自相位调制及群速色散对超短脉冲在准周期LiNbO3 Fibonacci超晶格中传输的影响

从LiNbO₃ Fibonacci超晶格的结构特点出发,数值模拟了超短脉冲在LiNbO₃ Fibonacci超晶格内传输过程中,自相位调制及高阶群速色散效应对脉冲形状和频谱的影响．结果表明,超短脉冲在Fibonacci超晶格中传输时,由于自相位调制(SPM)与群速色散(GVD)耦合效应的影响,脉冲形状畸变和频谱展宽均是不对称的,随着晶格长度的增加,脉冲将会发生分裂,以至成为两个独立的子脉冲,同时也会出现脉冲频谱上的分裂. 关键词：     

啁啾飞秒激光脉冲形成的光纤光栅的Bragg反射特性

在800nm飞秒脉冲激光照射下光敏玻璃As₂S₃光纤具有双光子吸收 现象，当一束超短激光脉冲与另一束啁啾超短激光脉冲在As₂S₃光纤相遇时，干涉图案将 永久地记录一个空间啁啾光栅.研究了该光栅结构与入射超短脉冲激光脉冲参数的关系，数值计算表明该光栅具有较大的Bragg反射带宽. 关键词： 啁啾光纤光栅 飞秒激光脉冲 双光子吸收效应     

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     

高能电子与超强激光束作用产生的阿秒脉冲列

利用非线性汤姆孙散射的理论，从理论和数值模拟上研究了单电子在横向穿越高斯激光束束 腰时所辐射的x射线阿秒脉冲列的性质. 主要分析了电子以初始能量γ₀=1M eV—100M eV横向穿越激光振幅参数为a₀=1—10的高斯光束束腰获得的阿秒辐射脉冲的 时间 和空间性质. 计算表明，辐射呈现脉冲列的形式. 脉冲列的包络宽度取决于激光强度、束腰 的宽度以及入射电子能量. 电子的初始能量比激光强度对电子辐射脉冲的影响更大. 辐射脉 宽、脉冲间隔和脉冲包络宽度都正比于1/γ²₀，辐射功率正比于 γ⁶₀，辐射能 量正比于γ⁴₀. 当改变激光振幅a₀时，辐射功率正比 于a²₀、辐射包络中单 个脉冲脉宽正比于1/a₀、脉冲之间的间隔正比于a₀. 当保持激光强 度不变，而改变光束 束腰半径w₀时，辐射的脉冲数量、包络和辐射能量正比于w₀. 当 激光功率保 持不变时而改变激光强度和束腰半径时，脉冲包络宽度和最大辐射能量都基本不变. 当激光 振幅参数a₀=1，电子初始能量为10MeV时，激光束腰为两个激光波长时，电子 辐 射脉冲包络宽度只有14×10^-3τ₀（τ₀为入 射激光周期），达到几个阿秒的量级. 关键词： 阿秒脉冲 非线性汤姆孙散射 高斯激光光束     

超短激光脉冲驱动的Thomson散射空间分布特性

研究了超短激光脉冲驱动的Thomson散射的辐射空间分布. 发现辐射的空间分布对称性显著地依赖于超短脉冲的载波相位η₀，在η₀＝0，π时，辐射的空间分布呈现出二重或一重对称性；而在其他载波相位时，这些空间分布对称性遭到破坏. 辐射光的准直性也依赖于驱动脉冲的载波相位，在η₀＝±π/2时辐射光的准直性最好. 这些结果表明可以通过改变驱动激光脉冲的载波相位来控制辐射光的空间分布，也可以利用辐射空间分布对相位的依赖特性来测量超短激光脉冲的载波相位. 关键词： Thomson散射 空间分布 载波相位     

Na2对超短激光脉冲的响应

应用时间相关的局域密度近似模型研究了Na₂价电子对超短激光脉冲的响应.分别计算了电场极化方向平行和垂直于两原子轴线的情况,结果表明Na₂具有强烈的各向异性 关键词： 团簇 超短脉冲激光 激光与团簇的相互作用     

超短脉冲激光空间调制下小尺度自聚焦的实验研究

实验研究了超短脉冲激光的空间小尺度自聚焦的动态变化过程.具体实验过程是使经过正交细丝的衍射来实现激光的空间调制,然后通过非线性Kerr介质二硫化碳,随着输入功率的增大,超短脉冲开始出现小尺度自聚焦增长现象.实验发现,每个小尺度自聚焦峰值并不是随着功率的增大而无限地增长下去,而是在不同位置出现了新的调制增长点,这些新出现的增长与原有的增长相互竞争,最终导致了分裂成丝.通过数值模拟相应的传输过程,发现数值模拟结果与实验结果符合很好. 关键词： 小尺度自聚焦 高功率激光 超短脉冲     

超短激光脉冲在水中的非线性传输特性研究

基于扩展的非线性薛定谔方程及与其耦合的电子密度演化方程,理论研究了超短激光强脉冲在水中的非线性传输特性.理论模型综合考虑了衍射、正常群速度色散,多光子吸收、自聚焦及激光诱导产生的等离子体对光脉冲的自散焦效应.采用有限差分法模拟得到超短脉冲在传输过程中轴向上光功密度和等离子体密度的时空分布.系统分析了超短脉冲在水中传输的动力学过程,讨论了非线性自聚焦和等离子体自散焦效应在脉冲传输过程中的竞争关系.同时研究了不同入射激光能量,脉宽和聚焦条件对等离子体丝的时宅结构和脉冲能流横向分布的影响.该研究将有助于理解和推动超短光脉冲在激光医学、激光安全防护和水中激光加工中的应用.     

飞秒与皮秒激光脉冲的主动同步及和频产生宽带超短激光的研究

利用主动同步方式实现了飞秒钛宝石激光器与皮秒Nd:YVO₄激光器的同步，得到了时间抖动低于1ps的同步精度.在此基础上进行了两束激光的和频实验研究，产生了波长为460nm的宽带蓝光飞秒脉冲激光.这一技术不仅代表了实现不同波长、不同脉冲宽度激光同步的一般方法，而且也证明了通过和频、差频两束不同激光产生新波长超短脉冲激光的一种全新技术方案. 关键词： 主动同步 超短脉冲 和频 差频     

利用光孤子机制实现超宽范围波长调谐的理论和实验研究

以获得光参量啁啾脉冲放大系统主激光与抽运光两种波长、宽带、超短脉冲的产生及精密同步为目标,探索采用光孤子机制实现超宽带宽范围的可调谐超短脉冲产生. 数值模拟了孤子传输过程中的时域-频域演化过程及与其他非线性效应的相互作用过程和特性. 实验验证了利用光孤子机制产生可调谐脉冲的方法. 同时还观察到孤子的形成、分裂、自频移等现象,在可见光到近红外波段都演示了波长可调谐的输出特性,并且与理论分析结果符合较好. 关键词： 光参量啁啾脉冲放大 可调谐脉冲产生 非线性薛定谔方程 孤子机制     

Propagation of the ultrashort laser pulses through the quantum nonlinear medium with resonant properties

The propagation of ultrashort few-cycle laser pulses through a quantum nonlinear medium with resonant properties is studied using the method of slowly varying amplitudes with allowance for dispersion effects. A self-consistent system of nonlinear wave equation for the evolution of laser field and the nonstationary Schrödinger equation that determines the material polarization response is numerically solved. Specific features of the propagation of laser pulse caused by a relatively large spectral width and the nonadiabatic character of the laser pulse are established. The rise of the slowly dumping polarization at the eigenfrequency of the medium and the consequent stretching of the laser pulse are observed. The role of the resonant absorption of the laser energy in the medium is analyzed. The nonlinear spectral broadening is demonstrated for the laser pulse propagating through the medium.     

超短激光脉冲在等离子体中的分裂以及类孤子结构的形成

用一维粒子模拟研究了超短脉冲在等离子体中传播时产生的光孤子结构以及由此形成的脉冲分裂现象，比较了不同峰值强度和脉冲宽度对形成光孤子以及脉冲传播方式的影响.研究表明: 脉冲宽度在若干个到十几个振荡周期的超短脉冲在等离子体中可能形成高速传播的光孤子；脉冲宽度增加和强度增大两种方式都可以使得孤子结构的传播速度减慢,且由于高阶孤子的衰变使得初始激光脉冲在等离子体中发生分裂，形成两个以不同速度向前传播的孤子结构.由孤子阶数的理论计算可较好地预言激光脉冲在等离子体中分裂的子脉冲数. 关键词： 光孤子 超短激光脉冲 等离子体 粒子模拟     

强激光与等离子体相互作用中低频电磁场孤子波的产生及其捕获

用二维粒子模拟程序研究了超短脉冲强激光与等离子体相互作用中局域低频电磁场的产生现象.这种低频电磁场在超短脉冲激光激发尾波场、脉冲后沿产生频率下移的过程中形成.通常它们的振荡频率接近于或低于电子等离子体振荡频率，因而被捕获在等离子体中(即传播速度接近于零).在演化过程中，通常它们以孤子场的形式出现.这种孤子波的形成及其演化与离子运动有极大关系.用相对论强激光脉冲可以产生达到相对论振幅的电磁场孤子波，后者可以把离子加速到非常高的能量.研究还表明，在二维几何位形下，孤子波产生与入射光的偏振态有很大关系.     

Tunneling and other modes of atomic ionization in the presence of strong few-cycle laser pulses and generation of attosecond pulses

Numerical integration of the nonstationary Schrödinger equation describing the dynamics of a quantum system in the presence of the electromagnetic wave field is employed to study atomic hydrogen ionization in the presence of an ultrashort laser pulse. It is demonstrated that, in the nonadiabatic mode, in the presence of a pulse with a duration of one or two optical cycles, the ionization probability is anomalously high in comparison with predictions based on the Keldysh ionization theory and various modifications of this theory. It is shown that the nonadiabatic and multiphoton modes of the atomic ionization in the presence of ultrashort laser pulses are superior to the low-frequency adiabatic mode in the effective generation of attosecond XUV pulses.     

Nonlinear regimes of ultrashort pulse propagation in an array of anisotropic tunneling states

Dynamics of an ultrashort electromagnetic pulse in a system with an array of anisotropic tunneling states spanned by the pulse spectrum are analyzed. A system of nonlinear wave equations is derived for the ordinary and extraordinary components of the pulse propagating at an arbitrary angle to the anisotropy axis. Different regimes of ultrashort pulse propagation parallel and perpendicular to the anisotropy axis are examined. Ultrashort-pulse propagation regimes analogous to self-induced transparency and extraordinary transparency are identified. The properties of rational soliton-like pulses having no quasi-monochromatic analogs are analyzed. A longitudinal electric field component is generated in each regime, whereas off-resonance quasi-monochromatic pulses propagating under similar conditions (parallel and perpendicular to the anisotropy axis) have no longitudinal components. Stability of the solutions obtained and the effect of diffraction on ultrashort pulse dynamics are analyzed. The values of pulse parameters for which defocusing dominates over self-focusing are calculated.     

Distortion of ultrashort laser pulses in a spatial filter

By means of Collins diffraction integral, the propagation expression of an ultrashort laser pulse passing through a spatial filter is derived. The effects of the magnification of spatial filter on pulse broadening and distortion of pulse-front for the ultrashort optical pulse are analytically deduced and numerically simulated. It is found that pulse broadening and propagation time difference of a laser pulse getting through spatial filter is proportional to the magnification. As a conclusion, in an ultrashort pulse laser system with a large aperture, the effect of pulse broadening and distortion of pulse-front should be considered.     

Coherent matter waves for ultrafast laser pulse characterization

A technique for the characterization of ultrashort laser pulses using coherent matter waves is demonstrated. We emphasize the analogy between matter wave packets and electromagnetic wave packets propagating in dispersive media. Due to quadratic dispersion the wave packets are stretched and their temporal structure eventually converges to their spectrum, thus providing a possibility for energy measurements in conjugate space. This is demonstrated theoretically and experimentally and is the basis for our laser pulse characterization technique. We use energy resolved interferometrically recorded photoelectron spectra generated by above-threshold ionization in an autocorrelation setup to characterize ultrashort laser pulses at 800 nm wavelength. This approach is potentially applicable to the XUV wavelength region.     

Amplification of electromagnetic pulses in graphene with Hubbard interaction by a uniform high-frequency alternating field

The Maxwell equations for an electromagnetic field propagating in graphene in which electrons with different spin projections experience a strong Coulomb repulsion at a single node are considered. An effective equation analogous to the classical (1+1)-dimensional sine-Gordon equation is derived. Electrons are treated within the framework of the quantum formalism with allowance for changes in the dispersion law in the presence of Coulomb interaction. The effective equation is solved numerically, and the effect of Coulomb repulsion is identified. The amplification of an ultrashort pulse is observed when an external uniform electromagnetic field with a period shorter than the pulse duration is applied.     

Switchable and tunable dual-wavelength ultrashort pulse generation in a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser

A simple switchable and tunable dual-wavelength passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) effect is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The NPR effect effectively induces wavelength- and intensity-dependent loss to readily implement stable dual-wavelength passively mode-locked operation. The wavelength switching and tuning of the dual-wavelength ultrashort pulse laser are achieved only by appropriately rotating the polarization controllers. The side-mode suppression ratio of the output pulse is larger than 41 dB over a wavelength-tuning range of 43.4 nm. Moreover, triple-wavelength ultrashort pulse can also be observed.