高功率钕玻璃激光三倍频脉冲时间波形的研究

基于目前国内规模最大的激光驱动器——“神光Ⅱ”八路基频光已经实现功率平衡运行，通过改变其中若干路三倍频系统各调谐量的偏离，对输出三倍频波形进行束与束之间的横向对比研究．研究发现，对于Ⅱ类-Ⅱ类偏振失配三倍频系统，在影响转换效率的三个调谐量中，偏振分配角失配△θp，对三倍频波形影响最大；在入射基频功率密度约为1．0GW／cm^2情况下，当三倍频系统三个调谐量都处在最佳匹配时，三倍频波形半峰全宽τ最小。研究工作为最终实现“神光Ⅱ”八路光束三倍频功率平衡输出提供了晶体调试的方法。

Influence of the chirp on the intensity distributions of an apertured pulse

Starting from the Huygens-Fresnel diffraction integral and the Fourier transform, the propagation expression of a chirped pulse passing through a hard-edged aperture is derived. Using the obtained expression, the intensity distributions of the pulse with different chirp in the near and far fields are analyzed in detail. Due to the modulation of the aperture, many intensity peaks emerge in the intensity distributions of the chirped pulse in the near field. However, the amplitudes of the intensity peaks decrease on increasing the chirp, which results in the smoothing effect in the intensity distributions. The beam smoothing brought by increasing the chirp is explained physically. Also, it is found that the radius of the intensity distribution of the chirped pulse decreases when the chirp increases in the far field. (c) 2005 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

Temporal-space-transforming pulse-shaping system with a knife-edge apparatus for a high-energy laser facility

For the first time to our knowledge, in a high-energy laser facility with an output energy of 454.37 J, by using a temporal-space-transforming pulse-shaping system with our own design of a knife-edge apparatus, we obtained a quasi-square laser pulse. (c) 2005 Optical Society of America.

基于孔径耦合带状线的激光脉冲整形系统

实现了一种新型的激光脉冲整形系统，该系统使用了一个由孔径耦合带状线（ACSL）电脉冲整形器驱动的电光调制器。一个电脉冲整形器由两条通过其公共接地板上的耦合孔径发生耦合作用的带状传输线所组成的四端口装置。更换具有不同耦合孔径的公共接地板，该电脉冲整形发生器可以具有150ps时间结构的任意整形电脉冲。将任意整形的电脉冲输入到电光调制器上，就可以得到任意整形的激光脉冲。利用该系统，激光脉冲整形系统能够产生具有150ps前后沿，1～3ns脉冲宽度可调、高对比度、光滑过渡以及任意整形的激光脉冲。

Stable single frequency and single polarization DFB fiber lasers operated at 1053 nm

Stable single-frequency and single-polarization distributed-feedback (DFB) fiber laser was realized by giving a pressure on the phase shift region of the fiber grating. The output wavelength of the DFB fiber laser is 1053 nm. When the pump power of 980 nm laser diode is 100 and 254 mW, the output power can reach 8.3 and 37.1 mW and the polarization extinction ratio was 26 and 20 dB, respectively. After chopped by Acousto-optic modulator (0.3 Hz), the pulse peak value variance is 4.65%(peak to peak) and 1.098% (RMS) for 31 min. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

变栅距光栅实现啁啾脉冲光谱整形

为了充分利用放大介质的增益带宽，获得脉宽更短，功率更高的输出脉冲，需要将输入到主放大链的种子脉冲进行光谱整形来补偿放大过程中的增益窄化效应。提出了利用变栅距反射光栅实现中心波长1053nm，谱宽6nm啁啾脉冲的光谱整形。运用严格的光栅衍射耦合波理论分析光栅的衍射特性，发现该方案不会引入相位畸变。分别计算和分析了刻槽深度、入射角大小、光栅周期以及入射光波长的变化对衍射效率的影响，通过选取适当的光栅参量可获得0．5％～84％的光谱调制深度。

Split-aperture laser pulse compressor design tolerant to alignment and line-density differences

We introduce a four-pass laser pulse compressor design based on two grating apertures with two gratings per aperture that is tolerant to some alignment errors and, importantly, to grating-to-grating period variations. Each half-beam samples each grating in a diamond-shaped compressor that is symmetric about a central bisecting plane. For any given grating, the two half-beams impinge on opposite sides of its surface normal. It is shown that the two split beams have no pointing difference from paired gratings with different periods. Furthermore, no phase shift between half-beams is incurred as long as the planes containing a grating line and the surface normal for each grating of the pair are parallel. For grating pairs satisfying this condition, gratings surfaces need not be on the same plane, as changes in the gap between the two can compensate to bring the beams back in phase. © 2008 Optical Society of America.

基于电光调制的激光光谱整形技术

提出了一种新型的基于电光调制的激光光谱整形方案，该整形技术可以减轻啁啾脉冲放大系统中的增益窄化效应。傅立叶变换限的宽带种子激光脉冲通过光学展宽器线性展宽后，耦合到加载有整形电脉冲的集成波导调制器中进行整形，整形电脉冲由孔径耦合带状线电脉冲发生器产生。由于线性啁啾脉冲时间-频率的直接对应关系，在时域内对宽带种子激光脉冲整形，其光谱也得到了同样形状的整形。模拟了整形光谱形状，相应的整形电脉冲波形，分析了该整形技术的光谱整形分辨率，以及整形过程中引入的相位畸变。

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.

Crystallization of amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 films induced by a single femtosecond laser pulse

Crystallization is achieved in amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 films upon irradiation with a single femtosecond laser pulse. Transmission electron microscopy images evidence the morphology of the crystallized spot which depends on the fluence of the ferntosecond laser pulse. Fine crystalline grains are induced at low fluence, and the coarse crystalline grains are obtained at high fluence. At the damage fluence, ablation of the films occurs. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.