激光二极管抽运频差可调谐双频固体激光器的研究

研究了激光二极管抽运的可调频差的双频固体激光器，激光增益介质为2mm厚的1at%掺杂Nd:YAG薄片.对谐振腔产生稳定双频激光的条件作了分析，用琼斯矩阵计算了谐振腔内各处电场矢量的偏振态，证明了双频激光两个电场矢量偏振态之间总是正交的.两个偏振激光频率间隔由改变λ/4波片快轴之间的夹角实现调谐.实验中使用腔内标准具实现单频运转，然后插入双λ/4波片使单纵模激光频率分裂，实现了激光器的双频输出.实验中得到双频激光稳定运转时频差的上限约为1.3GHz；由于强模竞争现象的存在，实验中所观察到的频差下限为50MHz. 100MHz拍频时得到的双频激光输出功率为85mW. 关键词： 激光技术 固体激光器 双频激光     

激光二极管双路泵浦的固体激光器

首次用国产量子阱激光半导体二极管双路端面泵浦Ｎｄ：ＹＬＦ激光器，得到波长１．０４７μｍ、能量６＿μＪ、峰值功率１２０ｍＷ的激光输出．实验结果表明：双路同时泵浦输出功率大于两单路分别泵浦输出功率相加，起伏小于３％，与理论分析基本一致。     

降低热不稳定性的激光二极管泵浦固体激光器

通过谐振腔腔结构理论研究了在端面泵浦固体激光器中,等效热反射镜曲率半径变化时,振荡光半径的变化速率理论和实验都表明,通过调整谐振腔的参量,使得该变化速率接近零,可以有效地抑制热效应导致的激光功率不稳定性。     

激光二极管泵浦固体激光器低敏感度谐振腔研究

提出了对称偏移因子、角扰动失谐率二个参量用来指导谐振腔的设计,使激光二极管泵浦固体激光器谐振腔对机械扰动具有较低的敏感性.在对各个光学元件对称轴偏移量进行定量描述的基础上,提出对称偏移因子.当对称偏移因子很小时,激光器在光学元件的平移扰动下具有较好的稳定性.在对光学元件角度偏转扰动定量描述的基础,提出了角扰动失谐率,当角扰动失谐率较小时,激光器在光学元件角度变化时,具有较好的稳定性.所有的设计方法均应用于凹凹腔进行了分析,并对一些现象进行了实验测量.     

激光二极管泵浦的全固体锁模激光器

报道了用国产激光二极管泵浦Ｎｄ：ＹＶＯ４激光器连续锁模的实验结果。在泵浦功率为１２２．４ｍＷ时获得稳定的锁模序列，脉冲宽度４３ｐｓ（ＦＷＨＭ），输出功率７ｍＷ，实验中在较低的泵浦强度下观察到了弛豫振荡的振幅调制现象，并导出了含有自相位调制时锁模宽度的自恰解。     

激光二极管阵列泵浦固体激光器热设计研究

对激光二极管阵列（LaserDiodeArray,LDA）泵浦固体激光器热设计进行了研究。通过采用计算热阻的方法,根据LDA的发热功率选择热电制冷器（ThermaolElectronicConrtoller,TEC）和相应的散热器,采用强迫风冷的方式对重复频率为25Hz,输出单脉冲能量为80mJ的LDA泵浦固体激光器进行了精确的温度控制。试验结果表明,在-40℃～55℃环境温度范围内,激光器性能稳定,满足技术指标要求。     

激光二极管泵浦Nd：FAP激光器

报道激光二极管泵浦的掺钕氟磷酸钙固体激光器，该器件在重复频率为１００Ｈｚ的准连续状态下运行，当耦合输出透过率为８％时，得到３１％的斜效率，比较了ＦＡＰ和ＹＡＧ这两种介质的激光器的性能，理论分析得出的两者的阈值泵浦功率的相对值与实验结果相一致，并证实ＦＡＰ是一种有前途的适合激光二极管泵浦的激光介质。     

二极管激光器泵浦的固体激光器

本文简要介绍了二极管激光器泵浦的固体激光器的结构、优越性、研究现状以及发展前景，     

激光二极管端面泵浦的单频固体激光器的理论研究

给出了激光二极管端面泵浦的驻波激光器单频运转时的最大泵浦功率与腔参数和激光介质参烽之间的简单函数关系，对于单频激光器的设计具有实际指导意义。     

几种新型LD泵浦Nd∶YAG双频激光器

介绍了几种LD泵浦Nd∶YAG双频激光器 ,均应用双折射原理实现。一类是利用自然双折射效应 ,在激光谐振腔内加入自然双折射元件 ;另一类则是对YAG晶片加压力 ,使YAG晶片本身成为应力双折射元件。由于双折射效应使激光在谐振腔内产生偏振方向互相垂直的寻常光 (o光 )和非寻常光 (e光 )两种成分。因为o光和e光在双折射元件中有着不同的折射率 ,因此一个激光谐振腔变成了具有两个物理长度的谐振腔 ,从而产生双频激光。改变自然双折射元件或对YAG晶片施加的压力 ,可调谐频差。实验中获得 10 9Hz量级的大频差 ,合成波长可到几十毫米 ,适用于绝对距离干涉测量     

几项新技术在“闪光二号”加速器上的应用

为追踪国际上脉冲功率技术的发展方向,在“闪光二号”加速器上开展了水介质形成线并联技术、多级多通道气体开关技术和同步触发技术等研究。经过3维结构下电场分布的模拟计算和绝缘设计,采用3根6 Ω小水线并联组成了2 Ω水介质形成线,研制成功了作为主开关的3 MV多级多通道气体触发开关,并实现了3个多级多通道气体开关的并联运行;采用工作时延446 ns的同步触发系统实现了Marx发生器与主开关的延时同步运行。真空负压下的涡流循环冲刷消除水中气泡技术应用于水介质形成线上,有效消除了并联形成线汇聚结构处的气泡,提高了加速器运行的安全性。经过调试后,加速器重新获得了稳定的运行状态,几项新技术的应用获得成功。     

Laser diode pumped LNYAB self-frequency-doubling lasers

The LNYAB self-doubling laser pumped by (LD) has been developed for the first time. The properties of the lasers are much better than those of NYAB self-doubling lasers pumped by LD. The LNYAB self-doubling laser pumped by LD can be operated in TEM_(00) mode with threshold pumping power of 3.6mW which is lower than that of LD pumped NYAB self-doubling lasers by 74%. The output power is 29mW at 0.531μm in green region with optical-to-optical efficiency of 4.8% which is higher than that of NYAB self-doubling laser by 20%.     

Blue diode pumped solid-state lasers for digital projection

Lasers present many advantages over currently used light sources for projection applications. Compact as well as efficient displays can be realized with RGB laser systems. The extreme brightness and collimation of lasers enable very efficient light collection. For portable, battery-powered microprojectors or even integrated devices, where the efficiency becomes even more critical, 50 mW per color is enough for a luminous flux on the projection screen of 20 lm. While blue and red diode lasers in this power range are becoming widely available, the bottleneck for this application is still the lack of integrated green laser sources. We present here a blue-diode pumped Pr³⁺-doped LiYF laser emitting at 523 nm. By optimizing on many aspects of the crystal and resonator, we increased the laser output power up to 169.4 mW, which corresponds to a total power conversion efficiency of 7%. Moreover, lasing in red can be obtained with the same crystal with similar or even better output powers. This makes the Pr:YLF laser an ideal candidate for an RGB projection source together with blue InGaN diodes.     

Distributed-feedback vertical cavity structures for optically pumped solid-state organic lasers

Theoretical analysis of threshold gain and absorption efficiency is presented for a vertical-cavity surface-emitting organic laser by using transfer matrix method. Pyrromethene 567 dye doped in a polymer film is examined for verification of the active material with an InGaN cyan LED as a pump source. By alternately stacking high- and low-refractive-index active polymer films, modeling results indicate that the threshold gain can be reduced and the absorption efficiency at the pump wavelength can be improved compared with those of a vertical cavity with a dielectric mirror stack. The absorption efficiency of the distributed-feedback resonator is not practically degraded even if the pump wavelength is located near the stopband.     

Self-compensation of thermal lens in high-power diode pumped solid-state lasers

We present a comprehensive model to describe the optic-thermal coupling in the diode pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSL). The thermal transition of particles at the upper laser level leads the heat-generation of laser crystals to depend on shape of the laser beam, while the laser field is also influenced by the temperature because of the thermal excitation of doped particles among various Stark levels. These effects, together with the usual thermal-optic effect that induces a fluctuation of the refraction index by an inhomogeneous temperature distribution, cause a complicated coupling between the laser field and the temperature field. We show that the optic-thermal coupling plays an important role in high-power DPSSL with larger size beam. That effect may yield a self-compensation for the thermal lens and improve the beam quality.     

Thermal lensing of diode side-pumped solid-state lasers

The pump energy distribution in a diode side-pumped solid-state laser, is an overlap of propagating Gaussian beams. A simple model has been developed to calculate the thermal focal length of a diode side-pumped solid-state laser, which is based on a thermal model with a Gaussian heat density in any cross section of a laser rod. It can be seen that as the waists of pump beams increase, the energy distribution tends to be uniform and the thermal focal length tends to be long, which means a smaller thermal focusing.     

半导体泵浦铷蒸气激光器阈值特性

以速率方程为基础建立理论模型,采用迭代计算方法,对单程端面泵浦铷蒸气激光器的阈值特性进行了详细研究。研究表明,铷室温度和长度对阈值泵浦功率密度的影响具有等价性,存在使阈值功率密度达到最小的最佳铷室长度与温度组合。泵浦光线宽对阈值功率密度的影响基本呈线性;泵浦光线宽越宽,泵浦光中心波长与铷原子吸收波长的偏移量对阈值功率密度的影响越小;存在最佳的铷原子吸收线宽,使阈值功率密度达到最小;为减小阈值功率密度,铷室窗口片应尽量考虑镀膜,谐振腔输出耦合率不宜大于80%。     

高功率二极管列阵泵浦固体激光泵浦耦合优化设计

高功率二极管阵列泵浦固体激光系统的核心在于泵浦耦合技术,泵浦耦合直接决定了系统的成本、增益能力、增益均匀性、泵浦引发动态波前畸变和泵浦引发动态光束漂移等关键问题。通过对用于高功率二极管列阵泵浦固体激光系统泵浦耦合优化设计的3维光线追迹方法的研究,从二极管发光远场属性出发,建立其理论计算模型,对高功率激光二极管阵列端面泵浦大口径放大器的一种新型耦合方式——二极管列阵拟球面排列、空心镀银导管耦合进行了优化设计,并开展了泵浦耦合效率、泵浦场均匀性、泵浦场传输性等实验研究,实现了72%耦合效率、5 mm内80%传输效率的均匀平顶泵浦耦合场输出,理论计算与实验结果符合较好。     

半导体泵浦铷蒸气激光器阈值特性

以速率方程为基础建立理论模型,采用迭代计算方法,对单程端面泵浦铷蒸气激光器的阈值特性进行了详细研究。研究表明,铷室温度和长度对阈值泵浦功率密度的影响具有等价性,存在使阈值功率密度达到最小的最佳铷室长度与温度组合。泵浦光线宽对阈值功率密度的影响基本呈线性;泵浦光线宽越宽,泵浦光中心波长与铷原子吸收波长的偏移量对阈值功率密度的影响越小;存在最佳的铷原子吸收线宽,使阈值功率密度达到最小;为减小阈值功率密度,铷室窗口片应尽量考虑镀膜,谐振腔输出耦合率不宜大于80%。