慢波介质自由电子激光器

本文采用一维流体模型导出了慢波介质自由电子激光器的线性色散方程,建立了电子和波相互作用的同向回旋同步机理和反向回旋同步机理.     

Frequency offsets in frequency-locked semiconductor lasers

A commonly used technique for frequency locking a laser is dithering the laser frequency and monitoring the first derivative of the laser transmission through an absolute reference. In semiconductor lasers, this frequency dithering can be obtained easily by dithering the injection current. However, this dithering also modulates the laser output power. Here we show that this modulation of the laser output power results in an offset of the locked laser frequency from the reference frequency. We derive analytical expressions for these frequency offsets for semiconductor lasers frequency-locked to a Fabry-Perot transmission peak, a Gaussian absorption line, and a Lorentzian absorption line.     

皮秒脉冲在色散缓变光纤中的孤子效应压缩

本文给出了描述皮秒脉冲在色散缓变单模光纤中孤子效应压缩过程的数学模型。通过数值求解，首次对该孤子效应压缩进行了全面的计算和分析。结果表明，与常规光纤相比，采用色散缓变程度合适的光纤压缩皮秒脉冲，不仅能显著地提高压缩后脉冲的峰值功率和脉冲压缩比，而且能有效地消除压缩后脉冲的次峰和脉座。对于确定的脉冲输入，发现，当光纤的色散缓变程度取某一最佳值时，能获得最佳的压缩效果。进一步研究表明，色散的这一最佳变     

Mode-locked performance of hybrid soliton pulse source utilizing fiber grating external cavity lasers

Mode-locking characteristic of hybrid soliton pulse source (HSPS) utilizing linearly chirped raised-cosine flat top apodized fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is investigated by using coupled-mode equations. It is found that the fundamental repetition frequency range of HSPS is significantly extended by using linearly chirped raised-cosine flat top apodized FBG instead of linearly chirped Gaussian apodized FBG. The range of repetition frequencies over which proper mode-locking is obtained is 2-3.3 GHz with linearly chirped raised-cosine flat top apodized grating whereas this range is 2.1-2.95 GHz with linearly chirped Gaussian apodized grating.     

利用皮秒脉冲激光驱动瞬态X射线激光

报道了利用皮秒激光驱动产生瞬态类镍银X射线激光的实验结果.采用一路脉冲宽度为数百皮秒的激光作为预脉冲，配合另一路皮秒激光作为主脉冲联合驱动平面靶，获得了一定强度的类镍银X射线激光输出，输出能量约为5—10nJ. 关键词： 瞬态X射线激光 长短脉冲联合驱动 皮秒脉冲激光     

The essential spectrum of periodically stationary pulses in lumped models of short-pulse fiber lasers

In modern short-pulse fiber lasers, there is significant pulse breathing over each round trip of the laser loop. Consequently, averaged models cannot be used for quantitative modeling and design. Instead, lumped models, which are obtained by concatenating models for the various components of the laser, are required. As the pulses in lumped models are periodic rather than stationary, their linear stability is evaluated with the aid of the monodromy operator obtained by linearizing the round-trip operator about the periodic pulse. Conditions are given on the smoothness and decay of the periodic pulse that ensure that the monodromy operator exists on an appropriate Lebesgue function space. A formula for the essential spectrum of the monodromy operator is given, which can be used to quantify the growth rate of continuous wave perturbations. This formula is established by showing that the essential spectrum of the monodromy operator equals that of an associated asymptotic operator. Since the asymptotic monodromy operator acts as a multiplication operator in the Fourier domain, it is possible to derive a formula for its spectrum. Although the main results are stated for a particular experimental stretched pulse laser, the analysis shows that they can be readily adapted to a wide range of lumped laser models.     

Efficient Synthesis of Submicrometer-Sized Active Pharmaceuticals by Laser Fragmentation in a Liquid-Jet Passage Reactor with Minimum Degradation

One challenge in the development of new drug formulations is overcoming their low solubility in relevant aqueous media. Reducing the particle size of drug powders to a few hundred nanometers is a well-known method that leads to an increase in solubility due to an elevated total surface area. However, state-of-the-art comminution techniques like cryo-milling suffer from degradation and contamination of the drugs, particularly when sub-micrometer diameters are aspired that require long processing times. In this work, picosecond-pulsed laser fragmentation in liquids (LFL) of dispersed drug particles in a liquid-jet passage reactor is used as a wear-free comminution technique using the hydrophobic oral model drugs naproxen, prednisolone, ketoconazole, and megestrol acetate. Particle size and morphology of the drug particles are characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and changes in particle size distributions upon irradiation are quantified using an analytical centrifuge. The findings highlight the superior fragmentation efficiency of the liquid-jet passage reactor setup, with a 100 times higher fraction of submicrometer particles (SMP) of the drugs compared to the batch control, which enhances solubility and goes along with minimal chemical degradation (<1%), determined by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Moreover, the underlying predominantly photo-mechanically induced laser fragmentation mechanisms of organic microparticles (MP) are discussed.     

Semiconductor Emitters in Entropy Sources for Quantum Random Number Generation

Random number generation (RNG) is needed for a myriad of applications ranging from secure communication encryption to numerical simulations to sports and games. However, generating truly random numbers can be elusive. Pseudorandom bit generation using computer algorithms provides a high random bit generation rate. Nevertheless, the reliance on predefined algorithms makes it deterministic and predictable once initial conditions are known. Relying on physical phenomena (such as measuring electrical noise or even rolling dice) can achieve a less predictable sequence of bits. Furthermore, if the physical phenomena originate from quantum effects, they can be truly random and completely unpredictable due to quantum indeterminacy. Traditionally, physical RNG is significantly slower than pseudorandom techniques. To meet the demand for high-speed RNG with perfect unpredictability, semiconductor light sources are adopted as parts of the sources of randomness, i.e., entropy sources, in quantum RNG (QRNG) systems. The high speed of their noise, the high efficiency, and the small scale of these devices make them ideal for chip-scale QRNG. Here, the applications and recent advances of QRNG are reviewed using semiconductor emitters. Finally, the performance of these emitters is compared and discuss their potential in future technologies.     

Out of the blue: semiconductor laser pumped visible rare‐earth doped lasers

The rise of semiconductor‐based pump sources such as In_xGa_1‐xN‐laser diodes or frequency‐doubled optically pumped semiconductor lasers with emission wavelengths in the blue encourages a revisitation of the rare‐earth ions Pr³⁺, Sm³⁺, Tb³⁺, Dy³⁺, Ho³⁺ and Er³⁺ with respect to their properties as active ions in crystalline solid‐state laser materials with direct emission in the visible spectral range. Nowadays, some of these blue‐pumped visible lasers compete with Nd³⁺‐lasers in terms of efficiency and direct lasing at various colors from the cyan‐blue to the deep red can be addressed in very simple and compact laser setups. This paper highlights the spectroscopic properties of suitable rare‐earth ions for visible lasing and reviews the latest progress in the field of blue‐pumped visible rare‐earth doped solid‐state lasers.

     

互注入垂直腔表面发射激光器的多次偏振转换特性研究

基于垂直腔表面发射激光器(VCSELs)的自旋反转模型, 研究了互注入VCSELs系统中参数连续变化所引起的多次偏振转换(PS)特性. 研究结果表明: 连续改变互注入强度ξ、两个互注入VCSELs中一个激光器的激射频率以及同时连续改变两个激光器的激射频率, 均可产生多次的PS. 详细分析了上述三种参数连续变化所引起的多次PS的特性, 并讨论了耦合延时时间对多次PS特性的影响.