Chromatic-distortion compensation in splitting and focusing of femtosecond pulses by use of a pair of diffractive optical elements

We propose a simple optical system to compensate for chromatic distortion that occurs during fan-out of femtosecond pulses by diffractive optics. The proposed system comprises a pair of diffractive elements, one for splitting an incoming pulse and the other for focusing the split pulses. With an appropriate separation between the elements, chromatic distortion resulting from the spectral bandwidth of a femtosecond pulse is removed, and an array of focused pulses with the same dimensions can be obtained. The theory has been verified through optical and processing experiments with 100-fs, 800-nm pulses.     

The effect of plasma channel on the self-distortion of laser pulse propagating through the collisional plasma channel

In the present paper, laser pulse distortion/breakup and the effect of the plasma channel on the laser propagation through the collisional plasma have been studied by using moment theory approach. Second order nonlinear differential equations of the beam width parameter have been derived for the propagation of the laser through uniform homogenous plasma and preformed plasma channel having parabolic density profile. Differential equations of beam width parameter have been solved numerically using Runge Kutta method. It has been observed from analysis that when the laser pulse propagates through the homogenous plasma, the low intensity front and rear parts of the laser get defocused/diffracted and the high intensity central/main portion of the laser pulse gets self-guided. As a result of this, the laser pulse gets distorted. This distortion of the laser has not been observed when the laser pulse is propagated through the plasma channel having density minimum at the axis and maximum at the edges. The laser pulse is guided as a whole, even the low intensity front and rear parts of the laser are also guided. Therefore, the plasma channel is useful to prevent the distortion/breakup of the laser.     

Study of nonlinear propagation of chirped optical pulses in laser amplifying medium

In chirped pulse amplification, the amplification of an optical pulse in laser amplifying medium is a very important link. After considering dispersion, Kerr nonlinear effect, gain distribution and loss of the medium, the physical model that the optical pulse propagates in the medium has been established, which is suitable for the general situation where the optical pulse propagates in the amplifying medium. Using a split-step Fourier method, the propagation state of a chirped optical pulse in the amplifying medium has been numerically simulated, and the influences of the gain dispersion of the medium and the frequency detuning of the pulse on the optical pulse have been discussed emphatically. The results show that, with the amplification and propagation of the ultrashort chirped pulse in the amplifying medium, gain saturation and Kerr nonlinear effect of the medium will cause distortion of the optical pulse. For the optical pulse with a wideband spectrum, gain dispersion will cause the gain narrowing effect, so it is equivalent to a loss mechanism. The frequency detuning of the optical pulse will cause distortion of the pulse, which can be used to weaken the impact of gain saturation, thus reshaping the optical pulse.     

水介质同轴线型方波脉冲延时线

 介绍了水介质同轴型方波脉冲延时线的基本原理和基本特性参数,并对延时线传输脉冲的脉冲损耗和脉冲畸变的主要影响因素进行了理论分析。在理论分析的基础上,设计、建立了一套延迟500 ns、阻抗为12 Ω的水介质同轴线型方波脉冲延时线,并进行了初步的实验研究。实验结果表明:该延时线输入方波脉冲前沿为18 ns,输出方波脉冲前沿增加到26 ns;方波脉冲幅度损耗率为9.6%;延迟时间为476 ns。     

Distortion of ultrashort laser pulses in a spatial filter

By means of Collins diffraction integral, the propagation expression of an ultrashort laser pulse passing through a spatial filter is derived. The effects of the magnification of spatial filter on pulse broadening and distortion of pulse-front for the ultrashort optical pulse are analytically deduced and numerically simulated. It is found that pulse broadening and propagation time difference of a laser pulse getting through spatial filter is proportional to the magnification. As a conclusion, in an ultrashort pulse laser system with a large aperture, the effect of pulse broadening and distortion of pulse-front should be considered.     

The Distortion Characteristics of a Pulse Wave Propagating through Fog Medium at Millimeter Wave Band

When a pulse wave propagates through fog, the effects of distortion, being severer at millimeter wave band, is caused by fog because of its dispersive property. The transfer function of a pulse signal is obtained by the theory of radio wave propagation; the complex envelope is deduced by the solution of Fourier integral. The broadening and compressing effects of a pulse wave are discussed. The variations of distortion effects with pulse-width, propagation distance and visibility of fog are found. As an example, the simulating and calculating results of distortion effects for Gaussian pulse at millimeter wave band are given.     

周期极化铌酸锂波长转换器脉冲抽运时的波形畸变

理论分析了周期性结构的LiNbO3晶体(PPLN)光波导在脉冲光抽运时的级联二阶非线性效应,并通过数值计算得到了抽运、倍频、信号及转换四个光脉冲的波形在波导中的演化。研究表明,使用脉冲光抽运时,由于抽运光脉冲与倍频光脉冲之间的群速度失配导致的走离,将使倍频光脉冲产生展宽;再通过差频转换使得转换光脉冲产生了波形畸变和峰值偏移。最后通过实验验证了转换光脉冲的波形畸变。     

Enhanced suppression of residual water in a "270" WET sequence

In certain water suppression experiments, the residual water, which comes from a region away from the center of the RF coil and experiences a much smaller flip angle than the designed one, may appear. The residual water in the WET sequence can be reduced significantly by using a composite 90(x)( degrees )90(y)( degrees )90(-x)( degrees )90(-y)( degrees ) pulse, which de-excites molecules experiencing a small flip angle. The composite pulse, however, has two null excitation points near on resonance, causing a severe loss of spectrum intensity and baseline distortion toward the null points. Since the residual water experiences a very small flip angle, it can be treated as a linear spin system; i.e., the intensity of the residual water is proportional to the pulse strength and width. Based on this principle, the residual water can be reduced dramatically by replacing the 90 degrees pulse in the "270" WET sequence with a 270 degrees pulse for one out of every four scans, without noticeable loss of intensity and baseline distortion.     

单稳系统的脉冲响应研究

针对单稳系统检测脉冲信号的参数调节方法很难达到理想随机共振效果的难点, 本文提出了脉冲序列整体平移的方法. 该方法不采用系统参数调节, 而是通过偏移量的设置来实现并达到增强单稳随机共振的目的. 为了减小单稳脉冲响应波形的失真, 探讨了该方法减小脉冲响应失真的机理. 在噪声存在的情况下, 揭示了该平移方法调节噪声使噪声产生积极作用从而改善单稳随机共振的机理, 表明所提方法有利于含噪脉冲信号的检测.     

高置信度强电磁脉冲环境测试技术研究进展与展望

高置信度强电磁脉冲环境测试技术,作为强电磁脉冲研究领域的重要基础共性技术,近年来受到了国内外科研人员的高度关注。主要从天线（传感器）、链路信号传输畸变补偿等方面系统回顾当前高置信度强电磁脉冲环境测试技术研究进展,并结合强电磁脉冲环境生成技术、效应与防护研究发展趋势,阐述强电磁脉冲环境测试面临的挑战,并对高置信度强电磁脉冲环境测试技术发展进行初浅展望,以期为强电磁脉冲技术领域科研人员提供借鉴、参考。     

The non-destructive threshold of the graphite surface by STM in the ultra-fast pulse mode

In this paper single ultra-fast voltage pulses are introduced to the Pt/Ir tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM), and the non-destructive threshold of the graphite surface is studied systematically in a wide range of pulse durations (from 10$^{4}$ to 8\,ns). Considering the waveform distortion of the pulses at the tunnelling region, this paper gives the corrected threshold curve of pulse amplitude depending on pulse duration. A new explanation of threshold power has been suggested and fits the experimental results well.     

Reducing pulse distortion in fast-light pulse propagation through an erbium-doped fiber amplifier using a mutually incoherent background field

It was reported earlier that it is possible to obtain large pulse advancement with minimum pulse distortion in fast-light propagation through an erbium-doped fiber amplifier by placing the pulse on top of a mutually coherent constant background field. Here we show that comparable distortion reduction can be obtained through use of a mutually incoherent background field, a procedure that could be much more readily implemented under many circumstances. We also show that further improvement can be obtained by means of adjusting the pulse power, and for a pulse-power of the distortion decreases about 56% from 0.56 with no background while the fractional advancement decreases only about 3% from 0.16.     

X射线皮秒分幅相机在强X射线情况下的应用研究

扫描型变象管Ｘ射线皮秒分幅相机在强Ｘ射线情况下，由于空间电荷效应，像质变坏，甚至无法工作。本文简述了ＭｇＦ光阴极材料的性能。首次在Ｘ射线皮秒变象管分幅相机上的应用结果：降低了强Ｘ射线源情况下分幅管内空间电荷效应的影响，并获得了清晰的物理图像。     

矩形谱宽带光抽运的布里渊慢光中脉冲失真的分析

在小信号增益条件下推导出了高斯光脉冲经过矩形谱宽带光抽运的布里渊慢光系统后输出脉冲时域振幅包络的近似解析表达式,适用于抽运光频谱具有陡峭上升(下降)沿和平坦顶部的情况.定量分析和比较了光纤色散以及受激布里渊散射增益不均衡和增益所致色散效应对延迟信号光脉冲失真的影响.计算结果表明:当信号光脉冲的频谱处于布里渊有效增益谱内时,解析解与数值解符合,布里渊增益所致三阶色散效应是导致延迟信号光脉冲失真的主要物理因素,制约了窄脉冲延迟量的提高.     

具有几个光振荡周期长度的飞秒激光脉冲在线性色散介质中的传输

给出了描写具有几个光振荡周期长度的飞秒激光脉冲在线性色散介质中传输方程的解。对脉冲的传输特性进行了数值摸拟 ,分别考察了来源于电子和晶格的正常和反常群速色散对脉冲展宽和脉冲形状畸变的影响。     

In situ third-order interferometric autocorrelation of a femtosecond deep-ultraviolet pulse

The interferometric measurement of an ultrashort optical pulse is demonstrated using three-photon ionization of Xe in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MS). This approach allowed measurement of the third-order fringe-resolved autocorrelation trace of an ultrashort optical pulse in the deep-ultraviolet (DUV) region. The pulse can be measured in situ using the same MS that is employed in ultrafast spectroscopy. Sensitivity (>3×10⁷ W) was sufficient to measure a DUV pulse used in such applications. This setup has the potential to measure the temporal duration of a broadband (204–306 nm) ultrashort optical pulse with no additional distortion in the temporal characteristics.     

Compensation of resonant atomic dispersion using a pulse shaper

An ultra-short pulse propagating in a resonant dense atomic medium experiences an important distortion due to a strong modification of its spectral phase. This distortion cannot be corrected using the usual simple dispersive devices (a pair of prisms, gratings, etc.). We present here an experimental demonstration of the compensation of this effect using a dual 640-pixel high-resolution pulse-shaper device. A cross-correlation intensity measurement combined with the XFROG (cross-correlated frequency-resolved optical gating) spectral phase measurement of the compensated pulse are performed; efficient correction of the resonant dispersive phase is shown. A spectacular temporal compression of the propagating pulse is then obtained. PACS 92.60.Ta; 42.50.Md; 42.65.Re; 42.79.-e     

Design and fabrication of hollow-core photonic crystal fibers for high-power ultrashort pulse transportation and pulse compression

We report on the recent design and fabrication of kagome-type hollow-core photonic crystal fibers for the purpose of high-power ultrashort pulse transportation. The fabricated seven-cell three-ring hypocycloid-shaped large core fiber exhibits an up-to-date lowest attenuation (among all kagome fibers) of 40 dB/km over a broadband transmission centered at 1500?nm. We show that the large core size, low attenuation, broadband transmission, single-mode guidance, and low dispersion make it an ideal host for high-power laser beam transportation. By filling the fiber with helium gas, a 74?μJ, 850?fs, and 40?kHz repetition rate ultrashort pulse at 1550?nm has been faithfully delivered at the fiber output with little propagation pulse distortion. Compression of a 105?μJ laser pulse from 850?fs down to 300?fs has been achieved by operating the fiber in ambient air.     

基于维纳滤波的同轴电缆脉冲信号传输畸变补偿研究

由于同轴电缆的低通传输特性,脉冲信号在同轴电缆中传输时不可避免地会出现畸变,并且畸变程度会随着脉冲信号频率、带宽以及传输距离的增加而增大。创新性地将图像处理领域中的一种图像复原方法——维纳滤波法应用于脉冲信号同轴电缆传输畸变补偿,仅利用同轴电缆的S参数和输出信号即可完成输入信号的重构。并以10 m同轴电缆为对象,采用该方法分别对双指数脉冲信号、高斯调制脉冲信号、调制方波信号进行传输畸变补偿。结果表明:对于不同样式的信号,该方法均具有优异的补偿性能;并且,与工程上常用的衰减补偿法相比,该方法不仅补偿精度高,还具有高的计算效率,在同轴电缆脉冲信号传输畸变补偿中具有很好的实用价值。     

Two-pulse interference and superluminality

We examine how the interference of a coherent light-pulse with its slightly time-delayed copy may generate a pulse nearly identical to the original one and ahead of it. The simplicity of this 2-pulse system enabled us to obtain exact analytic expressions of the pulse distortion, valid for a wide class of pulse shapes. Explicit results are given for the pulses usually considered (gaussian, hyperbolic-secant) but also for more realistic pulses of strictly limited duration. We finally show that, for a given distortion, the 2-pulse system can produce pulse advancements comparable to those which have been actually demonstrated in the optical range with other superluminal systems.