基于光参量变频与放大的高灵敏红外成像技术

针对可用于微弱红外图像探测的光学参量变频与增强技术,进行了仿真与实验探索.针对高增益光参量放大器(OPA)过程中的参量荧光背景噪声,提出了基于外接圆模型的空间滤波技术,通过仿真优化设计,利用空域、频域滤波与像传递系统相结合的方法,将参量荧光背景的抑制比例超过70%,其增强后的成像质量较之前有明显改善,峰值信噪比提升22%.基于10 Hz,355 nm的大能量皮秒紫外抽运激光,实现了红外波段到可见光波段的参量频率上转换,得到了超过1.3×108(82 d B)的光学图像增益.实验结果表明,采用高增益OPA作为光学预放大级之后,常规非制冷电荷耦合器件可实现微弱红外成像的有效探测,灵敏度可达每像素7.4个光子.该方案有望用于单光子级高灵敏红外成像场合.     

双热焦距激光热近非稳腔系统

多热焦距激光谐振腔与单热焦距谐振腔相比,具有结构灵活、热管理简便等优点,然而其热稳定性受到激光头分布等因素影响,需要优化设计以实现多热焦距激光谐振腔高功率稳定输出.理论分析了激光头分布对多热焦距激光谐振腔热稳定性的影响,对比了单热焦距双棒谐振腔、双热焦距3棒对称谐振腔和双热焦距3棒非对称谐振腔的热稳定性.根据理论分析,采用不同热焦距的激光头构成双热焦距3棒串接对称热近非稳腔,通过优化设计,当抽运功率为3480 W时,该连续波1064 nm Nd∶YAG激光系统获得稳定输出,最高输出功率达1125 W,光-光转换效率达32%,光束质量约15 mm·mrad.     

基于注入锁定技术的单频连续高功率1342 nm Nd:YVO4激光器

研究了一种基于注入锁定技术的888 nm半导体激光器(LD)泵浦的高功率单频可调谐1 342 nm Nd:YVO₄激光器。采用最大输出功率20 mW分布式反馈单频半导体1 342 nm激光器作为注入种子,利用lock-in (LI)技术,对LD端泵的Nd:YVO₄环形腔激光器进行种子注入,实现了单频可调谐激光输出。激光器最大平均输出功率为13.9 W,测量的线宽为41 MHz,调谐范围为1 341.677 4～1 341.802 5 nm。x轴和y轴的光束质量M²因子分别为M_x²=1.30和M_y²=1.23。实验结果表明：与先前文献报道的注入锁定1 342 nm可调谐激光的结果相比,所需种子功率大幅减小,输出功率也有所提升。     

飞秒激光脉冲在高非线性光子晶体光纤中产生超连续谱的实验研究

使用钛宝石激光器抽运一根长1m的高非线性光子晶体光纤,获得的超连续谱波长覆盖范围为420—1700nm,输出功率为170mW,转换效率在20%以上;对实验结果给出了详细的分析,并与理论模拟结果相比较,认为超连续谱产生的主要原因是高阶孤子的分裂和四波混频效应.同时研究了不同抽运功率和不同抽运波长下超连续谱产生的情况,发现对同一根光纤,抽运功率由小到大变化时,可将输出的光谱分为初始展宽,剧烈展宽和饱和展宽三个阶段,当输出的光谱处于初始展宽和饱和展宽阶段时,都会存在一定的抽运残留,当输出的光谱处于剧烈展宽时,转 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 超连续谱 高阶孤子 反常色散区     

Pump pulse characteristics of quasi-continuous-wave diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG laser

The influence of pumping laser pulse on the property of quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG laser is investigated theoretically and experimentally. Under remaining a fixed duty cycle, the average output power increases, and the corresponding thermal focal length shorten with the increase of the pump pulse duration, which attributes to the decrease of the ratio of pulse buildup time to the pulse duration. At a pump power of 146 W, the laser output power changes from 65.1 W to 81.2 W when the pulse duration is adjusted from 150 μ s to 1000 μ s, confirming a significant enhancement of 24.7%. A laser rate equation model incorporating the amplified spontaneous emission is also utilized and numerically solved, and the simulated results agree well with the experimental data.     

A 658-W VCSEL-pumped rod laser module with 52.6% optical efficiency

A high-efficiency and high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) side-pumped rod Nd:YAG laser with temperature adaptability are demonstrated. The VCSEL side-pumped laser module is designed and optimized. Five VCSEL arrays are symmetrically located around the laser rod and a large size diffused reflection chamber is designed to ensure a uniform pump distribution. Furthermore, the absorbed pump power distribution of the rod is simulated to verify the uniformity of the pump absorption. Finally, a proof-of-principle experiment is performed in short linear cavity laser with single laser module. A continuous-wave output power of 658 W at 1064 nm is obtained, the corresponding optical-to-optical efficiency is 52.6%, and the power variations are ±0.7% over 400 s and ±3.1% over the temperature range from 16 ℃ to 26 ℃. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power and the highest optical-to-optical efficiency ever reported for VCSEL pumped solid-state lasers. By inserting a telescopic module into the cavity and optimizing the TEM₀₀ mode volume, the average beam quality is measured to be M²=1.34 under an output power of 102 W. The experimental results reveal that such a high power rod laser module with temperature stability is appropriate or field applications.