Using time-dependent multilevel approach （TDML）, this paper studies the dynamics of coherent control of Rydberg lithium atoms and demonstrates that Rydberg lithium atoms can be transferred to states of higher princi...Using time-dependent multilevel approach （TDML）, this paper studies the dynamics of coherent control of Rydberg lithium atoms and demonstrates that Rydberg lithium atoms can be transferred to states of higher principal quantum number by exposing them to specially designed frequency-chirped laser pulses. The population transfer from n=70 to n=75 states of lithium atoms with efficiency more than 90% is achieved by means of the sequential adiabatic rapid passages. The results agree well with the experimental ones and show that the coherent control of the population transfer from the lower n to the higher n states can be accomplished by the optimization of the chirping parameters and the intensity of laser field.展开更多
Combined with the fluorescence labeling technique, two-photon microscopy excited with femtosecond pulse laser has become an important tool for neuroscience research. In this research, the calcium signals from neurons ...Combined with the fluorescence labeling technique, two-photon microscopy excited with femtosecond pulse laser has become an important tool for neuroscience research. In this research, the calcium signals from neurons in rat cortex slice were monitored by a custom-built two-photon microscopy, and the spontaneous calcium signals and the pharmacological responses as well as the responses to femtosecond pulse laser stimulation were recorded. The results showed that the amplitude of the cal-cium signals increased in direct proportion to the corresponding electrical activities. Glutamate induced a calcium transient, but continuous application resulted in smaller response. Simultaneous monitoring of neuronal populations distinguished the neurons of different microcircuits. The femtosecond pulse laser induced local or global calcium signals in the pyramidal neurons. The approach of interrogation and control of neural activities using femtosecond pulse laser is non-contact, nondestructive, repeatable, and without any additional substrates, which will contribute to the development of neuroscience.展开更多
In continuous wave CO2 laser-TlG hybrid welding process, the laser energy is not fully utilized because of the absorption and defocusing by plasma in the arc space. Therefore, the optimal welding result can only be ac...In continuous wave CO2 laser-TlG hybrid welding process, the laser energy is not fully utilized because of the absorption and defocusing by plasma in the arc space. Therefore, the optimal welding result can only be achieved in a limited energy range. In order to improve the welding performance further, a novel hybrid welding method--pulse CO2 laser-TIG arc hybrid welding by coordinated control is proposed and investigated. The experimental results indicate that, compared with continuous wave CO2 laser-TIG hybrid welding, the absorption and defocusing of laser energy by plasma are decreased further, and at the same time, the availability ratio of laser and arc energy can be increased when a coordinated frequency is controlled. As a result, the weld appearance is also improved as well as the weld depth is deepened. Furthermore, the effect of frequency and phase of pulse laser and TIG arc on the arc images and welding characteristics is also studied. However, the novel hybrid method has great potentials in the application of industrials from views of techniques and economy.展开更多
We explores Hamiltonian reduction in pulse-controlled finite-dimensional quantum systems with near-degenerate eigenstates. A quantum system with a non-degenerate ground state and several near-degenerate excited states...We explores Hamiltonian reduction in pulse-controlled finite-dimensional quantum systems with near-degenerate eigenstates. A quantum system with a non-degenerate ground state and several near-degenerate excited states is controlled by a short pulse, and the objective is to maximize the collective population on all excited states when we treat all of them as one level. Two cases of the systems are shown to be equivalent to effective two-level systems. When the pulse is weak, simple relations between the original systems and the reduced systems are obtained. When the pulse is strong, these relations are still available for pulses with only one frequency under the first-order approximation.展开更多
High-power ultrafast laser amplification based on a non-polarization maintaining fiber chirped pulse amplifier is demonstrated.The active polarization control technology based on the root-mean-square propagation(RMS-p...High-power ultrafast laser amplification based on a non-polarization maintaining fiber chirped pulse amplifier is demonstrated.The active polarization control technology based on the root-mean-square propagation(RMS-prop)algorithm is employed to guarantee a linearly polarized output from the system.A maximum output power of 402.3 W at a repetition rate of 80 MHz is realized with a polarization extinction ratio(PER)of>11.4 dB.In addition,the reliable operation of the system is verified by examining the stability and noise properties of the amplified laser.The M2factor of the laser beam at the highest output power is measured to be less than 1.15,indicating a diffraction-limited beam quality.Finally,the amplified laser pulse is temporally compressed to 755 fs with a highest average power of 273.8 W.This is the first time,to the best of our knowledge,that the active polarization control technology was introduced into the high-power ultrafast fiber amplifier.展开更多
An optimal feedback control of two-photon fluorescence in the ethanol solution of 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl- 6-p-dimethyl-aminostryryl-4H-pyran （DCM） using pulse-shaping technique based on genetic algorithm is dem...An optimal feedback control of two-photon fluorescence in the ethanol solution of 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl- 6-p-dimethyl-aminostryryl-4H-pyran （DCM） using pulse-shaping technique based on genetic algorithm is demon- strated experimentally. The two-photon fluorescence of the DCM ethanol solution is enhanced in intensity of about 23%. The second harmonic generation frequency-resolved optical gating （SHG-FROG） trace indicates that the effective population transfer arises from the positively chirped pulse. The experimental results appear the potential applications of coherent control to the complicated molecular system.展开更多
A new strategy for the facile synthesis of very stable and mono-dispersed silver （Ag） quantum dots （QDs） is developed by laser fragmentation of bulk Ag in water using polysorbate 80 as a dispersing and stabilizing...A new strategy for the facile synthesis of very stable and mono-dispersed silver （Ag） quantum dots （QDs） is developed by laser fragmentation of bulk Ag in water using polysorbate 80 as a dispersing and stabilizing agent. The surfactant plays an important role in the formation of size-controlled Ag nano-structures. The Ag QDs have excellent photo-stability of ,-500 h and enhanced photoluminescence （PL） at 510 nm. This has significant implications for selective and ultrasensitive PL probes. Based on laser fragmentation in the biocompatible surfactant solution, our results have opened up a novel paradigm to obtain stable metal QDs directly from bulk targets. This is a breakthrough in the toxicity problems that arise from standard chemical fabrication.展开更多
During femtosecond laser fabrication,photons are mainly absorbed by electrons,and the subsequent energy transfer from electrons to ions is of picosecond order.Hence,lattice motion is negligible within the femtosecond ...During femtosecond laser fabrication,photons are mainly absorbed by electrons,and the subsequent energy transfer from electrons to ions is of picosecond order.Hence,lattice motion is negligible within the femtosecond pulse duration,whereas femtosecond photon-electron interactions dominate the entire fabrication process.Therefore,femtosecond laser fabrication must be improved by controlling localized transient electron dynamics,which poses a challenge for measuring and controlling at the electron level during fabrication processes.Pump-probe spectroscopy presents a viable solution,which can be used to observe electron dynamics during a chemical reaction.In fact,femtosecond pulse durations are shorter than many physical/chemical characteristic times,which permits manipulating,adjusting,or interfering with electron dynamics.Hence,we proposed to control localized transient electron dynamics by temporally or spatially shaping femtosecond pulses,and further to modify localized transient materials properties,and then to adjust material phase change,and eventually to implement a novel fabrication method.This review covers our progresses over the past decade regarding electrons dynamics control(EDC)by shaping femtosecond laser pulses in micro/nanomanufacturing:(1)Theoretical models were developed to prove EDC feasibility and reveal its mechanisms;(2)on the basis of the theoretical predictions,many experiments are conducted to validate our EDC-based femtosecond laser fabrication method.Seven examples are reported,which proves that the proposed method can significantly improve fabrication precision,quality,throughput and repeatability and effectively control micro/nanoscale structures;(3)a multiscale measurement system was proposed and developed to study the fundamentals of EDC from the femtosecond scale to the nanosecond scale and to the millisecond scale;and(4)As an example of practical applications,our method was employed to fabricate some key structures in one of the 16 Chinese National S&T Major Projects,for which electron dynamics were measured using our multiscale measurement system.展开更多
We demonstrate the suppression of soft X-ray high harmonics generated by two-color laser pulses interacting with Ne gas in a gas cell. We show that harmonic suppression can occur at the proper combination of the propa...We demonstrate the suppression of soft X-ray high harmonics generated by two-color laser pulses interacting with Ne gas in a gas cell. We show that harmonic suppression can occur at the proper combination of the propagation distance and gas pressure. The physical mechanism behind is the phase mismatch between ＂short＂-trajectory harmonics generated at the early and later times through the interplay of geo- metric phase, dispersion, and plasma effects. In addition, we demonstrate that the position and depth of harmonic suppression can be tuned by increasing the gas pressure. Furthermore, the suppression can be extended to other laser focusing configurations by properly scaling macroscopic parameters. Our investigation reveals a simple controlling soft X-ray Laser Press and novel experimental scheme purely relying on the phase mismatch for selectively tabletop light sources without adopting the filters for applications.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.10774039)the Basic Research Program of Education Bureau of Henan Province of China(Grant No.072300410130)
文摘Using time-dependent multilevel approach （TDML）, this paper studies the dynamics of coherent control of Rydberg lithium atoms and demonstrates that Rydberg lithium atoms can be transferred to states of higher principal quantum number by exposing them to specially designed frequency-chirped laser pulses. The population transfer from n=70 to n=75 states of lithium atoms with efficiency more than 90% is achieved by means of the sequential adiabatic rapid passages. The results agree well with the experimental ones and show that the coherent control of the population transfer from the lower n to the higher n states can be accomplished by the optimization of the chirping parameters and the intensity of laser field.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90508003 and 30700215)
文摘Combined with the fluorescence labeling technique, two-photon microscopy excited with femtosecond pulse laser has become an important tool for neuroscience research. In this research, the calcium signals from neurons in rat cortex slice were monitored by a custom-built two-photon microscopy, and the spontaneous calcium signals and the pharmacological responses as well as the responses to femtosecond pulse laser stimulation were recorded. The results showed that the amplitude of the cal-cium signals increased in direct proportion to the corresponding electrical activities. Glutamate induced a calcium transient, but continuous application resulted in smaller response. Simultaneous monitoring of neuronal populations distinguished the neurons of different microcircuits. The femtosecond pulse laser induced local or global calcium signals in the pyramidal neurons. The approach of interrogation and control of neural activities using femtosecond pulse laser is non-contact, nondestructive, repeatable, and without any additional substrates, which will contribute to the development of neuroscience.
文摘In continuous wave CO2 laser-TlG hybrid welding process, the laser energy is not fully utilized because of the absorption and defocusing by plasma in the arc space. Therefore, the optimal welding result can only be achieved in a limited energy range. In order to improve the welding performance further, a novel hybrid welding method--pulse CO2 laser-TIG arc hybrid welding by coordinated control is proposed and investigated. The experimental results indicate that, compared with continuous wave CO2 laser-TIG hybrid welding, the absorption and defocusing of laser energy by plasma are decreased further, and at the same time, the availability ratio of laser and arc energy can be increased when a coordinated frequency is controlled. As a result, the weld appearance is also improved as well as the weld depth is deepened. Furthermore, the effect of frequency and phase of pulse laser and TIG arc on the arc images and welding characteristics is also studied. However, the novel hybrid method has great potentials in the application of industrials from views of techniques and economy.
基金ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No.61074052 and No.61072032）. Herschel Rabitz acknowledges the support from Army Research Office （ARO）.
文摘We explores Hamiltonian reduction in pulse-controlled finite-dimensional quantum systems with near-degenerate eigenstates. A quantum system with a non-degenerate ground state and several near-degenerate excited states is controlled by a short pulse, and the objective is to maximize the collective population on all excited states when we treat all of them as one level. Two cases of the systems are shown to be equivalent to effective two-level systems. When the pulse is weak, simple relations between the original systems and the reduced systems are obtained. When the pulse is strong, these relations are still available for pulses with only one frequency under the first-order approximation.
基金supported by the Director Fund of State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology(No.SKL2020ZR02)the Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation Project of Hunan Province(No.QL20220007)。
文摘High-power ultrafast laser amplification based on a non-polarization maintaining fiber chirped pulse amplifier is demonstrated.The active polarization control technology based on the root-mean-square propagation(RMS-prop)algorithm is employed to guarantee a linearly polarized output from the system.A maximum output power of 402.3 W at a repetition rate of 80 MHz is realized with a polarization extinction ratio(PER)of>11.4 dB.In addition,the reliable operation of the system is verified by examining the stability and noise properties of the amplified laser.The M2factor of the laser beam at the highest output power is measured to be less than 1.15,indicating a diffraction-limited beam quality.Finally,the amplified laser pulse is temporally compressed to 755 fs with a highest average power of 273.8 W.This is the first time,to the best of our knowledge,that the active polarization control technology was introduced into the high-power ultrafast fiber amplifier.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 10234030 and 10374030, the National Key Project for Basic Research of China under Grant No 1999075204, the Programme for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of China （NCET-04-0420）, the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee （No 036105019）, and the Twilight Project Sponsored by the Shanghai Education Committee （No 03SG23）.
文摘An optimal feedback control of two-photon fluorescence in the ethanol solution of 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl- 6-p-dimethyl-aminostryryl-4H-pyran （DCM） using pulse-shaping technique based on genetic algorithm is demon- strated experimentally. The two-photon fluorescence of the DCM ethanol solution is enhanced in intensity of about 23%. The second harmonic generation frequency-resolved optical gating （SHG-FROG） trace indicates that the effective population transfer arises from the positively chirped pulse. The experimental results appear the potential applications of coherent control to the complicated molecular system.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11575102,11105085,11275116,and 11375108)the Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University,China(Grant No.2015JC007)
文摘A new strategy for the facile synthesis of very stable and mono-dispersed silver （Ag） quantum dots （QDs） is developed by laser fragmentation of bulk Ag in water using polysorbate 80 as a dispersing and stabilizing agent. The surfactant plays an important role in the formation of size-controlled Ag nano-structures. The Ag QDs have excellent photo-stability of ,-500 h and enhanced photoluminescence （PL） at 510 nm. This has significant implications for selective and ultrasensitive PL probes. Based on laser fragmentation in the biocompatible surfactant solution, our results have opened up a novel paradigm to obtain stable metal QDs directly from bulk targets. This is a breakthrough in the toxicity problems that arise from standard chemical fabrication.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant Nos.90923039,91323301,50705009,51105037,51322511 and 51025521)National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(Grant No.2011CB013000)+4 种基金the 863 Project of China under Grant No.2008AA03Z301the Cultivation Fund of the Key Scientific and Technical Innovation Project,Ministry of Education of China(No.708018)the 111 Project of China(Grant No.B08043)Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative(MURI)program of USA under Grant No.N00014-05-1-0432National Science Foundation of USA under Grant No.0423233.
文摘During femtosecond laser fabrication,photons are mainly absorbed by electrons,and the subsequent energy transfer from electrons to ions is of picosecond order.Hence,lattice motion is negligible within the femtosecond pulse duration,whereas femtosecond photon-electron interactions dominate the entire fabrication process.Therefore,femtosecond laser fabrication must be improved by controlling localized transient electron dynamics,which poses a challenge for measuring and controlling at the electron level during fabrication processes.Pump-probe spectroscopy presents a viable solution,which can be used to observe electron dynamics during a chemical reaction.In fact,femtosecond pulse durations are shorter than many physical/chemical characteristic times,which permits manipulating,adjusting,or interfering with electron dynamics.Hence,we proposed to control localized transient electron dynamics by temporally or spatially shaping femtosecond pulses,and further to modify localized transient materials properties,and then to adjust material phase change,and eventually to implement a novel fabrication method.This review covers our progresses over the past decade regarding electrons dynamics control(EDC)by shaping femtosecond laser pulses in micro/nanomanufacturing:(1)Theoretical models were developed to prove EDC feasibility and reveal its mechanisms;(2)on the basis of the theoretical predictions,many experiments are conducted to validate our EDC-based femtosecond laser fabrication method.Seven examples are reported,which proves that the proposed method can significantly improve fabrication precision,quality,throughput and repeatability and effectively control micro/nanoscale structures;(3)a multiscale measurement system was proposed and developed to study the fundamentals of EDC from the femtosecond scale to the nanosecond scale and to the millisecond scale;and(4)As an example of practical applications,our method was employed to fabricate some key structures in one of the 16 Chinese National S&T Major Projects,for which electron dynamics were measured using our multiscale measurement system.
基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(30916011207)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(11774175)+1 种基金U.S. Department of Energy(DOE)(DE-FG02-86ER13491)Air Force Office of Scientific Research(AFOSR)(FA9550-14-1-0255)
文摘We demonstrate the suppression of soft X-ray high harmonics generated by two-color laser pulses interacting with Ne gas in a gas cell. We show that harmonic suppression can occur at the proper combination of the propagation distance and gas pressure. The physical mechanism behind is the phase mismatch between ＂short＂-trajectory harmonics generated at the early and later times through the interplay of geo- metric phase, dispersion, and plasma effects. In addition, we demonstrate that the position and depth of harmonic suppression can be tuned by increasing the gas pressure. Furthermore, the suppression can be extended to other laser focusing configurations by properly scaling macroscopic parameters. Our investigation reveals a simple controlling soft X-ray Laser Press and novel experimental scheme purely relying on the phase mismatch for selectively tabletop light sources without adopting the filters for applications.
