ALLAN BERECZKI
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Artigo IPEN-doc 30037 Sub-10 nm nanoparticle detection using multi-technique-based micro-raman spectroscopy2023 - BERECZKI, ALLAN; DIPOLD, JESSICA; FREITAS, ANDERSON Z.; WETTER, NIKLAUS U.Microplastic pollution is a growing public concern as these particles are ubiquitous in various environments and can fragment into smaller nanoplastics. Another environmental concern arises from widely used engineered nanoparticles. Despite the increasing abundance of these nanosized pollutants and the possibility of interactions with organisms at the sub cellular level, with many risks still being unknown, there are only a few publications on this topic due to the lack of reliable techniques for nanoparticle characterization. We propose a multi-technique approach for the characterization of nanoparticles down to the 10 nm level using standard micro-Raman spectroscopy combined with standard atomic force microscopy. We successfully obtained single-particle spectra from 25 nm sized polystyrene and 9 nm sized TiO2 nanoparticles with corresponding mass limits of detection of 8.6 ag (attogram) and 1.6 ag, respectively, thus demonstrating the possibility of achieving an unambiguous Raman signal from a single, small nanoparticle with a resolution comparable to more complex and time-consuming technologies such as Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Photo-Induced Force MicroscopyTese IPEN-doc 28052 Ressonadores dinamicamente estáveis de com meio ativo birrefringente de Nd:YAG2021 - BERECZKI, ALLANNeste trabalho, que teve como objetivo o estudo do uso de meio ativo com birrefringência termicamente induzida (BIT) de Nd:YAG em ressonadores dinamicamente estáveis, foi proposto o desenvolvimento de um ressonador dinamicamente estável em anel de alta potência com a utilização de módulos laser bombeados lateralmente por diodos comerciais e com compensação de BIT, obtendo-se 55,6 W de potência na operação em frequência única com saída polarizada no modo contínuo. Esta potência, é a maior para lasers em frequência única de Nd:YAG em um único ressonador. Um cristal de triborato de lítio (LBO) foi inserido no ressonador para melhorar as características espectrais do laser por mecanismos de perdas não lineares sendo verificada a supressão dos modos longitudinais adjacentes ao modo principal, com um único pico de frequência com largura de 29 MHz. Este laser foi construído utilizando-se módulos laser comerciais possibilitando a obtenção de um sistema laser de alta potência com saída em frequência única com um baixo custo. Foram obtidos também outros ressonadores lineares com os módulos: Um laser com alta qualidade de feixe e potência de saída de 30 W contínuos e linearmente polarizado com M2=1,08, com seu melhor fator de qualidade medido de 1,02 em 24,8 W, e utilizando-se dois módulos construiu-se um ressonador com e potência de saída de 76 W linearmente polarizados com M2=1,3 e 1,1 e 100,5 W de potência com M2=1,7 e 1,9 nas direções vertical e horizontal, respectivamente. As equações de Magni para os ressonadores dinamicamente estáveis lineares [1] foram aplicadas aos ressonadores com zonas conjuntas e novas expressões foram apresentadas. As equações para os ressonadores em anel de Silvestri et al. [2] foram aplicadas para os ressonadores em anel simétricos com um par de espelhos curvos e novas expressões foram apresentadas. Em especial, mostrou-se que a largura e a posição de seu intervalo de estabilidade podem ser ajustadas de maneira independente e contínua variandose apenas as distâncias do ressonador.Artigo IPEN-doc 27332 Three-level Nd:YLF Raman laser directly pumped by a beam shaped diode bar2020 - BERECZKI, A.; PAES, JOAO P.F.; WETTER, NIKLAUS U.Low heat generation can be obtained when pumping Nd:YLF at wavelengths of 872 nm and 880 nm and emitting at the three-level transition of 908 nm. These transitions show very low quantum defect with efficiencies of 0.96 and 0.97, respectively. However, the low average absorption cross-section at these wavelengths makes efficient absorption even for longitudinal pump setups difficult. Using a beam-shaped pump diode instead of a fiber-coupled diode bar may be an effective means of increasing absorption because it can provide for π-polarized radiation which shows higher absorption cross section. In this work, a Nd:YLF was pumped at 872 nm by a diode bar using beam-shaping. Results were compared to pumping at 872 and 880 nm with non-polarized fiber-coupled diodes. Stimulated Raman scattering was also obtained with a KGW crystal generating first Stokes emissions at 990 nm and 976 nm.Artigo IPEN-doc 27331 Dynamically stable lasers from commercial Nd:YAG modules with high beam quality and single-frequency2020 - BERECZKI, A.; WETTER, NIKLAUS U.Diode-side pump Nd:YAG rod modules are widely available, reliable and commercially very attractive for building continuous-wave solid-state lasers in the 10-1000 W range. Newer technologies such as fiber or thin disk lasers are generally much more expensive but have the benefit of better beam quality and higher output powers if necessary. By using well-known techniques for designing dynamically stable resonators (DSRs), lasers with high extraction efficiency and high beam quality (fundamental mode, TEM00) can be obtained also with diode side-pumped modules. However, a successful project for a dynamic stable laser depends critically on the correct choice of the fundamental mode diameter within the rod. DSR design rules are based on the beam waist, w3, at the rod principal planes by considering the rod as a thin thermal lens, which differs significantly from real resonators. Here we give guidelines and criteria on how to establish the correct diameter in each case. Using off-the-shelf 75 W Nd:YAG modules it was possible to obtain linearly polarized TEM00-mode output of 30 W with M2=1.08 from a single module, M2=1.2 and 76.5 W of output power using two modules and 100.5 W of polarized, continuous output with M2=1.8. A single-frequency ring laser was also built, using two modules, generating 51.6 W of fundamental wave single-frequency output.Artigo IPEN-doc 26080 Dynamically stable continuous single frequency green ring laser2019 - BERECZKI, ALLAN; WETTER, NIKLAUS U.; CRUZ, FLAVIO C. daA single-frequency ring laser using two standard commercial diode-pumped Nd:YAG modules is demonstrated. Employing a dynamically stable resonator design, multi-longitudinal mode operation at 1064 nm with 53 W of output power was obtained. When inserting a LBO crystal in the resonator, 1.8 W of single-sided, single-frequency output at 532 nm was achieved. The measured linewidth was 3.6 MHz, close to the resolution limit of the scanning etalon used to measure the longitudinal mode structure.Artigo IPEN-doc 24863 Dynamically stable Nd:YAG resonators with beam quality beyond the birefringence limit and pumping of a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator2018 - BERECZKI, ALLAN; LOPEZ, MARCIO A.P.A.; WETTER, NIKLAUS U.A simple, reliable, linearly polarized laser source with very high beam quality is demonstrated using standard diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG modules. The laser produced 30 W of output power with beam quality factor 𝑀2<1.15 over the entire range of input powers and beam quality of 1.02 at the laser operation point. This is, to our knowledge, the highest beam quality for a dynamically stable high-power laser that uses an optically isotropic crystal. The laser was used as a pump source for an optical parametric oscillator based on a periodically poled lithium niobate, producing wavelength in the 1.5–3.8 μm range.Artigo IPEN-doc 23152 100W continuous linearly polarized, high beam quality output from standard side-pumped Nd:YAG laser modules2017 - BERECZKI, ALLAN; WETTER, NIKLAUS U.Dynamically stable operation with joined stability zones of a linearly polarized resonator is shown for a laser containing two diode side-pumped Nd:YAG rods. The unpolarized resonator generated 115W of output. When polarized by a Brewster plate, it reached 100.5W of output power at a beam quality M2 < 2. Best measured beam quality was of 1.1 and 1.3 in the x and y directions respectively, with 76W of 95% polarized output. The output power achieved is, to our knowledge, the highest reported for continuous polarized, fundamental-mode lasers using standard side-pumped Nd:YAG modules.