Spectroscopic and radiation-resistant properties of Er,Pr:GYSGG laser crystal operated at 2.79 μm

We demonstrate the spectroscopic and laser performance before and after 100 Mrad gamma-ray irradiation on an Er,Pr:GYSGG crystal grown by the Czochralski method. The additional absorption of Er,Pr:GYSGG crystal is close to zero in the 968 nm pumping and 2.7-3 μm laser wavelength regions. The lifetimes of the upper and lower levels show faint decreases after gamma-ray irradiation. The maximum output powers of 542 and 526 mW with the slope efficiencies of 17.7% and 17.0% are obtained, respectively, on the GYSGG/Er,Pr:GYSGG composite crystal before and after the gammaray irradiation. These results suggest that Er,Pr:GYSGG crystal as a laser gain medium possesses a distinguished antiradiation ability for application in space and radiant environments.     

基于发射光谱的大气压脉冲调制氩表面波等离子体的特性

以微波表面波形式激励的大气压放电等离子体能够在远离发生器的区域产生高密度等离子体且无需波导约束电磁波传输,从而提高了实际应用中微波耦合等离子体的处理效率和可操作性。本文介绍了表面波等离子体源的装置结构及其放电机制。基于等离子体发射光谱,利用Hα谱线的斯塔克展宽法和谱线-连续谱比值法分别诊断了等离子体中电子密度和温度,研究了脉冲调制等离子体在放电过程中电子密度和温度随瞬时功率、调制频率和轴向位置的变化规律,以及氩原子谱线强度的时间演化,并讨论了对电子密度和温度的影响机制以及等离子体余辉过程中激发态氩原子的产生机制。结果表明,等离子体电子密度可达～1015 cm-3且与局域微波耦合能量密度呈正相关,而电子温度受外部条件的影响相对较小,激发态氩原子主要由类似沙哈平衡过程控制。     

Spatial characteristics of nanosecond pulsed micro-discharges in atmospheric pressure He/H2O mixture by optical emission spectroscopy

Atmospheric pressure micro-discharges in helium gas with a mixture of 0.5%water vapor between two pin electrodes are generated with nanosecond overvoltage pulses.The temporal and spatial characteristics of the discharges are investigated by means of time-resolved imaging and optical emission spectroscopy with respect to the discharge morphology,gas temperature,electron density,and excited species.The evolution of micro-discharges is captured by intensified CCD camera and electrical properties.The gas temperature is diagnosed by a two-temperature fit to the ro-vibrational OH(A²Σ⁺–X^П(2),0–0)emission band and is found to remain low at 425 K during the discharge pulses.The profile of electron density performed by the Stark broadening of Ha 656.1-nm and He I 667.8-nm lines is uniform across the discharge gap at the initial of discharge and reaches as high as 10²³m^-3.The excited species of He,OH,and H show different spatio-temporal behaviors from each other by the measurement of their emission intensities,which are discussed qualitatively in regard of their plasma kinetics.