固体激光腔动力学稳定性的调控

在固体激光腔运行中热透镜的屈光度,1ft,作为谐振腔的动力学因子,对腔的运行特性有着关键性的影响作用.运用变换圆图解方法,对固体激光腔的光模特性的动力学稳定性作了详细的分析,给出了它对动力学因子及腔参数u1=L1(L1-R1)R1与u2=L2(L2-R2)R2的依赖关系.给出了腔参数u1与u2的直观物理图像描述;在此基础上,利用变换圆图解方法,进一步讨论,如何选择腔参数u1与u2,调节稳定区内运行的最小基模光斑尺寸和动力学稳定区的宽度,及调控动力学稳定区的‘位置’;提出了两倍拓宽动力学稳定区的一个可行方案;最后,还讨论了动力学敏感腔的存在及其在自调Q激光器与自Kerr透镜锁模激光器中的可能运用. 关键词： 固体激光器 热透镜 动力学稳定性的调控     

多透镜谐振腔光束参数不变性研究

给出了多透镜光学谐振腔的解析,分析了透镜腔光束参数的动态特性。提出一种补偿热焦距变化的影响的新观念,从而给出一种新形式的热稳定谐振腔——控制型热稳腔,或称软性腔。 关键词：     

可自适应补偿热透镜效应的固体激光谐振腔

提出了一种新的固体激光器的谐振腔结构,其主要特点是,在腔内引入一较短焦距的固定透镜,并将激光介质,即焦距可变的热透镜,置于它的焦点处,组成一特殊的两透镜组.利用变换圆图解方法分析表明,该透镜组具有光学‘镇定器’的作用;利用这种谐振腔,通过自适应地轴移调节一个腔镜,可以解决较大功率固体激光器在热透镜效应大幅度变化情况下的基本光学模的动力学稳定运行;同时,保持激光介质及两端镜处的基模光斑尺寸不变.     

固体激光腔的动力学分析

固体激光腔中的热聚焦透镜的屈光度1/f,作为腔的动力学因子,对腔的运行特性具有关键的影响作用。本文运用变换圆图解方法,对固体激光腔的稳定性、输出功率特征和模式特性作了详细的动力学分析,并给出了它们对动力学因子的依赖关系。     

固体激光器热透镜效应的调控

利用工作腔的热透镜模型, 分析了有激光发射下固体激光器的谐振腔配置对热透镜效应和稳定区的影响, 论述了通过改变谐振腔配置调控热效应的可行性.实验上, 使用一台Nd: YAG激光器对理论作了验证, 实现了对热透镜光焦度及稳定区分布的调控.     

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.     

固体激光腔的动力学分析

固体激光腔中的热聚焦透镜的屈光度l/ f , 作为腔的动力学因子, 对腔的运行特性具有关键的影响作用.本文运用变换圆图解方法, 对固体激光睦的稳定性、输出功率特征和模式特性作了详细的动力学分析, 并给出了它们对动力学因子的依赖关系. 关键词：     

基于半导体泵浦倍频绿光激光器的探究性实验设计

为探究在谐振腔中倍频晶体位置对绿光激光器输出功率的影响，利用半导体泵浦固体激光实验仪设计了腔内和腔外倍频绿光的探究性实验。分析了绿光倍频效率与基频光束的功率密度及光斑半径之间的关系，分别测量了磷酸钛氧钾(KTP)倍频晶体位于谐振腔內部和外部不同位置时，532 nm倍频绿光的输出功率。其中在腔外倍频实验中，分别设计了腔外不加透镜时KTP晶体位于腔外不同位置，以及加上透镜时KTP晶体位于聚焦位置两种实验方案。同时，在实验中引导学生利用谐振腔理论和高斯光束传输理论等激光原理计算1 064 nm基频光在腔内外不同位置的光斑半径，分析了KTP晶体在不同位置时532 nm倍频光输出功率出现差别的原因，以及利用透镜聚焦提高激光功率密度以达到提高倍频效率的方法。     

400mJ二极管泵浦Nd：YAG圆棒激光器

400mJ二极管泵浦Nd：YAG圆棒激光器采用主振荡器 放大器方式。谐振腔采用失调低灵敏度单横模设计，以减少外界环境干扰和机械振动，提高激光器的稳定性。谐振腔采用平凹腔，谐振腔腔长0．6m，Nd：YAG棒为φ2，谐振腔基模腰斑半径为0．5mm。泵浦模块采用5个二极管激光器环形对称泵浦，根据实验测得的泵浦模块热焦距f=0．53m，采用一对平凹负透镜进行补偿，补偿后的泵浦模块热焦距为2．0m，谐振腔全反射镜的曲率半径为1．02m，离泵浦模块中心的距离0．24m。     

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。     

Thermal-lens effect induced changes of polarization, coherence and spectrum of a stochastic electromagnetic beam in a Gaussian cavity

Based on the unified theory of coherence and polarization, the interaction of a stochastic electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model (EGSM) beam with a Gaussian cavity containing thermal-lens medium is analyzed. In particular, the effect of the thermal medium of the lens on the evolution properties of the degree of polarization, the degree of coherence and the spectral shift are investigated in detail. It is shown that the thermal-lens medium has a strong influence on the behavior of the EGSM beam especially in unstable resonators, thus it is necessary for us to take the thermal-lens effect into consideration in practice.     

Novel coordinate system for Gaussian beam reflection

A novel coordinate system for Gaussian beam reflection has been proposed in this Letter. Reflection from a spherical mirror is used to describe the novel coordinate system. One single segment of a general resonator is chosen to describe coordinate rotation in detail. Nonplanar ring resonators are chosen to show the application of the novel coordinate system. This novel coordinate system has been proved by two simple experiments and the problem existing in using the traditional coordinate system has been pointed out. This novel coordinate system is valuable for not only the designing of laser resonators but also Gaussian beam propagation analysis.     

轴对称光束的克尔透镜矩阵及其在克尔透镜锁模中的应用

在非线性薛定谔方程的基础上较严格简明地推导了克尔介质的轴对称光束及高斯光束的ＡＢＣＤ传播矩阵，该矩阵可用于设计克尔透镜锁模，以腔二端为平面镜的任意光学系统为例，获得了简单的普遍公式。     

基模动态稳定望远镜谐振腔

本文使用等价腔和传播矩阵方法,在一般情况下推导出了望远镜腔的基模热稳条件,该表示式简单而又严格,还易于推广到含热透镜多元件腔的一般情况,并与用近似方法所得结果作了比较和讨论。     

High-power solid-state lasers with unstable resonators

The thermal lensing properties of stable and unstable resonators are compared and rules are given for the design of optimized unstable resonators containing a focusing rod. Experimental verification with a high-power Nd: YAG system proved that for unstable resonators the restricting relationship between beam quality and output power no longer holds. Careful resonator design enables high output power to be extracted with unstable resonators without destroying the output couplers.     

High-power solid-state lasers with unstable resonators

The thermal lensing properties of stable and unstable resonators are compared and rules are given for the design of optimized unstable resonators containing a focusing rod. Experimental verification with a high-power Nd: YAG system proved that for unstable resonators the restricting relationship between beam quality and output power no longer holds. Careful resonator design enables high output power to be extracted with unstable resonators without destroying the output couplers.     

Entangled photon states recovery and cloning via the micro ring resonators and an add/drop multiplexer

We propose a new system of the entangled photon generation and recovery using a Gaussian pulse traveling within the nonlinear micro ring resonators, whereas the cloning feasibility of the entangled photon states via an add/drop multiplexer is also proposed. Firstly, the optimum entangled photon visibility is generated by using the Gaussian pulse in the ring resonators, where the second harmonic pulses are generated by filtering the chaotic signals. Secondly, the small amount of the transmission power is coupled by the add/drop device, whereas the entangled photon states, i.e. cloning states, are regenerated by using the polarization control unit. Results obtained have shown that the recovery entangled photon states can be made and confirmed with the initial states, which means that the cloning of entangled photon states of the initial states is plausible. The amplified entangled photon for state recovery is also discussed.     

Thermal nonlinear effects in hybrid silica/polymer microdisks

The linear and thermal nonlinear spectral responses of silica and hybrid silica/polymer microdisk resonators are investigated. Both types of resonators can be fabricated using the same technological procedure with only slight modification. An extra polymer layer results in opposite sign of the nonlinear thermal optical response of the hybrid microdisks compared to the pure silica ones, which can be explained by the different thermorefractive coefficients of silica and polymer. A full compensation of eigen frequency shift, caused by thermal nonlinearity, has been demonstrated experimentally.     

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.