利用单模光纤中SBS效应进行被动调Q的掺铒光纤激光器研究

分析了利用光纤中的受激布里渊散射(SBS)相位共轭效应进行激光腔内调Q,产生ns量级脉冲激光的原理,并对利用该效应产生的激光脉冲波形和脉冲形成过程进行了数值模拟,得到的脉冲波形与SBS相位共轭反射率随时间变化曲线基本一致,表明利用光纤中的SBS相位共轭作用调Q具有可行性。据此,对采用单模光纤(SMF)作为SBS池的掺Er3＋调Q光纤激光器进行实验研究,当单模光纤长度为1.5 m时,在45 mW的抽运光功率下得到脉宽约2.6 ns,脉冲周期58.23 ns,平均功率7.35 mW的激光脉冲。进一步的研究表明：激光器中相位共轭镜的形成与SBS介质长度有关,SBS介质过长,斯托克斯线之间无固定的相位关系,不能形成相干叠加,SBS相位共轭腔不能形成; SBS介质过短,腔内正交偏振模光子寿命的改变使脉冲出现双峰现象。脉冲形成后其属性只与SBS动态属性有关。     

带相位共轭镜的Nd:YAG激光系统

研究了相位共轭镜用于改善MOPA激光系统光束质量的特性研究.利用单纵模环形激光器作为振荡级,对加装有相位共轭镜的MOPA系统的相位共轭反射率、阈值进行了测试,并获得了重复频率10Hz、单脉冲能量大于200mJ、近衍射极限的高光束质量激光输出.     

激光二极管列阵泵浦的位相共轭板条YAG激光放大系统

采用新型的微通道冷却半导体激光二极管列阵泵浦ＹＡＧ激光振荡器及板条ＹＡＧ放大器，文中用ＣＣｌ４受激布里渊散射作位相共轭镜，使激光在板条放大器中作多通放大，获得了高重复率下小于１．５倍衍射极限的高质量１．０６μｍ的激光输出，其脉冲宽度为１５ｎｓ，平均功率为１８０Ｗ。     

基于光纤中SBS相位共轭的自调Q光纤激光器

分析了利用光纤中的受激布里渊散射(stimulated Brillouin scattering,SBS)相位共轭效应进行激光腔内调Q,产生ns量级脉冲激光的原理,并对利用该效应产生的激光脉冲波形和脉冲形成过程进行了数值模拟,得到的脉冲波形与SBS相位共轭反射率随时间变化曲线基本一致,表明利用光纤中的SBS相位共轭作用调Q具有可行性.据此,对采用单模光纤(single-mode fiber,SMF)作为SBS池的Er³⁺掺杂调Q光纤激光器进行实验研究.当单模光纤长度为1.5 m时,在45 mW的光抽运功率下得到脉宽约2.6ns,脉冲周期58.23ns,平均功率7.35mW的激光脉冲.进一步的研究表明:激光器中相位共轭镜的形成与SBS介质长度有关,SBS介质过长,斯托克斯线之间无固定的相位关系,不能形成相干叠加,SBS相位共轭腔不能形成;SBS介质过短,腔内正交偏振模光子寿命的改变使脉冲出现双峰现象.脉冲形成后其属性只与SBS动态属性有关.     

带受激布里渊散射相位共轭镜的Nd:YAG激光器

应用液体中受激布里渊散射相位共轭镜,与普通反射镜一起构成位相共轭谐振腔,得到了能量在10OmJ以上,脉宽在15ns以下的激光脉冲输出。实验测量了各种腔结构参数对输出能量的影响,并用相位板对该腔干扰,测量了其补偿特性。     

腔外位相共轭镜对氩离子激光器输出特性的影响

以掺铜的钾钠铌酸锶钡晶体作为猫式自泵浦位相共轭镜，研究了位相共轭光的反馈对氩了激光器的输出功率，阈值工作电流，纵模及横模特性的影响，并对其机理进行了分析和讨论。     

Ultrahigh-gain bulk solid-state stimulated Brillouin scattering phase-conjugation material

We report what is believed to be the first observation of phase conjugation by stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in TeO2 single crystal. The observed very low threshold for phase-conjugate mirror (PCM) formation, high PCM reflectivities in this initial experiment, and commercial availability of material hold promise for a host of practical applications in the near future. The resultant steady-state gain parameter, approximately 100 cm/GW, is to our knowledge the largest ever reported for any SBS material.     

利用受激布里渊散射改善偏振抽取腔光束质量的研究

在理论上分析了受激布里渊散射相位共轭效应和阈值效应对后向受激布里渊散射光束发散角的影响。在实验上，用受激布里渊散射相位共轭镜（SBS PCM）代替普通反射镜构成Nd:YAG激光器的偏振抽取腔，补偿了激活介质和光学元件造成的波前畸变，压缩了发散角，改善了光束质量。研究了抽运能量、透镜焦距等因素对受激布里渊散射偏振抽取腔输出光光束质量的影响。     

Pulsed solid-state laser system with fiber phase conjugation and 315 W average output power

Solid-state laser sources with high average output power and high beam quality are required for numerous applications in industry and science. To improve the beam quality, stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) mirrors based on optical phase conjugation are used to compensate for phase distortions in master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) systems. SBS phase conjugation in commercially available silica optical fibers facilitates the construction of high-power solid-state laser systems with high beam quality. Here we present a flash lamp-pumped, passively Q-switched Nd:YAP system which delivers an average output power of 315 W with M²=2.6 at a wavelength of 1.08 μm. Received: 11 July 2001 / Revised version: 28 September 2001 / Published online: 23 November 2001     

Study of second harmonic generation by non-linear crystals with phase conjugation

We present the correction of the phase distortion which occurs during the second harmonic generation by non-linear crystals, such as KDP and KTP at high average power laser. This is due to the optical quality and thicknesses of the crystals which in turn influence the quality of the incident laser beam. This phase distortion is corrected by reflecting back the laser beam into the crystal using a phase conjugate mirror. It is found that the conversion efficiency of second harmonic generation without phase conjugation is more than that with phase conjugation. Far field pattern shows that the distortion of the laser beam can be corrected by using the phase conjugate mirror. Fidelity of the beam profile increases significantly with phase conjugation in the case of KDP crystal.     

受激布里渊散射相位共轭腔及腔内光学参量振荡器

利用受激布城渊散射相位共轭特性和Ｑ开关特性组成Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光谐振腔,代替传统激光器全反镜和调Ｑ装置,获得能量１００ｍＪ,脉宽１３ｎｓ的线偏振相位共轭激光输出,相应的激光器总体转换效率为０．４７％,同时将单共振ＫＴＰ光学参量振荡器置入腔内,得到波长１．５７μｍ、能量１５ｍＪ的参理振荡激光,实验证实了受激布城渊散射相位共轭腔内光学参量振荡器运行的可行性。     

A simple method for automatic cavity alignment of a solid-state laser

Misalignment of a laser cavity would result in the displacement of beam location on the cavity mirrors. We present a simple method for automatic cavity alignment of a solid-state laser through detecting the location of the laser beam on the rear mirror, with which neither external alignment beams nor modifications to the cavity are required. The rear mirror of the laser cavity is replaced by a tip/tilt mirror to compensate for the misalignment. Experiments show that this method could effectively correct the misalignment of the laser cavity and restore the output power to almost the original value when the resonator is well aligned.     

全氟碳化合物新介质SBS相位共轭镜和光限幅器选取原则的研究

介绍了低吸收高负载特性的全氟碳化合物SBS新介质,研究了SBS相位共轭镜和SBS光限幅器对新介质的选取原则,并在Nd: YAG调Q激光器中进行了实验验证.结果表明,SBS相位共轭镜需要平均分子量小,运动黏度小,增益系数大的介质;而SBS光限幅器需要平均分子量大,运动黏度大,增益系数小的介质.新介质的发现增加了SBS介质的种类,而介质的选取原则对新介质的选用打下了良好的基础. 关键词： SBS新介质 选取原则 平均分子量 运动黏度     

角锥棱镜阵列谐振腔的输出特性

 角锥棱镜阵列具有溯源反射和准相位共轭两大特点,可在一定程度上补偿高平均功率固体激光器的热畸变。但由于这种角锥棱镜阵列自身的缺陷和由它构成的谐振腔输出激光模式众多的特点,限制了其在谐振腔中的应用。分析了角锥棱镜阵列谐振腔产生多模输出的原因,提出了采用腔内滤波的方法实现单模输出。理论模拟和实验研究结果表明：利用该方法可较好地改善阵列角锥棱镜谐振腔的输出特性,获得了近5倍衍射极限的输出。     

Phase conjugating mirror combining a fused silica rod and a fiber

A phase conjugating mirror combining a fused silica rod and an optical fiber is presented. This configuration combines a large diameter fused silica rod with a high laser damage threshold and an optical fiber with a low stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) threshold. The composed SBS generator-amplifier construction, similar to the two-cell type makes a forced SBS process, in which the Stokes beam reflected by the fiber is injected into the fused silica rod. Using this combined phase conjugating mirror in a laser-diode-pumped laser master oscillator power amplifier system, we obtained 42% SBS reflectivity at most at 100 Hz repetition rate. At the same time, the inverse beam quality parameter M(2) is reduced from 3 to 1.6, while at 400 Hz repetition rate, M(2) is reduced from 4 to 1.7.     

A new method to improve the loading capacity of stimulated Brillouin scattering phase-conjugating mirror

A new method based “Split-combined” principle is proposed to improve the load capacity of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) phase-conjugating mirror (PCM). The incident light is split into two beams by polarizer, which will respectively produce SBS in the same experimental conditions, and then the generated two beams of Stokes light are combined together so as to improve the system’s load capacity. The method is verified in Continuum Nd: YAG seed-injected laser system and use FC-72 as the SBS medium. The results show that this method not only has a simple structure and high efficiency characteristics, but also improves the system’s power-load capacity and acquires a better quality linearly-polarized beam, which is expected to provide a new program for the application of SBS phase-conjugating mirror in a high-power system.     

基于“桶中能量法”的相位共轭保真度测量研究

 给出了基于“桶中能量法”的相位共轭保真度测量原理、方法与结果。通过对适当大小的空间滤波针孔能量透过率的直接测量可以得到相位共轭保真度并简单实现系数 标定, 给出了针孔大小的选择原则、系数标定方法和共轭保真度的计算公式以及单池受激 布里渊散射相位共轭镜在几种条件下的实验结果, 指明了这种方法的重要性与不足之处。     

衍射光学元件改善激光谐振腔输出特性的研究

运用矩阵本征值方法,对用位相型二元光学元件构成的激光谐振腔进行了数值计算,重点分析了圆形反射镜腔在不同菲涅耳数条件下的模结构参量特性.结果表明,这种谐振腔可以有效地提高基模与高阶模的模式分离度,并且可以根据需要,定制出理想的输出光束 关键词： 模式分离 衍射光学元件 激光谐振腔 矩阵本征值     

Experimental study of a broad-band XeCl double-pass amplifier with SBS mirror

An oscillator-amplifier XeCl laser system has been used to experimentally investigate the effectiveness of a liquid stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) mirror for correcting the spatial aberrations of broad-band laser radiation in a double-pass amplifier. It has been found that the SBS amplifier performance is strongly dependent on the intensity I _p exciting the Brillouin medium. A good beam reconstruction has been attained at I _p1GW/cm², whereas highly aberrated output beams have been delivered by the SBS amplifier for I _p>1 GW/cm². By comparing the broad-band SBS amplifier performance to that of the same amplifier with a dielectrically coated flat mirror at one end, it has been found that the use of a SBS mirror is advantageous to obtain lower divergence output beams only for low energy pump beams (<1 mJ).     

一种大能量受激布里渊散射相位共轭镜的研究

提出了一种可以满足大能量高峰值功率受激布里渊散射(SBS)相位共轭镜要求的独立双池结构，这种结构用在双程激光放大光路中可以补偿单程放大光路产生的动态和静态相位畸变.在7.1 J的入射能量下，最终得到了大于13 J的能量输出.相位共轭镜的能量反射率大于65%，相位共轭保真度达到90%，并且比较了以0°平面反射镜和以SBS相位共轭镜为腔镜的双程激光放大的输出结果，结果表明使用了SBS相位共轭镜之后，即使在大能量抽运的条件下也能得到很好的近场和远场保真度. 关键词： 受激布里渊散射 相位共轭镜 双程放大激光器 保真度