简介:Theeffectofλ/2SiO2overcoatonthelaserdamagecharacteristicsofHfO2/SiO2high-reflector(HR)coatingsisinvestigatedwith1-on-1andN-on-1laserdamagetestmethods.Thelaserdamagesurfaceof1-on-1isanalyzedbyastepanalyzer.ThesurfacemorphologiesshowthatlaserdamagemakesthecoatingdamagedareaprotrudentandroughforHRcoatingwithoutλ/2silicaovercoat,butconcaveandsmoothforHRcoatingwithλ/2silicaovercoat.Theresultof10-on-1multi-pulseirradiationonthesamepointofthecoatingshowsthatthereisanenergydensitystageonthedamagecurve.Ifthelaserenergydensityiswithintherangeofthestage,HfO2/SiO2HRcoatingswithλ/2silicaovercoatwillnotbedamagedmorethan2timesformulti-shots,andthesurfacedamagesareveryslightsothatthereisnoimpactonthecoatingperformance.Anotherinterestingresultisthattheenergydensitystageextendsfromthedamagethresholdtothepointofabout3timesofthreshold,whichissimilartotheeffectofthelaserconditiononcoating.
简介:Thenonlinearswitchingcharacteristicsoffusedfiberdirectionalcouplerswerestudiedexperimentally.Byusingfemtosecondlaserpulseswithpulsewidthof100fsandwavelengthofabout1550nmfromasystemofTi:sapphirelaserandopticalparametricamplifier(OPA),thenonlinearswitchingpropertiesofanullcoupleranda100%couplerweremeasured.Theexperimentalresultswerecoincidentwiththesimulationsbasedonnonlinearpropagationequationsinfiberbyusingsuper-modetheory.Nonlinearlossinfiberwasalsomeasuredtogettheinjectedpoweratthecoupler.Afterdeductingthenonlinearlossandinputefficiency,thenonlinearswitchingcriticalpeakpowersfora100%andanullfusedcouplerswerecalculatedtobe9410and9440W,respectively.ThenonlinearlossparameterPNinanexpressionofαNL=αP/PNwasobtainedtobePN=0.23W.
简介:Usingamicrowavegenerator,chlorinedilutedbyheliumwasdissociatedtochlorineatomsthatsubse-quentlyreactedwithhydrogenazidetoproducetheexcitedstatesofNCl(a1△).Meanwhile,moleculariodinewithcarriergasofheliumreactedwithatomicchlorinetoproduceatomiciodinewhichthenwaspumpedtoexcitedstateofI(2P1/2)byanenergytransferreactionfromNCl(a1△).Inthispaper,thechangesofNCl(a1△)andNCl(bi∑)emissionintensityispresentedwhenI2/HeisintroducedintothestreamofCl/Cl2/He/HN3/NCl(a1△)/NCl(b1∑).ThedependencesofatomiciodineI(2P1/2)onflowratesofgaseswerealsoinvestigated.TheoptimumparametersforI(2P1/2)productionaregiven.
简介:Ag-MgF2cermetfilmswithdifferentAgfractionswerepreparedbyvacuumevaporation.Themicrostruc-tureofthefilmswasexaminedbyRamanscatteringtechnique.Thesurface-enhancedRamanspectrumforMgF2moleculesinthecermetfilmstronglysuggeststheexistenceofAgnanoparticlesdispersedinMgF2matrix.TheintensitiesoftheRamanspectraofAg-MgF2cermetfilmsincreasewithAgfraction.TheenhancementofRamanscatteringdisappearswhenAgcontentreacheswt.20%.TheanalyseswiththetransmissionelectronmicroscopyshowedthatAg-MgF2cermetfilmsaremainlycomposedofamor-phousMgF2matrixwithembeddedfaced-center-cubicAgnanoparticles.Itsuggeststhatthepercolationthresholdshouldbearoundwt.20%ofAgcontent.
简介:Becausepulserepetitionrateaffecteddirectlythemomentumcouplingcoefficientoftransverselyexcitedatmospheric(TEA)CO2laserpropulsion,adoublepulsetrigger,controllinghighvoltageswitchoflaserexcitationcircuit,wasdesigned.Thepulseintervalrangedbetween5and100ms.Themomentumcouplingcoefficientforair-breathingmodelaserpropulsionwasstudiedexperimentally.Itwasfoundthatthemomentumcouplingcoefficientdecreasedwiththepulserepetitionrateincreasing.
简介:WhenfemtosecondlaserpulsesinterferewithchirpedfemtosecondlaserpulsesinAs2S3fiber,achirpedfibergratingisformed.Ananalyticalexpressionisgiventodescribethechirpedgrating,anditsBraggreflectivityiscalculated.BecauseofthehighphotosensitiveeffectofAs2S3material,thechirpedfibergratinghasawideBraggreflectivespectrumandhighreflectivitybychoosingproperparameters.Thisindicatesthatthechirpedfibergratingcanbeusedasastretcherinthefemtosecondchirpedpulseamplification(CPA)system.