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...     

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.     

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.     

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...     

Estimation of the Refractive Index Change in Glass Induced by Femtosecond Laser Pulses

It is known that local refractive index change occurs when femtosecond laser pulses with extremely high peak power are launched into glass. We focused 130-femtosecond laser pulses of 800 nm into the bulk of glass and examined the shape of the induced refractive index change. We found that the length of the spot of the refractive index change along the optical axis reached about 30 μm despite the diameter being about 2 μm. To estimate the distribution of induced refractive index change, we fabricated Bragg grating by scanning the focused spot and calculated the amount of the change by applying Kogelnik’s coupled mode theory to the measured diffraction efficiencies of the higher order diffracted beams.     

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.     

Transverse Writing of Multimode Interference Waveguides inside Silica Glass by Femtosecond Laser Pulses

Multi-mode interference waveguides are fabricated inside silica glass by transverse writing geometry with femtosecond laser pulses. The influences of several writing and reading factors on the output mode are systematically studied. The experimental results of straight waveguides are in good agreement with the simulations by the beam propagation method. By integrating a straight waveguide with a bent waveguide, a 1× 2 multi-mode splitter is formed and 2×3 lobes are observed in the output mode.     

飞秒激光诱导的Mn2+掺杂锗酸盐玻璃上转换发光

研究了室温下的飞秒激光诱导过渡金属Mn2+掺杂锗酸盐玻璃的上转换发光现象。样品的激发光谱与发射光谱表明,激发过程是能级6A(6S)→4E(4G)/4A1(4G)的跃迁,该过程源于Mn2+离子的4T1(4G)→6 A1(6 S)跃迁。由409 nm单色光激发样品得到的发射光谱与800 nm飞秒激光激发的光谱相一致。通过分析飞秒激光泵浦功率密度与荧光强度的依赖关系以及飞秒激光辐照样品前后的吸收谱,认为该上转换过程为双光子同时吸收过程。随着Mn2+浓度的提高,上转换发光的中心波长发生红移。     

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.     

Energy Characteristics of Non-Resonator Generation in Nanodispersed Active Media Irradiated with Femtosecond Laser Pulses

Russian Physics Journal - Results of experimental measurements of the energy characteristics of stimulated emission in coumarin-30 and rhodamine 6G dyes with nanoparticles under irradiation with...     

亚皮秒脉冲激光辐照硅薄膜热效应的模拟研究

基于Boltzmann方程,采用了Chen J K等人建立的自相关模型,考虑了Si薄膜的热容、热导率、弛豫时间等热力学参量随温度非线性变化的影响.采用有限差分法,数值求解了脉宽为500 fs的激光脉冲辐照2 μm厚硅膜的自相关模型.分析了膜表面载流子浓度、载流子温度、晶格温度等随入射激光功率和脉宽等的变化规律.结果表明：在脉冲辐照初期（t<0.68 ps）,载流子和晶格之间存在着明显的非热平衡性,之后通过相互之间的弛豫碰撞,逐渐达到热平衡,载流子热容是引起载流子温度在早期迅速上升的原因;载流子温度速率方程中单光子吸收、载流子-晶格能量交换和载流子能流变化率对载流子温升影响较大,而多光子吸收、双极能流和带隙能量变化率对载流子温升的影响较小,可以忽略;较高脉冲激光能量（Ф＞0.02 J·cm－2）辐照Si膜,会引起载流子密度方程中的俄歇复合项增大,从而使载流子密度下降率增大,导致载流子温度出现双峰.     

Structural Change in Au^3＋-Doped BK7 Glass Irradiated by Femtosecond Laser

We report on structural change in an Au^3＋-doped BK7 glass irradiated by an infrared femtosecond laser at 800 nm. A grating structure is inscribed in the glass sample. The glass sample is then annealed at various temperatures. Structural change of the grating is observed by an optical microscope. Absorption spectra indicate that colour centres are induced after the laser irradiation, and they decrease with increasing annealing temperature. Au nanoparticles are precipitated at high temperatures （≥ 600℃）. The mechanisms of the phenomena are discussed.     

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.     

Physicochemical Mechanisms of Nanostructuring of Glass by Femtosecond Laser Pulses with the Use of Selective Etching

JETP Letters - Processes occurring at nanostructuring of glass irradiated by tightly focused single femtosecond laser pulses with selective chemical etching in the alkaline solution have been...     

Terahertz Radiation from Graphite Excited by Femtosecond Laser Pulses

We experimentally investigate the terahertz （THz） generation from a graphite surface induced by femtosecond laser pulses, and systematically study the dependence on the excitation power, the crystal orientation of graphite, polarization state and incident angle of optical beam. New evidence related to excitation and detection geometry is found and presented, which supports the THz generation mechanism of transient photocarrier transporting along the basal plane normal. Our observation also suggests other probable contributions by in-plane charge oscillations. The results may be helpful to explore and understand the photoelectric properties of graphite and other allotropes of carbon.     

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.     

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.     

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。     

脉冲CO2激光辐照K9玻璃的热力效应分析

利用有限元法对脉冲CO2激光辐照K9玻璃样品中的温度和应力分布进行了数值分析。对半径为20mm、厚为2mm的圆盘样品的计算结果表明,K9玻璃的损伤由环向应力控制,体损伤先于面损伤产生,且光斑半径和脉冲数目对损伤闽值有较大的影响,在激光光斑半径为5mm,脉宽为10肛s的条件下K9玻璃的单脉冲CO2激光的损伤闽值为0．5J,相应的能量密度为0．637 J／cm^2。损伤闽值随光斑半径的增大而增大,随脉冲数目的增加而变小。讨论了样品半径和厚度对损伤结果的影响,结果表明样品半径在10-20mm范围内所产生的拉伸应力较小。     

飞秒脉冲制作啁啾光纤光栅的理论研究

提出了利用一束啁啾飞秒脉冲与另一束非啁啾飞秒脉冲相干制作啁啾光纤光栅的新方法, 并分析了其反射特性, 以及光栅结构与啁啾系数的关系, 讨论了其作为展宽器的应用, 为设计小型展宽器提供了理论基础.