Transient gratings in a nonlinear medium

The excitation of a phase transient grating induced by two equal pulses from the same laser, which intersect in a nonlinear (cubic) medium, is considered theoretically. The grating parameters are calculated. The grating amplitude is shown to be spatially non-uniform and to be described by the pulse autocorrelation function, a display of the pulse coherence and of the two-pulse interference pattern. The diffraction problem of the induced grating is then solved using the electrodynamic perturbation theory. The diffraction efficiency of the grating is calculated. It is shown that the measurement of the spectral intensity of the probe light diffracted from the induced grating enables the complete computation of the grating amplitude. Such a measurement may be carried out for the whole of the time of grating decay after the excitation of the grating. Some possible applications of the induced grating are considered. The medium parameters and the autocorrelation trace of the single pulse may be determined. The shape and duration of a bandwidth-limited pulse or the spectrum of an arbitrary one are shown to be measurable.     

脉冲压缩光栅的激光损伤机理及阈值提升技术研究进展

总结了激光辐射条件下脉冲压缩光栅的激光诱导损伤机理,探究了表面形貌、加工方式、结构缺陷以及表面污染等因素对光栅损伤造成的影响,从微观损伤机理的角度阐释了产生损伤的内在原因。在脉冲压缩光栅的激光预处理、加工工艺及表面污染物的去除等方面,分析了实现光栅损伤阈值提升的内在因素,给出了提升光栅损伤阈值的技术措施。根据影响光栅损伤阈值的因素,提出在光栅运行过程中采用多种措施组合的方式来提升光栅的激光诱导损伤阈值。脉冲压缩光栅激光损伤机理和阈值的研究对脉冲压缩光栅系统的稳定运行具有实践意义,为激光装置高能量密度的输出奠定基础。最后,提出了光栅激光诱导损伤研究的科学与技术问题,为脉冲压缩光栅激光诱导损伤阈值的提升提供新的思路,服务于重大科学装置和重要技术领域的发展。     

啁啾飞秒激光脉冲形成的光纤光栅的Bragg反射特性

在800nm飞秒脉冲激光照射下光敏玻璃As₂S₃光纤具有双光子吸收 现象，当一束超短激光脉冲与另一束啁啾超短激光脉冲在As₂S₃光纤相遇时，干涉图案将 永久地记录一个空间啁啾光栅.研究了该光栅结构与入射超短脉冲激光脉冲参数的关系，数值计算表明该光栅具有较大的Bragg反射带宽. 关键词： 啁啾光纤光栅 飞秒激光脉冲 双光子吸收效应     

变栅距光栅实现啁啾脉冲光谱整形

为了充分利用放大介质的增益带宽,获得脉宽更短,功率更高的输出脉冲,需要将输入到主放大链的种子脉冲进行光谱整形来补偿放大过程中的增益窄化效应。提出了利用变栅距反射光栅实现中心波长1053nm,谱宽6nm啁啾脉冲的光谱整形。运用严格的光栅衍射耦合波理论分析光栅的衍射特性,发现该方案不会引入相位畸变。分别计算和分析了刻槽深度、入射角大小、光栅周期以及入射光波长的变化对衍射效率的影响,通过选取适当的光栅参量可获得0.5%~84%的光谱调制深度。     

光盘多信道存贮分光技术

本文对光盘存贮技术中应用的多频声光和衍射光栅分光技术进行了分析、研究.并以二元计算全息理论为基础,用脉位调制技术通过计算机模拟,获得了产生均匀多光束衍射的位相光栅的精确周期结构参数.据此,研制了总衍射效率为73%,最大残余偏差为17.5%能满足实用要求的九光点均匀衍射位相光栅.     

超短脉冲激光光束被局域体全息光栅衍射的性质分析

利用二维耦合波理论,分析了超短脉冲激光光束被完全重叠型的局域体全息光栅衍射的时空变化性质,给出了衍射和透射脉冲激光光束沿光栅出射边界的强度时空分布。以LiNbO3晶体为例,数值研究了衍射光脉冲强度沿光栅出射边界的分布和脉冲波形的变化及光栅的总衍射效率受光栅二维尺寸、入射角度、光栅折射率调制度及入射脉冲的脉冲时域半峰全宽等条件的影响而变化的情况。与一维体全息光栅对超短脉冲激光光束衍射的性质,及此光栅对连续光衍射的性质作比较,给出了合理选择光栅参量及入射条件以在光栅出射边界上得到总衍射效率较大且分布较均匀的衍射光脉冲的方法。     

高功率全光纤啁啾脉冲放大激光系统

采用基于非线性偏振旋转原理的光纤被动锁模激光器作为主振荡器。输出信号脉冲的重复频率为30MHz,脉冲半高全宽为265fs。信号脉冲通过全光纤啁啾脉冲激光放大系统展宽至100ps后,经过1级芯径10μm的光纤预放大器和1级芯径50μm的光纤功率放大器将脉冲平均功率放大至10W,斜率效率41.5%。输出脉冲经光栅压缩器将脉宽压缩至594fs。     

Femtosecond third-harmonic generation:. self-phase matching through a transient. Kerr grating and the way to ultrafast computing

The third harmonic of 810-nm 100-fs pulses at 130 μJ is generated very efficiently when ultrashort pulses from two noncollinear beams interfere in an optical medium to create an instantaneous transient grating via the optical Kerr effect. The grating couples two pathways for third-harmonic generation, each taking two photons from one beam and one photon from the other beam, respectively. The coupling enables self-phase matching in the complete process, resulting in a conversion efficiency of ≈3%. Scattering an independent beam at the transient grating confirms a lifetime limited by the pulse duration, with a reaction on the order of one optical cycle. Using the second harmonic of a Ti-sapphire laser at 405 nm, it is shown that the generation of the transient Kerr grating is a general feature, requiring less than 20 μJ/pulse. By introducing a third femtosecond beam we are able to emulate various digital logic units with femtosecond response. Received: 16 October 2001 / Published online: 6 June 2002     

多层介质膜脉宽压缩光栅的严格矢量分析

用于展宽和压缩激光脉冲的多层膜脉宽压缩光栅是由多层介质高反膜和位于其顶层的浮雕光栅构成。以设计的高反射多层膜为基础,利用傅里叶模式理论分析了其衍射场分布,给出了TE波自准直角入射的使用条件下,多层介质膜脉宽压缩光栅衍射效率的表达式。以-1级衍射效率为评价函数,分别讨论了HfO2和SiO2为顶层材料时,多层膜脉宽压缩光栅-1级衍射效率高于0.95的光栅结构参量范围。结果表明,在该条件下,选择HfO2为顶层材料时,光栅结构参量有较大的取值范围。给出了优化的光栅结构参量,并分析了光栅制作误差及其使用条件的宽容度,对光栅制作工艺和使用具有一定的指导意义。     

All organic DFB laser enhanced by intermediate high refractive index polymer layer

Performances of a distributed feedback (DFB) organic dye laser were enhanced by introducing an intermediate high refractive index layer of poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVCz) laminated between a glass substrate and a laser dye doped active polymer layer. The active layer is consisted of rhodamine 6G and cellulose acetate (CA). Introduction of an intermediate layer allows a single mode lasing. Slope efficiencies of 2.2 and 4.7% and thresholds of 0.3 and 0.14 mJ/cm²/pulse were measured for the waveguides with 1.7 and 3.4 μm active layers, respectively. Furthermore, permanent relief grating on an intermediate layer gave rise to the reduction of the threshold. With increasing in amplitude of the relief grating from 20 to 45 nm, lasing threshold was reduced from 0.18 to 0.04 mJ/cm²/pulse for the waveguide with 1.7 μm active layer. The slope efficiency increased from 3.5 to 4.2%.     

Generation of a 40-GHz pulse stream by pulse multiplication with a sampled fiber Bragg grating

A sinc-sampled fiber Bragg grating is used to achieve multiplication of the repetition rate of a pulse stream from 10 to 40 GHz. The spectral characteristics of the grating ensure that the resultant pulses-solitons of 3.4-ps width-have the same individual pulse characteristics as those of the input.     

拼接光栅压缩器中光栅拼缝对脉冲信噪比的影响

针对平行光栅对结构的压缩器和圆形入射光束,建立了光栅拼缝所引起的光谱剪切的数学模型,并模拟了该光谱剪切对压缩脉冲信噪比的影响.与双曲正割型脉冲相比,光栅拼缝对高斯型脉冲信噪比的影响较小.随着光栅拼缝宽度的减小与光束口径的增大,压缩脉冲信噪比得到提高.对于确定的拼接光栅压缩器和光束直径,当脉冲中心波长与光谱剪切中心波长(...     

OPCPA系统中光栅对不平行度对脉冲时间波形的影响

 利用光线追迹法和四阶龙格-库塔法分析了光参量啁啾脉冲放大系统中实际展宽器和压缩器所带来的各阶色散,并将其代入放大过程数值模拟了脉冲变化的情况,讨论了压缩器光栅对表面不平行、刻线不平行、信号光强度、泵浦光强度等因素对输出脉冲宽度和时间波形的影响。结果表明,光栅对表面不平行将引起脉冲宽度变大,且光栅顺时针旋转对脉冲宽度和波形影响更大。而光栅刻线不平行时,当仅考虑二阶色散时,夹角为0.8°时脉宽最小,考虑到三阶色散时,夹角为1°脉宽最小,且光栅顺时针和逆时针旋转对脉冲的作用相同。对实际OPCPA系统,当放大晶体材料及长度一定时,尽量调整压缩器光栅平行,信号光强度和泵浦光强度有一最佳值能使输出脉冲宽度达到最小。     

光栅波像差对脉冲压缩的影响

 采用光线追迹的方法,对脉冲压缩光栅系统波像差进行理论研究,构建了有像差脉冲压缩光栅对分析模型,使用该模型通过模拟计算得出了波像差对脉冲压缩效果的影响。理论分析结果表明：脉冲压缩光栅系统最大波像差不大于λ/4时,脉冲压缩比的最大变化率约为2%。脉冲压缩光栅对系统达到衍射极限时,在选择适当的入射角度时,光栅波像差所引起的脉冲压缩比变化并不大。     

小型多功能CO2激光器

研制了一种小型多功能CO2激光器。该激光器可以单脉冲、重频或连续方式输出,并可实现输出脉冲频率的编码及波长调谐。激光器谐振腔采用光栅一级振荡,零级输出的工作方式,分别利用声光调Q技术和脉冲放电技术实现了百ns至亚ms量级的脉冲激光输出。详细介绍了该激光器中基于光学角反射器原理设计的光栅调谐定向输出装置,并对其进行了理论计算和论证,实现了不同波长激光的定向、定位输出,获得调谐激光输出谱线超过60条,谱线分辨率优于0.01μm。激光器脉冲重复频率1Hz～10KHz连续可调,输出波长调谐范围9.2μm～10.8μm,激光器连续输出最大功率8W,重复频率1KHz时最小激光脉宽180ns,峰值功率4062W。该激光器在激光与物质相互作用科学领域,特别是激光对物质作用与破坏机理的研究方面具有重要的应用价值。     

Generation of tunable picosecond pulses in a simple distributed feedback dye laser under N2-laser pumping

Simple possibility of single tunable picosecond pulse generation in a conventional inexpensive distributed feedback dye laser (DFDL) is demonstrated. It is shown that when a TEA N₂-laser is used for pumping no diffraction grating is necessary in the DFDL optical scheme for operation in the picosecond regime. Hence wide-range spectral tuning from 357 to 665 nm was easily achieved. When pumped with a 0.6 ns 40 kW pulse of the TEA N₂-laser the DFDL generated pulses as short as 7 ps with time-bandwidth product better than 0.6 and peak power ? 10 kW. At a repetition rate of 50 pps the shot-to-shot energy stability of a single picosecond pulse was ±18% at ±7% stability of the TEA N₂-laser.     

Design and fabrication of Gires�CTournois interferometers for?Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber laser system

A Gires?CTournois interferometer (GTI) with large dispersion compensation was designed and fabricated according to the requirement of the Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber laser system. The designed GTI can provide an average group delay dispersion (GDD) of ?1500 fs² and a high reflectance (>99.7%) from 1030 to 1050 nm. The Ion-assisted Deposition (IAD) technique was utilized to manufacture the mirror. Good agreement between the measured and designed results both for reflectance and GDD was achieved. The reflectance during 1030?C1050 nm was above 99.5% and the GDD ripple was less than ±300 fs². The GTI was used both in the intracavity dispersion compensation and extracavity pulse compression for the Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber laser system. A mode-locked soliton pulse with a 506-fs duration was recorded. An extracavity pulse compression test showed that the GTI had identical pulse compression capability as the conventional grating pairs while the energy loss was obviously reduced. Our results demonstrated that the HDM, which was able to provide quite a large amount of negative dispersion (???8×10⁴ fs²), could be an ideal alternative to replace the dispersive compensating grating pairs for the dispersion compensation of the Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber laser system.     

TEA CO2激光器序列带的输出特性

 采用双光栅谐振腔和增长放电增益区,进行了TEA CO₂激光器弱线输出特性研究。在CO₂,N₂,He气体体积比为0.16∶0.21∶0.63,总压强为57.3 kPa情况下,获得6条11 μm波长附近弱线(序列带和热带)激光输出,谱线脉宽为400 ns左右。研究了011-030带的P19线的输出波形和能量,结果表明：谱线输出能量随光栅中心的位移变化而变化,当光栅中心在放电区中心轴线上时输出最强,最大输出能量达几百mJ。     

基于低散射和高增益全息液晶/聚合物光栅的分布反馈式激光器

利用低官能度的丙烯酸酯单体进行全息液晶/聚合物光栅的制备, 获得了具有聚合物支撑形貌的光栅结构. 由于这种光栅内部不存在液晶微滴, 当作为分布反馈式激光器的谐振腔时, 可以有效降低光栅内部的散射损失(<4%), 降低激光腔损耗. 此外, 选用的高折射率单体提升了光栅的折射率调制量, 增强了光栅的反馈增益. 在以上两种因素的共同作用下, 采用染料DCM为激光工作物质, 以532 nm的Nd:YAG脉冲激光器作为抽运光源, 最终获得了中心波长为635 nm, 转化效率为1.2%的高性能激光, 在以阈值能量0.8 μJ/pulse抽运下获得激光线宽0.3 nm, 较之国内外同类激光器的报道, 在阈值、线宽、转化效率三方面均有不同程度提升.     

An analysis of As_2S_3 chirped fiber grating formed by two-photon absorption effect

When femtosecond laser pulses interfere with chirped femtosecond laser pulses in As2S3 fiber, a chirped fiber grating is formed. An analytical expression is given to describe the chirped grating, and its Bragg reflectivity is calculated. Because of the high photosensitive effect of As2S3 material, the chirped fiber grating has a wide Bragg reflective spectrum and high reflectivity by choosing proper parameters. This indicates that the chirped fiber grating can be used as a stretcher in the femtosecond chirped pulse amplification (CPA) system.