Above-Threshold Photoemission of Compound Nanoantennas Irradiated by Femtosecond Laser Pulses

A theoretical study of electron emission processes that occur at interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with bowtie compound nanoantennas is performed. A numerical analysis is conducted of the dependences of the spectra of ejected electrons on the features of the light pulses for different geometric parameters of the antennas. The calculation results show that asymmetric nanoantennas have distinct advantages over symmetric configurations of the elements of compound antennas.     

K-Shell Spectra from CH-Tamped Aluminum Layers Irradiated with Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses

X-ray spectra of H-like and He-like aluminum ions from aluminum buried in CH layers irradiated with 30fs, 200 TW laser are measured. The electron temperature and density are derived from line ratios of the He-α resonance line to its satellite lines. Typical temperatures of 490-646 eV and electron densities up to 7 × 10^20 cm-3 are obtained. The results show that the electron density increases and temperature decreases with the increasing CH thickness.     

Thermal Stress-Induced Birefringence in Borate Glass Irradiated by Femtosecond Laser Pulses

Thermal stress-induced birefringence in borate glass which has been irradiated by 800-nm femtosecond laser pulses is observed under cross-polarized light. Due to the high temperature and pressure formed in the focal volume, the material at the edge of the micro-modified region is compressed between the expanding region and the unheated one, then stress emerges. Raman spectroscopy is used to investigate the stress distribution in the micro-modified region and indicates the redistributions of density and refractive index by Raman peak shift. We suggest that this technique can develop waveguide polarizers and Fresnel zone plates in integrated optics.     

利用光子晶体光纤产生超连续飞秒激光光谱

将单脉冲能量约为2．5nJ、脉宽为25fs、对应峰值功率为0．1MW的的800nm钛宝石激光耦合到长为10mm，芯径为1．8μm的光子晶体光纤中，产生了耦合效率约为17％、谱宽覆盖可见光及近红外波段的超连续光谱。     

超宽带近红外和蓝光飞秒激光脉冲产生的实验研究

增益介质中泵浦光束提供的软光阑效应对于实现克尔透镜稳定锁模及其超宽带光谱脉冲的产生具有非常重要的作用.实验上首先对半导体泵浦全固化钛宝石飞秒激光器的锁模动态特性进行了研究,在4 W绿光泵浦状态下获得了平均输出功率为570 mW、中心波长在794 nm～835 nm范围内调谐、光谱带宽最大可达135 nm的近红外光脉冲输出,其相应的时域变换极限脉冲宽度均小于10 fs.另外,将光束聚焦在超薄BBO晶体上,获得了中心波长在418 nm～429 nm之间调谐、光谱宽带时域变换极限小于15 fs的蓝光飞秒脉冲.     

Effect of Doping on the Properties of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Irradiated with Femtosecond Laser Pulses

A comparative analysis of the effect of femtosecond laser irradiation on the structure and conductivity of undoped and boron-doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) is performed. It is demonstrated that the process of nanocrystal formation in the amorphous matrix under femtosecond laser irradiation is initiated at lower laser energy densities in undoped a-Si: H samples. The differences in conductivity between undoped and doped a-Si: H samples vanish almost completely after irradiation with an energy density of 150–160 mJ/cm².     

Threshold Effect in the Photoemission of Composite Nanoantennas Irradiated by Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses

JETP Letters - A new mechanism has been proposed for the formation of energy spectra of photoelectrons by above-threshold photoemission of composite nanoantennas with small gaps between elements...     

Broadband Optical Active Waveguides Written by Femtosecond Laser Pulses in Lithium Fluoride

Broadband waveguiding through light-emitting strips directly written in a blank lithium fluoride crystal with a femtosecond laser is reported. Light guiding was observed at several optical wavelengths, from blue, 458 nm, to near-infrared, at 155nm. Visible photoluminescence spectra of the optically active F2 and F33 color centers produced by the fs laser writing process were measured. The wavelength-dependent refractive index increase was estimated to be in the order of 10-3-10-4 in the visible and near-infrared spectral intervals, which is consistent with the stable formation of point defects in LiF.     

Formation of Nanogratings on the Surface of Nanoporous Glass Irradiated by Femtosecond Visible Laser Pulses

JETP Letters - Periodic nanostructures with a period of about 100–150 nm are formed on the surface of nanoporous silicate glass irradiated by sharply-focused laser pulses with a wavelength of...     

飞秒强激光脉冲中氩团簇库仑爆炸特性研究

利用Bathe模型,理论模拟了氩团簇在飞秒强激光中(100 fs, 1016 W/cm2)的电离和爆炸过程.研究结果显示,在团簇尺寸较小时,离子平均能量与团簇初始半径平方成正比,爆炸机制为典型的库仑爆炸.随着团簇尺寸的增加,能量增加的速度趋缓并在一定团簇尺寸后趋于饱和.模拟结果与实验数据有较好的吻合.     

中红外可调谐大能量飞秒脉冲激光产生

可调谐中红外飞秒光纤激光器具有非常普遍的应用,从而引起了人们的广泛关注。目前,非线性光纤中的拉曼孤子自频移效应是实现大范围可调谐飞秒脉冲激光的理想方法之一。然而,非线性光纤中其他高阶非线性效应的产生通常会限制拉曼孤子脉冲的能量提升。本文提出了利用有源掺杂光纤作为非线性介质和增益介质实现可调谐大能量中红外飞秒激光脉冲的方法。在理论上研究了有源掺杂非线性光纤中高阶孤子劈裂和孤子自频移效应的产生,以及线性增益对波长移动拉曼孤子能量、脉宽、光谱的影响。结果表明,通过为波长红移的低能量拉曼孤子提供线性增益,孤子脉冲的能量得到了显著提升且保持了其单脉冲特性,脉冲宽度为45 fs,且孤子脉冲的波长可通过所提供的增益进行大范围调谐。因此,利用有源掺杂光纤作为非线性介质是实现大能量可调谐中红外飞秒脉冲激光的一种有效方法。     

Laser Micro-Hole Drilling of Soda-Lime Glass with Femtosecond Pulses

Using tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses, we have drilled micro-holes from the front and rear surface of soda-lime glass in ambient air. The machined holes have small aspect ratio or irregular inner walls. When the drilling is conducted from the rear surface in contact with distilled water, a good quality micro-hole with a high aspect ratio can be obtained. The corresponding formation mechanisms are investigated.     

飞秒激光制造微型光纤法布里-珀罗干涉传感器

基于飞秒激光光刻技术,提出了光纤端面光刻制造微型光纤法布里-珀罗干涉传感器的方案.该方案解决了传统飞秒激光制造光纤F-P传感器的平行度差的问题,制造了对比度超过20dB的高灵敏度和高分辨率的微型F-P光纤传感器件.该制造方法简单、参量可控,制作的器件可应用恶劣温度条件下应变的精确测量.     

飞秒激光制造微型光纤法布里-珀罗干涉传感器

基于飞秒激光光刻技术,提出了光纤端面光刻制造微型光纤法布里-珀罗干涉传感器的方案.该方案解决了传统飞秒激光制造光纤F-P传感器的平行度差的问题,制造了对比度超过20 dB的高灵敏度和高分辨率的微型F-P光纤传感器件.该制造方法简单、参量可控,制作的器件可应用恶劣温度条件下应变的精确测量.     

Thermal Analysis of Gold Nanorods Heated with Femtosecond Laser Pulses

We present an axisymmetric computational model to study the heating processes of gold nanoparticles, specifically nanorods, in aqueous medium by femtosecond laser pulses. We use a two-temperature model for the particle, a heat diffusion equation for the surrounding water to describe the heat transfer processes occurring in the system, and a thermal interface conductance to describe the coupling efficiency at the particle/water interface. We investigate the characteristic time scales of various fundamental processes, including lattice heating and thermal equilibration at the particle/surroundings interface, the effects of multiple laser pulses, and the influence of nanorod orientation relative to the beam polarization on energy absorption. Our results indicate that the thermal equilibration at the particle/water interface takes approximately 500 ps, while the electron-lattice coupling is achieved at approximately 50 ps when a 48×14 nm gold nanorod is heated to a maximum temperature of 1270 K with the application of a laser pulse having 4.70 J/m(2) average fluence. Irradiation by multiple pulses arriving at 12.5 ns time intervals (80 MHz repetition rate) causes a temperature increase of no more than 3 degrees during the first few pulses with no substantial changes during the subsequent pulses. We also analyze the degree of the nanorods' heating as a function of their orientation with respect to the polarization of the incident light. Lastly, it is shown that the temperature change of a nanorod can be modeled using its volume equivalent sphere for femtosecond laser heating within 5-15% accuracy.     

Generation of Stable Near－infrared and Violet Femtosecond Pulses from a Self－mode－locked Ti：Sapphire Laser

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周期量级激光脉冲作用下原子电离不对称性研究

应用不对称性参量对周期量级强激光脉冲下原子电离分布的反演不对称性进行了定量分析.采用非微扰的散射理论解析方法和三个激光模式模拟超短脉冲,研究不对称性参量随激光强度、包络位相和脉冲宽度的变化.计算表明,这种不对称性是随着波包的绝对位相以正弦形式变化而变化,其最大不对称程度依赖于脉冲强度和脉冲宽度.随着激光强度的提高,不对称性参量是先降低到最小值然后增加.对脉冲宽度相对长、有几个周期量级的高强度激光,其不对称性具有显著的特点.因此,提高脉冲强度有助于对包络绝对位相变化的观察.     

飞秒脉冲作用下光子晶体光纤超连续谱的产生

采用钛宝石超快fs激光器泵浦2m长光子晶体光纤产生超连续谱,重点研究了不同输入功率下350～959nm波长范围内光谱的演变过程,实验中产生的超连续光谱宽度超过550nm分析表明,内脉冲喇曼散射和孤子自频移在开始阶段对光谱长波方向上的展宽起主要作用,这些新的频率成分与随后光谱向短波方向的拓展有密切关系.     

Polarized Fluorescence in Tryptophan Excited by Two-Photon Femtosecond Laser Pulses

The shape of an optical self-similar pulse that propagates in a medium of finite length with noninstantaneous nonlinear absorption is found analytically. The pulse has an asymmetric shape and, in addition, frequency modulation, which confirms that it belongs to a new type of self-similar propagation modes of laser radiation—chirped pulses with a self-similar shape. The existence of pulses of this kind is also confirmed by results of computer simulation.