“多靶串接”饱和增益软X光激光实验研究

采用“多靶串接”设计,利用强度为0.8×10~(13)～1.0×10~(13)W/cm~2,波长为1.05μm,脉宽约1ns的两路钕玻璃激光线聚焦辐照四块串接的平面厚锗靶,观察到波长为23.2和23.6nm的接近饱和的类Ne锗软X光激光输出。当总靶长为5.6cm时,这两种波长的软X光激光输出的GL值都达到16左右,沿靶法线和靶平面方向的发散角都只有3～4mrad。     

高增益的类Ne锗软X光激光实验

采用新颖的“双靶对接”设计,利用强度约12×10^(13)W/cm^2,波长1.05μm,脉宽约1ns的两路激光线聚焦辐照平面厚锗双靶,观察到了波长为19.6、23.2、23.6、24.7和28.6nm的五根类Ne锗3p-3s跃迁谱线的放大。波长为23.2和23.6nm的谱线,增益-长度乘积GL的值约13。利用软X光扫描相机观测了四根软X光谱线的时间特性。     

类氖锗软X射线激光输出达到深度饱和

在国家“863”计划激光技术领域专家委员会的支持下,1992年9月,中国工程物理研究院上海激光等离子体研究所、北京应用物理与计算数学研究所成功地进行了新的一轮四靶串接加反射镜X射线激光实验.波长为23.2和23.6nm两条激光线的有效增益长度积GL达17.5,创世界最高纪录,表明我国 X射线激光技术研究走在世界前列. 实验用我国的“神光”装置作驱动源,在上一轮四靶串接X射线激光实验成功的基础上,把X射线多层膜反射镜放置在四靶的西侧,距靶端3cm处,使由南路激光辐照的一、二靶产生的X射线激光实现了双程放大、经双程放大的X射线.激光输出强度…     

X光激光在等离子体中的传播

由于等离子体柱中有垂直于轴向的电子密度梯度,致使X光激光在等离子体柱内传播时发生折射。折射效应限制了增益区的长度,采用“双靶对接”的实验方法,能有效地抑制折射的影响。本文从理论上阐述了折射效应对激光增益的影响相当于在小讯号增益系数上加了一个负项;并给出X光激光出靶端的强度角分布及偏离轴向的折射角;为“双靶对接”实验提供靶面的夹角值。理论计算结果与实验结果符合得很好。     

电子碰撞激发类氖锗X光激光增益饱和的理论研究

耦合ｘ光激光辐射输运方程与速率方程，编制了研究类氖锗等离子体中多条激光线增益饱和过程的程序。计算结果与普通饱和方程的结果在深度饱和阶段有显著区别。计算结果还显示了增益曲线“烧孔”及线宽在饱和前后由不断变窄到不断加宽的现象。理论结果与“多靶串接”类氖锗Ｘ光激光实验数据进行了比较。     

类氖锗等离子体中软X激光饱和增益实验研究

进入“冰窗”波段和获得饱和增益输出是当前实验室研究X激光的目标。考察X激光输出的强度随靶长的变化规律,是判断是否达到饱和增益的重要依据,但必须排除折射等因素造成的假像。为了校正折射等的影响,我们曾经提出并实施了“双靶对接”方案,在功率为10~(12)W的LF-12~#钕玻璃激光装置上,获得了高增益的类氖锗等离子体中软X激光输出。最近,在饱和增益研究实验中,我们发展了双靶对接的概念。设计了“多靶串接”方案,获得了趋于饱和的类氖锗等离子体中软X激光输出。     

反射镜多靶串接增益饱和软X光激光实验

利用Mo/Si多层膜软X光反射镜实现了类氖锗软X光激光的双程放大,在顺接双靶总长28mm时,加与不加反射镜相比,软X光激光输出强度增强了40倍左右,已接近饱和;光束发散角减小,增益区厚度变薄,光束的空间相干性改善。当串接四靶总长为56mm时,加与不加反射的软X光激光输出强度没有明显的差异,表明已达到深度的增益饱和。     

19.6nm波长类氖锗X光激光光源理论模拟

 波长19.6nm的类氖锗X光激光适合作为诊断激光等离子体界面不稳定性的光源。用经过实验检验的系列程序对预-主短脉冲驱动类氖锗进行了系统的优化设计和理论分析。采用2%~3%的预脉冲强度，6~8ns的预-主脉冲时间间隔，在4×10¹³W/cm²功率密度驱动下, 波长19.6nm增益区的宽度可以超过60μm，增益区的维持时间可以达到90ps。对于16mm长的平板靶，增益系数可达11.8/cm；弯曲靶增益系数可达13.3/cm；单靶小增益长度积可达21.3，单靶就可以获得饱和增益。采用双靶对接，其小讯号增益可达38.4，可以获得深度饱和增益，能满足应用演示所需的X光激光光源。     

类氖锗X光激光增益实验

本文介绍了在LF-12激光器上进行的类氖锗X光激光增益实验。当泵浦激光波长为1.053μm,脉宽为1.1～1.4ns、能量为550～650J、线聚焦焦斑为185μm×20mm时,使用片状锗靶测量波长为19.61、23.22、23.63、24.73及28.65nm的五条激光跃迁线的增益分别为3.06、3.99、3.72、2.36及4.59cm^(-1)。实验给出了关于柱形等离子体激光介质发射区厚度及软X射线激光发射角的实验数据。实验也给出了软X射线激光强度随泵浦激光功率密度变化的讯息。最后分析了由薄膜锗X光激光靶进行的增益实验中未看到激光增益线的原因。     

共振线俘获对碰撞激发X光激光增益特性的影响

以类氖-锗离子为例,用逃逸概率方法研究了共振线俘获效应对电子碰撞激发X光激光增益特性的影响。对波长为19.6nm,23.2nm和23.6nm等三条激光线,讨论了增益特性对增益区宽度ΔR和介质速度梯度dV/dZ的依赖关系.     

Review of collisional excitation neon-like and nickel-like soft X-ray lasers pumped by multiple infrared laser pulses at the Institute of Laser Engineering,Osaka University

We report on the soft X-ray laser developments performed at the Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University especially for the collisional excitation X-ray lasers at wavelengths between 25 nm and 4 nm. The performance of neon-like and nickel-like ion X-ray lasing pumped by a train of short laser pulses has been investigated. We have also demonstrated double pass amplification using a soft X-ray multi-layer mirror at wavelengths of 19.6 nm and 7.9 nm. Based on these results and experimental technique, two targets were placed in series to double the gain length. Two opposing laser beams irradiated the double targets with a suitable time difference for quasi-traveling wave pumping. The double target amplification was successfully demonstrated with two beam irradiation for Ag, Nd, Yb, Hf and Ta lasing. The estimated absolute photon flux from the saturated amplification Ag X-ray laser was ∼300 μJ. Based on the experimental results, we also discuss the applications of an X-ray laser as a super-high brightness soft X-ray source.     

共振线俘获对碰撞激发X光激光增益特性的影响

 以类氖-锗离子为例,用逃逸概率方法研究了共振线俘获效应对电子碰撞激发X光激光增益特性的影响。对波长为19.6nm,23.2nm和23.6nm等三条激光线,讨论了增益特性对增益区宽度ΔR和介质速度梯度dV/dZ的依赖关系.     

类氖-锗电子碰撞激发X光激光的增益特性

 电子碰撞激发X光激光的增益特性依赖于电子密度Ne、电子温度Te、增益区宽度D R和介质速度梯度dv/dz等四个表征等离子体内部状态的参数。以类氖-锗离子为例研究了反转和增益特性对Te、Ne的依赖关系，并在典型的增益区宽度（D R=100 μm）和介质速度梯度（dv/dz=1.3×10⁹s^-1）下讨论了共振线俘获对增益特性影响，给出波长为19.6nm, 23.2nm和23.6nm三条激光线的增益目标区域。还讨论了双电子复合过程对离子布居的重要影响。     

Quasiparity‐Time Symmetric Microdisk Laser

Recent developments in parity‐time (PT) symmetric systems have ushered in unique photonic devices with enhanced functionalities. While single‐mode laser emission has been demonstrated in such systems, the current designs face severe challenges in applications, either due to their stringent requirement on fabrication precision or nonscalability to larger devices. Here, we demonstrate a general mechanism to achieve single‐mode lasing in coupled cavities, which relies on external mode coupling and overcomes these drawbacks. We find significant gain enhancement for selected modes by external coupling, and our experiments have confirmed the resulting single‐mode laser emission in size‐mismatched photonic molecules (PMs), when only one constituent cavity is pumped. This behavior persists for a wide range of pump power, from transparent threshold to gain saturation, and it is highly tolerant of fabrication imprecisions. In addition, the output intensity of such single‐mode lasers also displays enhancement when compared with the same PMs under uniformly pumping. We believe our results will both advance the understanding of different coupling scenarios in coupled cavities and improve the characteristics of onchip laser sources for practical applications.     

Filamentation and jets in line-focused laser-produced plasmas

In line-focused laser-produced plasma experiments on planar and cylindrical targets, we have observed the line-focused laser beam breakup into filaments as well as small-scale plasma jet-like structures. These phenomena might become obstacles in achieving optimum X-ray lasing in the type of experiments using line-focused laser-produced plasmas as a gain medium.     

A SCHEME FOR OBTAINING HIGH GAIN-LENGTH PRODUCT IN RECOMBINATION X-RAY LASER BY USING A LOW DENSITY TARGET

A scheme for obtaining high gain-length product(GL) of recombination X-ray laser is proposed and theoretically studied, in which a thin fiber with a density less than the critical one is driven by a short pulse laser. The features of laser-produced plasma and the gain coefficients of the transition from n = 3 to n = 2 of the H-like ions for a solid fiber and a low-density cylindrical target of carbon are shown. The Sobolev escape probability in a self-similarly expanding cylindrical geometry is used to evaluate the trapping effect on the gain coefficient. According to the simulations there are three obvious advantages of the low-density target, ie., wider gain region, longer lasing duration and no drift of the gain region. In addition, only a few joules are needed for getting saturated GL value.     

复合泵浦双靶串接中等离子体的均匀性问题

在大功率激光装置上进行了预备性复合泵浦双靶串接实验中，利用针孔透射光栅谱仪对两路激光辐照靶产生的线状激光等离子体的均匀性进行了监测。分析和比较了单靶与串接靶线状等离子体均匀性的差异。     

Radio frequency excited waveguide CO2 lasers on sequence-band transitions

2 lasers based on either a quartz or an alumina waveguide were studied on the 00°2 - [10°1,02°1]_I,II sequence bands. A compact multisegment RF excitation with capacitive coupling was used for pumping the gain section of the laser waveguide. The use of a separate intracavity hot CO₂ waveguide suppresses the regular-band transitions. The quartz waveguide laser has a total of 62 lines lasing on both the 9.4 and 10.4 μm sequence bands. The alumina waveguide laser has 40 lines lasing on the 10.4 μm sequence band. These lasers can be either pulsed or continuous-wave (CW) operated on the selected line without a line jumping problem. Received: 29 September 1997/Revised version: 2 December 1997