大口径铜蒸气激光“黑心”的优化消除

应用遗传算法,以激光束径向光强无“黑心”的最大输出功率为目标函数,整体优化设计了百瓦量级铜蒸气激光系统的激光头以及放电电路.脉冲放电电场的趋肤效应导致“黑心”, 但可通过选择合适的激光管半径、长度以及LC电路参数等,来消除或改善“黑心”现象.同 时,激光功率也可大幅度提高. 关键词： 铜蒸气激光 黑心 遗传算法 优化     

百焦耳级KrF准分子激光实验

介绍闪光Ⅱ号加速器泵浦的百焦耳级氟化氢激光研制情况，给出了激光器的构造和主要性能。在二极管电压为８４０ｋＶ，电流为２００ＫＡ条件下，获得了１５７Ｊ的最大激光能量，峰值功率为２．０ＧＷ。研究了激光输出能量随Ｆ２和Ｋｆ气体浓度的变化规律．     

电子束泵浦百焦耳级准分子激光实验研究

利用“闪光二号”相对论电子束加速器研制了百焦耳级ＸｅＣｌ和ＫｒＦ准分子激光器，激光器激活体积２４ｌ，输出口径２０×２０ｃｍ２，泵浦功率密度１．５～２．０ＭＷ／ｃｍ３。ＸｅＣｌ激光器最大能量１３６Ｊ，波长３０８ｎｍ，脉宽５０～１００ｎｓ，峰值功率１．５ＧＷ，采用虚共焦非稳腔技术，束散角达１．３ｍｒａｄ；ＫｒＦ激光最大能量１５７Ｊ，波长２４８ｎｍ，脉宽８０～１００ｎｓ，峰值功率２ＧＷ。     

主振荡功率放大结构窄线宽全光纤激光器334 W高功率输出

 搭建了一台全光纤结构的窄线宽高功率掺镱光纤激光器。种子激光的输出功率大于40 mW,线宽窄于100 MHz。采用主振荡功率放大结构三级放大,主放泵浦功率为405 W时得到了334 W的窄线宽高功率激光输出,光光转换效率为82.4%。目前,激光器输出功率仅受限于泵浦功率,增加有效泵浦功率即有望进一步提高输出功率。     

Experimental study of electro-optical Q-switched pulsed Nd:YAG laser

We report the specification of a compact and stable side diode-pumped Q-switched pulsed Nd:YAG laser. We experimentally study and compare the performance of the pulsed Nd:YAG laser in the free-running and Q-switched modes at different pulse repetition rates from 1 Hz to 100 Hz. The laser output energy is stabilized by using a special configuration of the optical resonator. In this laser, an unsymmetrical concave-concave resonator is used and this structure helps the mode volume to be nearly fixed when the pulse repetition rate is increased. According to the experimental results in the Q-switched operation, the laser output energy is nearly constant around 70 mJ with an FWHM pulse width of 7 ns at 100 Hz. The optical-to-optical conversion efficiency in the Q-switched regime is 17.5%.     

32 W百兆赫兹高重频可调谐单频激光光源

通过对连续种子光源的光强调制,并利用光纤放大器和固体介质放大器结合的混合放大方式,实现了百兆赫兹高重频可调谐单频激光光源。系统在基模输出条件下的最大输出功率为31.9 W,光束质量因子小于1.5,脉冲重复频率达到100 MHz,脉宽1 ns,测量得到的光束线宽小于0.8 GHz。实验结果验证了通过对连续光源进行光强调制获得高重频脉冲光源的可行性,并验证了混合放大方式是获得功率放大的一种有效手段。     

5kW横流CO2激光器输出偏振特性研究

对采用Π型折叠光腔的工业用５ＫＷ横流ＣＯ２激光器的输出偏振特性了实验研究和理论分析，结果表明：其输出为垂直于光腔平面的１００％的线偏振光。     

High Power Photonic Crystal Fibre Raman Laser

A cw Raman laser based on a 100-m photonic crystal fibre is demonstrated with up to 3.8 W output power at the incident pump power of 12 W, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of about 31.6%.. The second order Stokes light, which is firstly reported in a cw photonic crystal fibre Raman laser, is obtained at 1183nm with an output power of 1.6 W and a slope efficiency of about 45.7%.     

Effects of output coupler reflectivity on the performance of a linear cavity Brillouin/erbium fiber laser

The effect of output coupler reflectivity (or output coupling ratio) on the performance of a linear cavity Brillouin/erbium fiber laser (BEFL) is demonstrated. The operating wavelength, output laser power and number of channels vary with changes in the coupling ratio in the linear cavity system. The optimum BEFL operation is obtained with an output coupling of 40%, i.e., 60% of the laser power is allowed to oscillate in the cavity. A stable laser comb consisting of up to 40 channels with line spacings of approximately 0.09 nm are obtained at the Brillouin pump and 980 nm pump with powers of 2.5 mW and 100 mW, respectively. The linear cavity BEFL has the potential to be used in inexpensive wavelength division multiplexing system.      

Development of a highly stable Yb:YAG thin disk pulsed green laser for high power Ti:sapphire based amplifier at 100 kHz repetition rate

We have developed a pulsed Yb:YAG thin disk green laser for pumping a 100 kHz and 10 W femtosecond laser. We optimized numerically and experimentally the open duration of the acousto-optic (AO) Q-switcher and the internal SHG method, generating stable output energy at a 100 kHz repetition rate. We demonstrated a 515 nm output power of over 80 W with a pulse-to-pulse stability of less than 1% RMS with an LD power to green power conversion efficiency of 24%. With the developed green laser, we obtained 16 W of a Ti:sapphire laser in a cavity dumped mode. PACS 42.55.Xi; 42.60.Gd; 42.60.By; 42.65.-k; 42.65.Re     

大功率部分端面抽运混合腔板条激光器

在半导体抽运的全固态激光器中,激光晶体上的热畸变限制了激光器在大功率下输出时保持高光束质量的能力。板条结构的固体激光器具有优异的散热能力,再配合部分端面抽运以及稳一非稳柱面混合腔的使用,使大功率高光束质量的激光输出成为可能。在德国EdgeWave GmbH进行的对这一技术的合作研究中,利用不到100mm的腔长,在Nd：YVO4板条激光器上获得了110W近衍射极限的1．06μm连续激光输出,这时在非稳腔方向上的光束传播因子M^2为1．3。在稳腔方向上为1．5。通过对输出激光进行空间滤波切除腔镜造成的衍射旁瓣后,50W输出时M^2的典型值在非稳腔和稳腔方向上分别为1．09和1．2。     

A reliable high average power dye laser

A flashlamp-pumped dye laser with an average output power of 6.6 W at 100 Hz repetition rate is described, which utilizes thyristors as switching elements instead of the normally used spark gaps. Using a simmering-mode operation of the flashlamps, no high voltage sparks are required to initiate the discharge even at low capacitor voltages. In this way the amplitude and time jitter of the laser output pulse are decreased and the life and reliability of the laser considerably increased.     

Effective far infrared laser operation with mesh couplers

In the pursuit of increased far infrared (FIR) laser output power and higher beam quality, we have designed, fabricated and applied hybrid metal mesh couplers. Fourier Transform Spectroscopy was performed to evaluate the spectral characteristics of the couplers. With smallest mesh features of 1.0 μm, these couplers, fabricated in a class 100 clean-room, exhibited remarkably wide bandpass characteristics. Application in an Apollo Model 122 FIR laser system resulted in high output powers on many lines in the 100–500 μm range, with only moderate pump powers (10–60 W). A careful analysis of the FIR laser beam showed undiffracted Gaussian beam profiles with low divergence angles.     

可调谐光纤环形腔激光器输出特性的理论与实验研究

提出一种简单的理论模型,并通过数值模拟详细研究了可调谐光纤环形腔激光器的输出特性随掺铒光纤长度、输出耦合比、抽运功率、腔内损耗等参量的变化关系.理论分析得到,通过参量优化可以实现在铒离子增益范围内超过130nm带宽(1500—1630nm)的激光输出.实验获得了100nm带宽(15185—16185nm)的可调谐激光输出,激光器输出功率高,信噪比在大部分可调范围内高于60dB,实验结果与理论分析符合得较好 关键词： 掺铒光纤 光纤环形腔激光器 可调谐 光纤珐布里珀罗滤波器     

Generation of high-energy pulses from an all-normal-dispersion figure-8 fiber laser

We propose and study numerically an all-normal-dispersion Ytterbium-doped figure-eight fiber laser scheme for generation of high-energy pulses. The monotonous pulse stretching that takes place in the fiber under the combined actions of normal dispersion and nonlinear Kerr effect is compensated by the amplitude modulation effect of a bandpass filter inserted in the ring section of the laser. The Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirror (NOLM) also contributes to shorten the pulses. An output coupler with a large output coupling ratio is inserted at the amplifier output in order to extract the maximal energy from the laser. A short segment of Ytterbium-doped fiber compensates for the losses. Stable single-pulse operation is predicted over a wide range of values of the laser parameters. If the laser parameters (ring and NOLM length, dispersion, filter bandwidth, output coupling ratio) are optimized, pulses with several tens of nanojoules energy are readily obtained, with picosecond duration and a large positive chirp which is linear near the peak. If small-signal gain is large enough, the use of very large output coupling ratios opens the way to pulse energies close to 100 nJ and, after dechirping outside the laser, to durations of ˜50 fs and peak powers of 1 MW.     

高功率半导体激光泵浦源研究进展

高功率半导体激光器是固体激光器和光纤激光器的主要泵浦源。激光泵浦源性能的大幅提升直接促进了固体激光器、光纤激光器等激光器的发展。主要介绍了8xx nm和9xx nm系列半导体激光泵浦源的最新研究进展,8xx nm单管输出功率已达18.8 W@95μm,巴条输出功率已达1.8 kW(QCW),9xx nm单管输出功率已达35 W@100μm,巴条输出功率已达1.98 kW(QCW)。谱宽<1 nm的窄谱宽半导体激光器输出功率可达14 W。展望了未来半导体激光器泵浦源的发展趋势。     

Thin Nd:YAG slab laser pumped by lens duct coupled diode laser stacks

High power continuous wave operation of a diode face-pumped thin Nd:YAG slab laser is reported. A novel pumping geometry for a thin Nd:YAG slab using cylindrical lens duct coupled diode laser stacks is demonstrated. In a close-coupled resonator, a maximum laser output power of 260 W in multimode operation is obtained. This corresponds to a slope efficiency of 34% and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 27%, respectively. In high-brightness operation, a polarized laser output of 70 W has been obtained with a beam quality factor close to 4 in both directions. The polarization contrast ratio is >100. PACS 42.55.Xi; 42.60.Pk; 42.60.By     

水下探测用高重频双波段激光器

就水下探测设备要求激光器输出频率高、体积小、波段宽,提出通过侧面泵浦激光技术和电光调Q技术获得高重频1 064 nm波段激光。利用腔外波长变换技术,实现532 nm激光输出。在电源输入电流100 A,调Q驱动频率1 kHz的条件下, 获得36 mJ的1 064 nm激光输出和20 mJ的532 nm激光输出。试验结果表明:通过半导体泵浦技术和频率变换技术,可实现高重频窄脉宽双波段激光输出。     

Fiber laser micro-cutting of stainless steel sheets

The authors report on laser micro-cutting results for stainless steel foils with the aid of a 100 W fiber laser. This novel laser source combines a high output power in relation to conventional laser sources for micro-processing applications with an excellent beam quality (M²=1.1). Different material thicknesses were evaluated (100 μm to 300 μm). Processing was carried out with cw operation of the laser source, and with nitrogen and oxygen as assisting gases. Besides the high processing rate of oxygen assisted cutting, a better cutting performance in terms of a lower kerf width was obtained. PACS 42.82.Cr; 42.62.Cf; 81.05.Bx     

Single-Frequency Laser Using a 100-μm Thick Nd:YVO4 Crystal in a 50-mm Long Cavity

A new type of single-frequency solid state laser for achieving a highly stable second-harmonic generation in a simple configuration was developed using a quite thin laser medium. A 100-μm thick Nd:YVO4 crystal with one side coated for high reflection in a 50-mm long cavity which serves as automatic gain discriminator was end-pumped by a laser diode. Single-frequency output powers of 100 mW and 17 mW were obtained for fundamental and second-harmonic waves respectively by 1-W excitation. No chaotic fluctuation was observed with the frequency-doubled output.