CN107123925A - Laser and the method based on gain grating compression pulse width and raising energy - Google Patents

Laser and the method based on gain grating compression pulse width and raising energy Download PDF

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CN107123925A
CN107123925A CN201710301582.0A CN201710301582A CN107123925A CN 107123925 A CN107123925 A CN 107123925A CN 201710301582 A CN201710301582 A CN 201710301582A CN 107123925 A CN107123925 A CN 107123925A
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Abstract

The invention belongs to the invention belongs to laser technology field, and in particular to a kind of new super-short pulse laser and the method based on gain grating compression pulse width and raising energy.Method comprises the following steps:Adjustment external pulse seed laser passes through first laser gain media at a certain angle;Adjust whole ring resonator length and pulse laser mould field size;Control pulse laser to enter second laser gain media, amplify pulsed laser energy;After the laser transmission coefficient for adjusting pulse laser, first laser gain media is horizontally entered into again;Partial pulse laser reflection is returned four-wave mixing is formed in first laser gain media, utilization space hole-burning effect and beam interference effect produce gain grating, realize pulse compression, output squeezing pulse.Using the characteristic of gain grating, in the research applied to outside injection laser pulse width compression, pulse energy is exaggerated while realizing outside injection Laser pulse compression by brand-new thinking.

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Laser and the method based on gain grating compression pulse width and raising energy
Technical field
The invention belongs to laser technology field, more particularly to a kind of new super-short pulse laser and based on gain grating pressure Vena contracta it is wide and improve energy method.
Background technology
The technological means of currently acquired ultra-short pulse laser is mainly locked mode, but passes through surpassing that traditional locked mode mode is realized Short-pulse laser such as femto-second laser has the shortcomings that fairly obvious, such as complicated, condition of work is to intracavitary luminous power Density and external environment are very sensitive etc..The reason for disadvantages mentioned above one side is due to that current ultrashort pulse laser is usual It is to produce periodic modulation using passive nonlinear device, or vibration light beam is entered using the nonlinear effect of active medium in itself Row intensity modulated, PGC demodulation.Ultrashort pulse laser requires that intracavity power density is sufficiently high, but excessive automodulation can draw The unstable of locked mode is played, disturbance to external world is very sensitive, therefore obtain the condition ten of femto-second laser pulse in this way Divide harshness;On the other hand, the repetition rate of mode-locked laser is usually MHz magnitudes, with higher repetition rate and higher Average output power, but its single pulse energy is relatively low.Directly obtained by mode-locking technique between high repetition frequency Laser pulse time Every very small, in material processing, laser pulse can not disperse in time with the plasma produced during material effects, Plasma Shielding Effection can be produced, Laser Processing efficiency and quality is had a strong impact on.Experimental studies results show, work as repetition rate During less than 1MHz, plasma screen effect is weaker, and pulsed laser energy is higher, and processing speed and processing effect are obviously improved.
Meanwhile, mode-locked laser mechanical sensitivity is high, and light path calibration is difficult.In order to reduce the repetition frequency of mode-locked laser Rate, while improving mean power and pulse energy, keeps pulse stability, it is necessary to additionally use pulse selector, laser amplifier The equipment such as device, hence it is evident that add the complexity, technical difficulty and cost of laser system.
The gain grating that is produced based on ring resonator is main by four-wave mixing effect, self Pumped Phase Conjugation Effect and double The nonlinear effects such as phase conjugation effect are acted on and formed, with nonlinear characteristic, Adaptive matching optical maser wavelength, more than 1 Diffraction efficiency, high space and spectral selectivity etc..The fundamental mechanism for forming gain grating is that two beam coherent beams increase in saturation Any phase information formed in spatial hole burning, coherent beam is interfered all to be written in gain grating in beneficial medium, the light Grid can be counted as three-dimensional volume hologram, can carry out spatial modulation, time-modulation, spectral filtering and phase to the laser of generation Compensation etc..The G.A.Rakuljic and V.Leyva in the U.S. utilize two wave mixing effects in photorefractive material, realize projection-type With reflective holographic body grating, filtering bandwidth 0.0125nm (Opt.Lett.1993,18 (6):459~461).M.J.Damzen The filtering characteristic and spectrum evolutionary process of seminar's theoretical research gain grating, result of study are proved using gain grating In Adaptive Laser Resonator, gain grating can modeling realize single longitudinal mode laser export (IEEE J.of Quantum Electron.2000,36(7):802~809).These researchs show, using four-wave mixing effect formation phase conjugation, produce Gain grating, can be controlled to the space of laser, frequency spectrum and transient response, can realize spectral filtering to intracavity beam.
Although research of the foreign study personnel in terms of gain grating spectral filtering makes great progress, not yet The spectral filtering characteristic of gain grating is made full use of, in the research applied to injection laser pulse width compression.Meanwhile, traditional arteries and veins Punching press compression method will greatly lose pulse energy due to make use of non-linear compression technology or having used narrow band filter, because This is difficult that high efficiency, high-energy ultrashort pulse compression output are realized from principle.
The content of the invention
To solve high dependency of the technology tradition mode-locked ultrashort pulse laser to working environment, and traditional pulse pressure The problem of contracting technical efficiency is extremely low, it is proposed by the present invention it is a kind of based on gain grating compression pulse width and improve energy method and swash Light device, being capable of adaptive optical spectral filter, modeling, compensation phase, acquisition high light beam quality, high impulse energy in the range of gain bandwidth The laser output of amount, has great potentiality in terms of pulse compression and pulse energy amplification, has further expanded gain light The application of grid.
The technical solution of the present invention is to provide a kind of laser, and it is characterized in that:Including pulse seed laser 1 With ring resonator, it is adjustable that above-mentioned ring resonator includes the first laser gain media 31 that is set gradually along light path, position The adjustable lens group 53 of prism 51, the lens spacing of being all-trans, second laser gain media 32, non-commutative elements and output coupling mirror 7;
Also include the first semiconductor pumping sources 33 and the second semiconductor pumping sources 34, the He of the first semiconductor pumping sources 33 Second semiconductor pumping sources 34 are respectively that first laser gain media 31 and second laser gain media 32 provide gain;
The pulse laser that pulse seed laser 1 is sent is at a certain angle by first laser gain media 31, then successively In-position is adjustable to be all-trans prism 51 and the adjustable lens group 53 of lens spacing, above-mentioned position is adjustable be all-trans prism 51 with thoroughly The adjustable lens group 53 of mirror spacing is respectively used to adjust whole ring resonator length and pulse laser mould field size;Pass through second again Gain medium 32, above-mentioned second laser gain media 32 is used to amplify pulsed laser energy;Afterwards by non-commutative elements, Level is again by first laser gain media 31 after adjustment laser transmission coefficient size, finally by the outgoing of output coupling mirror 7.
Pulse seed laser passes twice through first laser gain media with certain angle, in first laser gain media, Pulse seed laser is intersecting with certain angle, and utilization space hole-burning effect and beam interference effect produce gain grating, outside note The pulse seed laser entered comes and goes vibration in annular resonance intracavitary, realizes pulse compression.In second laser gain media 32, outside The pulse seed laser of portion's injection comes and goes vibration in annular resonance intracavitary, extracts the gain of second laser gain media 32, enters one Step realizes pulse energy amplification.First precision stepper motor is manipulated by control computer and drives the prism that is all-trans, is realized to ring The accurate control of shape Resonant Intake System;The position that second precision stepper motor controls lens group is manipulated by control computer, realized Accurate control to annular resonance intracavitary pulse laser mould field size.Changed with this and optimize gain in first laser gain media The spectral filtering characteristic and nonlinear characteristic of grating, realize high efficiency pulse compression, final output ultra-short pulse laser.
Preferably, above-mentioned laser also include being located at 1/2 wave plate 21 between pulse seed laser 1 and ring resonator, 1/2 wave plate 22 between non-commutative elements and first laser gain media 31, positioned at first laser gain media 31 and coupling Close 1/2 wave plate 23 between outgoing mirror 7;Two between the adjustable prism 51 that is all-trans of first laser gain media 31 and position Individual completely reflecting mirror 41,42, it is adjustable positioned at lens spacing positioned at the completely reflecting mirror 43 being all-trans between prism 51 and lens group 53 Completely reflecting mirror 44 between microscope group 53 and second laser gain media 32, positioned at second laser gain media 32 and non-commutative elements Between completely reflecting mirror 45 and the completely reflecting mirror 46 between non-commutative elements and first laser gain media 31.
Preferably, above-mentioned non-commutative elements include polarization splitting prism 61, the Faraday rotator 62,1/2 set gradually Wave plate 24, polarization splitting prism 63.
Preferably, the adjustable prism 51 that is all-trans in above-mentioned position is in precision stepper motor 52;Said lens spacing can The lens group 53 of tune is arranged in precision stepper motor 54;Along the pulse impulse light path is moved above-mentioned precision stepper motor 54.
Preferably, above-mentioned first laser gain media 31 and second laser gain media 32 are Nd:YAG、Nd:YVO4、Nd: GdO4、Nd:YLF、Yb:YAG、Nd:Laser crystal, glass or the ceramics of the rare earth doped elements of Glass.
Preferably, the above-mentioned semiconductor pumping sources 34 of first semiconductor pumping sources 33 and second are single semiconductor bar bar or many Individual semiconductor bar bar.
The present invention also provides another laser, and it is characterized in that:Including pulse seed laser 1 and annular resonance Chamber, above-mentioned ring resonator includes an a unit and at least one b unit, and above-mentioned a units are disposed with first along light path and swashed Optical gain medium 31, the adjustable prism 51 that is all-trans in position, the adjustable lens group 53 of lens spacing, second laser gain media 32 and Non-commutative elements;
A units also include the first semiconductor pumping sources 33 and the second semiconductor pumping sources 34, and above-mentioned first is semiconductor pumped Source and the second semiconductor pumping sources 34 are respectively that first laser gain media 31 and second laser gain media 32 provide gain;
The b units are disposed with the 3rd gain medium 35 along light path, the 4th gain medium 36, nonreciprocal Mirror 7 is penetrated in element and coupling output;
B units also include the 3rd semiconductor pumping sources 37 and the 4th semiconductor pumping sources 38, and the above-mentioned 3rd is semiconductor pumped The semiconductor pumping sources 38 of source 37 and the 4th are respectively that the 3rd gain medium 35 and the 4th gain medium 36 provide gain;
The emergent light of a units enters b units by 1/2 wave plate;
The pulse laser that pulse seed laser 1 is sent is at a certain angle by first laser gain media 31, then successively In-position is adjustable to be all-trans prism 51 and the adjustable lens group 53 of lens spacing, the position is adjustable be all-trans prism 51 with thoroughly The adjustable lens group 53 of mirror spacing is respectively used to adjust whole ring resonator length and pulse laser mould field size;Pass through second again Gain medium 32, the second laser gain media 32 is used to amplify pulsed laser energy;Afterwards by non-commutative elements, Adjust after laser transmission coefficient size, rear level is sequentially entered again by first laser gain media 31, then by 1/2 wave plate After 3rd gain medium 35, the 4th gain medium 36, non-commutative elements, pass through the 3rd laser at a certain angle again Gain media 35, the last outgoing of output coupling mirror 7.
Pulse seed laser 1 passes twice through the gain medium of first laser gain media 31 and the 3rd with certain angle 35, in the gain medium 35 of first laser gain media 31 and the 3rd, pulse seed laser 1 is intersecting with certain angle, profit Gain grating is produced with effects of spatial and beam interference effect, the pulse seed laser 1 of outside injection is humorous in two groups of annulars The intracavity round trip that shakes vibrates, and realizes pulse compression.First semiconductor pumping sources 33, the second semiconductor pumping sources 34, the 3rd semiconductor Pumping source 37, the 4th semiconductor pumping sources 38 respectively first laser gain media 31, second laser gain media the 32, the 3rd swash Optical gain medium 35, the 4th gain medium 36 provide gain.It is situated between in the laser gain of second laser gain media 32 and the 4th In matter 36, the pulse seed laser 1 of outside injection comes and goes in annular resonance intracavitary to shake, and extracts second laser gain media 32 and the The gain of four gain mediums 38, furthermore achieved that pulse energy is amplified.Accurate stepping electricity is manipulated by control computer Machine 52 drives the prism 10 that is all-trans to adjust, and realizes the accurate control to ring resonator length;Accurate step is manipulated by control computer The drive lens group 53 of stepper motor 54 is adjusted, and realizes the accurate control to annular resonance intracavitary pulse laser mould field size.Changed with this Become and optimize the spectral filtering characteristic and non-thread of gain grating in the gain medium 35 of first laser gain media 31 and the 3rd Property characteristic, realizes high efficiency pulse compression, final output ultra-short pulse laser.
The present invention also provides a kind of method based on gain grating compression pulse width and raising energy, comprises the following steps:
1) make pulse seed laser 1 at a certain angle by the after the phase for the pulse seed laser 1 for adjusting outside injection One gain medium 31;
2) whole annular resonance is adjusted by adjusting the light path from the pulse laser of the outgoing of first laser gain media 31 Chamber is long;Whole ring resonator pulse laser mould field size is adjusted again;
3) pulse laser after control adjustment laser mould field enters second laser gain media 32, amplifies pulse laser energy Amount;
4) after the laser transmission coefficient of the pulse laser after adjustment amplification, first laser gain media is horizontally entered into again 31;
5) set-up procedure 4) in first laser gain media 31 outgoing pulse laser phase after, by partial pulse laser It is reflected back in first laser gain media 31 and forms four-wave mixing, utilization space hole-burning effect and beam interference effect produces gain Grating, realizes pulse compression, output squeezing pulse.
Preferably, the phase of the pulse seed laser 1 of outside injection can be adjusted by 1/2 wave plate 21;
The light path of pulse laser is adjusted by the adjustable prism 51 that is all-trans in position, whole ring resonator laser pulse mould field Adjusted by the adjustable lens group 53 of lens spacing;
Above-mentioned steps 2) be specially:
Pulse laser from the outgoing of first laser gain media 31 is by the adjustable prism 51 that is all-trans in position, by adjusting position Putting the light path of the position adjustment laser pulse of the adjustable prism 51 that is all-trans, to adjust whole ring resonator long;
The adjustable lens group 53 of lens spacing is reflexed to through the prism 51 that is all-trans again, whole ring is adjusted by adjusting lens spacing Shape resonator pulse laser mould field size.
Preferably, step 4) in amplify after the laser transmission coefficient of pulse laser adjusted by non-commutative elements, it is described Non-commutative elements include polarization splitting prism 61, Faraday rotator 62,1/2 wave plate 24, the polarization splitting prism set gradually 63。
Preferably, step 5) in reflected by output coupling mirror 7 and output par, c pulse laser;Pass through precision stepper motor 52 controls are all-trans the position of prism 51;The spacing of lens in lens group 53 is controlled by precision stepper motor 52.
Step 2 can be repeated several times in partial pulse laser in the pulse laser that above-mentioned output coupling mirror 7 reflects) to step 5)。
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:
The present invention in the research applied to outside injection laser pulse width compression, is passed through using the characteristic of gain grating Brand-new thinking is exaggerated pulse energy while realizing outside injection Laser pulse compression, compared to the arteries and veins occurred at present Rushing compress mode has good, the expansible advantage of efficiency high, adaptability.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the embodiment of the present invention one;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the embodiment of the present invention two;
Reference is in figure:1- pulse seed laser, 21,22,23,24,25,26,27-1/2 wave plates, 31- first swash Optical gain medium, 32- second laser gain medias, the semiconductor pumping sources of 33- first, the semiconductor pumping sources of 34- second, 35- Three gain mediums, the gain mediums of 36- the 4th, the semiconductor pumping sources of 37- the 3rd, the semiconductor pumping sources of 38- the 4th, 41st, 42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,411- completely reflecting mirrors, 51- is all-trans prism, and 52,54- precision stepper motors, 53- is saturating Microscope group, 61,63,64,65- polarization splitting prisms, 62,621- circulators, 7- output coupling mirrors.
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Below in conjunction with drawings and the specific embodiments, the present invention will be further described.
The inventive method is mainly included the following steps that:
1) make pulse seed laser 1 at a certain angle (with first after the phase for the pulse seed laser 1 for adjusting outside injection The angle of the horizontal plane of gain medium 31) pass through first laser gain media 31;
2) whole annular resonance is adjusted by adjusting the light path from the pulse laser of the outgoing of first laser gain media 31 Chamber is long;Again whole ring resonator pulse laser is adjusted by adjusting the lens spacing in the adjustable lens group 53 of lens spacing Mould field size;
3) pulse laser after control adjustment laser mould field enters second laser gain media 32, amplifies pulse laser energy Amount;
4) pulse laser after amplifying passes through after non-commutative elements, adjustment laser transmission coefficient size, horizontally enters into again First laser gain media 31;
5) set-up procedure 4) in first laser gain media 31 outgoing pulse laser phase after, reach pulse laser Pulse laser part is reflected back in first laser gain media 31 and forms four-wave mixing by output coupling mirror 7, output coupling mirror 7, Utilization space hole-burning effect and beam interference effect produce gain grating, realize pulse compression, and compression pulse is exported by coupling Mirror 7 is exported;Step 2 is repeated several times in partial pulse laser in the pulse laser that output coupling mirror 7 reflects) to step 5).
The phase of the pulse seed laser 1 of outside injection is adjusted by 1/2 wave plate 21;Adjusted by precision stepper motor 52 It is all-trans the position of prism 51, while adjusting the spacing of lens in lens group 53, step 2 by precision stepper motor 54) can have Body is:
Pulse laser from the outgoing of first laser gain media 31 is by the adjustable prism 51 that is all-trans in position, by adjusting position Putting the light path of the position adjustment laser pulse of the adjustable prism 51 that is all-trans, to adjust whole ring resonator long;
The adjustable lens group 53 of lens spacing is reflexed to through the prism 51 that is all-trans again, whole ring is adjusted by adjusting lens spacing Shape resonator pulse laser mould field size.
Embodiment one
It will be seen from figure 1 that the present embodiment laser includes pulse seed laser 1 and ring resonator, the annular is humorous The chamber that shakes is adjustable complete including the first laser gain media 31 set gradually along light path, completely reflecting mirror 41, completely reflecting mirror 42, position The adjustable lens group 53 of anti-prism 51, completely reflecting mirror 43, lens spacing, completely reflecting mirror 44, second laser gain media 32, it is all-trans Penetrate mirror 45, non-commutative elements, completely reflecting mirror 46,1/2 wave plate 22 and output coupling mirror 7;Pulse seed laser 1 and ring resonator Between be additionally provided with 1/2 wave plate 21.
Non-commutative elements include polarization splitting prism 61, Faraday rotator 62,1/2 wave plate 24, the polarization set gradually Amici prism 63.
Also include the first semiconductor pumping sources 33 and the second semiconductor pumping sources 34, the first semiconductor pumping sources 33 and second Semiconductor pumping sources 34 are respectively that first laser gain media 31 and second laser gain media 32 provide gain;First laser increases Beneficial medium 31 and second laser gain media 32 are Nd:YAG、Nd:YVO4、Nd:GdO4、Nd:YLF、Yb:YAG、Nd:Glass etc. Laser crystal, glass or the ceramics of rare earth doped element.First semiconductor pumping sources 33 and the second semiconductor pumping sources 34 are single Individual semiconductor bar bar or multiple semiconductor bar bars.
Position is adjustable be all-trans prism 51 and the adjustable lens group 53 of lens spacing be separately mounted to precision stepper motor 52, On 54.Precision stepper motor is manipulated by control computer and impulse optical propagation direction is moved along the pulse.Precision stepper motor 52 drives The prism 51 that is all-trans is moved, and realizes the accurate control to ring resonator length;The drive lens group 53 of precision stepper motor 54, realization pair The accurate control of annular resonance intracavitary pulse laser mould field size.
Wherein, pulse seed laser 1 passes through first laser gain at a certain angle after the adjustment phase place of 1/2 wave plate 21 Medium 31, the prism 51 that is all-trans is reflexed to through completely reflecting mirror 41 and 42, and the prism 51 that is all-trans is arranged in precision stepper motor 52, is realized Accurate control to Resonant Intake System.Pulse laser enters lens group 53 by completely reflecting mirror 43 again, by adjusting in lens group 53 Lens spacing, realize control to pulsed laser beam size.After being reflected through completely reflecting mirror 44, pulse laser enters second and swashed Optical gain medium 32, realizes that pulse energy is amplified.Polarization splitting prism 61, Faraday rotator 62,1/2 wave plate 24, polarization point Light prism 63 constitutes non-commutative elements, changes the transmission system clockwise and anticlockwise of non-commutative elements by rotating 1/2 wave plate 24 Number size.Laser pulse is by being again introduced into first laser gain media 31 after non-commutative elements, the laser with first time injection Pulse is intersecting with certain angle, after first laser gain media 31, through the adjustment phase place of 1/2 wave plate 23, output coupling mirror 7 Divide to return to after reflection and four-wave mixing is formed in first laser gain media 31, utilization space hole-burning effect and beam interference effect production Raw gain grating, realizes pulse compression, compression pulse is exported by output coupling mirror 7;The part arteries and veins that output coupling mirror 7 is reflected back Impulse light can repeatedly pass sequentially through first laser gain media 31, the prism 51 that is all-trans, lens group 53, second laser gain media 32nd, first laser gain media 31 is again introduced into after non-commutative elements, pulse compression is realized, compression pulse passes through output coupling mirror 7 outputs.
Embodiment two
Figure it is seen that the present embodiment laser includes pulse seed laser 1 and ring resonator, the annular is humorous The chamber that shakes is adjustable complete including the first laser gain media 31 set gradually along light path, completely reflecting mirror 41, completely reflecting mirror 42, position The adjustable lens group 53 of anti-prism 51, completely reflecting mirror 43, lens spacing, completely reflecting mirror 44, second laser gain media 32, it is all-trans Penetrate mirror 45, non-commutative elements, completely reflecting mirror 46,1/2 wave plate 22,1/2 wave plate 23, the 3rd gain medium 35,1/2 wave plate 26th, completely reflecting mirror 47, completely reflecting mirror 48, the 4th gain medium 36, completely reflecting mirror 49, polarization splitting prism 64, faraday Circulator 621,1/2 wave plate 27, polarization splitting prism 65, completely reflecting mirror 411 and output coupling mirror 7, are node with 1/2 wave plate 23 Constitute successively two groups of ring-shaped components i.e. ring resonator (the need for can be according to pulse compression rate and pulse energy, ring resonator Number can constantly extend), in addition to 1/2 wave plate 21 being arranged between pulse seed laser 1 and ring resonator.
Also include the first semiconductor pumping sources 33, the second semiconductor pumping sources 34, the 3rd semiconductor pumping sources 37 and the 4th Semiconductor pumping sources 38, the first semiconductor pumping sources 33, the second semiconductor pumping sources 34, the 3rd semiconductor pumping sources 37 and the 4th Semiconductor pumping sources 38 be respectively first laser gain media 31, second laser gain media 32, the 3rd gain medium 35, 4th gain medium 36 provides gain;First laser gain media 31, second laser gain media 32, the 3rd laser gain Medium 35, the 4th gain medium 36 are Nd:YAG、Nd:YVO4、Nd:GdO4、Nd:YLF、Yb:YAG、Nd:Glass etc. adulterates Laser crystal, glass or the ceramics of rare earth element.First, second, third and the 4th semiconductor pumping sources be single semiconductor bar Bar or multiple semiconductor bar bars.
Position is adjustable be all-trans prism 51 and the adjustable lens group 53 of lens spacing be separately mounted to precision stepper motor 52, On 54.Precision stepper motor is manipulated by control computer and impulse propagation path of light is moved along the pulse.Precision stepper motor 52 drives Be all-trans prism 51, realizes the accurate control to ring resonator length;The drive lens group 53 of precision stepper motor 54, is realized to annular The accurate control of pulse laser mould field size in resonator.
Wherein, pulse seed laser 1 passes through first laser gain after the adjustment phase place of 1/2 wave plate 21 with certain angle Medium 31, the prism 51 that is all-trans is reflexed to through completely reflecting mirror 41 and 42, and the prism 51 that is all-trans is arranged in precision stepper motor 52, is realized Accurate control to Resonant Intake System.Pulse laser enters lens group 53 by completely reflecting mirror 43 again, by adjusting in lens group 53 Lens spacing, realize control to pulsed laser beam size.After being reflected through completely reflecting mirror 44, pulse laser enters second and swashed Optical gain medium 32, realizes that pulse energy is amplified.Polarization splitting prism 61, Faraday rotator 62,1/2 wave plate 24, polarization point Light prism 63 constitutes non-commutative elements, changes the transmission system clockwise and anticlockwise of non-commutative elements by rotating 1/2 wave plate 24 Number size.Laser pulse is by being again introduced into first laser gain media 31 after non-commutative elements, the laser with first time injection Pulse is intersecting with certain angle, after first laser gain media 31, and the 3rd laser is entered after the adjustment phase place of 1/2 wave plate 23 Gain media 35, is reflected through the 4th gain medium 36 through completely reflecting mirror 47 and completely reflecting mirror 48, realizes that pulse energy is put Greatly.Polarization splitting prism 64, Faraday rotator 621,1/2 wave plate 27, polarization splitting prism 65 constitute non-commutative elements, pass through Rotate the transmission coefficient size clockwise and anticlockwise that 1/2 wave plate 27 changes non-commutative elements;Laser pulse passes through nonreciprocal member The 3rd gain medium 35 is again introduced into after part, the laser pulse of injection is intersected with certain angle with first time, passes through the 3rd After gain medium 35, through the adjustment phase place of 1/2 wave plate 26, first laser gain Jie is returned to after the reflection of the part of output coupling mirror 7 Four-wave mixing is formed in matter 31, utilization space hole-burning effect and beam interference effect produce gain grating, realize pulse compression, press Vena contracta punching is exported by output coupling mirror 7.The partial pulse laser that output coupling mirror 7 is reflected back can repeatedly pass sequentially through first and swash After optical gain medium 31, the prism 51 that is all-trans, lens group 53, second laser gain media 32, non-commutative elements, again by first The 3rd laser gain Jie is again introduced into after gain medium 31, the 3rd gain medium 35, the 4th gain medium 36 Matter 35 realizes pulse compression, and compression pulse is exported by output coupling mirror 7.

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1. a kind of laser, it is characterised in that:Including pulse seed laser (1) and ring resonator, the ring resonator bag Include the first laser gain media (31) set gradually along light path, the adjustable prism that is all-trans (51) in position, lens spacing adjustable Lens group (53), second laser gain media (32), non-commutative elements and output coupling mirror (7);
Also include the first semiconductor pumping sources (33) and the second semiconductor pumping sources (34), first semiconductor pumping sources and the Two semiconductor pumping sources (34) are respectively that first laser gain media (31) and second laser gain media (32) provide gain;
The pulse laser that pulse seed laser (1) is sent with certain angle by first laser gain media (31), then successively The adjustable prism that is all-trans (51) in in-position and the adjustable lens group of lens spacing (53), the adjustable prism that is all-trans in the position (51) it is respectively used to adjust whole ring resonator length and pulse laser mould field size with the adjustable lens group of lens spacing (53); Again by second laser gain media (32), the second laser gain media (32) is used to amplify pulsed laser energy;Afterwards By non-commutative elements, the level after laser transmission coefficient size that adjusts, again by first laser gain media (31), is finally led to Overcoupling outgoing mirror (7) outgoing.
2. laser according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:Also include humorous positioned at pulse seed laser (1) and annular Shake 1/2 wave plate (21) between chamber, 1/2 wave plate (22) between non-commutative elements and first laser gain media (31), 1/2 wave plate (23) between first laser gain media (31) and output coupling mirror (7);Positioned at first laser gain media (31) two completely reflecting mirrors (41) (42) between the adjustable prism that is all-trans (51) in position, positioned at the prism that is all-trans (51) and lens Completely reflecting mirror (43) between group (53), positioned at the adjustable lens group of lens spacing (53) and second laser gain media (32) it Between completely reflecting mirror (44), positioned at completely reflecting mirror (45) of the second laser gain media (32) between non-commutative elements and be located at Completely reflecting mirror (46) between non-commutative elements and first laser gain media (31);The non-commutative elements include setting gradually Polarization splitting prism (61), Faraday rotator (62), 1/2 wave plate (24), polarization splitting prism (63);The position is adjustable The prism that is all-trans (51) be arranged on precision stepper motor (52) on;The adjustable lens group of lens spacing (53) is arranged on precision On stepper motor (54);Along the pulse impulse light path is moved the precision stepper motor (54).
3. laser according to claim 2, it is characterised in that:The first laser gain media (31) and second laser Gain media (32) is Nd:YAG、Nd:YVO4、Nd:GdO4、Nd:YLF、Yb:YAG、Nd:The laser of the rare earth doped elements of Glass Crystal, glass or ceramics.
4. laser according to claim 3, it is characterised in that:First semiconductor pumping sources (33) and the second semiconductor pump Pu source (34) is single semiconductor bar bar or multiple semiconductor bar bars.
5. a kind of laser, it is characterised in that:Including pulse seed laser (1) and ring resonator, the ring resonator bag An a unit and at least one b unit are included, a units are disposed with first laser gain media (31), position along light path The adjustable prism that is all-trans (51), the adjustable lens group of lens spacing (53), second laser gain media (32) and non-commutative elements;
A units also include the first semiconductor pumping sources (33) and the second semiconductor pumping sources (34), and described first is semiconductor pumped Source and the second semiconductor pumping sources (34) are respectively that first laser gain media (31) and second laser gain media (32) are provided Gain;
The b units are disposed with the 3rd gain medium (35) along light path, the 4th gain medium (36), nonreciprocal Mirror (7) is penetrated in element and coupling output;
B units also include the 3rd semiconductor pumping sources (37) and the 4th semiconductor pumping sources (38), and the described 3rd is semiconductor pumped Source (37) and the 4th semiconductor pumping sources (38) are respectively the 3rd gain medium (35) and the 4th gain medium (36) Gain is provided;
The emergent light of a units enters b units by 1/2 wave plate;
The pulse laser that pulse seed laser (1) is sent with certain angle by first laser gain media (31), then successively The adjustable prism that is all-trans (51) in in-position and the adjustable lens group of lens spacing (53), the adjustable prism that is all-trans in the position (51) it is respectively used to adjust whole ring resonator length and pulse laser mould field size with the adjustable lens group of lens spacing (53); Again by second laser gain media (32), the second laser gain media (32) is used to amplify pulsed laser energy;Afterwards By non-commutative elements, adjust after laser transmission coefficient size, rear level is again by first laser gain media (31), then leads to Cross 1/2 wave plate to sequentially enter after the 3rd gain medium (35), the 4th gain medium (36), non-commutative elements, again At a certain angle by the 3rd gain medium (35), last output coupling mirror (7) outgoing.
6. a kind of method based on gain grating compression pulse width and raising energy, it is characterised in that comprise the following steps:
1) make pulse seed laser (1) at a certain angle by the after the phase for the pulse seed laser (1) for adjusting outside injection One gain medium (31);
2) whole ring resonator is adjusted by adjusting the light path from the pulse laser of first laser gain media (31) outgoing After length, then adjust whole ring resonator pulse laser mould field size;
3) pulse laser after control adjustment laser mould field enters second laser gain media (32), amplifies pulsed laser energy;
4) after the laser transmission coefficient of the pulse laser after adjustment amplification, first laser gain media (31) is horizontally entered into again;
5) set-up procedure 4) in first laser gain media (31) outgoing pulse laser phase after, partial pulse laser is anti- It is emitted back towards in first laser gain media (31) and forms four-wave mixing, utilization space hole-burning effect and beam interference effect produces gain Grating, realizes pulse compression, output squeezing pulse.
7. the method according to claim 6 based on gain grating compression pulse width and raising energy, it is characterised in that:Pass through The phase of the pulse seed laser (1) of the outside injection of 1/2 wave plate (21) adjustment;
The light path of pulse laser is adjusted by the adjustable prism that is all-trans (51) in position, and whole ring resonator laser pulse mould field is led to Cross the adjustable lens group of lens spacing (53) adjustment;
The step 2) be specially:
Pulse laser from first laser gain media (31) outgoing is by the adjustable prism that is all-trans (51) in position, by adjusting position Putting the light path of the position adjustment laser pulse of the adjustable prism that is all-trans (51), to adjust whole ring resonator long;
The adjustable lens group of lens spacing (53) is reflexed to through the prism that is all-trans (51) again, whole ring is adjusted by adjusting lens spacing Shape resonator pulse laser mould field size.
8. the method according to claim 7 based on gain grating compression pulse width and raising energy, it is characterised in that:Step 4) the laser transmission coefficient of the pulse laser after amplifying in is adjusted by non-commutative elements, and the non-commutative elements include setting successively Polarization splitting prism (61), Faraday rotator (62), 1/2 wave plate (24), the polarization splitting prism (63) put.
9. the method according to claim 8 based on gain grating compression pulse width and raising energy, it is characterised in that:Step 5) output coupling mirror (7) reflection and output par, c pulse laser are passed through in;Adjustment is controlled to be all-trans by precision stepper motor (52) The position of prism (51);The spacing of lens in adjustment lens group (53) is controlled by precision stepper motor (53).
10. the method according to claim 9 based on gain grating compression pulse width and raising energy, it is characterised in that:Coupling Step 2 is repeated several times in the partial pulse laser closed in the pulse laser of outgoing mirror (7) reflection) to step 5).
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