LD端面泵浦薄片激光器的温度和热应力分布研究

为了分析薄片激光器的热效应,建立了LD端面泵浦薄片激光介质的数值模型。考虑到介质与空气的对流换热和介质材料的热力学参数随温度的变化,根据经典热传导方程和热弹性方程,运用有限单元法,得出了介质内温度和热应力的时空分布,分析了温度和热应力与泵浦功率、换热系数和时间的变化规律。模拟结果表明:热破坏主要为前表面光斑外侧的拉伸破裂;温度和应力的上升时间和热恢复时间随泵浦功率的变化不是很明显,随换热系数的增大而减小,但随着换热系数的增加,温度和应力的变化越来越小。     

LD泵浦高功率高斜效率Nd:YVO4声光调Q激光器

 报道了采用激光二极管(LD)端面泵浦Nd:YVO₄双端键合晶体高平均功率高斜效率1 064 nm声光调Q激光器。通过对大功率泵浦情况下激光晶体热透镜效应进行分析和估算,优化了模式匹配及热稳腔结构参数,实现了稳定的高功率高斜效率准连续脉冲激光输出。在泵浦功率46.8 W、最高重复频率50 kHz下,获得最大平均输出功率17.6 W,光-光转换效率为37.6%,斜效率达70.1%,脉冲宽度51.3 ns;在最低重复频率10 kHz下,获得最大单脉冲能量0.91 mJ,峰值功率为46.2 kW,脉冲宽度为19.8 ns。     

LD连续泵浦Nd:YVO4声光调Q激光器

 利用半导体激光器（LD）连续单端泵浦Nd:YVO₄晶体，实现了声光调Q输出1 064nm的短脉冲。分析并用实验验证了不同透过率输出耦合镜及不同重复频率条件下，输出调Q脉冲能量、脉冲宽度及平均输出功率的规律。在泵浦功率为20.7W，重复频率为50kHz时，获得了最大平均输出功率为5.72W的脉冲，光 光转换效率为28%，斜效率为32.4%；在重复频率为10kHz时，最大单脉冲能量为0.286mJ，脉宽为22ns，峰值功率为13kW。     

LD预泵浦条件与Cr4+,Nd3+:YAG微片激光器的输出特性

 建立了LD预泵浦的被动调Q平平腔Cr⁴⁺,Nd³⁺:YAG微片激光器模型,分析了预泵浦参数与激光脉冲时间特性的关系,设计了LD预泵浦的Cr⁴⁺,Nd³⁺:YAG微片激光器实验,测量了不同预泵浦参数下激光单脉冲以及脉冲序列的时间特性。实验结果与数值计算结果基本符合：调节预泵浦参数使每个泵浦脉冲刚好对应输出单个激光脉冲时,固定脉冲泵浦宽度,脉冲泵浦速率随连续泵浦速率的增加呈一次函数减小;固定连续泵浦速率,脉冲泵浦速率随脉冲泵浦宽度的增加呈非线性函数减小。结果还表明,激光脉冲半高全宽随整体泵浦速率的增加而减小,峰值功率随整体泵浦速率的增加而增加;当整体泵浦速率在阈值附近变动时,激光单脉冲时间特性的变化最为明显。     

大功率环形LD侧面泵浦Nd3+:YLF激光器的特性

 研究了一种采用新型泵浦耦合方式的固体激光器。大功率环形LD阵 列紧密环绕棒状Nd³⁺：YLF增益介质进行直接泵浦，泵浦光的利用率和泵浦均匀性有较大提高，1054nm波长处的自由振荡脉冲能量输出最大达1.01J，激光器的效率有显著提高。     

基于侧面热对流的LD泵浦Yb:KGd(WO4)2热透镜效应研究

基于对LD端面泵浦Yb∶KGW激光晶体工作特点的分析,建立了符合条件的激光晶体热模型.考虑晶体侧面的热对流,运用MATLAB和FORTRAN软件,通过有限差分法求解各向异性介质热传导方程,得到了该晶体的温度场分布、端面热形变分布和不同泵浦功率下的热焦距.结果表明:在泵浦功率为14 W时,泵浦面最高温度达272.8℃、最...     

基于Nd:YAG/Cr:YAG/YAG键合晶体LD侧面泵浦激光器

利用Nd∶YAG/Cr∶YAG/YAG键合晶体,建立了具有高平均输出功率的LD侧面泵浦被动调Q激光器系统.当Cr∶YAG的初始透过率为85%、最大泵浦光功率为187.5 W时,1 064nm激光的平均输出功率为83.68W.通过KTP晶体进行倍频,在最大泵浦光功率下,产生了27.2W532nm绿光激光脉冲,同时脉冲宽度和重复频率分别为210ns和21.2kHz;绿光单脉冲能量和峰值功率分别为1.28mJ和6.1kW;泵浦光(808nm)到倍频光(532nm)的光-光效率为14.5%.     

脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量Nd:YAG激光器时变热效应分析

建立了激光二极管阵列(LDA)侧面泵浦棒状Nd:YAG增益介质时变热效应理论计算模型。采用有限元Ansys软件模拟分析了脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量固体激光器的时变热效应特性。研究结果表明,所研究的脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量Nd:YAG激光器热效应具有时变特性,介质横截面内中心点处的稳态温度场分布随时间呈锯齿形周期变化,锯齿形变化频率为LDA泵浦频率,脉冲LDA泵浦参数对介质稳态温度场分布有较大影响。分析和计算了介质内热梯度、应力双折射以及激光晶体端面效应等导致的晶体热透镜焦距。计算表明,介质的热焦距主要来源于介质内温度梯度引起的热透镜焦距。     

片状热容激光器热效应有限元分析

 基于激光介质的非均匀内热源模型，利用有限元数值方法，模拟计算了热容模式下高功率激光二极管阵列(LDA) 重复脉冲泵浦片状激光介质的瞬态温度分布和热应力分布及其波前畸变和应力双折射。结果表明:热容模式下，当增益介质不能够被全口径泵浦时，也会出现严重的热效应，介质的表面靠近边缘处会出现大的拉应力集中，介质表面的最大轴向位移和最大拉应力随泵浦光斑尺寸缩小而增大；而当全口径泵浦时，介质表面热形变大大减弱，较小的拉应力存在于介质内部，而且泵浦光斑和介质的几何形状对热分布有很大影响。结果还表明，介质片表面变形和热光效应是产生波前畸变的主要原因，而热应力双折射产生的附加相移与激光介质的切割方向有关，它对光束产生较大的退偏作用，从而影响激光器的输出性能。理论模型得到了实验结果的验证。     

脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量Nd:YAG激光器时变热效应分析北大核心CSCD

建立了激光二极管阵列(LDA)侧面泵浦棒状Nd:YAG增益介质时变热效应理论计算模型。采用有限元Ansys软件模拟分析了脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量固体激光器的时变热效应特性。研究结果表明,所研究的脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量Nd:YAG激光器热效应具有时变特性,介质横截面内中心点处的稳态温度场分布随时间呈锯齿形周期变化,锯齿形变化频率为LDA泵浦频率,脉冲LDA泵浦参数对介质稳态温度场分布有较大影响。分析和计算了介质内热梯度、应力双折射以及激光晶体端面效应等导致的晶体热透镜焦距。计算表明,介质的热焦距主要来源于介质内温度梯度引起的热透镜焦距。     

6.2 W diode-end-pumped 1313 nm Nd:YLF laser

We presented a compact and efficient diode-end-pumped 1313 nm Nd:YLF laser with an effective pump system and no additional insertion loss. The different thermal lensing effects along the ?? and ?? polarizations in an a-cut Nd:YLF crystal were investigated. 6.2 W output power of the polarized 1313 nm laser was obtained at the absorbed pump power of 17.5 W, corresponding to the optical-optical efficiency of 35% and the slope efficiency of 41%.     

Diode-pumped Q-switched Nd:YLF laser at 1313 nm

In this letter, we describe the operation of an end-pumped acousto-optic Q-switched Nd:YLF laser. According to the theoretical analysis and calculation for Nd:YLF crystal, the thermal focal length of σ-polarized laser is positive in plane-parallel resonator, while that of π-polarized laser is negative. Hence laser operation at σ-polarized 1313 nm should be stable in plane-parallel cavity. When absorbed pump power is 12.45 W and the pulse repetition frequency is 10 kHz, 3.1 W output laser at 1313 nm is achieved. As a result, the optical–optical conversion efficiency is 25.4 % and slope efficiency is 31.2 %, respectively.     

Thermal stress effects of the diode-end-pumped Nd:YLF slab

The thermal stress effects of the diode-end-pumped Nd:YLF slab laser crystals are numerically investigated. The theoretical model is established by considering the divergence of the pump beam in the slab and the additional heat generated in the upconversion. Using the three dimensional finite element analyses, accurate numerical solutions based on the theoretical model are achieved. Our analyses focuses on the thermal fracture damage of the Nd:YLF slab under both the lasing and non-lasing conditions, and the predicted values are compared with the experimental results.     

Influences of pump beam distribution on thermal lensing spherical aberration in an LD end-pumped Nd:YAG laser

A numerical investigation is made on the thermal lensing and spherical aberration effect in an LD end-pumped Nd:YAG laser. Based on the finite element method (FEM), the laser rod temperature distribution is calculated and the focal length of the thermal lens is deduced, the influences of pump beam on the thermal lensing spherical aberration are mainly studied. The results show the thermal lens which focal length varied with the radial coordinate r is not an ideal lens. Given the heat dissipation boundary conditions, the radial dependent focal length will be shortened when the pump power raised or the waist radius of the pump beam reduced, meanwhile the radial differences of the focal length will decrease when the pump power increased. For a Super-Gaussian profile pump beam, the higher the exponent number, the more similar to flat top the pump beam is, and the less the radial differences of the focal length are.     

Thermally-boosted pumping of Nd:LiYF<Subscript>4</Subscript> using Ti:Sapphire laser

We report for the first time (to our knowledge) a 1053 nm Nd:LiYF₄ (Nd:YLF) laser by directly pumping into the upper lasing level with a tunable Ti:sapphire laser. The results obtained for direct upper laser level pumping at 872 and 880 nm of Nd:YLF were compared with traditional 806 nm pump band excitation. Highly efficient 1053 nm continuous-wave (CW) laser emission under direct pumping at 880 nm in an 8 mm thick, 1.0 at % Nd:YLF crystal is obtained. The slope efficiency is improved from 39.1% for traditional pumping at 806 nm to 63.9% for direct pumping at 880 nm.     

Thermal effects in high-power Nd:YAG disk-type solid state laser

An investigation of thermal effects in a high-power Nd:YAG disk-type solid state laser pumped with different pump beam transverse profiles is carried out by numerical simulation based on the finite element method (FEM). Impact of the heat sink on the thermal effects is included in the simulation. The distribution of first principle stress, thermally induced birefringence, including the distribution and variation of the birefringence loss, are studied. The characteristics of the phase variation are analyzed with consideration of the temperature gradient, deformation, strain and thermal stress. Thermal lensing is explored as a function of pump power and of the radius pumped with different pump beam transverse profiles. The non-parabolic part of optical phase distortion is simulated. Furthermore, the characteristics of the bi-focus of the disk laser are also studied. Experiments on the maximum tensile stress distribution and depolarization loss are carried out. The presented calculations are in qualitative agreement with the experimental observations.     

The analytical investigation of temperature distribution in off-central diode-pumped lasers

The influence of displacement of the pump source with respect to the crystal center on the thermal behavior of the laser crystal is studied analytically. We consider the pump energy to be deposited into the pump region which has been slightly displaced with respect to the crystal center. An analytical expression for temperature distribution for such off-central diode-pumped laser is investigated. The results are then applied to the Nd :YAG and Nd :YVO₄ laser crystals and compared with the conventional diode-pumped lasers. We showed that in this special case, the temperature distribution equation in the off-central pumping convert to the conventional central pump scheme.      

不同激光分布下Nd∶GdVO4晶体热焦距分析

为了研究方形激光晶体Nd∶GdVO4在超高斯泵浦光分布下的热效应,采用半解析的分析方法,进行了理论分析和实验验证.结果表明：当使用输出功率为15 W的半导体激光器端面中心入射时,在抽运端面中心获得1.38 μm最大热形变量（超高斯阶次为2时）和220 mm的热焦距（超高斯阶次为5时）.     

Diode-pumped Nd:YVO<Subscript>4</Subscript>-Nd:YLF blue laser at 488 nm by intracavity sum-frequency-mixing

We report a laser architecture to obtain continuous-wave blue radiation at 488 nm. A 808 nm diodepumped the Nd:YVO₄ crystal emitting at 914 nm. A part of the pump power was then absorbed by the Nd:YVO₄ crystal. The remaining was used to pump the Nd:YLF crystal emitting at 1047 nm. Intracavity sum-frequency mixing at 914 and 1047 nm was then realized in a LBO crystal to reach the blue radiation. We obtained a continuous-wave output power of 514 mW at 488 nm with a pump laser diode emitting 19.6 W at 808 nm.     

激光二极管端面抽运室温Tm,Ho:YLF连续固体激光器

报道了激光二极管端面抽运Tm，Ho：YLF固体激光器的输出特性.室温下，选用不同透过率的输出耦合镜进行了实验研究，确定了最佳输出耦合镜透过率为2%. 利用小孔扫描的方法，得到了激光远场的光强分布，证明激光为基横模输出，并且给出了热焦距随抽运功率的变化关系.通过在激光谐振腔内插入两个固体Fabry-Perot标准具的方法，获得了2μm激光的单频输出，阈值功率为250mW，在抽运功率为2.8W时，单频输出功率为118mW.此单频激光器可用作激光振荡器和激光放大器的种子源. 关键词： 激光光学 激光二极管 Tm Ho:YLF固体激光器 单频