
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
2 Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
An optical probing of laser–plasma interactions can provide time-resolved measurements of plasma density; however, single-shot and multi-frame probing capabilities generally rely on complex setups with limited flexibility. We have demonstrated a new method for temporal resolution of the rapid dynamics ( $\sim 170$ fs) of plasma evolution within a single laser shot based on the generation of several consecutive probe pulses from a single beta barium borate-based optical parametric amplifier using a fraction of the driver pulse with the possibility to adjust the central wavelengths and delays of particular pulses by optical delay lines. The flexibility and scalability of the proposed experimental technique are presented and discussed.
off-harmonic optical probing plasma diagnostics ultrafast imaging High Power Laser Science and Engineering
2023, 11(4): 04000e45
光学学报
2022, 42(20): 2011002
光学学报
2021, 41(21): 2136001

Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Shenzhen University, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen Key Lab of Micro-Nano Photonic Information Technology, Shenzhen, China
2 Shenzhen University, College of Electronic Information Engineering, Shenzhen, China
3 Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Laboratory of Applied Computational Imaging, Varennes, Québec, Canada
We report a framing imaging based on noncollinear optical parametric amplification (NCOPA), named FINCOPA, which applies NCOPA for the first time to single-shot ultrafast optical imaging. In an experiment targeting a laser-induced air plasma grating, FINCOPA achieved 50 fs-resolved optical imaging with a spatial resolution of ~83 lp / mm and an effective frame rate of 10 trillion frames per second (Tfps). It has also successfully visualized an ultrafast rotating optical field with an effective frame rate of 15 Tfps. FINCOPA has simultaneously a femtosecond-level temporal resolution and frame interval and a micrometer-level spatial resolution. Combining outstanding spatial and temporal resolutions with an ultrahigh frame rate, FINCOPA will contribute to high-spatiotemporal resolution observations of ultrafast transient events, such as atomic or molecular dynamics in photonic materials, plasma physics, and laser inertial-confinement fusion.
ultrafast imaging spatiotemporal resolution frame rate noncollinear optical parametric amplification Advanced Photonics
2020, 2(5): 056002
激光与光电子学进展
2018, 55(12): 121102
中国工程物理研究院激光聚变研究中心, 四川 绵阳 621900
构建光克尔效应时间门物理模型, 采用抽运探测实验获得的二硫化碳(CS2)克尔信号曲线作为光开关门响应函数, 对光束传输进行时间切片和空间离散, 模拟出了光开关门的时空演化规律。研究了在不同的抽运光与探测光夹角和光束空间分布情况下的时间门宽度和光束强度分布。结果表明: 对于高斯空间分布的抽运光束和探测光束, 随着抽运光束与探测光束夹角增大, 时间门变窄, 光斑由对称圆变成椭圆形, 交叉角越大, 椭圆度越大; 如果抽运光束和探测光束的空间分布为超高斯分布, 随着光束夹角增大, 开关门的时间曲线前沿不断变缓, 但光斑空间形状基本没有变化, 椭圆光斑的椭圆度约为1/3。这些结果为抽运探测和光学弹道成像等实验参数的选取提供了一定的参考依据。
非线性光学 光克尔效应 光开关门 抽运探测 超快成像 nonlinear optics optical Kerr effect optical gate pump probe ultrafast imaging
上海理工大学 光电信息与计算机工程学院, 上海 200093
提出了一种基于光时分复用技术的高速成像系统。飞秒激光器中心波长1557 nm,脉冲宽度90 fs,对USAF-1951分辨率板线性扫描成像,扫描频率为38.88 MHz。在连续时间序列编码放大显微成像技术的基础上,运用光时分复用技术,复制光脉冲信号并携带检测物体相同的空间信息。原光脉冲和复制光脉冲以相同的采样率分别采样,通过相应的数据处理将两次采样数据整合在一起还原图像。实验结果表明,与传统的超快成像方法相比,成像系统利用10 GHz的数字采样设备可以达到20 GHz的采样率,采样点数是传统超快成像方法的两倍。该方法有效克服了成像系统采样率不足的问题,提高了成像系统的空间分辨率。与此同时,该系统算法复杂程度不高,有利于进一步促进超高速成像技术的发展。
成像系统 光时分复用 采样率 成像质量 超快成像 imaging system optical time-division multiplexing sampling rate image quality ultrafast imaging 强激光与粒子束
2017, 29(5): 051003