LDA侧面泵浦Nd:YAG激光器的热效应分析

在高斯光强近似下对泵浦LD光强分布模型进行修正,建立了LDA侧面泵浦固体激光介质内热源分布的数值模型。用有限元法计算模拟了三角均匀分布侧面泵浦结构激光棒瞬态温升过程及稳态温度分布情况。讨论比较了泵浦源的高斯强度近似和均匀强度近似下激光棒内温度分布情况,并对激光棒的类热透镜的焦距进行实验测量。实验和数值计算说明了LDA泵浦结构和冷却场的非均匀分布使实际温度场偏离均匀泵浦时的二次曲线分布模型,激光晶体热效应产生的类透镜会聚作用的不对称导致了激光器输出光束质量在x,y方向上的不同。     

脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量Nd:YAG激光器时变热效应分析

建立了激光二极管阵列(LDA)侧面泵浦棒状Nd:YAG增益介质时变热效应理论计算模型。采用有限元Ansys软件模拟分析了脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量固体激光器的时变热效应特性。研究结果表明,所研究的脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量Nd:YAG激光器热效应具有时变特性,介质横截面内中心点处的稳态温度场分布随时间呈锯齿形周期变化,锯齿形变化频率为LDA泵浦频率,脉冲LDA泵浦参数对介质稳态温度场分布有较大影响。分析和计算了介质内热梯度、应力双折射以及激光晶体端面效应等导致的晶体热透镜焦距。计算表明,介质的热焦距主要来源于介质内温度梯度引起的热透镜焦距。     

脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量Nd:YAG激光器时变热效应分析

建立了激光二极管阵列（LDA）侧面泵浦棒状Nd:YAG增益介质时变热效应理论计算模型。采用有限元Ansys软件模拟分析了脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量固体激光器的时变热效应特性。研究结果表明,所研究的脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量Nd:YAG激光器热效应具有时变特性,介质横截面内中心点处的稳态温度场分布随时间呈锯齿形周期变化,锯齿形变化频率为LDA泵浦频率,脉冲LDA泵浦参数对介质稳态温度场分布有较大影响。分析和计算了介质内热梯度、应力双折射以及激光晶体端面效应等导致的晶体热透镜焦距。计算表明,介质的热焦距主要来源于介质内温度梯度引起的热透镜焦距。     

激光二极管bar侧面泵浦Nd：YAG激光器热效应研究

从不同侧面泵浦方式的泵浦光强分布出发．依据热传导方程．求解出棒状激光晶体内的温度分布．计算出不同泵浦分布时的理论热透镜焦距．并进行热透镜实验。理论分析和实验表明，随着泵浦方向的增多，晶体内泵浦光强和温度分布越接近于轴向对称分布，热透镜更接近球面透镜。     

脉冲激光二极管侧面抽运Nd:YAG激光器晶体时变热效应

采用数值计算的方法,对脉冲激光二极管三向侧面抽运固体激光器中,激光晶体的温度场时变分布进行了计算. 分析了三向侧面抽运情况下晶体内光强分布,在此基础上,采用有限元法,以脉冲激光二极管侧面抽运Nd:YAG激光器为例,对单脉冲过程中晶体温度分布及其影响因素进行分析. 结果表明,晶体升温过程受到抽运条件以及散热条件的影响,但是主要受到抽运条件即抽运光强度和光束半径的影响,降温过程受到晶体热物性参数和晶体半径以及散热条件的影响. 当晶体温度达到周期性分布后,由于晶体径向温度梯度的周期性变化,引起通过晶体的平面光波的中心和边缘光线相对光程差也随时间作周期性变化.     

激光二极管侧面泵浦的高效率Nd：YAG激光器

用准连续激光二极管列阵侧面泵浦Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ固体激光器，获得３９．５ｍＪ的静态输出，器件重复频率为５０Ｈｚ，效率最高达３９．５％，对该器件进行了细致的实验研究，验证了理论计算的正确性，并对实验结果进行了分析。     

激光二极管bar侧面泵浦Nd∶YAG激光器热效应研究

从不同侧面泵浦方式的泵浦光强分布出发,依据热传导方程,求解出棒状激光晶体内的温度分布,计算出不同泵浦分布时的理论热透镜焦距,并进行热透镜实验。理论分析和实验表明,随着泵浦方向的增多,晶体内泵浦光强和温度分布越接近于轴向对称分布,热透镜更接近球面透镜。     

脉冲激光二极管侧面抽运Nd∶YAG激光器晶体时变热效应

采用数值计算的方法,对脉冲激光二极管三向侧面抽运固体激光器中,激光晶体的温度场时变分布进行了计算. 分析了三向侧面抽运情况下晶体内光强分布,在此基础上,采用有限元法,以脉冲激光二极管侧面抽运Nd∶YAG激光器为例,对单脉冲过程中晶体温度分布及其影响因素进行分析. 结果表明,晶体升温过程受到抽运条件以及散热条件的影响,但是主要受到抽运条件即抽运光强度和光束半径的影响,降温过程受到晶体热物性参数和晶体半径以及散热条件的影响. 当晶体温度达到周期性分布后,由于晶体径向温度梯度的周期性变化,引起通过晶体的平面光波的中心和边缘光线相对光程差也随时间作周期性变化. 关键词： 激光二极管侧面抽运固体激光器 热效应 有限元法 时变过程     

脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量Nd:YAG激光器时变热效应分析北大核心CSCD

建立了激光二极管阵列(LDA)侧面泵浦棒状Nd:YAG增益介质时变热效应理论计算模型。采用有限元Ansys软件模拟分析了脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量固体激光器的时变热效应特性。研究结果表明,所研究的脉冲LDA侧面泵浦大能量Nd:YAG激光器热效应具有时变特性,介质横截面内中心点处的稳态温度场分布随时间呈锯齿形周期变化,锯齿形变化频率为LDA泵浦频率,脉冲LDA泵浦参数对介质稳态温度场分布有较大影响。分析和计算了介质内热梯度、应力双折射以及激光晶体端面效应等导致的晶体热透镜焦距。计算表明,介质的热焦距主要来源于介质内温度梯度引起的热透镜焦距。     

LD列阵泵浦Nd:YAG连续激光器

介绍了一种二极管侧面泵浦的Nd:YAG连续激光器，采用了简单，实用的侧面泵浦结构，获得了37．9W的连续1064nm的激光多模输出，斜效率为31．5％，光准效率为23．7％，文中还对该泵浦头的热透镜效应作了测试。     

Thermal effects in high-power Nd:YAG disk-type solid state laser

An investigation of thermal effects in a high-power Nd:YAG disk-type solid state laser pumped with different pump beam transverse profiles is carried out by numerical simulation based on the finite element method (FEM). Impact of the heat sink on the thermal effects is included in the simulation. The distribution of first principle stress, thermally induced birefringence, including the distribution and variation of the birefringence loss, are studied. The characteristics of the phase variation are analyzed with consideration of the temperature gradient, deformation, strain and thermal stress. Thermal lensing is explored as a function of pump power and of the radius pumped with different pump beam transverse profiles. The non-parabolic part of optical phase distortion is simulated. Furthermore, the characteristics of the bi-focus of the disk laser are also studied. Experiments on the maximum tensile stress distribution and depolarization loss are carried out. The presented calculations are in qualitative agreement with the experimental observations.     

Propagation parameters of the beam extracted from a diode pumped Nd:YAG ceramic slab laser with a hybrid stable–unstable resonator

We analyze the propagation properties of the beam extracted from a diode pumped ceramic Nd:YAG slab laser adopting a hybrid stable–unstable resonator. Such a resonator produces a beam characterized by an Hermite–Gauss mixture-like distribution in one transverse direction and a hard-edge diffracted distribution on the other transverse direction. The beam propagation parameters M_x² and M_y² are measured for different values of the diodes driving current. We obtain a beam parameter product smaller than 3 mm mrad in both transverse directions and in the whole range of powers, up to an extraction of 220 W in a QCW regime.     

Influence of pump beam size on laser diode end-pumped solid state lasers

Based on space-dependent rate equation, the lowest threshold input power for diode end-pumped solid state lasers is obtained for pump spot size w_p → 0. However, when the pump beam waist is decreased, the far-field half-angle increases due to the same beam quality, which will influence the match between the pump volume and mode volume. Most importantly, when the pump beam waist is decreased, the temperature and temperature gradient in the laser rod would be very high due to the resulting heat, which would cause material distortion, variation of refractive index, instability of laser resonator etc. We analyze the temperature distributions with different pump beam sizes and conclude that the condition w_p ≈ w₀ (the radius of the laser beam at the laser rod) is often taken as a rough guide to the optimum case.     

太阳光泵浦固体激光阈值的理论分析

为了选择适合太阳光泵浦的激光材料,本文从四能级速率方程出发,综合考虑了太阳辐射带状光谱特性和激光材料对泵浦光吸收能力,建立了太阳光泵浦固体激光理论模型。利用该模型推导得到了单束光侧面泵浦和椭球腔侧面泵浦方式下的泵浦阈值表达式,并结合Nd~3+∶YAG、Nd~3+∶glass、Nd~3+∶Cr~3+∶GSGG(Nd~3+∶Cr~3+∶Gd_3Sc_2Ga_3O_12)、Cr~3+∶BeAl_2O_4和Cr~3+∶Nd~3+∶YAG等激光材料的光谱参数,计算了这些材料的泵浦阈值光强。结果表明:在单束光侧面泵浦和椭球腔侧面泵浦方式下,Nd~3+∶YAG的泵浦阈值光强分别为448个太阳常数和224个太阳常数,是比较适合用太阳光泵浦的激光材料。由于椭球腔的特殊结构,采用椭球腔侧面泵浦激光介质,阈值光强比较低。分析了泵浦阈值光强与材料直径的关系。该模型可用于从现有的激光材料中筛选出在太阳光泵浦下最易输出激光的工作物质。     

单频运转的Nd：YVO4激光器

报道了激光二极管纵向泵浦单频运转的Ｎｄ：ＹＶＯ４激光器，用波长为８０９ｎｍ激光二极管的连续输出功率６６０ｍＷ泵浦，获得１０６４ｎｍ，功率为１５５ｍＷ连续单频输出，泵浦阈值２２６ｍＷ，斜率效率３３．８％，线宽小于１０ＭＨｚ．     

LD端泵下Nd∶YAG端面形变热效应研究

用计算机模拟了在不同的泵浦光分布和不同的泵浦功率下其端面形变的大小.主要对具有轴对称性的泵浦光和沿竖直方向为高斯分布,水平方向为均匀分布的长条形泵浦光在不同的功率下所引起的端面形变进行了计算机模拟.所采用的方法是先对温度场进行理论计算,建立理论模型.然后,对形变进行理论计算,并用计算机模拟了形变.得到了形变导致的端面形变热透镜焦距与致热功率之间的关系曲线,目的在于进一步研究由于端面形变所引起的热效应.     

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.     

Analysis on thermal characteristics of annular beam pumped vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers by finite element method

The annular beam as a pump light of VECSELs is presented for the first time in this study. The thermal characteristics of VECSELs were calculated and simulated by finite element method, and the influence of the annular beam's annulus radius, the annulus width, and the pumping power to the VECSELs’ thermal characteristics was analyzed in detail. The results indicated that the annular beam can improve the VECSELs’ thermal characteristics efficiently, and provide a favorable term to generate laser in the central part of the annular. The theoretical results provided theoretical reference and experimental study for the design of high-power optically pumped VECSELs.     

双光子抽运随机激光器中辐射光能量的演化

基于非相干反馈随机激光器的扩散方程理论，将扩散方程中的增益项改写为饱和形式，并利用有限差分方法，研究了双光子抽运随机激光器中辐射光能量随时间演化特性.对扩散方程的数值求解给出了系统辐射光能量由自发辐射开始，经历小信号增益状态得到放大，再到由于增益饱和形成稳态输出的整个演化过程.表明介质的无序导致了在较低能量情况下也能获得饱和增益这样的非线性效应.结果为研究获得双光子抽运随机激光器的稳态输出提供了理论依据. 关键词： 随机激光器 双光子抽运 饱和效应 无序介质中的光学效应