基于遗传算法的CO2激光器三气体组份优化

应用遗传算法和数值求解CO₂激光动力学方程,以输出激光功率为目标函数,优化了典型封离型CO₂激光器三种主要工作气体(CO₂、N₂、He)的气体压强.对1.2m长谐振腔,在放电电压15kV条件下,三种气体的优化压强分别为PCO₂=1.15×133.3Pa、PN₂=7.36×133.3Pa、PH₂=13.33×133.3Pa.优化后激光功率可提高0.96倍.     

飞秒激光烧蚀LiNbO3晶体的形貌特征与机理研究

采用了不同能量的单脉冲和多脉冲飞秒激光对LiNbO₃晶体进行烧蚀，并刻蚀了表面衍射型光栅.通过扫描电镜和原子力显微镜观察了烧蚀点的形貌特征，首次发现利用单束飞秒激光脉冲对LiNbO₃晶体烧蚀，可以得到超衍射极限的烧蚀点，当聚焦光斑直径约为2μm、能量为170nJ的单脉冲飞秒激光作用时，烧蚀点的直径约为400nm，100nJ，17个脉冲作用时烧蚀点的直径约为800nm.同时可以观察到在能量较低的多脉冲飞秒激光作用下， LiNbO₃晶体呈现出大约200nm周期性分布的波纹状结构.实验结果表明，选择合适参数的飞秒激光脉冲可以对LiNbO₃晶体进行超衍射极限加工，这对于利用飞秒激光制作LiNbO₃基质的微纳光电子器件有十分重要的意义.     

光斑尺寸对光学薄膜元件温升的影响

 实验测量了波长1 064 nm， 10 kHz高重复频率激光辐照下在白宝石、石英玻璃、K9基片上制备的Ta₂O₅/SiO₂高反膜的温度变化，有限元分析的结果与实验结果相一致。用ANSYS程序计算了不同光斑直径、相同功率激光和相同功率密度激光辐照下薄膜元件温升的变化。结果表明：相同功率激光辐照光学薄膜元件时，光斑大小只影响激光辐照点的温升，对基板温升没有影响。基板温升只与激光功率有关，激光功率越大，基板温升越大。相同功率密度激光辐照光学薄膜元件时，光斑越大，激光辐照点温度及基板温度均越高。从激光损伤的热效应考虑，小光斑激光辐照时，光学薄膜的激光损伤阈值较高。     

CO2激光成像雷达距离分辨率测距精度的分析与实验研究

分析了脉冲外差体制CO₂激光成像雷达系统的目标距离分辨率、测距精度和误差的主要来源.对于单个光脉冲测距来讲,信噪比(SNR)起伏引起的探测误差、脉冲前沿触发等概率分布以及脉冲建立时间的随机性等是激光脉冲外差测距的主要随机误差,其它随机误差在数量级上可忽略不计.同时利用现有的CO₂激光脉冲外差探测系统,进行了远目标测距对比实验,观测到了2355 m目标脉冲回波信号,并精确测量出CO₂光脉冲飞行的往返时间,该实验数据可用做系统误差的校正和补偿.     

合肥上空大气二氧化碳Raman激光雷达探测研究

Raman激光雷达是用于大气成分探测与特性研究的有效工具.介绍了中科院安徽光学精密机械研究所自行研制的一台用于测量低对流层大气CO₂时空分布的Raman激光雷达系统,并进行了一系列观测实验和对比分析.系统选用波长355 nm的紫外激光作为光源,利用光子计数卡双通道采集大气中N₂和CO₂的Raman后向散射信号与Li-7500型H₂O/CO₂分析仪进行对比标定,通过反演获得了大气CO₂水平与垂直方向时空分布廓线,并且获得了合肥地区大气边界层CO₂的夜变化趋势.结果表明,大气CO₂在空间的分布相对均匀,Raman激光雷达与CO₂分析仪变化趋势一致性较好,能够对大气CO₂时空分布进行有效、连续的观测.     

菲涅耳型衍射光学元件的研究

本文在衍射理论基础上,深入分析了菲涅耳型衍射光学元件的特性,针对连续及二元浮雕结构,建立了位相深度因子(M),波长匹配系数(α)与衍射效率的关系式,对影响衍射效率的因素进行了讨论.研究了设计与工艺的匹配问题,建立了数值孔径,最小特征尺寸与衍射效率的关系,为不同波段衍射光学元件的应用,及设计和评价衍射光学元件提供了有效的理论方法.本文最后举例分析了用于白光波前传感器中的小数值孔径微透镜列阵的性能,并对衍射效率及传递函数两个综合指标进行了测量.     

CO2激光器五种混合气体压强优化

 应用遗传算法,以输出激光功率为目标函数,优化确定了普通CO₂激光器五种工作气体（CO₂, N₂, He, Xe, H₂）的最佳充气量。对1.2m长谐振腔,在15kV放电条件下,优化的充气量分别为p_CO2=1.15×133.3Pa, p_N2=7.32×133.3Pa, p_He=12.95×133.3Pa, p_Xe=0.36×133.3Pa和p_H2=0.01×133.3Pa。优化后激光功率比未优化前可提高1.27倍。     

窄脉冲外差体制CO2激光主动成像研究

根据大目标外差探测时发射功率P_T与距离R₂成正比规律的脉冲激光雷达方程和天线定理,利用国内最新研制的小型高重频电光调Q波导CO₂激光器,采用非线性扫描和激光器不等时发射技术,设计研制了一套窄脉冲外差体制CO₂激光主动成像系统,对室内20m处大目标实现了像元素64×32、成像速率10帧/s实时成像显示,图像质量较好,激光器峰值功率约为60W、脉冲重复频40KHz、前沿50ns、脉宽300ns.     

Ti+(CO2)2Ar和Ti+(CO2)n(n=3-7)络合物离子的红外光解离光谱 (cited: 1)

利用脉冲激光溅射-超声分子束载带方法制备了气相Ti⁺(CO₂)₂Ar和Ti⁺(CO₂)_n(n=3-7)络合物离子．采用红外光解离光谱研究了这些选定的质量离子的振动光谱． 对于每一种络合物离子, 在CO伸缩振动频率范围都观察到了振动峰,表明这些离子具有插入的OTi⁺CO(CO₂)_n-1结构． 对于n≦5的OTi⁺CO(CO₂)_n-1离子,其CO振动和CO₂的反对称伸缩振动频率都比自由的CO和CO₂的频率要高,表明CO和CO₂配体与中心金属离子之间主要是静电相互作用．实验结果还表明TiO⁺可以直接络合五个配体(1个CO和4个CO₂分子)．对于n=2络合物体系,除了插入的OTi⁺CO(CO₂)结构以外,还观察到了具有弯曲结构的OCO-Ti⁺-OCO异构体的存在     

Laser-induced Alignment and Coulomb Explosion of CO2

实验研究了CO₂分子在飞秒强激光脉冲作用下的动力学过程，包括分子取向，隧穿电离和库仑爆炸，激光强度从1×10¹³W/cm²变化到6×10¹⁴W/cm². 当激光强度小于分子的电离阈值时，CO₂分子的非绝热转动激发形成一个相干转动波包，波包演化导致分子沿激光电场方向取向. 激光脉冲结束后，分子取向可以周期性地再现，利用另一束激光可以对取向结构进一步进行修饰. 当激光强度大于分子     

Nanoimprint lithography using IR laser irradiation

A new technique called “infrared laser-assisted nanoimprint lithography” was utilised to soften the thermoplastic polymer material mR-I 8020 during nanoimprint lithography. A laser setup and a sample holder with pressure and temperature control were designed for the imprint experiments. The polymer was spin coated onto crystalline Si <1 1 1> substrates. A prepatterned Si <1 1 1> substrate, which is transparent for the CO₂ laser irradiation, was used as an imprint stamp as well. It was shown, that the thermoplastic resist mR-I 8020 could be successfully imprinted using the infrared CW CO₂ laser irradiation (λ = 10.6 μm). The etching rate of the CO₂ laser beam irradiated mR-I 8020 resist film under O₂ RF (13.56 MHz) plasma treatment and during O₂ reactive ion beam etching was investigated as well.     

Surface evolution and laser damage resistance of CO2 laser irradiated area of fused silica

A 10.6 μm CO₂ laser has been reported to effectively mitigate the laser damage growth of fused silica. Two zones of the laser irradiated area are defined in this work: the distorted zone and the laser affected zone. The parameters of the two zones are studied at different CO₂ laser beam sizes, irradiation times, and powers by microscopy, profilometry, and photoelastic method. The results show that the diameter of laser affected zone is almost completely determined by the laser beam size and the distorted zone is associated with the mitigation range of CO₂ laser beam. The diameter and depth of the distorted zone increase as the laser power and irradiation time increase. The depth grows exponentially depending on the irradiation time. The maximum residual stress discrepancy is located near the boundary of the laser affected zone. The laser damage resistance test results show that the distorted zone and the laser affected zone have a better damage resistance than the original substrate.     

Influences of CO2 laser annealing on mechanical and laser-induced damage properties of ZrO2 thin films

Zirconium dioxide (ZrO₂) thin films were deposited on BK7 glass substrates by the electron beam evaporation method. A continuous wave CO₂ laser was used to anneal the ZrO₂ thin films to investigate whether beneficial changes could be produced. After annealing at different laser scanning speeds by CO₂ laser, weak absorption of the coatings was measured by the surface thermal lensing (STL) technique, and then laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) was also determined. It was found that the weak absorption decreased first, while the laser scanning speed is below some value, then increased. The LIDT of the ZrO₂ coatings decreased greatly when the laser scanning speeds were below some value. A Nomarski microscope was employed to map the damage morphology, and it was found that the damage behavior was defect-initiated both for annealed and as-deposited samples. The influences of post-deposition CO₂ laser annealing on the structural and mechanical properties of the films have also been investigated by X-ray diffraction and ZYGO interferometer. It was found that the microstructure of the ZrO₂ films did not change. The residual stress in ZrO₂ films showed a tendency from tensile to compressive after CO₂ laser annealing, and the variation quantity of the residual stress increased with decreasing laser scanning speed. The residual stress may be mitigated to some extent at proper treatment parameters.     

Optical fiber cleaved at an angle by CO2 laser ablation: Application to micromachining

Laser ablation can be achieved by delivering short power pulse with durations much smaller than the heat diffusion time. In this investigation, we are collimating and magnifying a beam from a CO₂ laser with a Keplerian telescopic system. Then we study the quality of the cut performed by scanning the beam at a fast speed over an optical fiber just after focusing a well collimated CO₂ beam at λ=10.6 μm. It is found that the best results for cutting optical fibers depend upon both the time required in raising matter temperature to the vaporization point and the scanning speed of the CO₂ laser beam. Some aspects of the laser beam collimation before focusing is reviewed briefly and results for optical fibers being cleaved at low and fast speed under various conditions are also shown and discussed.     

Formation and removal of multi-layered fluorescence patterns in gold-ion doped glass

We report the formation of fluorescence patterns inside gold-doped glass medium by femtosecond-laser fabrication. Strong fluorescence images appeared from the irradiated multi-layered region after low temperature annealing. We removed the images by exposing the glass to an electric furnace or a CO₂ laser beam for high temperature annealing. The method was also applied to recording, reading, and erasing of fluorescence data by a femtosecond laser, a 405-nm laser diode, and a CO₂ laser respectively.     

Measurement and direct regulation of the velocity of a fast beam using doppler-tuned laser photon-atom interactions

An optical method is described that uses the Doppler shift to measure the velocity of a fast particle beam merged with a photon beam from a laser. The Doppler-tuned resonance signal is used in a feedback loop to regulate directly the velocity of the beam. The method is demonstrated using a beam of ⁴He atoms pumped by CO₂ laser photons into high Rydberg pure quantum states. Applications to other areas of fast beam physical research are discussed.     

Wide band laser heat treatment using pyramid polygon mirror

A wide laser beam optical system for laser heat treatment processing has been designed with a pyramid polygon mirror, which is able to adjust the amplitude and frequency. It consists of a rotating pyramid polygon mirror made of copper and a cooling part that protects the surface of the mirror from damage by heat. The system provides a linear laser heat source with the wide scanning width. This can increase the efficiency of production and quality of products. The CO₂ laser heat treatment has been processed on SNCM220 and SCM440 steels using the developed optical system. The width of specimens between 13 and 17 mm can be hardened for a single pass scanning.     

Phase-locking resonator with annular gain media

A new type of laser resonator that is designed to extract good phase coherence and circular beams from an annular gain region is developed. We also calculated the parameters theoretically by applying the resonator to a CO₂ laser. And the transfer characteristics of the output beam from the phase-locking laser resonator through a lens are also discussed.     

Mössbauer spectroscopy of laser surfaces treated metallic materials

Laser treated surfaces of the Fe₈₃Si₁₇ alloy and of the coatings prepared on low-carbon steel by laser surface alloying with Ni and Al were investigated by means of Mossbauer spectroscopy. The short range order in the surface layer after irradiation by neodymium laser pulses was found to be similar to that before irradiation. The high quenching rate of a single melt pool after single pulse action seems to be masked by annealing due to the heat produced by successive pulses covering the whole surface. A detailed phase analysis of the coatings prepared by laser surface alloying was done. Seven different phases were found in dependence on chemical composition of alloy coatings and on traverse speed, i.e. the speed of relative motion of sample and the continuous CO₂-laser beam.     

Lasers for materials processing: specifications and trends

An overview is given of the types of lasers dominating the field of laser materials processing. The most prominent lasers in this field are the CO₂ and the Nd: YAG laser. The domain of CO₂ lasers is applications which demand high laser powers (up to 30 kW are available at present), whereas the domain of Nd:YAG lasers is micro-machining applications. In the kilowatt range of laser output power, the two types of lasers are in competition. New diffusion-cooled CO₂ laser systems are capable of output laser powers of several kilowatts, with good beam qualities, while still being quite compact. The output power and beam quality of Nd:YAG lasers has been improved in recent years, so that Nd:YAG lasers are now an alternative to CO₂ lasers even in the kilowatt range. This is especially true for applications that demand optical fibre transmission of the laser beam, which is possible with Nd:YAG laser light but not with the longerwavelength light emitted by CO₂ lasers. The main problem in solid-state lasers such as Nd:YAG is the thermal lensing effect and damage due to thermal stresses. In order to reduce thermal loading, cooling has to be enhanced. Several alternative geometries have been proposed to reduce thermal loading and, by this, thermal lensing effects. There are now slab and tube geometries which allow much higher output powers than the conventionally used laser rods. A very new scheme proposes a thin slab whose cooled side is also used as one of the laser mirrors, so that thermal gradients occur mainly in the direction of the beam propagation and not perpendicular to it, as is the case in the other geometries. As well as CO₂ and Nd:YAG lasers, semiconductor laser diodes are very promising for direct use of the emitted light or as pump sources for Nd:YAG and other solid-state lasers. When packaging together thousands of single laser diodes, output powers of several kilowatts can be realized. Major problems are collimation of the highly divergent laser beams and cooling of the laser diode bars.