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中国物理学会期刊

基于4F成像简并腔的时空低相干激光放大研究

Research on Spatiotemporal Low-Coherence Laser Amplification Based on a 4F Imaging Degenerate Cavity

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  • 惯性约束核聚变中,高相干光引发的激光等离子体不稳定性是制约聚变高增益放能的核心瓶颈,时空低相干激光被认为是抑制该效应的有效技术途径。本文基于4F成像简并腔的横模简并物理机制,结合随机复数屏法与激光放大动力学近似方程组,构建了时空低相干激光非线性放大传输与交叉谱密度演化的理论模型,可定量表征宽带多横模光场的增益与相干性演化规律。以此为基础,以4F简并腔钕玻璃激光器产生的时空低相干光为种子源,在多级棒状钕玻璃放大平台上系统开展了放大特性实验研究。实验首次实现了脉冲宽度6.92 ns的时空低相干激光高效放大,最高输出能量达52J,净增益为1.38×105;定量揭示了放大过程中的增益饱和与光谱窄化演化规律,光谱半高宽由3.86 nm窄化至1.77 nm,并明确了增益带宽滤波效应的贡献占比;研究证实,经多级高增益放大后激光仍保持初始的低空间相干特性,硬边衍射条纹对比度降至0.02,理论模拟结果与实验数据吻合良好。本研究为面向高增益激光聚变的新一代低相干激光驱动器设计提供了重要的实验依据与理论支撑。

     

    In inertial confinement fusion (ICF), laser-plasma instability (LPI) induced by highly coherent light is a core bottleneck restricting high-gain energy yield, and spatiotemporal low-coherence lasers are recognized as an effective technical approach to mitigate this effect. Based on the physical mechanism of transverse mode degeneracy in a 4F imaging degenerate cavity, combined with the random complex screen method and approximate laser amplification dynamics equations, this paper constructs a theoretical model governing the nonlinear amplification propagation of spatiotemporal low-coherence lasers and the evolution of cross-spectral density, which can quantitatively characterize the gain and coherence evolution laws of broadband multi-transverse-mode optical fields. On this basis, utilizing the spatiotemporal low-coherence light generated by a 4F degenerate cavity Nd:glass laser as the seed source, experimental investigations on the amplification characteristics are systematically conducted on a multi-stage rod Nd:glass amplification platform. The efficient amplification of a spatiotemporal low-coherence laser with a pulse width of 6.92 ns is successfully demonstrated for the first time, achieving a maximum output energy of 52J and a net gain of 1.38×105. Furthermore, the evolution laws of gain saturation and spectral narrowing during the amplification process are quantitatively revealed, with the spectral full width at half maximum (FWHM) narrowed from 3.86 nm to 1.77 nm, and the contribution proportion of the gain-bandwidth filtering effect is explicitly identified. The results confirm that the laser beam well preserves its initial low spatial coherence characteristics even after multi-stage high-gain amplification, as evidenced by the hard-edge diffraction fringe contrast dropping to 0.02, showing excellent agreement between the theoretical simulations and experimental data. This study provides a significant experimental foundation and critical theoretical support for the design of next-generation low-coherence laser drivers targeted at high-gain laser fusion.

     

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