半导体激光器在医学上的应用

半导体激光器于１９６２年问世以来，在很多领域有了迅速的发展。近年来，国际上各种波长的激光二极管的报道令人目不暇接，从而半导体激光器在医学上的应用也随着波长的扩展、高功率激光阵列的出现以及可兼容的光纤导光和激光能量参数微机控制的出现而迅速发展起来。半导体激光器具有体积小、重量轻、成本低、波长可选择等优点，在眼科、矫形、皮肤、肿瘤、牙科、妇科、泌尿科和普外科等都有应用。尤其是半导体激光器作为激光针灸与原来的中医针灸理论中的腧穴、经络理论相结合，成为一种新兴的激光针灸仪。本文主要叙述了激光与生物组织的相互作用以及半导体激光在基础医学中的一些具体应用。     

高亮度蓝光半导体激光光纤耦合实验研究

高功率蓝光半导体激光可广泛应用于高反射高导电材料的加工中。阐述了一种高效紧凑的高功率高亮度蓝光半导体激光光纤耦合的实现方法,将27只蓝光单管组成3×9阵列并耦合进100 μm/NA0.2的光纤中。研制出的光纤耦合模块可实现450 nm波段蓝光LD输出,功率约75 W,电光效率约28%,还可采用偏振合束进一步提升光纤耦合激光功率。     

半导体泵浦铷蒸气激光器出光实验

针对中心波长780 nm的商用连续波半导体激光器,使用斩波器将连续激光变为脉冲输出形式,用2400 line/mm的平面全息光栅搭建Littrow外腔将线宽压窄至0.2 nm以下。采用透镜组对线宽压窄后的半导体激光进行光束整形,半导体激光经线宽压窄和光束整形后,经透镜聚焦进长约8 mm的铷蒸气泡进行半导体泵浦碱金属激光实验。首次出光得到17.5 mW的基模线偏振铷激光;在最新的改进实验中,半导体泵浦铷激光输出功率已达到2.8 W。     

激光烧蚀-双光束二极管激光原子吸收光谱法测定固体样品中的铀同位素比

以两个二极管激光作为光源 ,采用激光烧蚀 双光束二极管激光原子吸收光谱法测定了2 3 5U/ 2 3 8U同位素比。实验对用于样品烧蚀的Nd :YAG激光聚焦点位置进行了优化 ,在同时满足一定原子化程度和较高2 3 5U 6 82 6 736nm信背比的原则下 ,选择了聚焦点位置低于样品表面 0 4cm作为分析条件。测量2 3 5U/ 2 3 8U同位素比的精密度和准确度分别为 5 %和 2 % ,2 3 5U检测限为 18μg·g-1。结果表明 ,双光束检测法能消除激光烧蚀脉冲间信号波动对测量重现性的影响 ,比早先报道的单光束检测法在精密度和准确度上有了很大的改善     

具有光栅输出镜的高功率半导体激光器输出性能模拟分析

高功率半导体激光器(LD)是广泛应用于固体激光泵浦、材料加工等方面的重要器件。数值模拟了一种自行设计的光栅输出镜结构的高功率半导体激光器的输出特性,分析了具有光栅输出镜的LD波长随温度的变化情况,以及光栅输出镜对输出功率的影响。     

Fiber-distributed multi-channel open-path H2S sensor based on tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

Tunable diode laser based gas detectors are now being used in a wide variety of applications for safety and environmental interest. A fiber-distributed multi-channel open-path H2S sensor based on tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) is developed, the laser used is a telecommunication near infrared distributed feed-back (DFB) tunable diode laser, combining with wavelength modulation specby combining optical fiber technique. An on-board reference cell provides on-line sensor calibration and almost maintenance-free operation. The sensor is suitable for large area field H2S monitoring application.     

Amplitude-squeezed, frequency-modulated, tunable, diode-laser-based source for sub-shot-noise FM spectroscopy

We have developed a frequency-modulated, tunable, amplitude-squeezed, diode-laser-based source and used it to perform FM spectroscopy on rubidium. The setup consists of a free-running diode laser injection locked by a frequency-stabilized, current-modulated diode laser. The injection-locked slave laser beam adopted the frequency spectrum of the master laser beam while rejecting residual AM in the master laser beam by more than 50 dB. Injection locking also enhanced amplitude squeezing in the slave laser beam by suppressing uncorrelated longitudinal sidemodes. The noise floor of the measurement was 0.8 dB below the shot-noise level.     

二极管激光侧泵浦单横模100Hz电光调Q激光器

介绍了二极管激光侧泵浦单横模１００Ｈｚ电光调Ｑ激光器的实验结果。泵浦源为一个线阵准连续１００Ｗ二极管激光器，激光工作介质为ＮｄＹＡＧ薄梯形板条，板条与泵浦源间用柱透镜耦合，ＫＤ＊Ｐ电光晶体调Ｑ。在１００Ｈｚ重复频率下，获得单脉冲能量２．３７ｍＪ，脉宽小于７ｎｓ，光束质量因子Ｍ２＝１．１的１．０６μｍ激光，光－光效率为８．５％，斜效率为１８．７％。     

一种五波长半导体激光生物组织辐照仪

采用GaAlAs单量子阱半导体激光器和LD泵浦的Nd:YVO4－KTP倍频激光器等研制了国内首台可从光导纤维输出5种波长的半导体激光生物组织辐照仪,该仪器已在激光生物医学领域投入应用．     

200W级高亮度半导体激光器光纤耦合模块

光纤激光器系统需要高可靠性、高亮度、高功率光纤耦合输出二极管激光器模块作为泵浦源。基于mini-bar二极管激光器芯片,采用光束精密准直技术、自由空间合束技术来获得高亮度、高功率光纤耦合输出,针对光纤芯径为200μm、数值孔径为0.22的多模光纤,开展了线偏振二极管激光光纤耦合实验,实验结果表明:光纤稳定输出功率达280 W,对应亮度为5.87 MW/(cm2·sr),电-光效率为45.0%。采用偏振合束技术,光纤预期输出功率可达500 W,对应亮度超过10 MW/(cm2·sr)。该方法可应用于研制数百瓦级高亮度二极管激光光纤耦合输出激光器模块。     

Simplified model for calculation of power and spectral characteristics of laser diode with fiber Bragg grating

A simplified model consisting of a laser diode, air gap, and optical fiber is used to calculate power and spectral characteristics and the band width of the radiation of laser with fiber Bragg grating. The results of the simplified model are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data on power and spectral characteristics. The radiation band width of the laser diode with fiber Bragg grating can be less than the band width for a single laser diode by four orders of magnitude.     

The effect of irradiation angle on laser ignition of cellulose sheet in microgravity

The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of external radiation angle on radiative ignition of solid materials. A laser ignition experiment was performed in microgravity to investigate events occurring in the ignition process in a quiescent atmosphere. Filter paper was used as the test material, and it was heated by infrared radiation (CO₂ laser 10.6 μm) or near-infrared radiation (diode laser, 800.1 nm). The ignition time was determined for various irradiation angles, and the gas phase density change before ignition was observed by a Mach–Zehnder interferometer for each test condition. The results showed that the ignition by CO₂ laser occurred on the laser beam line depending on the irradiation angle, while diode laser caused a similar ignition position independent of the irradiation angle. The period from gasification to ignition with CO₂ laser was almost the same for different irradiation angles, while it varied with the irradiation angle for diode laser, and the ignition time was much shorter than that with diode laser. According to these results, it is considered that solid ignition with inclined external radiation is characterized based on (1) solid surface heating and (2) gas phase heating, and the second factor, gas phase heating, causes the different dependence of solid ignition on irradiation angle with different radiation wavelengths.     

A QEPAS based methane sensor with a 2.35 μm antimonide laser

A methane sensor based on quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy was developed. An antimonide quantum-well diode laser was used as an excitation source. The GaInAsSb/AlGaAsSb laser was fabricated by molecular beam epitaxy on GaSb substrate. This diode laser emits in the 2.35 μm range at room temperature in the continuous wave regime. A spectrophone constituted of a quartz tuning fork and two steel microresonators was used. The analysis of the sensor response with one, two or without microresonators is presented. Second derivative wavelength modulation detection was used to perform low concentrations measurements, thus we obtained a CH₄ detection limit of 1 ppmv.     

大功率激光脉冲二极管触发高增益光导开关实验研究

研究了一种新型大功率激光脉冲二极管的输出特性,该激光二极管主要用于触发工作在高增益模式下的砷化镓光导开关。研制了基于射频金属-氧化物半导体场效应管的激光二极管驱动电路,可以为激光二极管提供上升沿、半高宽和峰值电流分别为4 ns,20 ns和130 A的脉冲驱动电流。研究了激光二极管输出的激光脉冲波形、能量、功率、光场分布等特性,并在Blumlein传输线结构中,研究了该大功率激光脉冲二极管的输出特性对工作于高增益模式下的光导开关的导通电阻、开关抖动等主要导通性能参数的影响规律。实验结果表明,激光脉冲的能量和功率越大,光斑面积越大、分布越均匀,在相同偏置电压条件下,光导开关的导通性能越好。     

基于可调谐多模二极管激光吸收光谱的二氧化碳浓度测量

可调谐二极管激光吸收光谱技术(TDLAS)具有高分辨率、高灵敏度和快速测量等特点,是气体探测中的主流技术。使用多模二极管激光器作为光源,将多模二极管激光吸收光谱技术与关联光谱技术相结合有助于提高测试可靠性和稳定性,同时还可有效解决单模二极管激光器长时间工作时中心波长随外界温度或机械特性的变化而发生偏移的问题。以1 570 nm多模二极管激光器为光源,利用多模二极管激光关联光谱和波长调制的气体测量技术(TMDL-COSPEC-WMS),通过计算待测气体和参考池气体之间二次谐波信号峰值高度之间的关系,实现了对二氧化碳浓度的测量。实验中二氧化碳浓度测量范围在0.6%～30%之间,计算结果表明,二氧化碳浓度与真实浓度值之间具有良好的线性关系,其线性度为0.998 7,线性拟合的斜率为1.061±0.016 8。对二氧化碳与氮气混合气体的连续测量结果表明,系统的探测极限达到335 ppm·m,对同一样品在20 min内的20次连续测量的标准偏差为0.036 7%,表明了系统良好的稳定性,所有测量结果都显示了系统用于二氧化碳气体监测的有效性。     

基于DFB腔注入锁定效应的可调谐光电振荡器

提出一种基于分布反馈光注入锁定效应的可调谐光电振荡器,其环路主要由马赫曾德尔调制器、光电探测器、环形器、分布反馈激光器和射频放大器顺接而成,分布反馈激光器是系统关键器件,通过分布反馈激光器光注入锁定效应,分布反馈腔在光域实现了微波光子滤波器功能,无需传统光电振荡器必须的射频带通滤波器.同时,由于分布反馈激光器注入锁定提高了环路Q值,因此系统可采用短环路结构,从而降低了光纤因温度敏感对微波信号稳定性的影响并减小了整个系统的尺寸.另外,通过调节注入光波长和功率可改变该微波光子滤波器的中心频率,从而可实现系统的可调谐性.理论分析了该光电振荡器的原理和微波光子滤波器的调谐性,在此基础上开展了实验验证.结果表明该光电振荡器能够产生18.7～21.6 GHz的可调微波信号,在1 kHz频偏处的相位噪声为-90 dBc/Hz.     

Evaluation of probe lasers employed in optical diagnostics for phase transformation of thin films during excimer laser crystallization

The stability and reliability of probe laser is an important factor affecting the inspection of the phase transformation process of Si thin films during excimer laser crystallization using in-situ time-resolved optical measurements. The changes in 2D intensity profile, peak power density, and beam wander of the commonly used helium–neon (He–Ne) and diode laser are investigated experimentally. It is found that the peak power density of He–Ne laser is higher than that of diode laser, while the total power of He–Ne laser is lower than that of diode laser. Although the instability in the peak power density of He–Ne laser will increase with increasing the operation time, the beam stability of He–Ne laser is better than that of diode laser. For long-time operation (>24 h) of optical measurements, the diode laser is a good candidate of probe laser. Conversely, the diode laser is suitable for the short-time operation (<24 h) of optical measurements because the beam-wander is higher than that of He–Ne laser.     

Self-injection locking of an extraordinarily wide broad-area diode laser with a 1000-microm-wide emitter

The experimental results of self-injection locking of an antireflection-coated broad-area diode laser with a 1000-microm-wide emitting area are presented. To our knowledge, it is the broadest single-element diode laser that has been used in an external-feedback cavity until now. Usually, wide diode lasers suffer from filamentation, which leads to poor spatial beam quality. We show, however, that the beam quality of the diode laser is improved significantly when we use asymmetric self-injection locking. An output power of 2.05 W is obtained with a beam quality factor M2 of 2.7. The self-injection locking technique improves the beam quality by a factor of 107. By comparing the results with those obtained with an ordinarily coated diode laser with a 1000-microm-wide emitter we show that antireflection coating on the front facet is decisive for this improvement in the beam quality.     

260 W波长锁定光纤耦合输出泵浦模块实验研究

半导体光纤耦合输出泵浦源是光纤激光器的核心器件,其性能直接制约光纤激光器的输出水平。采用COS封装的高功率LD芯片,通过VBG外腔光谱锁定和精密光束整形变换技术,结合偏振合束与精密聚焦耦合技术将18个LD单元耦合进105 μm/NA0.22光纤,获得不低于260 W功率输出。实验表明,该模块在注入电流18 A时,可获得稳定输出连续功率264 W,对应电光效率52%,输出光谱中心波长975.92 nm,谱宽0.51 nm。该设计为获得高功率、高亮度波长稳定泵浦源提供了一条可行途径,光纤耦合输出模块工程化后可广泛应用在光纤激光器泵浦等领域。     

Partially end-pumped Nd:YAG slab laser with a hybrid resonator

A Nd:YAG slab is partially end pumped by a diode laser stack with three diode laser bars. The pumped volume has a rectangular cross section. A hybrid resonator, which is stable in the plane of small dimension and is off-axis unstable in the plane of large dimension of the gain cross section, was used to yield highly efficient laser operation at diffraction-limited beam quality. The laser design and experimental results are reported.