Frequency Stabilization of Pulsed Injection-Seeded OPO Based on Optical Heterodyne Technique

A frequency stabilizing system for a pulsed injection seeded 1550 nm optical parametric oscillator(OPO) at 20 Hz repetition rate is demonstrated.The optical heterodyne method is used to measure the frequency difference between the seed laser and the OPO output.Using the frequency difference as the error signal,a proportionalintegral controller in combination with a scanner is applied to stably match the OPO cavity length to the seed laser frequency.The root-mean-square(rms) error of the frequency discrimination method is 0.07 MHz according to a ‘frequency shifting-chopping-beat' evaluation.The frequency fluctuation of the frequency-stabilized OPO is0.29 MHz(rms),and the Allan deviation is less than 20 k Hz for averaging time of more than 3 s.     

星载全固态激光器的实验研究

激光二极管抽运的全固态激光器具有体积小、质量轻、效率高的特点,是目前星载激光雷达系统的主要发射光源.介绍了一种基于传导冷却的LD阵列侧面抽运Nd:YAG晶体的Zig-Zag板条激光器.板条介质能够消除棒状介质带来的一阶热聚焦和应力退偏效应.采用55个准连续激光二极管沿板条晶体长度方向均匀排列,通过柱面镜耦合进行均匀抽运.Nd:YAG晶体的散热是采用与其热膨胀系数匹配的金属热沉由光泵背面将热量传导出去.LD阵列的散热是通过紫铜热沉传导到底板,再由热管传递出去.实验中使用平凹激光谐振腔,重复频率20 Hz,获得单脉冲能量大于150 mJ的激光输出,脉冲宽度10 ns左右,光一光转换效率大于15%.实验表明:该激光器具有在太空中应用的潜力.     

基于长程气体吸收池的单频纳秒脉冲激光光谱纯度测量

基于长程气体吸收池技术,搭建了针对波长为1572 nm的单频激光的光谱纯度测量装置,理论分析了测量精度的影响因素,并推导出误差计算公式。结果表明,该装置可精确测量光谱纯度为90%～99.999%的激光输出。使用该装置对1572 nm种子注入光参量振荡器输出的单频纳秒脉冲进行测量,测得其光谱纯度为(99.996±0.0005)%,达到工业应用的要求。     

Compact and high-energy diode-side-pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG slab laser system for space application

We develop a compact and high-energy Nd：YAG slab laser system consisting of an oscillator and an amplifier for space applications. The oscillator is a diode-side-pumped electro-optically Q-switched slab laser with a cross-Porro resonator. The KD＊P Pockels cell with a low driving voltage of 950 V is used to polarization output coupling. The amplifier is a Nd：YAG zigzag slab pumped at bounces. The maximum output pulse energy of 341 m3 with 13 ns pulse duration is obtained from the system at the repetition rate of 20 Hz and the beam quality factors are M2=3.1 and M2=3.5. The beam pointing stabilities of the laser system are 3.05μrad in the X-direction and 3.99 grad in the Y-direction, respectively.     

Laser-diode-pumped zigzag slab Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier

A high-repetition rate master oscillator power amplifier pumped with laser diodes (LDs) is reported. An injection seeding single-frequency electro-optical Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is used as an oscillator, and a conductively cooled Nd:YAG zigzag slab with a bounce-pumped architecture is utilized as a power amplifier. Pulse energies of over 800 mJ at 1 064 nm and 400 mJ at 532 nm, corresponding to average powers of 200 and 100 W, respectively, are achieved with a 12.6-ns pulse width at 250 Hz. Output frequency fluctuations and single-frequency operation are further monitored. Experimental results reveal that the proposed system, which features a single-pass amplified configuration, is a promising design for space-based applications.     

固体热容激光器冷却方式的数值模拟

 固体热容激光器连续运转一段时间后，需要进行冷却，以进行下一次运转，因此冷却速度直接影响着热容激光器运转的效率和实用性。从热传导方程出发，以沉积热为内热源模型，利用有限元分析方法对激光二极管阵列从4个方向对称泵浦的板条Nd:GGG激光介质的温度场和和热应力场进行了数值模拟。并对冷却阶段分别采用过冷气体、水循环、喷雾、相变冷却方式时的介质温度和应力随时间变化过程进行了模拟。结果表明在相同条件下采用相变冷却方式能在较短时间内将介质冷却到初始温度。     

低温球磨制备5083超细铝合金及性能研究

本文采用低温球磨的方法制备了5083纳米晶铝合金,并用XRD、SEM和DSC等检测手段对样品粉末的微观结构、组织的变化过程和热稳定性进行了研究。结果表明:随着球磨的进行,球磨混合料中Mg相逐渐减少并逐渐固溶于Al中形成合金,粉末颗粒尺寸不断减小;球磨时间和球磨转速是影响合金结构和性能的主要因素,采用低温高速球磨能使合金纳米晶粒更加均匀,有利于Mg固溶于Al中;能谱分析和DSC分析表明,低温液氮球磨过程中形成的氧化物和氮氧化物颗粒对晶粒的钉扎一定程度的提高了5083铝合金的热稳定性。     

激光跟踪中目标卫星表面BRDF对回波信号的影响

通过双向反射分布函数(BRDF)公式,模拟了空间激光主动照明跟踪中,相同材料、不同粗糙度下卫星表面的BRDF,得出了随着卫星表面材料粗糙度的增加,镜面反射分量越小,漫反射分量越大,双向反射分布散射角越宽,接收到的回波信号对方向的敏感性减小。同时模拟了入射角度对卫星表面BRDF的影响,得出了照明光束小角度入射、接收信号方向与照明光束方向一致时,镜面反射分量的增加增强了反馈信号,当大角度入射时,反馈信号急剧减小。当入射角大于34°时,通过卫星表面BRDF计算得到的最小接收功率,比之前把卫星目标看成朗伯体,通过激光雷达公式计算得到的最小接收功率小。得出了增加照明光束的发射功率为原来的5倍,或者增大接收口径为原来的2.5倍,可以消除大入射角度带来的接收功率的减小,使得系统有4倍的功率余量。     

Highly efficient H-β Fraunhofer line optical parametric oscillator pumped by a single-frequency 355 nm laser

A highly efficient laser system output at the H-β Fraunhofer line of 486.1 nm has been demonstrated. A high pulse energy single-frequency hybrid 1064 nm master oscillator power amplifier was frequency-tripled to achieve355 nm laser pulses, which acted as the pump source of the beta barium borate nanosecond pulse optical parametric oscillator. With pump energy of 190 mJ, the laser system generated a maximum output of 62 mJ blue laser pulses at 486.1 nm, corresponding to conversion efficiency of 32.6%. The laser spectrum width was measured to be around 0.1 nm, being in conformity with the spectrum width of the solar Fraunhofer line.     

Conductively cooled all-solid-state zigzag slab laser

A diode pumped, Q-switched Nd：YAG zigzag slab laser is developed using passive conduction cooling. Flat-flat and unstable resonators are adopted in this experiment. The 150-mJ multi-mode and 100-mJ single-mode laser outputs with pulse width of 10 ns are achieved, corresponding to optical efficiencies of 19% and 13%, respectively. The experimental result demonstrates that the laser has the property of compact structure, high efficiency, reliability, and high beam quality. The design of laser has a potential application in space environment.