Calculation of spatial intensity distribution of InAsSb/InAsSbP laser diode emission

The spatial distribution of emission intensity in the active layer of a laser diode (LD) based on an InAsSb/InAsSbP heterostructure (generation wavelength λ_gen ∼ 3.3 μm) is obtained for various stripe widths w by means of numerical solution of the wave equation in the 2D approximation taking into account the refractive index nonlinearity. It has been shown that the special distribution of emission intensity becomes strongly inhomogeneous at w values exceeding 9–10 μm, which results in the appearance of additional maxima in the far-field pattern. Calculated far-field patterns in the active layer plane of the LD agree with corresponding experimental data. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 6, pp. 804–808, November–December, 2008.     

Investigation of laser diode face-pumped high average power heat capacity laser

The three-dimensional (3D) pump intensity distribution in medium of the laser diode (LD) pumped highaverage power heat capacity laser is simulated by the ray tracing method, and the divergence characteristicsof fast axis and slow axis of LD are simultaneously considered. The transient 3D temperature and stressdistributions are also simulated by the finite element method (FEM) with considering the uneven heatsource distribution in medium. A LD face-pumped Nd:GGG heat capacity laser is designed. The averageoutput power is 1.49 kW with an optical-optical efficiency of 24.1%.     

二极管激光线阵光束的远场特性

 利用X-Y函数记录仪测试了双异质结连续60 W,1×19激光二极管线阵（LDB）发射光束的空间光强分布和时间稳定性,被测样品的型号为JOLD-60-CPNN-1L。实验结果表明:组成DLB的19个二极管发射的光束基本上是独立传输的,DLB光束远场光强分布由19个子束非相干叠加而成,并且不随时间变化,发光区间距不相等。以实验为依据,对理论模型做了改进。将低注入电流的实验与用改进的理论模型的计算结果做了比较,二者符合甚好。     

基于微透镜阵列匀束的激光二极管面阵抽运耦合系统分析

为了提升高功率固体激光器中激光二极管(LD)面阵抽运场性能,采用几何光学和数理统计分析的方法,建立了基于微透镜阵列匀束的LD面阵抽运耦合系统的数学与物理模型,对微透镜阵列参数与最终耦合输出抽运场参数之间的关系进行分析,明确了微透镜单元F数、微透镜通光单元数以及微透镜阵列空间周期参数的设计原则.经实验测试,优化设计完成的LD面阵抽运耦合系统光场不均匀度为7.9%,耦合效率为90.7%.     

一维激光阵列相干合束远场特性的研究

利用傅里叶光学方法,获得了相干合束远场光强的解析表达式,数值模拟和实验研究了一维锁相二极管激光阵列的相干合束远场特性。研究表明:随着参与合束的发光单元数目的增加,尖峰变锐;同相模的光能集中在更小的立体角内,使得相干合束的亮度增加;异相模的光束能量较为分散,其峰值光强有所降低。系统抖动引起远场峰值光强的降低,破坏了远场的对称性和光束质量。相干合束发光单元数目越多,系统抖动对远场的影响便可以忽略。     

描述激光二极管远场光强分布的理论模型

 介绍了描述激光二极管远场光强分布的几种典型理论模型,并与实验结果作了详细比较。结果表明：激光二极管的传输和远场特性应当用非傍轴理论描述,并且远场光强分布一般与输出功率大小有关。在不同功率水平下,异质结激光二极管快轴与慢轴方向的远场行为应选用不同的模型模拟。此外,还对厄米-高斯模型做了修正,考虑了奇数阶厄米-高斯模的贡献,并用厄米-高斯模的非相干叠加代替厄米-高斯模的相干叠加。改进的厄米-高斯模型能更好描述100 mW双异质结GaAlAs LD慢轴方向的远场光强分布。     

Compact beam collimator for laser diode bar

A compact beam collimator for a laser diode (LD) bar fabricated by a simple method is presented. It consists of a single set of microlenses and a cylindrical lens, which are fabricated from SiO₂ rods using a fiber-drawing tower. The principle and parameter optimization of this device are investigated numerically using ZEMAX software and illustrated experimentally for a specific LD bar. It is shown that the output beam is well collimated in both the fast-axis and slow-axis directions; the beam quality is greatly enhanced via the redistribution of intensity in the two directions and by eliminating the fill factor for the LD bar.     

布拉格反射波导半导体激光器的研究

高功率半导体激光器在固体或光纤激光器泵浦、材料加工、医疗、传感、空间通讯和国防上有着极其重要的应用,但传统半导体激光器面临垂直发散角大、椭圆光斑的难题,限制了其直接应用。为了降低激光器的垂直发散角,本项目采用布拉格反射波导结构,利用光子带隙导引替代传统的全反射进行光场限制,优化设计了多种布拉格反射波导激光器结构,并制备了高性能的激光器器件。首先,采用传输矩阵理论和布洛赫波近似的方法计算了布拉格反射波导的模式色散关系,发现通过控制腔模光场分布,可实现不同远场的激光输出。接着,针对布拉格波导光子带隙导引机制,深入研究了四分之一波长布拉格反射波导激光器、单边布拉格反射波导激光器的光场特性,弄清了影响此类激光器远场的本质因素,最终设计并验证了一种布拉格反射波导双光束激光器,激光器在垂直方向可输出两个对称的、近圆形光束,单光束垂直和侧向发散角半高全宽分别低至7.2°和5.4°。另外,通过调控光缺陷层,使激光器工作在受抑隧穿光子带隙导引机制下,实现了超窄的单光束激光输出,激光器单管连续输出功率超过4.6 W,垂直发散角最低降至4.9°(半高全宽)和9.8°(95%功率)。这种高功率、窄的圆形光束输出可以大幅降低半导体激光器的应用成本,提高泵浦或光纤耦合效率,具有广阔的应用前景。     

Semiconductor laser diode to single-mode fiber coupling using diffractive optical elements

An integrated mode converter consisting of two diffractive optical elements (DOEs) and a Silicon slab is presented for low-loss coupling between a semiconductor laser diode (LD) and a single-mode fiber (SMF). The phase structures of the DOEs are designed using iterative phase retrieval algorithm. We introduce a new far-field amplitude constraint into the iteration to provide very high mode conversion quality. Compared with previously published mode converters, the scheme is more universal because it’s applicable for any semiconductor LD. In simulation, coupling losses lower than 0.02 dB are predicted for all the discussed LDs with aspect ratios of the elliptical fields from 1 to 9. The requirements on axial displacement and rotation angle have been removed. The tolerance for 1-dB loss increment for lateral misalignment is 0.9 μm. And the coupling loss is insensitive to tilt angle.     

Sinusoidal phase-modulating laser diode interferometer insensitive to intensity modulation for real-time displacement measurement with feedback control system

In sinusoidal phase modulating laser diode (LD) interferometer, the injection current of the LD is sinusoidally modulated to realize the modulation of the wavelength. However, the light intensity of LD is also modulated, which affects the measurement accuracy. An all-fiber sinusoidal phase modulating LD interferometer for real-time displacement measurement is proposed where the influence of the intensity modulation is eliminated with a new algorithm. It is made clear that an optimal depth of the sinusoidal phase modulation (SPM) exists in the algorithm. Moreover, the SPM depth is locked at the optimal value by controlling the injection current with a feedback control system. The feasibility of the proposed interferometer for displacement measurement is verified by experiments.     

一种模拟二极管激光源场的新方法

基于非傍轴衍射理论和二极管激光远场光强的实验结果,借助于振幅-位相恢复算法,提出了模拟二极管激光源场分布的一种新方法.给出了模拟步骤,并以双异质结二极管激光为例加以说明.当实验结果准确时,这是一种足够精确的方法,有实际应用意义. 关键词： 二极管激光 源场分布 模拟退火法     

Photothermal modulation of laser diode wavelength: application to sinusoidal phase-modulating interferometer for displacement measurements

In this paper, a novel laser-diode (LD) sinusoidal phase-modulating (SPM) interferometer, which utilizes a photothermal technique for LD wavelength modulation, is proposed to measure displacements with a nanometer accuracy. In conventional LD–SPM interferometers, the LD intensity modulation is concurrent with the wavelength modulation, which increases measurement errors. Using the photothermal technique, the LD wavelength modulation can be accomplished with negligible concomitant intensity modulation, and the measurement errors are thus eliminated. The computer simulations and experiment results verify the usefulness of this novel interferometer.     

Sinusoidal phase-modulating laser diode interferometer insensitive to the intensity modulation of the light source

In a conventional sinusoidal phase-modulating laser-diode (SPM-LD) interferometer, the wavelength of the LD is sinusoidally modulated by varying its injection current. However, the intensity modulation is associated with the wavelength modulation, which affects the measurement accuracy. We propose an SPM-LD interferometer insensitive to the intensity modulation of the light source, in which the influence of the intensity modulation is eliminated by choosing the appropriate sinusoidal phase modulation depth. Computer simulations and experiments are performed for real-time displacement measurement with the proposed SPM-LD interferometer. The measurement accuracy has been improved and the measurement repeatability is less than 1 nm. No additional components are required in our proposed method that leads to a simple system compared with the other previously proposed methods.     

高功率叠阵二极管激光器光束整形

采用光线追迹法详细分析线阵二极管激光器经微球面柱透镜快轴准直后的光强变化情况,利用快轴准直微球面柱透镜的球差可调整输出激光光强分布的特性,得出了快轴准直输出发散角约5°时光强分布具有较好的平顶形式。根据叠阵二极管激光器输出光的特点,设计了由25个二极管激光器组成的叠阵二极管激光器的光束整形输出系统,该系统由快轴准直微透镜、快轴耦合透镜和慢轴耦合透镜组成,把需要泵浦的激光介质薄片设计在快轴耦合透镜的焦点上,并且在慢轴耦合透镜的成像面附近,得到了7mm×8mm的泵浦光斑,光强不均匀性约10%,输出效率达到85%。     

Intensity-modulating characteristics of a laser diode subjected to optical injection

We have found that the optical power of a laser diode (LD) does not change with the injected light intensity that is modulated when its injection current is at some specific values. The amplitude of optical power change of the LD varies periodically with the increase of the injection current. It is made clear through theoretical analysis that these phenomena are caused by gain compression and interband carrier absorption of the LD that depend on longitudinal mode competition, bandgap-shrinkage effects, thermal conduction, and so on. Our experimental results make it easy to eliminate optical power change of LDs. We only need to choose a proper value of the injection current.     

Axial distribution of coupling coefficient of distributed feedback laser diode

An axial distributed coupling coefficient (ADCC) distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode (LD), in which the coupling coefficient (K_c) has been distributed axially on both sides of the phase shift region (PSR), is proposed to increase the efficiency of QW-DFB LD. The results are compared with that obtained from QW DCC–DFB LD. The present work proposes a new criteria for coupling distribution to decrease the spatial hole-burning (SHB) effect on the single mode (SM) operation.     

Experimental study of the characteristics of high-power laser diode radiation in the above-threshold mode for degradation analysis

The angular dependence of the intensity and contrast of the radiation of laser diodes (LDs) with a CW power of 1.25 W has been investigated in the above-threshold mode. An original method for detecting fundamental lasing is used to analyze the mode structure of the LD radiation at low pump currents. It is shown that this radiation contrast measurement makes it possible to detect the LD degradation in earlier stages than in power measurements.     

Free-running emerald laser pumped by laser diode

Free-running emerald laser pumped by 660-nm laser diode (LD) was reported. Free-running output powerof 24 mW has been obtained with overall efficiency of 1.4% and slope efficiency of 11.9% when the LD incident power was 2.56 W. The laser threshold value of emerald crystal was estimated to be 0.7 W.     

基于二元光学设计的高能激光窗口的初步探讨

对非均匀近场强度分布影响强激光远场聚焦效果的原因进行了分析。对高能激光窗口进行了二元光学设计。提高了光束强度分布的均匀性,改善了光束质量。介绍了二元光学设计的基本原理,采用随机并行扰动爬山法对窗口的位相分布、变换后的光束强度分布、衍射效率和光束均匀性进行了计算。计算结果表明,基于二元光学设计的激光窗口能有效地改善光束强度分布的均匀性,提高了发射光束的质量。     

Far-field solution of the Helmholtz equation for double heterostructure diode lasers

On the basis of the Helmholtz equation the far-field distribution is derived for double heterostructure lasers. The results show that the far-field distribution in the direction normal to the junction plane approaches a Lorentzian function, but parallel to the junction it may be approximated by a Gaussian function. The far-field intensity patterns have analogous elliptic form. It is also shown, for the first time, that the separability condition is not strictly valid for the far-field of a laser diode. Only in the vicinity of the optical axis the field can be expressed as a product of two separate functions, each of which depends only on one of the two transverse coordinates parallel and perpendicular to the diode junction.