Modulation of ionization on laser frequency in ultra-short pulse intense laser--gas-target

Based on the dispersion relation of intense laser pulse propagating in gradually ionized plasma, this paper discusses the frequency modulation induced by ionization of an ultra-short intense laser pulse interacting with a gas target. The relationship between the frequency modulation and the ionization rate, the plasmas frequency variation, and the polarization of atoms (ions) is analysed. The numerical results indicate that, at high frequency, the polarization of atoms (ions) plays a more important role than plasma frequency variation in modulating the laser frequency, and the laser frequency variation is different at different positions of the laser pulse.     

金原子团簇的分频散射光谱研究

液相金原子团簇是一种非线性光学介质.它在580nm处产生一个最强共振散射峰.当激发波长为290nm(1.03×10¹⁵Hz)时,液相金原子团簇在580nm(1/2×1.03×10¹⁵Hz)和870nm(1/3×1.03×10¹⁵Hz)分别产生一个1/2分频和1/3分频散射峰;当激发波长为580nm(5.02×10¹⁴Hz)时在290nm(2×5.02×10^-14Hz)和870nm(2/3×5.02×10¹⁴Hz)分别产生一个2倍频和2/3分频散射峰;当激发波长为870nm(3.34×10¹⁴Hz)时在580nm(3/2×3.34×10¹⁴Hz)和290nm(3×3.34×10¹⁴Hz)分别产生一个3/2分频和3倍频散射峰.分频散射和倍频散射峰与共振散射峰具有相似的散射行为.从激励光与液相金原子团簇相互作用的运动方程出发,根据傅氏变换理论,较好地解释了液相金原子团簇产生的一些非线性散射光谱.     

Frequency comb generation using femtosecond pulses and cross-phase modulation in optical fiber at arbitrary center frequencies

A technique is presented for generating optical frequency combs centered at arbitrary wavelengths by use of cross-phase modulation (XPM) between a femtosecond pulse train and a cw laser beam by copropagating these signals through an optical fiber. We report results from use of this method to place a 90-MHz frequency comb on an iodine-stabilized Nd:YAG laser at 1064 nm and on a frequency-doubled Nd:YVO(4) laser at 532 nm. XPM is verified to be the comb-generating process, and the width of the frequency comb is measured and compared with theory. The spacing of the frequency comb is compared with the femtosecond source, and a frequency measurement with this comb is demonstrated.     

Sweep optical frequency synthesizer with a distributed-Bragg-reflector laser injection locked by a single component of an optical frequency comb

A sweep optical frequency synthesizer is demonstrated by using a frequency-stabilized optical frequency comb and injection-locked distributed-Bragg-reflector (DBR) laser diode. The injection-locked DBR laser acts as a single-frequency filter and, simultaneously, a high-gain amplifier of the optical frequency comb. The frequency instability of the heterodyne beat signal between two independently injection-locked DBR lasers is measured to be 2.3 x 10(-16) at 1 s averaging time. The output frequency of the sweep optical frequency synthesizer can be precisely tuned over 1 GHz, and a saturated absorption spectrum of the Cs D2 line at 852 nm is recorded by the injected DBR laser.     

矩形波导中超短脉冲电子束的相干同步辐射

考虑了当射频调制的超短脉冲电子束径向长度远小于辐射波长时，将其理想化为δ时间函数，提出了用波导本往模展开的方法来计算矩形波导中超短脉冲电子束的相干同步辐射及其频率特性。结果表明：（１）当谐振频率等于调制电子束微脉冲时间隔的射频的整数倍时，辐射模式表现为“纯”的波导本征模。（２）波导效应使得超短脉冲电子束在两个频率处发生相干同步辐射，而且低频支的辐射功率高于高频支的。最后指出波导自由电子激光器单横模     

Fluid pressure measurement using bubbles insonified by two frequencies

The double frequency method, where bubbles rising through a fluid are illuminated simultaneously with a ‘pump’ frequency swept through the resonance frequency range and a megahertz imaging frequency, is used to measure pressure changes in fluids non-invasively. The bubble echo spectrum is centred at the imaging frequency with side bands at separations equal to the pump frequency. If the ambient pressure is changed, the bubbles undergo changes in their sizes. This would alter the resonant frequency of the bubble and hence the peak of the echo at the sum (or difference) frequency. By observing shifts in the frequency of the peak amplitude of the side bands it is shown that fluid pressure changes can be measured accurately.     

稳定分层二层流非湍流/湍流层无平均剪切密度界面处的湍流

采用湍流统计理论、谱分析和快速畸变理论研究稳定分层二层流非湍流/湍流层无平均剪切密度界面处的湍流.分别在密度界面厚度（h）可忽略和很薄两种情况下,推导出任意理查森数（Ri）Ri→∞时,湍流层中水平、垂直方向速度的欧拉频谱和水平、垂直方向均方根速度的积分表达式.在h可忽略情况下：（1）任意Ri,Ri→∞时,密度界面对大尺度涡的影响显著,而对小尺度涡几乎无影响;距离密度界面越近,湍流层中水平方向均方根速度增大而垂直方向均方根速度减小;（2）任意Ri且在无量纲频率较大时,密度界面处、湍流层中水平、垂直方向速度的欧拉频谱满足-5/3幂次律,但是,它们不收敛于同一直线,表明密度界面处部分湍流转化为内波.在h很薄的情况下：（1）在水平方向上密度界面对湍流无显著的影响;湍流层中垂直方向速度的欧拉频谱出现过渡区,不满足-5/3幂次律,其幂次律增大,表明湍流过渡区的能量减少,但是,密度界面对线性小尺度涡仍几乎无影响;（2）距离密度界面越远,密度界面厚度对湍流的影响减弱并且偏向于线性中尺度涡;当远离密度界面时,过渡区消失,表明考虑密度界面厚度后密度界面对湍流的影响范围有限;（3）密度界面处垂直方向速度的欧拉频谱的幂次律减小,表明密度界面处线性内波的能量向线性低频区集中;（4）随着密度界面厚度增加,密度界面处垂直方向速度的欧拉频谱在整个线性内波频域里等幅度减小,湍流层中垂直方向速度的欧拉频谱只在线性低频区域减小且减小的幅度随着频率增大而减小;密度界面对湍流层中水平、垂直方向均方根速度影响的垂向范围随Ri增大而减小.     

Phase-locked optical divide-by-3 system for visible radiation

An optical divide-by-3 system has been developed to phase lock a diode-pumped Tm:YAG laser at 148 THz (2022 nm) to a frequency near 1/3 that of an ultrastable diode laser system at 445 THz (674 nm). The 148-THz radiation is frequency doubled in angle-tuned AgGaS(2) and frequency differenced with the 445-THz radiation in noncritically phase-matched LiNbO(3) , generating two signals at 297 THz, which are mixed on a photodiode. An electronic servo system is used to control the frequency of the Tm:YAG laser and to phase lock it to the visible diode laser output. Phase-locking periods of several minutes are routinely obtained.     

Magic Wavelength Measurement of the ~(87)Sr Optical Lattice Clock at NIM

We report on the magic wavelength measurement of our optical lattice clock based on fermion strontium atoms at the National Institute of Metrology(NIM).A Ti:sapphire solid state laser locked to a reference cavity inside a temperature-stabilized vacuum chamber is employed to generate the optical lattice.The laser frequency is measured by an erbium fiber frequency comb.The trap depth is modulated by varying the lattice laser power via an acousto-optic modulator.We obtain the frequency shift coefficient at this lattice wavelength by measuring the differential frequency shift of the clock transition of the strontium atoms at different trap depths,and the frequency shift coefficient at this lattice wavelength is obtained.We measure the frequency shift coefficients at different lattice frequencies around the magic wavelength and linearly fit the measurement data,and the magic wavelength is calculated to be 368554672(44) MHz.     

Difference frequency and its harmonic emitted by microbubbles under dual frequency excitation

Vibro-acoustography is an elasticity imaging method that uses two ultrasound beams of slightly different frequency to excite an object and detects the resulting acoustic emission (AE) at the difference frequency. This method is especially sensitive to bubbles due to their nonlinearity. This study explores the harmonic acoustic emission (HAE) at twice the difference frequency emitted from bubbles. A perturbation method based on the dynamic bubble equation is used to derive the AE and HAE from a single bubble excited by dual frequency waves. Simulation shows that HAE is generated only by microbubbles whose resonant frequencies match the incident ultrasound frequencies. In contrast, AE is more sensitive to resonance at the difference frequency, which is relevant to sub-millimeter bubbles. This finding was confirmed by experiments where HAE was produced from Optison microbubbles, but not from larger air bubbles which are off resonance at the incident ultrasound frequency. In conclusion, harmonic acoustic emission is present for microbubbles. It is very sensitive to the size of the bubble and may be used for selective detection of microbubbles.     

High-frequency rolloff in a cochlear model without critical-layer resonance

Zwislocki's original cochlear model, incorporating axial fluid inertia and shunt basilar-membrane stiffness and viscous resistance, possesses an operating regime not previously emphasized in the literature. Even in the absence of basilar-membrane mass and the consequent critical-layer resonance, this regime provides extraordinarily steep high-frequency rolloff. That rolloff is not associated with a critical frequency at which energy flow velocity goes to zero, but is attributable instead to a combination of two effects; (1) frequency-dependent energy coupling to the basilar-membrane viscous resistance, leading to local attenuation of the traveling wave at a rate (Np/cycle) that is directly proportional to frequency, and (2) wavelength that decreases with increasing frequency, thus increasing the number of cycles per unit length of basilar membrane. This combination leads to local attenuation of the traveling-wave amplitude (hence energy absorption from the traveling wave) that is strongly dependent on frequency, the rate (Np/cm) being proportional to the square of frequency in the long-wave mode. In Ranke's (two-dimensional, short-wave mode) version of the model, the same operating regime leads to attenuation that is even more intensely dependent on frequency, the rate being proportional to the cube of frequency.     

音频段1.34μm压缩态光场的实验制备

音频段压缩态光场是进行连续变量量子精密测量重要的量子资源.本文利用自制的低噪声连续单频671 nm/1.34μm双波长激光器作为抽运源,抽运基于周期极化磷酸氧钛钾晶体的简并光学参量振荡器,进行了光通信波段1.34μm连续变量音频段真空压缩态光场的实验制备.当简并光学参量振荡器运转于阈值以下参量反放大状态时,抽运光场功率为95 mW,本地振荡光功率为60μW时,在分析频率8—100 k Hz范围内研制出1.34μm真空压缩态光场.在分析频率36 k Hz处,压缩态光场的最大压缩度达5.0 d B;在音频频率8k Hz处,压缩态光场的压缩度达3.0 d B.音频段1.34μm压缩态光场可用于实现基于光纤的量子精密测量.     

SSC直线注入器RFQ腔体多物理场分析

SSC-LINAC是为兰州重离子研究装置（HIRFL）设计的直线注入器,它将U34+离子加速到1 MeV/u注入到分离扇回旋加速器（SSC）中,为冷却储存环（CSR）提供10 MeV/u的U34+。该注入器可以将SSC引出的重离子流强提高一个量级以上。SSC-LINAC由一个RFQ（Radio Frequency Quadrupole）加速器和4个DTL（drift tube linac）组成,设计频率为53.667 MHz。RFQ工作在连续波模式,设计功率30 kW,如果不能有效地冷却,高频电流在电极表面产生的热量会使RFQ的腔壁和电极发生形变,从而导致腔体频率的漂移以及加速和聚焦电场的改变。因此,为了保证连续波工作的RFQ加速器稳定运行,对水冷模式和通道设计提出了很高的要求。作者用有限元软件ANSYS对RFQ进行高频电磁场、温度场、结构应力的耦合分析,验证了冷却方案设计的可行性和可靠性。Heavy Ion Research Facility at Lanzhou(HIRFL) consists of SFC, SSC, CSRm and CSRe. A new linac injector, which will increase U34+ to 1 MeV/u, is designed for SSC to increase the beam intensity to ten times higher. The new injector, whose frequency is 53.667 MHz, is composed by a RFQ (Radio Frequency Quadrupole) cavity and four DTL(Drift Tube Linac) cavities. The RFQ cavity, whose RF power is 30 kW, is operated at CW(continuous wave) mode. The heat produced by HF (high frequency) electromagnetic will cause deformation of RFQ structure, lead to the resonant frequency shift, and reduce the focusing efficiency of the cavity. An efficient cooling system is necessary to ensure that the RFQ cavity can stably be operated at the nominal frequency. A detailed multi-physics field coupling analysis of RFQ has been finished with 3D finite elements software ANSYS. The result of the analysis shows that the water cooling system can cool the RFQ cavity fully and keep the frequency drift be in a acceptable level.     

Detection of electron paramagnetic resonance absorption using frequency modulation

A frequency modulation (FM) method was developed to measure electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) absorption. The first-derivative spectrum of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) powder was measured with this FM method. Frequency modulation of up to 1.6 MHz (peak-to-peak) was achieved at a microwave carrier frequency of 1.1 GHz. This corresponds to a magnetic field modulation of 57microT (peak-to-peak) at 40.3 mT. By using a tunable microwave resonator and automatic control systems, we achieved a practical continuous-wave (CW) EPR spectrometer that incorporates the FM method. In the present experiments, the EPR signal intensity was proportional to the magnitude of frequency modulation. The background signal at the modulation frequency (1 kHz) for EPR detection was also proportional to the magnitude of frequency modulation. An automatic matching control (AMC) system reduced the amplitude of noise in microwave detection and improved the baseline stability. Distortion of the spectral lineshape was seen when the spectrometer settings were not appropriate, e.g., with a lack of the open-loop gain in automatic tuning control (ATC). FM is an alternative to field modulation when the side-effect of field modulation is detrimental for EPR detection. The present spectroscopic technique based on the FM scheme is useful for measuring the first derivative with respect to the microwave frequency in investigations of electron-spin-related phenomena.     

On the low frequency characteristics of head-related transfer function

A method to correct the measured head-related transfer functions （HRTFs） at low frequency was proposed. By analyzing the HRTFs from the spherical head model at low frequency, it is proved that below the frequency of 400 Hz, magnitude of HRTF is nearly constant and the phase is a linear function of frequency both for the far and near field. Therefore, if the HRTFs above 400 Hz are accurately measured by experiment, it is able to correct the HRTFs at low frequency by the theoretical model. The results of calculation and subjective experiment show that the feasibility of the proposed method.     

High power single frequency solid state master oscillator power amplifier for gravitational wave detection

High power single frequency, single mode, linearly polarized laser output at the 1 μm regime is in demand for the interferometric gravitational wave detectors (GWDs). A robust single frequency solid state master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) is a promising candidate for such applications. We present a single frequency solid state multistage MOPA system delivering 177 W of linearly polarized output power at 1 μm with 83.5% TEM(00) mode content.     

微波大气击穿阈值的理论研究

本文通过对使用有效场强(或均方根场强)得到的微波大气击穿阈值表达式进行讨论, 指出其推导中所做的假设及这些假设应用到微波大气击穿过程中存在的问题. 然后分别使用解析理论和数值模拟对微波大气击穿过程中的有效电子温度变化过程和击穿阈值进行研究, 并将其与直流电场进行比较. 分析发现在高气压下, 电子能量转移频率高, 有效电子温度随电场大幅振荡, 由于电离频率随有效电子温度的增长率大于电子能量损失随有效电子温度的增长率, 因此在高气压时, 微波大气击穿阈值低于使用有效场强的击穿阈值. 通过大量分析, 给出了理论推导和数值模拟得到的微波大气击穿阈值拟合表达式.     

Intracavity frequency-doubled green vertical external cavity surface emitting laser

An intracavity frequency-doubled vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) with green light is demonstrated. The fundamental frequency laser cavity consists of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) of the gain chip and an external mirror. A 12-mW frequency-doubled output has been reached at 540 nm with a nonlinear crystal LBO when the fundamental frequency output is 44 mW at 1080 nm. The frequency doubling efficiency is about 30%.     

Absolute frequency measurement of an acetylene-stabilized laser at 1542 nm

The absolute frequency of an acetylene-stabilized laser at 1542 nm is measured at its second harmonic (771 nm) by use of a femtosecond optical comb based on a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Frequency stability and reproducibility of the acetylene-stabilized laser are evaluated by the femtosecond comb with a H maser as a frequency reference. The absolute frequency of a laser diode stabilized on the P(16) transition of 13C2H2 is determined to be 194 369 569 383.6(1.3) kHz. The acetylene-stabilized laser serves as an important optical frequency standard for telecommunication applications.     

Femtosecond-laser-based synthesis of ultrastable microwave signals from optical frequency references

We use femtosecond laser frequency combs to convert optical frequency references to the microwave domain, where we demonstrate the synthesis of 10-GHz signals having a fractional frequency instability of < or =3.5 x 10(-15) at a 1-s averaging time, limited by the optical reference. The residual instability and phase noise of the femtosecond-laser-based frequency synthesizers are 6.5 x 10(-16) at 1 s and -98 dBc/Hz at a 1-Hz offset from the 10-GHz carrier, respectively. The timing jitter of the microwave signals is 3.3 fs.