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Y.H. Wang Y.C. Qu W.J. Zhao D.M. Ren X.Y. Hu 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2008,92(2):237-241
We present a single longitudinal mode (SLM) TEA CO2 laser oscillation by using a three-mirror resonator with a Fabry–Pérot etalon. The etalon was inserted in the optical path
taken out from the main resonator of the CO2 laser for protecting the etalon from damage on the surface. A modified numerical model of the three- mirror resonator was
investigated for design the laser. SLM pulse from the TEA CO2 laser was achieved, and the experimentally measure values were found to have good agreement with the numerical model. The
maximum pulse energy of reliable SLM emission is obtained in excess of 200 mJ at 9.57 μm. The reliability of producing SLM
pulses was higher than 90%, and there was no damage on the etalon
PACS 42.55.Lt; 42.60.Fc 相似文献
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Y. Wang Y. Qu W. Zhao D. Ren C. Jiao Z. Liang 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2010,98(4):743-750
The performance of a simple resonator that couples a reflective multipass interferometer cavity and a Fabry-Pérot etalon to
obtain high efficiency tunable single-longitudinal mode (SLM) oscillation in a TEA CO2 laser is reported. A numerical model of the resonator was explained to predict the mode behavior of the laser as well as
to optimize the resonator to achieve SLM operation, and the predicted mode characters are experimentally verified. 相似文献
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By using two solid uncoated etalons, we present a diode-pumped linear-polarized single-frequency Tm:YAG laser operating at 2 μm. Placing one 0.1 mm F-P etalon at nearly Brewster angle in the cavity, the linear-polarization laser is achieved. The other 1 mm F-P etalon was turned in the range of very small angle, single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) could be obtained. The maximum output power of linear-polarized single-frequency laser of 60 mW is achieved at the wavelength of 2013 nm. The degree of the polarization is over 30 dB. Long-term frequency stability was also investigated, with the results of wavelength fluctuation about 2.55 × 10−13 m within 3 min and frequency change about 18.86 MHz, corresponding to a frequency stability of 1.27 × 10−7. 相似文献
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A pulsed inductive discharge CO2 laser with a wavelength of 10.6 μm has been created for the first time. The excitation system of a cylindrical pulsed inductive discharge (pulsed inductively coupled plasma) in the gas mixture of CO2:N2:He was developed. The temporal and energy parameters of the laser radiation were investigated. The maximum inductive discharge CO2 laser radiation energy of 104 mJ was achieved. An average power of 3.2 W was obtained at laser generation energy of 65 mJ and pulse repetition rate of 50 Hz. In the cross-section, the laser radiation had the ring shape with an external diameter of 34 mm and thickness of 4-5 mm. The measured divergence of laser radiation was 12 mrad. 相似文献
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A method of multi-pulse discriminating frequency and high probability average value filtering is presented for offset frequency locking with ns laser pulses. In the experiment, the frequency locking for cavity-dumped CO2 laser with 100 ns pulse width and the repetition rate of 10 kHz was studied. The precision was up to ±2 MHz at the heterodyne frequency 90 MHz. However, it is more than ±10 MHz for the single pulse discriminating frequency. This method can also be applied to laser offset frequency locking for many kinds of short pulse lasers. 相似文献
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Bing Xie 《Optics & Laser Technology》2010,42(1):37-41
The wavelength-temperature shift observed in pulsed TE CO2 lasers is discussed theoretically by means of Six-temperature model rate equations for tunable TE CO2 lasers. Numerical calculations of the temperature-wavelength shift in a pulsed TE CO2 laser with a simple plano-concave stable resonator, whether excited by conventional low-inductance fast-discharge scheme or by a long-pulse Pulser/sustainer discharge scheme, show that the laser output wavelengths are within the 10P branch as the ambient temperature varies from 228 to 338 K, but will change as the ambient temperature varies. The laser output wavelengths will move to the transition lines with longer wavelengths in the 10P branch as the ambient temperature increases and vice versa. The calculated results also illustrate that near the ambient temperature of 310 K, the laser is more likely to operate on multi-transition lines. Considering this wavelength-temperature shift, the chilling device adopted in high-power high repetition rate TE CO2 lasers is important in maintaining a stable laser output spectra as well as a stable laser output power. The numerical results also suggest that a frequency agile resonator is highly recommended if stable laser output spectra are required in TE CO2 lasers. 相似文献
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A Teller–Landau six-temperature model describing the dynamic emission of single-mode TEA CO2 laser has been adapted. This model has been also used to describe the mechanism of obtaining relatively high-power output pulses from hybrid TE-TEA or CW-TEA CO2 laser consisting of high- and low-pressure sections. The suggested mathematical model allows to investigate the mechanism which limits the TEA oscillation to single longitudinal mode (SLM) due to the narrow gain bandwidth of low-pressure section, and also to study the effect of the laser input parameters on the smooth output laser pulse parameters. In addition, numerical solutions of non-linear rate equation system of the suggested model are quantitatively discussed. The solutions describe the radiation field intensity, the population inversion, and the energy transfer processes. The calculated values of maximum peak power, total energy in pulse, pulse width, etc. are in a very good agreement with the observed experimental values. 相似文献
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Jin Wu Changjun Ke Donglei Wang Rongqing Tan Chongyi Wan 《Optics & Laser Technology》2007,39(5):1033-1039
A mathematical model, based on the Landau–Teller equations of six-temperature model for the CO2–N2–He–CO system, to describe the process of dynamic emission in tunable TEA CO2 lasers is introduced. In this model, the Landau–Teller equations are rewritten with regard to fine longitudinal mode frequencies in the laser resonator. These revised equations can be utilized to estimate the laser output spectra as well as other laser output pulse parameters. Examples are given to show the modeling results of non-tunable, grating tuned or injection-locking TEA CO2 lasers. 相似文献
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We report on the possibility of Q-switching a continuously pumped CO2 laser using a scanning Michelson interferometer as an end mirror, instead of the habitual well-known strategies. This method, in addition to its simplicity, produces free tail relaxation pulses having duration of about 1.3 μs, which is comparable to what can be obtained when using a saturable absorber. A pulse repetition frequency as high as 90 kHz is obtained. 相似文献
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Bijendra Singh V.V. Subramaniam S.R. Daultabad Ashim Chakraborty 《Optics Communications》2008,281(17):4415-4423
It is established here that kinetically enhanced copper vapor lasers (KE-CVLs) based on large-bore discharge tubes can provide high (>1.4%) efficiency at ∼9-10 kHz rep-rate with very low (<2 kW/l) specific input power. Comparative performance of various large-bore kinetically enhanced copper vapor lasers in the range 45-70 mm is presented for most suitable discharge tube. Maximum output power of ∼100 W was achieved with efficiency of about 1.55% at 10 kHz rep-rate from the 60 mm bore KE-CVL. The pulse to pulse efficiency of the KE-CVL was ∼2%, tube efficiency ∼2.1%, and laser pulse energy was about ∼10 mJ. These results show significant advancement in the laser system as an elemental high temperature CVL due to volumetric scaling and KE-effects combined with very low specific input power of ∼1.65 kW/l as compared to 8-9 kW/l normally required in other kinetically enhanced copper vapor lasers to generate ∼100 W output power. Performance of the KE-CVL with 3 new cavity configurations namely, (1) CAT-EYE resonator (2) hybrid resonator, and (3) modified diffraction coupled resonator with dot mirrors are presented for the first here. CAT-EYE resonator was demonstrated to achieve high misalignment tolerance without significant loss of power. A typical drift in power of ∼5% was observed with misalignment responsible for 40% decline in power in case of standard plane-plane cavity. Effect of resonator misalignment on amplifier output drift was also investigated using CAT-EYE resonator in oscillator-amplifier configuration. In case of using stable-unstable hybrid resonator, high magnification of M ∼ 1500 was realized resulting in extremely low divergence (∼0.08 mrad) beam with modest (∼20%) loss in average power. In case of modified DCR cavity, record power of about 48 W was achieved with beam divergence of about 0.1 mrad on using intra-cavity 2 × 2 array of 4 dot mirrors. 相似文献
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A laser diode end-pumped 10 at.% doped Yb:YAG microchip crystal intracavity frequency doubled all solid-stated green laser is reported in this paper. Using one plano-concave resonator, with the pump power of 1.2 W, 44.2 mW TEM00 continuous wave (CW) laser at 525 nm was obtained, the optical conversion efficiency was about 3.7%. When a Cr:YAG crystal with initial transmission of 95.5% inserted in the resonator, the maximum output power of 6.4 mW, pulse duration width of 49.1 ns, pulse repetition rate of 2.45 kHz, and peak power of 53.1 W at 515 nm were achieved when the pump power was 1.2 W. The wavelength changed from 525 nm to 515 nm and the threshold was only 725 mW. 相似文献
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An end pumped Nd:YAP laser at 1341 nm is actively mode locked and passively Q-switched. Pumping was done with a pulsed high power laser diode with maximum power 425 W. V3+:YAG with 61% initial transmission served as saturable absorber, and an acousto-optic modulator is used for active mode locking. The output pulse train with 69 ns duration has a total energy of 3.2 mJ with ±4% shot-to-shot fluctuation. The peak output energy of a single mode locked pulse is 0.25 mJ. The pulse duration of a single mode locked pulse is less than 800 ps. The output laser beam is nearly diffraction limited with 1.6 mm diameter, and beam propagation factor M2 about 1.3. 相似文献
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A high efficiency, high beam quality diode-pumped Nd:YAG master oscillator power-amplifier (MOPA) laser with six amplifier stages is demonstrated. The oscillator with two-rod birefringence compensation was designed as a thermally determined near hemispherical resonator, which presents a pulse energy of 223 mJ with a beam quality value of M2 = 1.29 at a repetition rate of 108 Hz. The MOPA system delivers a pulse energy of 5.1 J with a pulse width of 230 μs, a M2 factor of 3.6 and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 38.5%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest pulse energy for a diode-pumped Nd:YAG rod laser operation with a high beam quality and a pulse width of hundreds of microseconds at a repetition rate of over 100 Hz. 相似文献
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Jijiang Xie Qikun Pan Ruhai GuoLaiming Zhang Peng Ruan Dianjun LiGuilong Yang Chuansheng ZhangJin Guo 《Optics and Lasers in Engineering》2012,50(2):159-164
A compacted size high power CO2 laser has been developed using an acousto-optically (AO) Q-switch. Performance characteristics have been investigated as a function of output mirror transmittance. The theory of six-temperature model for CO2 lasers has firstly been utilized to analyze the dynamical process in the AO Q-switched CO2 laser. This theory perfectly explains the behavior of energy transfer between different molecules in laser gain medium, and describes the shape of pulse laser. The calculated pulse waveforms are in good agreement with the experimental result. Both the experimental and theoretical results present that the optimal value of output mirror transmittance is 39%. Under this condition, the measured peak power is 4750 W and pulsed width is 160 ns, which is consistent with the calculations. Six-temperature model is a perfect theory for CO2 laser kinetics, which will lay a theoretical foundation for the laser optimum design. 相似文献
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We demonstrate a passively Q-switched Nd:LuVO4 laser at 916 nm by using a Nd, Cr:YAG crystal as the saturable absorber. As we know, it is the first time to realize the laser with a simple linear resonator. When the incident pump power increased from 14.6 W to 23.7 W, the pulse width of the Q-switched laser decreased from 24 ns to 21 ns. The pulse width was insensitive to the incident pump power in the experiment. The average output power of 288 mW with repetition rate of 39 kHz was obtained at an incident pump power of 22.5 W, with the optical-to-optical efficiency and slope efficiency 1.3% and 3.6%, respectively. 相似文献
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Y.X. Han 《Applied Surface Science》2008,254(7):2054-2058
Diamond nucleation on copper (Cu) substrates was investigated by graphite seeding and CO2 laser irradiation at initial stages of the combustion-flame deposition. A graphite aerosol spray was used to generate a thin layer of graphite powders (less than 1 μm) on Cu substrates. The graphite-seeded Cu substrates were then heated by a continuous CO2 laser to about 750 °C within 1 min. It was found that diamond nucleation density after this treatment was more than three times as much as that on the virgin Cu substrates. As a consequence, diamond films up to 4 μm were obtained in 5 min. The enhancement of diamond nucleation on the graphite-seeded Cu substrates was attributed to the formation of defects and edges during the etching of the seeding graphite layers by the OH radicals in the flame. The defects and edges served as nucleation sites for diamond formation. The function of the CO2 laser was to rapidly heat the deposition areas to create a favorable temperature for diamond nucleation and growth. 相似文献
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We demonstrate the generation of TEM00 mode yellow light in critically type II phase-matched KTiOPO4 (KTP) with intracavity frequency doubling of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser at room temperature. After a 150 μm thick etalon have been inserted into the cavity, the stability and beam quality of the second harmonic generation (SHG) is enhanced. A continuous wave (CW) TEM00 mode output power of 1.67 W at 556 nm is obtained at a pump level of 16 W. The total optical to optical conversion efficiency is about 10.44%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first Watt-level yellow light generation by frequency doubling of Nd:YAG laser. 相似文献
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A high power dynamic fundamental mode Nd:YAG laser is experimentally demonstrated with a stagger-pumped laser module and a V-shaped resonator. The rod is pumped symmetrically by staggered bar modules. And dynamic fundamental mode is achieved under different pump levels. The maximal continuous wave (CW) output of 124 W (M2=1.4) is achieved with a dual rod. Average output of 112 W, pulse width of 120 ns, pulse energy of 11.2 mJ and peak power of 93 kW are obtained in Q-switched operation of 10 kHz. 相似文献
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《Infrared Physics & Technology》2000,41(3):139-142
In this article, an experimental study of a miniature, sealed-off, high-repetition-rate transversely excited atmospheric-pressure (TEA) CO2 laser with a kind of surface-wire-corona preionization (SWCP) is described. We have utilized an SWCP consisting of SiO2 dielectric tube and a fine wire strained and attached to the dielectric surface. A BN ceramic material, which has an extremely low coefficient of thermal expansion of about 5 × 10−7/°C was employed as a supporter of the resonator. A measurement on emission spectra of SWCP has been reported. By applying SWCP to the TEA CO2 laser, efficient laser operation at an overall efficiency of 9.8% with an output energy of 150 mJ has been achieved from a small discharge volume of 25 cm3 with an active length of 230 mm. At the pulse repetition frequency of 60 Hz, the TEM00 mode of laser beam with pulse width of 60 ns was obtained. 相似文献
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The laser-induced backside etching of fused silica with gallium as highly absorbing backside absorber using pulsed infrared Nd:YAG laser radiation is demonstrated for the first time. The influence of the laser fluence, the pulse number, and the pulse length on the etch rate and the etched surface topography was studied. The comparable high threshold fluences of about 3 and 7 J/cm2 for 18 and 73 ns pulses, respectively, are caused by the high reflectivity of the fused silica-gallium interface and the high thermal conductivity of gallium. For the 18 and 73 ns long pulses the etch rate rises almost linearly with the laser fluence and reaches a value of 350 and 300 nm/pulse at a laser fluence of about 12 and 28 J/cm2, respectively. Incubation processes are almost absent because etching is already observed with the first laser pulse at all etch conditions and the etch rate is constant up to 30 pulses.The etched grooves are Gaussian-curved and show well-defined edges and a smooth bottom. The roughness measured by interference microscopy was 1.5 nm rms at an etch depth of 0.6 μm. The laser-induced backside etching with gallium is a promising approach for the industrial application of the backside etching technique with IR Nd:YAG laser. 相似文献