-laser emission in lead vapor, methane, and hydrogen. The greatest influence on the conversion efficiency is exerted for an SRS cell with lead by the divergence of the pump radiation, the focusing geometry, and the type of buffer gas. The maximum efficiency with respect to absorbed UV energy was ∼57% when xenon gas was used as the buffer, corresponding to 85% of the photon efficiency. The converted radiation could be continuously tuned in the 457.6–459.3 nm band. Addition of a light gas such as helium or hydrogen to methane raised the efficiency of conversion into Stokes components in methane to ∼24 %.     

Pulsed laser spectroscopy in muonium and deuterium

The 1s–2s energy interval in the muonium (μ⁺e⁻) atom has been measured by Doppler free two photon laser spectroscopy. A value of 2455528941.0(9.8) MHz has been obtained in good agreement with quantum electrodynamics (QED). The muon-electron mass ratio can be extracted and is found to be 206.76838(17). The measurement may also be interpreted as a determination of the muon-electron charge ratio as -1- 1.1(2.1)· 10⁻⁹. Corresponding measurements in deuterium using the same experimental setup confirmed the validity of the applied analysis procedure. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Pulsed dye laser absorption spectroscopy with metastable and excited mercury atoms

A nitrogen-pumped tunable dye laser is used as a spectrometer. It is especially well suited for spectral profile study of absorption lines starting from short-lived atomic levels. Up to now, in order to illustrate its feasibility, we have measured absorption profiles for the lines 4047 Å (7³S₁ ← 6³P₀) and 4358 Å (7³S₁ ← 6³P₁) of mercury.