Nd,Cr∶GSGG激光棒在应用方面的研究

实验通过对Nd,Cr∶GSGG激光棒在不同电压和泵浦脉冲宽度的条件下静态激光的输出能量及效率的分析。显示出Nd,Cr∶GSGG晶体拥有比YAG晶体更好的热力学性质,以及更高的转换效率。证明了它将在大功率激光器领域得到更广泛的应用。     

Internal attenuation of laser radiation in the CuCl laser

A double-pulsed neutral copper vapor laser, based on a Cu/CuCl discharge, was placed in tandem with a ZnCl₂ discharge cell in a common optical cavity. The ZnCl₂ in the separately heated discharge tube acted as a source of Cl-based plasma by- products which are also likely constituents of the Cu/CuCl laser plasma. The timing of the two discharges was varied relative to one another and the Cu laser emission at λ = 510 nm was monitored to test the optical absorption losses in the combined cavity in relation to time. The experiments provide some insight into the chemical effects in the laser plasma that may limit the energy output of a Cu/CuCl laser.     

Influences on HCN laser frequency by the parameters of the laser

The influences on HCN laser frequency by the parameters of the laser have been discussed theoretically and experimentally. The frequency variations of the HCN laser versus discharge current and gas pressure have been measured to be 2.9 kHz/mA and 8.1 kHz/mtorr respectively. The experimental results have been explained theoretically.     

Kinetic investigation of the upper laser levels of the copper vapor laser

A modernized hook apparatus was used to study the population history of the ²P_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} and ²P_{$\text{3}\text{2}$} upper laser levels of the copper vapor laser. It was found that the effective lifetime of these levels is a sensitive function of the laser input current. The population of these levels saturates for a peak current of 200 A, which corresponds to a voltage slightly above the breakdown voltage of the tube.     

A free-electron laser pumped by the soliton laser

We propose a scheme for building a free-electron laser in the soft X-ray region pumped by the soliton laser. Making use of soliton laser wave evolution shape and single-pass small signal analysis, we find that this laser has two special advantages over the previous electromagnetic wave undulator free-electron lasers. One is a very small mass-shift effect because of the special characteristics of soliton laser; the other is that it has an additional frequency tuning effect based on the conventional free-electron laser's tunability. We also obtain the small signal gain and present some discussion.     

Experimental investigation of the effects of laser parameters on laser propulsion

The effects of main laser parameters, such as pulse energy, pulse duration, frequency, and work time on laser propulsion of "air-breathing mode", are investigated experimentally with a high power and high repetition frequency TEA-CO_2 pulsed laser. The results show that the momentum coupling coefficient C_m decreases with increasing the pulse energy for single pulse tests and pulse duration of about 1 μs. Either higher or lower frequency will reduce C_m in multi-pulse tests, which suggests an optimal frequency for the maximum C_m. As to the work time, the longer the work time is, the less the C_m will be.     

Effect of the laser axial modes on the coherence length of the laser beam

The effect of the presence of the axial modes within the spectral halfwidth of a laser spectral line on the visibility of its interference fringes is represented. It is found in case of axial modes with equal spectral halfwidths that the dominant factor in determining the coherence length of the laser beam is the spectral halfwidth of its axial mode and not the spectral halfwidth of the laser line. For the case of a laser beam with axial modes of different spectral halfwidths, the calculation shows a coherence length, closer to the mode with the smaller halfwidth.     

Experimental investigation of the effects of laser parameters on laser propulsion

The effects of main laser parameters,such as pulse energy,pulse duration,frequency,and work time on laser propulsion of "air-breathing mode",are investigated experimentally with a high power and high repetition frequency TEA-CO2 pulsed laser.The results show that the momentum coupling coefficient Cm decreases with increasing the pulse energy for single pulse tests and pulse duration of about 1μs.Either higher or lower frequency will reduce Cm in multi-pulse tests,which suggests an optimal frequency for the maximum Cm.As to the work time,the longer the work time is,the less the Cm will be.     

An overview of the laser ranging method of space laser altimeter

Space laser altimeter is an active remote sensing instrument to measure topographic map of Earth, Moon and planetary. The space laser altimeter determines the range between the instrument and laser footprint by measuring round trip time of laser pulse. The return pulse reflected from ground surface is gathered by the receiver of space laser altimeter, the pulsewidth and amplitude of which are changeable with the variability of the ground relief. Meantime, several kinds of noise overlapped on the return pulse signal affect its signal-to-noise ratio. To eliminate the influence of these factors that cause range walk and range uncertainty, the reliable laser ranging methods need to be implemented to obtain high-precision range results. Based on typical space laser altimeters in the past few decades, various ranging methods are expounded in detail according to the operational principle of instruments and timing method. By illustrating the concrete procedure of determining time of flight of laser pulse, this overview provides the comparison of the employed technologies in previous and undergoing research programs and prospect innovative technology for space laser altimeters in future.     

Ultrafast laser pulses generated from the chromium-doped cunyite laser

Femtosecond pulses were generated from a Cr⁴⁺: Cunyite laser using a combination of a broadband semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM), chirped mirrors, and passive mode locking. The astigmatically compensated asymmetric X-cavity with a 4.5-mm-long Cr⁴⁺:Ca₂GeO₄ sample was operated with a 2.5% output coupler. Dispersion compensation was achieved using chirped mirrors. During self-starting mode-locked operation, pulses as short as 365 fs were generated at a pulse repetition rate of 100 MHz with output power of 70 mW and a spectral bandwidth of 5.2 nm at the center wavelength of 1432 nm.     

Scanning the laser beam for ultrafast pulse laser cleaning of paint

Aligned arrays of N₂-encapsulated multilevel branched carbon nanotubes were synthesized using a simple one step CVD method by pyrolysis of ferrocene and acetonitrile. Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and elemental mapping studies reveal that gaseous nitrogen was encapsulated in the carbon nanotubes. Batch-type pyrolysis of catalysts induced flow fluctuation of the reaction gases, resulting in the growth of branched junctions. Molecular nitrogen extruded rapidly along conical catalyst particles inducing N₂ encapsulation inside the branched nanotubes. PACS 07.78.+s; 61.46.+w; 81.07.De; 81.15.Gh     

FEM simulation of the laser plasma interaction during laser nitriding of titanium

Laser nitriding of materials is based on the interaction of short pulsed laser radiation with the treated material and the hitherto formed laser plasma. The process is very promising for the fast formation of surface coatings with superior properties. Due to the short interaction times and the thin surface films an experimental observation of the underlying processes is very difficult. In order to access the basic mechanism, finite element method simulations of laser heating, evaporation, plasma formation and expansion, plasma composition and interaction with the materials surface have been performed. As a result, evaporation and expansion velocities, pressure balances and dissociation degrees have been derived. The results give a better insight into the physical processes and dependencies of the coating formation, in this case for the titanium-nitrogen system. This finally allows an optimization of the coating synthesis.     

Effects of laser pulse wavelength and laser fluence on the characteristics of silver nanoparticle generated by laser ablation

Electrically pumped ultraviolet random lasing was achieved in metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) diodes based on ZnO films at room temperature. The ZnO films were grown by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Two different kinds of insulator layers, SiO _x (0<x≤2) and AlO _x (0<x≤1.5) were deposited by electron beam evaporation. X-ray diffraction experiments found these oxide layers were amorphous (or microcrystals), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirmed the Si and Al were fully oxidized. Compared with devices using SiO _x as the insulator layer, diodes with evaporated AlO _x layers showed a lower working threshold forward current (～20 mA to ～26 mA) and higher emission intensity. Periodic features indicating formation of closed-loop paths were deduced by the power Fourier transform of electroluminescence spectra. The cavity length of both devices increased as forward currents increased, while a larger cavity length was always obtained in the AlO _x -involved device under the same working current. The improved performance was attributed to larger hole amount in AlO _x layers. These results revealed that evaporated AlO _x can serve as good electron blocking and hole supplying layers for hetero-structures.     

Quantum electrodynamics in a laser and the electron laser collision

Quantum electrodynamics in a laser is formulated, in which the electron–laser interaction is exactly considered, while the interaction of an electron and a single photon is considered by perturbation. The formulation is applied to the electron– laser collisions. The effect of coherence between photons in the laser is therefore fully considered in these collisions. The possibility of γ-ray laser generation by use of this kind of collision is discussed.     

Theoretical study on the laser gain of a multi-stage dye laser amplifier

Theoretical studies on laser gain of a multi-stage dye laser amplifier are presented in this paper. The resultsshow that the influences of amplified spontaneous emission(ASE)and nonlinear absorption of excited-state on the gain are different for different input laser energies and gains. A threshold input intensityexists for a specific system. If the imput intensity is higher than the threshold, the nonlinear absorptionof excited-state will be the main cause for gain decrease. Otherwise, the ASE is the main cause. A newscheme is proposed to calculate the gain of the amplifier by the comparison of the input intensity with theeffective saturation intensity and the choice of the calculation gain method.     

LD激光照明

本文研究半导体激光器作为主动红外夜视照明光源所遇到的问题，讨论使用光纤对半导体激光器进行光束整圆和光斑均匀化的过程，并对各种光纤进行比较，提出解决夜视激光照明引起的模式噪声的方法。     

Investigation of a near-surface laser plasma by the method of intraresonator laser spectroscopy

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 919–927, December, 1990.     

激光冲击强化激光器的研制

针对近年来发展的激光冲击强化技术,采用1级谐振8级放大的系统结构和模块化设计方法,研制出了激光冲击强化用短脉宽、大能量的Nd:YAG脉冲激光器,并对激光器技术指标进行了测试分析。在预热20 min后、环境温度变化小于2 ℃的情况下,单脉冲最大输出能量高达25 J,能量不稳定度小于3%,脉宽16~20 ns可调,脉宽不稳定度小于1 ns,光束发散角小于等于2.5 mrad,重复频率达5 Hz。对TC4钛合金进行激光冲击强化实验,大幅度提高了TC4钛合金试件表面的残余压应力。结果表明,研制的激光器各项性能良好。     

光束整形在激光照明中的应用

提出利用光束整形技术提高激光照明均匀性、调节照明远场光斑尺寸的方法,用Easylaser激光仿真软件分析光束截断比对照明均匀性的影响,分析大气湍流条件下光束整形对照明均匀性的影响,并比较调节光束质量与光束整形对照明均匀性的影响。结果表明:光束整形具有调节照明激光远场光斑尺度及均匀性的能力,相位调节因子越大,整形后远场光斑半径越大、均匀性越好;光束截断比越大照明均匀性越好;弱湍流条件下,光束整形比调节光束质量的照明激光远场光斑均匀性更好。