Nonlinear optical phenomena at the interface with photorefractive crystals

Characteristics of nonlinear optical phenomena in reflection of light at the interface with photorfractive crystals having photovoltaic nonlinearity are studied. it is shown that under total reflection, hysteretic behavior of the reflection coefficient is possible as a function of the incident radiation intensity or the angle of incidence. It is important that previously required threshold intensities are rather low (≤1 W/cm²) in comparison with the known case of reflection from media with Kerr nonlinearity. The present results are of doubtless interest in view of the development of possible devices for controlling laser radiation. Interdepartmental Institute of Advanced Training of Personnel in New Trends in Engineering and Technology at the State Polytechnical Academy of Belarus, 77, Partizanskii Ave., Minsk-107, 220600 Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 6, pp. 915–920, November–December, 1998.     

KDP晶体金刚石车削参数对晶体雾化的影响

安装在高功率激光系统中的KDP晶体,其表面质量是一个很重要的问题。单点金刚石车削是唯一获得透射波前误差和激光损伤阈值的方法,尤其是在紫外UV波段。KDP晶体表面雾化与金刚石车削参数有关。研究金刚石车削参数主要是为了提高KDP晶体的频率转化效率。研究结果表明,在金刚石切削中使用一种纯净的切削油和适宜的加工参数能大大地减少晶体表面的雾化。     

大口径KDP晶体角度相位匹配离线测量精度研究

为满足惯性约束聚变(ICF)实验对激光驱动器高效三倍频能力的要求, 对离线测量晶体角度相位匹配方案进行了优化。采取的主要优化措施是：提高晶体准直技术能力;降低模拟小口径激光输出变化对测量不稳定性的影响。通过理论分析和对实际测量结果的系统分析,得到了晶体离线测量的不确定度：其中二倍频相位匹配角测量扩展不确定度为15.94 rad,三倍频相位匹配角测量扩展不确定度为27.8 rad,达到了较高的晶体离线测量精度要求。     

Coexistence of two colloidal crystals at the nematic-liquid-crystal-air interface

Glycerol droplets at a nematic-liquid-crystal-air interface form two different lattices--hexagonal and dense quasihexagonal--which are separated by the energy barrier and can coexist. Director distortions around each droplet form an elastic dipole. The first order transition between the two lattices is driven by a reduction of the dipole-dipole repulsion through reorientation of these dipoles. The elastic-capillary attraction is essential for the both lattices. The effect has a many-body origin.     

On the transverse electrical susceptibilities of KDP type crystals

Using statistical Green's function technique exact expression for the transverse electrical susceptibility (x_$\text{a}$) for KDP type crsytals has been derived with the total pseudo-spin lattice coupled mode Hamiltonian. Very good fittings of the experimental data of x_$\text{a}$ for KH₂PO₄, RbH₂PO₄ and KH₂AsO₄ with the derived expression have been obtained with a single set of Blinc-de Geenes (BG) parameters being different for different salts. The temperature dependence of the E-mode character along the transverse $\text{a}$-axis has also been studied theoretically and compared with the recent experimental results available for KH₂PO₄ only.     

Preliminary study of the damage resistance of type I doubler KDP crystals at 532 nm

This Letter is concerned with the influence of polarization on the damage performance of type I doubler potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystals grown by the conventional growth method under 532 nm pulse irradiation.Pinpoint density(ppd) and the size distribution of pinpoints are extracted through light scattering pictures captured by microscope. The results show that the ppd of polarization that parallels the extraordinary axis is around 1.5× less than that of polarization that parallels the ordinary axis under the same fluence,although polarization has no influence on size distribution of pinpoints. We also find that the size distribution is independent of fluence,although the number of pinpoints grows with fluence.     

光在两单轴晶体间界面的反射和透射

根据位相匹配条件和应该满足的边界方程,在光轴取向任意的条件下,得到了光在两单轴晶体界面的反射和折射的理论表达式,给出了更普遍的公式计算光能量损失以及两束折射光的能量比。数值模拟表明所得结果满足能量守恒,光轴的取向和入射角大小对晶体中折射的o光、e光的能量比有重大影响,但是对反射率影响很小。只要知道了晶体的有关参数及入射条件,利用所给表达式可以计算各光束光能量比,为晶体器件特性研究提供了有力的工具。由于对光轴取向和入射角度没有任何限制,公式具有普遍性。     

Third harmonic generation of Nd:glass laser with novel composite deuterated KDP crystals

A novel composite partially deuterated KDP crystal used for frequency tripling is experimentally demonstrated for the first time in this paper. The deuteration level is used as a degree of freedom to alter the phase matching wavelength so as to increase the bandwidth acceptance. The results show that the acceptance bandwidth based on such crystal can be increased by a factor of 3 comparing with the conventional method. The obtained results are very useful to develop frequency tripling components in broadband third harmonic generation.     

Study on the optical properties of rapidly grown KDP crystals

KDP crystals were grown at growth rates from 5.0 to 19.0 mm/d. Transmittance, laser damage threshold and light scatter were detected. It has been shown that laser damage thresholds of KDP crystals decrease with the increase of the absorption coefficients. Large-scale impurity is an important factor that causes light absorption in UV range and reduces the damage threshold.     

Surface electromagnetic waves at the interface of photorefractive crystals with a drift-diffusion nonlinearity mechanism

Within the accuracy of the plane-wave approximation, a solution of the boundary-value problem for the Maxwell equations is obtained for surface electromagnetic waves at the interface between a photorefractive crystal and a transparent isotropic medium. It is shown that in this case, of all the kinds of surface waves, only soliton-type waves can be generated. Characteristic parameters of these waves are determined for a photorefractive SBN (strontium-barium-niobate) crystal.     

KDP晶体全口径最佳入射角优化方法

根据正交偏振干涉测量法(OPI)获得的KDP晶体折射率的空间分布数据求解KDP晶体内部失谐角分布,进而建立了倍频及和频KDP晶体全口径最佳入射角的优化模型和方法。分析讨论了不同折射率畸变程度和不同功率密度入射情况下倍频及和频晶体入射角的变化规律。在此基础上,对KDP晶体的全口径最佳入射角进行了优化。结果表明：当KDP晶体折射率畸变程度较大时,倍频晶体对折射率变化较为敏感,而和频晶体对折射率变化则相对不敏感。在实际工作中,首先在假设倍频晶体折射率分布均匀的前提下,对和频晶体的最佳入射角进行优化,而后通过适当调整倍频晶体及和频晶体的入射角,最终确定倍频晶体及和频晶体的全口径最佳入射角。     

KDP晶体全口径最佳入射角优化方法

根据正交偏振干涉测量法(OPI)获得的KDP晶体折射率的空间分布数据求解KDP晶体内部失谐角分布,进而建立了倍频及和频KDP晶体全口径最佳入射角的优化模型和方法。分析讨论了不同折射率畸变程度和不同功率密度入射情况下倍频及和频晶体入射角的变化规律。在此基础上,对KDP晶体的全口径最佳入射角进行了优化。结果表明:当KDP晶体折射率畸变程度较大时,倍频晶体对折射率变化较为敏感,而和频晶体对折射率变化则相对不敏感。在实际工作中,首先在假设倍频晶体折射率分布均匀的前提下,对和频晶体的最佳入射角进行优化,而后通过适当调整倍频晶体及和频晶体的入射角,最终确定倍频晶体及和频晶体的全口径最佳入射角。     

退火温度对KDP晶体光学均匀性的影响研究

 研究了磷酸二氢钾（KDP）晶体热退火前后光学均匀性的变化，发现适当温度下退火可以降低KDP晶体的内应力，提高晶体的消光比，从而提高晶体的光学均匀性。实验证明，50℃下退火即可消除部分内应力，110℃下退火可以消除生长鬼影和鬼线。但是,退火温度太高（如170℃）,也可能使晶体的均匀性降低。     

退火温度对KDP晶体光学均匀性的影响研究

研究了磷酸二氢钾（KDP）晶体热退火前后光学均匀性的变化,发现适当温度下退火可以降低KDP晶体的内应力,提高晶体的消光比,从而提高晶体的光学均匀性。实验证明,50℃下退火即可消除部分内应力,110℃下退火可以消除生长鬼影和鬼线。但是,退火温度太高（如170℃）,也可能使晶体的均匀性降低。     

Ionic liquids at the air/water interface

We present molecular dynamics experiments of Langmuir monolayers of iodide and chloride salts of 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium adsorbed at water/air interfaces, covering a concentration range that spans from a dilute regime up to the experimental surface saturation for both systems. For the chloride case we observed a propensity to form monolayers with nearly equal surface concentration of both cations and anions; whereas for the iodide system, the more marked propensity to surface solvation of the anionic species leads to the appearance of quasi-double-layered structures. At the surface, the imidazolium rings remain in contact with the aqueous substrate, with a wide variety of orientations with respect to the surface normal direction. The global tilt of the hydrophobic tail of the cations was found to be θ_tl ~ 40°and 50°, for the chloride and iodide salts, respectively. Polarization fluctuations of the interface are analyzed in terms of those describing charge distributions of the adsorbed species and the electrical response of the solvent as well. The characteristics of the local densities for the ionic species at the interface provide arguments for the microscopic interpretation of the differences observed in scattering experiments on the dependence of the surface tension with the surfactant concentration.     

Analysis of broadband third harmonic generation with non-collinear angular dispersion in KDP crystals

A new scheme with non-collinear sum frequency generation (SFG) process of broadband third harmonic generation (THG) with two KDP crystals (one doubler and one mixer) using angular dispersion was proposed. The principle of broadband harmonic generation with non-collinear angular dispersion was presented. The comparison between the schemes of non-collinear and collinear SFG process was performed. The effects of the angular dispersion on the conversion efficiency, the pulse shape and the spectrum of the third harmonic field were discussed. The results show that, if proper angular dispersion is added to the fundamental and the second harmonic field outside the mixing KDP crystal, respectively, the broadband third harmonic conversion efficiency can be improved significantly. However, the difficulty of this scheme arises due to the requirement of two gratings with different angular dispersion outside the mixer. With the new scheme, it can be simpler that only one grating is needed to realize the broadband phase matching in the non-collinear SFG process. Although the fundamental and the second harmonic field inside the mixing crystal are non-collinear except the center wavelength, a blazing grating with proper angular dispersion for the fundamental field (twice as that for second harmonic field) can yield the well compensation for phase mismatching in the SFG process. Consequently, the conversion efficiency and the characteristics of the third harmonic field for the broadband third harmonic generation can be improved significantly.     

Structure of monolayers at the air/water interface

A perturbation theory based on the random phase approximation with a hard disc reference fluid is used to generate substantially analytic results for the form of the small angle scattering from model two dimensional monolayer systems. When applied to systems with a conventional 12-6 Lennard-Jones interaction potential the theory yields results in good agreement with more sophisticated theories and computer simulation. The method is also used for the 12-5 Lennard-Jones interaction potential that characterizes the in-plane interactions of lipid molecules at the air/water interface and gives qualitative agreement with experimental studies. The inclusion of weak dipolar interactions between the monolayer particles is seen to supress any liquid-vapour phase transition.     

Proof of the first order phase transition in the Slater KDP model

The Slater KDP model defined on d-dimensional tetrahedral lattices is proved to have a phase transition for which the entropy and energy are discontinuous functions at a transition temperaturekT _c =/ln2, independent of dimensionality.