热透镜控制激光光束质量技术研究

在端面抽运固体激光器中,就如何改善在高抽运功率时输出激光的光束质量,提出一种激光器的设计方法。在激光器谐振腔中放入多根掺杂浓度不同的激光介质,利用激光介质内部产生的热透镜控制抽运光和基模振荡光的空间分布,并且最大限度地使抽运光的分布区和基模振荡光分布区重叠,实现抽运光与基模振荡光在空间上高度匹配,进而提高抽运光能量的利用效率和振荡光的光束质量。实验表明,在不同抽运功率下,抽运光和基模振荡光在晶体内部的光斑的空间分布可通过热透镜加以控制。在端面抽运功率200 W附近时,实现了抽运光与基模振荡光较高程度匹配,光束质量因子M2由14.7改善为4.1。     

High-power and high optical conversion efficiency diode-end-pumped laser with multi-segmented Nd:YAG/Nd:YVO_4

A novel flat-flat resonator consisting of two crystals(Nd:YAG + Nd:YVO_4) is established for power scaling in a diode-end-pumped solid-state laser. We systematically compare laser characteristics between multi-segmented(Nd:YAG + Nd:YVO_4) and conventional composite(Nd:YAG + Nd:YAG) crystals to demonstrate the feasibility of spectral line matching for output power scale-up in end-pumped lasers. A maximum continuous-wave output power of 79.2 W is reported at 1064 nm, with M_x~2= 4.82, M_y~2= 5.48, and a pumping power of 136 W in the multi-segmented crystals(Nd:YAG + Nd:YVO_4). Compared to conventional composite crystals(Nd:YAG + Nd:YAG), the optical-optical conversion efficiency of multi-segmented crystals(Nd:YAG + Nd:YVO4) from 808 nm to 1064 nm is enhanced from 30% to 58.8%,while the laser output sensitivity as affected by the diode-laser temperature is reduced from 55% to 9%.     

高功率固体激光器中抽运光和热效应的相互作用分析

大功率固体激光器中,由于抽运光分布和热效应之间存在复杂的相互作用,所以在对热效应的理论分析中不能沿用小功率下的处理方法,否则会带来很大的误差。提出一种反复迭代的数值处理方法,充分考虑抽运光和热效应之间的相互作用,在此基础上,对一些典型的端面抽运固体激光器的热效应和抽运光分布进行了分析,研究了不考虑这种相互作用所带来的理论计算的误差。将介质对抽运光的吸收长度和粗估的热透镜焦距进行比较,提出了一个用于判断热效应和抽运光相互作用强度的参数K,根据K的值可以判断在理论分析中是否需要考虑两者的相互作用。研究表明,当K小于0.1时,抽运光和热效应相互作用所产生的影响小于3%。