Irradiation effects of CO2 laser parameters on surface morphology of fused silica

To understand the surface morphology evolution of fused silica induced by 10.6-μm CO2 laser irradiation at different parameters,this paper reports that optical microscopy,profilometry,and hydrophilicity tests are utilized to characterize the surface structure and roughness of the laser irradiated area. The results show that three typical surface morphologies and two typical hydrophilicity test images are observed at different laser powers and pulse durations. The correlations between surface temperature and surface morphology as well as hydrophilicity behaviours are presented. The different hydrophilicity behaviours are related to surface structures of the laser-induced crater and thermal diffusion area. The thermal diffusion length monotonously increases with increasing laser power and pulse duration. The crater width is almost determined by the laser beam size. The crater depth is more sensitive to the laser power and pulse duration than the crater width.     

高功率脉冲电子束辐照SiO_2的光学和激光损伤性能

研究了不同剂量的60 kW高功率脉冲电子束辐照对高纯熔石英玻璃的微观结构、光学性能和激光损伤特性的影响规律.光学显微图像表明,辐照后熔石英样品由于热效应导致表面破裂,裂纹密度和尺寸随辐照剂量增加而增大,采用原子力显微镜分析表面裂纹的微观形貌,裂纹宽度约1μm,同时样品表面分布着大量尺寸约0.1—1μm的碎片颗粒.吸收光谱测试表明,所有样品均在394 nm处出现微弱的吸收峰,吸收强度随着电子束辐照剂量增大呈现先增加后减小的趋势.荧光光谱测试发现辐照前后样品均有3个荧光带,分别位于460,494和520 nm,荧光强度随辐照剂量的变化趋势与吸收光谱一致.利用355 nm激光研究了不同剂量电子束辐照对熔石英激光损伤阈值的影响,结果表明熔石英的损伤阈值随着辐照剂量的增加而降低.在剂量较低时,导致熔石英激光损伤阈值下降的原因主要是色心缺陷;剂量较高时,导致损伤阈值降低的原因主要是样品表面产生的大量微裂纹和碎片颗粒对激光的调制和吸收.     

高功率光纤啁啾脉冲放大光源中的B积分受限

基于金斯堡-朗道方程模型,针对100kHz光纤啁啾脉冲放大系统中的B积分受限问题进行了理论分析,包含群速色散、增益色散、平均功率饱和和能量饱和效应及自相位调制效应。给出了典型放大器构型下脉冲可压缩性随B积分的变化关系。得到了展宽脉冲宽度为1ns条件下,亚ps压缩脉冲对系统总的B积分限值约为40rad。对短间隔脉冲串放大特性和B积分进行了理论研究,验证了在单脉冲B积分受限不变的情况下可以实现总脉冲能量倍增。     

中红外超连续谱在氟化物光纤中的产生

为获得高功率全光纤中红外超连续谱,采用自制的掺Er锁模光纤激光器作为种子源,激光经过两级放大至1.67W,泵浦氟化物光纤,获得光谱覆盖1000~2400nm的超连续光谱;光谱宽度随着泵浦功率的增加而展宽,当输出功率达到1.21W时,转换效率为72%,并且产生的超连续谱被强烈的调制,在多个波长点处谱功率密度调制到0mW/nm,但调制波长与泵浦功率无关。     

HF酸刻蚀提升熔石英亚表面划痕抗损伤性能的机理

用HF酸刻蚀熔石英元件,研究刻蚀对元件后表面划痕的形貌结构及损伤性能的影响,探索损伤阈值提升的原因.时域有限差分算法理论计算结果表明:对于含有50 nm直径氧化锆颗粒的划痕,对入射光调制引发场增强的最大值是入射光强的6.1倍,且最强点位于划痕内部氧化锆颗粒附近,而结构相同但不含杂质的划痕引发的最大场增强为入射光强的3.6倍,最强区位于划痕外围;HF酸刻蚀能够有效去除划痕中的杂质,改变划痕结构,增加其宽深比值,经刻蚀的划痕对入射光调制引发场增强降低到入射光强的2.2倍.实验结果表明,经过深度刻蚀的划痕初始损伤阈值较刻蚀之前提高一倍多;光热弱吸收测试仪测试刻蚀后划痕对1 064 nm激光的吸收最大值仅为230 ppm.HF酸刻蚀同时可以提升元件整体损伤阈值,由于元件上无缺陷区域损伤阈值随刻蚀的深入先增加后降低,因此HF酸刻蚀应进行到元件损伤阈值提升到最大值为止.     

高功率固体激光驱动器能源系统线路结构优化实验研究

 高功率固体激光驱动器能源系统主要为闪光灯提供脉冲能量。在对能源系统的研究中,通过采用具有预电离技术的电容器一端接地的电路结构,选用新品低损耗电缆及其它措施,有效地抑制了电磁干扰和地电位抬高,提高了电路的能量转换效率,从而满足了惯性约束聚变驱动器对能源系统的要求。尤其加预电离后,闪光灯放电电流波形发生变形有利于提高放大器效率的变化。     

强激光脉冲电源系统故障分析和对策

 详细分析了强激光脉冲电源系统可能存在的故障问题, 通过电路模拟给出了故障电流波形。在此基础上提出了电源系统故障保护的方法和对策,这对于电源系统的设计和安全运行具有十分重要的意义。     

The effect of laser beam size on laser-induced damage performance

The influence of laser beam size on laser-induced damage performance, especially damage probability and the laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT), is investigated. It is found that damage probability is dependent on beam size when various damage precursors with different potential behaviors are involved. This causes the damage probability and the LIDT to be different between cases under a large-aperture beam and a small-aperture beam. Moreover, the fluence fluctuation of the large-aperture laser beam brings out hot spots, which move randomly across the beam from shot to shot. Thus this leads the most probable maximum fluence after many shots at any location on the optical component to be several times the average beam fluence. These two effects result in the difference in the damage performance of the optical component between the cases under a large-aperture and small-aperture laser.     

Numerical simulation of modulation to incident laser by submicron to micron surface contaminants on fused silica

Modulation caused by surface/subsurface contaminants is one of the important factors for laser-induced damage of fused silica. In this work, a three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain(3D-FDTD) method is employed to simulate the electric field intensity distribution in the vicinity of particulate contaminants on fused silica surface. The simulated results reveal that the contaminant on both the input and output surfaces plays an important role in the electric field modulation of the incident laser. The influences of the shape, size, embedded depth, dielectric constant(εr), and the number of contaminant particles on the electric field distribution are discussed in detail. Meanwhile, the corresponding physical mechanism is analyzed theoretically.     

高功率固体激光装置负载问题研究进展

高功率固体激光装置的负载问题是制约装置建设与运行的瓶颈问题。在高通量紫外纳秒激光辐照下，熔石英后表面的损伤不断产生和增长，严重限制了装置的负载能力。在提升熔石英抗损伤性能的基础上修复既有损伤，循环使用光学元件，是现阶段提升装置负载能力的主要手段。主要介绍了国内外近年来在熔石英损伤的规律与机制、光学元件循环处理的支撑技术以及提升负载能力的新材料与新技术方面所取得的重要进展。