LD端面泵浦Nd∶YAG激光器中的热透镜焦距

采用热透镜焦距的理论计算与实验测量相比较的研究方法，得到一种端泵固体激光器出激光时的在线测量方法.通过建立热透镜等效腔模型以及腔型分析求解得出腔内光束束腰半径,用刀口法测出DPL腔外的远场发散角,根据发散角与透镜变换前后的束腰关系，得出LD端面泵浦Nd∶YAG激光器中的热透镜焦距.结果表明,通过上述方法所得结果与理论计算的热透镜焦距吻合,证实此方法准确、可行.     

利用输出功率测量激光二极管端面抽运的固体激光器热透镜焦距

运用谐振腔变换圆理论,详细分析了激光二极管抽运的Nd:YVO4平行平面腔固体激光器振荡光在晶体内的基模光斑半径随抽运功率变化的U形曲线.提出在适当腔长情况下激光器的输出功率随抽运功率变化曲线上将出现凹陷或尖峰现象,利用曲线上的凹陷和尖峰可以测量激光晶体的热透镜焦距.同时在理论分析的基础上进行了实验,实验结果与理论分析相符合 关键词： Nd:YVO4 热透镜焦距 固体激光器 谐振腔变换圆     

高功率准连续波腔内和频全固态黄光激光器

报道了高功率准连续波腔内和频全固态黄光激光器的研究结果.为获得高功率的黄光输出,首先,激光器采用准连续方式运转,在保持抽运水平的条件下降低热效应,从而提高光束质量和光光转换效率;第二,采用热近非稳腔腔型设计,双棒串接补偿热致双折射技术,获得大基模体积高光束质量的基频光;第三,通过优化腔型,采用L型共折叠臂平-凹对称腔,使两束基频光达到空间重合且满足功率配比.通过这些方法,得到了输出功率7.6W,重复频率1.1kHz的准连续波黄光输出.据我们所知,这是目前腔内和频方案所获得的最高功率全固态黄光输出. 关键词： 黄光激光 腔内和频 Nd：YAG激光 全固态激光器     

可自适应补偿热透镜效应的固体激光谐振腔

提出了一种新的固体激光器的谐振腔结构,其主要特点是,在腔内引入一较短焦距的固定透镜,并将激光介质,即焦距可变的热透镜,置于它的焦点处,组成一特殊的两透镜组.利用变换圆图解方法分析表明,该透镜组具有光学‘镇定器’的作用;利用这种谐振腔,通过自适应地轴移调节一个腔镜,可以解决较大功率固体激光器在热透镜效应大幅度变化情况下的基本光学模的动力学稳定运行;同时,保持激光介质及两端镜处的基模光斑尺寸不变.     

LD泵浦Nd∶YVO4/LBO临界相位匹配腔内倍频瓦级绿光激光器

报道了一种光纤耦合LD泵浦Nd∶ YVO4晶体、腔内Ⅰ类临界相位匹配(角度匹配)LBO倍频、瓦级输出的全固态绿光激光器的设计方法和实验结果.采用短三镜折叠腔结构,通过对热透镜焦距的估算及计算机优化设计选取合适的谐振腔参量,在8 W的泵浦功率下,获得了1.6 W绿光基模输出,光-光转换效率达20%.经测量,绿光的偏振比超过400∶ 1,4 h功率稳定度为±1.6%.     

V型腔腔内和频产生3 W连续波589 nm黄光激光器

报道了双Nd：YAG棒串接V型折叠腔腔内KTP和频全固态黄光激光器，得到了3 W连续波589 nm黄光输出.为了提高黄光输出功率，采用了两种手段：一是通过优化腔型设计使得两束基频在腔内达到了最佳的空间重合，二是通过选择合适大小的二极管激光器的抽运功率使得两束基频在腔内达到了最佳的功率配比. 关键词： 全固态激光器 Nd：YAG激光器 黄光 腔内和频     

非对称平直腔固体激光器的动力学分析

利用传播圆图解方法，分析了非对称平直腔固体激光器的热透镜效应对激光器的动力学稳定区的宽度、基模光斑尺寸和发散角的影响。此方法避免了传统ABCD矩阵法所需的繁琐计算，结果清晰明了，进而给出了测量晶体热焦距的一个简单方法。在该理论的指导下，设计了符合试验条件的谐振腔参量，并进行了实验研究，测量了激光二极管端面抽运的Nd：YVO4激光器的热焦距和光斑模式，当抽运功率23W时获得了稳定的10W准基模连续输出，实验结果与理论符合得很好。     

棒状钕玻璃热容激光器热透镜自平衡补偿方法分析

针对热容激光器的热透镜效应,给出了棒状钕玻璃热容激光器的热透镜公式表达式。理论上分析了热透镜焦距自平衡补偿方法的基本原理。在考虑了棒状钕玻璃热容激光器的具体特性的基础上,设计了一种简单的热透镜焦距自平衡补偿方法,使光抽运钕玻璃热容激光器在热透镜焦距变化情况下,可以使激光输出光斑大小稳定。为了解棒状热容激光器热透镜焦距的影响,利用自研的光栅型曲率传感器测量了热容激光器总的热透镜等效焦距的大小,结果表明热传导在抽运光发射完20 s左右后才建立热平衡产生了明显的热透镜效应; 随着抽运脉冲个数的增加,热透镜效应随之变大。     

薄片激光器热效应及其对输出功率的影响

建立了光强分布为高斯型的抽运光端面单程抽运时薄片激光器的温度模型, 实验测量了不同抽运功率下薄片介质表面的 温度分布、温度随时间的变化特性以及介质表面的温度差. 采用Hartmann法测量了薄片介质的热焦距. 考虑热焦距随抽运功率的变化, 基于四能级系统薄片激光器的速率方程组, 建立了薄片激光器热效应对输出功率影响的物理模型, 薄片激光器输入-输出功率曲线与实际相符. 所得结果对薄片激光器的设计和优化具有一定的指导意义.     

利用自差法研究激光二级管泵浦Nd：YVO4激光器的线宽

用光纤延时自差法测量二极管激光纵向泵浦单频运的Ｎｄ：ＹＶＯ４激光器的线宽。在１秒时间内，激光线宽为２５ｋＨｚ还测量了线宽与激光器腔长和输出功率的关系。     

670nm电光调Q陶瓷激光器

为了进一步研究Nd∶YAG陶瓷激光器的红光波段,研制了一台重复频率为1 000 Hz的670 nm电光调Q Nd∶YAG陶瓷激光器.采用三个激光二极管列阵侧面抽运掺杂浓度为1.1at%、尺寸为Φ3×50 mm2的Nd∶YAG陶瓷晶体,根据实验测量的陶瓷晶体热透镜焦距,优化设计了折叠腔的各个参量,并对陶瓷晶体及倍频晶体热...     

LD端面抽运Nd∶KGW 激光器热效应的理论与实验研究

对LD端面泵浦Nd∶KGW激光器的热效应进行了分析.求解热传导方程得出了Nd∶KGW晶体的温度分布和端面形变,进而计算出了热焦距随泵浦功率的变化曲线,并通过实验对其正确性进行了验证.采用凹 平腔,在不同透过率的输出镜下,对Nd∶KGW晶体的1 064 nm连续激光输出特性进行了研究.     

Thermo-optic effects affecting the high pump power end pumped solid state lasers: Modeling and analysis

A complete solution of the thermal effect for continuous wave laser diode array fiber coupled high pump power end pumped actively solid state laser is presented. In this paper, the thermal loading resulted from energy transfer up-conversion effect for laser operated under different pulse repetition frequency has been taken into account in the overall thermal effects. The thermal loading transfer the absorbed pump power into non-uniform temperature distribution in the laser rod, and thus results in thermal strain, thermal stress, thermal dispersion of index, and thermally induced diffraction losses. For a practical laser cavity configuration containing the internal optical elements, we use spherical aberration theory to give a better explanation of experimental results via calculating diffraction losses quantitatively. According to analysis of thermal focal length experimental data, the results show that our calculated value of thermal loading under fixed Nd³⁺ doped concentration laser crystal is not a constant but a function of pump power instead. The theoretical predicted curve of thermal focal length based on our model is in good agreement with experimental measurements. At low pump power, the thermal loading is a linear function varying with pump power, but it begins to saturate at pump powers exceeding 6 W. This phenomenon is consistent with our physical intuitions.     

Theoretical analysis and experimental research on thermal focal length of a YVO4/Nd:YVO4 composite crystal

This paper investigates the temperature field distribution and thermal focal length within a laser diode array (LDA) end-pumped YVO4/Nd:YVO4 rectangular composite crystal. A general expression of the temperature field distribution within the Nd:YVO4 rectangular crystal was obtained by analysing the characteristics of the Nd:YVO4 crystal and solving the Poisson equation with boundary conditions. The temperature field distributions in the Nd:YVO4 rectangular crystal for the YVO4/Nd:YVO4 composite crystal and the Nd:YVO4 single crystal are researched respec- tively. Calculating the thermal focal length within the Nd:YVO4 rectangular crystal was done by an analysis of the additional optical path differences (OPD) caused by heat, which was very identical with experimental results in this paper. Research results show that the maximum relative temperature on the rear face of the Nd:YVO4 crystal in the composite crystal is 150 K and the thermal focal length is 35.7 mm when the output power of the LDA is 22 W. In the same circumstances, the experimental value of the thermal focal length is 37.4 mm. So the relative error between the theoretical analysis and the experimental result is only 4.5%. With the same conditions, the thermal focal length of the Nd:YVO4 single crystal is 18.5 mm. So the relative rate of the thermal focal length between the YVO4/Nd:YVO4 crystal and the Nd:YVO4 crystal is 93%. So, the thermal stability of the output power and the beam quality of the YVO4/Nd:YVO4 laser is more advantageous than the laser with Nd:YVO4 single crystal.     

Thermal focal length measurement of an LD-end-pumped Tm,Ho:GdVO4 laser

The thermal focal length of a Tm,Ho:GdVO₄ crystal was measured in this paper. The pump laser was 25.73 W, and the thermal focal length was 692.6 mm; based on the thermal focal length of a Tm,Ho:GdVO₄ crystal, a single end-pump continuous wave (CW) operation of Tm,Ho:GdVO₄ laser was designed to demonstrate the effect of thermal focal length, and a 0.26-W output power was high in considering the thermal focal length than in unconsidering the thermal focal length with a 26.1-W pump power.     

Thermal lens measurement technique in end-pumped solid state lasers: Application to diode-pumped microchip lasers

A simple derivation, which relates the thermal lens focal length in solid state lasers to pump power and a method for direct estimation of thermal lens focal length, is reported. This method is applicable to any type of stable resonator. The method is used for the measurement of the thermal lens focal length with an accuracy of 8% in an axially pumped microchip laser. The variation of focal length with pump power is also measured.     

采用曲率传感器测量热透镜焦距

 分析了用光栅型波前曲率传感器测量热透镜焦距的基本原理，针对高功率固体激光器的工作特点，结合实验现象推导了在热透镜效应较强时热透镜焦距变化的计算公式。对半导体二极管(LD)侧面泵浦的百W级Nd:YAG激光棒在泵浦电流为15~25 A时的热透镜焦距值进行了测量，讨论了可能存在的误差。实验现象和理论分析一致，测量的热透镜焦距值与理论值符合得较好。     

高效LD侧面泵浦腔外倍频绿光激光器

为满足激光加工、激光彩色显示、数据存储、医疗卫生和科研等领域对绿光激光器的需要,研制了一台高倍频效率、窄脉宽侧面泵浦腔外倍频的YAG/LBO绿光激光器。分析并计算了腔外最佳聚焦参数,确定了透镜的最佳聚焦焦距。实验中,利用808nm激光二极管侧面泵浦Nd:YAG晶体,使用BBO晶体进行加压式调Q,采用四分之一波片补偿Nd:YAG晶体的热退偏,最终实现了重复频率1kHz、输出功率10.7W的1 064nm输出,最大单脉冲能量为10.7mJ。在此基础上,采用Ⅰ类温度相位匹配LBO晶体对基频光进行腔外倍频,获得了重复频率1kHz、脉宽21ns、最大输出功率6.04W的532nm准连续绿光输出,倍频效率高达59.3%。     

高重频CO_2激光损伤HgCdTe晶体的数值分析

针对CO2激光作用下HgCdTe晶体的损伤问题进行了数值分析。首先,建立了高重频CO2激光损伤Hg0.784Cd0.216Te晶体的三维热传导物理模型;然后,利用有限元方法计算了单脉冲和高重频CO2激光作用下,Hg0.784Cd0.216Te晶体的损伤阈值;最后,分析了激光重频以及辐照时间对晶体损伤阈值的影响。研究结果表明:单脉冲激光辐照下,晶体的损伤阈值为64.5 J/cm2;高重频(f>1 kHz)激光辐照下,激光重频的改变对晶体损伤阈值的影响较小,损伤阈值应由平均功率密度表征,且与辐照时间密切相关;辐照时间的增加,可以有效地减小晶体的损伤阈值,当激光辐照功率密度<1.95 kW/cm2时,不会发生晶体损伤。研究结果对高重频CO2激光在激光加工以及激光防护的应用方面具有指导意义。     

高效率LD端面抽运准连续355 nm激光器

报道了一台激光二极管（LD）端面抽运Nd：YVO₄晶体腔内倍频和腔外和频相结合的声光调Q准连续355 nm 紫外激光器。采用LD端面抽运双侧翼键合YVO₄基质的Nd：YVO₄晶体,在腔内置入Ⅰ类相位匹配的LiB₃O₅（LBO）晶体进行倍频实现1 064 nm和532 nm双波长准连续激光输出,通过消色差透镜将双波长激光聚焦耦合到Ⅱ类相位匹配的LBO 晶体中进行和频,并采用双向和频光路,获得了高效率、高光束质量、高重复频率的准连续355 nm 紫外激光输出。在抽运功率为28.6 W、重复频率为20 kHz时,355 nm激光最大输出功率4.2 W,脉宽为20.6 ns,光-光转换效率为14.7%,激光器光束质量因子M_x²和M_y²分别为1.29和1.23。