辐射致折射率变化用于MeV级脉冲辐射探测的初步研究

MeV级脉冲辐射的高时间分辨测量是惯性约束核聚变诊断领域迫切需要解决的难题,国际上尚无成熟的解决方案.利用脉冲辐射对半导体折射率的超快调制效应,有望建立新的解决方案.为研究体材料半导体折射率对MeV级脉冲辐射的响应规律,分析了系统输出与入射辐射强度的对应关系,分析了基于半导体折射率变化测量MeV级脉冲辐射系统的时间分辨的影响因素.基于自由载流子折射率调制原理,建立了半导体材料在MeV级脉冲辐射作用下折射率调制测量系统,整个系统的时间分辨1 ns.在最大能量为0.2 MeV的电子束和X射线束轰击下,本征GaAs折射率恢复时间约30 ns,比可见光激发下要长,分析其原因是高能激发下GaAs内部陷阱参与了载流子复合过程.X射线光子束轰击下,折射率建立时间比电子束轰击下长,光子沉积能量产生过剩载流子的时间过程可达到ns量级.基于建立的系统和分析方法,可对其他半导体在伽马脉冲辐射或电子束辐射作用下折射率变化开展系统的研究,为建立实际的可用于MeV级脉冲辐射测量的快响应探测系统奠定了基础.     

基于时分复用技术的甚多束光脉冲产生系统

提出了一种基于时分复用技术的全光纤、全固化的用于惯性约束聚变驱动器的甚多路光脉冲产生系统.系统中采用单纵模振荡器输出连续激光信号,利用时分复用技术结合高速电光调制技术实现序列脉冲的产生和甚多束脉冲的独立整形.采用偏振无关的声光调制技术实现甚多束脉冲的独立输出.每个序列脉冲包含8个子脉冲,子脉冲间隔设置为120ns,对子脉冲独立整形和选单后将其传输放大至微焦耳量级输出.实验成功验证了采用时分复用技术完全可以实现序列脉冲输出,各子脉冲可以独立任意整形且最后的单束输出能量为1.275μJ.     

受激布里渊散射脉冲压缩技术研究进展

受激布里渊散射（SBS）作为三阶光学效应广泛应用于激光组束、分布式光纤传感、布里渊激光器等领域。近年来,SBS脉冲压缩亦得到特殊关注。基于布里渊放大过程中的能量转移特性,SBS脉冲压缩技术能够将ns量级脉冲压缩至亚ns量级,峰值功率可提升1～2个数量级。系统介绍了SBS脉冲压缩基本理论,综合论述了SBS压缩器结构、增益介质、泵浦脉冲等因素对脉冲压缩特性的影响,并对SBS脉冲压缩发展趋势进行了展望,为今后SBS特性的研究提供了有益参考,也为高重频、高能量激光的获取提供了可行方案。     

全光固体条纹相机的理论及其静态实验研究

全光固体条纹相机采用空间调制抽运光激发平板波导光偏转器,通过精确控制抽运光和信号光之间的时间延迟,实现对入射到波导芯层信号光的偏转扫描.它能有效解决传统变像管条纹相机因空间电荷效应造成的动态范围降低以及光电阴极材料在红外波段探测受限等问题,且结构简单,系统稳定性高,理论时间分辨率可达皮秒甚至亚皮秒量级.本文围绕全光固体条纹相机的核心部件—–AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs平板波导光偏转器,研究了在带填充效应、带隙收缩效应以及自由载流子吸收效应作用下GaAs折射率的变化情况;在GaAs折射率变化达到0.01量级,信号光束斑大小和波导宽度之比p=0.5时,得到系统的理论时间分辨率为2 ps;按照静态实验条件求得的理论空间分辨率为17 lp/mm,实验结果显示其值为9 lp/mm.     

基于双折射原理的脉冲间隔连续可调的晶体分束方法

为对飞秒级超快过程进行可调曝光间隔的实时探测,需要获得共线传输的飞秒级脉冲间隔可调的子脉冲串。提出一种基于双折射原理的脉冲间隔连续可调的楔形晶体分束方法,该方法具有子脉冲能量均等、相似度高、分束结构简单紧凑且容易嵌入到光学系统中的优点。数学上推导了子脉冲脉冲间隔与晶体尺寸、结构角及移动距离的精确表达式。在晶体尺寸和结构角确定之后,子脉冲脉冲间隔随晶体移动距离呈线性变化关系。理论分析了误差项和色散等因素对分束结果造成的影响。模拟计算和干涉实验结果验证了基于双折射原理的脉冲间隔连续可调的晶体分束方法的可行性,为实现飞秒级脉冲间隔的多脉冲分束提供了借鉴。     

高重频硬X射线自由电子激光脉冲到达时间诊断方法研究

X射线自由电子激光(XFEL)脉冲时间诊断技术常用于实验站附近XFEL脉冲和配套激光的相对到达时间探测,是飞秒级XFEL泵浦探测实验的重要辅助技术,为XFEL和激光泵浦探测实验中两种脉冲对准提供参考信号.随着XFEL向高重频、短脉冲发展,对时间诊断中的诊断频率、泵浦样品和分辨率提出了更高的要求.该技术通过泵浦探测和光学互相关实现,当XFEL脉冲入射高带宽半导体样品瞬间,导致样品复折射率突变,使XFEL到达时间编码于突变空间.本文基于空间编码和光谱编码两种方法,研发设计了XFEL单脉冲到达时间诊断装置;并通过Beer’s吸收理论和原子散射理论对X射线与样品作用过程进行模拟,研究了该过程中X射线吸收与折射率突变的响应程度,完善了样品的分析选择模型;对光谱编码中的啁啾脉冲调制进行分析,得到色散介质和脉冲本征参数对诊断分辨率的影响.该研究对XFEL脉冲到达时间诊断装置的应用具有指导意义.     

用表面等离子波相位检测法测量液体折射率

表面等离子体波（ＳＰＷ） 检测技术近年来已被应用在生物传感领域。它通过探测介质的折射率变化来探测生物反应。理论分析表明,利用ＳＰＷ 相位检测的方法可以实现高分辨率的液体折射率测量。在优化测量参数的基础上,使用低频差横向塞曼激光器为光源,进行了验证实验,实验结果与理论相符合。     

用于生物传感的相位调制的铝膜-石墨烯结构

为了提高铝基等离子体传感器的灵敏度和稳定性,提出了一种基于相位调制增敏的表面等离子体共振传感结构:铝膜-石墨烯复合结构.采用Kretschmann传感结构,将铝膜和多层石墨烯依次沉积在高折射率棱镜上.基于传输矩阵原理,模拟计算激发光波长为632.8 nm时,几何结构参数对传感性能的变化规律.研究结果表明,相比于传统的角度调制模式,该传感结构采用相位调制模式,可以实现2个数量级的灵敏度增强.同时,石墨烯薄层的引入不仅能够有效阻止等离子体铝膜被氧化,而且能够产生近83倍的探测灵敏度增强因子.对于界面折射率变化为1.333～1.334 2 RIU,该复合结构的最大差分相位为94.663o,能够产生超高的相位探测灵敏度7.888 5×104 o/RIU.该传感结构可为开发低成本、超灵敏的铝基等离子体传感器件提供参考.     

用于脉冲n/γ混合场γ强度测量的ICI探测器

研制成功一种基于康普顿效应, 用于脉冲裂变n/γ混合场γ强度绝对测量的新型辐射探测器—ICI(绝缘体－导体－绝缘体)探测器. 除具有现有真空康普顿和介质康普顿探测器时间响应快、线性电流大、抗辐射干扰能力强等优点外,该探测器从结构上抑制了真空康普顿在快脉冲γ测量中的前后负冲信号, 并且工作时不需要高真空, 而γ灵敏度却与同尺寸介质康普顿探测器相当. 由于其探测灵敏介质厚度小于2mm, 因而在群脉冲辐射探测中, 不会显著影响后续和周围探测器的 测量环境, 是一种探测脉冲γ射线较理想的探测器.     

基于单光子探测及脉冲位置调制的激光通信关键技术研究

为了实现高灵敏度的空间激光通信,并提高传输信道的抗干扰能力,将单光子探测技术和脉冲位置调制技术相结合,采用门控电路与反馈淬灭电路相结合的方式淬灭单光子探测器雪崩,设计了插入帧头法用于脉冲位置调制解调。用现场可编程门阵列进行了脉冲位置调制解调过程的仿真,验证了插入帧头法的有效性与可行性。在此基础上搭建了1 550 nm的脉冲位置调制激光通信实验,同时测试了单光子探测器在不同参数下的性能。结果表明,当探测效率为25%,触发延时为8.00 ns,门宽为5.0 ns,死时间为0.1μs时,单光子探测器性能最佳。最后测试了不同调制速率下单光子探测器的探测灵敏度,结果表明,当通信码速率为1 Mbps时,通信灵敏度为-51.8 dBm;当通信码速率为4 Mbps时,通信灵敏度为-41.0 dBm,实现了高灵敏度的空间激光通信。     

由菲涅尔反射测量平行平面介质的折射率

一激光束投射在一平行平面介质的表面上，在此表面有一反射光束和从介质内折射出来的另一光束，只要测出这两光束的Ｐ光和Ｓ光的强度，就可计算该介质的折射率。本文介绍测量原理及方法。     

Reflection and Refraction of an Airy Pulse at a Moving Temporal Boundary

Reflection and refraction of Airy pulses at a moving step refractive-index boundary are investigated. A comb-like reflected spectrum and an Airy-like transmitted spectrum are formed as an Airy pulse crosses a temporal boundary without initial group velocity mismatch or initial central frequency shift. The reflected and refracted pulses are significantly influenced by the location of temporal boundary and time-dependent refractive index change. The energy of each lobe of the comb-like reflected spectra can be controlled by changing the value of decay factor of the Airy pulse. In the case of an Airy pulse with an initial launch frequency shift, the reflected and refracted frequency shifts depend on the dispersion relation of the medium. The results can be used in potential applications involving optical manipulation.     

Optical resonant processes in thin excited films

It is shown that coherent processes of elastic scattering of resonant radiation form a “buffer” electromagnetic field near the boundary of excited media. This part of radiation is not governed by the standard refractive index, but precisely this part of radiation forms the beams reflected and refracted by the excited medium. The presence of the “buffer” field causes the suppression of stimulated emission near the boundary and leads to the appearance of a frequency angular broadening of the beam transmitted through a thin film of excited atoms at an oblique angle.     

Refractive index profiling of a GRIN optical fiber using a modulated speckled sheet of light

A method for calculating the refractive index of GRIN optical fiber from its transverse interference pattern is presented.In this method the transverse interference fringe pattern through an optical fiber using a sheet of light is applied to get the refractive index profile of it. The optical fiber is not immersed in a matching liquid as used in different techniques [Barakat N, El-Hennawi HA, El-Zaiat SY, Hassan R. Pure Appl Opt 1996;5:27].In this method a sheet of He–Ne laser light is allowed to illuminate the fiber. The light sheet is divided into two parts, the first is refracted through the fiber while the second is used as a reference beam. Interference pattern will be obtained between these two rays displaying the refractive index variation along the fiber radius.The fringe shift of such interference pattern has been measured and used to calculate the deflection angle of light refracted by the fiber and the cladding. An equation is derived to calculate the refractive index profile difference ratio δn at different positions across the fiber cross section in terms of the corresponding deflection angle and is verified experimentally.The optical path difference between these two rays (refracted and reference beam divided by the fiber) has been derived and the fringe shift obtained has been used to calculate the refractive index profile of the fiber.Introducing a ground glass screen on the passage of the two light beams (refracted and reference beam divided by the fiber), two superimposed identical speckle patterns are formed leading to the formation of a third speckle pattern modulated by a grid structure displaying the optical thickness of the fiber.     

低功率近红外光的偏振方向对光致折射率变化影响的实验研究

研究了利用低功率近红外光辐照In:Fe:LiNbO3晶体时写入光束的偏振方向对光致折射率变化(Δn)的影响.分别采用正常偏振(o光)和非常偏振(e光)的近红外细激光束,在In:Fe:LiNbO3晶体中进行了光折变实验.研究表明,两种偏振方向引起晶体的Δn实测曲线相似,但变化规律恰好相反,o光引起的折射率变化量约是e光的3倍左右.近红外光写入下两种偏振光束引起晶体的Δn分布规律都不同于可见光,尤其是e光辐照区域中心晶体的折射率升高.因此,通过选择不同偏振方向的近红外光可以在光折变晶体中制作不同折射率分布的非线性光学器件.     

基于探针光调制的皮秒分辨X-ray探测方法与实验

高能密度物理研究中涉及许多单次皮秒现象的诊断测量, 然而对单次X-ray脉冲形状、X-ray与激光脉冲的皮秒精度同步依然是极具挑战的课题. 传统行波选通分幅相机受电子渡越时间限制, 难以突破40 ps时间分辨极限. 本文围绕半导体中光学探针光的全光调制效应, 提出一种以低温GaAs材料为基础, 实现皮秒时间分辨X-ray探测的新方法, 详细阐述了该探测器的工作机理、器件参数设计和时间分辨能力. 通过飞秒激光打靶实验, 验证了其概念设计的正确性. 结果表明该探测器具有约1.5 ps时间响应和10 ps时间分辨能力, 通过材料优化可将时间分辨提升 至1 ps以内.     

Numerical study of glare spot phase Doppler anemometry

The phase Doppler anemometry has (PDA) been developed to measure simultaneously the velocity and the size of droplets. When the concentration of particles is high, tightly focused beams must be used, as in the dual burst PDA. The latter permits an access to the refractive index of the particle, but the effect of wave front curvature of the incident beams becomes evident. In this paper, we introduce a glare spot phase Doppler anemometry which uses two large beams. The images of the particle formed by the reflected and refracted light, known as glare spots, are separated in space. When a particle passes through the probe volume, the two parts in a signal obtained by a detector in forward direction are then separated in time. If two detectors are used the phase differences and the intensity ratios between two signals, the distance between the reflected and refracted spots can be obtained. These measured values provide information about the particle diameter and its refractive index, as well as its two velocity components. This paper is devoted to the numerical study of such a configuration with two theoretical models: geometrical optics and rigorous electromagnetism solution.     

Characterization of signs change of nonlinear refraction in ZnSe based on a modified double 4f imaging system with a phase object

Signs change of nonlinear refractive index in ZnSe is observed by employing a modified double 4f imaging system at the wavelength of 800 nm using picosecond pulses with different pulse energies. This process results from the competition of the bound electronic nonlinear refraction and the free carrier refraction. At low intensity, positive nonlinear refraction is obtained, which is attributed to bound electrons. As the increase of laser beam intensity, the nonlinear refractive index become small, and changes to negative. This is ascribed to free carriers generated by two-photon absorption. Additionally, the nonlinear refractive index of bound electron and the refractive index change of free carrier are determined unambiguously by a simple method.     

Light refraction from air in glass in the case of light beam departure from the refracting surface

The effect of light refraction in the case of a light beam departing from the refracting face of a prism is examined in this paper. It is established that the refracted flux diminishes to zero as the angle of departure increases to 14°; the angle of refraction is independent of the angle of departure, and equals the angle of refraction of glazing rays. The nature of the distribution of the refracted ray intensity along the refracting face is determined. Data are presented about the intensity distribution in the refracted beam at the exit from the prism and in the plane of the radiation detector.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 12, pp. 55–58, December, 1987.The author is grateful to V. E. Zuev and S. D. Tvorogov for attention to the research and discussion of its results.     

p型GaAs的远红外波段光学特性

砷化镓(GaAs)是太赫兹波段半导体异质结构激光器的重要材料之一,为了获得p型GaAs材料在远红外波段的光学特性,采用气态源分子束外延(GSMBE)技术在半绝缘GaAs(100)衬底上生长了掺Be的p型GaAs薄膜材料,其载流子浓度从1.54×1015~1.85×1019cm-3。用远红外变换傅里叶光谱仪测量了其远红外反射光谱,并对反射光谱进行了理论模拟和分析,计算得出了不同空穴浓度的p型GaAs在远红外波段的折射率、消光系数和吸收系数。发现在这一波段消光系数和吸收系数均随着载流子浓度的增加而增大,吸收系数最大值可达到4.0×104cm-1。