飞秒脉冲激光的倍频实验研究

用I类匹配BBO晶体对近红外波段钛宝石飞秒脉冲激光做倍频实验,取得近30%的转换效率,对飞秒脉冲激光倍频的有关问题进行了分析讨论。     

飞秒掺钛蓝宝石激光三倍频理论和实验研究

从理论和实验上分别研究了飞秒掺钛蓝宝石激光二倍频和三倍频的非线性频率转换过程.采 用Ⅰ类相位匹配非共线和频方法得到飞秒掺钛蓝宝石激光的三倍频2601nm输出，转换效 率达64%, 脉冲宽度为169fs.这为时间分辨电子显微镜提供了一种超短脉冲的紫外光源. 关键词： 飞秒激光 三倍频 时间分辨 BBO晶体     

飞秒激光在BBO晶体中倍频效率的数值计算

采用分步傅里叶法对飞秒激光在BBO晶体中倍频过程的效率进行了数值计算,分析表明这种方法既避免了其他数学方法的繁琐,又直观地展现了倍频过程的物理本质.针对有关实验条件,计算了脉宽为100fs的激光脉冲通过2mm长、Ⅰ类相位匹配的BBO晶体的倍频效率,计算结果与实验上对同样晶体倍频效率的测量是一致的. 关键词： 飞秒激光 倍频     

高功率高重复频率多波长飞秒激光系统的研究

以大模场面积光子晶体光纤飞秒激光系统为基频光源,利用非线性频率上转换的方法,获得了高功率高重复频率多波长的飞秒激光脉冲.理论分析并实验验证了聚焦透镜的焦距对倍频光横向模场分布的影响,透镜焦距越长,模场质量越好.在基频光平均功率为218 W,脉冲宽度为110 fs,重复频率为50 MHz的条件下,经过二倍频、三倍频和四倍频获得波长分别为520,347和261 nm的飞秒激光,其平均功率分别达105,47和214 W.二倍频和三倍频的转换效率分别为482%和216%,二倍频到四倍频的转换效率为20 关键词： 超快光学 紫外飞秒激光 频率上转换 光子晶体光纤激光器     

基于啁啾脉冲放大技术的2W光纤绿光飞秒激光器

绿光波段的飞秒激光一般使用钛蓝宝石飞秒激光器通过倍频产生,但是钛蓝宝石激光器价格高昂,且其固体体制稳定性较差,限制了飞秒绿光激光器的使用范围。采用基于SESAM被动锁模的光纤飞秒种子源和啁啾脉冲放大（Chirped Pulse Amplification,CPA）技术产生1 030 nm的基频光,经过压缩倍频后,实现了脉宽357 fs、平均功率2.187 W的515nm飞秒激光输出。该飞秒激光器具备基频光与倍频光双波长切换输出的能力,且具有体积紧凑、脉冲稳定、转换效率较高、光束质量良好的优势,可作为超快激光加工系统的光源。     

采用飞秒光纤激光同步泵浦的自启动锁模钛宝石激光研究

针对常规连续激光泵浦钛宝石激光振荡器不能自启动锁模的缺点,采用倍频飞秒光纤激光同步泵浦,通过调节振荡器腔长与泵浦腔长匹配,实现了飞秒钛宝石激光的自启动锁模。实验中采用3.4 W的倍频掺镱光纤激光同步泵浦钛宝石激光振荡器,获得了平均功率大于130 mW、重复频率75 MHz、光谱宽度大于47 nm、脉冲宽度17 fs的锁模脉冲输出,不仅能够稳定可靠地实现自启动锁模,解决了常规钛宝石激光振荡器锁模启动的困难,而且还具有同步输出1040,800,520 nm三束飞秒激光的特点,为进一步开展飞秒激光相干合成以及光参量放大等研究提供了优势基础。     

基于多光子脉冲内干涉相位扫描法对飞秒激光脉冲进行相位测量和补偿的研究

研制了一套基于多光子脉冲内干涉相位扫描方法的可以同时对飞秒激光脉冲进行相位测量和补偿的实验系统装置.实验中,通过自主研发的LabVIEW程序控制液晶空间光调制器和光纤光谱仪,对待测飞秒激光脉冲施加相位扫描,并同时记录受到调制的飞秒激光脉冲的倍频光谱,得到了多光子脉冲内干涉相位扫描(MIIPS)轨迹图.通过MIIPS轨迹图的三次测量和迭代运算,还原出了经过预先啁啾调制的中心波长约为810 nm、重复频率为1 kHz的飞秒激光脉冲的光谱相位,测量精度在0.1 rad以内.根据测量结果,利用液晶空间光调制器对该飞秒激光脉冲进行相位补偿,得到了近似傅里叶变换极限的飞秒激光脉冲.这一装置将在多光子显微成像、脉冲整形、飞秒激光光谱学等众多领域发挥重要作用.     

全固态飞秒激光高光束质量三倍频研究(特邀)

对全固态飞秒激光三倍频产生高光束质量343 nm飞秒激光进行了系统研究。基频光源为脉冲宽度为105 fs、重复频率为76 MHz、中心波长为1 030 nm的商用Yb:KGW锁模激光器,利用1.7 mm长LBO晶体获得60%的二倍频转换效率,然后分别研究了基于BBO晶体Ⅱ类相位匹配和Ⅰ类相位匹配的三倍频产生。在基频光功率为5 W的条件下,利用Ⅱ类相位匹配的BBO晶体,获得的最大平均功率为0.71 W,三倍频转换效率约为14%;利用Ⅰ类相位匹配的BBO晶体,获得平均功率为1.01 W的紫外激光输出,三倍频转换效率为20.2%。获得的343 nm紫外激光的光束质量优于1.3。     

LBO晶体用于宽带激光谐波转换的基本特性

实现宽带高功率钕玻璃激光高效谐波转换的关键在选择合适的非线性晶体和技术，文中给出波长为１．０５４μｍ的基波光脉冲晶体中的各类倍频及三倍频相位匹配，着重分析了ＬＢＯ的光谱接受范围和角度接受范围，结果表明，采用成熟的谐波转换技术，选用ＬＢＯ晶体，可实现１ｎｍ左右的宽带高功率激光的高效三倍频转换。     

采用光谱展宽技术的钛宝石飞秒激光放大器

报道了飞秒激光啁啾脉冲放大器中的激光脉冲光谱展宽技术，实验中使用了几种光谱展宽元件，结果表明使用激光光谱展宽元件能有效地将飞秒激光脉冲 光谱展宽，抑制了飞秒激光放大器中常见的激光脉冲光谱增益窄化现象，从飞秒放大系统的振荡级输出28fs种子脉冲，放大后得到了重复频率为10Hz、峰值功率为1．6TW、脉冲宽度37．5fs的超短强飞秒激光脉冲 。     

在固体透明材料中利用级联四波混频方法获得宽带多色飞秒激光脉冲的研究

飞秒激光光谱学实验研究的深入与拓展对飞秒激光脉冲的要求也越来越高.比如多色抽运探测实验需要同时用到多个不同频率的超短飞秒激光脉冲.本文设计了一个更加简单紧凑的实验装置,对两束不同中心频率的入射光引入相反啁啾,在厚度为0.5 mm的CaF2晶体中利用级联四波混频获得了光谱半高全宽近100nm,支持傅里叶转换极限脉宽小于10 fs的多色飞秒激光脉冲.这一结果将为拓展飞秒激光光谱学研究和应用发挥重要作用.     

Talbot effect under illumination of double femtosecond laser pulses

The Talbot effect under illumination of double femtosecond laser pulses has been reported. Spectrums of double femtosecond laser pulses with phase differences are quite different from that of one single femtosecond laser pulse. Therefore, the Talbot images of the double femtosecond laser pulses with phase differences are different from that of one single femtosecond laser pulse. Specifically, for the phase difference corresponding to π, the Talbot image shows the largest difference from that of one single pulse. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis. The behaviors of Talbot images under double femtosecond laser pulses illumination cannot be obtained under one femtosecond laser pulse, monochromatic or polychromatic light illumination. Therefore, it is a new interesting optical phenomenon for the Talbot effect which should have potential applications.     

飞秒激光脉冲与金属光阴极相互作用

本文从理论上分析了飞秒激光与光阴极相互作用过程，采用双温模型分析了飞秒激光脉冲辐照下金属薄膜的温度效应。通过建立一个简单的光电效应模型，获得了最佳的金属光阴极厚度，通过该模型可以发现，产生的光电流对在飞秒激光脉冲辐照下的电子温度和晶格温度有着很大的依赖关系。     

Generation of femtosecond X-ray pulses via laser–electron beam interaction

The generation of femtosecond X-ray pulses will have important scientific applications by enabling the direct measurement of atomic motion and structural dynamics in condensed matter on the fundamental time scale of a vibrational period. Interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with relativistic electron beams is an effective approach to generating femtosecond pulses of X-rays. In this paper we present recent results from proof-of-principle experiments in which 300 fs pulses are generated from a synchrotron storage ring by using an ultrashort optical pulse to create femtosecond time structure on the stored electron bunch. A previously demonstrated approach for generating femtosecond X-rays via Thomson scattering between terawatt laser pulses and relativistic electrons is reviewed and compared with storage-ring based schemes.     

Numerical modeling and theoretical analysis of femtosecond laser tweezers

Optical trapping (also called optical tweezers) is a widespread technique, with a large number of applications in biology and other fields. Taking femtosecond laser pulses as a sampling of CW light, we theoretically demonstrate the feasibility of femtosecond laser tweezers and present the formulae of the induced forces which femtosecond laser pulses exert on micrometer-sized spheres. We also demonstrate the stability condition for femtosecond laser tweezers. As an example, we present the numerical results for a sphere with a radius of 10 mm.     

Talbot effect of a high-density grating under femtosecond laser illumination

The Talbot effect of a high-density grating under femtosecond laser illumination is analyzed with rigorous electromagnetic theory which is based on the Fourier decomposition and the rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA). Numerical simulations show that the contrast of the Talbot images steadily decreases as the transmitted femtosecond laser pulses propagate forward and with wider spectrum width of the femtosecond laser pulses. The Talbot images of high-density gratings have much higher sensitivity of the spectrum widths of the incident laser pulses than those of the traditional low-density gratings. In experiments, the spectrums and the pulse widths of the incident pulses are measured with a frequency-resolved optical grating (FROG) apparatus. The Talbot images are detected by using a Talbot scanning near-field optical microscopy (Talbot-SNOM) technique, which are in coincidence with the numerical simulations. This effect should be useful for developing new femtosecond laser techniques and devices.     

利用棱镜减小自衍射信号光角色散的研究

自衍射效应在飞秒激光领域有非常重要的应用,如提高飞秒脉冲的时域对比度、作为自参考光谱干涉脉冲测量法的参考光、作为频率分辨光学开关法的信号光等.然而,具有较宽光谱带宽的飞秒激光在自衍射效应过程中产生的信号光存在明显的角色散,这给自衍射效应的应用带来不利影响.本文研究发现通过在自衍射效应的一个光路中加入等腰直角棱镜,当到棱镜的入射角为23fi时可以明显地减小飞秒激光脉冲自衍射信号的角色散.这就为以后将自衍射效应更好的应用到飞秒激光脉冲的研究提供了有用的参考.     

飞秒强激光经氩气和氩团簇的传播

通过数值求解三维电场传播方程,理论模拟了飞秒强激光脉冲（50 fs,1016 w/cm2）在氩气和中等尺寸氩团簇中的传播效应.结果表明,飞秒强激光脉冲经氩气传播将发生频谱蓝移展宽和光束发散;而经中等尺寸氩团簇传播,则存在一定程度的自聚焦效应.     

飞秒激光在6H SiC晶体表面制备纳米微结构

激光诱导周期性纳米微结构在多种材料包括电介质、半导体、金属和聚合物中观察到。研究了800nm和400nm飞秒激光垂直聚焦于6H SiC晶体表面制备纳米微结构。实验观察到800nm和400nm线偏光照射样品表面分别得到周期为150nm和80nm的干涉条纹,800nm圆偏振激光单独照射样品表面得到粒径约100nm的纳米颗粒。偏振相互垂直的800nm和400nm激光同时照射晶体得到粒径约100nm的纳米颗粒阵列,该纳米阵列的方向随400nm激光强度增加而向400nm偏振方向偏转。利用二次谐波的观点对以上纳米结构的形成给出了解释。