Numerical analysis of spatial distortions in a single-grating chirped pulse amplification system

A numerical study of spatial distortions of a laser beam after propagation through an optical single-grating chirp pulse amplification (CPA) system was developed. This study is based on numerical simulation using the ray-tracing model from Rayica module of MATHEMATICA and it relates the behavior of the aberrated beam in terms of spatial distortions (eg. spatial chirp and pulse front tilt) in case of grating incident angle variation. The results are relevant for different applications which use CPA systems with needs of high quality laser beam profile.     

Fiber based high repetition rate, high energy laser source applying chirped pulse amplification

We demonstrate the potential of a high-gain Yb-fiber amplifier system to provide ultrashort pulses with high energies. 100 μJ pulses generated at a repetition rate of 32 kHz exhibit nearly diffraction limited output (M²≈1.7) at a 1060 nm center wavelength. Using chirped pulse amplification, temporally streched laser pulses from a femtosecond oscillator could be compressed after amplification to subpicosecond pulse duration. The achievable intensities are high enough to create plasmas which can efficiently convert laser light to the extreme ultraviolet radiation. In a multimode Yb-doped fiber amplifier we obtained average powers of up to 22 W and single pulse energies up to 130 μJ.     

To measure chirped ultrashort laser pulse by the Talbot effect of a grating

We study the Fresnel diffraction of a phase grating under the illumination of a chirped femtosecond laser pulse. Using spatial spectrum theory, first we extract the central wavelength signal from the diffraction wave of the chirped pulse through a diaphragm. Then the central wavelength waves are directed to interfere in remote regions by two reflectors. The interference stripes at different distance will be exactly the same in interference region. Since the intensity distribution of the stripes is related to the chirp parameter of the femtosecond pulse, through measuring the stripe intensity distribution, we can indirectly detect the chirp parameter of the femtosecond pulse.     

宽光束进入展宽器提高输出脉冲对比度分析

根据分析啁啾脉冲对比度模型,通过光线追迹法详细分析了展宽器对输出脉冲对比度的影响.发现当扩大进入展宽器的入射光束口径,从2 mm扩大到40 mm时,输出脉冲的对比度提高了近两个数量级;同时发现在相同条件下,当输入脉冲为双曲正割函数时,其输出脉冲的对比度明显好于输入脉冲为高斯脉冲和矩形脉冲的情形.     

用于飞秒脉冲放大器的马丁内兹展宽器与欧浮纳展宽器性能比较

用解析法针对多通和再生两种放大器，分别研究啁啾脉冲放大技术中马丁内兹展宽器和欧浮纳展宽器的特性和适用范围.我们认为在多通放大器和再生放大器中，马丁内兹展宽器均可以很好地补偿色散；如果使用再生放大器时需要将脉冲宽度展得更宽，可采用紧凑型欧浮纳展宽器. 关键词： 啁啾脉冲放大技术 马丁内兹展宽器 欧浮纳展宽器     

Analysis of the adjustment precision of the stretcher in the petawatt laser facility

Effects of stretcher adjustment aberration on the residual dispersions of the laser system is analyzed making use of the ray tracing method. It is shown that the adjustment aberrations affect the pulse contrast and we must select an appropriate adjustment precision for the stretcher in the petawatt laser system. And as an example, a proper adjustment precision of the pulse stretcher is also proposed for the SHENGUANG (SG) II laser facility.     

Wavelet-transform analysis for carrier-envelope phase extraction of amplified ultrashort optical pulses

We introduced a wavelet-transform technique into the carrier-envelope phase extraction from the spectral interferogram of amplified ultrashort optical pulses. With this technique, carrier-envelope phases were directly extracted from the ridges of the wavelet transforms. This technique did not need filters; therefore, the uncertainty introduced from filter was avoided naturally. The Wavelet transforms technique produced a two-dimensional topography on which the time-frequency information of the spectral interferogram was shown apparently.     

超短脉冲通过拼接光栅的远场分析

 从惠更斯-菲涅耳原理出发,得到了含有色差项的1/4圆光束在焦平面上的光场积分表达式（对于光束口径）,以及具有不同相位延迟的4束1/4圆光束相干叠加后的光场表达式,并建立了该相干叠加场的远场的数学模型,并对光束口径为10 cm,焦距为200 cm,脉宽1 ps的实例进行了模拟,得到了单光束、4个子光束间无相差和存在相位差三种情况下的远场强度分布图。结果表明,单束1/4圆光束的远场不再中心对称,而是轴对称;当子光束间存在π相位差时远场将出现明显的焦斑分裂,因此光栅拼接应将束间相差控制在远小于π的水平上。     

ffner展宽器高倍率展宽脉冲的理论与实验研究

在理论上分析了 ffner展宽器的色散特性 ,给出了展宽脉冲随 ffner展宽器系统参数变化的关系 .据此在实验上建立了一台 ffner飞秒展宽器系统 ,将 19fs的种子脉冲无色差展宽至 6 0 5ps ,测量结果与理论计算一致 .     

高阶效应对超短艾里-高斯脉冲相互作用的影响

本文运用分步傅里叶变换,对满足高阶耦合非线性薛定谔方程的超短艾里脉冲与超短高斯脉冲,利用MATLAB数值模拟了在高阶效应下两脉冲相互作用后的演化过程以及时域上的强度变化.获得了负三阶色散效应使超短脉冲相互作用能传输更远距离;正三阶色散效应会减慢超短脉冲相互作用的传输.自陡峭效应通过孤子分裂现象的形式使超短脉冲相互作用产生时域位移.内拉曼效应可以将超短脉冲相互作用的能量由前沿处转移到后沿处.     

高阶效应对超短艾里-高斯脉冲相互作用的影响

本文运用分步傅里叶变换,对满足高阶耦合非线性薛定谔方程的超短艾里脉冲与超短高斯脉冲,利用MATLAB数值模拟了在高阶效应下两脉冲相互作用后的演化过程以及时域上的强度变化。结果表明：负三阶色散效应使超短脉冲相互作用能传输更远距离;正三阶色散效应会减慢超短脉冲相互作用的传输。自陡峭效应通过孤子分裂现象的形式使超短脉冲相互作用产生时域位移,内拉曼效应可以将超短脉冲相互作用的能量由前沿处转移到后沿处。     

高阶效应对超短艾里-高斯脉冲相互作用的影响

本文运用分步傅里叶变换,对满足高阶耦合非线性薛定谔方程的超短艾里脉冲与超短高斯脉冲,利用MATLAB数值模拟了在高阶效应下两脉冲相互作用后的演化过程以及时域上的强度变化。结果表明：负三阶色散效应使超短脉冲相互作用能传输更远距离;正三阶色散效应会减慢超短脉冲相互作用的传输。自陡峭效应通过孤子分裂现象的形式使超短脉冲相互作用产生时域位移,内拉曼效应可以将超短脉冲相互作用的能量由前沿处转移到后沿处。     

啁啾光脉冲的自相位调制效应对压缩光脉冲的影响

 在超强激光系统中,对比度和本底宽度是压缩光脉冲极为重要的指标。在啁啾脉冲放大系统的压缩阶段,在啁啾脉冲宽度为141ps,啁啾系数为1000,B积分值分别为0,1和2的情况下,模拟了自相位调制效应（SPM）对压缩脉冲的峰值光强、脉冲宽度和本底宽度的影响。结果表明：在B积分值为2的条件下,若不补偿非线性色散,压缩脉冲的峰值强度降为无自相位调制效应时的65%左右,脉冲宽度约为种子脉冲宽度的2倍,本底宽度则增加到原来的3倍左右;在B积分值大于0.5的情况下,本底宽度和B积分值近似成线性关系。     

液晶空间光调制器光谱整形的理论研究

 将液晶空间光调制器用于超高斯种子脉冲光谱整形,重点分析了调制器参数对压缩脉冲信噪比的影响,以此为依据对其结构参数进行优化设计,以降低其影响。对整形、放大及压缩过程的理论模拟表明:应用液晶空间光调制器进行光谱整形时,能够有效克服钕玻璃啁啾脉冲放大系统的非线性效应,在放大器输出端保持原始光谱宽度,但液晶空间光调制器对光谱的调制作用使压缩脉冲信噪比降低。     

Mutual compensation of higher-order dispersion in chirped pulse amplification system with regenerative amplifier

In this paper, based on ray tracing, the approach of mutual compensation that introduced properly the negative third-order dispersion to balance the higher-order dispersion in the chirped pulse amplification (CPA) system with regenerative amplifier is presented. A shorter pulse with near-transform-limitation can be generated by this method than by the conventional approach that zeros the second- and the third-order dispersion successively in the CPA system.     

Numerical simulation of gain narrowing control by hybrid amplifiers chain based on Ti:sapphire and Ti:chrysoberyl

A hybrid amplifier chain composed of Ti:chrysoberyl and Ti:sapphire is proposed to control spectral gain narrowing in this letter. The Ti:chrysoberyl crystal is employed as the host material of the frontier amplification stage with the polarization parallel to a axis. According to the numerical simulation, the seeding pulse with a proper wavelength center is required to generate a broader spectrum, and spectra broader than 120 nm are available with total net gain from 10⁴ to 10¹⁰. The simulation proves that the amplified spectrum can even support pulse shorter than the seed pulse.     

On the role of shot noise in carrier‐envelope phase stabilization

This paper represents a systematic investigation of detection shot noise in carrier‐envelope phase (CEP) stabilization. Numerical simulations are conducted to calculate the influence of shot noise in laser oscillators. These results are compared with experimental results for Ti:sapphire lasers. It is found that shot noise imposes a limitation for obtaining sub‐100 mrad CEP jitters. Careful interferometer design is necessary to push this limit toward 10 mrad. In contrast to oscillator stabilization, shot noise appears to play a much more restrictive role in amplifier stabilization. Using spectral interferometry together with spectral broadening in sapphire, it already appears practically challenging to reach sub‐100 mrad jitters. Adaption of the optical nonlinearity in the broadening step appears key to further improvements of the CEP jitter of amplified systems. We believe that these improvements open a perspective for currently unfeasible applications of CEP stabilized pulses. Moreover, our considerations can be easily adapted to CEP stabilization of other laser types beyond Ti:sapphire.     

Temporal contrast improvement in chirped pulse amplification systems by a four-grating compressor and by spectral modifications

The quest for higher peak focused intensities and better temporal contrast drives one to improve the design of all possible stages of the chirped pulse amplification (CPA) system. In this paper, we have analyzed the role of dispersion and spectral profile on the temporal shape and contrast ratio of the output pulse of a CPA system. The simulations indicate that an initial sech² or a Gaussian pulse in the CPA system is best for a good contrast ratio. Incorporating a four-grating based pulse compressor in the CPA system improves the contrast as well as provides the flexibility to compensate the dispersion upto the fourth order. The simulations also detail the effect of spectral profile tailoring on the contrast ratio and peak power.     

新型全光纤高能量飞秒光脉冲源的数值模拟

数值模拟了自相似脉冲的产生与压缩,得到一种产生高能量飞秒光脉冲的新方法.结果表明:利用掺铒光纤对光脉冲进行自相似传输,可得到含线性频率啁啾的高能量自相似光脉冲;自相似光脉冲经过空芯光子带隙光纤的一级线性压缩和高非线性光纤的二级非线性压缩,可获得高峰值功率的飞秒光脉冲;压缩过程中存在最佳光纤长度;喇曼自频移和自陡效应对脉冲压缩产生不利影响.     

Theoretical analysis of third order interferometric autocorrelation signals for enhanced sensitivity towards pulse chirp and asymmetry

In this paper, we report theoretical analysis of third order interferometric autocorrelation to achieve enhanced sensitivity towards pulse chirp and asymmetry. The analysis is based on interferometric correlative envelope (ICE) functions and ICE difference signals derived from interferometric autocorrelation signals. The third order ICE signals are compared with second order ICE signals obtained from a second order interferometric autocorrelation signals. It is shown that one out of six third order ICED signals may be used to obtain simultaneous detection and measurement of pulse chirp as well as pulse asymmetry of the chirped ultrashort laser pulse. This is in contrast to use of two out of three second order ICED signals for simultaneous detection of pulse chirp and asymmetry.