单模光纤中受激布里渊散射对纳秒激光脉冲的光限幅特性

采用 2m长 ,10 0 μm纤径单模光纤 ,研究了受激布里渊散射对纳秒激光脉冲的光限幅特性。从耦合波方程出发 ,利用计算机模拟了光纤中瞬态受激布里渊散射过程的光传输特性。理论模拟的能量及光强度的变化规律表明光纤系统对纳秒激光具有很好的光限幅特性。根据理论分析给出所讨论范围内的实验结果 ,实验结果证明此光学系统对纳秒激光脉冲具有光限幅特性及脉宽压缩特性 ,对于输入能量在 10 0～ 4 0 0 μJ变化的纳秒激光脉冲 ,给出输出能量稳定在 6 5～ 85 μJ范围内 ,与理论分析的结论符合得很好     

Pulse compression to the subphonon lifetime region by half-cyclegain in transient stimulated Brillouin scattering

A new approach to the transient pulse compression by stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is presented. The theoretical analysis involving the time-dependent SBS gain in explicit form leads to a nonlinear system of partial differential equations, solved numerically by a generalization of the split-step method. It is shown theoretically and confirmed experimentally that the phonon lifetime is not always an appropriate parameter that determines the lower limit to the pulse duration in SBS compressors. A half-cycle gain regime is found for pulses shorter than the phonon lifetime. Hence, under proper conditions, pulses as short as half the acoustic period can be produced     

信号光脉冲比抽运光窄12倍的内腔式KTP光参量振荡器

在闪光灯抽运的非稳腔Nd∶YAG被动调Q激光器腔内,放置非临界相位匹配KTP晶体,构成内腔式单谐振KTP光参量振荡器(OPO)。研究了输出信号光的波长调谐性能,获得1.57~1.60μm可调谐激光脉冲。实验结果表明,1.57μm信号光的输出能量随着光参量振荡器腔长的增加而减少,脉冲宽度随着腔长的增加而有所变化;抽运能量较大时,转换效率随着抽运能量的增加趋于饱和然后逐渐下降;对此给予了合理的理论解释。当光参量振荡器的腔长为5 cm,1.06μm抽运光脉冲宽度为30 ns时,输出的1.57μm信号光的脉冲宽度为2.5 ns,能量为21.3 mJ。1.57μm信号光的脉冲宽度仅为1.06μm抽运光脉冲的1/12,总的电光能量转换效率为0.128%。     

Efficient temporal compression of coherent nanosecond pulses in acompact SBS generator-amplifier setup

A pulse compressor based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in liquids is experimentally and theoretically investigated. It allows for the compression of Fourier-transform limited nanosecond pulses of several hundreds of millijoules of energy with both high conversion efficiency and a high temporal compression factor. The two-cell generator-amplifier arrangement is of a compact design not requiring external attenuation of the generator cell input energy. Pulses from an injection-seeded, frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser of 300-mJ energy were compressed by a factor variable between 6 and 21 at up to 75% reflectivity. Deviation from unity SBS reflectivity is predominantly determined by optical component losses. The generation of 270-ps pulses with high beam quality was achieved in liquid methanol. These powerful pulses of variable duration are difficult to produce with common laser systems and are highly suited for the generation of high-harmonics in gases     

增益分布对皮秒脉冲自相似放大的影响

采用数值模拟的方法,研究了增益分布对皮秒脉冲自相似放大的影响。构建了掺镱光纤内超短激光脉冲自相似放大的理论模型,以不同的泵浦方式、光纤长度和总增益系数实现不同的增益分布,探究了不同增益分布对增益光纤中皮秒脉冲的自相似放大过程和结果的影响。结果表明,皮秒脉冲在不同的增益分布下存在最佳的自相似放大结果,可以得到近变换极限的百飞秒高质量脉冲输出。发现同一信号光脉冲在增益光纤中演化至自相似放大过程时,正向泵浦方式下的演化速度比反向泵浦快。对于不同的增益光纤长度和总增益系数,正向泵浦方式下的信号光自相似区域主要集中在低入射脉冲能量和长波长区域,反向泵浦方式下的信号光自相似区域主要集中在高入射脉冲能量和短波长区域。     

掺氧化镁铌酸锂晶体中高强度近红外飞秒激光脉冲线性电光效应

数值研究了掺氧化镁铌酸锂晶体中高强度近红外飞秒激光脉冲的线性电光效应。研究结果发现,当在垂直于晶体光轴的方向上施加一定外电场使光脉冲实现最强的电光耦合时,输出脉宽在正常色散区随着输入光强的增大而增大;而在较强反常色散区,输出脉宽随着输入光强增大而减小。对中心波长λ0=1.6335μm的光脉冲,线性电光效应可使输出脉宽产生压缩。当输入脉宽T0=5fs和光强I0=20GW/cm2时,最小输出脉宽为输入脉宽T0的0.76倍。而当T0>5fs时,最小输出脉宽小于0.76T0。若在晶体光轴方向上施加另一个电场对光脉冲进行相位调制,则最小输出脉宽的光脉冲中心波长发生蓝移或红移;随着外电场的增大,蓝移或红移量相应增大。     

宽带KrF激光抽运SF6受激布里渊散射的脉宽稳定性

从理论和实验上对利用宽带KrF激光抽运SF6产生的受激布里渊散射(SBS)的脉宽稳定性进行了研究。获得了受激布里渊散射脉宽稳定性随抽运功率密度稳定性、抽运脉宽稳定性及介质气压变化的规律。发现受激布里渊散射脉宽的稳定性与抽运激光的稳定性直接相关,抽运激光的稳定性越好,获得的受激布里渊散射脉宽相对稳定性也越好。抽运光脉宽和能量的不稳定都会造成所产生的受激布里渊散射脉宽不稳定。在较低抽运功率密度情况下抽运光脉宽和能量的波动对受激布里渊散射脉宽稳定性的影响都不可忽略,但在较高抽运功率密度情况下受激布里渊散射脉宽稳定性主要受抽运光脉宽波动的影响。对结果进行了分析和讨论,获得脉宽稳定性较好的受激布里渊散射输出的条件是,使用脉宽稳定性较好的抽运光和在保证没有其他非线性效应产生的情况下,尽可能提高抽运光的功率密度和介质气压。     

长腔被动锁模掺镱光纤激光器的方波脉冲产生

报道了一种基于非线性光纤环形镜(NOLM)、工作在耗散孤子共振(DSR)区的长腔被动锁模掺镱光纤激光器,该激光器谐振腔的总长度约为1502 m,可以输出重复频率为133.18 kHz的高能量方波脉冲,且输出脉冲的宽度和单脉冲能量均随泵浦功率的增大而呈线性增大。当泵浦功率增大到414.47 mW时,输出的方波脉冲具有最大宽度(761.6 ns),同时单脉冲能量达到了最大值(60.2 nJ)。通过改变NOLM中单模光纤的长度,进一步研究了谐振腔长度对输出方波脉冲特性的影响,结果表明:谐振腔越长,所得DSR方波脉冲越宽,脉冲峰值功率越低。     

双波长可切换方波类噪声锁模线形光纤激光器

采用非线性偏振旋转锁模技术,在线形腔光纤激光器获得双波长可切换方波类噪声锁模。通过调节腔参数,激光器在波长1530 nm和1563 nm处分别获得可切换单波长方波类噪声锁模,最大脉冲宽度分别为12 ns和26 ns,腔内最大的脉冲能量分别可达14.7 nJ和45.6 nJ。此外激光器还可在这两波长处实现双波长类噪声锁模,锁模脉冲呈阶梯形,最大脉宽为5 ns,阶梯形脉冲的产生主要源于不同中心波长处的方波脉冲叠加。实验结果有助于进一步理解线形腔光纤激光器中方波类噪声的产生机理和特性,并为多波长高能量光源的设计提供参考。     

Pulse energy gain saturation in subpico- and picosecond pulseamplification by a traveling-wave semiconductor laser amplifier

Optical pulses with durations ranging from 0.49 to 21 ps are amplified by a traveling-wave semiconductor laser amplifier. The pulse energy gain is determined by pulse energy only. The dependence of pulse energy gain on output pulse energy does not change in the pulse duration range. The saturation characteristics are successfully explained by a four-level system model     

High-power dye laser pulses by cascaded controlled transient oscillation

The output of a picosecond cascade-pumped controlled transient oscillation (CTO) dye laser has been amplified to the millijoule level. Single-mode operation and frequency selection with a spectral width of 0.2 nm were achieved by using an angle-tuned narrow-band interference filter. A plasma shutter was employed as a pulse clean-up device for these high-power laser pulses. This device had a transmission of 86 percent and provided background-free operation for the laser system. Sychronizable output pulses with an energy of 2 mJ and a duration of 20 ps at 10 pps were routinely produced. The gain of the amplifier chain was about7.5 times 10^{4}.     

Feedback stabilized actively mode-locked Nd:phosphate glass laser

An electrooptic, actively mode-locked Nd: phosphate glass laser system is described employing a novel single-step feedback system to stabilize the pulse buildup time. Single output pulses of ∼100 ps duration with energies of up to 1 mJ could be reliably generated with a standard deviation in thesim3.2 mus pulse buildup time of ±40 ns allowing synchronization with pulses from laser systems at other wavelengths. Evidence of pulse broading due to self-phase modulation was observed together with wide tunability of the output wavelength from 1.054 to 1.068 μm.     

Electronically controlled high-speed wavelength-tunable femtosecondsoliton pulse generation using acoustooptic modulator

The compact system of electronically controlled high-speed wavelength-tunable femtosecond (fs) soliton pulse generation is realized for the first time using a passively mode-locked fs fiber laser, a polarization maintaining optical fiber, and an acoustooptic (A-O) modulator. The wavelength of the output pulses can be continuously tuned simply by controlling the input voltage into the A-O modulator. The wavelength of the soliton pulses can be changed at 2.5-μs intervals. Wavelength stabilization, time division wavelength multiplexed soliton pulse generation, and a wavelength scanner have been demonstrated     

窄脉冲光泵浦双池受激布里渊散射系统研究

对于窄脉冲激光泵浦双池受激布里渊散射(SBS)系统,其泵浦脉冲宽度和前沿形状以及振放双池系统的参数,都将影响到SBS的脉冲强度与转换效率.实验中采用了两个具有不同前沿的窄脉冲先后相继泵浦双池SBS系统.通过改变SBS放大池和聚焦透镜的焦距,观察到所产生的两个SBS脉冲具有不贩转换效率.利用振荡池产生的SBS调制种子光在放大池中的行波放大对此结果作了分析,由此提供了一种设计双池SBS系统参数的方法.     

种子场诱导单池SBS脉冲波形保真的实验研究

提出利用种子场诱导单池受激布里渊散射(SBS)结构获得与抽运光脉冲波形高保真的Stokes放大光脉冲,分别对稳态抽运和瞬态抽运情况下Stokes脉冲波形在不同焦距透镜下、随种子光强的变化进行了实验研究,得到了90%的脉冲波形保真度.实验结果表明,种子场诱导的SBS PCM可以获得与抽运光脉冲波形保真的Stokes放大光脉冲,并为其在ICF激光驱动系统中的潜在应用提供了依据.     

掺铥双包层光纤激光器研究

掺铥光纤激光器所发射的2mm波段激光处于水分子吸收峰且对人眼安全,并且被认为是3～5mm光参量振荡的有效抽运源,因此具有巨大应用前景。围绕进口和国产掺铥双包层光纤展开了一系列研究,实现了光纤激光器的连续运转、脉冲运转、可调谐输出等。对进口光纤的光谱特性进行了较全面的研究,获得最大连续输出功率6W、斜率效率50%;采用国产掺铥双包层光纤,获得最大连续输出功率5.1 W、斜率效率41.9%;采用后向Littrow结构、以闪耀光栅作为选频元件,获得了2mm附近最大范围可达105nm的可调谐激光输出,且各调谐激光线宽均在2.2nm左右。采用声光调制器(AOM)作为Q开关,在调制频率为1kHz时,获得最高峰值功率4.2kW、最大脉冲能量840mJ、脉宽200ns的脉冲输出;在3kHz时获得了最短180ns的脉冲输出。对双端抽运方式也进行了研究。分析了腔镜透射率和激光介质长度对激光输出功率的影响,讨论了激光光谱的红移现象。     

Energy-Efficient Low-Complexity CMOS Pulse Generator for Multiband UWB Impulse Radio

This paper presents an energy-efficient low-complexity pulse-generator design technique for multiband impulse-radio ultrawide-band (IR-UWB) system in 0.18-${mu}hbox{m}$ CMOS technology. The short pulses are generated based on the on/off switching operation of an oscillator with subband switching functionality, which is mandatory for multiband IR-UWB systems. The relation between the oscillator switching operation and the resulting output pulse envelope, which determines pulse spectral characteristics, is analyzed, and the design guidelines for topology and component values are presented. Measurements show the output pulses with the duration of 3.5 ns, which corresponds to 520-MHz bandwidth. The output pulse spectrum centered at 3.8 GHz fully complies with the Federal Communication Commission spectral mask with more than 25 dB of sidelobe suppression without the need for additional filtering. Thus, the low-complexity pulse generator can maintain its simplicity for low cost with core chip size of 0.3 $hbox{mm}^{2}$. The pulse generator shows an excellent energy efficiency with average energy dissipation of 16.8 pJ per pulse from 1.5-V supply. The proposed pulse generator is best suited for energy-detection IR-UWB systems.      

A 170 J electron beam pumped XeF(C→A) laser

A pulse output energy of 170 J has been achieved from an XeF(C→A) laser system, pumped by a pair of counterpropagating, three-meter-long electron beams. This represents a record for all types of pumping, for this excimer system. Energy was extracted from a volume of ~100 L, using a free-running stable oscillator. No evidence of laser oscillations on the competing XeF(B→X) transition was observed. Within the extraction volume the laser gas was pumped at a rate of 140 kW/cm³ (time average value), for a period of 1.7 μs. The optical cavity was folded, giving a gain length of 6 m. The optical pulse duration was 0.8 μs (full width at half maximum), and the observed flux buildup time of ~1 μs was consistent with modeling and a measurement of the net gain. The specific output energy was 1.7 J/L which is comparable to that achieved in previous, small scale experiments at somewhat higher pump rate. The results confirm the volumetric scalability of the electron beam pumped XeF(C→A) laser system to high output energy per pulse, and the feasibility of operating this system at a low electron beam pump rate which relaxes constraints on the design of the electron gun and pulse power subsystems in a high output energy device. Means for extending the laser pulse duration and increasing the output energy of the specific test device are discussed. An output energy of ~1000 J is projected for an optimized gas cell width, for full size resonator mirrors, and with injection     

主动锁模和调Q Nd:YAG激光倍频同步泵浦染料激光器特性研究

本文介绍一种主动锁模和调Q Nd:YAG激光倍频同步泵浦可调谐染料激光器。由此激光器已获得脉冲宽度为70ps,脉冲能量为0.1μJ,调Q重复率达7kHz,调谐范围为580～610nm的微微秒脉冲,本文还研究了这一激光器的时间和频谱特性,分析了腔长失配对脉宽和中心波长的影响。     

Generation of frequency-chirped optical pulses in a large-slippagefree-electron laser

We have investigated the optical output of the free-electron laser for infrared experiments (FELIX) when it is driven by an electron beam with a ramped energy. We show that the applied slow ramp on the electron beam energy leads to a frequency chirp on each picosecond optical pulse. Typical values for the chirp are 0.2% frequency sweep across a 1.5-ps-long optical pulse. The optical pulses were analyzed with a double-grating pair and with a second-order autocorrelator. The pulse duration was reduced in the double-grating pair by 20%. A linear dependence of the chirp on the cavity desynchronization was measured