Application of a widely electrically tunable diode laser to chemical gas sensing with quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy

A near-infrared diode laser with sample-grating distributed Bragg reflectors was used as a widely tunable spectroscopic source for multispecies chemical sensing. Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy was utilized to obtain high absorption sensitivity in a compact gas cell. CO2, H2O C2H2, and NH3 were monitored. A noise equivalent sensitivity of 8 x 10(-9) cm(-1) W(-1) Hz(-1/2)for NH3 detection was achieved, which corresponds to a NH3 mixing ratio of 4.4 parts in 10(6) by volume (ppmv) with a 1-s time constant and available 5.2-mW optical power in the gas cell.     

强激光辐照下光电探测器响应性能的研究

 响应度R是反映探测器性能的一项重要指标,当探测器被强激光损伤后,光电探测器的响应度将发生改变。设计了一套实时测量探测器响应度的装置,用能量逐渐增加的Nd∶YAG激光辐照PIN光电探测器,获得了探测器响应度与入射强激光功率密度的变化关系。从实验数据可知,探测器被功率密度低于7.6×105W/cm2的激光辐照后不会发生损伤,探测器对532nm参考光的响应度不变;当激光的功率密度超过1.27×106W/cm2时,激光辐照后,探测器对532nm参考光的响应度开始下降,当探测器被功率密度为6.01×106W/cm2的激光辐照后,响应度迅速下降,PN结遭到破坏是探测器响应度下降的根本原因,扫描电镜的结果与我们的分析相一致。     

High performance of semiconductor optical amplifier available for cold atom physics research

We present a novel design of a compact, stable, and easy-adjustable semiconductor optical amplifier （SOA） system. This SOA system is capable of providing up to 560-roW laser power at the wavelength of 852 nm. For the continuous-wave （CW） seeding laser, the amplification gain can reach 18 dB. We add amplitude modulation onto the CW laser and measure the modulation amplification between seeding and output laser. The amplification gain remains constant within the frequency range from 10 Hz to 1 MHz. The whole system could work in ultra-stable condition： for CW seeding laser, the fluctuation of output power is less than 0.33% in several hours.     

The progress of nuclear pumped laser in CFBR-Ⅱ reactor

Development of nuclear pumped lasers (NPL) in the CFBR-Ⅱ reactor is briefly reviewed. The results ofthe two NPL experiments in CFBR-Ⅱ reactor are described. The first one focused on the principle ofnuclear pumped laser, and 4-mW laser output power achieved. The second NPL experiment focused onthe small signal gain and the efficiency of the nuclear pumped He-Ar-Xe gas mixture at 1.73 μm. Themaximum laser power measured to be 45 mW when thermal neutron flux rate is 6.9 × 10 14 cm-2 @ s-1.The small signal gain at 1.73μm by the Rigrod analysis method is to be 0.24%.cm-1, and the saturationintensity is fitted to be 36 W/cm2.     

约束靶面黑漆涂层对激光冲击波的影响

 介绍了约束靶表面的黑漆涂层对激光冲击波的影响。激光功率密度 10⁹W/cm²量级，脉宽33ns，波长1.06μm。靶材选用两种不同厚度的铜和铝，靶表面用有机玻璃约束。通过对冲击波压力的直接测量发现，涂层不仅可以增加激光冲击波压力，而且还影响冲击波的演化过程。比较有无涂层的靶面SEM照片发现，黑漆涂层能有效地保护激光辐照表面，使之不受激光烧蚀。     

Cavity ringdown spectroscopy using mid-infrared quantum-cascade lasers

Cavity ringdown spectra of ammonia at 10 parts in 10(9) by volume (ppbv) and higher concentrations were recorded by use of a 16-mW continuous-wave quantum-casacde distributed-feedback laser at 8.5 mum whose wavelength was continuously temperature tuned over 15 nm. A sensitivity (noise-equivalent absorbance) of 3.4x10(-9) cm(-1) Hz(-1/2) was achieved for ammonia in nitrogen at standard temperature and pressure, which corresponds to a detection limit of 0.25 ppbv.     

Cellular response to near-infrared femtosecond laser pulses in two-photon microscopes

The influence of femtosecond near-infrared (NIR) microirradiation on cell vitality and cellular reproduction has been studied. Chinese hamster ovary cells exposed to a highly focused 150-fs scanning beam at 730, 760, and 800 nm (80 MHz, 80-mus pixel dwell time) of /=6 -mW mean power, cells were unable to form clones. They died or became giant cells. Complete cell destruction, including cell fragmentation, occurred at mean powers >10 mW. Cell death was accompanied by intense luminescence in the mitochondrial region. When we consider the diffraction-limited spot size in the submicrometer region, intensities and photon flux densities of 0.8-kW pulses (10-mW mean power) are of the order of terawatts per square centimeter (10(12)W/cm (2)) and 10(32) photons cm(-2) s(-1) , respectively. Extremely high fields may induce destructive intracellular plasma formation. The power limitations should be considered during NIR femtosecond microscopy of vital cells and in the design of compact NIR femtosecond solid-state lasers for two-photon microscopes.     

连续波CO2激光对多晶硅探测器干扰损伤实验研究

为进一步研究激光对光电探测器的干扰及损伤,利用10.6 m连续CO2激光辐照多晶硅光电探测器,进行了干扰与损伤阈值实验研究,得到了对多晶硅探测器的饱和干扰、损伤干扰阈值分别为5.5510-4 W/cm2、0.48 W/cm2;分析了不同干扰功率、不同干扰时间的干扰效果,依据探测器受干扰程度提出了将干扰等级划分为点饱和、中度饱和、重度饱和与点损伤4个等级;通过干扰激光功率与干扰光斑面积的变化关系,得到两者按幂函数y=76.3x0.29关系变化,并依据该变化关系探讨了10.6 m脉冲激光对红外成像系统的干扰效果。     

Doubly resonant continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator pumped by a single-mode diode laser

The performance characteristics of a doubly (signal and idler) resonant continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate and pumped by a 100-mW single-mode laser diode at 810 nm are reported. Pump power thresholds as low as 16 mW and wavelength tuning over the range 1.15-1.25 microm at the signal and 2.31-2.66 microm at the idler were achieved through variation of crystal temperature, pump wavelength, and grating period. Up to 5 mW of signal output was obtained with the single-mode diode pump, and signal powers of up to 39 mW were obtained when pumping with a 400-mW injection-locked broad-area diode laser.     

Phase-coherent optical frequency division by 3 of 532-nm laser light with a continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator

Phase-locked 3:1 division of an optical frequency was achieved with a continuous-wave monolithic optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped by a 532-nm Nd:YAG laser, by use of 5% MgO-doped LiNbO(3) as a nonlinear optical crystal. The OPO generated signal light (798 nm) with 4-mW power and idler light (1596 nm) with 3-mW power for a pump power of 68 mW. Approximately 2microW of second harmonics (SH's) of the idler light was produced by external-cavity-enhanced SH generation by use of a periodically poled LiNbO(3) crystal. The beat signal between the signal light and the SH of the idler light was observed with a signal-to-noise ratio of 40 dB at a 10-kHz bandwidth and was successfully phase locked to a signal from a synthesizer through the electro-optic effect of the crystal.     

Photoinduced toxicity of PrF<Subscript>3</Subscript> and LaF<Subscript>3</Subscript> nanoparticles

PrF₃ and LaF₃ nanoparticles were synthesized by the hydrothermal method. The size distribution of these nanoparticles in the colloidal solution produced was studied by photon correlation spectroscopy. The mean diameter of the nanoparticles was 42 ± 1 nm. During the study of the toxicity of the nanoparticles, the mixture of a colloidal solution of the nanoparticles with cells to be studied was irradiated by 30-mW continuous lasers at wavelengths of 532 and 473 nm. The concentration of salmonella cells in normal saline was 10⁶ cell/mL, while that of nanoparticles was 0.1 g/L. The cell survival percentage was 39, 34, and 20% for the irradiation times of 5, 10, and 15 min, respectively, at an optimal laser radiation power density of 0.4 W/cm at a wavelength of 532 nm. It was ascertained that LaF₃ nanoparticles do not possess the property of photoinduced toxicity and the apoptosing effect. Moreover, the property of photoinduced toxicity is not shared by microparticles, in contrast to nanoparticles.     

高重频CO_2激光损伤HgCdTe晶体的数值分析

针对CO2激光作用下HgCdTe晶体的损伤问题进行了数值分析。首先,建立了高重频CO2激光损伤Hg0.784Cd0.216Te晶体的三维热传导物理模型;然后,利用有限元方法计算了单脉冲和高重频CO2激光作用下,Hg0.784Cd0.216Te晶体的损伤阈值;最后,分析了激光重频以及辐照时间对晶体损伤阈值的影响。研究结果表明:单脉冲激光辐照下,晶体的损伤阈值为64.5 J/cm2;高重频(f>1 kHz)激光辐照下,激光重频的改变对晶体损伤阈值的影响较小,损伤阈值应由平均功率密度表征,且与辐照时间密切相关;辐照时间的增加,可以有效地减小晶体的损伤阈值,当激光辐照功率密度<1.95 kW/cm2时,不会发生晶体损伤。研究结果对高重频CO2激光在激光加工以及激光防护的应用方面具有指导意义。     

CO2激光预处理对UV-B辐射引起的小麦幼苗脂质过氧化伤害的防护作用

用20 mW·mm－2CO2激光对小麦萌发的种子分别照射1 min、3 min、5 min、7 min,待其长至幼苗期,在光背景（PAR）90 μmol·m－2·s－1条件下,用3.10 kJ·m－2 UV-B照射7 h·d－1,然后对其丙二醛（MDA）、还原型谷胱甘肽（GSH）、超氧化物岐化酶（SOD）、过氧化氢酶（CAT）、过氧化物酶（POD）以及抗坏血酸（AsA）等含量进行测定.结果发现,CO2激光预处理可提高小麦GSH和AsA含量以及SOD、CAT、POD酶活性,降低MDA含量,从而抑制了由UV-B辐射引起小麦的脂质过氧化作用,以处理5 min为最适时间.     

弱激光对神经元钾离子通道特性影响的实验研究

利用波长为670 nm、功率为5 mW的半导体激光器照射急性分离的大鼠海马CA3区锥体神经元，应用全细胞膜片钳技术研究其瞬时外向钾离子通道特性.实验发现：弱激光对瞬时外向钾电流具有抑制作用,并且该抑制作用呈现电压依赖性和可逆性.激光作用可显著影响通道稳态激活和失活过程，激光照射组和对照组比较，电流稳态激活曲线向去极化方向移动，半数激活电压升高，曲线斜率因子改变；而失活曲线向超极化方向移动，半数失活电压降低，曲线斜率因子不变.结果表明，弱激光作用海马神经细胞可以改变其瞬时外向钾离子通道特性，从而影响动作电位的形成和发放，调节神经元生理功能,有利于受损神经元的恢复和再生. 关键词： 瞬时外向钾离子电流 膜片钳技术 弱激光照射 神经元     

弱激光诱导神经元兴奋性改变的实验研究

利用全细胞膜片钳技术研究弱激光诱导下大鼠海马CA3区锥体神经元兴奋性.实验结果显示：弱激光作用使神经元钠通道激活电位向超极化方向移动,钠电流幅度增大,且这种增大作用具有电压依赖性和可逆性.激光作用显著影响钠电流稳态激活与失活特性,对照组和照射组通道半数激活电压分别为(-4414±528)mV和(-5655±614)mV(n=8,P<001),半数失活电压分别为(-6902±1031)mV和(-5660±897)mV(n=8, P<0 关键词： 钠离子通道 膜片钳技术 弱激光 动作电位 神经元     

连续波激光辐照PV型HgCdTe探测器的新效应

 用连续波DF激光辐照PV型HgCdTe红外探测器，得到不同辐照功率密度下，探测器响应输出的一系列实验结果，观察到器件饱和以外的如探测器混沌、探测器单极化等一些新现象，这些结果与理论预期有着较大差别。给出了实验结果的初步解释，该实验结果为今后更好地研究PV型HgCdTe探测器提供了新的线索。     

光斑尺寸对光学薄膜元件温升的影响

 实验测量了波长1 064 nm， 10 kHz高重复频率激光辐照下在白宝石、石英玻璃、K9基片上制备的Ta₂O₅/SiO₂高反膜的温度变化，有限元分析的结果与实验结果相一致。用ANSYS程序计算了不同光斑直径、相同功率激光和相同功率密度激光辐照下薄膜元件温升的变化。结果表明：相同功率激光辐照光学薄膜元件时，光斑大小只影响激光辐照点的温升，对基板温升没有影响。基板温升只与激光功率有关，激光功率越大，基板温升越大。相同功率密度激光辐照光学薄膜元件时，光斑越大，激光辐照点温度及基板温度均越高。从激光损伤的热效应考虑，小光斑激光辐照时，光学薄膜的激光损伤阈值较高。     

Enhancement of a 24.77-nm line emitted by the plasma of a boron nitride capillary discharge irradiated by a high-intensity ultrashort laser pulse

Investigations of plasma produced by a boron nitride capillary discharge irradiated with a guided 20-TW Ti: sapphire laser pulse at a peak intensity of 4 x 10(18) W/cm2 are presented. The guided laser radiation in the plasma channel generated He-like ions that, subject to suitable plasma temperature, recombined into Li-like nitrogen ions. Intense radiation at a wavelength of 24.77 nm was observed, indicating possible lasing at the 3d(5/2) - 2p(3/2) transition in Li-like nitrogen.     

激光加热碳、金平面靶等离子体膨胀过程

利用软X射线条纹相机与针孔成象装置相结合,测得了碳、金平面靶靶面X射线时、空分辨图象,从而推算出靶面等离子体膨胀平均速度分别为(碳):5.11×10⁷cm/s,(金):6.13×10⁷cm/s。实验用1.06μm的钕玻璃激光轰击靶面,X射线能谱范围为0.1—10keV。测量在激光功率密度≈10¹⁴W/cm²的情况下进行。 关键词：     

Self-starting five optical cycle pulse generation in Cr<Superscript>4+</Superscript>:YAG laser

We report stable self-starting near-transform-limited 26-fs pulses at 250-mW output power from a Kerr-lens mode-locked (KLM) Cr⁴⁺:YAG laser using chirped mirrors in combination with prisms. The highest output power achieved in KLM regime was 600 mW at 55-fs pulse duration. The experimental results agree well with the results of theoretical analysis with respect to KLM self-starting ability and stability against continuous-wave and multi-pulse operation. Parameter ranges for stable transform-limited KLM pulses as well as the shortest achievable pulse durations are established. Using an InGaAs-InP semiconductor saturable absorber mirror we could obtain self-starting 57-fs pulses at the average output power of 200 mW. Two-photon absorption was found to be the main mechanism favoring the multiple-pulse operation. Received: 2 May 2002 / Revised version: 16 July 2002 / Published online: 8 January 2003 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +43-1/58801-38799, E-mail: sorokina@tuwien.ac.at