激光加热微管靶反激光方向二次谐波时空分辨结构

本文报道了高功率激光加热微管靶,从入射激光的反方向观察二次谐波的时空分辨结构,分析了激光与微管靶的相互耦合过程.在激光与等离子体细丝相互作用的理论基础上,解释了微管区域内反激光方向二次谐波辐射的特殊现象.     

Numerical simulations of the impact of wavefront phase distortions of pump on the beam quality of OPA

<正>A numerical model of optical parametric amplification(OPA) is introduced to investigate the impact of wavefront phase distortion of pump on the beam quality of signal.Numerical results show that the unidentical walk-off directions of the pump and the idler waves are the main factors leading to the transfer of wavefront phase distortions of the pump to the signal,and by reducing the angle between the two directions,the beam quality factor(M~2) can be greatly decreased and hence the good beam quality of the signal can be maintained.     

Phase mismatching analysis of third-harmonic generation in BBO crystal

<正>Phase mismatching for third-harmonic generation(THG) in barium metaborate(BBO) crystal is investigated in detail.Upon using BBO crystal in the TypeⅠ(oo→e) scheme,in the two independent planes (principal section of the crystal and the plane normal to principal section),when the input second-harmonic beam deviates from the expected direction,phase mismatching occurs and the angle deviation produces different effects on the conversion efficiency.We numerically simulate these two cases of phase mismatching and identify the relation between the conversion efficiency and the deviation angle in the air.The computational results indicate that the phase matching tolerance in the principal section is 0.2°(in the air),while the phase matching tolerance in the plane normal to principal section is 4.5°(in the air).After conducting a lab experiment,the results agree perfectly with the computational results,indicating that the deviation angle in the principal section has a greater effect on the conversion efficiency.     

Diffraction grating single-shot correlation system for measurement of picosecond laser pulses

We study and experimentally demonstrate a sensitive single-shot correlation system in which only a diffraction grating is used to produce a transverse time delay (TTD) in the reference pulse.The mechanism of the TTD introduced by the grating and the formation of the relative time delay (RTD) in the noncollinear correlation system are analyzed in detail.By using our system,we successfully measured the temporal duration of picosecond laser pulses,and a time resolution of ～0.047 ps is obtained at 1047 nm.The impact of the grating dispersion and the second harmonic beam walk-off effect on the measurement are considered.     

1 053-nm all-fiber pulse multi-pass stretcher using a linear chirped fiber Bragg grating

An all-fiber optical laser pulse multi-pass stretcher using a chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG) is demonstrated. Pulses from a 1 053-nm mode-locked fiber seed oscillator are stretched by multiple passing through a chirped fiber grating set in a fiber regenerative amplifier structure. We stretch the pulse from 16 ps to 1.855 ns after it transmits seven loops in the stretcher. The main factors that affect the stretching results are discussed.     

利用啁啾脉冲光谱滤波和非线性偏振旋转技术实现高稳定性和开机自启动的全光纤掺Yb~(3+)光纤锁模激光器

建立理论模型,讨论了非线性偏振旋转全光纤锁模激光器的锁模过程、谐波过程以及导致激光器锁模运行难以稳定的影响因素.讨论了采用啁啾脉冲光谱滤波产生脉冲自振幅调制、增加激光器锁模稳定性和自启动能力的机理以及非线性偏振旋转与啁啾脉冲光谱滤波相结合实现锁模的物理过程和脉冲演化过程.研制出全光纤结构的超短脉冲掺Yb~(3+)光纤环形激光器,采用非线性偏振旋转和啁啾脉冲光谱滤波相结合的锁模技术,实现了激光器锁模的开机自启动和高稳定运行.对激光器进行了长期运行稳定性、锁模开机自启动能力、锁模输出参数可重复性监测.锁模脉冲中心波长1052.9 nm,谱宽9.1 nm,脉冲能量4.25 nJ,脉冲宽度17.8 ps.运行期间,各参数波动均小于0.3%.开机自启动能力和可重复性测试显示,激光器可实现一键自启动,启动后各参数可重复精度在0.55%以内.     

高功率激光终端KDP晶体非共线高效三倍频及远场色分离方案数值模拟分析

为满足高功率激光装置对终端光学系统的改进要求,控制3ω光路透射元件厚度以降低激光损伤风险,避免3ω非对称聚焦与色分离元件对靶场调靶产生不利影响,本文利用非共线相位匹配原理讨论了KDP晶体Ⅰ类和Ⅱ类两种和频产生351 nm(3ω)激光及其远场色分离过程.模拟结果表明,室温20?C环境中除目前常用的共线和频外,1053 nm(ω)与526.5 nm(2ω)激光可选择Ⅰ类或Ⅱ类两种非共线和频方式实现高效3ω激光输出并在激光远场实现色分离,且具有足够的高效转换失谐角容宽.计算表明,与Ⅰ类和频类似,Ⅱ类和频也存在一个非临界相位匹配过程,其匹配方向约为θ(3ω)=86.53?.可通过增加晶体厚度克服其有效非线性系数较低的缺点,实现3ω高效输出,失谐角容宽可达±20 mrad.为满足靶场需要,解决非共线角容宽苛刻带来的调节不便,并进一步使光路紧凑,将楔角为12?的熔石英楔板置于倍频晶体之后,ω与2ω激光在熔石英楔板后表面可产生约3.5 mrad分离角.经非共线和频,使用薄透镜即可实现聚焦及色分离.该方案完全满足终端光学系统的改进要求,可作为可靠的备选方案之一.     

掺Yb双包层光纤激光器波长调谐输出

采用调节腔损耗以调节阈值的方法实现了掺Yb双包层石英光纤激光器的波长调谐输出 调谐范围达50nm 、步长约2nm 当损耗增大阈值升高时,激射波长向短波方向漂移.利用石英中Yb³⁺的能级结构和光谱特性对以上规律进行了定性解释.     

掺Yb光纤激光器激射波长与阈值关系研究

依据石英中 Yb3 的能级和光谱特性 ,推导了掺 Yb光纤激光器中激射波长与抽运阈值等的关系式。依据所得到的关系式 ,深入分析、研究了抽运功率、损耗及阈值对激光运行波长的影响。进行了相关实验 ,理论与实验结果符合得很好     

Optimization of Pulse Temporal Contrast in Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplification

In optical parametric chirped pulse amplification （OPCPA）, the degradation of temporal contrast of the compressed signal pulse mainly results from spectral clipping in the grating stretcher with finite size of the optics, parametric fluorescence （PF） and the spectral variations transferred from temporal fluctuation of the pump pulse. The temporal contrast of the recompressed amplified pulse in the OPCPA system is studied numerically and a number of solutions are considered and optimized to achieve the highest temporal contrast.