Imaging through scattering layers using a near-infrared low-spatial-coherence fiber random laser

Optical memory effect-based speckle-correlated technology has been developed for reconstructing hidden objectsfrom disordered speckle patterns,achieving imaging through scattering layers.However,the lighting efficiency and fieldof view of existing speckle-correlated imaging systems are limited.Here,a near-infrared low spatial coherence fiberrandom laser illumination method is proposed to address the above limitations.Through the utilization of random Rayleighscattering within dispersion-shifted fibers to provide feedback,coupled with stimulated Raman scattering for amplification,a near-infrared fiber random laser exhibiting a high spectral density and extremely low spatial coherence is generated.Based on the designed fiber random laser,speckle-correlated imaging through scattering layers is achieved,with highlighting efficiency and a large imaging field of view.This work improves the performance of speckle-correlated imagingand enriches the research on imaging through scattering medium.

Random Laser of R6G Dye and TiO₂Nanoparticals Doped in PMMA Polymer

The random laser (RL) based on organic Rhodamine 6G (R6G) laser- dye and Titanium dioxide (TiO2) suspended nanoparticles have been prepared with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) as a host. Both liquid and spray-coated homogeneous film samples of 22.4 μm - 30.1 μm thickness range were use. Optimum concentrations have been determined depending on the normal fluorescence spectra which give evidence that the laser dye provides amplification and TiO2 nanoparticles as scatter center. At the optimum concentrations, results of the random laser (RL) under second harmonic Nd: YAG laser ex-citation show that the values of bandwidth at full width half-maximum (FWHM) and the threshold energy are about 9 nm and 15 mJ respectively, which represent the minimum value for the liquid samples in the current research. Correspondly, these values become 14 nm and 15 mJ for film sample. The broadening that can be attributed to the concentration quenching of a laser dye at high concentration levels has been observed.

Detection of Random Laser Action from Silica Xerogel Matrices Containing Rhodamine 610 Dye and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles

The synthesis, structural characterization, and amplified spontaneous emission spectroscopy of dye-scattering particles in inorganic medium based on Rhodamine 610-TiO2 nanoparticles confined in silica xerogel matrix have been reported. Optimum concentrations have been determined depending on the normal fluorescence spectra for laser dye, in order to provide amplification, and TiO2 nanoparticals as scatter center. Random Laser has been studied under second harmonic Nd: YAG laser excitation. At the optimum concentrations, the results show that the values of bandwidth at full width half-maximum (FWHM) and the threshold energy are about 11 nm and 3 mJ respectively. The scattered and amplified probe light has been collected on a PC-interfaced CCD camera system.

Analysis of random laser scattering pulse signals with lognormal distribution

The statistical distribution of natural phenomena is of great significance in studying the laws of nature. In order to study the statistical characteristics of a random pulse signal, a random process model is proposed theoretically for better studying of the random law of measured results. Moreover, a simple random pulse signal generation and testing system is designed for studying the counting distributions of three typical objects including particles suspended in the air, standard particles, and background noise. Both normal and lognormal distribution fittings are used for analyzing the experimental results and testified by chi-square distribution fit test and correlation coefficient for comparison. In addition, the statistical laws of three typical objects and the relations between them are discussed in detail. The relation is also the non-integral dimension fractal relation of statistical distributions of different random laser scattering pulse signal groups.

Arbitrary topological charge vortex beams from carbon dots random lasers

Vortex beams have attracted great attention due to their promising applications in the fields of high-capacity optical communication,optical micromanipulation,and quantum information processing.Here,we demonstrate vortex beams with flexible control of the topological charge and modes in a carbon dots random laser for the first time.Vortex beams with different types,including the Laguerre-Gaussian(LG),Bessel-Gaussian(BG),LG-superposition,and polarized vortex beams with topological charges up to 50,have been successfully achieved.Moreover,vortex beams can be well realized in carbon dots random lasers with different emission wavelengths covering from 465 to 612 nm.This work would not only enrich the types of vortex laser,especially for solution-processable lasers,but also provide a new route to realizing multicolor and wavelength-tunable vortex lasers.

Picosecond gain-switched polymer fiber random lasers

Random lasers are a type of lasers that lack typical resonator structures,offering benefits such as easy integration,low cost,and low spatial coherence.These features make them popular for speckle-free imaging and random number generation.However,due to their high threshold and phase instability,the production of picosecond random lasers has still been a challenge.In this work,we have developed three dyes incorporating polymer optical fibers doped with various scattering nanoparticles to produce short-pulsed random fiber lasers.Notably,stable picosecond random laser emission lasting600 ps is observed at a low pump energy of 50μJ,indicating the gain-switching mechanism.Population inversion and gain undergo an abrupt surge as the intensity of the continuously pumped light nears the threshold level.When the intensity of the continuously pumped light reaches a specific value,the number of inversion populations in the“scattering cavity”surpasses the threshold rapidly.Simulation results based on a model that considers power-dependent gain saturation confirmed the above phenomenon.This research helps expand the understanding of the dynamics behind random medium-stimulated emission in random lasers and opens up possibilities for mode locking in these systems.

Broadband bidirectional Brillouin–Raman random fiber laser with ultra-narrow linewidth

We present a Brillouin–Raman random fiber laser(BRRFL)with full-open linear cavity structure to generate broadband Brillouin frequency comb(BFC)with double Brillouin-frequency-shift spacing.The incorporation of a regeneration portion consisting of an erbium-doped fiber and a single-mode fiber enables the generation of broadband BFC.The dynamics of broadband BFC generation changing with the pump power(EDF and Raman)and Brillouin pump(BP)wavelength are investigated in detail,respectively.Under suitable conditions,the bidirectional BRRFL proposed can produce a flatamplitude BFC with 40.7-nm bandwidth ranging from 1531 nm to 1571.7 nm,and built-in 242-order Brillouin Stokes lines(BSLs)with double Brillouin-frequency-shift spacing.Moreover,the linewidth of single BSL is experimentally measured to be about 2.5 kHz.The broadband bidirectional narrow-linewidth BRRFL has great potential applications in optical communication,optical sensing,spectral measurement,and so on.

Wavelength-interval switchable Brillouin–Raman random fiber laser through Brillouin pump manipulation

A wavelength-interval switchable Brillouin–Raman random fiber laser(BRRFL) based on Brillouin pump(BP) manipulation is proposed in this paper. The proposed wavelength-interval switchable BRRFL has a full-open cavity configuration, featuring multiwavelength output with wavelength interval of double Brillouin frequency shifts. Through simultaneously injecting the BP light and its first-order stimulated Brillouin-scattered light into the cavity, the laser output exhibits a wavelength interval of single Brillouin frequency shift. The wavelength-interval switching effect can be manipulated by controlling the power of the first-order stimulated Brillouin scattering light. The experimental results show the multiwavelength output can be switched between double Brillouin frequency shift multiwavelength emission with a broad bandwidth of approximately 60 nm and single Brillouin frequency shift multiwavelength emission of 44 nm. The flexible optically controlled random fiber laser with switchable wavelength interval makes it useful for a wide range of applications and holds significant potential in the field of wavelength-division multiplexing optical communication.

Full-color flexible laser displays based on random laser arrays

Flexible laser display is a critical component for an information output port in next-generation wearable devices.So far,the lack of appropriate display panels capable of providing sustained operation under rigorous mechanical conditions impedes the development of flexible laser displays with high reliability.Owing to the multiple scattering feedback mechanism,random lasers render high mechanical flexibility to withstand deformation,thus making them promising candidates for flexible display planes.However,the inability to obtain pixelated random laser arrays with highly ordered emissive geometries hinders the application of flexible laser displays in the wearable device.Here,for the first time,we demonstrate a mass fabrication strategy of full-color random laser arrays for flexible display panels.The feedback closed loops can be easily fulfilled in the pixels by multiple scatterings to generate durative random lasing.Due to the sustained operation of random laser,the display performance was well-maintained under mechanical deformations,and as a result,a flexible laser display panel was achieved.Our finding will provide a guidance for the development of flexible laser displays and laser illumination devices.

A corona modulation device structure and mechanism based on perovskite quantum dots random laser pumped using an electron beam

Although laser pumping using electron beam(EB)has high transient power output and easy modulation based on perovskite quantum dot(PQD)film,its lasing emitting direction is the same as the pumped EB's direction.Thus,realizing the conventional direct device structure through the film lasing mechanism is extremely difficult.Therefore,using the random lasing principle,herein,we proposed a corona modulation device structure based on PQDs random laser pumped using an EB.We discussed and stimulated the optimized designed method of the device in terms of parameters of the electronic optical device and the utilization ratio of output power and its modulation extinction ratio,respectively.According to the simulation results,this type of device structure can effectively satisfy the new random lasing mechanism in terms of high-speed and high-power modulation.

Band-gap-tailored random laser

A band-gap-tailored random laser with a wide tunable range and low threshold through infrared radiation is demonstrated. When fluorescent dyes are doped into the liquid crystal and heavily doped chiral agent system,we demonstrate a wavelength tuning random laser instead of a side-band laser, which is caused by the combined effect of multi-scattering of liquid crystal(LC) and band-gap control. Through rotating the infrared absorbing material on the side of the LC cell, an adjustable range for random lasing of 80 nm by infrared light irradiation was observed.

Nanoparticle mediated microcavity random laser

This paper reports a coherent random microcavity laser that consists of a disordered cladding(scattering) layer and a light-amplification core filled with dye solution. Cold cavity analysis indicates that the random resonance modes supported by the proposed cavity can be effectively excited. With introducing the gain material, random lasing by specific modes is observed to show typical features of coherent random lasers, such as spatially incoherent emission of random modes. By inserting a metal nanoparticle into the gain region, emission wavelength/intensity of the random lasers can be considerably tuned by changing the position of the inserted nanoparticle,opening up new avenues for controlling output of random lasers and sensing applications(e.g., small particleidentification, location, etc.).

Solid-state green-light-emitting upconversion coherent random laser in macroporous LiNbO_3:Er

A solid-state green-light-emitting upconversion coherent random laser was realized by pumping macroporous erbium-doped lithium niobate with a 980 nm laser. The lasing threshold was determined to be about 40 k W∕cm~2.Above the threshold, the emission intensity increased sharply with the increasing pump intensity. Moreover, a narrow multi-peaks structure was observed in the green-light-emission band, and the positions of lasing lines were various at different angles. The results were the direct evidences of coherent random lasing emission from macroporous erbium-doped lithium niobate. These phenomena were attributed to the coexistence of upconversion emission and a multiple scattering feedback mechanism.

Reverse mode switching of the random laser emission in dye doped liquid crystals under homogeneous and inhomogeneous electric fields

We report the observation of electric field induced random lasing in a dye doped liquid crystal system. This was achieved by using a liquid crystal host with negative dielectric anisotropy doped with laser dye PM 597 in a 75 μm cell with a homeotropic alignment layer. In the absence of an applied field, only amplified spontaneous emission was observed since the liquid crystal orientation was uniform. However, application of a field resulted in a fieldinduced planar-like configuration with local nonuniformity in liquid crystal orientation. This led to random lasing in the energized state(voltage greater than a transition threshold). The onset of lasing occurs by application of either a spatially homogenous or a spatially inhomogeneous electric field across the liquid crystal. The characteristics of the emission spectra as a function of different(i) dye concentration and(ii) applied voltage were investigated using nanosecond pulsed laser excitation at 532 nm. The effects of using an inhomogeneous field were compared to the use of a homogenous field and reported. It is shown that the spatial configuration can be used to alter the emission spectra of the system. The work is used to suggest a new configuration, referred to here as"reverse mode," for liquid crystal-based random lasers. This new configuration may provide additional avenues for their use in commercial devices.

Numerical study of threshold gain behavior for a THz random laser in a two-dimensional active disordered medium with a three-level atomic system

By numerically solving Maxwell's equations and rate equations in a two-dimensional (2D) active random media made of ruby grains with a three-level atomic system, the threshold gain behavior for a THz random laser is investigated. The spectral intensity variation with the pumping rate is calculated for both the transverse magnetic (TM) field and the transverse electric (TE) field. The computed results show that THz random lasing could occur in a 2D disordered medium for both the TM and TE cases. Further analysis reveals that the THz lasing threshold for TM fields is lower than that for TE fields.

A rapid classification method of aluminum alloy based on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and random forest algorithm

As an important non-ferrous metal structural material most used in industry and production,aluminum(Al) alloy shows its great value in the national economy and industrial manufacturing.How to classify Al alloy rapidly and accurately is a significant, popular and meaningful task.Classification methods based on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy(LIBS) have been reported in recent years. Although LIBS is an advanced detection technology, it is necessary to combine it with some algorithm to reach the goal of rapid and accurate classification. As an important machine learning method, the random forest(RF) algorithm plays a great role in pattern recognition and material classification. This paper introduces a rapid classification method of Al alloy based on LIBS and the RF algorithm. The results show that the best accuracy that can be reached using this method to classify Al alloy samples is 98.59%, the average of which is 98.45%. It also reveals through the relationship laws that the accuracy varies with the number of trees in the RF and the size of the training sample set in the RF. According to the laws, researchers can find out the optimized parameters in the RF algorithm in order to achieve,as expected, a good result. These results prove that LIBS with the RF algorithm can exactly classify Al alloy effectively, precisely and rapidly with high accuracy, which obviously has significant practical value.

CsPbX_(3)钙钛矿量子点玻璃放大自发辐射及微激光

综述了CsPbX_(3)钙钛矿纳米晶体尺寸、结构形貌及介孔包覆、玻璃包覆等因素对获取高质量激光输出、自发辐射、随机激光影响的研究现状。采用熔融技术与结晶法制备了CsPbX_(3)钙钛矿量子点玻璃,在420~714 nm全光谱范围内实现了可调谐的上转换发光。研究结果显示,具有高激子结合能的蓝光CsPbCl1.5Br1.5量子点玻璃更容易实现放大自发辐射。经440、470℃热处理后,绿光CsPbBr_(3)量子点玻璃在800 nm飞秒激光的激发下可实现全光谱可调谐放大自发辐射;经500、530℃热处理后,CsPbBr_(3)可实现随机激光。红光CsPb(BrI)_(3)量子点玻璃在590 nm处可实现随机激光。

Effect of Pump Area on Lasing Modes in Active Random Media

We investigate the effect of pump area on lasing modes in an active random medium. Considering the structure characteristics in a real experimental system, the random medium is divided into two regions, i.e. pump and non-pump areas. The dependence of lasing modes on the pump area is qualitatively explained by means of the model in which the lasing is ascribed to the interaction of the complex localized modes in the active random medium with local aperiodic quasi-structure with appropriate pump light. There exist different pump sizes for lasing with different modes. As the pump size decreases in this random system, the pump threshold of the lasing modes increases. There are different lasing modes in different excitation regions in this random system. This gives us some information about the dependence of lasing modes on pump areas in active random media.

基于随机调制实现光信道测量样本去相关分析

从大气光信道中可以提取两个合法通信方用来加密其传输的机密信息的公共密钥。首先,为了打破湍流引起的光学波动的相关时间对每秒提取的不相关光信道测量样本的数量限制,提出了为合法通信双方配备随机调制的方法,并针对其实现测量样本去相关性进行了理论分析;其次,利用OptiSystem软件仿真分析了大气光信道水平路径传输距离为1 km,中湍流,调制方式为幅度调制条件下,合法通信方在无调制、单调制、双调制三种不同调制的情况下对光信道测量样本自相关性的影响。针对单调制的情形,分析了不同大气光信道传输系数相干时间、伪随机码生成速率、传输距离和信噪比对光信道测量样本自相关性的影响。结果表明,对比无调制情况,在相同采样间隔内,观测到的光信道测量样本的测量数据变化次数增多;同时施加随机调制的发射光信号,在小于湍流引起的光学波动的相关时间的采样间隔下,观测到的光信道测量样本,在滞后100个样本的延迟时间后的自相关性,从无调制情况下的0.676降低到单调制情况下的0.083和双调制情况下的0.035。

Flexible electrically pumped random lasing from ZnO nanowires based on metal–insulator–semiconductor structure

Flexible electrically pumped random laser（RL） based on ZnO nanowires is demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge. The ZnO nanowires each with a length of 5 μm and an average diameter of 180 nm are synthesized on flexible substrate（ITO/PET） by a simple hydrothermal method. No obvious visible defect-related-emission band is observed in the photoluminescence（PL） spectrum, indicating that the ZnO nanowires grown on the flexible ITO/PET substrate have few defects. In order to achieve electrically pumped random lasing with a lower threshold, the metal–insulator–semiconductor（MIS） structure of Au/SiO2/ZnO on ITO/PET substrate is fabricated by low temperature process. With sufficient forward bias, the as-fabricated flexible device exhibits random lasing, and a low threshold current of ～ 11.5 m A and high luminous intensity are obtained from the ZnO-based random laser. It is believed that this work offers a case study for developing the flexible electrically pumped random lasing from ZnO nanowires.