A mid-infrared femtosecond pulse laser with a single cycle and high intensity is an ideal driving light source for generating isolated attosecond pulses. Due to current experimental limitations, it is difficult to dir...A mid-infrared femtosecond pulse laser with a single cycle and high intensity is an ideal driving light source for generating isolated attosecond pulses. Due to current experimental limitations, it is difficult to directly achieve this type of laser light source in the laboratory. In this paper, we obtain such an ideal light source by adding a Ti sapphire pulse to the combined pulse laser consisting of two mid-infrared pulses. Specifically, by combining the synthesized pulse consisting of 8 fs/1200 nm/1.62 × 10^(14)W cm^(-2)and 12 fs/1800 nm/2.71 × 10^(14)W cm^(-2)with an additional 8 fs/800 nm/1.26 × 10^(14)W cm^(-2)Ti sapphire pulse, the resulting electric field waveform is very close to that of a 1170 nm femtosecond pulse with an intensity of 1.4 × 10^(15)W cm^(-2), a single-cycle pulse width, and a carrier-envelope phase of 0.25π. Numerical simulations show that both cases produce high-order harmonic emission spectra with broadband supercontinuum spectra, however, the bandwidth of the supercontinuum spectra and the harmonic intensities in the synthesized pulses are significantly better than those in the single1170 nm pulse. After inverse Fourier transform, we obtain 66 as a high-intensity isolated attosecond pulse, whose intensity is five orders of magnitude higher than that of a monochromatic field. Here, the phase differences between three combined pulse lasers have little effect on the numerical simulation results when they vary in the range of 0.3π.展开更多
The two-color circularly polarized pulses scheme was proposed to generate isolated attosecond pulses in our previous work [Phys. Rev. A 87 （2013） 043406], while the polarization of the attosecond pulse was not inves...The two-color circularly polarized pulses scheme was proposed to generate isolated attosecond pulses in our previous work [Phys. Rev. A 87 （2013） 043406], while the polarization of the attosecond pulse was not investigated. We show a supplementary explanation of this scheme and present another scheme to generate linear isolated attosecond pulses by combining a circularly polarized pulse with an elliptically polarized pulse. High-order harmonic generation and quantum path control are investigated to compare these two schemes. Both schemes can obtain supercontinuum spectra plateau from about 200eV to 550eV, which belong to the water window region. It is found that the latter scheme can clearly eliminate the short quantum path and extend the harmonic plateau. A linear isolated attosecond pulse with a duration of sub-6Oas can be generated by superposing a bandwidth of 70eV.展开更多
Combined pulsed laser(CPL),introduced in 1975 for target damage,integrates different lasers to achieve high peak power and pulse energy.However,despite decades of research,CPL remains unused for long-range target dama...Combined pulsed laser(CPL),introduced in 1975 for target damage,integrates different lasers to achieve high peak power and pulse energy.However,despite decades of research,CPL remains unused for long-range target damage due to the challenge of maintaining high peak power density over long distances.We note that a potential solution lies in leveraging the air filament generated by femtosecond laser,which can transmit peak power densities higher than 1014 W/cm^(2)under the power clamping effect.To address this,a concept of a femtosecond laser induced air filament-CW CPL for surface damage of ceramics was introduced.We found no surface changes in ceramic targets when irradiated with a CW laser alone.By way of contrast,the target can be penetrated in a very short time(20 ms)with the assistance of the femtosecond laser induced air filament.In this context,we employ high-speed shadow imaging,cross-timescale simulation models and macro-microscopic characterization,to elucidate the CPL damage mechanism.The optimal CPL,combining a 1 mJ femtosecond laser and a 500 W CW laser,yields a damage rate of 1.51×10^(7)μm^(3)/J,representing an improvement of approximately 175%compared to single femtosecond laser ablation and around 59%enhancement compared to coating-assisted CW laser ablation.Furthermore,the efficacy of the proposed femtosecond-CW CPL method is demonstrated in causing penetration damage of ceramic/metal composite material or direct damage of sapphire,showcasing its versatility in damaging applications.Consequently,the femtosecond-CW CPL ablation method presented in this paper holds great promise as a new type of damage method for transparent hard and brittle materials.展开更多
High-energy continuous wave(CW)lasers are mostly used in laser damage applications,but efficient laser ablation of transparent materials is challenging due to low optical absorption.Considering the potential of femtos...High-energy continuous wave(CW)lasers are mostly used in laser damage applications,but efficient laser ablation of transparent materials is challenging due to low optical absorption.Considering the potential of femtosecond(fs)laser-induced air filament for high-peak laser transmission over long distances,femtosecond(fs)laser-induced air filaments are combined with a millisecond(ms)laser to form an fs-ms CPL,enhancing the efficiency of sapphire ablation through synchronized spatial-temporal focusing.Experimental results show that ablation efficiency increases with the ms peak power and duty ratio.Excessive thermal stress leads to fragmentation of the sapphire when the ms duty ratio is over 30%at the peak power of 800 W,or when the peak power is over 500 W at a duty ratio of 100%.Also,the mechanism of high-efficiency damage is revealed through in-situ high-speed imaging.According to it,the ablation process went through 4 stages within 1.5 ms:defect-creating,melting and ablation,spattering,and fragmentation.Finally,the equivalent ablation efficiency of the fs-ms CPL is as high as 1.73×10^(7)μm^(3)/J,about 28 times higher compared to the fs laser only.The CPL damage method explored in this paper can provide theoretical guidance for efficient laser damage of transparent materials.展开更多
We demonstrate the generation of supercontinuum (SC) of over 1350 nm by injecting 790-nm, 15-fs, 74-MHz optical pulses into a 183-mm-long microstructured fiber with combination core and random cladding. The maximum to...We demonstrate the generation of supercontinuum (SC) of over 1350 nm by injecting 790-nm, 15-fs, 74-MHz optical pulses into a 183-mm-long microstructured fiber with combination core and random cladding. The maximum total power of SC is 73 mW with 290-mW pump power from 40x microscope objective. The wavelength and power ranging in SC as well as the polarization states and waveguide modes of the visible light can be tuned by adjusting the input end of MF.In particular, white light has been observed. To our knowledge, this is the first report of tunable properties in SC generation process using microstructured fiber with combination core and random cladding.展开更多
In this paper, the problem of parameter estimation of the combined radar signal adopting chaotic pulse position modulation （CPPM） and linear frequency modulation （LFM）, which can be widely used in electronic count...In this paper, the problem of parameter estimation of the combined radar signal adopting chaotic pulse position modulation （CPPM） and linear frequency modulation （LFM）, which can be widely used in electronic countermeasures, is addressed. An approach is proposed to estimate the initial frequency and chirp rate of the combined signal by exploiting the second-order cyclostationarity of the intra-pulse signal. In addition, under the condition of the equal pulse width, the pulse repetition interval （PRI） of the combined signal is predicted using the low-order Volterra adaptive filter. Simulations demonstrate that the proposed cyclic autocorrelation Hough transform （CHT） algorithm is theoretically tolerant to additive white Gaussian noise. When the value of signal noise to ratio （SNR） is less than 4 dB, it can still estimate the intra-pulse parameters well. When SNR = 3 dB, a good prediction of the PRI sequence can be achieved by the Volterra adaptive filter algorithm, even only 100 training samples.展开更多
We propose a scheme to simultaneously widen and heighten the high-order harmonic plateau on a large scale. More specifically, by adopting a united two-atom system with a suitable inter-nuclear separation instead of a ...We propose a scheme to simultaneously widen and heighten the high-order harmonic plateau on a large scale. More specifically, by adopting a united two-atom system with a suitable inter-nuclear separation instead of a single-atom, the harmonic plateau is widened from Ip ＋ 3.2Up to Ip ＋8.5Up; further, by adopting the combined pulse, the extended plateau （harmonics near Ip＋ 5.6Up） is selectively heightened in excess of 4 orders of magnitude compared with the case of the low-frequency pulse alone. By means of the wavelet transform for the induced dipole of these harmonics, a single x-ray pulse as short as 210 asec is achieved.展开更多
This study presents active coherent beam combining(CBC)of a pulsed laser based on sampling the intrapulse evaluation function.By precisely controlling the trigger sequence of an analog-to-digital converter,the fixed t...This study presents active coherent beam combining(CBC)of a pulsed laser based on sampling the intrapulse evaluation function.By precisely controlling the trigger sequence of an analog-to-digital converter,the fixed time point of the pulse light is sampled as an evaluation function for CBC.The active CBC of two fiber amplifiers with a 500 ns pulse width and a 10 k Hz repetition rate is experimentally demonstrated by applying a hill-climbing algorithm.The residual phase error is approximately λ/27.A coherent Doppler wind lidar(CDWL)based on CBC light source is verified.The experimental results verify the feasibility of using the pulsed CBC to improve the pulse energy of a CDWL without degrading performance.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province under Grant No. 20220101028JC。
文摘A mid-infrared femtosecond pulse laser with a single cycle and high intensity is an ideal driving light source for generating isolated attosecond pulses. Due to current experimental limitations, it is difficult to directly achieve this type of laser light source in the laboratory. In this paper, we obtain such an ideal light source by adding a Ti sapphire pulse to the combined pulse laser consisting of two mid-infrared pulses. Specifically, by combining the synthesized pulse consisting of 8 fs/1200 nm/1.62 × 10^(14)W cm^(-2)and 12 fs/1800 nm/2.71 × 10^(14)W cm^(-2)with an additional 8 fs/800 nm/1.26 × 10^(14)W cm^(-2)Ti sapphire pulse, the resulting electric field waveform is very close to that of a 1170 nm femtosecond pulse with an intensity of 1.4 × 10^(15)W cm^(-2), a single-cycle pulse width, and a carrier-envelope phase of 0.25π. Numerical simulations show that both cases produce high-order harmonic emission spectra with broadband supercontinuum spectra, however, the bandwidth of the supercontinuum spectra and the harmonic intensities in the synthesized pulses are significantly better than those in the single1170 nm pulse. After inverse Fourier transform, we obtain 66 as a high-intensity isolated attosecond pulse, whose intensity is five orders of magnitude higher than that of a monochromatic field. Here, the phase differences between three combined pulse lasers have little effect on the numerical simulation results when they vary in the range of 0.3π.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11404204 and 11447208the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education under Grant No 211025+1 种基金the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China under Grant No 20111404120004the Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of Shanxi Province under Grant No 2009021005
文摘The two-color circularly polarized pulses scheme was proposed to generate isolated attosecond pulses in our previous work [Phys. Rev. A 87 （2013） 043406], while the polarization of the attosecond pulse was not investigated. We show a supplementary explanation of this scheme and present another scheme to generate linear isolated attosecond pulses by combining a circularly polarized pulse with an elliptically polarized pulse. High-order harmonic generation and quantum path control are investigated to compare these two schemes. Both schemes can obtain supercontinuum spectra plateau from about 200eV to 550eV, which belong to the water window region. It is found that the latter scheme can clearly eliminate the short quantum path and extend the harmonic plateau. A linear isolated attosecond pulse with a duration of sub-6Oas can be generated by superposing a bandwidth of 70eV.
基金supports from National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52105498)The science and technology innovation Program of Hunan Province(Grant No.2021RC3074)+2 种基金Advanced Laser Technology Laboratory of Anhui Province(AHL2022KF04)National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2023YFB14605500)Changsha Natural Science Foundation(kq2402089).
文摘Combined pulsed laser(CPL),introduced in 1975 for target damage,integrates different lasers to achieve high peak power and pulse energy.However,despite decades of research,CPL remains unused for long-range target damage due to the challenge of maintaining high peak power density over long distances.We note that a potential solution lies in leveraging the air filament generated by femtosecond laser,which can transmit peak power densities higher than 1014 W/cm^(2)under the power clamping effect.To address this,a concept of a femtosecond laser induced air filament-CW CPL for surface damage of ceramics was introduced.We found no surface changes in ceramic targets when irradiated with a CW laser alone.By way of contrast,the target can be penetrated in a very short time(20 ms)with the assistance of the femtosecond laser induced air filament.In this context,we employ high-speed shadow imaging,cross-timescale simulation models and macro-microscopic characterization,to elucidate the CPL damage mechanism.The optimal CPL,combining a 1 mJ femtosecond laser and a 500 W CW laser,yields a damage rate of 1.51×10^(7)μm^(3)/J,representing an improvement of approximately 175%compared to single femtosecond laser ablation and around 59%enhancement compared to coating-assisted CW laser ablation.Furthermore,the efficacy of the proposed femtosecond-CW CPL method is demonstrated in causing penetration damage of ceramic/metal composite material or direct damage of sapphire,showcasing its versatility in damaging applications.Consequently,the femtosecond-CW CPL ablation method presented in this paper holds great promise as a new type of damage method for transparent hard and brittle materials.
基金Project(52105498) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2021RC3074) supported by the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province,China+2 种基金Project(2023YFB4605500) supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of ChinaProject(AHL2022KF04) supported by the Advanced Laser Technology Laboratory of Anhui Province,ChinaProject(kq2402089) supported by the Changsha Natural Science Foundation,China。
文摘High-energy continuous wave(CW)lasers are mostly used in laser damage applications,but efficient laser ablation of transparent materials is challenging due to low optical absorption.Considering the potential of femtosecond(fs)laser-induced air filament for high-peak laser transmission over long distances,femtosecond(fs)laser-induced air filaments are combined with a millisecond(ms)laser to form an fs-ms CPL,enhancing the efficiency of sapphire ablation through synchronized spatial-temporal focusing.Experimental results show that ablation efficiency increases with the ms peak power and duty ratio.Excessive thermal stress leads to fragmentation of the sapphire when the ms duty ratio is over 30%at the peak power of 800 W,or when the peak power is over 500 W at a duty ratio of 100%.Also,the mechanism of high-efficiency damage is revealed through in-situ high-speed imaging.According to it,the ablation process went through 4 stages within 1.5 ms:defect-creating,melting and ablation,spattering,and fragmentation.Finally,the equivalent ablation efficiency of the fs-ms CPL is as high as 1.73×10^(7)μm^(3)/J,about 28 times higher compared to the fs laser only.The CPL damage method explored in this paper can provide theoretical guidance for efficient laser damage of transparent materials.
基金This work was supPorted by the Henan Cultivatlon Project for University Innovatlon Thlents.
文摘We demonstrate the generation of supercontinuum (SC) of over 1350 nm by injecting 790-nm, 15-fs, 74-MHz optical pulses into a 183-mm-long microstructured fiber with combination core and random cladding. The maximum total power of SC is 73 mW with 290-mW pump power from 40x microscope objective. The wavelength and power ranging in SC as well as the polarization states and waveguide modes of the visible light can be tuned by adjusting the input end of MF.In particular, white light has been observed. To our knowledge, this is the first report of tunable properties in SC generation process using microstructured fiber with combination core and random cladding.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61172116
文摘In this paper, the problem of parameter estimation of the combined radar signal adopting chaotic pulse position modulation （CPPM） and linear frequency modulation （LFM）, which can be widely used in electronic countermeasures, is addressed. An approach is proposed to estimate the initial frequency and chirp rate of the combined signal by exploiting the second-order cyclostationarity of the intra-pulse signal. In addition, under the condition of the equal pulse width, the pulse repetition interval （PRI） of the combined signal is predicted using the low-order Volterra adaptive filter. Simulations demonstrate that the proposed cyclic autocorrelation Hough transform （CHT） algorithm is theoretically tolerant to additive white Gaussian noise. When the value of signal noise to ratio （SNR） is less than 4 dB, it can still estimate the intra-pulse parameters well. When SNR = 3 dB, a good prediction of the PRI sequence can be achieved by the Volterra adaptive filter algorithm, even only 100 training samples.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 10474028
文摘We propose a scheme to simultaneously widen and heighten the high-order harmonic plateau on a large scale. More specifically, by adopting a united two-atom system with a suitable inter-nuclear separation instead of a single-atom, the harmonic plateau is widened from Ip ＋ 3.2Up to Ip ＋8.5Up; further, by adopting the combined pulse, the extended plateau （harmonics near Ip＋ 5.6Up） is selectively heightened in excess of 4 orders of magnitude compared with the case of the low-frequency pulse alone. By means of the wavelet transform for the induced dipole of these harmonics, a single x-ray pulse as short as 210 asec is achieved.
基金supported by the Foundation of Lidar and Device Laboratory,Sichuan Province,Chinathe Basic Military Research Institutes Steadily Support Special Projects。
文摘This study presents active coherent beam combining(CBC)of a pulsed laser based on sampling the intrapulse evaluation function.By precisely controlling the trigger sequence of an analog-to-digital converter,the fixed time point of the pulse light is sampled as an evaluation function for CBC.The active CBC of two fiber amplifiers with a 500 ns pulse width and a 10 k Hz repetition rate is experimentally demonstrated by applying a hill-climbing algorithm.The residual phase error is approximately λ/27.A coherent Doppler wind lidar(CDWL)based on CBC light source is verified.The experimental results verify the feasibility of using the pulsed CBC to improve the pulse energy of a CDWL without degrading performance.
