超高斯光束在片状放大器中传输的特性研究

根据非线性薛定谔方程 ,应用分步傅立叶算法 ,模拟了不同强度的入射超高斯光束在片状放大器中的传输行为。分析了超高斯光束的光束宽度参量、阶数 ,以及片状放大器中的自由传播空间对光传输的影响。     

超高斯涡旋光束在空间中的传输特性

研究了超高斯涡旋光束光强最大值、光斑半径以及环围能量半径等参数随传输距离和拓扑荷数的变化规律,并与高斯涡旋光束做了比较,结果表明:超高斯涡旋光束的光斑半径和环围能量半径随拓扑荷数及传输距离呈近似线性关系;对同一拓扑荷数和传输距离,高斯涡旋光束的能量较超高斯涡旋光束要发散;当拓扑荷数较大时,超高斯涡旋光束的光斑半径比高斯涡旋光束更大。针对光束质量研究了广义光束质量因子随传输距离和拓扑荷数的变化,结果表明传输距离足够远时,拓扑荷数较小的超高斯涡旋光束具有更好的光束质量。     

超高斯光束在超短脉冲激光系统中的传输

 为了增大光束的填充因子及提高放大器的能量转换效率,设计了一种新型的空间4程放大器,该放大器包括四组由凹面镜组成的空间滤波器,它们构成一个全像传递系统。由于有实焦点,放大器置于真空系统中。放大前,入射的高斯光束首先通过一个软边光阑和一个空间滤波器,被整形为高阶超高斯光束,然后在放大器中进行放大和像传递。钛宝石晶体置于各空间滤波器的像面和物面上。实验表明,该放大器结构稳定,可以保持良好的光束质量,远场焦斑达到近一倍衍射极限。     

方形超高斯光束在Kerr介质中的强度演化特性

基于非线性薛定谔方程,采用分步傅里叶算法模拟了方形超高斯光束在Kerr介质中的传输情况,重点分析了方形超高斯光束轴向中心强度与对角方向强度的演化特性,同时还分析了其在Kerr介质中的自聚焦特性、峰值光强变化情况以及B积分变化情况。研究结果表明:方形超高斯光束通过Kerr介质后,距光束中心不同距离处有不同程度的强度增强和凹陷,光束中心附近的强度增强和凹陷较弱,光束边缘以及四角处的强度增强和凹陷较强,且对角方向上的强度增强和凹陷程度要强于轴向中心方向;减小阶数可以减缓光束的边缘强度增强,并可以减缓B积分的增长;减少Kerr介质厚度可以降低光束边缘强度增强程度,并可以减小B积分的大小。提出了光束边缘强度起伏的主要原因可能是光束的相干叠加。     

亚强非局域介质中的超高斯空间光孤子族研究

研究了亚强非局域介质中超高斯光束的传播特性.运用变分法,对任意实对称响应函数泰勒级数展开取至四阶,得到了1+1维亚强非局域非线性介质中光束传输的超高斯光束的近似分析解.分析结果表明：束宽解是椭圆雅可比双周期函数,相移、空间啁啾以及临界输入功率都正比于超高斯光束的阶数.提出了超高斯空间光孤子族模型和准方波形空间光孤子的实现可能性.     

高功率超高斯光束传输的非线性补偿研究

 分析了高功率超高斯光束在非线性介质中传播的基本理论，用分步傅里叶变换方法计算了10阶超高斯光束在非线性介质内的传输过程，最后采用具有负折射率系数的非线性介质作为补偿材料，对不同的补偿方式进行了对比分析。研究表明，四种补偿方式均可以大大减小光束的B积分，有效防止超高斯光束边缘的非线性增长，降低光束的小尺度自聚焦，同时选用后补偿作为最佳补偿方式。     

强非局域非线性介质中的超高斯空间光孤子族

运用变分法,对任意实对称响应函数泰勒级数展开取至二阶,得到了1 1维强非局域非线性介质中光束传输的超高斯光束的近似分析解,提出了超高斯空间光孤子族模型。分析结果表明:束宽解是三角函数型,相移、空间啁啾以及临界输入功率都正比于超高斯光束的阶数,束宽振荡周期不仅与介质材料有关,而且还与光束和相位因子的阶有关。提出了准方波形空间光孤子的可能性。     

利用锯齿光栏获得超高斯型光束

提出了一种超高斯型诱射率锯齿光栏的设计。通过模拟计算研究了它的衍射传输特性光束通过这种光栏，并滤波后得到空间平滑分布的理想超高斯型光束。     

平顶高斯光束和超高斯光束传输特性的相似性

 在直角坐标系下对平顶高斯光束和超高斯光束的传输特性的相似性问题作了讨论。研究表明,当有相同的M²因子但束宽不同的平顶高斯光束和超高斯光束通过光阑效应可忽略ABCD光学系统传输时,在广义菲涅尔数F相等处有相似的光强分布。对于有光阑和用球差透镜聚焦的情况,若平顶高斯光束和超高斯光束具有相同的M²因子和束腰宽度,则在相同传输距离处仍可得到相似的光强分布。     

平顶高斯光束与超高斯光束传输特性的比较研究

对平顶高斯光束与超高斯光束的传输特性作了研究和比较,并给出了典型的数值计算例．所得的主要结论是有相同M²因子和束宽的平顶高斯光束与超高斯光束在通过光学系统时,具有非常相似的包括光强分布和光阑衍射效应在内的传输变换特性． 关键词：     

Highly efficient room-temperature Yb:YAG ceramic laser and regenerative amplifier

A room-temperature, diode-pumped, pulsed Yb:YAG ceramic free-running laser with a 78% slope efficiency has been demonstrated. It has been shown that fine tuning of the mode diameter to the diameter of the pumped volume with a ratio of the pump to the mode diameter of 0.6 is important for achieving maximum laser efficiency with a Gaussian-like beam profile. A regenerative Yb:YAG ceramic amplifier with a maximum output energy of 14.5 mJ and a super-Gaussian beam profile is demonstrated.     

Shaping super-Gaussian beam through digital micro-mirror device

We have set up a novel system for shaping the Gaussian laser beams into super-Gaussian beams.The digital micro-mirror device(DMD)is able to modulate the laser light spatially through binary-amplitude modulation mechanism.With DMD,the irradiance of the laser beam can be redistributed flexibly and various beams with different intensity distribution can be produced.A super-Gaussian beam has been successfully shaped from the Gaussian beam with the use of DMD.This technique will be widely applied in lithography,quantum emulation and holographic optical tweezers which require precise control of beam profile.     

光路交叠对强光传输的影响

实验中观察到高能激光束通过光程总长、气体环境等条件相同,但局部布置不同的光路后,其接收光斑峰值功率密度、波前离焦和高阶像差等光束参量有差异.对此问题,选择Z型和X型两种总长度相等的光路在相同气体环境下进行了数值研究.结果表明,产生上述差异的主要原因是由于两种光路中光束交叠区域大小和形状不同引起的气体热效应产生的附加相位有所不同.而且对不同特性的光束,该差异也不同.对高斯光束,两种光路中气体热效应对光束影响的差异较小;对平顶高斯空心光束,两种光路中气体热效应对光束影响的差异较明显.因此,为抑制气体热效应对光束的影响,在考虑其它因素的同时,应尽可能减小光路中的光束交叠区域.     

Effects of the deformation of reflection volume Bragg gratings on the M-factor of super-Gaussian laser beams

When high-power laser beams pass through a volume Bragg grating (VBG), the surface of VBG occurs distortion because of thermal effects, and it results in the decline of the grating’s performance. Considering distortion of the surface induces differences of the index and period, the scalar wave equations for super-Gaussian (SG) laser beams propagating in the reflection VBG have been solved by using finite-different and sparse matrix methods. The changes of the total power reflection coefficient, the beam width, the far-field beam angle and the M²-factor for the laser beams through the reflection VBG with deformation have been analyzed quantitatively. It can be shown that the deformation of the VBG affects evidently on the intensity and phase distributions, the total power reflection coefficient, the beam width, the far-field divergence angle and the M²-factor. The beam width, the far-field divergence angle, and the M²-factor of the output beams increase significantly with the distortions of the grating. The influence of the distortions of the VBG on the power reflection coefficient, the far-field divergence angle and the M²-factor of the output beams are smaller for higher beam orders.     

Spatial chirp in Ti:sapphire multipass amplifier

The spatial chirp generated in the Ti:sapphire multipass amplifier is numerically investigated based on the onedimensional(1D) and two-dimensional(2D) Frantz–Nodvik equations. The simulation indicates that the spatial chirp is induced by the spatially inhomogeneous gain, and it can be almost eliminated by utilization of proper beam profiles and spot sizes of the signal and pump pulses, for example, the pump pulse has a top-hatted beam profile and the signal pulse has a super-Gaussian beam profile with a relatively larger spot size. In this way, a clear understanding of spatial chirp mechanisms in the Ti:sapphire multipass amplifier is proposed, therefore we can effectively almost eliminate the spatial chirp and improve the beam quality of a high-power Ti:sapphire chirped pulse amplifier system.     

Near-diffraction-limited laser beam shaping with diamond-turned aspheric optics

We used a pair of diamond-turned CaF(2) aspheres to convert the pure TEM(00) Gaussian spatial profile output of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser oscillator into a super-Gaussian intensity profile with a nearly flat phase front. The resulting super-Gaussian beam was nearly diffraction limited with an M(2) of 1.75; in the near field the 5-mm diameter beam retained a nominally flat-top intensity distribution without significant diffraction peaks for an excellent working distance of more than 50cm. A 10% improvement in amplifier-energy extraction obtained by use of the reshaped beam is demonstrated.     

激光二极管端面泵浦Yb:YAG圆棒热效应研究

基于激光二极管端面泵浦Yb∶YAG棒工作特点的分析,提出了端面绝热、周边恒温的激光晶体热分析模型,采用了一种新的热传导方程求解方法,得到了超高斯光束端面泵浦Yb∶YAG棒温度场的一般解析表达式。同时分析了不同阶次、不同光斑半径、不同功率超高斯光束以及晶体参数改变时对于Yb∶YAG棒温度场分布的影响。研究结果表明,若准直聚焦到Yb∶YAG棒泵浦面42.5W的光束具有4阶超高斯强度分布时,掺Yb3+质量分数为10.0at.%、长度为2.5mm、半径为2mm的Yb∶YAG棒的泵浦面获得74.20℃的最高温升。新的热传导方程求解方法在研究激光棒温度场分布方面具有计算量小、精度高等特点。研究结果对减小激光晶体的热效应,提高全固态Yb∶YAG激光器性能提供了理论依据。     

Beam stability analysis of high power laser system based on relay imaging

The model of a beam propagating in a high power laser system is built based on relay imaging. The displacement sensitivity of the lens to beam positioning error is obtained using this model, which is then compared with the traditional method. Two real systems, the pre-amplifier and four-pass amplifier in SGII-U, are presented to further discuss the differences between the two methods. The limitation and application range are summarized in the end. The findings can be used to provide guidance in similar systems.     

Generation of high energy and good beam quality pulses with a master oscillator power amplifier

A high efficiency and high peak power laser system with short-pulse and good beam quality has been demonstrated by using a master oscillator power amplifier with two-pass amplification configuration. The master oscillator, end-pumped with a fiber-coupled laser diode array, provides low power but excellent beam quality pulses, and the amplifier boosts the pulse energy by orders without significant beam quality degradation. Short pulses of 8.5 ns with energy up to 130 mJ and approximately diffraction limited beam quality have been demonstrated.