超短激光脉冲在共振介质中传播的时空特性

用有限差分方法求解Maxwell和 Bloch 的联立方程,计算得到共振介质中超短光传播的时空特性。结果表明,在考虑空间效应时,峰面积为2π 的超短光脉冲不再以孤子的形式传播,光场的形状将发生变化,变形的程度和光与物质相互作用的强度有关：强度较小时,光场包络在时间和空间两方面都展宽;强度较大时,则发生分裂。光与物质相互作用的强度与光场大小、光场频率、偶极矩、失谐以及共振粒子浓度等因素有关。     

光场独立传播的局限性

本文指出只有在光场与物质、光场与光场之间的相互作用可忽略时，物质被线性极化，光才遵守独立传播定律．当光场与物质、各光场之间的相互作用不能忽略时，物质的极化是非线性的，光场不再遵守独立传播定律．     

基于光场的超快相干电子源产生及调控研究进展(特邀)

光与物质之间的相互作用是自然界中最基本的物质相互作用之一,这种动力学的完全可视化需要时间上的阿秒分辨率和空间上的原子级分辨率.超短相干电子源是实现这一目标的重要方法.本文介绍了利用各种光场如射频、太赫兹、可见光来产生、相空间调控甚至表征这种超短相干的高品质电子源的重要进展,并主要总结了其在四维超快电子显微镜方面的技术突...     

旋转对称表面等离激元结构中极端局域光场的准正则模式分析

金属微纳结构中表面等离激元能够将自由空间光场局域到亚波长甚至纳米尺度,增强光与物质相互作用等各种物理过程,为等离激元光学在诸多领域带来诱人的应用.然而,目前对表面等离激元光学模场的局域性定量描述仍主要基于直观的空间几何尺寸确定的模式体积,并常被用于刻画模场与物质相互作用的强度.本文基于准正则模理论发展了表征表面等离激元结构中光场局域的理论描述方法,并针对两类典型结构的表面等离激元共振进行了系统的模式分析.结果显示表面等离激元共振可由多个本征模式构成,观察到的光场局域是所有模式共同作用的结果,只有当共振对应单一模式时可以用该本征模式的模式体积描述光场局域.最后,基于上述结果,本文探讨了极端局域光场和近来出现的"皮米腔"的光场局域本质.     

光场纵向调控研究进展(特邀)

得益于特殊的空间结构,振幅、相位、偏振态面内调控的光场在传输及与物质相互作用过程中展现了诸多引人瞩目的新效应和新现象.随着空间结构光场的深入研究和广泛应用,沿着传输方向的光场调控也逐渐引起注意,由此发展出了一系列具有新颖传播特性,以及空间三维结构的调控光场.本文综述了针对传输方向的光场调控研究进展,包括光场强度沿纵向的...     

选择原子测量对光场量子特性的影响

考虑双模纠缠相干光场中,其中一束光场注入腔中与一个级联型三能级原子发生共振相互作用的情况。采用数值计算方法,研究了另一束腔外光场的压缩效应,反聚束效应以及描述双模场相关性的Cauchy-Schwartz不等式等量子特性的演化规律。讨论了采用选择原子测量方法和纠缠光中参与原子相互作用的光场的强度对另一束腔外光场量子特性的影响。研究结果表明,采用选择原子测量方法和选择参与相互作用的光场的强度,可导致未参加相互作用的光场量子特性的明显增强。     

超短脉冲激光在有机分子材料中的动力学过程研究

利用从头计算方法，在密度泛函理论上，计算了分子的电子结构和电偶极矩.通过求解麦克斯韦-布洛赫方程，研究了超短脉冲激光与硝基苯胺分子材料的相互作用，着重分析了分子的固有偶极矩对脉冲激光波形、频谱成分以及分子能级占有率产生的影响.研究结果表明，慢变幅近似和旋波近似不能很好地描述超短脉冲在PNA分子介质中传播.分子的固有偶极矩进一步使脉冲传播背离面积定理，引起了脉冲更快地分裂.当脉冲激光在PNA分子介质中以电荷转移态的激发能共振传播时，脉冲激光频谱中明显地出现了二次谐波成分，显示了该分子具有较强的双光子吸收性质. 关键词： 超短脉冲激光 硝基苯胺分子 麦克斯韦-布洛赫方程     

高峰值光场的定点产生

用有限差分方法联立求解 Maxwell-Bloch方程时,发现2p光脉冲通过1维共振介质时的两个现象：当共振介质的偶极矩较大或共振粒子数密度较大时,2p脉冲波形会发生分裂,不再以孤子形式传播;峰面积符号相同、脉宽不同的两个2p脉冲传播时,脉宽小的脉冲将赶上脉宽大的脉冲,赶超过程中光电场大小的变化不明显,而峰面积符号相反、脉宽不同的脉冲在赶超过程中会引起光场的叠加而形成光电场峰值高、脉宽小的脉冲,因而可以通过控制两脉冲的相对脉宽或相对距离,在介质的指定位置产生高峰值的光场。     

相干原子束-相干腔场相互作用系统中量子信息的交换传递

利用演化因子给出了相干原子束与相干腔场相互作用系统的演化规律.研究了其相互作用过程,结果表明:量子信息不但可以在相干原子与相干腔场之间相互交换,而且可以在不同相干腔场之间传递.还发现:在普遍情况下,信息交换传递的条件与原子跃迁的频率(ωa,k)及其相对相位(ξ)、光场的频率(ωf,k)及其相对相位(η)、原子与光场的耦合强度(g)和相互作用时间(t)等均有关,但当原子与光场发生共振相互作用时,其条件仅与g、t有关.     

稠密共振介质中近偶极-偶极相互作用的局域场效应

为研究存在由近偶极-偶极相互作用诱导的局域场效应时超短强激光脉冲与稠密共振介质相互作用的特性,采用光与物质相互作用的半经典理论,建立了稠密二能级体系中考虑原子间近偶极-偶极相互作用的修正光学Bloch方程,并用四阶Runge-Kutta法数值求解了该方程。研究结果表明:局域场效应对稠密二能级体系中Bloch矢量的瞬态相干过程和稳态性质都具有强烈的调制作用。并由此提出了调控稳态粒子数布居的两种方案。     

Theoretical investigation of 2+2 resonance enhanced multi-photon ionization probability

The analytic formula of the ionization probability in the process of 2+2 resonance enhanced multi-photon ionization (REMPI) is derived from the dynamic rate equation about the interaction of photon and material. Based on the formula, the influence of laser intensity, laser pulse duration and collision relaxation rate on the ionization probability is investigated theoretically. It is shown that the ionization probability increases with the laser intensity and laser pulse duration. The ionization probability will get to one until two steps saturation with the increase of laser intensity. After that, the ionization probability will oscillates narrowly around the saturation value if the laser intensity increases further. The results also show that the ionization probability will decrease in linear manner nearly with the increase of collision relaxation rate. But the variation is small. So the influence of the collision relaxation rate (or even sample pressure) on the ionization probability can be ignored. In the practical use of REMPI, higher sample pressure will reduce the intensity of the detection signal is due to the collision complex of the positive and negative ions. This will reduce the collection efficiency of the ions, and influence the magnitude of the ion signal further.     

Thermal dynamics-based mechanism for intense laser-induced material surface vaporization

Laser material processing involving welding, ablation and cutting involves interaction of intense laser pulses of nanosecond duration with a condensed phase. Such interaction involving high brightness radiative flux causes multitude of non-linear events involving thermal phase transition at soild-liquid-gas interfaces. A theoretical perspective involving thermal dynamics of the vaporization process and consequent non-linear multiple thermal phase transitions under the action of laser plasma is the subject matter of the present work. The computational calculations were carried out where titanium (Ti) was treated as a condensed medium. The solution to the partial differential equations governing the thermal dynamics and the underlying phase transition event in the multiphase system is based on non-stationary Eulerian variables. The Mach number M depicts significant fluctuations due to thermal instabilities associated with the laser beam flux and intensity. A conclusive amalgamation has been established which relates material surface temperature profile to laser intensity, laser flux and the pressure in the plasma cloud.      

The effect of plasma channel on the self-distortion of laser pulse propagating through the collisional plasma channel

In the present paper, laser pulse distortion/breakup and the effect of the plasma channel on the laser propagation through the collisional plasma have been studied by using moment theory approach. Second order nonlinear differential equations of the beam width parameter have been derived for the propagation of the laser through uniform homogenous plasma and preformed plasma channel having parabolic density profile. Differential equations of beam width parameter have been solved numerically using Runge Kutta method. It has been observed from analysis that when the laser pulse propagates through the homogenous plasma, the low intensity front and rear parts of the laser get defocused/diffracted and the high intensity central/main portion of the laser pulse gets self-guided. As a result of this, the laser pulse gets distorted. This distortion of the laser has not been observed when the laser pulse is propagated through the plasma channel having density minimum at the axis and maximum at the edges. The laser pulse is guided as a whole, even the low intensity front and rear parts of the laser are also guided. Therefore, the plasma channel is useful to prevent the distortion/breakup of the laser.     

CS_2分子激发态的紫外多光子电离——双色激光单共振离化的功率密度关系

本文报道气相CS_2紫外双色激光单共振离化的功率密度关系和对高激发态(1~Ⅱg),共振离化特性的研究结果,实验指出通过中间共振态(1~Ⅱ_g)的双光子共振激发三光子离化具有比通过中间共振态((?)A_2)的单光子共振激发三光子离子为高的总离化率,在10~7W/cm~2的功率密度下,观察到饱和效应.实验显示了双色激光单共振离化功率密度关系的研究提供了一种新的光谱学分析方法.这对研究分子高激发态的结构是很重要的.     

Theoretical analysis on the efficiency of optical-optical double-color double-resonance multiphoton ionization

Analytic formula of the efficiency of optical-optical double-color double-resonance multi-photon ionization （OODR-MPI） is derived from the dynamic rate equation about the interaction of photon and material. Based on this formula, the influence of characteristic of the pump and probe laser on the ionization efficiency of （1＋2＋1） OODR-MPI process is simulated theoretically. It is shown that the pump laser will affect the ionization efficiency by the number control of the molecules excited to the first resonance state. The ionization efficiency is decided by the probe laser directly. Both of the excited molecules and ionization efficiency increase with the intensity and pulse duration of the laser until saturation. It is also found that the longer the delay time of the probe laser to the pump one is, the lower the ionization efficiency would be. The delay time ought to be smaller than the lifetime of the excited molecule in the practical use of the OODR-MPI technique.     

Intensity profile distortion at the processing image plane of a focused femtosecond laser below the critical power: Analysis and counteraction

Femtosecond laser surface processing of materials allows for precise micro or sub-micrometer machining with restricted detrimental side effects. Thus, fine control of the laser intensity distribution (repeatability) in the processing plane is of outmost importance for industrial implementation. In this paper, we study the influence on non-linear effects on the machining quality. We experimentally study the profiles of cavities machined at the image plane of a focused femtosecond laser for a large set of fluences on stainless steel below the critical power. A strong distortion of the cavities is observed for high energetic levels. A beam analysis performed in the machining conditions reveals that the cavity profile follows the laser beam profile even at high fluences where the beam undergoes an increasing distortion. Numerical calculations of the laser beam distribution taking a Kerr effect into account are presented showing a good agreement with the experimental laser profile. To counteract the beam distortion at high fluences, we propose and successfully employ a robust solution consisting in geometrically forming the image processing plane before the laser focusing point. This ensures a beam profile free of distortion even at high fluences. Experimental evidence is made, showing a significant quality increase of the cavity profiles with an image plane placed before the focus point.     

高峰值光场的定点产生

 用有限差分方法联立求解 Maxwell-Bloch方程时,发现2p光脉冲通过1维共振介质时的两个现象：当共振介质的偶极矩较大或共振粒子数密度较大时,2p脉冲波形会发生分裂,不再以孤子形式传播;峰面积符号相同、脉宽不同的两个2p脉冲传播时,脉宽小的脉冲将赶上脉宽大的脉冲,赶超过程中光电场大小的变化不明显,而峰面积符号相反、脉宽不同的脉冲在赶超过程中会引起光场的叠加而形成光电场峰值高、脉宽小的脉冲,因而可以通过控制两脉冲的相对脉宽或相对距离,在介质的指定位置产生高峰值的光场。     

水冷10 Hz Yb:YAG激光放大器热管理

为了控制重频放大器的热致波前畸变,设计并加工了均匀冷却的背面水冷激活镜激光放大器,对放大器的热畸变特性开展了实验研究,实验发现在泵浦功率密度较高即重复频率达到10 Hz,平均功率密度达到200 W/cm2时,放大器的热畸变既影响远场分布又对近场产生显著的调制。近场的调制会给放大器带来较大的损伤风险。为了消除热畸变对近场的调制,首先对泵浦强度分布进行了匀化,然后对介质进行了边缘热平衡控制,消除了热畸变引起的近场调制。通过对上述因素的控制,采用水冷激活镜构型的四程放大器实现了在10 Hz频率下良好运行。在没有进行主动补偿的情况下,实现了远场焦斑优于5倍衍射极限的输出。