百瓦级全光纤结构单频掺铥主振荡功率放大器

报道了平均功率超过百瓦的单频掺铥全光纤结构主振荡功率放大器。使用线宽小于100kHz、中心波长为1.97μm的单频种子源进行级联放大,主放大器的斜率效率为50%。监测放大器的回光功率和光谱,没有发现受激布里渊散射以及其他非线性效应。通过增加泵浦功率,可以获得更高功率的掺铥单频放大输出。     

双程放大740 mJ TEC冷却LD泵浦Nd:YAG激光器

报道了一种实现高能量输出的激光二极管（LD）泵浦无水冷全固态Nd：YAG双程放大器结构。整个放大系统采用了泵浦与晶体棒集成的模块以及半导体制冷器（TEC）,从而实现了激光系统的小型化。总腔长为730 mm。在10 Hz重复频率下,主振荡器得到了最大脉冲能量为350 mJ的激光输出。脉宽为9.7 ns,光束质量M²在两个方向分别为7.7和12.3。并进行了双程放大的研究,双程放大后得到了740 mJ、10 ns的激光输出。     

激光二极管抽运电光调Q双通激光器中的光纤相位共轭

为了降低高重复频率脉冲固体激光器中热致光束畸变对光束质量的影响，在激光二极管抽运、电光调Q的Nd：YAG激光双通放大系统中对多模石英光纤相位共轭镜进行了实验研究。激光重复频率100Hz、脉宽20ns。实验结果表明：应用多模光纤能够显著改善放大级中热效应引入的波面畸变，双通获得近衍射极限的激光输出，并可大幅度压缩脉宽至7ns，达到了3：1的压缩比。在受激布里渊散射阈值附近，实验中观察到相位共轭光光斑剧烈闪烁，而随着注入光纤能量的增大，闪烁现象渐渐消失，输出激光能量的稳定度提高，在注入能量5．3mJ的情况下，获得了14％的能量不稳定度，此时的反射率和退偏率分别为32．6％和7％。     

Large aperture tapered fiber phase conjugate mirror in MOPA laser systems with high repetition rate and high pulse energy

A large aperture tapered fused silica fiber phase conjugate mirror with a maximum 50.7% stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) reflectivity is presented, which is operated with 400 Hz pulse repetition rate and 36.5 mJ input pulse energy. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first time that over 50% SBS reflectivity is achieved by using solid-state phase conjugate mirror under such high pulse repetition rate and high pulse energy. With much higher pulse repetition rate of 500 and 1000 Hz, the maximum SBS reflectivity is 41.2% and 33.3%, respectively. A single-longitudinal-mode Nd:YAG laser is experimentally studied with master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) scheme using such a tapered fiber as a phase conjugate mirror. A 101 mJ pulse energy is achieved at 400 Hz repetition rate, with a pulse width of 6 ns and a M² factor of less than 2. The corresponding peak power reaches 16.8 MW.     

M<Superscript>2</Superscript> of MOPA CuBr Laser Radiation

The beam propagation factor, M² of the master-oscillator power-amplifier (MOPA) CuBr laser emission compliant with ISO 11146 is studied methodically. Statistical parameters of 2D intensity profile of the near and far fields of MOPA laser radiation are measured by a beam analyzing technique as functions of timing delay between MO and PA. For first time the influence of the gas buffer (causing the radiation profile to change from annular to top-hat and Gaussian-like) and light polarization on CuBr laser beam focusability (M²) was under investigation. The MOPA gain curve is found and the influence of gain on the input signal (from MO into PA) due to the absorption/amplification in PA on the field profiles is shown. For annular radiation M² range is from 13–14 (small delays) to 5–6 (large delays) and for filled-center radiation M² is 6–7 (small delays) and at the end of gain curve is as much as 4. With polarized light, M² drops to 3 at the end of gain curve. The brightness of laser emission with hydrogen goes up 3–5 times and the linearly-polarized beam is at least 40% brighter than that of partial or non-polarized beams.     

Narrow linewidth CW amplification of a Tm-doped double-clad fiber MOPA system

A Tm-doped double-clad fiber MOPA system is built. Amplification characteristics of a Tm-doped double-clad narrow linewidth fiber master oscillator (MO) are investigated both experimentally and numerically. Linewidth of the fiber MO is only 112 pm at 3 W output. The output and efficiency of the MOPA system increase with the injected seed power. When the seed power is increased to 2 W, a maximum output of 10.5 W is obtained with a slope efficiency of 41.5%. Spectral center of the output lies at 1996.7 nm with the linewidth no bigger than 120 pm throughout the experiment.     

1.064μm半导体激光脉冲种子源的设计

设计了一种运用于MOPA（master optical parameter amplifier）系统的半导体激光种子源。研制了高速大电流驱动模块和任意波形发生器,实验采用1.064μm QW-DFB的大功率半导体激光器,得到了脉冲光功率优于200mW,脉冲宽度1.5ns～1μs和重复频率1kHz～1MHz可调的半导体激光脉冲种子源。     

天光一号MOPA光学角多路系统的研制

 光学角多路系统是主振功放(MOPA)装置的重要组成部分。它不仅连接着主振荡器、预放大器及主放大器三个KrF激光系统，而且起着压缩激光脉宽的作用。光学角多路能使主振激光脉冲在能量上得到足够的放大，并使泵浦预放、主放激光腔的电子束能量及其脉宽得到充分的利用。介绍了天光一号装置上MOPA光学角多路系统的结构,并结合多年来运行的实践，提出了若干优化措施。     

LaB6在低压强氮气和氦气中的放电特性

研究了LaB6在1~10 Pa氮气和氦气中的直流和脉冲放电特性以及放电过程对电极的影响。结果表明，电极直径为5 mm的LaB6氦气放电管在脉冲工作状态下可以长期稳定放电。在脉冲电压为2.2 kV、脉冲宽度10 ms、频率13.3 Hz下，脉冲峰值放电电流超过120 A。氦气放电管在放电过程中，阴极表面有离子的清洗和活化作用，可以使电极的表面逸出功降低，提高放电管的发射能力和稳定性。LaB6作为气体放电电极具有寿命长、延迟时间短、放电电流大等优点，可用于重复强流脉冲气体放电的高压高速开关器件。     

应用熔石英棒相位共轭镜的LD泵浦激光MOPA系统

 用熔石英棒作为相位共轭镜材料,在LD泵浦的激光MOPA系统中实现了在 100和400 Hz下的受激布里渊散射相位共轭。实验测得重复频率100 Hz时双通放大后的x和y方向的光束质量平方因子分别为1.74和1.66,最大反射率达到24.33% ,脉冲宽度从60 ns压缩到31.34 ns。重复频率400 Hz时双通放大后的x和y方向的光束质量平方因子分别为2.10和2.12,脉冲宽度从56.69 ns压缩到28.84 ns。