Stimulated Raman conversion of radiation from a YAG:Nd laser with wavelengths of 1.319, 1.338, and 1.357 µm in a barium nitrate crystal

We have studied stimulated Raman (SRS) conversion to the first Stokes component of multimode (M₂ = 8) radiation from a YAG:Nd laser with lasing wavelengths of 1.319 μm, 1.338 μm, and 1.357 μm in a barium nitrate crystal. We have obtained pulses of converted radiation with energies up to 120 mJ. We have achieved conversion efficiencies greater than 40% for each of the three Raman laser wavelengths of 1.530 μm, 1.556 μm, and 1.582 μm with divergence of the beams of converted radiation close to the diffraction-limited value (M₂ < 1.5). __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 330–334, May–June, 2006.     

Increase of the stimulated Raman scattering threshold at droplets by spectral broadening of nanosecond laser pulses

We show that the threshold of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) from single micro‐droplets increases with the bandwidth of the pulsed excitation laser radiation. SRS thresholds were experimentally investigated for two droplet sizes and two excitation bandwidths. For the narrowband excitation, a frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser with a central wavelength of 532 nm, a full width half maximum (FWHM) bandwidth of 0.05 nm and a repetition rate of 10 Hz was used. For the comparison with the broadband excitation, a dye resonator containing Rhodamine 6G being pumped by the Nd:YAG laser was utilized with a central wavelength of 566 nm and a FWHM bandwidth of 4 nm. Droplets of 89 and 116 µm diameters, respectively, were illuminated by a vertical light sheet. If the broadband excitation is applied instead of the narrowband excitation ‐ for both droplet sizes ‐ the pulsed excitation energies can be increased by a factor of approximately 5 before the SRS threshold is reached. The multiplication register of an emCCD detector was used to detect low signals. The gain factor of the detector was calibrated and adapted to different excitation energies and signal intensities. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

高功率光纤激光受激拉曼散射效应研究新进展北大核心CSCD

由于具有高品质、高效率、高鲁棒性、结构紧凑等优点,光纤激光系统在近20年飞速发展,并得到广泛应用。然而发展至今,依旧存在着一些因素(如非线性效应、热效应、模式不稳定性等)限制着光纤激光系统功率的进一步提升。作为其中的一种主要限制因素,受激拉曼散射效应不仅降低了光纤激光器的输出效率,后向斯托克斯光还会提高系统的损毁风险。最近的研究结果表明,少模光纤中受激拉曼散射在引起模式不稳定性的同时,还会导致准静态的模式退化。因此,需要发展有效的拉曼抑制手段来突破现有瓶颈,促进高功率高光束质量光纤激光发展。在介绍高功率少模光纤激光中受激拉曼散射效应新表征的同时,从高功率光纤激光系统整体优化角度出发,总结整理了相关抑制技术研究新进展,并展望未来可能的研究方向。     

用激光增益获取弱增益拉曼模式的受激拉曼散射光谱

当酒精的弱增益拉曼模式处于罗丹明640染料分子的激光增益范围时，在由悬垂液滴构成的圆形谐振腔中，观察到乙醇分子C—H伸缩系列模中多个弱增益拉曼模式的受激拉曼散射（SRS）光谱.随着抽运光的增强，迅速增长的强增益拉曼模式的受激辐射抑制了其他弱增益模式的SRS，并导致染料激光的完全淬灭.通过分析圆形腔腔模的光子速率方程和激光染料分子的三能级粒子数速率方程，解释了观察到的实验现象. 关键词： 受激拉曼散射 悬垂液滴 弱拉曼增益模式 激光增益     

皮秒激光抽运高压H_2的受激拉曼散射研究

利用Nd :YAG锁模序列脉冲激光 (10 6 4nm)抽运充有高压H2 的拉曼池 ,输出光束经棱镜分光后投射在屏上 ,在可见光及近紫外光区用彩色胶卷摄得 15个受激拉曼散射光斑 ;经 1m光栅摄谱仪摄谱 ,在 36 5— 6 0 5nm波长范围内得到 6 5条受激拉曼谱线 .通过实验结果与理论计算值的比较 ,证明除了H2 的振动拉曼频移量 4 15 4 6cm- 1 外 ,还有多个振动及转动拉曼频移量共同参与作用 ,从而产生了从紫外到红外众多波长的受激拉曼散射光 .     

Soliton experiments in stimulated Raman scattering

Experimental observations of solitons in stimulated Raman scattering are reported. Soliton formation resulted from the introduction of a phase shift in the incident Stokes beam as predicted by theory. Pulse sharpening and retardation on propagation in the Raman medium have been observed along with amplitude diminution. The first two features were predicted and the third was not. Spontaneous soliton formation has been observed in the absense of any amplitude modulation or apparent phase shift in the optical fields, indicating that additional sets of initial conditions may result in soliton formation.Work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy.     

窄线宽纳秒脉冲光纤拉曼放大器的理论模型和数值分析

窄线宽纳秒脉冲光纤拉曼放大器在非线性频率变换、遥感探测和量子信息等领域有广泛的应用前景.综合考虑受激拉曼散射(stimulated Raman scattering,SRS)、受激布里渊散射(stimulated Brillouin scattering,SBS)、自相位调制(self-phase modulation)和交叉相位调制(cross-phase modulation)等非线性效应,建立了窄线宽纳秒脉冲光纤拉曼放大器的非线性动力学模型.仿真分析了放大器中脉冲激光的时频演化特性,对比研究了抽运脉冲宽度、光纤长度和信号光功率等因素对放大器性能的影响.研究发现,上述因素会影响放大器的SRS阈值、SBS阈值、输出激光线宽、激光转换效率等.例如,当脉冲宽度为800 ns时,SBS随着抽运功率的增加而发生,限制了激光功率的提升;减短抽运脉宽可以抑制SBS,但是输出激光的线宽易于展宽到数百MHz以上;增加光纤长度可以获得更低的SRS阈值和更高的转换效率,但是SBS效应和光谱展宽程度也随之增强.系统搭建中需要平衡各非线性效应,选择合适的系统参数.研究内容可以为窄线宽纳秒脉冲光纤拉曼放大器的设计搭建提供参考.     

水中受激拉曼散射的能量增强及受激布里渊散射的光学抑制

为提高液体介质中受激拉曼散射的输出能量,提出了通过温度调控来抑制受激布里渊散射的方法,设计了532 nm多纵模宽带脉冲激光泵浦的受激拉曼散射发生系统,测量了不同温度下水中前向受激拉曼散射及后向受激布里渊散射的输出能量,分析了水温、泵浦激光线宽及热散焦效应对受激拉曼散射输出能量影响的物理机制.实验结果表明:通过降低水温可实现对受激布里渊散射过程的有效抑制,同时减小热散焦效应带来的光束畸变,从而有效提高受激拉曼散射的输出能量.研究结果对液体介质中的受激拉曼散射多波长转换具有重要意义.     

Origin of spectral interferences in femtosecond stimulated Raman microscopy

In femtosecond stimulated Raman microscopy (FSRM), a spectrally narrow (Raman pump) pulse and a broad (Raman probe) laser pulse are employed to generate the Raman spectra of microscopic objects. The resulting spectra exhibit, in addition to the Raman bands, spectral modulations of comparable amplitude. Here a model is devised that attributes these modulations to a four‐wave mixing (FWM) process. Two light fields of the probe pulse and one field of the pump pulse serve as input fields. The resulting FWM field experiences a heterodyne amplification by the probe field. Simulations based on this model reproduce the appearance of the spectral modulations. Furthermore, the amplitude of the modulations exhibits dependences on the energies of pump and probe pulses as well as on the nonlinear refractive index n₂, which are in line with the model. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

光纤中强受激喇曼散射时的自相位调制

在光纤-光栅对激光脉冲压缩中,由于受激喇曼散射和自相位调制的竞争,使得泵浦激光脉冲波形重整,且自相位调制谱极不对称。本文用2m的单模保偏光纤,在产生较强的受激喇曼散射的情况下,得到较为对称的泵浦激光的自相位调制功率谱,并讨论了自相位调制功率谱的一些特点。     

钡蒸气的受激喇曼散射及碰撞诱导受激辐射

在宽带XeCl激光泵浦的钡蒸气中,观察到波长分别为472.6nm,582.6nm和648.3nm的碰撞诱导受激辐射以及波长为475nm的受激喇曼散射.碰撞锈导受激辐射脉宽为3ns左右的自终止型短脉冲,其强度随缓冲气体压力的升高而上升.喇曼光脉冲前沿与泵浦光脉冲前沿之间有长20ns的时间延迟,喇曼转换效率随缓冲气体压力的升高而下降     

Disturbing interference patterns in femtosecond stimulated Raman microscopy

Femtosecond stimulated Raman microscopy (FSRM) is an upcoming technique in nonlinear microscopy which facilitates rapid chemical mapping. It employs femtosecond white‐light pulses as probe pulses and intense picosecond pulses as pump pulses. Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) occurs at the focus of a scanning microscope. Chemical constituents in the sample are identified via their Raman signatures. In this article, disturbing interference patterns in FSRM are reported. They are caused by a broadening of the pump pulse due to nonlinear interactions in the focal region of the microscope and reduce the signal‐to‐noise ratio. The properties of these modulations are explored, and the methods to suppress them are presented. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Theory of Raman Scattering in Intense Short Pulse Laser Plasmas

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用染料激光增益降低二元混合物中少量化合物的受激拉曼散射可探测浓度

在二元混合物构成的圆形谐振腔中,用染料的激光增益增强了少量化合物(乙醇溶液中的甲醇、水溶液中的乙醇)的受激拉曼散射（SRS）光谱,将少量化合物在悬垂液滴中的瞬态SRS探测极限提高了近一个数量级. 用受激拉曼散射理论,解释了增强少量化合物SRS的机理. 关键词： 受激拉曼散射 染料激光增益 二元混合物 最小可探测浓度     

Generation of UV laser light by stimulated Raman scattering in D2, D2/Ar and D2/He using a pulsed Nd:YAG laser at 355nm

A pulsed Nd:YAG laser at 355nm is used to pump Raman cell filled with D_2, D_2/Ar and D_2/He. With adequately adjusted parameters, the maximum photon conversion efficiency of the first-order Stokes light (S_1, 396.796nm) reaches 33.33% in D_2/Ar and the stability of S_1 in pure D_2 is fairly high, the energy drift being less than 10% when the pump energy drifts in the range of 5%. The conversion efficiency and stability, which are functions of the composition and pressure of the Raman medium and the energy of pump laser, are investigated. The result has been used to optimize the laser transmitter system for a differential absorption lidar system to measure NO_2 concentration profiles.     

Optimization of a Raman/EDFA hybrid amplifier based on dual-order stimulated Raman scattering using a single-pump

Based on dual-order stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) of a single 1395 nm Raman fiber laser in 75 km single mode fiber and its corresponding dispersion compensation module, a hybrid Raman/Erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) for long wavelength band (L-band) amplification is realized by inserting a segment of EDF within the span. By comparing the performance of gain and noise in four hybrid amplifiers with different span configurations, we find that the distribution of the secondary L-band amplification obtained from the EDF along the link has a great influence on the performance of the hybrid amplifier. Both gain and noise performance of hybrid amplifier can be improved significantly by optimizing the location of the EDF. Moreover, we can extend the flat gain bandwidth from L-band to central wavelength band (C-band) plus L-band by recycling the residual first-order SRS to pump a segment of EDF with proper length.     

光纤通信中有色散影响的受激喇曼散射信道特性研究

提出了在波分复用光纤通信系统中，考虑光纤色散“走离”时受激喇曼散射(SRS)信道的新模型,给出了计算中距离步长的选取公式。根据该模型，数值计算了各信道在随机数字序列调制下和在受激喇曼散射(SRS)非线性效应作用下经过有色散“走离”的波分复用光纤系统的传输功率。得出光纤色散会降低SRS效应引起的输出功率波动的结论,画出了在SRS效应作用下输出功率标准差随色散系数变化的曲线，并对产生该现象的机理进行了定性分析。该模型适合于任意光纤色散、任意输入功率和任意信道数目。     

准分子激光束的喇曼组束

受激喇曼散射可以将紫外准分子激光辐射频移到特定的近紫外或可见光波长,采用喇曼整形技术可以改善斯托克斯光的光束质量,本文报道喇曼组束提高喇曼整形效率的实验结果.     

XeCl准分子激光在铅蒸气中的高效率受激电子喇曼散射

本文报道了采用非稳腔XeCl准分子激光泵浦铅蒸气获得52%喇曼能量转换效率.比较了稳腔与非稳腔XeCI激光泵浦下的喇曼转换特性.     

Light-induced frequency shift of stimulated Raman scattering in Bessel light beams

The medium susceptibility related to stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) is known to be a complex value whose imaginary part determines the SRS gain coefficient whereas the real part constitutes a small fraction of the refractive index at the frequencies of the scattered emission that is proportional to the intensity of the exciting beam. Strong transverse nonuniformity of this beam causes focusing of high-frequency components of the scattered light and defocusing of low-frequency ones that inevitably affect their amplification efficiency. The effect for Gaussian pumping is responsible for a slight shift of the SRS gain spectrum towards higher frequencies. The present work analyzes theoretically SRS excited by a Bessel light beam and demonstrates that the axial component of the scattered emission experiences a frequency shift that is much greater than that for the case of Gaussian beam pumping. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 3, pp. 336–341, May–June, 2008.