Formation of periodic surface nanostructures on Ti:Al2O3 crystals using femtosecond laser pulses

Periodic surface nanostructures are observed on Ti³⁺:Al₂O₃ single crystals that have been irradiated by a single focused beam from a femtosecond pulsed laser (wavelength: 800 nm; pulse duration: 130 and 152 fs). Atomic force microscopy images of single-ablated zones and modified structures created by fixing and translating samples through the focal region of a linearly polarized laser beam reveal self-organized periodic surface nanostructures (ripples) with a subwavelength spacing, which are oriented perpendicular to the electric-field vector of the laser beam. The period of the subwavelength ripples obtained by linearly polarized laser irradiation varies from ∼λ/5 to 2λ/5 (λ: incident laser wavelength) depending on the laser pulse energy. This phenomenon can be explained by assuming that the incident light field interferes with the electric field of electron plasma waves propagating inside the material; this interference periodically modulates the electron plasma density and modifies the surface ablation. In addition, for the first time, we observe screw-shaped nanostructures in the focal spot of circularly polarized beam irradiation. The morphology of these nanostructures appears to reflect the circular polarization of the laser light.     

不同偏压下Zn1-xCdxSe-ZnSe超晶格室温电调制反射谱研究

首次研究了在室温和不同直流偏压下Zn_1-xCd_xSe-ZnSe超晶格结构的电调制反射谱(ER)的变化。当器件处于弱场范围时,随着电场的增加,ER谱的信号幅度增加,而线型不变;在强场区,随着电场的增加,ER谱的线型发生变化,激子跃迁能量红移,继续增加反向偏压出现来自于1c-2hh的禁戒跃迁,且其强度随反向偏压的增加迅速增加。不同偏压下组合超晶格结构的ER谱研究表明,势垒高度较低的超晶格结构中的激子较易受到电场的调制。     

Movement of gas-filled cavities in alkalihalide crystals produced by external force fields

The migration of gas-filled cavities in KBr, NaCl, LiF single-crystals is investigated experimentally in an electric field and a temperature gradient.It is shown, that migration in an electric field is strongly dependent on the surface purity, due to its influence on matter transport along cavity surface. It is found that the velocity of cavity (v), having a ‘dirty’ surface follows a V～1/R dependence. (R—cavity size). In case of a ‘pure’ cavity surface. V is independent of R. Different types of V-vs-R dependence result in intermediate regions.Migration in a temperature gradient is also sensitive to surface purity. When the state of surface purity is determined, an appropriate critical size (R^*) exists such that if R is smaller than R^*, V～R and if R is larger than R^*, V is independent of R.Some constants of investigated process are determined from obtained experimental data.     

Observation of nuclear acoustic resonance in lead

Nuclear acoustic resonance signals have been observed in lead at low temperature. Because the nucleus of lead has no electric quadrupole moment, the only coupling is via the magnetic dipole moment. The signal intensity, lineshape, and temperature dependence are in agreement with the theory of Buttet if an effective value of ω_cτ/ql is chosen to be 0.81.     

Propagation characteristics of annular laser beams passing through the reflection Bragg grating with deformation

When high-power annular laser beams produced by the unstable resonator pass through the volume Bragg grating (VBG), absorption of light in the VBG will induce a temperature increment, resulting in changes in surface distortion. Considering that the surface distortion of the grating induces index and period differences, the scalar wave equations for the annular laser beams propagating in the VBG have been solved numerically and iteratively using finite-difference and sparse matrix methods. The variation in intensity distributions, the total power reflection coefficient, and the power in the bucket (PIB) for the annular laser beams passing through the reflection VBG with deformation have been analyzed quantitatively. It can be shown that the surface distortion of the VBG and the beam orders of the annular beams affect evidently the intensity distributions, the power reflection coefficient, and the PIB of the output beam. The peak intensity decreases as the deformation of the VBG increases. The total power reflection efficiency decreases significantly with the increase in deformations of the VBG. The PIB of the output beam decreases as the obscuration ratio β and the deformation of the VBG increase. For the given obscuration ratio β, the influence of deformation of reflection VBG on the PIB of the annular beams is more sensitive with increase in distortion of the VBG and decrease in beam order.     

Field properties and vacuum electron acceleration in a laser beam of high-order Laguerre–Gaussian mode

The electric field intensity distribution and the phase velocity distribution of high-order Laguerre–Gaussian (LGρ?) mode laser beams are analyzed. Using three-dimensional test particle simulation, the numerical results of electrons accelerated by LG00, LG40 and LG41 mode laser beams are presented. Compared with the LG00 mode (the fundamental mode) laser beam, low-energy injection electrons can be more favorably accelerated in a high-order LG mode laser beam. Contrary to anticipation, a high-order LG mode laser beam with intense axial electric field distribution is inferior to the LG00 mode in capture acceleration for electrons with high injection energy.     

双光子吸收的Franz-Keldysh效应

从实验上证实Hg_0.695Cd_0.305Te 光电二极管空间电荷区中存在双光子吸收的Franz-Keldysh效应.利用一个皮秒Nd:YAG激光器抽运的光学参量产生器和差频产生器作为激发光源,测量了入射波长为λ₀=7.92μm的脉冲激光所激发的光响应随入射光强的变化关系.脉冲光响应峰值强度随入射光强的增大呈现二次幂函数增强趋势.采用等效RC电路模型将脉冲光伏信号峰值与入射光强相关联,得到空间电荷区中强电场下单光束 关键词： Franz-Keldysh效应 碲镉汞 双光子吸收 脉冲光伏信号     

光束通过在静电场作用下的α-碘酸锂单晶产生的垂直于c向的散射带

激光束通过c向静电场作用下的α-碘酸锂单晶时,观察到与c向正交而且张角很大的散射带,其强度在透射光斑的两侧并不对称。当入射光的电向量垂直于c向时,散射光的电向量则平行于c向;而前者平行于c向时,后者则垂直于c向。如果入射光的电向量既不垂直也不平行于c向,则出现电向量分别平行和垂直于c向的两条散射带,在特定条件下它们相重合。本工作详细研究了散射带的偏振态、强度分布的类准周期结构及其弛豫行为等。我们认为这种散射带很可能是由于晶体中载流子沿c向运动产生的某种效应所引起。同时用显微镜观察了解电场作用下α-腆酸锂单 关键词：     

X-Ray induced enhancement effect in electroluminescent zinc sulphides

Enhancement effect in electroluminescent emission from ZnS∶Cu, Cl and ZnS∶Cu, Mn, Cl luminophors under the concurrent action of sinusoidal electric field and x-radiation has been investigated. Variation of the enhancement ratioR=B _E+R/B_E+B_R whereB _E+R =Light output when both electric field and x-radiation are operative;B _E=Electroluminescent output;B _R=Photoluminescent output with frequency and voltage of the applied A.C. field and with x-ray intensity has been studied. A non-linear behaviour of the enhancement with voltage and x-ray intensity has been found, which is similar to that observed in the case of ultraviolet stimulated electroluminescent emission. R _max in both the species studied, is always found to be less than 4/3 in each case.     

A neat semi-Gaussian laser beam with no diffraction fringes: Theoretical analysis

We propose a simple optical device to convert a Gaussian laser beam into a neat semi-Gaussian laser beam without any diffraction fringe by using a spatial light modulator and a thin, sharp blade, and numerically calculate the diffracted, relative intensity distributions of both the semi-Gaussian laser field and the semi-Gaussian, pseudo-thermal light. We also study the dependence of the border width of the semi-Gaussian beam on the waist of the Gaussian beam. Our study shows that the proposed scheme can be used to cancel all diffraction fringes from both the straight edge of the blade and a finite lens aperture in all the planes vertical to the z axis and obtain a neat semi-Gaussian beam without any diffraction fringe, and find that the border width w_B of the generated semi-Gaussian beam is not dependent on the waist of the incident Gaussian beam.     

Fast writing of soliton waveguides in lithium niobate using low-intensity blue light

We experimentally demonstrate the writing of soliton waveguides in lithium niobate with blue violet light, at λ?=?405?nm. This wavelength, obtained from a low-cost laser diode, allows very fast writing of soliton waveguides when comparing with the writing process using green light (532?nm). For the same writing time, there is a decrease of?~4 orders of magnitude of the light intensity necessary for writing soliton waveguides in blue. The writing process is investigated and characterized by tuning parameters, such as beam intensity, external field and beam polarization. The IR guiding capability of these soliton waveguides is tested by guiding femtosecond laser pulses at λ?=?1,550?nm.     

The influence of the skin effect on FMR in MnFe ferrites

FMR experiments on the system Mn _x Fe_3?x O₄ have been performed at 7·8 and 15·2 (or 16) GHz in the temperature range 80–300 K. The temperature dependences of the linewidth, resonance field and lineshape have been studied on spherical samples with diameter 0·25–1 mm. It has been shown that the observed dependences from greater part reflect the decrease of the skin depth with increasing temperature and are connected with the influence of the skin effect. This mechanism is discussed in more detail. The maxima in theΔH vs.T plot are compared to similar ones predicted for an infinite slab. The behaviour of the resonance field and lineshape is shown to be essentially dependent on the position of the uniform mode frequency to the upper limit of the spin-wave manifold. An approximative method has been given for treating resonance in the surface layer of the spherical sample and the corresponding surface mode. This mode and a further mode similar to the Walker magnetostatical (3,1,1) mode have been observed at higher temperatures. It has been experimentally verified that they can coexist with the nearly uniform mode.     

Analysis of beam quality for the laser beams after spectral beam combining

The beam quality of the laser beams after spectral beam combining (SBC) has been analyzed in this paper. Based on the propagation model of the spectral beam combining system, the expression for the output field of an individual beam passing through the spectral beam combining system with lens aberration has been given and the intensity distribution of the combined beam has been studied by the principle of incoherent superposition. Consequently, according to the intensity second-order moments method, the M²-factor of the combined beam has been calculated and the effect of lens aberration on the characteristics of the combined beam has been analyzed quantitatively. It can be shown that the SBC system can improve the beam quality of laser array significantly, and the M²-factor of the combined beam passing through the ideal spectral beam combining system is almost the same as that of an individual beam. For the spectral beam combining system with lens aberration, the spherical aberration has greater effect on the off-axis beam than on the on-axis beam, and the beam quality of combined beam degrades with increase in lens aberration.     

Coherent signal beam amplification in two-wave mixing experiments with photorefractive Bi12SiO20 crystals

The amplification of the input signal beam in two-wave mixing experiments with photorefractive Bi₁₂SiO₂₀ crystals is achieved when an additional phase shift is established between the photoinduced index modulation (phase volume hologram) and the incident fringe pattern. This stationary phase shift is introduced by either moving the crystal or the interference fringes at a constant speed. The transferred intensity is measured versus the applied electric field, fringe spacing and crystal velocity. The crystallographic orientation and the relative displacement with respect to the applied electric field polarity determine the amplitude of the energy transfer. For the first time in this crystal, signal beam amplification is reached for an applied field E₀ > 8 kV cm^?1 and a crystal or fringe displacement speed around 5 μm s^?1 at the green line (λ = 514 nm) of an argon laser.     

c向直流电压作用下α—LiIO3单晶的光的异常散射的进一步研究

文献[1]发现激光束通过c向直流电压作用下的α-LiIO₃单晶时,产生一种电矢量有特定取向且不同于入射光电矢量方向的异常散射带。本文进一步研究了这种散射带的精细结构。确定散射光相对于入射光没有大于15MHz的频移。这种散射带的强度在透射光斑两侧分布不对称,一侧强,另一侧弱。我们发现两种绝对构型的晶体,散射带的强度分布正相反,D型晶体散射强的一侧,正是L型晶体散射弱的一侧。并研究了异常散射带位置和透射光斑的位置间的各种配置状况,发现它们取决于两个通光面相对于c轴的取向。 关键词：     

Generation of a hollow Gaussian beam and its anomalous behavior

I attempted to produce a laser beam with no light in the central line of the beam, by Fresnel diffraction of the Gaussian beam by a spiral zone plate (SZP). The study imparts an arbitrary-order phase singularity on the light field. The experimental results show that the optical vortex radius depends on the singularity’s integer order n (also termed topological charge, or order of the dislocation). Also, the radius of maximum intensity is shown to depend on the singularity number. Anomalous behavior of the spectra at phase singularity produced by various zone plates near the focus of a converging Gaussian beam is also studied using a simple experimental technique. It is found that the spectrum of the beam on the SZP (spiral zone plate) consisting of a single spectral profile shows almost vanishing intensity at all frequencies with a tendency of splitting into two peaks at the on-axis point and shows redshift and blueshift around the phase singularity. A comparative study of the anomalous behavior of the spectra at phase singularity produced by various SZPs, with varying phase singularity order n, near the focus of a converging Gaussian laser beam is studied.     

Beam quality of truncated laser beams with amplitude modulations and phase fluctuations in turbulence

The closed-form expressions for the Rayleigh range z_R and the M²-factor of truncated laser beams with amplitude modulations (AMs) and phase fluctuations (PFs) in turbulence are derived, and the beam quality is studied by taking the z_R and the M²-factor as the characteristic parameters of beam quality. The M²-factor of truncated laser beams with AMs and PFs is always larger than that of truncated Gaussian beams both in free space and in turbulence. However, in turbulence the beam quality of truncated laser beams with AMs and PFs may be better than that of truncated Gaussian beams if the z_R is taken as the characteristic parameter of beam quality. For laser beams with AMs and PFs in turbulence, the beam quality expressed in terms of z_R is consistent with that in terms of the M²-factor versus the phase fluctuation parameter α, but not versus the intensity modulation parameter σ_A. The beam quality of truncated laser beams with AMs and PFs is less sensitive to turbulence than that of truncated Gaussian beams. The beam quality of laser beams with smaller α and larger σ_A is less affected by turbulence than those with larger α and smaller σ_A.     

Propagation characteristics of the Yb-doped fiber lasers after spectral beam combining by the VBGs

The propagation model for the spectral beam combining system of five Yb-doped fiber laser beams by the volume Bragg gratings (VBGs) has been built up. Considering the surface distortion by thermal effect, the intensity of an individual beam passing through the spectral beam combining system by the VBGs with deformation has been analyzed numerically and iteratively by using finite-different and sparse matrix methods, and the intensity of combined beam has been studied by the principle of incoherent superposition. Consequently, according to the intensity second-order moments method, the M²-factor of the combined beam has been calculated. The effects of deformation of the VBGs on the intensity, the combining efficiency, the M²-factor and the power in the bucket of the combined beam have been analyzed quantitatively. It can be shown that the effects of the deformation of the VBGs on the intensity distribution of combined beam become more and more obvious with the increasing of the deformation of the VBGs. The results show that the surface distortion of the VBGs due to high-power lasers dramatically degrades both the beam quality of the combined beam and the combining efficiency of the spectral beam combining system.     

The influence of optical activity on optimal conditions of focusing of one- and two-dimensional light beams of different profiles in a cubic photorefractive crystal

We compare regular features of propagation of one- and two-dimensional light beams in an optically active photorefractive crystal placed in an external electric field. We show that there exist ranges of the crystal thickness in which the optical activity can lead to an increase in the relative intensity of either beam. We have found that, taking into account the optical activity, an optimal orientation angle at which a maximal self-focusing of light beams is observed differs from commonly used values of 35.3° and 90° for the x and y polarized beams, respectively.     

Photoinduced decrease in local polarization switching fields in lithium niobate crystals

Variations in local polarization switching fields E _C in lithium niobate crystals have been investigated under laser irradiation of the z surface. It has been established that the simultaneous application of an electric field in the direction opposite to the spontaneous polarization field and laser beam leads to a decrease in the field E _C .