自启动KLM钛宝石激光器谐振腔的理论计算

运用四阶RungeKutta法直接求解非线性介质内椭圆高斯光束传播方程组的方法分析增益介质内的克尔透镜(Kerrlens)效应,结合在增益介质外运用的线性ABCD矩阵寻找自洽解,对半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)启动的高功率KLM钛宝石激光器谐振腔的像散、稳定性、光束参数、自聚焦效应和克尔自聚焦强度与腔参数的关系进行了系统的理论计算.计算结果与实验结果相符合.该计算为SESAM启动的五镜腔KLM激光器的设计和调整提供了理论依据 关键词： 克尔透镜锁模 飞秒 半导体可饱和吸收镜 五镜腔     

微变形镜补偿激光器腔内热畸变的研究

大功率激光器中由增益介质热畸变产生热透镜效应,导致激光器的性能下降.采用基于MEMS技术加工的微变形反射镜作为激光器谐振腔的一部分,能实时补偿热透镜效应,提高激光器的输出功率.推导了热畸变与微变形镜镜面形变量、反射镜驱动单元上电压的关系并进行了实验.实验结果表明,在初始功率为287 mW、383 mW、482 mW和800 mW的情况下使用微变形镜进行补偿,可以将功率提高到437 mW、710 mW、894 mW和993 mW,在理论和实验上证明了使用微变形镜可以改善激光器腔内热畸变.     

高光束质量、高功率稳定性激光器的设计及实验研究

高光束质量、高功率稳定性激光器在激光加工、激光测量等领域具有广泛的用途.为了实现激光器腔内光斑聚焦同时减少色散和体积,人们常常将曲面反射镜用在激光谐振腔中,但光束倾斜入射到曲面反射镜往往会引起像散,从而导致光斑质量恶化,并降低激光器的性能.另一方面,在高功率激光器或超短脉冲激光器中,激光增益介质热透镜焦距的起伏,是导致激光输出功率波动的主要原因之一.针对激光器的像散和功率波动这两个问题,本文提出了一套简单高效的解决方案,在考虑像散补偿和热透镜效应的基础上,基于传播变换圆理论,首次提出一种可实现高光束质量、高功率稳定性激光器谐振腔的设计方法,并对采用该方法所设计出的超短脉冲激光器进行理论与实验研究.研究结果表明,利用该方法设计的激光谐振腔,两端臂像散能够完全被补偿,实验上实现了基模高斯光束输出;当激光晶体热透镜焦距改变时,该方法所设计出的激光谐振腔内各关键位置光斑半径的变化,显著地小于普通谐振腔,在相同外界条件下,其输出激光功率稳定性明显优于普通激光器.     

气体激光器中的类透镜效应分析

本文讨论了类负透镜介质一般曲面镜光学谐振腔,并用来分析气体激光器中的热透镜效应。对平凹腔连续波二氧化碳激光器进行了模式分析。结果表明,热透镜效应对输出功率和频率特性影响相当大,对基模输出激光器的影响最为突出。最后,简单地讨论了离子气体激光器和某些其它激光器中的可能热透镜效应。     

高功率二极管泵浦模块热效应补偿研究

分析了作为放大器应用的高功率二极管泵浦模块NdYAG圆棒的热效应,包括热透镜效应和热致双折射所引起的退偏效应及其补偿方法.在光路中加入合适的负透镜可以对特定工作条件下激光棒的热透镜进行较好的补偿;使用两个增益和荧光分布等参数完全一致的泵浦模块作为放大级,在其间加入90°石英旋转片和4F像传递系统可以较好的补偿热致双折射所引起的退偏效应.并且对以上方法进行了实验验证,取得了良好的补偿效果,提高了泵浦模块的提取效率和激光输出功率.     

激光二极管双端抽运高功率高光束质量Z型折叠腔Nd:YVO_4激光器

在高功率激光二极管(LD)抽运条件下,固体增益介质的热透镜效应是优化激光谐振腔系统所必须考虑的重要因素之一。利用带尾纤耦合输出的激光二极管和整形聚焦透镜组组合抽运Nd:YVO4晶体,用稳腔法测量了激光晶体的等效热焦距。利用LAS-CAD软件模拟了三种热稳腔结构在所测等效热焦距下的模式分布,对LD双端抽运Nd:YVO4激光器Z字型谐振腔进行优化设计后,实验选定后腔镜曲率半径R1=300mm,输出镜曲率半径R2=100mm,腔长Ltotal=280mm,耦合输出镜透射率T=50%。当输入61W抽运功率时,激光最高输出功率达21.3W,光束质量因子M21.41,所得激光器输出结果与理论预期吻合得很好。     

热透镜效应下的克尔透镜锁模

讨论了在增益介质与克尔介质分离情况下热透镜效应对克尔透镜锁模的影响，计算了克尔透镜锁模在热不敏感腔中需满足的条件，结果表明，通过适当地调整激光腔参数，有可能实现热不敏感的克尔透镜锁模。最后通过计算机数值模拟获得了对典型振荡腔设计参量的修正。     

高效高稳定高光束质量声光调Q绿光激光器的研究

通过优化双棒串接直腔结构设计,利用大功率LD侧面抽运、声光Q开关、Ⅱ类相位匹配S-KTP内腔倍频获得高效大功率绿色激光输出.当抽运电流为45 A、重复频率为15 kHz时,激光平均功率为132 W,光—光转换效率为132％,脉宽约为120 ns.在输出130 W时,测得1 h功率不稳定度小于05%,光束质量因子M²为67.对高功率抽运情况下激光介质的热透镜效应以及谐振腔稳定运转工作区域也进行了理论分析和实验研究. 关键词： 绿光激光器 腔内倍频 声光调Q LD侧面抽运     

棒状钕玻璃热容激光器热透镜自平衡补偿方法分析

针对热容激光器的热透镜效应,给出了棒状钕玻璃热容激光器的热透镜公式表达式。理论上分析了热透镜焦距自平衡补偿方法的基本原理。在考虑了棒状钕玻璃热容激光器的具体特性的基础上,设计了一种简单的热透镜焦距自平衡补偿方法,使光抽运钕玻璃热容激光器在热透镜焦距变化情况下,可以使激光输出光斑大小稳定。为了解棒状热容激光器热透镜焦距的影响,利用自研的光栅型曲率传感器测量了热容激光器总的热透镜等效焦距的大小,结果表明热传导在抽运光发射完20 s左右后才建立热平衡产生了明显的热透镜效应; 随着抽运脉冲个数的增加,热透镜效应随之变大。     

端面抽运固体激光器热透镜效应的实验研究

提出一种易于实现、对激光器本身没有干扰、高空间精度、可实时测量介质热透镜的干涉测量方法. 并利用此方法全面研究了端面抽运Nd:YVO4激光器的热透镜效应，为认识激光介质的热效应和设计此类激光器提供了参考.  关键词： 热透镜 端面抽运 固体激光器     

Thermal lens measurement technique in end-pumped solid state lasers: Application to diode-pumped microchip lasers

A simple derivation, which relates the thermal lens focal length in solid state lasers to pump power and a method for direct estimation of thermal lens focal length, is reported. This method is applicable to any type of stable resonator. The method is used for the measurement of the thermal lens focal length with an accuracy of 8% in an axially pumped microchip laser. The variation of focal length with pump power is also measured.     

高光学质量,高平均功率非稳腔Nd：YAG激光器

在分析含热透镜的非稳腔固体激光器普遍特性的基础上，分别定义了几何放大率和输出曲率半径的热敏感度，结合腔镜失调敏感度而成为设计该类谐振腔的重要依据，据此，进一步改善和发展的新型的棒成像非稳腔。     

10 kHz 40 W Ti:sapphire regenerative ring amplifier

A cryogenically cooled Ti:sapphire regenerative ring amplifier was developed as a laser for generating a laser-produced plasma light source. With a 10 kHz 180 W pump laser, the amplifier output is 40 W before compression and 26 W after compression. We believe it to be the current highest average-power output from a single stage Ti:sapphire amplifier. The effective focal length of the thermal lens is measured to be 2.2 m at 100 K for 180 W of pump power. With a 1 m focal length lens placed in the resonator, the effect of a thermal lens on the resonator mode is suppressed. High conversion efficiency is achieved for the whole pumping power range without any additional measures for thermal compensation.     

Resonator insensitive investigation to thermal lens for end-pumped lasers

Optical pumping of solid-state lasers induces a thermal lens effect in the laser crystal; this thermal effect determines the beam properties. In this paper, the focal length of the thermal lens is calculated, and resonator parameter (g_1 g_2) is obtained, which is insensitive to thermal distortions when the product of the resonator parameters (g_1, g_2) equals 1/2. By using our calculated results, we get the fundamental transverse mode laser output with optic－optic conversion of 48.6%, and slope efficiency of 56.3%.     

Measurement of the thermal lens of grazing-incidence diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser amplifier

The thermally induced lensing effects of a diode-pumped Nd:YVO₄ laser amplifier in a grazing incidence bounce geometry are carefully measured experimentally. Measurements of the thermal effects are interpreted by considering the diode-pumped amplifier region as a thick lens. A more detailed modeling was made of a quadratic refractive index lens duct for the normal to the bounce plane distribution. Due to the asymmetric pumping the thermal lens shows significant astigmatism. The ratio between dioptric powers in the plane normal to bounce and in the bounce plane is measured to be approximately 20. A nonlinear component of the power dependence of the lens is observed and related to the nonlinear heating induced by energy transfer upconversion. Measurements made under non-lasing conditions are used to infer thermal lensing behavior under lasing conditions and this allows optimization of optical resonator design.     

热透镜对铜蒸气激光振荡器与放大器输出光的影响

用几何光学传输矩阵方法和讨论了热透镜对铜蒸气激光非稳腔振荡器和放大器输出特性的影响，获得了与实验相符的计算结果，并提出了在振荡－放大链内热透效应的补偿方法。     

Investigation of the beam propagation in a pumped laser rod

A method investigating the beam propagation in a pumped laser rod is proposed. In this method, the pumped laser rod in a resonator is evenly divided into N segments along the laser rod axis, and each segment is considered as a small thermal lens with thermal focus length of f. Accordingly, the beam radius distributions in the laser rod for the symmetric and asymmetric resonators are thus calculated, respectively. The beam radius distribution in the whole resonator is also calculated. Moreover, the calculated beam distribution in the whole resonator and in the rod is also described in detail.     

Thermal-lens measurement of a quasi steady-state repetitively flashlamp-pumped Cr, Tm, Ho:YAG laser

A simple technique using cavity stability conditions is demonstrated to measure the effective dynamic thermal lensing of a flashlamp-pumped Cr, Tm, Ho:YAG laser operated in a low repetition-rate regime of 4–7 Hz. By measuring the flashlamp energy where a stable resonator becomes unstable, the effective focal length of the laser rod can be calculated. When no mode restricting aperture is used in the cavity, the thermal lens behaviour displays a significant deviation from the commonly assumed thin lens approximation.     

Measurement of Thermal Lens Focal Length and Its Effect on Laser Output Characteristics in LD End-pumped Nd:YVO4 Lasers

According to the resonator transform circle theory, the focal length of thermal lens of laser media in laser diode end-pumped solid-state lasers is analyzed and measured with a simple method. A 30W 808nm LD pumped YVO4 laser is developed and characterized.