四程放大系统腔镜位置变形镜的面形解

 根据在大型高功率固体激光装置中自适应光学技术的应用研究，将变形镜置于腔镜位置，有利于提高自适应光学系统的校正动态范围。基于变口径90°翻转四程放大系统的光路特点，从理论上比较完整地解决了四程放大系统腔镜位置变形镜面形解的存在性问题，并对口径变换比值(缩束比)与面形求解之间的关系问题进行了数值模拟，结果表明:只要缩束比小于1，对应系统连续波前畸变的腔镜位置面形解是存在的，且随着缩束比减小，解的收敛性增强。     

高功率激光器抗失调谐振腔的实验研究

为简化高功率激光器谐振腔结构,提高激光谐振腔的稳定性,增加基模体积,改善光束质量,提出了两种新型激光谐振腔结构,分别是带角隅反射镜的激光谐振腔和直角内圆锥面反射镜激光谐振腔。使用高功率脉冲CO2激光器,研究了这两种激光谐振腔的输出特性和腔镜失调的关系,并结合平凹稳定腔,对三种激光谐振腔的抗失调稳定性进行了对比。实验结果表明,随着全反镜或平面输出镜失调角的增加,角隅腔激光器的单脉冲输出能量下降速度小于直角内圆锥面全反镜腔。两种新型谐振腔全反镜的抗失调稳定性都超过平面输出镜。角隅全反镜谐振腔和直角内圆锥面全反镜谐振腔的抗失调稳定性均大大超过平凹稳定腔。     

Properties of a laser beam generated from an axicon resonator

A high power cw CO₂ laser beam is generated from a resonator configuration having an axicon mirror as its end reflector. The properties of this beam are evaluated in terms of its polarization, focusing capability and temporal stability and the resulting effects on processing materials are presented. A comparison is made between a folded and a straight resonator having a spherical focusing mirror as its end reflector.     

切削用量对铝靶表面质量的影响

采用单点金刚石切削技术，完成了对ICF实验用铝靶的切削加工，重点研究了切削用量对加工表面质量的影响。实验结果表明:采用较小的进给速度，较大的主轴转速能够获得较低的表面粗糙度，切削深度对表面质量影响较小。通过Form Talysurf 表面轮廓仪测量，结果表明表面粗糙度小于50 nm。     

光束旋转90°多程放大系统的波前误差校正

 光束通过神光-Ⅲ原型装置四程放大系统发生了90°旋转和扩束。在四程放大系统腔镜处放置变形镜校正系统像差是一种新的自适应光学方案，推导出被校正像差与变形镜面形之间的数学关系。理论推导表明，在扩束比大于1的前提下，腔镜处变形镜可以校正系统输出的任意类型的像差，且变形镜对应的面形唯一。理论分析和计算仿真说明该方案的校正能力与像差类型和扩束比有关，扩束比增大将增强变形镜校正像散的能力，但系统旋光消像散的能力也将减弱。     

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.     

Terahertz-wave parametric oscillator with a misalignment-resistant tuning cavity

We demonstrate a terahertz-wave parametric oscillator (TPO) with a corner-cube resonator consisting of a corner-cube prism (CCP) and a flat mirror. By using the cavity configuration proposed in this Letter, the generation of tunable monochromatic terahertz (THz) waves can be achieved just by rotating the flat mirror instead of rotating the TPO cavity relative to the pump beam. The THz-wave output intensity and pulse width can be controlled periodically by rotating the CCP around the cavity axis. The TPO stability against cavity misalignment is significantly improved by at least 1 to 2 orders of magnitude compared with the conventional plane-parallel resonator configuration.     

Hybrid optical resonator type laser proposed for direct coupling into optical fiber

Combining one stable resonator with a concave mirror and a coupling-hole plane mirror, and another unstable resonator having a concave mirror and a convex mirror, a new hybrid optical resonator type laser has been proposed by overlapping the concave mirror as a common one and fitting the convex mirror exactly to the coupling-hole. Using theABCD law, the so-called g-parameters are first found for beam confinement. Then, based on the eigen-equation, the field distribution on the plano-convex mirror is obtained with the g-parameters above. Knowing this field distribution results in an effective transmittanceG _{e e}. Finally, the ratio of the inner convex to outer plane mirror radii can be determined for an optimum coupling in both the limiting cases of homogeneously and inhomogeneously broadened gain media. Some numerical examples will also be given for a CO₂ laser having the proposed hybrid resonator.     

角锥棱镜激光谐振腔的基本特性

 分析了角锥棱镜对光束的相位变换作用，带二面角误差的角锥棱镜可等效于6块光楔的组合，其楔角的大小和方向由二面角误差决定。对在腔内往返传输的光线在镜面上的位置进行了分析，结果表明：3个二面角误差相同且不为零的角锥棱镜构成的谐振腔为约束非稳腔。用Fox-Li迭代法数值模拟得到了不同棱镜二面角误差情况下的谐振模式。模拟结果表明：圆形镜腔情况下基本振荡模式接近于TEM₀₃模的拉盖尔高斯光束；当3个二面角误差不相同时，模式中各个区域的强度分布不对称。采用3个二面角误差基本接近且绝对值较小的棱镜可以提高光束质量。     

Modeling of vertical external cavity semiconductor laser with MQW resonant structure

Numerical model is developed for modeling pulsed operation of a vertical external cavity semiconductor laser (VECSEL) with a resonant gain structure. Properties of optical modes for compound resonator formed by Bragg reflector, chip boundary and external spherical mirror were studied. For above threshold operation carrier density in each of quantum wells (QW) obeys non-linear diffusion equation with a source supplied by electron-hole pairs generated in barrier layers by pump radiation or fast electron beam. A new iteration procedure for round-trip operator evaluation was developed, which provides linear growth of computation time with the number of QWs. Results of numerical simulations are reported for a VECSEL comprising 25 QW in resonant configuration and the output spherical mirror with curvature radius 3 cm. Variation of distance to the external mirror is found to result in notable changes in power and optical quality of the output beam. The decisive role of gain and index non-linearity in these changes is identified. A range of values of distance to external mirror is found where iterative procedure does not converge. In another range, the resulting solution depends on the initial conditions for the iteration procedure.     

Laser beam shaping with magnetic fluid-based liquid deformable mirrors

A new controllable laser beam shaping technique is demonstrated, where a magnetic fluid-based liquid deformable mirror is proposed to redistribute the laser phase profile and thus change the propagation property of the beam. The mirror is driven by an inner miniature actuator array along with a large outer actuator. The inner actuator array is used for deforming the magnetic fluid surface, while the outer actuator is used to linearize the fluid surface response and amplify the magnitude of the deflection. In comparison to other laser beam shaping techniques, this technique offers the advantages such as simplicity, low cost, large shape deformation, and high adaptability. Based on a fabricated prototype of the liquid deformable mirror, an experimental AO system was set up to produce a desired conical surface shape that shaped the incident beam into a Bessel beam. The experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed technique for laser beam shaping.     

角锥阵列改善固体热容激光器光束质量

 为改善光束远场质量,探索研究了角锥反射器的应用,利用角锥棱镜的准相位共轭特性,将角锥棱镜阵列作为热容激光器的后腔镜,抑制腔内波前畸变,并通过数值模拟计算对角锥阵列的单元边长进行优化设计。实验结果表明:角锥阵列对光束远场质量有明显的改善,当角锥阵列的单元边长为4 mm时,实现光束远场7倍衍射极限输出。     

腔内双棒串接的基模动态稳定腔研究

为了获得大功率高亮度的激光光源,设计并实现了一种使用双棒串接的基模动态稳定谐振腔.通过补偿热致双折射效应以及合理地设计腔内参数,在使用闪光灯抽运的条件下获得了61W的基模连续输出.使用等效热透镜的方法分析了谐振腔参数对激光器性能的影响,解释了输出镜和全反镜的距离对激光器性能所起的不同作用. 关键词： 动态稳定腔 双棒 谐振腔模式     

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。     

Widely tunable linear-cavity multiwavelength fiber laser with distributed Brillouin scattering

We demonstrate a multiple wavelength Brillouin/erbium fiber laser in a linear cavity configuration.The laser cavity is made up of a fiber loop mirror on one end of the resonator and a virtual mirror generated from the distributed stimulated Brillouin scattering effect on the other end.Due to the weak reflectivity provided by the virtual mirror,self-lasing cavity modes are completely suppressed from the laser cavity.At Brillouin pump and 1480-nm pump powers of 2 and 130 mW,respectively,11 channels of the demonstrated laser with an average total power of 7.13 dBm can freely be tuned over a span of 37-nm wavelength from 1530 to 1567 nm.     

Fast and stable enhancement of the far-field peak power by use of an intracavity deformable mirror

We demonstrate that an intracavity deformable mirror (DM) is capable of compensating for the aberrations of a continuous-wave (CW) Nd:YAG solid-state laser and improving its far-field peak power fast and stably. The deformable mirror is controlled by a stochastic parallel gradient descend (SPGD) algorithm. Experimental results reveal that high-order-like transverse modes can be transformed into Gaussian-like modes quickly without any pinhole added in the laser cavity. At the same time, the far-field peak powers are also increased to different extents.     

大功率部分端面抽运混合腔板条激光器

在半导体抽运的全固态激光器中,激光晶体上的热畸变限制了激光器在大功率下输出时保持高光束质量的能力。板条结构的固体激光器具有优异的散热能力,再配合部分端面抽运以及稳一非稳柱面混合腔的使用,使大功率高光束质量的激光输出成为可能。在德国EdgeWave GmbH进行的对这一技术的合作研究中,利用不到100mm的腔长,在Nd：YVO4板条激光器上获得了110W近衍射极限的1．06μm连续激光输出,这时在非稳腔方向上的光束传播因子M^2为1．3。在稳腔方向上为1．5。通过对输出激光进行空间滤波切除腔镜造成的衍射旁瓣后,50W输出时M^2的典型值在非稳腔和稳腔方向上分别为1．09和1．2。     

High beam quality in a HyBrID copper laser operating with an unstable resonator made of a concave mirror and a plano-convex BK7 lens

This paper presents a very simple unstable resonator, made of a concave mirror (total reflector) and a bare plane–convex BK7 lens working as a convex coupling mirror, which is quite efficient for HyBrID copper laser. In addition to a good quality factor (M²=4.9), experimental results showed that it is possible to control the laser output power by introducing a variable aperture iris inside the cavity, close to the coupling lens, without spoiling beam quality. A rough theoretical model helped to explain these results as a combined effect of unstable resonator plus radial gain distribution.     

Injection-locked single-frequency laser with an output power of?220?W

A solid-state laser system for the next generation of gravitational wave detectors with an output power of 220?W at the wavelength of 1064?nm is presented. Single-frequency operation of the laser was achieved by injection-locking of a high-power ring oscillator to an amplified non-planar ring oscillator (NPRO) following the Pound?CDrever?CHall scheme. The high-power stage which features four longitudinally pumped Nd:YAG laser crystals as active media in a ring resonator configuration was designed for reliable long term operation. Using a non-confocal ring cavity to filter the output beam, a pure TEM₀₀ mode with 168 W output power was obtained.     

500.8 nmNd∶YAG青光激光器光学薄膜的设计与制备

从双波长激光运转及和频的机理出发，对LD泵浦Nd∶YAG，LBO腔内和频500.8 nm〖JP2〗青光激光器所使用的光学薄膜进行了设计和制备.在激光反射镜的设计上，为了达到最佳的和频输出，对膜系要求进行了深入分析.采用对谐振腔一端面反射率固定不变并通过对另一腔镜基频光的透射率进行调谐的方法, 在给出合理初始结构后，利用计算机对膜厚进行了优化.并采用双离子束溅射沉积的方法，通过时间监控膜厚法成功制备出青光激光器所使用的全介质激光反射膜, 在室温下实现946 nm和1064 nm双波长连续运转，并通过Ⅰ类临界相位匹配LBO晶体腔内和频在国内首次实现500.8 nm青色激光连续输出.当泵浦注入功率为1.4 W时和频青光最大输出达20 mW.