飞秒激光脉冲的谐波频率分辨光学开关法测量研究

建立了一台谐波频率分辨光学开关法(FROG)飞秒脉冲测量装置，利用该装置进行了掺钛蓝宝石飞秒激光脉冲的测量研究.在二次谐波自相关测得的时域和频域信号基础上，结合对信号光强度分布的计算机迭代处理，得到了有关飞秒激光电场、光谱及其相位的信息，所得脉宽与干涉测量的结果基本一致. 关键词： 频率分辨光学开关法(FROG) 迭代计算 飞秒激光 自相关     

激光参数测量

TN247 2004010183 飞秒激光脉冲的谐波频率分辨光学开关法测量研究=Measurement of femtosecond laser pulses using SHG frequency-resolved optical gating technique[刊,中]/王兆华(中科院物理所光物理开放实验室.北京(100080)),魏志义…∥物理学报.—2003,52(2).—362-366 建立了一台谐波频率分辨光学开关法(FROG)飞秒     

基于瞬态光栅频率分辨光学开关装置的阿秒延时相位控制

操控多路激光脉冲之间的相对延时（相对相位）对于亚周期相干合成技术意义重大.当周期量级脉冲之间的相对延时接近数十飞秒时,常见的飞秒脉冲测量手段已无法满足脉冲之间相对相位的精确调控需求.本文基于瞬态光栅频率分辨光学开关装置,精确反演出脉冲之间的相对相位.此方案不仅有助于直接产生亚周期（亚飞秒）脉冲,还可应用于时间隐身学和二维相干光谱学等相关领域.     

基于固体薄片超连续飞秒光源驱动的高次谐波产生实验

本文报道了采用基于熔石英薄片超连续的少周期飞秒光源驱动高次谐波产生的实验研究.实验中通过将重复频率1kHz的飞秒钛宝石激光放大器所输出的能量0.8mJ、脉宽30fs的脉冲聚焦到7片0.1mm厚的熔融石英片中,得到了覆盖带宽大于倍频程的展宽光谱.利用啁啾镜补偿色散后,经瞬态光栅频率分辨光学开关法测得脉宽为6.3fs,对应约2.3个光学周期.利用压缩后的激光脉冲聚焦作用于惰性气体,并通过调节尖劈插入量改变脉宽,分别测得了分立以及连续的高次谐波截止区信号,结果与6.3fs的脉冲宽度相符合.     

飞秒激光脉冲宽度和脉冲波形测试技术

飞秒激光在激光核聚变、卫星精密测距、激光微加工等领域具有重要的应用前景,同时也是产生太赫兹波的主要泵浦源。介绍了国内外飞秒激光脉冲宽度和脉冲波形的测试方法,比较了自相关法、频率分辨光学快门法、光谱相位相干直接电场重构法的优缺点。自相关法具有脉宽测量范围广、结构简单等特点,但不具备脉冲波形测试能力。光谱相位相干直接电场重构法对待测激光光束质量要求较高, 不适合大量程范围激光脉宽快速测量。为满足10 fs~5 ps大量程范围超短激光脉冲宽度和脉冲波形的测试需求,采用自相关法及二次谐波频率分辨光学开关法研制飞秒激光脉冲宽度和脉冲波形测试仪,时间分辨率优于2 fs。     

超短脉冲激光照射下光栅Talbot效应的实验研究

理论上研究了超短脉冲激光照射下光栅的Talbot效应,得到了超短脉冲激光照射下光栅Talbot图像的性质.实验上采用严格的实验方法(频率分辨光学开关装置测量超短脉冲激光、反射式扩束系统对超短脉冲进行扩束)很好地验证了理论分析结果.理论分析和实验结果表明,超短脉冲激光照射下光栅的Talbot图像的对比度会显著下降,而且超短脉冲激光的脉宽越短,Talbot距离越大,Talbot图像的对比度会进一步下降.     

快速扫描频率分辨光学开关装置测量超短激光脉冲

频率分辨光学开关法是目前测量超短激光脉冲的主流方法之一.本文比较了三大类二次谐波频率分辨光学开关系统的特点和适用范围,提出将标准二次谐波频率分辨光学开关法改装成一种快速扫描频率分辨光学开关法(frequency-resolved optical gating, FROG)装置.利用信号发生器输出的正弦信号同步地驱动音圈电机和扫描振镜,其中音圈电机带动直角反射镜往复运动可实现快速的延时扫描,与此同时扫描振镜快速转动进而按照延时顺序将自相关信号光谱反射至面阵相机感光面上的不同位置.该正弦信号还用于触发面阵相机持续曝光,即可拍摄到一幅完整的FROG迹线图,曝光时间可小于1 s.该方案在需要记录较大矩阵FROG迹线图的情形颇具优势,例如可实现色散大的啁啾脉冲和结构复杂的超短脉冲的实时测量.通过测量从自锁模钛宝石激光器输出的飞秒脉冲以及被200 mm厚的BK7玻璃块展宽后的啁啾脉冲的结构,证实了该装置的实用性.     

在空间-时间域测量飞秒脉冲

依据飞秒脉冲测量中的空间-时间耦合理论,通过采用空间分辨和光谱分辨在时间和空间域对飞秒脉冲强度和相位进行测量.测量装置主要由两个光学元件组成,实现了空间和光谱干涉.待测脉冲和参考脉冲通过一个绕中心轴转过某一角度的二维衍射光栅,产生倾斜的二维阵列全息图;一个带通滤波片对全息图进行分离,从而每个全息图含有一个唯一的频率.用照相机记录下所有的全息图,可以在时间和空间域再现出待测脉冲,并给出了测量结果. 关键词： 飞秒脉冲 时间-空间耦合 二维衍射光栅 带通滤光片     

局域表面等离激元诱导的三次谐波增强效应

本文研究了二维金三角形纳米颗粒阵列的三次谐波非线性光学效应. 金三 角纳米颗粒阵列是基于微球刻印技术制成. 采用反射式光学系统, 观察到该纳米结构在光谱分辨的飞秒激光照射下产生明显的三次谐波. 研究表明, 当激光抽运频率接近金纳米颗粒的局域表面等离激元共振位置时, 三次谐波信号得到增强; 三次谐波辐射方向满足动量匹配条件. 关键词： 微球刻印 三次谐波产生 表面等离激元     

基于瞬态光栅频率分辨光学开关法测量飞秒脉冲的研究

超宽光谱的飞秒脉冲测量一直是超快激光领域的重要研究方向之一.常规的飞秒脉冲自相关方法是通过测量自相关倍频信号来获得,而倍频信号具有波长选择性,不同中心波长的飞秒脉冲测量需要更换不同的倍频晶体,十分不方便.因此,提出了一种改进型的瞬态光栅频率分辨光学开关(TG-FROG)方法用于测量飞秒脉冲.该方法结合四波混频和频率分辨光学开关方法,其基本过程是将待测脉冲分为三束,其中两束脉冲经过精密的延时控制并聚焦在光学介质上达到时空重合,利用三阶非线性效应产生稳定的瞬态光栅作为开关光;另一束脉冲作为探测光与产生的瞬态光栅进行相互作用产生一个信号光,使用光谱仪对该信号光的光谱与延迟时间进行测量,并通过反演迭代算法处理而获取待测飞秒脉冲的光谱与电场信息.该方法只需要待测光的功率密度达到三阶非线性效应就可以实现测量,因此可以应用于任意中心波长的飞秒脉冲测量.利用该方法对中心波长分别为800 nm, 400 nm的飞秒脉冲,以及超连续亚10 fs的周期量级超宽光谱飞秒脉冲进行了测量,并与常规的干涉自相关仪器测量结果进行了比较,所得测量结果基本一致.实验结果表明,建立的基于TG-FROG方法对不同中心波长,不同脉冲宽度的飞秒脉冲测量是十分有效的.     

Dispersion-Compensation Device with Waveguide Grating Routers

A compact transmissive waveguide-type dispersion compensation device that uses waveguide grating routers is proposed. This device provides dispersion compensation in long-haul fiber transmission lines and can also be used as a pulse compressor for ultrashort optical pulse generation. A device for the pulse compression of picosecond-length optical pulses has been designed and is numerically analyzed. The proposed device works as a compact (on the centimeter order) and transmissive pulse compressor for picosecond optical pulses.     

非真空传输的高效交叉偏振滤波设计与产生

采用常规透镜设计了适用于非真空环境中交叉偏振波(XPW)产生的双透镜聚焦系统,在相对较短的距离实现了长焦透镜聚焦的效果,并测量了聚焦后的激光脉冲,发现其没有显著的非线性相位积累,保证了激光光束质量.在非真空中采用双BaF_2晶体得到了XPW系统转换效率22%,光谱1.78倍展宽的净化脉冲输出,双透镜组合聚焦形式使得双BaF_2晶体间距在13—22 cm内可保证20%以上的XPW转换效率,双晶体间距的调节冗余度提高了两个量级,极大地降低了双晶转换效率对晶体间距的依赖.这种正负透镜组合聚焦的光路设计在非真空中实现了高效稳定的XPW输出,为后续的放大应用提供了高对比度、宽光谱的高质量种子源.     

Phase-locked pulses for two-dimensional spectroscopy by a birefringent delay line

We introduce the translating wedge-based identical pulses encoding system, a novel device for the generation of collinear, interferometrically locked ultrashort pulse pairs. By means of birefringent wedges, we are able to control the pulse delay with attosecond precision and stability better that λ/360, without affecting the pulse duration and in a spectral range that spans from UV to mid-IR. This device is expected to dramatically simplify two-dimensional spectroscopy experiments.     

Generation of XUV attosecond pulses in the process of atomic ionization by few-cycle laser radiation

Ionization of a model two-electron atom in the presence of a strong field of ultrashort laser pulses is investigated using the numerical integration of the nonstationary Schrödinger equation, which describes the dynamics of a quantum system in the presence of an electromagnetic wave. The features of two-electron ionization in the presence of one-and two-cycle pulses are analyzed. The suppression of double ionization in the presence of ultrashort laser pulses related to a finite-time interelectron energy exchange upon the laser action is demonstrated. The features of the generation of high-order harmonics and single XUV attosecond pulses are studied for the atomic ionization by few-cycle laser pulses. The parameters of the laser pulse are optimized for the effective generation of a single XUV attosecond pulse.     

Undamped relaxation oscillations due to self-gain-switching of laser dye mixtures

Undamped relaxation oscillations were observed from a short, simple dye laser using a laser dye mixture which was pumped at 337 nm using ns pulses. The dye solution contained Rh101 as first laser dye, together with DTDCI in double function as saturable absorber and second laser dye. Two trains of intense laser pulses were generated near 619 and 685 nm, with pulse durations of ca. 4 and 2 times the resonator transit time, respectively. This method of short-pulse generation is related to double mode-locking of dye lasers. Model calculations are used to describe the pulse generation by self-gain-switching, and to estimate radiative and nonradiative contributions towards saturation of the absorber dye.     

自锁模钛宝石激光器中的光谱调制和双脉冲运转

 在自锁模钛宝石激光器中，除可形成传统的单脉冲外，在适当的条件下，还可产生双脉冲。本文运用广义脉宽公式单独计及棱镜系统的色散，用分步富氏法数值求解非线性薛定谔方程，在脉宽自洽的判据下，模拟了双脉冲的形成过程。结果表明，小量的净负色散配合强的啁啾是形成光谱调制的条件。双脉冲只产生在有限的参数范围内且极易被破坏。     

双波长双脉冲激光三次谐波的产生方法

提出双波长双脉冲激光产生三次谐波的方法。波长不同的两脉冲激光束由反射使它们合拢后通过两块非线性的BBO晶体 ,激光脉冲第一次通过BBO晶体产生两波长的二次谐波 (SHG) ,它们由各自的反射镜反射再次通过BBO又产生了二次谐波 ,这两次产生的二次谐波和基波通过用于产生三次谐波的BBO晶体可产生双波长的三次谐波 ,它们由 45°斜置的耦合镜输出。文中分析了满足二次谐波和三次谐波的四个相位匹配的条件 ,该方法也可用于腔内双波长双脉冲的三次谐波激光的产生 ,给出了相应的实验结果。     

Generation of sub-6-fs blue pulses by frequency doubling with quasi-phase-matching gratings

We demonstrate the generation of sub-6-fs pulses centered at 405 nm by frequency doubling of 8.6-fs Ti:sapphire laser pulses. The frequency doubling is carried out in a nonlinearly chirped quasi-phase-matching grating fabricated in a lithium tantalate substrate. This device simultaneously provides frequency conversion and pulse compression of the positively prechirped fundamental pulses. The second-harmonic pulses are characterized in a cross-correlation setup, and their pulse shapes are retrieved by two iterative phase-reconstruction algorithms. The generated second-harmonic spectrum spans a bandwidth of 220 THz. To our knowledge, these are the shortest pulses ever generated in the blue spectral region.     

Generation and storage of double slow light pulses in a solid

We experimentally study the generation and storage of double slow light pulses in a Pr³⁺:Y₂SiO₅ crystal. Under electromagnetically induced transparency, a single signal pulse is stored in the spin coherence of the crystal. By simultaneously switching on two control fields to recall the stored information, the spin coherence is converted into two slow light pulses with distinct frequencies. Furthermore, the storage and controlled retrieval of double slow light pulses are obtained by manipulating the control fields. This study of double slow light pulses may have practical applications in information processing and all-optical networks. vspace2mm     

Generation of multiple pulses with extremely short pulse repetitioninterval

A new type of multipulse generator is proposed for the generation of high power pulses with an extremely short interpulse repetition interval. In this system, an air-core step-up transformer is used with a magnetic switch and a pulse forming line, which is charged in the double-resonance mode. Numerical simulations of this system have shown that 600 kV, 56 ns pulses, matched to a 20 Ω impedance can be produced with a minimum pulse separation of 2.7 μs. A small system was constructed to demonstrate the production of double pulses experimentally. The system contains two first stage capacitors of 150 nF each, a 1:15 air-core step-up transformer, a magnetic switch using cobalt based material, a second stage capacitor of 1.6 nF, and an 80 Ω load. Double-pulses 100 ns wide, peak voltages of 85 kV (first pulse) and 90 kV (second pulse) have been successfully generated with an interval of 3.75 μs between pulses, when the first stage capacitors were charged to 14 kV (for the first pulse) and 17 kV (for the second pulse)