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.     

基于数字全息的热透镜效应测量

提出一种数字全息定量测量半导体激光二极管侧面泵浦Nd∶YAG晶体热透镜效应的方法。CCD采集Nd∶YAG晶体在不同泵浦电流下的数字全息图,通过数值重建得到热透镜效应引起的相位分布及其变化过程。再由相位分布计算得到对应的热透镜焦距。实验结果表明,利用数字全息技术可以准确和有效测量热透镜效应及热透镜焦距。     

Thermal-lens measurement of a quasi steady-state repetitively flashlamp-pumped Cr, Tm, Ho:YAG laser

A simple technique using cavity stability conditions is demonstrated to measure the effective dynamic thermal lensing of a flashlamp-pumped Cr, Tm, Ho:YAG laser operated in a low repetition-rate regime of 4–7 Hz. By measuring the flashlamp energy where a stable resonator becomes unstable, the effective focal length of the laser rod can be calculated. When no mode restricting aperture is used in the cavity, the thermal lens behaviour displays a significant deviation from the commonly assumed thin lens approximation.     

表面热透镜技术应用于薄膜微弱吸收测量的理论和实验

由薄膜表面光热形变简化理论和表面热透镜衍射理论导出表面热透镜信号表达式，从理论上证明了表面热透镜信号和薄膜吸收率的线性关系. 应用表面热透镜技术研制了薄膜吸收测量仪，测量结果表明其吸收率测量灵敏度和精度均达10^-6量级. 关键词： 吸收测量 表面热透镜 光热形变 薄膜     

高功率高重复频率全固态激光器热透镜效应补偿与分析

将kHz高功率固体激光器增益介质当作厚透镜处理,建立了热透镜效应分析的理论模型,使用矩阵的方法对等效热透镜腔进行分析.对增益介质抽运均匀性进行了改善,通过分析模拟计算结果,设计了混合非稳腔结构,选择了最佳凸面镜曲率半径对热透镜效应进行补偿.试验结果表明,补偿效果明显,kHz高功率全固态激光器的光束发散角优于1.3 mrad.     

Metal thin film ablation with femtosecond pulsed laser

Micromachining thin metal films coated on glass are widely used to repair semiconductor masks and to fabricate optoelectrical and MEMS devices. The interaction of lasers and materials must be understood in order to achieve efficient micromachining. This work investigates the morphology of thin metal films after machining with femtosecond laser ablation using about 1 μm diameter laser beam. The effect of the film thickness on the results is analyzed by comparing experimental images with data obtained using a two-temperature heat transfer model. The experiment was conducted using a high numerical aperture objective lens and a temporal pulse width of 220 fs on 200- and 500-nm-thick chromium films. The resulting surface morphology after machining was due to the thermal incubation effect, low thermal diffusivity of the glass substrate, and thermodynamic flow of the metal induced by volumetric evaporation. A Fraunhofer diffraction pattern was found in the 500-nm-thick film, and a ripple parallel to the direction of the laser light was observed after a few multiple laser shots. These results are useful for applications requiring micro- or nano-sized machining.     

干涉条纹法测量LD端面泵浦Nd∶YAG热透镜焦距

研究了端面泵浦Nd∶YAG晶体热透镜效应,提出了一种新的测量热透镜的方法-干涉条纹法,并通过理论估算与用此方法所测的热透镜焦距相比较, 表明此方法所测热透镜焦距随着泵浦光功率的增大二者越来越吻合, 验证了该方法的可靠性. 该方法解决了端泵Nd∶YAG时, 由温度梯度, 热应力双折射和端面形变所引起的总的热透镜焦距难以测量的问题.     

大气热晕效应引起的激光焦移的计算与分析

采用薄透镜组合的半解析近似方法,研究了大气中的热晕效应对激光聚焦的影响.用该计算方法得出结论:大气热晕效应对高功率激光聚集光束传输的影响与其初始功率、发射口径、传输路径及大气吸收系数有关.在吸收系数随距离增加而减少的光程上(如上行传输),热晕将导致焦点向远离发射点方向移动,而在吸收系数随传输距离增加而增加的光程上(如下行传输),热晕将导致焦点向靠近发射点方向移动.     

Diffraction patterns of laser beams with thermal self-phase modulation by optically thin films

Summary A mathematical model of the far-field diffraction pattern of a laser beam with laser heating self-phase modulation through an optically thin film is presented. We deal with the steady-state temperature field generated by the weak absorption of a laser beam in an optically and thermally thin film bounded by two transparent plates, the cell walls, whose thermal exchange to the surrounding ambient has been assumed to be linear in the temperature difference to the ambient. These hypotheses describe the application of the steady-state ?thermal lens? spectroscopy to the detection of the optical or thermal properties of liquid samples. We give a very simple expression for the diffracted intensity that appears suitable for fast computer calculations. The good accuracy of the technique is shown by comparison with the results given by more intricate approaches. To speed up publication, the authors of this paper have agreed to not receive the proofs for correction.     

Combined lenticular lens for autostereoscopic three dimensional display

When an autostereoscopic three dimensional (3D) display based on a single lenticular lens keeps working for a long period, the thermal expansion of lenticular lens results in serious crosstalk and 3D image deterioration. To overcome this problem, a combined lenticular lens is proposed. The combined lenticular lens is composed of a single lenticular lens used in the traditional autostereoscopic 3D display, a transparent glue layer and a glass substrate. The design method of the combined lenticular lens and analysis of thermal expansion effect is given. A 42-inch autostereoscopic 3D display based on the combined lenticular lens is developed. The experiment results verify that the proposed combined lenticular lens effectively avoids the crosstalk and 3D image deterioration happened in the traditional autostereoscopic 3D display.     

干涉条纹法测量LD端面泵浦Nd∶YAG热透镜焦距

研究了端面泵浦Nd∶YAG晶体热透镜效应,提出了一种新的测量热透镜的方法 干涉条纹法,并通过理论估算与用此方法所测的热透镜焦距相比较,表明此方法所测热透镜焦距随着泵浦光功率的增大二者越来越吻合,验证了该方法的可靠性 该方法解决了端泵Nd∶YAG时,由温度梯度,热应力双折射和端面形变所引起的总的热透镜焦距难以测量的问题.     

共轴球面光学系统的热象差分析

本文系统分析了径向均匀温度场中,热对共轴球面光学系统的影响,得到了初级位置热象差与初级倍率热象差的一般表达式.在此基础上得到了均匀温度场中薄透镜系统的热象差表示式,该热象差表示可以用来指导无热象差光学系统的设计.最后根据上述分析,讨论了几种简单系统的热效应与无热象差设计途径.     

端侧面组合抽运DPL热透镜效应研究

通过数值计算发现：在端侧面组合抽运DPL中,晶体横截面上的温度分布接近于轴对称分布,并且端面抽运功率占有率越大,温度分布越接近于轴对称分布。将端侧面组合抽运DPL中的热效用等效薄透镜近似,给出了等效热透镜焦距的计算方法,分析了组合抽运引起的热透镜效应对基横模振荡光的光斑尺寸和衍射损耗的影响。在总抽运功率一定的情况下,端面抽运功率占有率的变化对热透镜焦距有一定的影响,占有率越大,热透镜焦距越长。提高端面抽运功率占有率,可在一定程度上减小热透镜效应对振荡光束尺寸和衍射损耗的影响。     

氧碘化学激光高反射薄膜的性能研究

通过实际测量和理论计算,给出高反射薄膜的散射和吸收数据,分析两种损耗对薄膜性能起的不同作用;同时,还讨论了热处理对薄膜吸收的影响.     

薄透镜成像实验教学中一个问题的讨论

本文分析了自准法测定薄凸透镜的焦距实验教学中的一个“奇怪”现象,导出把薄凸透镜的第二球面作为反射面时的成像公式,利用它可以很好地解释实验教学中的问题。并可以测定薄凸透镜的曲率半径和焦距。     

Numerical modeling of thermal effects in a high-power injection-locked cw Ti:sapphire laser

With the FEA and matrix methods, the thermal lenses induced by the thermooptic effect, thermally induced mechanical strain and end face bulging in a Ti:sapphire crystal are analyzed. The results show that there is an unignorable strain-induced lens in a high pump power region. With the thermal lens effect, an injection-locked cw Ti:sapphire laser is numerically simulated. We find that the poor mode matching between the lasing and pump beams due to thermal lens will cause the slope efficiency decreasing. The calculated results agree with the reported experimental data, and we also predict that the thermal lens is obviously active at a certain pump power level.     

10 kHz 40 W Ti:sapphire regenerative ring amplifier

A cryogenically cooled Ti:sapphire regenerative ring amplifier was developed as a laser for generating a laser-produced plasma light source. With a 10 kHz 180 W pump laser, the amplifier output is 40 W before compression and 26 W after compression. We believe it to be the current highest average-power output from a single stage Ti:sapphire amplifier. The effective focal length of the thermal lens is measured to be 2.2 m at 100 K for 180 W of pump power. With a 1 m focal length lens placed in the resonator, the effect of a thermal lens on the resonator mode is suppressed. High conversion efficiency is achieved for the whole pumping power range without any additional measures for thermal compensation.     

热效应对克尔自锁模激光腔的影响

讨论了克尔透镜锁模激光腔中热效应对锁模的影响，用数值解法给出了存在热效应时腔中光斑半径随归一化功率的变化曲线。同时给出了存在热效应时光斑半径对归一化功率的相对敏感度参数。