1 中国科学院上海光学精密机械研究所强场激光物理国家重点实验室，上海 201800
2 中国科学院大学材料科学与光电工程中心，北京 100049
3 张江实验室，上海 201210
利用百太瓦级激光系统在氖气（Ne）中得到基于高次谐波产生的极紫外脉冲。通过松聚焦结构在13 nm波段产生单级次单脉冲能量为13.5 nJ（13.1 nm波长）和11.1 nJ（13.5 nm波长）的高次谐波辐射，转换效率为和，谐波发散角的半高全宽为0.32 mrad和0.33 mrad。对含时薛定谔方程进行数值求解，得到单原子偶极发射谱，结合麦克斯韦方程组模拟传播效应，同时考虑气体对谐波的吸收效应，理论模拟得到的信号强度随气压和光强的变化趋势与实验结果基本符合。实现相位匹配的谐波光束质量很好，纵向空间分布为高斯型。结合相位匹配条件和空间分布的分析得到了目前激光参数下的最优相位匹配条件。这种基于高次谐波机制的高能量相干极紫外光源在作为自由电子激光的种子光源以及超快非线性实验和半导体工业检测等方面具有广阔的应用前景。
极紫外 高次谐波 相位匹配 空间分布
1 中国科学院上海光学精密机械研究所强场激光物理国家重点实验室，上海 201800
2 中国科学院大学，北京 100049
3 张江实验室，上海 200120
高次谐波自身特性的表征是其在超快时间测量中应用的前提，但是由于其所处波段和宽带光源的特性，使得其三维时空相位的完整测量一直是高次谐波表征的难题。多波长高次谐波的相干合成可以获得阿秒脉冲，但是目前阿秒脉冲的相位测量也只能获得一维时域信息。针对以上问题，提出了一种改进的混态叠层衍射成像方案来解决高次谐波的空域测量，成功实现由多个极紫外（EUV）波长构成的高次谐波梳的空域复振幅重建，并研究了样品吸收对空域复振幅重建过程的影响。研究发现，对于多波长高次谐波重建速度和质量，存在最优的样品衍射图案对比度。
测量 高次谐波 叠层衍射成像 相位恢复 多波长 中国激光
2023, 50(23): 2304004
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
2 Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
3 School of Physical Science and Technology ShanghaiTech University Shanghai 201210 China
Relativistic surface high harmonics, combined with the use of polarization gating, present a promising route towards intense single attosecond pulses. However, they impose stringent requirements on ultra-high laser contrast and are restricted by large intensity losses in real experiments. Here, we numerically demonstrate that by setting an optimal time delay in the polarization gating scheme, the intensity of the generated single attosecond pulses can become approximately 100 times stronger than that with nonoptimal time delay in the coherent synchrotron emission process. When a petawatt-class driving laser irradiates a solid target, an ultra-dense electron nanobunch and a strong space-charge sheath develop, and the accumulated electrostatic energy is only released in half of the laser cycle when this electron nanobunch moves backward. This process results in the emission of intense high harmonics. Our study provides a reliable method for developing bright attosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses.
Laser and Particle Beams
2022, 2022(1): 6948110
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
2 State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
High-order harmonic generation originated from zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) induced by intense laser pulses is investigated theoretically. During the interaction between the intense mid-infrared laser and the ZGNR, we find that localized edge states mainly contribute to the generation of the low-order harmonics, while cutoff harmonics result from the other confined states. Our result shows that the edge-state effect of ZGNR with narrow width can enhance the conversion efficiency of low-order harmonics, rather than the higher-order harmonics extended to the cutoff region.
graphene nanoribbons high-order harmonic generation edge state Chinese Optics Letters
2020, 18(10): 103201
1 中国科学院上海光学精密机械研究所强场激光物理国家重点实验室和超强激光科学卓越中心, 上海 201800
2 中国科学院大学, 北京 100049
阿秒瞬态吸收(Attosecond Transient Absorption, ATA)谱是一种非常有用的研究原子分子中亚飞秒时间尺度超快动力学的技术。通过数值求解含时薛定谔方程,模拟了氢分子离子( H2+)在近红外(NIR)和深紫外(XUV)强复合激光场中的演化,对比了 H2+在核动和不动两种情形下ATA谱的异同。研究结果显示,当核不动时,所得的ATA谱与原子下的结构类似;当核动时,ATA谱呈现出丰富的周期调制的吸收线结构,而且其调制周期恰好等于NIR光周期的一半。通过分析 H2+的电离解离特性,证实了该半周期调制是源于 H2+基态和激发态的不同量子跃迁路径间的干涉。对比两种情形下的ATA谱,可以看出核运动对分子ATA谱的显著影响。
超快光学 瞬态吸收谱 阿秒脉冲 含时薛定谔方程 半周期调制
1 中国科学院上海光学精密机械研究所强场激光物理国家重点实验室, 上海 201800
2 中国科学院大学材料与光电研究中心, 北京 100049
在高次谐波产生过程中,相位匹配是提高其产生效率的必备技术。传统相位匹配技术在各向同性的气体介质中无法实现,而准相位匹配技术作为一种可行的替代方案,可以突破高次谐波产生过程中相干长度的限制,实现谐波强度随传播距离持续增加。采用准连续的逆向传播太赫兹光场调制高次谐波的产生过程,以实现准相位匹配;通过模拟计算探讨了谐波光谱与调制场参数之间的关系,结果发现获得准相位匹配的光子能量与太赫兹调制场波长成反比,与调制场场强、泵浦激光场强的比值成正比。
非线性光学 高次谐波 准相位匹配 太赫兹 超快光学
1 中国科学院上海光学精密机械研究所强场激光物理国家重点实验室, 上海 201800
2 中国科学院大学材料与光电研究中心, 北京 100049
3 中国科学院大学, 北京 100049
飞秒强激光与气体相互作用产生高次谐波是重要的超快相干光源,模拟发现,中红外飞秒激光脉冲可以通过交流斯塔克效应在原子基态与激发态之间实现多光子共振增强,产生高亮度的单色高次谐波辐射。通过数值求解含时薛定谔方程发现,存在阈值以下共振增强的非常规高次谐波,且在较低光强下存在一个最优光强使其可以达到最高产生效率。时间-频率分析结果表明,该共振增强可通过强场下的二阶交流斯塔克效应实现,其对驱动激光波长不敏感。这种新机制使得中红外波段的飞秒激光脉冲更有利于产生高亮度的超快单色紫外/极紫外(UV/XUV)光源,在凝聚态物理、材料科学等领域具有重要的应用前景。
激光光学 斯塔克效应 单色极紫外光源 飞秒激光 高次谐波 中国激光
2019, 46(10): 1001003
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
2 Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
We theoretically investigate the delay-dependent attosecond transient absorption spectra in the helium atom dressed by an infrared laser pulse in the wavelength range of 800–2400 nm. By numerically solving the three-dimensional time-dependent Schr dinger equation, we find that the absorption spectrogram exhibits a multiple-fringe structure for using the mid-infrared dressing pulse. The quantitative calculation of the transition matrix between different Floquet states provides direct evidence on the origin of the multiple-fringe structure. Our result shows that the wavelength of the dressing pulse is an important parameter and the unique feature of attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy can be induced in the mid-infrared regime.
260.3090 Infrared, far 300.1030 Absorption 340.7480 X-rays, soft x-rays, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) Chinese Optics Letters
2019, 17(8): 082601
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
2 State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
3 Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) and Département de physique, de génie physique et d’optique, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
We report on a systematic study of the laser polarization effect on a femtosecond laser filamentation in air. By changing the laser’s ellipticity from linear polarization to circular polarization, the onset position of laser filament formation becomes farther from the focusing optics, the filament length is shorter, and less laser energy is deposited. The laser polarization effect on air filaments is supported by a simulation and analysis of the polarization-dependent critical power and ionization rates in air.
320.2250 Femtosecond phenomena 260.5430 Polarization Chinese Optics Letters
2018, 16(7): 073201
