Formation of nanostructured carbon coatings by laser dispersion of the target based on a polymer and metal formats

The study considers a complex technique for developing nanostructured carbon coatings, which consists in the deposition of a sublayer based on polymer and metal formates, subsequent heat treatment, and further deposition of carbon layers from the plasma of a pulsed cathode-arc discharge

Definitive observation of the dark triplet ground state of charged excitons in high magnetic fields

The ground state of negatively charged excitons (trions) in high magnetic fields is shown to be a dark triplet state, confirming long-standing theoretical predictions. Photoluminescence (PL), reflection, and PL excitation spectroscopy of CdTe quantum wells reveal that the dark triplet trion has lower energy than the singlet trion above 24 Tesla. The singlet-triplet crossover is "hidden" (i.e., the spectral lines themselves do not cross due to different Zeeman energies), but is confirmed by temperature-dependent PL above and below 24 T. The data also show two bright triplet states.Comment: 4 figure

Stability of the platinum electrode during high temperature annealing

The modifications of the structure, electrical resistivity and surface morphology of platinum thin films on Pt/Ti/Si and Pt/TiO2/boron-phosphor-silicate glass/Si structures resulted from high-temperature annealing in the presence of oxygen were studied. It was established that regardless of the sublayers used while annealing caused platinum to recrystallize and texturize in the direction [111], and the texture is suppressed in the directions [200] and [220]. The annealing caused the drop of the volume resistivity of thin films from 0.2 to ca. 0.15 μOhm×m, and practically shown no dependence on the film thickness in case it exceeded 200 nm. As a result of recrystallization Pt films became unsmooth at low annealing temperatures and as the temperature increased hillocks were formed on the film surface. Relaxation of the compressive stress in the Pt film, facilitating the reduction of its free energy and modification of the lattice parameter towards the equilibrium value, is known to be the major hillock formation mechanism. The level of intrinsic stress in the film and the annealing temperature both determine the initial hillock formation. The final hillock height, density, and size are related to the Pt layer thickness, sublayer structure, and to the annealing time and temperature. Optimization of the sublayer structure and annealing modes makes it possible to increase the annealing temperature to ca. 780°С without causing any substantial damages to Pt microrelief. That enables us to use these structures as the bottom electrode in ferroelectric memory cells

Регенеративный усилитель чирпированных фемтосекундных импульсов на основе кристалла Yb:CALYO для спектроскопии возбуждения-зондирования с высоким временным разрешением

Diode-pumped femtosecond chirped pulse regenerative amplifiers based on Yb3+-materials are of practical importance for wide range of scientific, industrial and biomedical applications. The aim of this work was to study the amplification of broadband chirped femtosecond pulses in regenerative amplifier based on Yb3+:CaYAlO4 crystal.Such systems use femtosecond mode-locked lasers as seed pulse sources and amplify nJ-seed pulses to sub-mJ energy range. Most chirped pulse regenerative amplifier systems described in the literature use seed lasers with typical pulse spectral width at the level of 10–15 nm full width at half maximum (FWHM) that limit the seed pulse duration of about 90 fs and amplified pulse duration at the level of 200 fs due to strong influence of gain narrowing effect on the amplified pulse parameters. Yb3+-doped crystals with wide and smooth gain bandwidth as an active medium of chirped femtosecond pulse regenerative amplification systems allow to reduce negative contribution of gain narrowing effect and lead to shortening of amplified pulses. In this research we study the chirped pulse regenerative amplification of broad-band femtosecond pulses (60 nm spectral width FWHM) in the Yb3+:CaYAlO -based chirped pulse regenerative amplifier. Substantial reduction of the amplified pulse duration down to 120 fs (19.4 nm spectral width FWHM) with average power of 3 W at 200 kHz pulse repetition frequency was demonstrated without any gain narrowing compensation technique.The results of experimental investigation of broad-band seeded Yb3+:CaYAlO -based chirped pulse regenerative amplifier are reported for the first time to our knowledge. 120 fs-pulses (19.4 nm FWHM) with average output power of 3 W were demonstrated without any gain narrowing compensation technique. Despite the significant reduction of amplified pulse duration the task of improvement group velocity dispersion balance (including high orders of group velocity dispersion) remains relevant.Регенеративные усилители чирпированных фемтосекундных импульсов на основе материалов с ионами Yb3+ с диодной накачкой нашли широкое применение в различных отраслях науки, производства и медицины. Целью данной работы являлось исследование режима регенеративного усиления широкополосных чирпированных фемтосекундных импульсов в усилителе на основе кристалла Yb3+:CaYAlO . Используя в качестве задающего генератора лазер с пассивной синхронизацией мод, данные системы усиливают импульсы наноджоулевого диапазона энергий до субмилиджоулевого уровня благодаря методике усиления чирпированных импульсов. Большинство описанных в литературе систем усиления используют задающие генераторы, обеспечивающие фемтосекундные импульсы со спектральной полушириной в диапазоне 10–15 нм, что ограничивает минимальную длительность задающих импульсов на уровне 90 фс. В процессе регенеративного усиления длительность усиленных импульсов увеличивается до значений около 200 фс, что связано с сильным негативным влиянием эффекта сужения спектра импульса под воздействием полосы усиления активной среды усилителя. Применение кристаллов, имеющих широкие и гладкие полосы усиления в качестве активных сред систем усиления чирпированных фемтосекундных импульсов широкого спектрального диапазона, позволяет снизить негативный вклад эффекта сужения спектра импульса и приводит к сокращению длительности усиленных импульсов. В работе впервые представлены результаты исследования режима регенеративного усиления широкополосных чирпированных фемтосекундных импульсов в усилителе на основе кристалла Yb3+:CaYAlO . Получены импульсы длительностью 120 фс (спектральная полуширина 19,4 нм) со средней выходной мощностью системы усиления 3 Вт без применения методик компенсации эффекта сужения спектра усиливаемого импульса

Регенеративный усилитель чирпированных импульсов на кристалле Yb3+:LuAlO3 с усилением отдельных спектральных компонент для применений в терагерцовой области спектра

Compact diode-pumped chirped pulse regenerative amplifier systems with pulse repetition rate of hundreds kilohertz based on Yb3+-doped crystals are of practical importance for wide range of applications such as materials processing, medicine, scientific research, etc. The aim of this work was to study the Yb3+:LuAlO crystal based dual wavelength chirped pulse regenerative amplifier.Perovskite-like aluminate crystals have unique spectroscopic properties that allowed to use amplifier active element gain spectrum as an amplitude filter for amplified pulse spectrum and even obtained dual wavelength amplification without any additional components.In our work a simple way to obtain dual-wavelength operation of chirped pulse regenerative amplifier by using the active medium gain spectrum as an amplitude filter for the formation of the amplified pulses spectrum demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge. Maximum output power of 5.4 W of chirped pulses (3.8 W after compression) and optical-to-optical efficiency of 22.5 % have been obtained for Yb:LuAP E//b-polarization at 200 kHz repetition rate. Compressed amplified pulse duration was about 708 fs while separate spectral components durations were 643 fs and 536 fs at 1018.3 nm and 1041.1 nm central wavelengths, respectively. Performed investigations show high potential of Yb3+:LuAP crystals as active elements of compact diode pumped chirped pulse regenerative amplifiersКомпактные регенеративные усилители чирпированных импульсов с диодной накачкой, обеспечивающие частоту повторения усиленных импульсов в сотни килогерц, построенные на материалах, легированных ионами Yb3+, представляют практический интерес для широкого ряда научных, промышленных и биомедицинских применений. Целью данной работы являлось исследование регенеративного усилителя на кристалле Yb3+:LuAlO3 с усилением отдельных спектральных компонент импульсов задающего лазера.Кристаллы алюминатов со структурой перовскита обладают уникальными спектроскопическими свойствами, что позволяет использовать спектр усиления активной среды регенеративного усилителя в качестве амплитудного фильтра и усиливать отдельные участки спектра импульсов задающего лазера без каких-либо дополнительных оптических компонентов.В данной работе впервые исследован простой подход, позволяющий использовать спектр усиления активной среды регенеративного усилителя как амплитудный фильтр для формирования спектра усиленного импульса в виде спектра состоящего из отдельных полос. Максимальная средняя выходная мощность 5,4 Вт (3,8 Вт после компрессора) с оптической эффективностью 22,5 % получена для поляризации излучения параллельной оси b кристалла Yb:LuAP при частоте следования импульсов 200 кГц. Длительность сжатых импульсов составила 708 фс при учете влияния всех спектральных компонент, и 643 фс и 536 фс отдельно для спектральных компонент с центральными длинами волн 1018,3 нм и 1041,1 нм. Проведённые исследования показывают высокий потенциал использования кристалла Yb3+:LuAP в качестве активного элемента компактных регенеративных усилителей чирпированных импульсов с диодной накачкой

НА ОСНОВЕ КРИСТАЛЛА Yb3+:KGd(WO4)2 С ДИОДНОЙ НАКАЧКОЙ

The regenerative amplification system of femtosecond laser pulses, delivering a laser pulses with peak power more then 1 GW and duration <330 fs at repetition rates 1–10 kHz is presented. This system is applicable in pump-probe spectroscopy with high temporal resolution, as well as for pumping of optical parametric oscillators for generation of infrared femtosecond pulses.Представлена система регенеративного усиления фемтосекундных лазерных импульсов, позволяющая получать лазерные импульсы с пиковой мощностью >1 ГВт и длительностью около 330 фс при частоте следования 1–10 кГц. Данная система предназначена для использования в спектроскопии методом возбуждения-зондирования с высоким временным разрешением, а также других приложениях, требующих высокой пиковой мощности и частоты повторения импульсов, в частности для накачки оптических параметрических генераторов света с целью получения фемтосекундных импульсов в ИКобласти спектра

High efficient 12W diode-pumped actively Q-switched YB:KGD(WO4)2 laser

Compact diode-pumped actively Q-switched Yb:KGW laser is demonstrated with optical-to-optical efficiency of 50%. In a Z-shaped laser cavity configuration output power of 12.2 W with repetition rate up to 50 kHz and pulse duration of 10-24 ns was obtained. The maximum pulse peak power of 70 kW was achieved. The laser output beam profile was Gaussian up to maximum pump powers with M2 factor lower than 1.2

High efficient 12W diode-pumped actively Q-switched YB:KGD(WO4)2 laser

Compact diode-pumped actively Q-switched Yb:KGW laser is demonstrated with optical-to-optical efficiency of 50%. In a Z-shaped laser cavity configuration output power of 12.2 W with repetition rate up to 50 kHz and pulse duration of 10-24 ns was obtained. The maximum pulse peak power of 70 kW was achieved. The laser output beam profile was Gaussian up to maximum pump powers with M2 factor lower than 1.2

DIODE PUMPED YB3+:KGD(WO4)2 REGENERATIVE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM OF FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES

The regenerative amplification system of femtosecond laser pulses, delivering a laser pulses with peak power more then 1 GW and duration <330 fs at repetition rates 1–10 kHz is presented. This system is applicable in pump-probe spectroscopy with high temporal resolution, as well as for pumping of optical parametric oscillators for generation of infrared femtosecond pulses

Yb:CALYO-based femtosecond chirped pulse regenerative amplifier for temporally resolved pump-probe spectroscopy

Diode-pumped femtosecond chirped pulse regenerative amplifiers based on Yb3+-materials are of practical importance for wide range of scientific, industrial and biomedical applications. The aim of this work was to study the amplification of broadband chirped femtosecond pulses in regenerative amplifier based on Yb3+:CaYAlO4 crystal.Such systems use femtosecond mode-locked lasers as seed pulse sources and amplify nJ-seed pulses to sub-mJ energy range. Most chirped pulse regenerative amplifier systems described in the literature use seed lasers with typical pulse spectral width at the level of 10–15 nm full width at half maximum (FWHM) that limit the seed pulse duration of about 90 fs and amplified pulse duration at the level of 200 fs due to strong influence of gain narrowing effect on the amplified pulse parameters. Yb3+-doped crystals with wide and smooth gain bandwidth as an active medium of chirped femtosecond pulse regenerative amplification systems allow to reduce negative contribution of gain narrowing effect and lead to shortening of amplified pulses. In this research we study the chirped pulse regenerative amplification of broad-band femtosecond pulses (60 nm spectral width FWHM) in the Yb3+:CaYAlO -based chirped pulse regenerative amplifier. Substantial reduction of the amplified pulse duration down to 120 fs (19.4 nm spectral width FWHM) with average power of 3 W at 200 kHz pulse repetition frequency was demonstrated without any gain narrowing compensation technique.The results of experimental investigation of broad-band seeded Yb3+:CaYAlO -based chirped pulse regenerative amplifier are reported for the first time to our knowledge. 120 fs-pulses (19.4 nm FWHM) with average output power of 3 W were demonstrated without any gain narrowing compensation technique. Despite the significant reduction of amplified pulse duration the task of improvement group velocity dispersion balance (including high orders of group velocity dispersion) remains relevant