Amplified Spontaneous Emision of K2Yellow Band Excimer and Its Gain Measurement by e-beam-pumpingResearch on Injection-seeded β-BaB2O4Optical Parameteric Oscillator

The design of a high temperature cell appropriate for electron beam side pumping of alkali excimer lasers is described. By using the cell, an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and small signal gain coefficient of 4% cm-1 of the K2 yellow band (574 nm) were observed from the e beam excited mixture of K/K2 vapor with argon buffer gas. The dissociative recombination of K+3 is discussed as an efficient formation process of upper states by electron beam pumping.It has demonstrated the feasibility of a β-BaB2O4 optical parametric oscillator(OPO) without frequency control elements that produces very narrow bandwidth, 10 ns pulses via injection seeding. It was achieved by a CW He Ne laser and the experiment threshold for injection seeding is less than 1 mW. With 25 mJ pump energy at 354.7 nm, it has obtained pulse energy of 2 mJ at 632.8 nm and the total effiency is greater than 15%.     

2-(2''''-羟基苯基)间氮杂氧茚放大的自发辐射效应的实验和理论研究

报道了在氮分子激光泵浦下，激发态分子内质子转移分子2－（2＇－羟基苯基）间氮杂氧茚（HBO）环乙烷溶液放大的自发辐射（ASE）实验和理论研究。在环己烷溶液中，HBO的增益系数α（510um）约为1．2cm-1。在建立了HBO激发态分子内质子转移（ESIPT）的放大的自发辐射动态模型基础上，通过数值模拟得到了HBO的增益光谱和放大的自发辐射光谱，计算结果与实验很好相符，证实了HBO的酮式异构体的基态寿命更接近于260ns而非亚纳秒级。     

高功率XeCl准分子激光自发辐射放大的三维计算

 采用M – C方法计算了强流电子束泵浦XeCl准分子激光输运过程中生成的放大自发辐射（ASE）在激光腔中的输运过程。该模型考虑了腔壁的反射影响、非饱和吸收和镜反射的作用，计算给出最佳注入通量值。计算结果与文献[2] ~ [5] 给出的理论及实验结果相吻合。可为准分子激光实验提供理论依据和实验参考。并可推广到任何类型的激光器。     

掺铒矾酸钇晶体上转换荧光研究

使用波长为808和658nm的半导体激光器和染料激光器作为激发源，测量了Er³⁺：YVO₄晶体的波长在553和410nm附近的上转换荧光.对激发过程的分析表明，贡献于上转换荧光的主要激发机制为激发态吸收.在不同浓度下对上转换荧光的寿命测量结果显示，随Er³⁺浓度的提高，553nm绿光的荧光寿命随浓度的增加而减小，但410nm的荧光寿命随Er³⁺浓度无明显变化.结合绿光强度随掺杂浓度增加而减小的结果，认为在所测浓度范围内 关键词：     

基于有机半导体激光材料的高灵敏度溶液检测传感器件

采用光抽运有机激光增益材料产生的放大自发辐射(amplified spontaneous emission ASE), 实现了不同浓度液体的实时检测. 以两种聚合物poly(9, 9-dioctylfluorene-co-benzothiadiazole)和poly(3-hexylthiophene)共混的激光增益介质薄膜作为平面光波导, 观察在滴加少量溶液前后以及不同溶液浓度下, 由于光波导的相对折射率变化导致的放大自发辐射阈值及峰位的变化, 实现对溶液检测. 实验结果显示, 在常温常压下对25 wt.% NaCl溶液检测可得与纯水相比, 放大自发辐射光谱红移了4.5 nm, ASE阈值从0.579 μJ/pulse上升到1.447 μJ/pulse, 约2.5倍, 溶液检测灵敏度达到97.8 nm/RIU(refractive index unit), 精度达到141.9 nm/RIU, 充分说明上述方法能实现高灵敏度溶液检测.     

Cs 5D_(5/2)-6F 728 nm Laser Spectroscopy with Single Pumping Laser

The sub-Doppler absorption laser spectroscopy at 728 nm transition from the 5D5/2 state to the 6 F state of cesium with linewidth near 10 MHz is first experimentally performed with indirect pumping from the ground state 6S_(1/2)to the state 7P_(3/2)by a 455.5 nm diode laser.Using a 455.5 nm diode laser as an indirect pump laser,several excited states will be populated due to spontaneous decay from the 7P state.We first implement the sub-Doppler absorption laser spectroscopy at 728 nm from the 5D_(5/2)state to the 6F state when Cs atoms within thermal glass cell decay to the 5D_(5/2) state.Due to velocity transfer effect,the hyperfine structure of 5D_(5/2)shows a mixed and complicated pattern but very clear structure when the 455.5 nm pumping laser is counter-propagating(or co-propagating)with the 728 nm probing laser.     

低增益准分子激光最佳透射率的研究

对于激光系统性能而言,谐振腔最佳透射率具有非常重要的作用。低增益、宽带脉冲准分子激光的最佳透射率条件与其激光抽运脉冲引起的增益脉宽有密切关系。提出了在激光四能级系统速率方程的基础上模拟低增益准分子激光的跃迁行为。并利用合理的近似,研究低增益脉冲准分子激光谐振腔的最佳透射率。给出了其在不同增益脉宽情况下统一的最佳透射率条件,并分析了以小信号增益系数为函数的最佳透射率变化规律。所得到的结论为：低增益、宽带脉冲准分子激光的最佳透射率情况和连续激光器有所不同。而是取决于增益脉宽和光子寿命之间的关系。上述结论得到了相应实验研究结果的证实。     

Frequency Stabilization of a Microsecond Pulse Sodium Guide Star Laser with a Tilt-and Temperature-Tuned Etalon

A frequency stabilization approach is introduced for the microsecond pulse sodium beacon laser using an intracavity tilt-and temperature-tuned etalon based on a computer-controlled feedback system connected with a fast high-precision wavelength meter. The frequency stability of the sodium beacon lasers is compared with and without feedback loop controlling. The output wavelength of the laser is locked to the sodium D_(2 a) absorption line(589.159 nm) over 12 h with the feedback loop controlling technology. As a result, the sodium laser guide star is successfully observed by the telescope of National Astronomical Observatories at Xinglong. This approach can also be used for other pulses and continuous-wave lasers for the frequency stabilization.     

KMgF3:Eu2+晶体中Eu2+的受激发射研究

二价铕离子(Eu2 )在KMgF3晶体中产生窄带线状发射,峰值位于360 nm.依据自身建立的激发态能量损耗模型,预测了4f7(6P7/2)→4f7(8S7/2)跃迁实现受激发射的可能性.采用ASE技术测得了KMgF3:Eu2 晶体360 nm发射的光学增益,得到净光学增益系数g=(11.4±3.2)cm-1,实验证实了理论预测.晶体退火或掺杂敏化离子Gd3 或Ce3 可以改善Eu2 的增益效果.     

Photophysical parameters and laser performance of 3-(4′-dimethylaminophenyl)-1-(2-furanyl)prop-2-en-1-one (DMAFP): A new laser dye

The spectral properties such as singlet absorption, molar absorptivity, emission spectra, fluorescence quantum yield and excited state lifetime of 3-(4′-dimethylaminophenyl)-1-(2-furanyl)prop-2-en-1-one (DMAFP) have been determined in different solvents. DMAFP dye exhibits a large red shift in both electronic absorption and emission spectra as the solvent polarity increases, indicating a large change in the dipole moment of molecules upon excitation. A crystalline solid of DMAFP gives an excimer like emission at 566 nm due to the excitation of molecular aggregates. This is expected from the idealized crystal structure of the dye that belongs to the B-type class of Steven's classification. The ground and excited state protonation constants of DMAFP are calculated and amounted to 1.71 and 8.3, respectively. DMAFP acts as a good laser dye upon pumping with nitrogen laser (λ_ex=337.1 nm) in chloroform, methylene chloride and dioxane and gives laser emission in the range 460–590 nm. The laser parameters such as the tuning range, gain coefficient (α), emission cross section (σ_e) and half-life energy (E_1/2) are calculated. The photoreactivity and net photochemical quantum yield of DMAFP in chloromethane solvents are also studied.     

芴类荧光染料掺杂DNA-CTMA薄膜的放大自发辐射特性

钯催化Suzuki反应合成得到一种9,9-二乙基-2,7-二-(4-吡啶)芴（DPFP）荧光染料,研究了该染料的吸收和荧光光学特性,以及DPFP掺杂DNA-CTMA薄膜的荧光光谱特性和放大自发辐射特性。实验结果表明:DPFP的吸收峰位于333 nm,DPFP的荧光光谱在370 nm和386 nm出现荧光峰,在408 nm出现肩峰,存在从激发态S1能级到基态S0能级的S10-S00,S10-S01和S10-S02三种振动带的电子跃迁;同时,在Nd:YAG纳秒激光器355 nm输出光的泵浦下,DPFP掺杂DNA-CTMA薄膜在波长390 nm和406 nm处实现了放大自发辐射,其阈值能量密度分别为3.24和3.40 mJ/cm2;此外,通过调节DPFP掺杂DNA-CTMA的质量比可以实现特定波长的放大自发辐射。     

低气压掺氪混合气放电XeF（C—A）激光

于0.22MPa气压和2.76MW/cm~3泵浦速率下,在商品准分子激光器上实现放电激励XeF(C-A)宽带自由振荡。使用峰值净益为1.24％/cm的掺氪四元混合气,获得兰绿激光输出1.17mJ,比能量输出9mJ/L,增本征效率0.016％,中心波长477nm,带宽32nm(FWHM)。     

Simple generation of high-power,picosecond, tunable excimer laser pulses

A single excimer laser (a modified commercial oscillation-amplifier combination) is used to pump a dye laser generating a single ps pulse at twice the excimer wavelength and to amplify the frequency-doubled pulse to high peak powers. With XeCl at 308 nm an output pulse energy of 10 mJ with <5 ps pulse width was achieved with <5% ASE energy.     

NaK分子激发态的预离解和碰撞激发转移

用Ar+激光器固定频率488.0nm线激发Na-K混合蒸汽,NaK分子激发态通过自发辐射、预离解和与基态原子的碰撞激发转移而去布居,测量在不同K原子密度下原子荧光对分子荧光的强度比,结合NaK(E)态寿命,得到了预离解率和碰撞激发转移率.     

Spectral behavior and laser activity of 3-(4′-dimethylaminophenyl)-1-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl) prop-2-en-1-one (DMAPrP). A new laser dye

The photophysical properties of DMAPrP have been investigated in different solvents. DMAPrP dye exhibits a large change in dipole-moment upon excitation due to an intramolecular charge transfer interaction. A crystalline solid of DMAPrP give an excimer like emission at 546 nm. The ground and excited state protonation constants of DMAPrP are calculated. DMAPrP acts as good laser dye upon pumping with nitrogen laser in some organic solvents. The laser parameters such as the tuning range, gain coefficient (α), emission cross section (σ_e) and half-life energy (E_1/2) are also calculated. The photoreactivity and net photochemical quantum yield of DMAPrP in chloromethane solvents are also studied.     

Amplification of spontaneous emission in Nd~(3 )-doped fiber pumped by Ti: Al_2O_3 tunable laser

Amplification of spontaneous emission(ASE) in 4m Nd~(3 )-doped fiber pumped by Ti : Al~2O_3 tunable laser is studied theoretically and experimentally. The output of 2.64mW from ASE source pumped at 833 nm is obtained and the experimental results of ASE source are compared with that of Nd~(3 )-doped fiber ring laser.     

Production of laser-heated plasma in high- pressure Ar gas and emission characteristics of vacuum ultraviolet radiation from Ar2 excimers

A new pump scheme for the realization of a practical Ar₂ excimer laser operating at 126 nm has been proposed and investigated experimentally. In this scheme, pre-ionized high-pressure Ar gas was excited by an intense transversely-excited atmospheric (TEA) CO₂ laser irradiation. A 100-mm-long line plasma was successfully produced at an argon gas pressure of 2 MPa. The vacuum ultraviolet emission at 126 nm from the Ar₂ excimers was observed and its emission characteristics were investigated under various experimental conditions. Received: 10 December 2001 / Published online: 14 March 2002     

Excited singlet-state absorption in laser dyes at the XeCl wavelength

The transmission properties of the laser dyes BBQ, PBD, BPBD, -NPO,p-Quarterphenyl and PPO have been measured using a XeCl (308 nm) excimer laser. A model for the dye saturation which incorporates excited-state absorption was used to estimate the lifetime and the absorption cross section of the first excited singlet-state for each dye.     

Kinetics of Er3+-doped fluorozirconate optical fiber upconversion fluorescence and laser emission under 800 nm excitation

Applying single- and double-pulse excitation at 800 nm, the kinetics of the upconversion fluorescence in the green, as well as the upconversion laser at 543 nm was studied. No significant delay between the pumping pulse and the laser emission was found. In the erbium doped (1000 ppm) optical fiber, the mechanism responsible for the upconversion is purely of the excited state absorption (ESA) type. The double-pulse technique enables also a determination of the lifetime of the intermediate metastable state ⁴ I _11/2 (7±0.3 ms). Some other basic properties of the upconverted fluorescence and of the laser itself (fluorescence spectrum, optical gain, laser threshold) are also described. Received: 11 December 2000 / Revised version: 18 February 2001 / Published online: 18 July 2001     

A new approach for describing amplified spontaneous emission in a KrF excimer laser using z-dependency of gain-coefficient

Based on our recent realization concerning the geometrically dependent gain coefficient in self-terminating gas lasers, where it is shown that in one-dimensional approach it is z-dependent, we applied the gain formulation to explain, both numerically and analytically, the behavior of the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) output energy vs. excitation length of the active medium. As an example, we used experimental measurements reported for a KrF excimer laser. In the approach it was realized that it is needed to present a gain-profile slightly lower than the gain-profile deduced from different reports appeared in the literature, where it is also indicating that the contribution of the ASE on the laser output is significant and it is the active medium length dependent. The present analytical presentation of the ASE output energy behavior, also, introduces a generalized formulation compared to that appeared in the literature. With this approach it is possible to remove most of the present ambiguities existing on understanding of the ASE behavior.