Assembly structure convective—flow CO laser

This article describes a convective-flow CO laser composed of quartz tubes, nickel–chromium steel components, a copper heat exchanger, polytetrafluoroethylene tubes and other components. The method of vacuum sealing between quartz tubes and nickel–chromium steel pipes by polytetrafluoroethylene tubes enables the laser to operate with liquid nitrogen cooling. An output of 120 W has been obtained by adopting a non-selective cavity.     

溶液浇铸法制备氘代聚乙烯薄膜

采用改进的溶液浇铸法,用氘代聚乙烯为原料,制备了厚度为100, 200, 400 μm的氘代聚乙烯薄膜。研究了溶液温度、干燥温度、真空加热温度及时间等因素对成膜性、薄膜均匀性和透明性的影响,确定了最佳工艺条件:溶液温度120～130 ℃,干燥温度80～100 ℃,加热温度120 ℃,加热时间1 h。3维视频显微镜和原子力显微镜表征结果表明:制备的薄膜透明性较好,厚度较均匀;薄膜表面起伏较小。     

Magnetically confined discharge CO laser

Under the condition of magnetic confinement, the paper analyzes the following discharge processes from CO gas: (1) the variation of electron energy distribution; (2) the impact excitation rates of electron for the vibrational CO molecules; and (3) the vibrational-state population of CO molecule and small-signal gain. Our results show that, by adding magnetic field, the electron density increases greatly in the energy region corresponding to the maximum electron cross sections of CO molecule, while the electron impact on excitation rates also increases. At the same time, the vibrational-state population of CO molecule and the laser small-signal gain of every vibrational level are also higher than that without magnetic field.     

Wideband CO laser in problems of laser sensing of minor gaseous components in the atmosphere

In the present work it is demonstrated that a wideband CO laser operating at fundamental and overtone vibrational transitions is a promising source of laser radiation for remote laser sensing of the atmosphere. A compact slab RF-discharge CO laser has been designed. The optimal operating conditions are determined for this CO laser. In experiments, the maximum average output laser power was ∼12 W for lasing efficiency of ∼14%. Under fixed experimental conditions, stable lasing (with fluctuations of the output laser characteristics ≤5%) was observed during more than one hour, which suggests that we first excited the sealed-off mode of cryogenic slab RF-discharge CO laser. The frequency-selective mode was first obtained for this laser. Wavelengths for sensing of nitrous oxide, nitrogen dioxide, methane, formaldehyde, and some other gases on near-ground propagation paths are determined. Our experiments and calculations confirm that this CO laser is promising for laser gas analysis. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 76–83, November, 2008.     

Multiline laser probing of CO:He, CO:N2, and CO:O2 active media in a wide-aperture pulsed amplifier

Multiline laser probing was applied for the diagnostics of the active medium of a wide-aperture carbon monoxide laser amplifier. The temporal behavior of the small-signal gain in the active medium of a pulsed electron-beam sustained discharge CO laser amplifier was studied with a specially designed probe CO laser in a wide range of ro-vibrational spectral lines (from V = 5 up to V = 31). The results were analyzed in order to reconstruct the temporal behavior of gas temperature and vibrational populations in CO-containing gas mixtures, CO:He and CO:N₂, and oxygen-rich CO: O₂ mixtures. __________ Translated from Preprint No. 13 of the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow (2005).     

CO2激光调Q技术

调Q技术是实现小型CO₂激光器短脉冲输出的重要手段,近年来随着短脉冲CO₂激光器在激光测距、测速、成像雷达、环境探测、空间通讯及激光与物质相互作用等领域应用需求的不断增长,激光调Q技术越来越受到国内外专家的关注而成为红外激光技术的研究热点之一。本文就目前用于CO₂激光器中实现短脉冲输出的5种主要调Q技术（机械调Q技术、电光调Q技术、声光调Q技术、被动调Q技术、复合调Q技术）的国内外发展历程和现状进行了综合评述,总结分析了各种方法的关键技术和存在的问题,并简要分析了该技术的未来发展趋势。     

气压对吸气式激光推进冲量耦合系数的影响

保持CO2激光的单脉冲能量为61.4~64.6 J，采用高精度冲击摆系统进行了不同气压下吸气模式激光推进冲量耦合系数的实验测试，分析了对应的高度特性。结果表明:气压为2.8×104～1×105 Pa，即距离地面0～10 km时，冲量耦合系数大约3.5×10-4 N·s·J-1，上下波动幅度低于5%；气压低于2.8×104 Pa，即高度大于10 km时，冲量耦合系数呈二次曲线显著下降；当气压降至1×103 Pa，即距离地面约31 km高度时，耦合系数仅为9.7×10-5 N·s·J-1。     

金属材料的激光吸收率研究

针对菲涅耳公式计算金属材料激光吸收率所得的结果与实际测得的吸收率值存在一定的误差这一问题,在详细分析了激光热处理中金属材料吸收率影响因素的基础上,通过数值模拟,改进了金属材料激光吸收率的计算模型,并利用此激光吸收率计算模型(以铝、铜、铂、铁4种金属材料为例)进行激光吸收率的计算和分析,进而计算了3Cr13不锈钢激光吸收率的理论值,该值与用集总参数法测得的3Cr13不锈钢材料激光吸收率结果相吻合,从而验证了该改进的金属材料激光吸收率计算公式的正确性。     

管板式大功率横流CO2激光横模测量及数值模拟

为了提高激光稳定性和激光加工质量,实验测量了大功率横流CO2激光横模,并理论分析了横模形成机理。针对大功率横流CO2激光器管板式电极结构,由麦克斯韦方程给出电场的横向分布,并通过数值计算得到了激光强度的横向分布。实验结果与数值模拟得到的激光能量分布基本一致。结果表明,在给定放电电压条件下,电极结构和气体流动速率决定了激光横模峰值大小,激光峰值的横向位置取决于气体流动的速率。     

声光调Q CO2激光器的输出特性

采用谐振腔内插入声光调制器（AOM）的方法获得了小型CO2激光器的高重频、窄脉宽、高峰值功率输出。通过分析CO2激光器声光调Q的工作原理,利用基于小信号增益和饱和光强的耦合输出数学模型给出了激光器最佳输出镜透过率的数值解,并运用相关实验装置对该数学模型进行了实验验证。理论分析和实验结果均表明：该声光调Q CO2激光器的最佳输出镜透过率为39%。研究了激光器输出性能随脉冲重复频率的变化规律,当脉冲重复频率〉1 kHz时,激光器输出峰值功率下降,这与CO2分子上能级寿命有关,并受声光调Q开关热效应的影响。实验中获得的激光器脉冲频率在1 Hz～100 kHz可调。在脉冲频率为1 kHz时,获得的激光脉冲宽度为156 ns,脉冲峰值功率为10 kW,且稳定性较好,非常适合于作激光与物质相互作用的光源。     

RF discharge slab CO laser operating in both fundamental and first-overtone bands

A compact sealed-off cryogenically cooled radio frequency (RF) discharge slab CO laser, operating in both first-overtone (FO) and fundamental band (FB), was launched. Repetitively pulsed and CW modes of RF discharge excitation were studied. Average FB output power was up to 12 W, with laser efficiency 14%. The multiline FB laser spectrum was observed within the wavelength range ∼5.1-5.4 μm. An optical scheme “frequency selective master oscillator - laser amplifier” was applied for getting FB tuning. Single line FB lasing with average power up to several tens of mW was observed on ∼100 FB vibrational-rotational transitions of CO molecule within the spectral range ∼5.0-6.5 μm. Multiline FO lasing was observed on ∼80 spectral lines within the spectral range ∼2.5-4.0 μm, with maximum single line average output power 12 mW. Total output power of the slab FO CO laser came up to 0.3 W, with maximum laser efficiency 0.5%. Results of parametric studies of the FB and FO slab CO laser including complicated time behavior for laser pulses on different FO vibrational-rotational transitions are discussed.     

管板式大功率横流CO2激光横模测量及数值模拟

为了提高激光稳定性和激光加工质量,实验测量了大功率横流CO2激光横模,并理论分析了横模形成机理。针对大功率横流CO2激光器管板式电极结构,由麦克斯韦方程给出电场的横向分布,并通过数值计算得到了激光强度的横向分布。实验结果与数值模拟得到的激光能量分布基本一致。结果表明,在给定放电电压条件下,电极结构和气体流动速率决定了激光横模峰值大小,激光峰值的横向位置取决于气体流动的速率。     

高功率TEA CO2激光器两波长激光切换输出技术

 以TEA CO₂激光器通常采用的平-凹光学稳定腔为基础,提出了一种新的波长选支方法——输出窗口镀膜选支方法。利用一台高平均功率TEA CO₂激光器进行了选支实验研究,结合现有光学镀膜技术,得到了中心波长为9.3 μm的激光单谱线输出,其单脉冲能量及平均功率与激光器原中心波长10.6 μm单谱线输出的相应参数基本相当。研究发现,以相同单脉冲能量激光照射热敏纸时,中心波长9.3 μm激光光斑与中心波长10.6 μm的明显不同。同时,还设计出两波长窗口密闭免调切换装置,在一台激光器上实现了10.6,9.3 μm两个中心波长激光同等功率水平的免调切换输出,切换位置误差小于5″,密封性能满足使用要求。     

CO2激光扫描辐照修复熔石英表面损伤

采用振镜系统结合10.6 m的CO2激光,对熔石英表面损伤点进行辐照,成功地修复了直径500 m的大尺寸损伤点,损伤修复后表面无烧蚀残留,损伤内部完全愈合,无气泡和残余裂纹。和定点修复方式相比,这种修复具有修复尺度大、面形影响区域小、应力分布范围小的优势。80%扫描辐照修复的损伤点的初始损伤阈值恢复甚至超过了基底的初始损伤阈值。     

Onion-structured transition metal dichalcogenide nanoparticles by laser fabrication in liquids and atmospheres

Since the discovery of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) nanoparticles (NPs) with the onion-like structure, many efforts have been made to develop their fabrication methods. Laser fabrication (LF) is one of the most promising methods to prepare onion-structured TMDC (or OS-TMDC) NPs due to its green, flexible, and scalable syntheses. In this mini-review article, we systematically introduce various laser-induced OS-TMDC (especially the OS-MoS₂) NPs, their formation mechanism, properties, and applications. The preparation routes mainly include laser ablation in liquids and atmospheres, and laser irradiation in liquids. The various formation mechanisms are then introduced based on the different preparation routes, to describe the formations of the corresponding OS-NPs. Finally, some interesting properties and novel applications of these NPs are briefly demonstrated, and a short outlook is also given. This review could help to understand the progress of the laser-induced OS-TMDC NPs and their applications.     

管状预电离可调谐TEA CO2激光器.

研制了一种新型的预电离结构--管状预电离器,并将其应用于可调谐TEA CO2激光器.利用光栅选线方案,采用光栅谐振腔,实现了激光的调谐输出.在输出耦合率为50%、气压为40 kPa的条件下,10P(20),10R(20),9P(20),9R(20)四条谱线获得的最高电光转换效率,分别为9.5%,9.7%,9.8%,9....     

Deep penetration welding using a CO laser with an unstable resonator

An unstable resonator (M = 2) has been applied to reduce the beam divergence of a gas-dynamically cooled supersonic CO laser operating at 105 K in a semiclosed gas cycle. A 4.7 kW laser beam with a total divergence of 2.5 mrad is obtained with an efficiency of 9.4%. The results of welding experiments are compared with those using a CO₂ laser. The weld depths obtained with the CO₂ laser are drastically reduced using argon as the assist gas, whereas the results with the CO laser are independent of the assist gas because of the lower plasma absorption coefficient for the shorter CO laser wavelength.     

紫外预电离TEA CO2激光器放电特性的实验研究

横向激励大气压（transversely excited atmospheric,TEA）CO2激光器的放电稳定性是决定该类型激光器应用效果的关键因素。通过对采用电感充放电电路的紫外预电离激光器的实验研究,得到了激光器放电动态过程的规律,并发现残余振荡是主放电后发生弧光放电的主要原因。实验中采用不同配比的气体,并对电感充放电电路与改进后的硅堆充放电电路进行了比较。实验结果表明：增加充电电感值可以降低主放电结束后储能电容上的残余电压;而采用硅堆放电电路在主放电后仅有相对幅值很低的稳定残压,两种方案都大幅度抑制了弧光放电的形成,有效地提高了激光单脉冲能量。     

板料激光成型技术的实验研究

激光成型是一种利用激光作为热源的热应力无模成型新技术。介绍了板料激光成型技术的工艺过程及影响激光成型的主要因素 ,通过实验研究了激光能量因素、板料的材料性能及几何参数对板料弯曲角度的影响     

TEA CO2激光器几种放电电极的比较

从均匀场电极理论出发,计算并讨论了近似Rogowski电极、Chang电极(含紧凑式Chang电极)和Ernst电极的形状、理论电场分布和实际电场分布。对实验室所用的几种电极进行了脉冲放电实验,从而获得了TEA CO2激光器的放电参数与输出特性,并对这些结果进行了比较和分析。计算表明,在基本参数相同的情况下,Ernst电极具有最紧凑的外形和最佳的均匀电场分布。实验表明,采用近似Rogowski电极的TEA CO2激光器具有最大放电辉光范围和44 kV的最小放电击穿电压;采用Ernst电极的TEA CO2激光器具有25 J的最高单脉冲能量和最大17.2%的斜率效率。最后提出了TEA CO2激光器主电极的选择建议。