Author Affiliations
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1 State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3 School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
4 School of Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
Remote or standoff detection of greenhouse gases, air pollutants, and biological agents with innovative ultrafast laser technology attracts growing interests in recent years. Hybrid femtosecond/picosecond coherent Raman spectroscopy is considered as one of the most versatile techniques due to its great advantages in terms of detection sensitivity and chemical specificity. However, the simultaneous requirement for the femtosecond pump and the picosecond probe increases the complexity of optical system. Herein, we demonstrate that air lasing naturally created inside a filament can serve as an ideal light source to probe Raman coherence excited by the femtosecond pump, producing coherent Raman signal with molecular vibrational signatures. The combination of pulse self-compression effect and air lasing action during filamentation improves Raman excitation efficiency and greatly simplifies the experimental setup. The air-lasing-assisted Raman spectroscopy was applied to quantitatively detect greenhouse gases mixed in air, and it was found that the minimum detectable concentrations of CO2 and SF6 can reach 0.1% and 0.03%, respectively. The ingenious designs, especially the optimization of pump-seed delay and the choice of perpendicular polarization, ensure a high detection sensitivity and signal stability. Moreover, it is demonstrated that this method can be used for simultaneously measuring CO2 and SF6 gases and distinguishing 12CO2 and 13CO2. The developed scheme provides a new route for high-sensitivity standoff detection and combustion diagnosis.
Ultrafast Science
2022, 2(1): 9761458
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Abstract
1 State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai201800, China
2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
3 ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai201210, China
In this paper, we report the recent progress on the $1~\text{PW}/0.1~\text{Hz}$ laser beamline of Shanghai Superintense Ultrafast Laser Facility (SULF). The SULF-1 PW laser beamline is based on the double chirped pulse amplification (CPA) scheme, which can generate laser pulses of 50.8 J at 0.1 Hz after the final amplifier; the shot-to-shot energy fluctuation of the amplified pulse is as low as 1.2% (std). After compression, the pulse duration of 29.6 fs is achieved, which can support a maximal peak power of 1 PW. The contrast ratio at $-80~\text{ps}$ before main pulse is measured to be $2.5\times 10^{-11}$. The focused peak intensity is improved by optimizing the angular dispersion in the grating compressor. The maximal focused peak intensity can reach $2.7\times 10^{19}~\text{W}/\text{cm}^{2}$ even with an $f/26.5$ off-axis parabolic mirror. The horizontal and vertical angular pointing fluctuations in 1 h are measured to be 1.89 and $2.45~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{rad}$, respectively. The moderate repetition rate and the good stability are desirable characteristics for laser–matter interactions. The SULF-1 PW laser beamline is now in the phase of commissioning, and preliminary experiments of particle acceleration and secondary radiation under 300–400 TW/0.1 Hz laser condition have been implemented. The progress on the experiments and the daily stable operation of the laser demonstrate the availability of the SULF-1 PW beamline.
laser amplifiers lasers titanium ultrafast lasers High Power Laser Science and Engineering
2020, 8(1): 010000e4
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 上海师范大学物理系, 上海 200234
3 拉瓦尔大学光学、光子学和激光研究中心(COPL), 加拿大 魁北克 G1V 0A6
综述了飞秒激光人工影响天气的相关研究结果。从飞秒激光成丝产生的光氧化副产物、热沉积效应、气溶胶形成和水凝结及沉降过程等4个方面展开,综述了飞秒激光在诱导水凝结及降水、人工引雷等领域的研究进展。提出了飞秒激光人工影响环境大气的初步物理图像,并综述了该技术未来应用于人工影响天气所面临的问题,探讨了可能的解决方案。
非线性光学 飞秒光丝 光化学反应 气溶胶 水凝结
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
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High Power Laser Science and Engineering
2019, 7(4): 04000e57
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
2 Department of Physics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Multidimensional instabilities always develop with time during the process of radiation pressure acceleration, and are detrimental to the generation of monoenergetic proton beams. In this paper, a sharp-front laser is proposed to irradiate a triple-layer target (the proton layer is set between two carbon ion layers) and studied in theory and simulations. It is found that the thin proton layer can be accelerated once to hundreds of MeV with monoenergetic spectra only during the hole-boring (HB) stage. The carbon ions move behind the proton layer in the light-sail (LS) stage, which can shield any further interaction between the rear part of the laser and the proton layer. In this way, proton beam instabilities can be reduced to a certain extent during the entire acceleration process. It is hoped such a mechanism can provide a feasible way to improve the beam quality for proton therapy and other applications.
proton acceleration radiation acceleration sharp-front laser hole-boring stage light-sail stage High Power Laser Science and Engineering
2019, 7(3): 03000e55
Author Affiliations
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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
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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
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1 Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3 Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
4 Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
5 School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
Beam quality degradation during the transition from a laser wakefield accelerator to the vacuum is one of the reasons that cause the beam transport distortion, which hinders the way to compact free-electron-lasers. Here, we performed transition simulation to initialize the beam parameters for beam optics transport. This initialization was crucial in matching the experimental results and the designed evolution of the beamline. We experimentally characterized properties of high-quality laser-wakefield-accelerated electron beams, such as transverse beam profile, divergence, and directionality after long-distance transport. By installing magnetic quadrupole lenses with tailored strength gradients, we successfully collimated the electron beams with tunable energies from 200 to 600 MeV.
020.2649 Strong field laser physics 110.2970 Image detection systems Chinese Optics Letters
2018, 16(4): 040201
Author Affiliations
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1 State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
2 MOE Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro-structured Materials, Institute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
3 IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
4 Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL), Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 0A6, Canada
Sub-picosecond chirped laser pulse-induced airflow and water condensation were investigated in a cloud chamber. The results indicate that the positively chirped sub-picosecond laser pulses generate a more uniform intensity distribution inside the plasma column, leading to a weaker airflow and an elliptic-shaped snow pile. The negatively chirped sub-picosecond laser pulses generate a spark-like intensity distribution inside the plasma column, which produces a wider range of airflow and a round snow pile. The amount of snow weight and the concentration of NO3 are found to be dependent on the intensity distribution inside the plasma column. The visibly stronger plasma column generates much more snow and a higher concentration of NO3 . These experimental results provide a reference for sub-picosecond laser-induced water condensation in realistic atmospheric conditions.
140.3450 Laser-induced chemistry 320.7110 Ultrafast nonlinear optics 010.3920 Meteorology Chinese Optics Letters
2018, 16(6): 061403
