用于钕玻璃啁啾脉冲放大系统光谱整形的多层介质膜反射镜

在千焦拍瓦高功率啁啾脉冲放大系统设计中,为了尽量消除增益窄化和增益饱和效应的影响,同时尽可能提高高功率激光输出脉冲信噪比参数,激光脉冲时空和光谱的整形问题备受关注.提出一种光谱整形新方法,利用特定结构的多层介质膜反射镜,可实现对大能量高功率啁啾脉冲钕玻璃放大系统中啁啾脉冲的光谱整形.研究结果表明,只要合理选择多层介质膜系的结构参数,可有效地控制其反射率分布,且在保证反射相位基本不变的条件下其调制度可超过60%.针对钕玻璃1053nm波长设计而成的光谱整形反射镜,反射带宽可达到196nm,色分辨率约为0.1 关键词： 介质反射膜 光谱整形 千焦拍瓦 啁啾脉冲     

高功率钕玻璃啁啾脉冲放大系统光谱整形

增益窄化效应限制了啁啾脉冲放大系统输出的最短脉冲宽度,需要对注入放大系统的种子啁啾脉冲进行光谱整形,以保证放大后的啁啾脉冲光具有足够的带宽并满足特定的光谱分布.理论上假定放大后啁啾脉冲的光谱分布为高斯分布或超高斯分布,对"百焦耳级钕玻璃啁啾脉冲放大系统"进行逆运算.研究发现,所需种子啁啾光的能量、带宽以及压缩后脉冲的信噪比都与该分布密切相关.通过光谱整形,使放大后的啁啾脉冲光的光谱分布为二阶超高斯分布.能够获得小于400 fs高信噪比的超短脉冲输出,此时所需种子啁啾脉冲能量仅为33μJ,带宽14 nm,在装置前级注入能力的范围之内.为百焦耳装置光谱整形实验的开展提供了理论指导.     

堆积脉冲光参量啁啾脉冲放大器

以自启动被动锁模掺镱光纤堆积脉冲激光器为种子源,采用非共线相位匹配的方法,进行了光参量啁啾脉冲放大器的实验研究,得到了两级放大总增益为1.1×107,单脉冲能量为11mJ,能量稳定性小于2%rms,8nm的放大谱宽.实验结果表明,采用这种结构的光参量啁啾脉冲放大器,放大增益高,系统稳定、结构紧凑、便于调节,同时通过调节种子源中的堆积器,可以得到不同宽度的放大信号脉冲.     

堆积脉冲光参量啁啾脉冲放大器

以自启动被动锁模掺镱光纤堆积脉冲激光器为种子源,采用非共线相位匹配的方法,进行了光参量啁啾脉冲放大器的实验研究,得到了两级放大总增益为1.1×107,单脉冲能量为11 mJ,能量稳定性小于2％ rms,8 nm的放大谱宽.实验结果表明,采用这种结构的光参量啁啾脉冲放大器,放大增益高,系统稳定、结构紧凑、便于调节,同时通过调节种子源中的堆积器,可以得到不同宽度的放大信号脉冲.     

脉冲啁啾对于阿秒脉冲的影响

采用单电子近似和软核势模型, 通过数值求解一维含时薛定谔方程, 理论研究了当脉冲分别带有正、负啁啾的情况下所产生的阿秒脉冲.分析了不同脉冲啁啾特性对阿秒脉冲的强度和宽度的影响. 研究结果表明, 无论是正啁啾还是负啁啾, 随着啁啾量的增加, 都将使激光脉冲由产生单个阿秒脉冲趋向于产生阿秒脉冲链. 正啁啾和负啁啾对于阿秒脉冲宽度的影响是不同的, 负啁啾对于阿秒脉冲宽度影响很小, 适当的负啁啾有利于缩小阿秒脉冲的宽度; 而正啁啾脉冲产生的阿秒脉冲较无啁啾时展宽, 且随着啁啾量的增加, 其阿秒脉冲宽度迅速增大.     

负啁啾高强度飞秒脉冲在正常色散材料中传输特性研究

利用块状正常色散材料作非线性介质，实验研究了负啁啾强激光飞秒脉冲在正常色散材料的传输过程中，脉冲波形及频谱随入射脉冲能量的变化特性.实验发现，负啁啾脉冲经过材料后激光光谱在被整形和压缩的同时，脉冲宽度也被压缩.实验获得的压缩脉冲宽度短于相等光谱宽度下的双曲正割转换极限脉冲宽度.数值模拟结果显示，在实验条件下模拟结果具有同样的变化特性. 关键词： 飞秒脉冲 自压缩 负啁啾 自聚焦     

正色散光纤激光器中矩形耗散孤子与高斯光谱脉冲的切换锁模

基于单壁碳纳米管与非线性偏振旋转技术在锁模光纤激光器中仿真和实验观测到矩形耗散孤子与高斯光谱脉冲的切换锁模.矩形耗散孤子的光谱与脉冲宽度分别为～6.33ps和～12.54nm,具有非常强的啁啾.适当地调节偏振控制器,可以获得具有高斯型光谱和脉冲的锁模状态,其光谱和脉冲宽度分别为～1.87ps和～2.2nm.高斯型光谱脉冲的时间带宽积为0.51,几乎没有啁啾.不同锁模状态间的切换归因于偏振控制器导致的腔内偏振的改变.     

采用环形再生腔结构的飞秒激光啁啾脉冲放大研究

采用环形再生腔结构的啁啾脉冲放大技术方案, 在重复频率100 Hz,单脉冲能量33.1 mJ的532 nm激光抽运下, 从钛宝石激光中获得了单脉冲能量9.84 mJ的放大输出, 对应的斜效率达33.1%.在重复频率10 Hz的情况下, 同样获得了单脉冲能量为9.64 mJ, 对应斜效率达36.8%的高效率放大结果. 通过色散补偿压缩该啁啾激光脉冲后的单脉冲能量为6.36 mJ, 脉冲宽度为59.7 fs. 测量结果表明典型的能量不稳定度为1.85%. 关键词： 啁啾脉冲放大 再生放大 飞秒激光 环形腔     

输出13.5fs激光脉冲的非共线式光参量放大器

利用BBO晶体在400nm的抽运光与信号光夹角为37°时,可同时在可见光范围内很宽的光谱范围里实现相位匹配的特点,实现了在可见光范围内具有极宽输出光谱宽度的飞秒光学参量放大器(OPA)的稳定运转,其输出脉冲能量大于15μJ,转换效率超过15%.并且在仅采用啁啾镜作为脉冲压缩器的情况下,获得了输出脉冲宽度为135fs的极窄光脉冲,其脉冲宽度压缩比高达22倍 关键词： 非共线相位匹配 光学参量放大 啁啾镜     

能量啁啾电子束自由电子激光放大啁啾脉冲

 提出采用具有能量啁啾电子束的自由电子激光放大器放大啁啾脉冲,分析说明了它的工作机理和滑移现象对其的影响。采用研制的1维非定态程序GOFEL-P,对能量啁啾自由电子激光放大器放大啁啾脉冲的过程进行了数值模拟和分析,计算了不同啁啾参数的脉冲被放大后的腔外压缩情况。结果表明：与单能电子束时相比,能量啁啾自由电子激光可以放大具有更大啁啾参数的啁啾脉冲,使压缩后的脉冲峰值功率增大至568 GW,脉冲宽度缩短至2.29 fs,大幅增强自由电子激光放大啁啾脉冲以及腔外压缩脉冲的效果。     

Suppression of gain narrowing in multi-TW lasers with negatively and positively chirped pulse amplification

A laser scheme implementing a combination of negatively and positively chirped pulse amplification (NPCPA) is demonstrated. This method of amplification suppresses spectral narrowing typically appearing in chirped pulse amplification (CPA) lasers thus supporting pulse spectrum much broader than a conventional CPA. With a NPCPA Ti:Sapphire laser we have achieved laser pulses of 50 nm spectral width and 150 mJ energy without any additional spectral correction. The scheme appears as an easy and reliable solution to preserve spectral bandwidth in Ti:Sapphire lasers, especially at high power levels up to the Petawatt regime. PACS 42.60 By, Lh; 42.65 Re     

35 J broadband femtosecond optical parametric chirped pulse amplification system

We report on what is believed to be the first large-aperture and high-energy optical parametric chirped pulse amplification system. The system, based on a three-stage amplifier, shows 25% pump-to-signal conversion efficiency and amplification of the full 70 nm width of the seed spectrum. Pulse compression to 84 fs achieved after amplification indicates a potential of 300 TW pulse power for 35 J amplified pulse energy.     

1 MHz repetition rate hollow fiber pulse compression to sub-100-fs duration at 100 W average power

We report on nonlinear pulse compression at very high average power. A high-power fiber chirped pulse amplification system based on a novel large pitch photonic crystal fiber delivers 700 fs pulses with 200 μJ pulse energy at a 1 MHz repetition rate, resulting in 200 W of average power. Subsequent spectral broadening in a xenon-filled hollow-core fiber and pulse compression with chirped mirrors is employed for pulse shortening and peak power enhancement. For the first time, to our knowledge, more than 100 W of average power are transmitted through a noble-gas-filled hollow fiber. After pulse compression of 81 fs, 93 μJ pulses are obtained at a 1 MHz repetition rate.     

Generation of high average power, 7.5-fs blue pulses at 5 kHz by adaptive phase control

The spectral width of a 5-kHz Ti:sapphire laser system was broadened by spectral control in a regenerative amplifier consisting of broadband chirped mirrors. The dispersion over the wide spectral range was compensated by a deformable mirror along with a genetic algorithm, resulting in a pulse width of 15 fs. The pulse width is the shortest, to our knowledge, in chirped pulse amplification systems with a regenerative amplifier. The phase distortion of broadband frequency doubling in addition to the Ti:sapphire laser was compensated by using the self-diffraction intensity in sapphire as the feedback signal into the genetic algorithm, resulting in a pulse width of 7.5 fs. The average power of the second harmonic was 1 W with a fundamental input of 7 W.     

高功率超短脉冲激光系统中用AOPDF实现增益窄化补偿的实验研究

超短脉冲激光系统中，足够宽的带宽是获得超短脉冲的先决条件.高增益放大器，特别是再 生放大器的增益窄化效应严重制约着输出激光脉冲的时间特性.将可编程声光色散滤波器(AO PDF)应用到高功率激光系统中，能有效地克服增益窄化效应.实验表明，再生放大器的光谱 宽度由未应用前的27?nm增加到了44?nm，压缩脉冲的宽度减小了一半，从而也使峰值功率 提高了一倍. 关键词： 超短脉冲 增益窄化 光谱整形 可编程声光色散滤波器     

Direct generation of 81 nJ pulses and external compression to a subpicosecond regime with a 4.9 MHz chirped-pulse multipass-cavity Cr⁴⁺:forsterite oscillator

We report direct generation of 81 nJ chirped pulses from a room-temperature, Kerr lens mode-locked Cr??:forsterite oscillator operating at 1258 nm. To increase the pulse energy, the pulse repetition rate of the short x-type resonator was lowered from 143 to 4.9 MHz by the addition of a q-preserving multipass cavity, which provided an additional effective optical path length of 59.4 m. The duration of the chirped pulses was around 5.5 ps with a spectral width of 21 nm. The pulses were externally compressed to 607 fs by using a diffraction grating pair. To our knowledge, this is the highest reported pulse energy directly generated from a room-temperature mode-locked Cr??:forsterite laser.     

Optimal pulse compression in long hollow fibers

The spectral broadening performance of 1 m and 3 m long hollow fibers are compared. The 3 m capillary clearly outperforms the 1 m one in terms of both transmission and achievable spectral broadening. Starting from 1.1 mJ 71 fs pulses at 780 nm, a spectral broadening ratio of 26 was achieved using a single 3 m long argon-filled hollow fiber. After compression the measured pulse duration was 4.5 fs corresponding to a compression ratio of 16 at an energy of 0.42 mJ. Both the pulse duration and the pulse energy were limited by the applied chirped mirrors.     

用SPIDER法重构飞秒脉冲位相中参数的选择

为了更精确地测量飞秒脉冲特性以满足其不断拓宽的应用，基于光谱相位相干直接电场重构法（SPIDER）测量飞秒激光脉冲的基本原理和重构相位的反演算法，数值模拟了SPIDER重构飞秒脉冲相位的过程，分析了时间延迟τ、光谱剪切量Ω及滤波窗口宽度的选取原则。以宽度约为20fs的高斯型线性啁啾脉冲为例，通过选取不同的时间延迟τ和光谱剪切量Ω重构脉冲的相位，发现重构位相曲线与原输入脉冲位相曲线最接近时，时间延迟τ约为1210fs,相对光谱剪切量Ω/Δω约为9%，滤波窗口宽度约为τ/3。