全固态激励小型TEA CO_2激光器的研制

基于国产非晶态合金磁芯,研制了采用可控硅开关、脉冲升压变压器、以及两级磁脉冲压缩网络的全固态激励电路系统,并且应用于放电体积为29 cm3,工作气压为100 kPa的电晕预电离小型TEA CO2激光器。讨论了提高系统能量传输效率和减小系统体积的设计方法,并且测量了系统的工作性能以及各部分的能量损失。实验结果表明:磁脉冲压缩网络的能量传输效率大于83%,全固态激励系统的总效率大于75%;连接激光器负载时,输出脉冲的电压峰值约为22 kV,电流上升时间约为100 ns;得到了脉冲能量109 mJ,宽度70ns的激光输出,激光器整体效率约为3.3%。在目前的封离体积与气体循环方式限制下,激光器最大重复频率约为100 Hz,而激励电路部分可以达到400 Hz的工作频率。     

Flash-lamp pumped dye laser excited by a transverse discharge

A flash-lamp pumped dye laser has been described in which the discharge responsible for the working medium excitation was transverse to the capillary filled with the dye. It was shown that such arrangement allows for the lamp operation at the atmospheric pressure and makes possible generation of short pulses of light.     

毛细管放电X光激光装置中的预脉冲电源

 针对目前毛细管放电X 光激光装置产生的预脉冲电流幅值过大、持续时间较短的问题，提出了增加预脉冲开关抑制原有预脉冲，再外加由脉冲成形网络组成的预脉冲发生器，产生所需预脉冲的改造方案。可在主脉冲来临之前产生幅度10~50A，持续时间约17μs的方波预脉冲电流，来满足毛细管放电泵浦类氖氩X光激光实验的需要。     

毛细管放电X光激光装置中的预脉冲电源

针对目前毛细管放电X 光激光装置产生的预脉冲电流幅值过大、持续时间较短的问题,提出了增加预脉冲开关抑制原有预脉冲,再外加由脉冲成形网络组成的预脉冲发生器,产生所需预脉冲的改造方案。可在主脉冲来临之前产生幅度10~50A,持续时间约17μs的方波预脉冲电流,来满足毛细管放电泵浦类氖氩X光激光实验的需要。     

Modelling of a nitrogen x-ray laser pumped by capillary discharge

We performed computer modelling of a fast electrical discharge in a nitrogen-filled alumina capillary in order to discover discharge system parameters that may lead to efficient recombination pumping of soft X-ray laser with active medium created by H-like nitrogen ions. The space-time dependences of pinch plasma quantities were found by means of a one-dimensional MHD code. Time dependences of populations of all ionisation states and populations of selected energy levels of lithium-, helium- and hydrogen-like nitrogen ions were evaluated using the FLY code as a post-processor. The population inversion was found at the quantum transition corresponding to the Balmer α-line of N⁶⁺ ions and the resulting gain factor was evaluated for different capillary radii, initial pressure, electric current peaks and periods. A gain factor of 1 cm⁻¹ spanning the time interval of 1 ns was found for an optimised arrangement with capillary radius 1.5 mm, peak current 50 kA, quarter period 40 ns and filling gas pressure 0.5 kPa. It is pointed out that even higher values of the gain factor may be achieved with thinner capillaries and shorter current pulses, e.g. a gain factor of 6 cm⁻¹ is achieved if the capillary radius is 0.5 mm, peak current 56 kA, quarter period 15 ns, and filling nitrogen pressure 3.9 kPa.     

毛细管放电69.8nm激光强度空间分布特性研究

报道了毛细管放电69.8 nm软X射线激光的光强分布特性. 实验中所用毛细管长度为35 cm, 放电主脉冲电流幅值为11.5 kA, 放电初始气压为14-16 Pa. 测得的光斑强度分布由两部分构成, 在中心有一个占光强绝大部分的主峰, 其发散角约为0.4 mrad, 边缘还有两个小的离轴峰, 峰-峰发散角约为1.5 mrad. 理论上采用几何光学近似的方法对其光强分布进行计算, 光斑如此小的发散角主峰的出现, 可能主要是由于毛细管放电过程中电子密度在轴心处具有轻微凹陷造成的.     

Tunable,narrow bandwidth, 2 MW dye laser pumped by a KrF1 discharge laser

Characteristics of p-terphenyl and PBD, the most efficient uv dyes, have been investigated under high intensity pumping by a multi-atmosphere KrF¹ discharge laser at 248 nm wavelength. Energy conversion efficiencies, spectral features and temporal behaviour of the dyes were studied parametrically. A maximum powerof 2 MW uv emission with a bandwidth of ～2×10^-2 nm was obtained for PBD. It was found that a mixture of both dyes provided higher (by a factor of 1.3) output in the range 348–366 nm than either of the dyes alone. Significant pump intensity dependent conversion efficiency and pulse shape variations were observed for the most efficient uv dye, p-terphenyl and were related to triplet-triplet adsorption processes in the dye.     

High-efficiency,high-energy performance of a pulsed HF laser pumped by phototriggered discharge

A comparison of the performance of pulsed infrared HF lasers pumped by phototriggered discharges using either Ne/SF₆/H₂ or Ne/SF₆/C₂H₆ mixtures are presented. For an active volume of 50 cm³, a specific output energy as high as 11 J/ has been achieved with an efficiency higher than 3% when C₂H₆ is used as H atom fuel. The replacement of ethane by molecular hydrogen reduces the laser performance by 40%. The investigation of the temporal evolution of the laser intensity shows that this dramatic decrease results from a shortening of the laser pulse duration rather than from a decrease of the peak power. Indications are given that this behavior is correlated to a very different temporal evolution of the discharge parameters, especially at low reduced electric field E/N.     

CW laser oscillation in a hollow cathode He-Kr discharge

CW laser oscillation on the 4694 Å transition of Kr II has been observed in a hollow cathode He-Kr discharge.     

全固态激励小型TEA CO2激光器的研制

基于国产非晶态合金磁芯,研制了采用可控硅开关、脉冲升压变压器、以及两级磁脉冲压缩网络的全固态激励电路系统,并且应用于放电体积为29 cm3,工作气压为100 kPa的电晕预电离小型TEA CO2激光器。讨论了提高系统能量传输效率和减小系统体积的设计方法,并且测量了系统的工作性能以及各部分的能量损失。实验结果表明：磁脉冲压缩网络的能量传输效率大于83％,全固态激励系统的总效率大于75％;连接激光器负载时,输出脉冲的电压峰值约为22 kV,电流上升时间约为100 ns;得到了脉冲能量109 mJ,宽度70 ns的激光输出,激光器整体效率约为3.3％。在目前的封离体积与气体循环方式限制下,激光器最大重复频率约为100 Hz,而激励电路部分可以达到400 Hz的工作频率。     

A cadmium photoionization laser pumped by laser induced plasma radiation from a multi foci device

Soft x-rays from a laser-produced plasma were used to perform innershell photoionization of Cd atoms and to generate laser radiation at 442 nm. To achieve longer interaction zones between the Cd vapor and the soft x-ray flux, up to three plasma spots have been applied. In this way a maximum laser energy of 300 J with a 600 mJ Nd:YAG laser for the plasma production was achieved. Experimental investigations and corresponding rate-equation calculations indicate, that photoelectrons play an important role in the total laser kinetics.     

Observation of photon echoes using a nitrogen laser pumped dye laser

Photon echoes have been observed using a nitrogen laser pumped dye laser as the excitation source. The echo was obtained in the ³H₄→³P₀ transition in Pr³⁺:LaF₃. The dependence of echoes on magnetic field and temperature was measured.     

毛细管放电激励软x射线激光的产生时间

利用x射线二极管(XRD)，实验上测量了毛细管放电激励下类氖氩469nm软x射线激光的尖 峰信号. 改变毛细管的充气气压和主脉冲放电电流，研究了激光尖峰的产生时间随实验参数 的变化情况. 实验结果表明，激光产生于主脉冲电流波形的前沿，此时的主脉冲电流是其峰 值的65%—75%. 增加毛细管充气气压或者减小主脉冲峰值电流，激光的产生时间将会稍有延 迟. 同时改变毛细管充气气压时，激光尖峰信号在42Pa存在最大值. 关键词： 毛细管放电 软x射线激光 激光产生时间     

Wide-aperture CO2 lasers pumped by electron-beam-controlled discharge

Three powerful wide-aperture CO₂ lasers with the wavelength λ = 1.06 μm (a laser pumped by electron-beam-controlled discharge, a high-pressure continuously tunable laser, and a repetitively pulsed laser) are created and studied. A method for the volume discharge generation proposed at the High-Current Electronics Institute is used for the development of the lasers. Original Text ? Astro, Ltd., 2006.     

基于层状WS2调制激光泵浦的光学参量振荡中红外运转特性

光学参量振荡器是重要的中红外相干光源.近年来,在激光调制方面,二维过渡金属硫化物展现了非线性可饱和吸收特性,因此有望成为光学参量振荡器基频激光的优良调制元件.本工作中,首先,实验测量了层状二硫化钨(WS₂)调制固体激光的输出特性.其次,结合主动声光Q开关,实现了主被动双调Q光参量振荡的运转,得到了纳秒脉冲宽度的中红外脉冲,并研究了WS₂对光参量转换的优化特性,发现WS₂纳米片除了能够压缩脉冲、提高峰值功率外,还能缓解单主动调Q光学参量振荡器中的"输出饱和下降"现象,这种现象可能起因于砷酸钛氧钾(KTiOAsO₄, KTA)的制冷不均匀. WS₂的可饱和吸收效应能够显著压缩光斑,减少高斯光斑的边缘能量,因此能够缓解KTA的温度梯度分布,从而优化输出特性.最后,基于WS₂的非线性透过率曲线,考虑非均匀展宽机制和大信号下的非饱和吸收,计算了WS₂的可饱和吸收特性参数,并求解了层状WS₂调制光学参量振荡器的速率方程组.本...     

Optical parametric oscillator pumped by relaxation oscillation pulses of a mechanically Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

We report the generation of mid-infrared pulsed radiation between 2.2 and 3 μm range using a singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator (SR-OPO) based on a 40-mm-long crystal of periodically-poled LiNbO₃ (PPLN) pumped by mechanically Q-switched pulses from a Nd:YAG laser, obtained by chopping the beam inside the laser resonator over a 1–10 kHz duty cycle. An appreciable reduction in pulse width as well as the number of relaxation oscillation pulses of the Nd:YAG pump laser is observed when the frequency of the Q-switch chopper is increased up to 10 kHz. Sub-nanosecond relaxation oscillation pulses of about 170–210 ns duration are generated under the width of the idler envelope varying from 4.6 to 8.55 μs. The same behavior is observed for the signal wave. A maximum extraction efficiency of 22 % is obtained for the idler, corresponding to 785 mW of output power at 10 kHz. The tuning of the signal and idler beams were performed by temperature variation of the PPLN crystal within 100–200 °C range.     

C-C转移放电泵浦XeCl准分子激光器能量沉积特性的分析

本文报道了一台使用UV自动预电离,C-C转移放电泵浦的XeCl准分子激光器,并且以激光器放电信号和输出激光信号的同时测量结果为依据,分析了激光器放电的能量沉积过程.可为设计同类型准分子激光器提供一些参考数据.