High-efficiency contact grating fabricated on the basis of a Fabry-Perot type resonator for terahertz wave generation

Yoshida, Fumiko; Nagashima, Keisuke; Tsubouchi, Masaaki; Ochi, Yoshihiro; Maruyama, Momoko; Sugiyama, Akira

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 55(1), p.012201_1 - 012201_5, 2016/01

https://doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.55.012201

Contact grating device with Fabry-Perot resonator for effective terahertz light generation

Tsubouchi, Masaaki; Nagashima, Keisuke; Yoshida, Fumiko; Ochi, Yoshihiro; Maruyama, Momoko

Optics Letters, 39(18), p.5439 - 5442, 2014/09

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.005439

A novel design for a contact grating device with an incorporated Fabry-Perot resonator is proposed for high-power terahertz light (THz) generation. We deposited a multilayer consisting of TaO and AlO on a magnesium-doped stoichiometric LiNbO substrate and fabricated grating grooves on the outermost layer. The multilayer was designed such that conditions for a Fabry-Perot resonator were satisfied for light diffracted by the grating. Consequently, the fraction of light transmitted into the LiNbO substrate, i.e., the diffraction efficiency, was enhanced by the resonator. The diffraction efficiency of the fabricated device was 71%, which is close to the calculated value of 78% from the optimized design. THz light generation was also demonstrated with the contact grating device. The THz output of 0.41 microJ was obtained using NIR pump light of 2.7 mJ.

Development of LBB assessment method for Japan Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor (JSFR) pipes, 4; Verification of crack opening displacement assessment method for thin wall pipes made of Mod.9Cr-1Mo steel

Wakai, Takashi; Machida, Hideo*; Yoshida, Shinji*; Kawashima, Fumiko*; Kikuchi, Koichi*; Xu, Y.*; Tsukimori, Kazuyuki

Proceedings of 2011 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (PVP 2011) (CD-ROM), 10 Pages, 2011/07

This paper describes the improved COD assessment method and verifies the validity of the method based on the results of a series of four-point bending tests at elevated temperature using thin wall modified 9Cr-1Mo steel pipe containing a circumferential through wall crack. As a result, COD values calculated by the proposed method were in a good agreement with the experimental results for the uniform pipe without weld. In the case that the crack was machined at weld metal or heat affected zone (HAZ), proposed method predicted relatively larger COD than the experimental results. The causes of such discrepancies were discussed comparing with the results of finite element analyses. Based on these examinations, the rational leak rate evaluation method in LBB assessment was proposed.

Development of high temporal and spatial quality, high intensity laser system

Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; Ochi, Yoshihiro; Mori, Michiaki; Tanaka, Momoko; Okada, Hajime; Kosuge, Atsushi; Yoshida, Fumiko; Shimomura, Takuya; Sasao, Hajime; Nakai, Yoshiki*; et al.

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We describe two specific high intensity laser systems that are being developed in our laboratory for many applications such as high field science and nonlinear optics. We report on an ultra-high intensity petawatt-class Ti:sapphire chirped-pulse amplification laser system that can produce a pulse energy of 18 J with 30 fs pulse duration for studying extremely high intensity laser matter interaction process and a small-scaled Yb:YAG chirped-pulse amplification laser system that can generate a pulse energy of 100 m J of 500 fs pulse duration for compact, high efficiency, high repetition system. We discuss the basic design aspects and present the results from our experimental investigations of these laser systems.

Development of a new scheme of isotope selection using cascade excitation in molecules toward the separation of radioactive waste

Yoshida, Fumiko

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no abstracts in English

Displacement of rotational-state distribution in diatomic molecules with a train of femtosecond laser pulses

Yoshida, Fumiko; Kasajima, Tatsuya*; Matsuoka, Leo; Yokoyama, Keiichi

no journal, , 

Development of intense THz light source, 2; Generation of THz light

Tsubouchi, Masaaki; Ochi, Yoshihiro; Tanaka, Momoko; Yoshida, Fumiko; Nagashima, Keisuke

no journal, , 

We have developed high repetition (1 kHz) intense THz laser light source for the molecular axis control by non-linear interaction between intense THz light and molecules.

Generation of high power THz light for control of molecular rotation

Tsubouchi, Masaaki; Ochi, Yoshihiro; Tanaka, Momoko; Yoshida, Fumiko; Nagashima, Keisuke

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We are developing intense THz light source to realize control of molecular axis orientation in space. From the theoretical studies by Hebling and co-workers, it has been known that the desirable excitation NIR pulse for the THz light generation process in the Mg-sLiNbO crystal should have the pulse width of 400 fs - 1 ps, and the tilted pulse front by 63 degree. To generate such NIR light, the Yb:YAG based amplifier system is one of the good candidates. By using this system, we are trying to generate the intense THz light with the high repetition rate (1 kHz).

Development of intense THz laser light for control of molecules

Tsubouchi, Masaaki; Ochi, Yoshihiro; Tanaka, Momoko; Yoshida, Fumiko; Nagashima, Keisuke

no journal, , 

We are developing intense THz light source to realize control of molecular axis orientation in space. From the theoretical studies by Hebling and co-workers, it has been known that the desirable excitation NIR pulse for the THz light generation process in the Mg-sLiNbO crystal should have the pulse width of 400 fs 1 ps, and the tilted pulse front by 63 degree. To generate such NIR light, the Yb:YAG based amplifier system is one of the good candidates. By using this system, we are trying to generate the intense THz light with the high repetition rate (1 kHz).

High average power laser from Yb:YAG thin-disk amplifiers and its applications

Ochi, Yoshihiro; Nagashima, Keisuke; Maruyama, Momoko; Tsubouchi, Masaaki; Yoshida, Fumiko; Sugiyama, Akira

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We are developing a high average power laser system using Yb:YAG thin-disk amplifiers. Currently picoseconds pulses with 10 mJ energy are delivered from the regenerative amplifier at repetition rate of 1 kHz. The pulse energy will increase up to 100 mJ by a Yb:YAG thin-disk multi-pass amplifier. The picosecond pulses have been used in several applications such as intense THz light wave generation, laser induced damage test, and so on. I will present details of the laser system and preliminary results of applications.