基于可调谐静电啁啾镜的电子脉冲压缩技术

分析了基于双级反射静电系统的电子脉冲压缩技术方法。类比于光子脉冲压缩用多层介质啁啾镜, 将该静电系统称为可调谐静电啁啾镜:根据静电啁啾镜电气结构参数的设置, 入射电子脉冲在系统中U形反射运动飞行时间与其初始轴向能量具有相应不同的色散关系, 也即正负啁啾特性。讨论了该啁啾镜正负啁啾属性的可调谐性及脉冲压缩技术细节, 并给出了计算实例。     

Ionisation of Rydberg hydrogen atom near a metal surface by short pulse laser

In the ionisation of Rydberg hydrogen atoms near a metal surface,the electron will escape from the nucleus and arrive at the detector in a time sequence.This probability flux train relies on the initial electron wave packet irradiated by the laser pulse.For simplicity,the laser pulse is usually simplified to a delta function in energy domain,resulting in a sharp initial arrival time with an exponentially decaying tail at the detector.Actually and semiclassically,the initial outgoing wave should be modeled as an ensemble of trajectories propagating away from the atomic core in all directions with a range of launch times and a range of energies.In this case,each pulse in the pulse train is averaged out rather than a sharp profile.We examine how energy and time averaging of the electron wave packet affects the resolution of escaping electron pulses and study the energy dependence of the arrival time for each pulse in the ionisation train.An optimization condition for the laser pulse shape to generate narrow ionisation electron pulse in the train is obtained.The ionisation rates with various excitation energy are calculated also,which show the excitation to higher N Rydberg states will narrow the electron pulse as well.     

Generalized multiple-prism dispersion theory for pulse compression in ultrafast dye lasers

A generalized multiple-prism dispersion theory, applicable to pulse compression schemes in femtosecond dye lasers, is described. The equations can be utilized to determine the dispersive characteristics of any multiple-prism arrangement. Also, the difference in dispersive values resulting in the use of various prism materials, including ZnSe, is compared.     

超短脉冲照射下氟化锂的烧蚀机理及其超快动力学研究

研究了超短脉冲激光照射下LiF晶体的破坏机理及其超快动力学过程,利用扫描电镜和原子力显微镜等测试手段,观测了飞秒激光照射下LiF晶体的烧蚀形貌。利用烧蚀面积与激光脉冲能量的对数关系确定了LiF晶体的破坏阈值,并利用非线性玻璃棒展宽脉宽,得到了800nm激光作用下LiF破坏阈值对激光脉宽（50～1000fs）的依赖关系;利用抽运一探针超快探测平台,探测了LiF烧蚀过程中反射率的变化。采用雪崩击穿模型,并根据晶体材料反射率与材料的介电常量的依赖关系,通过数值计算,模拟了材料烧蚀阈值与脉宽的依赖关系及材料激发过程中反射率的变化关系。结果表明,理论结果与实验结果符合较好。讨论了飞秒激光照射下LiF晶体中导带电子数密度的变化规律,并解释了相应的实验结果。     

Dispersion and compensation of temporal pulse width for femtosecond pulse laser ranging

We built an atmosphere dispersion model of femtosecond laser pulses that can calculate temporal pulse width travelling in air. The initial pulse duration of 100 fs can be broadened to 60 ps when propagating 200 km in the atmosphere. An experimental system has been established to compensate the large dispersion propagating 200 km in the atmosphere. The single model fiber (SMF) and the prism pairs were, respectively, used for coarse and fine compensation in the system. The pulse duration was consistently regulated 150 fs by moving the distance of prism pairs. This method can reach submicron resolution for a long distance by means of time of flight measurement.     

XPM-induced pulse compression in birefringent dispersion decreasing fiber

The pulse compression induced by cross-phase modulation in birefringent dispersion decreasing fiber is discussed theoretically by solving the coupled Schrödinger equations which include the contribution of the high-order non-linear effects, and third-order dispersion. In particular, it is found that a high quality compressed signal pulse can be obtained by a pump pulse of low intense through the technique. The dependence of optimum compression on the non-linear factor N, time delay τ_d and the dispersive ratio f is also discussed in detail.     

Compressing ultrafast electron pulse by radio frequency cavity

An ultrafast electron diffraction technique with both high temporal and spatial resolution has been shown to be a powerful tool to observe the material transient structural change on an atomic scale.The space charge forces in a multi-electron bunch will greatly broaden the electron pulse width,and therefore limit the temporal resolution of the high brightness electron pulse.Here in this work,we design an ultrafast electron diffraction system,and utilize a radio frequency cavity to realize the ultrafast electron pulse compression.We experimentally demonstrate that the stretched electron pulse width of14.98 ps with an electron energy of 40 keV and the electron number of 1.0 ×10~5 can be maximally compressed to about0.61 ps for single-pulse measurement and 2.48 ps for multi-pulse measurement by using a 3.2-GHz radiofrequency cavity.We also theoretically and experimentally analyze the parameters influencing the electron pulse compression efficiency for single-and multi-pulse measurements by considering radiofrequency field time jitter,electron pulse time jitter and their relative time jitter.We suggest that increasing the electron energy or shortening the distance between the compression cavity and the streak cavity can further improve the electron pulse compression efficiency.These experimental and theoretical results are very helpful for designing the ultrafast electron diffraction experiment equipment and compressing the ultrafast electron pulse width in a future study.     

Ultra-short optical pulse shaping using semiconductor optical amplifier

Optical ultra-short pulse compression and amplification using semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is presented. Using pump-probe pulse configuration, we present an SOA model which includes the nonlinear effects such as, spectral hole burning (SHB), carrier heating (CH), two-photon absorption (TPA) and group velocity dispersion (GVD) taking into account gain spectrum effect. Then by adjusting time delay between the pump pulse and probe pulse we use the model for simultaneous compression and amplification of probe pulse. We also analyze the four wave mixing (FWM) signal during pulse compression process. It is shown that dispersive effect of GVD on output probe pulse becomes more important for larger cavity length and probe-pump pulses relative time delays.     

Optical fibre-grating pulse compression

Numerical simulation is used to consider non-linear pulse propagation in fibres and subsequent pulse compression in a dispersive delay line. It is shown that for small initial pulse powers the conventional non-linear Schrödinger equation (NSE) is quite accurate to describe the process of pulse propagation in fibres. In this case initially symmetrical pulses undergo squaring and spectral broadening in fibres, and frequency chirp is linearized over most of the pulse, while shapes of the pulse, spectrum and frequency chirp remain symmetrical at the output of the fibre. There is a certain optimum fibre lengthZ _opt which is determined by the initial pulse parameters and fibre characteristics for pulse compression in the dispersive delay line. When the fibre lengthZ>Z _opt the optical wave breaking effect distorts the linearity of the frequency chirp and thus deteriorates the quality of the compressed pulse. The region of NSE approximation accuracy is determined. It is demonstrated that at increase of the initial pulse power (initial pulse width makes no difference) the NSE approximation becomes inaccurate. So the pulse dynamics in the fibre were described by the modified NSE derived in the higher-order approximation of the method of slowly varying amplitudes from Maxwell's equations. In this case the shock wave appears at the trailing edge of the pulse, which accelerates the wave breaking process. This results in a decrease of the optimum fibre length and deterioration of compressed pulse parameters, compared with the NSE case. Spectral windowing of the extreme Stokes components of the pulse spectrum permits significant improvement in the quality of the compressed pulse. The main features of the compression of pulses with asymmetrical initial shape are also considered.     

An estimation of EDXRF spectrometer properties,based on a two‐layer composite Si‐Ge detector

A mathematical model for the two‐layer composite Si‐Ge energy dispersive X‐ray detector is proposed, based on analyses of radiation and electron transport in the detector, and a mathematical model of an energy dispersive X‐ray fluorescent spectrometer with the detector is considered. The Monte Carlo method is applied to calculate probabilities of photon detection in different parts of the detector's response function. The composite detector with the time anti‐coincidence scheme is proposed; its first layer is Si detector, and the second layer is Ge detector. It is shown that this composite detector has some advantages, such as reduced Ge photo escape peaks intensities and efficiency of detection of high energy photons similar to efficiency of Ge detector. Applying the X‐ray detector for the energy dispersive X‐ray fluorescent spectrometer provides for a lower background level. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ultimately short optical pulses in carbon nanotubes in dispersive nonmagnetic dielectric media

We consider Maxwell’s equations for an electromagnetic field propagating in carbon nanotubes placed in dispersive nonmagnetic dielectric media. An effective equation having the form of an analog of the classical sine-Gordon equation was obtained and analyzed numerically. The dependence of the pulse on the type of carbon nanotubes, initial pulse amplitude, and dispersion constants of the medium was revealed.     

Wave-breaking-extended fiber supercontinuum generation for high compression ratio transform-limited pulse compression

Wave-breaking often occurs when a short intense optical pulse propagates in a long normally dispersive optical fiber. This effect has conventionally been avoided in fiber (super-)continuum-based pulse compression because the accumulated frequency chirp of the output pulse cannot be fully compensated by a standard prism (or grating) pair. Thus, the spectral extending capability of the wave-breaking has not been utilized to shorten the compressed pulse. We demonstrate that wave-breaking-free operation is not necessary if a 4f pulse shaper-based compressor is employed to remove both the linear and nonlinear chirp of the output pulse. By propagating a 180 fs (FWHM) input pulse in a nonlinear photonic crystal fiber beyond the wave-breaking limit, we compress the wave-breaking-extended supercontinuum output pulse to the bandwidth-limited duration of 6.4 fs (FWHM). The combination of high compression ratio (28×) and short pulse width represents a significant improvement over that attained in the wave-breaking-free regime.     

Observation of the quasidiffusive propagation of phonons in Mg<Subscript>2</Subscript>SiO<Subscript>4</Subscript>:Ho<Superscript>3+</Superscript> using time-resolved photo-phonon spectroscopy

The energy flux of phonons produced due to the nonradiative laser-induced transitions of Ho³⁺ impurity ions in forsterite from the ⁵F₅ states has been measured using a superconductor bolometer at a temperature of 2 K. The dependence of the flux on the laser wavelength, the time elapsed after the action of a laser pulse, and the phonon propagation path length is analyzed. It is found that the excitation of Ho³⁺ to some states leads to the diffusive propagation of emitted phonons in the spontaneous frequency decay mode (quasidiffusive mode of propagation): the time of arrival of a phonon pulse is almost a linear function of the path length, but it is several times longer than the longest ballistic time of flight (for transverse phonons). The diffusion coefficient and the nonradiative relaxation time are determined from the best fit to the experiment.     

Inductive Store Pulse Compression System for Driving High Speed Plasma Implosions

The Air Force Weapon Laboratory has investigated and developed inductive pulse compression techniques with fuse opening switches for driving high speed plasma implosions. Experiments have demonstrated the delivery of 7.5 MA to a 5-nH load in < 200 ns from an initial 1.9-MJ 2-?s capacitor bank via inductive pulse compression. Circuit considerations dictate the overall energy efficiency while MHD considerations dictate overall implosion stability and thermalization time. Theoretical considerations along with initial experiment results are presented in this paper.     

Generation of 20-GHz picosecond pulse trains in the normal and anomalous dispersion regimes of optical fibers

In this paper, we numerically and experimentally study two methods to generate 20-GHz pulse trains at 1550 nm from a dual-frequency beat-signal. The first method is based on the multiple four-wave mixing temporal compression occurring in the anomalous dispersion regime of a standard optical fiber (SMF). In the second original method, the initial sinusoidal signal is first converted into a parabolic pulses train through nonlinear propagation in a normally dispersive fiber. A subsequent linear compression in an anomalous dispersive fiber leads to well-separated picosecond pulses.     

基于磁通压缩技术的爆炸磁频率发生器的参数选择

 爆炸磁频率发生器是一种结构简单、小型化的电磁脉冲产生和辐射装置。为了优化其性能，从数学模型入手进行研究，得出输出信号所满足的Bessel函数，分析了在不同电参数下输出信号的模式及电路中的能量分配。研究结果表明，当电感变化到初始值的1/e所需时间与初始载波频率的乘积较大时，发生器的输出信号为振荡模式，且二者乘积越大，载波频率越高，对其辐射越有利。     

棱镜色散腔XeF(C-A)蓝绿激光线宽压缩

XeF(C-A)蓝绿激光的增益系数较低,仅为0.003 cm-1,要获得高能量窄线宽激光输出有一定难度。利用色散元件棱镜开展了高单脉冲能量窄线宽激光输出实验研究,结果表明:采用凹面输出镜的情况下,激光线宽可以压缩到约2.5 nm,激光输出能量最大为3.47 J;采用平面输出镜,激光线宽压缩到约0.7 nm,激光输出能量最大为2.93 J,激光光谱调谐范围最大可达到60 nm,在460～520 nm之间。     

Self-induced transparency and electromagnetic pulse compression in a plasma or an electron beam under cyclotron resonance conditions

Based on analogy to the well-known process of the self-induced transparency of an optical pulse propagating through a passive two-level medium we describe similar effects for a microwave pulse interacting with a cold plasma or rectilinear electron beam under cyclotron resonance condition. It is shown that with increasing amplitude and duration of an incident pulse the linear cyclotron absorption is replaced by the self-induced transparency when the pulse propagates without damping. In fact, the initial pulse decomposes to one or several solitons with amplitude and duration defined by its velocity. In a certain parameter range, the single soliton formation is accompanied by significant compression of the initial electromagnetic pulse. We suggest using the effect of self-compression for producing multigigawatt picosecond microwave pulses.     

基于频散特征的单水听器模式特征提取及距离深度估计研究

针对浅海环境中低频宽带水声脉冲信号, 研究基于频散特征结合时频分析的单水听器距离和深度估计方法. 以简正波理论为依据, 将单水听器上的接收信号表示成一系列传播模式之和的形式, 分析了经典波导环境下的频散现象, 采用自适应径向高斯核函数的时频分析方法来表征接收信号的频散特征. 为提高时频分辨率, 采用自适应径向高斯核函数的时频分布来提取频散关系曲线中传播模式的到达时间差, 利用模式的到达时间差估计声源的距离. 采用多模式联合匹配的方式, 通过二值掩模滤波的时频滤波方法, 提取所需的模式. 通过计算实际提取出的模式能量与预测的模式能量之间的误差, 建立代价函数, 并通过模式能量匹配的方式, 确定声源的深度. 通过对基于Pekeris波导模型的浅海环境进行仿真验证, 结果表明: 自适应径向高斯核函数的时频分析方法能够很好地反映信号本身的频散特征, 具有较高的时频分辨率, 克服了传统短时傅里叶变换时频表征的限制, 使得模式在时频域更加容易辨识和分离; 从测距效果来看, 不同模式组合下的距离估计结果不同, 采用在时频面上具有较高能量的模式, 可得到较为准确的距离估计; 选用高能量的模式所得的距离估计的相对误差小于2%. 在定深方面, 参与联合匹配的模式个数越多, 代价函数的峰值更加地尖锐, 同时具有低的伪峰, 深度估计的性能会进一步有所提升. 该工作对于研究低频水声脉冲信号的分离和提取具有重大意义. 关键词： 频散信道 时频分析 单水听器 定位     

相对论飞秒激光脉冲在真空中对预加速电子的加速

通过求解电子运动的相对论方程，发现预加速电子在超强超短激光脉冲的作用下可以获得很高的能量增益. 飞秒激光脉冲的上升沿在焦点附近的区域有效加速电子后，电子和光脉冲一起传播一段距离（远大于瑞利长度）后，激光强度变得很弱，从而使脉冲下降沿对电子的减速作用可以忽略不计，因此电子只经历加速过程而没有被减速，当电子和光脉冲分离时，电子获得了很高的能量增益. 当光强为10¹⁹Ｗ／cm² ，电子的初始能量为MeV量级时，电子的能量增益可以达到01GeV. 进一步讨论了电子的能量增益与电子的初始条件与激光脉冲的参数之间的关系. 关键词： 电子加速 飞秒激光脉冲 能量增益