Micromachining of circular ring microstructure by femtosecond laser pulses

In this paper, integration of interference phenomenon into femtosecond laser micromachining was reported as the femtosecond laser pulses were reshaped spatially to perform ablation. The generation of circular interference pattern was demonstrated by overlapping infrared femtosecond laser pulses. The interference pattern was subsequently focused on a copper substrate to ablate microstructures of concentric circular rings. The present technique is expected to open up new applications in the areas of rapid fabrication of micro-Fresnel lenses, hybrid microlenses and lens arrays.     

相干彩虹的形成机制

用一束白光激光聚焦照射液体(水、丙酮、无水乙醇、汽水等)或固体(冰、有色玻璃、塑料、彩色蜡等),出现了多级的彩色干涉环,即相干彩虹.高强度白光局部地加热了液体(固体),改变了它的密度(以及折射性质),从而导致光程差的出现,不同波长的光都发生干渉,形成了彩色的干涉环.有色玻璃在反射模式下也出现了相干彩虹,此时的干涉完全来自于玻璃表面轮廓的变化,并且无参数拟合的结果定量地符合观测到的干涉图案.     

Application of refraction and diffraction of light to the measurement of the liquid surface shape deformed by ultrasonic radiation pressure

A method of measuring the liquid surface (hump) deformed by ultrasonic radiation pressure is proposed. The method is based on the usage of a hump as a liquid lens with an interference structure formed by sound waves falling on the surface. The hump shape is evaluated by means of shadowgrams obtained with laser illumination. The possibility of using the hump as a sensor of processes occuring in the liquid through which sound waves are passing is shown.     

Collimation testing using a circular Dammann grating

A novel technique for collimation testing with a circular Dammann grating is proposed. When the beam under test is incident on a one-order circular Dammann grating with limited aperture, double-humped radial rings will be generated at the back focal plane of a focusing lens. If the beam is collimated, the separation between the two rings will reach its minimal, otherwise the two rings will be apart from each other. Therefore, the degree of collimation of the tested beam can be estimated from the separation. The principle and experimental results of the method are presented. Owing to the simplicity and low cost of the method, it is a promising method for quickly checking the collimation of a laser beam.     

Liquid Pressure Varifocus Lens

A liquid pressure varifocus lens that consists of a thin polymer film and liquid is described. The lens can be continuously changed from a concave to a convex shape by driving the liquid pressure in the lens. The dynamic range of the focal length of the convex lens is from 50 to 250 mm. A beam spot verifies the variable focal function on a photographic film exposed by a He-Ne laser. In addition, the application of the laser for processing is demonstrated to manufacture Fe compressed powder sheets by normal pulse YAG laser. Its melting marks along a focus change are formed with a minimum width of 0.1 mm.     

Microparticle collection for water purification based on laser-induced convection

Water purification is required for environmental protection. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a rapid, effective and low-cost approach to collect numerous impurities(microparticles) in water on the basis of laser-induced thermal convection. We introduce a heat source by using a fiber tip, which is fabricated into a non-adiabatic-tapered shape. In order to improve the laser power absorption efficiency, we coat a gold film with a thickness of 300 nm on the fiber tip. Due to absorption, the laser power transferred from the fiber to the water results in thermal convection. The forces generated from the thermal convection drive the microparticles to move towards the fiber tip, thereby performing microparticle collection and achieving water purification. Laser-induced thermal convection provides a simple, high-efficiency and low-cost method of collecting microparticles, which is a suitable and convenient for local water purification.     

基于对流传热模型的LD端面泵浦圆形激光晶体的热效应研究

通过对半导体端面泵浦棒状Nd∶YAG晶体的热效应进行了理论分析,研究了端面抽运圆形截面激光晶体内部温度场,建立了符合条件的激光晶体热模型。考虑晶体侧面与冷却液之间的对流传热,以及晶体端面与外界非绝热边界条件,从而建立更为合理的边界条件,得出更符合实际的晶体的温度分布场。研究结果表明,考虑端面的对流传热后,计算的晶体中心温度降低,而相应的热焦距稍有增加;空气传热系数增加时,晶体中心温度明显降低,热焦距显著增加,减弱了晶体热效应。     

Dynamic pulsed-beam shaping using a TAG lens in the near UV

The ability to dynamically shape the spatial intensity profile of an incident laser beam enables new ways to modify and structure surfaces through pulsed laser processing. Here we describe a method to generate doughnut-shaped beams from an input Gaussian source using a tunable acoustic gradient index (TAG) lens. The TAG lens is capable of modulating between focused beams and annular rings of variable size, using sinusoidal driving frequencies. Laser micromachining is accomplished by synchronizing the TAG lens to a 355 nm pulsed nanosecond laser. Results in polyimide demonstrate the ability to generate adjacent surface features with different shapes and sizes.     

高光束质量、高功率稳定性激光器的设计及实验研究

高光束质量、高功率稳定性激光器在激光加工、激光测量等领域具有广泛的用途.为了实现激光器腔内光斑聚焦同时减少色散和体积,人们常常将曲面反射镜用在激光谐振腔中,但光束倾斜入射到曲面反射镜往往会引起像散,从而导致光斑质量恶化,并降低激光器的性能.另一方面,在高功率激光器或超短脉冲激光器中,激光增益介质热透镜焦距的起伏,是导致激光输出功率波动的主要原因之一.针对激光器的像散和功率波动这两个问题,本文提出了一套简单高效的解决方案,在考虑像散补偿和热透镜效应的基础上,基于传播变换圆理论,首次提出一种可实现高光束质量、高功率稳定性激光器谐振腔的设计方法,并对采用该方法所设计出的超短脉冲激光器进行理论与实验研究.研究结果表明,利用该方法设计的激光谐振腔,两端臂像散能够完全被补偿,实验上实现了基模高斯光束输出;当激光晶体热透镜焦距改变时,该方法所设计出的激光谐振腔内各关键位置光斑半径的变化,显著地小于普通谐振腔,在相同外界条件下,其输出激光功率稳定性明显优于普通激光器.     

Effect of the width of a bar substrate on the dynamic curvature of a thermocapillary depression and the shape of the thermocapillary response

The effect of the width of an absorbing bar substrate on the radial symmetry of a thermocapillary depression is investigated by studying the velocity field of a convective vortex induced by the thermal effect of a He-Ne laser beam in a thin layer of transparent liquid. The beam reflected from the depression forms an elliptical fringe pattern on a screen placed at the beam cross section. This pattern is caused by the fact that the radius of the curvature of the depression across the substrate is smaller than that along the substrate. This circumstance is explained by the higher losses to viscous friction for the flow directed along the bar. In the case of a flat and infinitely extended substrate, the substrate begins to affect the shape of the fringe pattern when the bar width becomes comparable with the diameter of the thermocapillary depression. As the bar width increases, the eccentricity of the pattern increases. An increase in the liquid viscosity leads to a decrease in the depression diameter, and the fringe pattern tends to a circular shape.     

Self-compensation of thermal lens in high-power diode pumped solid-state lasers

We present a comprehensive model to describe the optic-thermal coupling in the diode pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSL). The thermal transition of particles at the upper laser level leads the heat-generation of laser crystals to depend on shape of the laser beam, while the laser field is also influenced by the temperature because of the thermal excitation of doped particles among various Stark levels. These effects, together with the usual thermal-optic effect that induces a fluctuation of the refraction index by an inhomogeneous temperature distribution, cause a complicated coupling between the laser field and the temperature field. We show that the optic-thermal coupling plays an important role in high-power DPSSL with larger size beam. That effect may yield a self-compensation for the thermal lens and improve the beam quality.     

Cw thermal lens effect in thin layer of nematic liquid crystal

A cw laser induced, thermal lens effect in a thin layer of MBBA nematic liquid crystal was observed. Due to the birefringence both focusing and defocusing were obtained, depending on the polarization. A qualitative discussion of the aberrational effect in this thermal thin lens is given.     

On the onset of free convection in vertical channels with cross sections in the form of circular or annular sectors

The appearance of convection in a liquid filling a long vertical channel with ideally heat-conducting walls is considered in the case where the temperature of the liquid, originally at rest, decreases linearly with height and the cross section of the channel has the shape of a circular or annular sector. The critical Rayleigh numbers and eigenfunctions of the boundary problems are written out for the critical motions. The appearance of convection is also examined in a liquid-saturated porous medium filling a vertical channel with ideally heat-conducting or insulating walls and having a cross section in the form of a circular sector. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 44–47 (August 1998)     

低功率激光热透镜效应的模拟及研究

与高功率激光相比,低功率激光更安全,其热透镜效应对激光功率变化更敏感,更适合用于实验教学.本文利用有限元法模拟低功率激光的热透镜效应,模拟介质温度场和等效热透镜焦距,定量探究低功率激光热透镜焦距与激光功率以及介质热吸收率、厚度的关系.模拟结果与实验数据符合良好,为探究低功率激光热透镜效应实验提供理论依据.     

Fabri-Perot interferometer in investigation of liquid-crystal membranes

We present results of study of a laser beam reflected from a liquid crystal membrane embedded into the low-finess Fabri-Perot interferometer and influenced by an external electric field. It is shown that using interference rings one can determine the alteration of path difference in the interferometer with an accuracy of 0.02–0.03 nm.     

高效外腔倍频产生426 nm激光的实验研究

利用与铯原子吸收线对应的852 nm半导体激光作为基频光,泵浦基于周期极化磷酸钛氧钾(PPKTP)晶体的环形腔,进行高效外腔谐振倍频并产生426 nm激光.在理论分析小角度环形腔内的热透镜效应基础上,发现晶体中等效热透镜中心位置并非在晶体的几何中心.在理论分析的基础上,实验上通过精密平移台精细调节PPKTP晶体在腔内位置,使得等效热透镜中心位置与谐振腔的腰斑位置重合,进而减小晶体热透镜效应导致的模式失配对倍频效率的影响.在泵浦功率为515 mW时产生了428 mW的426 nm激光输出,对应的倍频转换效率为83.1%.此高效倍频过程为制备与铯原子吸收线相匹配的非经典光场提供有效泵浦光,为推动量子非经典光场的应用以及量子信息科学的发展奠定基础.     

气泡的远场干涉分析及应用

提出了一种分析气泡远场干涉的理论模型。平行激光束照射到透明介质中的气泡上,折射光束与全反射光束在远场发生干涉形成内密外疏圆环状干涉条纹,推求了两平行出射光线的光程差公式和两光线之间的距离公式,分析了圆环状干涉条纹内密外疏的原因,给出了计算干涉条纹存在区域和最高干涉级的方法。通过干涉方法可以测量气泡的直径,能够用于介质深处气泡尺寸的测量。利用远场干涉对玻璃水箱、平板玻璃、玻璃棱镜中的气泡直径进行了测量,其中玻璃棱镜中气泡直径测量结果与用阿贝比长仪测量结果对比,相对差为0.9%。预期了气泡远场干涉在运动气泡尺寸、泡内气体折射率、透明光疏介质中光密介质球尺寸测量等方面的应用。     

氢负离子在少周期激光场中解离时的干涉效应

本文利用强场近似理论研究了氢负离子在少周期激光场中的解离过程. 在计算中采用了数值积分和鞍点近似两种计算方法并得到了一致的结果. 更为重要的是, 利用鞍点法对激光脉冲中不同时刻解离产生的电子波包之间的干涉效应进行了研究, 发现光电子动量谱的主要结构是电子波包间的周期间干涉和周期内干涉共同作用的结果, 并分析了周期内和周期间干涉效应对光电子能量谱的影响. 最后, 讨论了激光脉宽对周期内和周期间干涉效应的影响. 本文的工作对进一步了解负离子光解离过程中的量子干涉效应和利用光场对其进行调控方面的研究具有意义.