Threshold, power, and spectral characteristics of a semiconductor emitter with a fiber Bragg grating

The threshold, power, and spectral characteristics of an emitter with a fiber Bragg grating are calculated. The effect of heating of the active region of a laser diode, its thermal resistance, and radiation power extracted from the cavity of the emitter on these characteristics is investigated. It is shown that satisfactory agreement between the theory and experiment is observed when the heating of the active zone of the laser diode by the pump current flowing through it and the radiation power extracted from the cavity of the emitter are taken into account.     

Glass modification by continuous-wave laser backside irradiation (CW-LBI)

We report on a permanent change in the physical properties inside glass that is rapidly heated and quenched with a continuous-wave (CW) laser beam. The absorption of the glass was enhanced by laser heating, and the heated spot moved by thermal radiation and conduction. To trigger the heating, an absorbent material was placed on the backside of a glass plate and irradiated through the glass. The laser beam can modify borosilicate glass with a high aspect ratio (∼100:1) at a rate of ∼130 mm/s. The modified zone consists of two concentric cylindrical zones and is crack-free.     

红外探测系统的激光辐照热效应仿真分析

为研究红外探测系统受激光辐照后的热效应与二次热辐射对探测器成像的影响,使用Ansys软件对红外探测器进行热辐射仿真和有限元结构仿真;采用黑体辐射定律和DO辐射计算模型模拟计算探测器内光学系统在不同激光辐照度下的温度随时间变化情况以及探测器内部温升对靶面成像的二次热辐射干扰情况;采用热弹性力学模型仿真计算探测器内部的热应力和热变形情况。结果表明:探测器受到1.06μm激光照射,矫正镜激光辐照度在50 W/cm²时,靶面受到二次热辐照度在0.6 s时达到100μW/cm²的量级,使红外探测器达到饱和;探测器受激光辐照后系统最高温度出现在矫正镜中心处,拟合得到系统最高温度与受照时间函数关系,可预测探测器升温结构破坏;最大热变形出现在矫正镜背面中心处,由外向内形成不等附加光程差,干扰探测器的成像效果;最大热应力出现在矫正镜前面中心处,得到最大热应力与激光辐照度间的线性关系曲线,为矫正镜热应力破坏提供预测参数。     

Fourfold output power enhancement and threshold reduction through thermal effects in an Er(3+)/Yb(3+)-codoped optical fiber laser excited at 1.064 mum

Thermally induced output power enhancement and threshold reduction in an Er(3+)/Yb(3+) -codoped optical fiber laser at 1.54mum pumped by 1.064-mu;m cw radiation is demonstrated. Steady fourfold output power increase and threshold decrease were achieved by heating of the Yb(3+) -sensitized Er(3+) -doped fiber laser medium in the temperature range 23-150 degrees C degrees . The laser efficiency thermal behavior is assigned to the temperature-dependent effective absorption cross section of the ytterbium sensitizer through the so-called multiphonon-assisted anti-Stokes excitation process.     

Spectral and energy characteristics of acoustic emission in the laser radiation breakdown of water

Results from experimental investigations of acoustic emission from the optical breakdown zone in liquid formed by laser radiation at a wavelength of 532 nm are presented. The linear dependence of the acoustic pressure on the laser pulse energy is revealed. It is shown that the effect of an additional source of sound at a frequency of 37 kHz enhances the acoustic emission from the optical breakdown zone.     

Interaction of an Optical Discharge with a Shock Wave

The results of an experimental study of the impact of the focused pulsed-periodic radiation from a CO₂ laser on a gas-dynamic structure in a supersonic jet are presented. The radiation of the CO₂ laser is propagated across the stream and focused by a lens on the axis of the supersonic jet. To register the flow structure, a shadow scheme with a slit and a flat knife located along the flow is used. The image is fixed by a speed camera with an exposure time of 1.5 μs and a frame rate of 1000 1/s. In the flow, the plasma initiated by the pulsedperiodic laser is visualized in order to identify and determine the period of plasma development, as well as the motion of the initial front of the shock wave. It is shown that at the transverse input of laser radiation into the stream the periodic structure of the thermal trace is created with the formation of an unsteady shock wave from the energy release zone. At small repetition rates of laser radiation pulses, the thermal spot interacts with the flow in the pulsed mode. It is shown that elliptic nonstationary shock waves are formed only at low subsonic flow velocities and in a stationary atmosphere. The process of nonstationary ignition by an optical discharge of a methane–air mixture during a subsonic outflow into a motionless atmosphere is shown experimentally. The results of optical visualization indicate burning in the trace behind the optical discharge region.     

Numerical modeling of high-temperature heat and mass transfer at laser nitriding of titanium

Numerical modeling of the processes of heat and mass transfer under the action of laser radiation on a titanium surface in a nitrogen medium has been performed. The problem statement includes a system of two-dimensional nonstationary nonlinear equations of heat conduction and diffusion with the corresponding initial and boundary conditions. The problem was solved taking into account the laser beam motion. The character of the distribution of the alloying elements in the zone of laser heating has been investigated. The results obtained make it possible to conclude that the concentrations of the alloying component are essentially inhomogeneous.     

强激光作用下非热平衡状态光学元件的热透镜效应

 研究了强激光作用下非热平衡状态光学元件的热透镜效应。对在强激光作用下的光学元件的透射激光方向角进行了时序观测。实验发现,光学元件在达到热平衡状态之前,其热透镜效应呈现某种波动起伏的特征。对这一现象提出了初步解释,并指出其实际意义。     

Interaction d'un écoulement de thermosiphon avec un panache thermique à symétrie axiale: étude expérimentale

The present work reports an experimental study of a thermosiphon effect on an axisymmetric thermal plume. An experimental apparatus composed of a circular disc heated at constant temperature was set up. The disc is placed at the entrance to an open-ended vertical cylinder of larger diameter. Thermal radiation emitted by the hot disc heats the cylinder wall. The heating of fluid to the cylinder-inlet is the cause of the thermosiphon effect around the thermal plume. First, we studied the flow generated by the thermal plume. The analysis of the average fields of velocity and temperature shows that the structure of a thermal plume generated by a hot obstacle is affected by the characteristics of the main flow around this obstacle. Furthermore, these results allowed us to rediscover the two classical zones which constitute a thermal plume. Secondly, we studied the thermosiphon effect on the thermal plume development. The average fields evolution of velocity and temperature as well as the flow visualization show the existence of three different zones. The first zone of the plume air feeding is characterized by the dynamic and thermal profiles in three extrema structures. These extrema disappear in the second zone where the profiles present only one maximum. In the last zone, the profiles are flattened and self-similar. Thus, the turbulence is fully developed. However, one observes an improvement in the amount of energy absorbed by the fluid and an increase in the flow rate inside the cylinder. A flow visualization with laser plan allowed us to show that the position of the vertical cylinder around the hot disc affects the flow structure plume and causes the appearance of a new zone at the entrance to the system. However, the analysis of the fluctuating fields related to two studied cases shows that the thermosiphon effect has an important influence on the turbulent intensity structure of the flow evolution.     

Dosimetric investigations of laser-induced phase transition of MX1-cell membranes by use of quantum dots

It is well known that laser scattered-light applicators when applied for laser-induced tumor therapy allow the precise thermal destruction of metastases. Using laser radiation in the NIR spectral range (usually, Nd:YAG laser systems λ = 1064 nm), a penetration depth of 5–10 cm (1/e is the decrease in radiation intensity) is achieved in biological tissues. The major tissue-optical parameters, i.e., absorption coefficient μ_a, scattering coefficient μ_s, and the anisotropy factor g, show biological tissues to be strongly scattering media which have a so-called optical window in the NIR. As a consequence, the therapeutic laser radiation is scattered and absorbed at a deeper level, leading to a virtual enlargement of the laser applicator. The thermal sclerotization and the thermal cell damage originate within the absorbing volume of the laser radiation and spread outward by thermal diffusion. There are three dosimetrically relevant zones of thermal and biological damage: (1) a zone of thermal coagulation; (2) a threshold of partial necrosis (destruction of all metabolic processes in the cell is the maintenance of essential parts of the cytoskeleton and the plasma membrane); this is characterized by a specific temperature range, the so-called phase transition, which refers to the transition from the gel phase of the biomembrane to the fluid phase; the determination of this temperature zone is an integral part of the following experimental investigations on MX1 cells; (3) an external zone of thermal effects made up of partial and multiple damage with a statistical chance of survival. This paper describes the investigations on heat stress in cancer cells to verify the maximum phase transition of the outer MX1 cell membranes and the related results. For this purpose, a novel method of quantum dot fluorescence dosimetry was developed. The evaluation of the measured laser-induced fluorescences yields a first approximation of the determination of the phase transition on MX1 cells.     

强激光毁伤过程的热辐射谱测量

以热辐射谱的温度反演为例,介绍了光谱技术在强激光毁伤过程中的应用。利用自制的高速光谱测量系统,实时采集了毁伤过程中的辐射光谱,基于普朗克黑体辐射原理,反演了毁伤区的温度,并应用主成分回归算法,计算得到了毁伤区的温度分布,实现了强激光辐照靶材过程中瞬态温度和温度分布的测量。光谱测量区在200～1 000 nm时,所对应的温度反演为700～6 000℃。     

Features of Laser Through-Cutting of Silicate Glass by a Fiber Ytterbium Laser

Some principal aspects of silicate glass cutting by controlled laser through thermal cleavage are considered. In particular, it is shown that the cutting speed in the case of ytterbium fiber laser radiation with a wavelength of 1.065 μm lying in fact in the glass transmission range (more precisely, in the low absorption region) depends linearly on the laser power. It is shown that the glass end face takes various geometrical shapes under various conditions of bulk heating and cooling. Therefore, to obtain a homogeneous end face, it is required to stabilize both the laser radiation power and the laser beam speed at a corresponding laser beam geometry in the cut region. Methods for obtaining various cross section shapes of the glass end face and methods for obtaining blunt edges of end faces are presented.     

Role of laser-induced plasma in ultradeep drilling of materials by nanosecond laser pulses

Radiative effects of the laser-induced ablative plasma on the heating and ablation dynamics of materials irradiated by nanosecond laser pulses are studied by the example of graphite ablation. On the basis of combined thermal and gas dynamic modeling, the laser-induced plasma plume is shown to be a controlling factor responsible for ultradeep laser drilling due to plasma radiation, both bremsstrahlung and recombinative. We demonstrate that plasma radiative heating of the target considerably deepens the molten layer, thus explaining the observed crater depths.     

Laser mass spectrometry study of the properties of fullerene structures

Fullerene films grown by various methods are studied using mass spectrometry. The mass spectra of the films formed onto an aluminum foil using thermal deposition (TD) or supersonic molecular beam (SMB) exhibit a small change in the mass peak distribution in the C₁₂₀ dimer range as compared to the initial fullerene powder during desorption by laser radiation irrespective of the radiation wavelength (λ = 259, 518 nm). Under the action of laser radiation with wavelength λ = 259 nm, fullerene films grown on a silicon substrate with an SMB also exhibit a small change in the mass peak distribution in the C₁₂₀ dimer range. At λ = 518 nm, the mass peak distribution in the dimer range shifts significantly toward small masses, so that the intensity maximum corresponds to M ≅ C₁₀₂. This fact is assumed to be related to the polymerization of an SMB fullerene film caused by heating due to the absorption of laser radiation with a wavelength λ = 518 nm.     

Laser-induced thermal stresses on steel surface

In laser heat treatment of steels, a thin surface layer of austenite forms during heating and subsequent phase change process in the cooling period. However, thermal stress develops due to high-temperature gradient attainment in the surface vicinity which in turn results in microcrack development at the surface. The present study is carried out to compute the temperature profiles due to step input pulse laser radiation and determine the resulting thermal stresses. The study is extended to include three-step input pulses having the same energy content. This provides the comparison for the influence of the pulse length on the resulting thermal stresses. To validate the theoretical predictions, an experiment is conducted to irradiate the AISI 4142 steel surface by an Nd–YAG laser. Microphotography and EDS analysis of the heated regions are carried out. It is found that considerable thermal stress is eveloped at the workpiece surface due to attainment of high-temperature gradient in this region. In addition, microcracks are observed at the surface of the irradiated spot.     

Laser heating: an electron-kinetic theory approach and induced thermal stresses

Laser heating offers considerable advantages for laser treatment of mechanical parts. The laser heating initiates the thermal stresses and expansion of the substrate. In the present study, laser heating of steel substrate is considered. Three-dimensional electron-kinetic theory approach is introduced when simulating the heating process. A moving laser source is taken into account provided that the laser scans the surface at a constant speed. Thermal stresses due to laser heating are computed and thermal expansion along the laser beam axis is predicted. It is found that the thermal stress increases considerably as the heating progresses. Moreover, the expansion of the free surface reaches a value of the order of a nanometer.     

Dynamical thermal properties of broad-contact double-heterostructure GaAs-(AIGa)As laser diodes

The dynamical thermal properties of broad-contact double-heterostructure GaAs — (AIGa)As laser diodes are presented in this paper. For short current pulses (t ? 0.5μs), the nonlinear, time-dependent thermal conduction equation has been reduced to a linear one by means of a space transformation. The transformation has substituted the nonhomogeneous GaAs — (AIGa)As structure by the homogeneous GaAs one. Except for active layer heating due to nonradiative recombination and partial reabsorption of radiation, the radiative transfer of the spontaneous radiation through the wide-gap passive layers and the Joule heating effect have been taken into account. The model may be used to some extent for high-power stripe-geometry laser diodes with a relatively wide stripe active region.     

Thermoelastic wave induced by pulsed laser heating

In this work, a generalized solution for the thermoelastic plane wave in a semi-infinite solid induced by pulsed laser heating is developed. The solution takes into account the non-Fourier effect in heat conduction and the coupling effect between temperature and strain rate, which play significant roles in ultrashort pulsed laser heating. Based on this solution, calculations are conducted to study stress waves induced by nano-, pico-, and femtosecond laser pulses. It is found that with the same maximum surface temperature increase, a shorter pulsed laser induces a much stronger stress wave. The non-Fourier effect causes a higher surface temperature increase, but a weaker stress wave. Also, for the first time, it is found that a second stress wave is formed and propagates with the same speed as the thermal wave. The surface displacement accompanying thermal expansion shows a substantial time delay to the femtosecond laser pulse. On the contrary, surface displacement and heating occur simultaneously in nano- and picosecond laser heating. In femtosecond laser heating, results show that the coupling effect strongly attenuates the stress wave and extends the duration of the stress wave. This may explain the minimal damage in ultrashort laser materials processing. Received: 23 May 2000 / Accepted: 26 May 2000 / Published online: 20 September 2000     

Heating of deuterium clusters by a superatomic ultra-short laser pulse

The mechanisms of heating of the electronic component of large deuterium clusters by a super-atomic ultra-short laser pulse field are considered. During pulse rise, the so-called “vacuum heating” plays the determining role. Electrons escaping from a cluster into the vacuum with a low energy return back in a time equal to the period of the laser under laser field action. The returning electrons have a higher energy (on the order of the vibrational energy in the laser radiation field), which causes cluster heating. As the laser field increases, the electronic temperature largely grows at the expense of decreasing the Coulomb potential energy of electron repulsion because of a decrease in the number of electrons. The dynamics of above-barrier cluster ionization at the leading edge of a superatomic laser pulse is calculated. The results are discussed in the light of recent experiments aimed at creating desktop sources of monoenergetic neutrons formed as a result of the fusion of deuterium nuclei in a cluster plasma.     

Dual excimer and CO2 laser etching studies of polyethylene terephthalate

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films preheated with a pulsed CO₂ laser have been ablatively etched with an XeCl laser. The observed reduction in ablation threshold, from 170 to 140 mJ cm^–2, is consistent with a thermal mechanism for XeCl laser ablation of PET. Transient changes in the UV absorption coefficient of PET caused by heating with pulsed CO₂ laser radiation have also been studied and a significant increase in absorption observed at 308 nm. Permanent changes in the ultraviolet absorption of PET following exposure to low fluence XeCl laser radiation are also reported.