高功率激光驱动器中的若干关键工程光学问题

高功率激光装置是一个复杂的有源巨型光学工程,其性能指标要求逼近科学技术与物理极限。驱动器研制有物理设计、工程光学和结构工程设计三大过程,工程光学在其中起着重要作用。高功率激光装置工程光学设计需遵循其特有的设计原则和要点,以保证装置的高性能。根据驱动器设计指标和设计特点,从总体光学设计、光束质量控制以及光束打靶精度控制方面,综述了高功率激光装置工程光学设计中的关键科学技术问题以及相应解决方法,为未来高功率激光驱动器的发展提供必要的工程设计参考。     

Transmittance and phase measurement via self-calibrated balanced heterodyne detection

It is rare for a conventional direct detection method to measure the transmittance uniformity of mirrors with rigorous standards, especially to meet the requirement of transmittance/reflectance and phase detection simultaneously. In this study, a new method of self-calibrated balanced heterodyne detection(SCBHD) is proposed. It can be self-calibrated by a two-channel structure to overcome the environmental effects in large optics scanning detection by employing highly accurate heterodyne interference. A typical transmittance measurement experiment was performed at 1053 nm wavelength via SCBHD. A standard deviation(SD) of 0.038% was achieved in the preliminary experiment. The experimental results prove to reduce the SD by approximately two orders of magnitude compared with the conventional direct detection method in the same condition. The proposed method was verified as being promising not only for its wider dynamic measurement range and its higher accuracy but also for its simultaneous transmittance and phase detection ability.