CN110600975A - Air purification device for solid laser and solid laser - Google Patents

Air purification device for solid laser and solid laser Download PDF

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CN110600975A
CN110600975A CN201910840022.1A CN201910840022A CN110600975A CN 110600975 A CN110600975 A CN 110600975A CN 201910840022 A CN201910840022 A CN 201910840022A CN 110600975 A CN110600975 A CN 110600975A
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吴佳滨
王延成
周军
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    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
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Abstract

The invention discloses an air purification device for a solid laser, which comprises a base, a partition plate and a U-shaped pipe, wherein a second filter screen is embedded and fixed in the base, a first motor is installed on the bottom end face of the second filter screen, the partition plate is welded on the top end face of the base through a support frame, a solid laser body is fixed on the top end face of the partition plate, the U-shaped pipe is embedded and fixed in the base, a second motor is installed on the inner wall of the U-shaped pipe through a connecting frame, and second fan blades are welded on an output shaft of the second motor. The air purifier has the advantages of simple structure, convenience and quickness in operation, and capability of preventing overhigh temperature and purifying air in use.

Description

Air purification device for solid laser and solid laser
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of solid lasers, in particular to an air purification device for a solid laser and the solid laser.
Background
The air purification device for the solid laser is as follows: a laser using a solid laser material as a working substance. The working medium is a crystal or glass as a matrix material, which is uniformly doped with a small amount of active ions. For example: a laser in which trivalent neodymium ions are doped in an yttrium aluminum garnet crystal can emit near-infrared laser light having a wavelength of 1050 nm.
However, the existing solid laser has poor heat dissipation effect when in use, so that internal components with overhigh temperature are aged overhigh, and meanwhile, the solid laser has more dust and impurities in air when in use, thereby influencing the practical use of the solid laser.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an air purification device for a solid laser, which has the advantages of simple structure and convenience in operation, prevents overhigh temperature and air purification during use, and solves the problems that the conventional solid laser has poor heat dissipation effect during use, internal components with overhigh temperature are aged overhigh, and meanwhile, the practical use of the solid laser is influenced due to more dust and sundries in the air during use.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: the utility model provides an air purification device for solid laser, includes base, baffle and U-shaped pipe, the embedding is fixed with the second filter screen in the base, first motor is installed to the bottom face of second filter screen, the baffle passes through the support frame welding at the top face of base, the top face of baffle is fixed with the solid laser body, the U-shaped pipe embedding is fixed in the base, the second motor is installed through the link to the inner wall of U-shaped pipe, the welding has the second flabellum on the output shaft of second motor.
Preferably, an output shaft of the first motor is connected with a first fan blade, and the first fan blade is rotatably installed on the top end face of the second filter screen.
Preferably, the bottom end face of base installs the universal wheel, and the universal wheel is equipped with four altogether, and four universal wheels are rectangular array with the base and distribute.
Preferably, the number of the support frames is four, and the four support frames are distributed in a rectangular array by the base.
Preferably, the U-shaped pipe deviates from the one end of second motor and installs first filter screen, active carbon box and the cotton filter core of PP.
Preferably, a power plug is installed on the rear end face of the base and connected with the first motor and the second motor through wires.
The invention also provides a laser, which comprises the air purification device, and further comprises an LD pumping source, a coupling unit, an input mirror, a gain medium, a laser crystal and an output mirror which are connected in sequence, wherein the input mirror, the gain medium, the acousto-optic crystal and the output mirror are arranged in the resonant cavity; the laser crystal is a graphene quantum dot doped high-power laser crystal material; the graphene quantum dot doped high-power laser crystal material comprises a praseodymium-holmium-neodymium co-doped matrix material and graphene quantum dots with the doping mass fraction of 0.005% -0.03%, wherein the chemical formula of the praseodymium-holmium-neodymium co-doped matrix material is Gd3-x-y- zNdxHoyPrzSc2Ga3O12(ii) a Wherein x is more than or equal to 0.42 and less than or equal to 0.56, y is more than or equal to 0.08 and less than or equal to 0.10, and z is more than or equal to 0.23 and less than or equal to 0.31.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the solid laser device, the base is arranged, after an operator can reach a position to be used by the solid laser device body by pushing the base, the operator can turn on the first motor through an external power supply of the power plug, the first motor is started to drive the first fan blade to rotate, the first fan blade drives the air flow to dissipate heat of the solid laser device body when rotating, the phenomenon that internal components are aged due to overhigh internal temperature when the solid laser device body is used is prevented, meanwhile, the first fan blade prevents dust and sundries in driving air from directly blowing the solid laser device body through the second filter screen when rotating, the dust and the sundries in the air are filtered, and the solid laser device is better in practicability.
2. According to the solid laser device, the U-shaped pipe is arranged, so that when an operator uses the solid laser device body and the solid laser device body is used for preventing dust and sundries in an external environment from causing, the operator turns on the second motor, the second motor is started to drive the second fan blade to rotate, the second fan blade rotates to intake air through the U-shaped pipe, meanwhile, the air reaches the PP cotton filter element through the U-shaped pipe, the dust and sundries in the air are filtered through the PP cotton filter element, the activated carbon box and the first filter screen, the precision and the requirement when the solid laser device body is used are prevented from being influenced, and the solid laser device body is more practical when being used.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a rear view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic top view of the base of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a support frame; 2. a base; 3. a first fan blade; 4. a first motor; 5. a second fan blade; 6. a universal wheel; 7. a connecting frame; 8. a partition plate; 9. a solid state laser body; 10. a U-shaped tube; 11. a second motor; 12. a first filter screen; 13. an activated carbon cartridge; 14. a PP cotton filter element; 15. a power plug; 16. and a second filter screen.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", "front", "rear", "both ends", "one end", "the other end", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "connected," and the like are to be construed broadly, such as "connected," which may be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
Example 1
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the present invention includes: an air purification device for a solid laser comprises a base 2, a partition plate 8 and a U-shaped pipe 10, wherein a second filter screen 16 is embedded and fixed in the base 2, a first motor 4 is installed on the bottom end face of the second filter screen 16, 110ZYT54 is adopted as the first motor 4, the air purification device has the advantages of noise reduction and low energy consumption, a first fan blade 3 is welded on an output shaft of the first motor 4, the first fan blade 3 is rotatably installed on the top end face of the second filter screen 16, universal wheels 6 are installed on the bottom end face of the base 2, the total number of the universal wheels 6 is four, the four universal wheels 6 are distributed in a rectangular array by the base 2, the partition plate 8 is welded on the top end face of the base 2 through support frames 1, the total number of the support frames 1 is four, the four support frames 1 are distributed in a rectangular array by the base 2, a solid laser body 9 is fixed on the top end face of the partition plate 8, and after an operator pushes the base, operating personnel opens first motor 4 through power plug 15 external power supply, first motor 4 starts to drive first flabellum 3 and rotates, first flabellum 3 drives the air current and dispels the heat to solid laser body 9 when rotating, prevent that inside high temperature when solid laser body 9 uses, cause inside components and parts ageing, first flabellum 3 prevents to drive dust and debris in the air directly to blow solid laser body 9 through second filter screen 16 when rotating simultaneously, filter dust and debris in the air, make the better effect of practicality.
The U-shaped pipe 10 is embedded and fixed in the base 2, the inner wall of the U-shaped pipe 10 is provided with a second motor 11 through a connecting frame 7, the second motor 11 adopts SC57BLS, and has the advantages of noise reduction and low energy consumption, the output shaft of the second motor 11 is welded with a second fan blade 5, one end of the U-shaped pipe 10, which is far away from the second motor 11, is provided with a first filter screen 12, an activated carbon box 13 and a PP cotton filter element 14, the rear end surface of the base 2 is provided with a power plug 15, the power plug 15 is connected with the first motor 4 and the second motor 11 through wires, through the arrangement of the U-shaped pipe 10, when an operator uses the solid laser body 9 to prevent dust and sundries in the external environment from causing the solid laser body 9, the operator opens the second motor 11 through the external power supply of the power plug 15, the second motor 11 is started to drive the second fan blade 5 to rotate, the second fan blade 5 rotates to, meanwhile, gas reaches the PP cotton filter element 14 through the U-shaped pipe 10, dust and impurities in the air are filtered through the PP cotton filter element 14, the activated carbon box 13 and the first filter screen 12, the influence on the precision and the requirement of the solid laser body 9 in use is prevented, and the solid laser body 9 is enabled to have more practical effects in use.
The working principle is as follows: after the position that operating personnel need use through promoting base 2 and reacing solid laser body 9, operating personnel opens first motor 4 through power plug 15 external power supply, first motor 4 starts to drive first flabellum 3 and rotates, first flabellum 3 drives the air current and dispels the heat to solid laser body 9 when rotating, inside high temperature when preventing solid laser body 9 to use, cause inside components and parts ageing, first flabellum 3 prevents through second filter screen 16 when rotating that dust and debris in the drive air directly blow solid laser body 9 simultaneously. When preventing that dust and debris in the external environment from causing solid laser body 9 to use, operating personnel opens second motor 11 through power plug 15 external power supply, second motor 11 starts to drive second flabellum 5 and rotates, second flabellum 5 rotates and admits air through U-shaped pipe 10, gaseous cotton filter core 14 departments of PP that reachs through U-shaped pipe 10 simultaneously, through the cotton filter core 14 of PP, dust and debris in the air are filtered to active carbon box 13 and first filter screen 12, precision and demand when preventing to influence solid laser body 9 to use.
Example 2
The laser comprises the air purification device, and further comprises an LD pumping source, a coupling unit, an input mirror and a gain which are sequentially connectedThe medium, the laser crystal and the output mirror are arranged in the resonant cavity; the laser crystal is a graphene quantum dot doped high-power laser crystal material; the graphene quantum dot doped high-power laser crystal material comprises a praseodymium-holmium-neodymium co-doped matrix material and graphene quantum dots with the doping mass fraction of 0.005% -0.03%, wherein the chemical formula of the praseodymium-holmium-neodymium co-doped matrix material is Gd3-x-y-zNdxHoyPrzSc2Ga3O12(ii) a Wherein x is more than or equal to 0.42 and less than or equal to 0.56, y is more than or equal to 0.08 and less than or equal to 0.10, and z is more than or equal to 0.23 and less than or equal to 0.31.
Laser experiment:
processing high-quality Gd with the size of phi 5mm multiplied by (10 mm-20 mm)3-x-y-zNdxHoyPrzSc2Ga3O12And (3) carrying out laser experiments on the crystal device by adopting a suitable pumping source including a xenon lamp.
Testing the rare earth ion doping concentration, the absorption spectrum, the fluorescence spectrum and the fluorescence attenuation curve, and calculating the absorption spectrum by adopting a J-0 theory; the room temperature fluorescence spectrum under 353nm pumping was tested, and the emission peak intensity and width were found to be the largest at 446nm, and the emission cross-section was calculated using the F-L equation, with the results shown in the following Table.
Wherein x of the crystal 1 is 0.48, y is 0.09, and z is 0.27; crystal 2 has x of 0.42, y of 0.10, and z of 0.31; crystal 3 had x of 0.56, y of 0.08 and z of 0.23.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.

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1. The utility model provides an air purification device for solid laser, includes base (2), baffle (8) and U-shaped pipe (10), its characterized in that: the embedded second filter screen (16) that is fixed with of base (2), first motor (4) are installed to the bottom face of second filter screen (16), baffle (8) are through the top face of support frame (1) welding at base (2), the top face of baffle (8) is fixed with solid laser body (9), U-shaped pipe (10) embedding is fixed in base (2), second motor (11) are installed through link (7) to the inner wall of U-shaped pipe (10), the welding has second flabellum (5) on the output shaft of second motor (11).
2. The air cleaning apparatus for a solid-state laser device according to claim 1, wherein: the output shaft of the first motor (4) is connected with a first fan blade (3), and the first fan blade (3) is rotatably installed on the top end face of the second filter screen (16).
3. The air cleaning apparatus for a solid-state laser device according to claim 1, wherein: the universal wheels (6) are installed on the bottom end face of the base (2), the number of the universal wheels (6) is four, and the four universal wheels (6) are distributed in a rectangular array mode through the base (2).
4. The air cleaning apparatus for a solid-state laser device according to claim 1, wherein: the number of the support frames (1) is four, and the four support frames (1) are distributed in a rectangular array by the base (2).
5. The air cleaning apparatus for a solid-state laser device according to claim 1, wherein: u-shaped pipe (10) deviate from the one end of second motor (11) and install first filter screen (12), activated carbon box (13) and cotton filter core of PP (14).
6. The air cleaning apparatus for a solid-state laser device according to claim 1, wherein: power plug (15) are installed to the rear end face of base (2), and power plug (15) pass through wire and first motor (4) and second motor (11).
7. A solid laser comprising an air purification device, wherein the air purification device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 is arranged in the solid laser, and an LD pumping source, a coupling unit, an input mirror, a gain medium, a laser crystal and an output mirror are sequentially connected, wherein the input mirror, the gain medium, the acousto-optic crystal and the output mirror are arranged in a resonant cavity; the laser crystal is a graphene quantum dot doped high-power laser crystal material; the graphene quantum dot doped high-power laser crystal material comprises a praseodymium-holmium-neodymium co-doped matrix material and graphene quantum dots with the doping mass fraction of 0.005% -0.03%, wherein the chemical formula of the praseodymium-holmium-neodymium co-doped matrix material is Gd3-x-y-zNdxHoyPrzSc2Ga3O12(ii) a Wherein x is more than or equal to 0.42 and less than or equal to 0.56, y is more than or equal to 0.08 and less than or equal to 0.10, and z is more than or equal to 0.23 and less than or equal to 0.31.
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