Recording of selective intracavity absorption at doubled frequencies of multimode laser radiation

We carried out measurements of the spectral distribution of wideband dye laser generation intensity within the limits and in the vicinity of an absorption line with its simultaneous recording at the frequencies of the fundamental and second harmonics of laser radiation. In the laser cavity we placed optical cuvettes with active and absorbing media, as well as selecting and nonlinear-optical elements. We show that at double frequencies the contrast of the narrow-band hole in the multimode laser generation spectrum increases. The gain in the concentration sensitivity of measurements depends in this case on the value of the absorption coefficient being determined. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., 220072, Minsk, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 516–521, July–August, 1998.     

对超短脉冲强激光在大气通道中产生的三次谐波偏振特性及白光光谱调制特性的研究

研究了超短脉冲强激光在大气中传输产生电离通道后辐射的三次谐波强度随激光偏振的变化.此外，还研究了产生的白光辐射在短波长上的有规律的谱调制，分析了白光谱调制的产生机理. 关键词： 超短脉冲激光 大气通道 超连续辐射 三次谐波     

激光脉冲对内层等离子体辐射源的影响

本文的基本思想是设计双层金铝薄膜靶以检测激光脉冲宽度与等离子体消融深度的关系,找出有效的等离子体加热方法以产生更强更亮的等离子体辐射源.由于有预脉冲激光的存在,表层金薄膜首先被消融,由主脉冲携带的大能量就能较易穿过表层金等离子体将能量聚焦在内层铝靶上,由此产生内层高温等离子体.又由于外层低温等离子体存在,其将有效的阻碍内高温等离子体因膨胀而引起的能量损失.对无预脉冲而言,直接入射激光能量都沉积在靶表层形成表层高温等离子体.但是激光直接入射而产生的等离子体辐射总强度只比由预脉冲情况下产生的金等离子体辐射强度增加15%.而预脉冲能量只占激光总能量的2%.实验结果显示Al光谱线主要来自类氢,类氦离子跃迁.Au等离子体光谱线主要来自它的N带,O带和P带谱.我们也观察到一个明显的软X射线短波发射极限.所有结果显示由于预脉冲的存在将对靶各层等离子体辐射产生极大的影响     

超强脉冲激光辐照固体靶背表面的渡越辐射

在超强脉冲激光与固体靶相互作用中,利用光学CCD相机和光学多道分析仪,分别在固体薄膜靶背表面法线方向测量了渡越辐射（TR）积分成像图案和光谱。测量结果显示：TR空间分布图案呈圆环状,而辐射区域有发散角和光强分布;TR光谱在800 nm附近出现尖峰,是激光的基频波,这一现象归因于超热电子束在输运的过程中产生的微束团而引起的相干渡越辐射;如果考虑超热电子的产生和加热机制,共振吸收和真空加热对超热电子都有贡献,其中占主导地位的加热机制则是共振吸收对电子的加热。     

强激光毁伤过程的热辐射谱测量

以热辐射谱的温度反演为例,介绍了光谱技术在强激光毁伤过程中的应用。利用自制的高速光谱测量系统,实时采集了毁伤过程中的辐射光谱,基于普朗克黑体辐射原理,反演了毁伤区的温度,并应用主成分回归算法,计算得到了毁伤区的温度分布,实现了强激光辐照靶材过程中瞬态温度和温度分布的测量。光谱测量区在200～1 000 nm时,所对应的温度反演为700～6 000℃。     

高重复频率相干衍射辐射超宽谱太赫兹源

研究了一种新型相干衍射辐射（CDR）太赫兹源,该太赫兹源基于中国工程物理研究院自由电子激光相干强太赫兹源（FEL-THz）的加速器电子束束流,具有MHz量级重复频率。理论分析、数值计算和PIC模拟证明了此太赫兹源时间长度可达到ps量级,中心频率在100~400 GHz可调,截止频率位于1~2 THz,脉冲峰值功率可达10 kW量级,平均功率可达到W量级,并且功率随束流流强成平方正比关系。     

高功率,红光至中红外可调谐腔内和频光学参量振荡器

本文利用高重复频率,高平均功率大模场面积飞秒光纤激光器作为同步抽运源,抽运以多周期极化掺氧化镁铌酸锂为非线性晶体的单共振光学参量振荡器,获得了高功率可调谐红光至中红外光,信号光调谐范围为1450—2200 nm,闲频光调谐范围为2250—4000 nm,在2 W的抽运功率下,信号光输出波长为1502 nm时获得最大输出功率374 mW,转换效率为18.7%,脉冲宽度为144 fs,此时中红外输出中心波长为3.4μm,平均功率为166 mW.再利用BBO晶体对信号光进行腔内和频,获得和频光输出波长调谐范围为610—668 nm,在4.1 W抽运的情况下,最高平均功率为615 nm处的694 mW,转换效率达16.9%.     

Development of a broadband laser in the UV region

A frequency comb in the UV region with a bandwidth greater than 100 MHz is generated by successive frequency shifts of a single mode laser by an acousto-optic modulator coupled to a passive ring cavity. The obtained spectrum is particularly suitable for laser cooling when a large velocity capture range is required as in the case, for example, of ions confined in a storage ring. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Evaluation and analysis of the radiation force in laser trap

Forces exerted on a small transparent dielectric sphere in a Gaussian beam is an-alyzed.The stable position of the sphere in the Gaussian beam was calculated.The effects ofthe sphere size,the beam radius etc.on the exerted forces,on the equilibrium positions aswell as on other parameters of the sphere are discussed.     

Intracavity UV-range laser spectrometer

We suggest a variant, which has already been implemented, of a selective intracavity laser spectrometer with intracavity nonlinear optical conversion of the frequency range of generated multimode radiation. The apparatus provides a means for transition into the UV spectral range (shorter than 300 nm) to carry out direct recording and quantative investigation of strong resonance lines of atomic absorption, which earlier were beyond the reach of the intracavity method. We measured selective absorption in spectral lines of a number of metals: FeI 296.690 nm, TiI 294.200 nm, and GaI 287.424 nm. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70 F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus; e-mail: Ild@imaph.bas-net.by. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 66, No. 6, pp. 875–879, November–December, 1999.     

工作在可见和紫外波段的自由电子激光器

Madey指出用直线加速器,限制了电子束束流密度,使得自由电子激光器可能达到的短波长极限为1μm左右。本文提出利用自由电子激光器的高次谐波运转,用直线加速器可望获得可见和紫外波段的短波长激光。实现自由电子激光器高次谐波运转的关键是建立高K值的Wiggler磁场。     

A high power hybrid mid-IR laser source

An efficient hybrid mid-IR laser system comprising a thulium fibre laser, Ho:YAG solid state laser and a zinc germanium phosphide optical parametric oscillator is presented. A 790 nm diode pumped 1908 nm thulium fibre laser operating at 30 W pumps an RTP q-switched Ho:YAG laser emitting 17 W at 40 kHz and 2090 nm. The zinc germanium phosphide optical parametric oscillator efficiently converts this into the 3-5 μm region producing 10.1 W with 59% optical conversion efficiency and an M² = 1.5.     

Eye-safe radiation source based on an optical parametric oscillator

We have studied an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) with an unstable telescopic cavity, placed inside the cavity of an actively Q-switched multimode Nd³⁺:KGW pump laser. We used a KTP crystal as the nonlinear medium for the OPO. We have compared the emission characteristics of OPOs with unstable telescopic and planar cavities. We have established that compared with the planar cavity, the unstable cavity reduces the OPO beam divergence and improves the spatial distribution of the radiation energy in the far wave zone. Based on our investigations, we have designed a compact eye-safe (λ = 1.578 μm) laser source with natural cooling, emitting (for electrical pumping energy 7.3 J) pulses with pulse energy 22 mJ and pulse duration 6 nsec. The FWHM beam divergence for the source is no greater than 3.5 mrad. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 254–259, March–April, 2006.     

Stability of the conditions for excitation of atomic spectra in plasma produced on exposure of copper alloys to laser radiation

We show that the temperature of plasma produced by exposure of copper-zinc alloy specimens to laser radiation changes little (within the limits of random errors) with a change in the conditions of the laser effect and chemical composition of the specimens. With use of electric discharges (a low-voltage spark), systematic changes in the temperature of the plasma are observed when the chemical composition of copper-zinc alloys changes. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 319–321, May–June, 1998.     

UV and IR coherent radiation generated simultaneously by two-photon and hybrid excitations in sodium vapor

UV coherent radiation at 330.2 nm and IR stimulated radiations at 2.34μm,2.21μm and 1.64μm were generated via processes of unequal-frequency two-photon(3S-6S)resonantly enhanced excitation and equal frequency hybrid resonant excitation with particularexcited wavelength in Na_2-Na system.The competition of the two processes is obviously.     

Parametric generation of light in arbitrary directions of a biaxial KTP crystal pumped by an Nd:YAG laser

The conditions for collinear phase matching in the parametric generation of light in arbitrary directions of a biaxial KTP crystal pumped by an Nd:YAG laser were investigated with the use of invariant expressions for the refractive indices of isonormal waves. The tuning curves, effective nonlinear coefficients, spectral and angular phase-matching widths were calculated. B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 68, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 66, No. 2, pp. 177–184, March–April, 1999.     

Analysis of generation of terahertz radiation by nonlinear mixing of laser frequencies in GaAs crystal

Generation of terahertz (THz) radiation by nonlinear mixing of laser frequencies in GaAs crystal is considered for the case of free and guided propagation of THz waves. In the first case the strong diffraction of the THz radiation leads to the deviation from the known square-law growth of the generator power with increasing crystal length, In the second case the spatial divergence of the exciting laser beam results in the appearance of a maximum in the generated power dependence on the radius of the nonlinear waveguide. According to estimations, the optimal radius of the laser beam is 18 μm for the waveguide length of 6 mm and the maximal generated THz power is ～27 W at the laser beam power of 10 kW.     

Taking into account scattering of polarized laser radiation by cuvet walls when probing blood

We have studied the ratio of the intensities of radiation scattered by a layer of blood in a cuvet and by the cuvet walls for normal incidence or incidence at the Brewster angle for probing radiation from a He-Ne laser, linearly polarized in the plane of incidence (plane of observation) or orthogonal to that plane. We have compared it with the intensity of the radiation reflected by the surface of the cuvet wall, as estimated based on the geometric approximation. We have found the optimal conditions for probing and observing scattering for the layer in a cuvet, where such conditions are characterized by a minimal effect from the cuvet walls and the maximum ratio of useful signal to background. Report given at the Fifth International Scientific and Technical Conference on Quantum Electronics, 22–25 November 2004, Minsk, Belarus. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 270–272, March–April, 2006.     

Kinetic analysis of the factors limiting the output power of the Ne--CuBr UV laser

The parametric optimization of the Ne--CuBr UV laser excited by longitudinal pulsed discharge is analysed by using a self-consistent kinetic model. Consistent characteristics of the optimization process are obtained by comparing with the experimental results. Simulation results show that neon ions come into being along with considerable depletion of the ground-state copper atoms. And the optimization of the discharge tube diameter is the tradeoff between the specific output photon density and the total active volume. Both the optimal neon gas pressure and the optimal reservoir temperature result from the balance between the neon ion density and the ground-state copper atom density to arrive at a maximum of their product.     

Absorption of laser radiation in ultracold plasma

In this paper, we analyze the spectral behavior(optical thickness, shape and linewidth) of laser radiation absorption under the correlation heating of ions in an ultracold plasma. The Voigt formula is used to find the absorption coefficient.The spectral line width is shown to grow with time while the optical thickness reduces. Our modeling results are in good agreement with the experimental findings reported in the literature.