The damage of the optical components induced by the stimulated Brillouin scattering

A theory of excitation of ultrasonic waves in the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) process is presented in this paper. By using several reasonable approximations, a numerical calculation of the transient longitudinal SBS shows that large amplitude of acoustic waves can be built up by the nanosecond pulse of high-power laser, which may result in the damage of optical glasses. The maximal density change and the maximal acoustic wave intensity in optical glasses of 5\,cm in thickness are calculated by using different parameters of the high-energy laser, such as the intensity, the pulse width, and the wave length. The damage threshold of the optical glasses is about 80 GW/cm^{2} when using a 1064 nm laser. The dynamic mechanism of SBS is the electrostriction effect of the components coupling with the high-power laser.     

Study on the response characteristics of adaptive focusing system for flying optics

The ABCD law of parameter q for fundamental-mode Gaussian beam is deduced in this paper. The result shows that the changes of focal length and focal depth are not related to the orders of the Gaussian beam modes when focus lens moves along optical axis in a large range, indicating that the ABCD law of parameter q can be used for any order modes. A laser focusing setup is designed, and the response characteristics of oil pressure system therein are also studied.     

Holographic storage scheme based on digital signal processing

In this paper, a holographic storage scheme for multimedia data storage and retrieval based on the digital signal processing (DSP) is designed. A communication model for holographic storage system is obtained on the analogy of traditional communication system. Many characteristics of holographic storage are embodied in the communication model. Then some new methods of DSP including two-dimensional (2-D) shifting interleaving, encoding and decoding of modulation-array (MA) code and method of soft-decision, etc. are proposed and employed in the system. From the results of experiments it can be seen that those measures can effectively reduce the influence of noise. A segment of multimedia data, including video and audio data, is retrieved successfully after holographic storage by using those techniques.     

Incident laser modulation of a repaired damage site with a rim in fused silica rear subsurface

Local CO2 laser treatment has proved to be an effective method to prevent the 351-nm laser-induced damage sites in a fused silica surface from exponentially growing, which is responsible for limiting the lifetime of optics in high fluence laser systems. However, the CO2 laser induced ablation crater is often surrounded by a raised rim at the edge, which can also result in the intensification of transmitted ultraviolet light that may damage the downstream optics. In this work, the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method is developed to simulate the distribution of electrical field intensity in the vicinity of the CO2 laser mitigated damage site located in the exit subsurface of fused silica. The simulated results show that the repaired damage sites with raised rims cause more notable modulation to the incident laser than those without rims. Specifically, we present a theoretical model of using dimpled patterning to control the rim structure around the edge of repaired damage sites to avoid damage to downstream optics. The calculated results accord well with previous experimental results and the underlying physical mechanism is analysed in detail.     

Holographic Laser as a Source of Continuous Variable Entanglement

We study the generation and evolution of continuous-variable entanglement in a holographic laser. The two-level atomic medium is trapped in a ring cavity, and couples with two counter-propagating modes. By simulating the dynamics of the system, our numerical results show that the two-mode continuous variable （CV） entanglement can be realized in the present system even in the presence of cavity loss. This investigation provides a research clue for realizing CV entanglement in a two-level atomic medium, which is simpler than the previous works.     

Analytic modeling of instabilities driven by higher-order modes in the HLS Ⅱ RF system with a higher-harmonic cavity

The utility of a passive fourth-harmonic cavity plays a key role in suppressing longitudinal beam instabilities in the electron storage ring and lengthens the bunch by a factor of 2.6 for the phase Ⅱ project of the Hefei Light Source (HLS Ⅱ ). Meanwhile, instabilities driven by higher-order modes (HOM) may limit the performance of the higher-harmonic cavity. In this paper, the parasitic coupled-bunch instability, which is driven by narrow band parasitic modes, and the microwave instability, which is driven by broadband HOM, are both modeled analytically. The analytic modeling results are in good agreement with those of our previous simulation study and indicate that the passive fourth-harmonic cavity suppresses parasitic coupled-bunch instabilities and microwave instability. The modeling suggests that a fourth-harmonic cavity may be successfully used at the HLS Ⅱ .     

Effects of longitudinal parasitic modes on the beam dynamics for the ADS driving linac in China

For the accelerator driven subcritical system (ADS) main linac in China, two families of superconducting elliptical radio frequency (RF) cavities will be used to accelerate the proton beam from 180 MeV to 1.5 GeV. When the proton beam traverses in the RF cavity, the excited parasitic modes, like high order modes (HOMs) and same order modes (SOMs), may drive the beam to become unstable and increase the cryogenic load, thus putting a limitation on the normal operation of the accelerator. In this paper, by using a numerical code SMD based on the ROOT environment, the effects of longitudinal parasitic modes on the beam dynamics for the ADS driving linac in China have been investigated systematically, while parasitic modes which increase cryogenic loss have not been included in this paper. Some conclusions concerning the beam energy ranging from 180 MeV to 1.5 GeV have been obtained.     

Design and optimization of a longitudinal feedback kicker cavity for the HLS-Ⅱ storage ring

In the Hefei Light Source (HLS) storage ring, multibunch operation is used to obtain a high luminosity. Multibunch instabilities can severely limit light source performance with a variety of negative impacts, including beam loss, low injection efficiency, and overall degradation of the beam quality. Instabilities of a multibunch beam can be mitigated using certain techniques including increasing natural damping (operating at a higher energy), lowering the beam current, and increasing Landau damping. However, these methods are not adequate to stabilize a multibunch electron beam at a low energy and with a high current. In order to combat beam instabilities in the HLS storage ring, active feedback systems including a longitudinal feedback system (LFB) and a transverse feedback system (TFB) will be developed as part of the HLS upgrade project, the HLS-Ⅱ storage ring project. As a key component of the longitudinal bunch-by-bunch feedback system, an LFB kicker cavity with a wide bandwidth and high shunt impedance is required. In this paper we report our work on the design of the LFB kicker cavity for the HLS-Ⅱ storage ring and present the new tuning and optimization techniques developed in designing this high performance LFB kicker.     

Intracavity configuration for tuning and obtaining simultaneous dual-wavelength operation from CW Nd:YAG laser

In this letter, a thin slab of glass is used as Fabry–Perot etalon inside a cavity of a continuous wave (CW) Nd:YAG laser to change the behavior of its output longitudinal modes. The slab etalon is used as tuning element when it turns around the laser cavity axis. Two simultaneous longitudinal modes with a relatively wide tuning range from 5.83 MHz to 0.02 THz are obtained when the Nd:YAG laser is operated at moderate output power of about 120 mW. The mode structure of this configuration is modeled and simulated. Computer-generated diagrams are also presented schematically and compared with the experimental results.     

Negative Dispersion of Lattice Waves in a Two—Dimensional Yukawa System

Collective motion modes existing in a two-dimensional Yukawa system are investigated by molecular dynamics simulation.The dispersion relations of transverse and longitudinal lattice waves obtained for hexagonal lattice are in agreement with the theoretical results.The negative dispersion of the parallel longitudinal wave is demonstrated by the simulation,and is explained by a physical model.     

Formation of Hot Images in Laser Beams through a Self-defocusing Kerr Medium Slab

A nonlinear hot image is usually thought as of a special case of self-focusing, and thus occurs when a laser beam propagates through a slab of self-focusing medium. Here we show theoretically that a hot image may also be formed by a thin slab of self-defocusing medium. The physical origin for this hot image formation is akin to the in-line volume-phase holographic imaging due to the intensity-dependent refractive-index modulation of the self- defocusing medium. NumericM simulations confirm the theoretical prediction and further identify the dependence of the hot image on the beam power, the modulation depth of obscuration and the thickness of self-defocusing medium. The analysis presented here brings new insight into the physics of hot image formation in the high power laser system.     

Silicon Wafer:a Direct Output Coupler in Tm:YLF Laser

We present a high power diode-pumped continuous-wave Tm:YLF(Tm~(3+)-doped lithium yttrium fluoride) laser with a piece of silicon wafer as the output coupler(Si-OC laser) directly.Under the pump power of 40 W at 793 nm,a maximum output power of 12.1 W is obtained with a beam quality of M~2 ≤ 1.55 at 1887 nm,corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 30.25%and a slope efficiency of 33.21%.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first report on directly utilizing silicon as an output coupler(Si-OC) in the solid Tm:YLF laser system.Due to the intriguing characteristics of silicon,such as negligible absorption in the wavelength region around 2 μm,high damage threshold,low cost and long-pass filter properties,double-side polished monocrystalline silicon wafer is considered as an outstanding candidate output coupler in the high-power laser system 2 μm spectral region,which may dramatically reduce the total manufacturing costs of the 2 μm laser system.     

Confined and Interface Phonons in Chirped GaAs-A1GaAs Superlattices

The confined longitudinal optical, transverse optical and interface phonon modes in chirped GaAs-AIGaAs superlattices grown on the （O01）-oriented GaAs substrate are studied by the micro-Raman spectroscopy. The phonon modes are probed at the （001） and （110） faces. The temperature dependence of the longitudinal optical, transverse optical and interface phonon modes are achieved. The temperature dependence of the longitudinal optical phonon frequencies demonstrates that a tensile strain exists in the GaAs layers of the chirped superlattices, which is significant for analyzing the device failure of a terahertz quantum cascade laser.     

The effect of laser beam size on laser-induced damage performance

The influence of laser beam size on laser-induced damage performance, especially damage probability and the laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT), is investigated. It is found that damage probability is dependent on beam size when various damage precursors with different potential behaviors are involved. This causes the damage probability and the LIDT to be different between cases under a large-aperture beam and a small-aperture beam. Moreover, the fluence fluctuation of the large-aperture laser beam brings out hot spots, which move randomly across the beam from shot to shot. Thus this leads the most probable maximum fluence after many shots at any location on the optical component to be several times the average beam fluence. These two effects result in the difference in the damage performance of the optical component between the cases under a large-aperture and small-aperture laser.     

Nonvolatile photorefractive properties in triply doped stoichiometric Mg：Fe：Mn：LiTa03 crystalsNonvolatile photorefractive properties in triply doped stoichiometric Mg：Fe：Mn：LiTa03 crystalsNonvolatile photorefractive properties in triply doped stoichiometric Mg：Fe：Mn：LiTa03 crystals

We have grown triply doped Mg：Fe：Mn：LiTaO3 crystals with near stoichiometry using the top seeded solution growth technique. The defect structure was investigated by infrared absorption spectra and Curie tempeI＇ature. Using a blue laser as the source, excellent photorefractive properties were obtained. Nonvolatile holographic storage properties were investigated using the dual wavelength technique. We got a very high fixed diffraction efficiency and nonvolatile holographic storage sensitivity. The blue light has more than enough energy to excite holes of deep （Mn） and shallow （Fe） trap centers with the same phase, which enhance dramatically the blue photorefractive properties and the nonvolatile holographic storage. Mg2＋ ion is no longer damage resistant at blue laser, but enhances photorefractive characteristics.     

Measurement of thermal expansion coefficient of nonuniform temperature specimen

A new technique is developed to measure the longitudinal thermal expansion coefficient of C/C composite material at high temperature.The measuring principle and components of the apparatus are described in detail.The calculation method is derived from the temperature dependence of the therinal expansion coefficient.The apparatus mainly consists of a high temperature environmental chamber,a power circuit of heating,two high-speed pyrometers,and a laser scanning system.A long solid specimen is resistively heated to a steady high-temperature state by a steady electrical current.The temperature profile of the specimen surface is not uniform because of the thermal conduction and radiation.The temperature profile and the total expansion are measured with a high-speed scanning pyrometer and a laser slit scanning measuring system,respectively.The thermal expansion coefficient in a wide temperature range(1000-3800 K)of the specimen can therefore be obtained.The perfect consistency between the present and previous results justifies the validity of this technique.     

Nonvolatile photorefractive properties in triply doped stoichiometric Mg：Fe：Mn：LiTaO3 crystals

We have grown triply doped Mg:Fe:Mn:LiTaO3 crystals with near stoichiometry using the top seeded solution growth technique. The defect structure was investigated by infrared absorption spectra and Curie temperature. Using a blue laser as the source, excellent photorefractive properties were obtained. Nonvolatile holographic storage properties were investigated using the dual wavelength technique. We got a very high fixed diffraction efficiency and nonvolatile holographic storage sensitivity. The blue light has more than enough energy to excite holes of deep(Mn) and shallow(Fe) trap centers with the same phase, which enhance dramatically the blue photorefractive properties and the nonvolatile holographic storage. Mg2+ ion is no longer damage resistant at blue laser, but enhances photorefractive characteristics.     

Ultra-lightweight and wide field of view augmented reality virtual retina display based on optical fiber projector and volume holographic lens

A novel see-through virtual retina display(VRD) system is proposed in this Letter. An optical fiber projector is used as the thin-light-beam source, which is modified from a laser scan projector by separating the laser sources and the scan mechanical structure. A synthetic aperture method is proposed for simple, low-cost fabrication of a volume holographic lens with large numerical aperture. These two key performance-enhanced elements are integrated into a lightweight and ordinary-glasses-like optical see-through VRD system. The proposed VRD system achieves a weight of 30g and a diagonal field of view of 60°.     

Kinetic theory of （2＋4）-level atom in σ^＋ -σ^- laser fields

The kinetic theory of (2+4)-level atoms in σ + σ- laser fields is presented.We systemically discuss friction coefficient,momentum diffusion tensor and atomic temperature based on the Fokker-Planck equation.This cooling system is much like that of a (1+3)-level atom,and the temperature is still limited to the Doppler temperature.Since this cooling system has not been investigated before,this work may be regarded as a necessary complement to the laser cooling theory.     

A系统中自发辐射产生的原子干涉：无反转激光

Atomic coherence in a Λ system may be created by spontaneous emission.In this paper it is shown that the coherence may lead to lasing without inversion and the features of the effect of the coherence on the laser gain is analyzed.