CN1306334C - Miniaturization pulse stretcher design method for compensating high material dispersion of regenerative amplifier - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a design method which is suitable for a miniaturized femtosecond laser impulse stretcher used in a regenerative amplifier with high material chromatic dispersion compensation and belongs to the femtosecond pulse amplifying technique. According to the relationship among the phase phi of a stretcher, the position S1 of an optical grating and the curvature radius R of a spherical lens, the method adopts a concave spherical lens, a convex spherical lens, an optical grating and a plane lens for structural design. The present invention is characterized in that when the curvature radius of the concave spherical lens is R, the distance S1 between the optical grating and the concave spherical lens moves between O and R to be determined; the convex spherical lens and the optical grating are overlapped up and down; and if the stretching optical spectrum of incident light at this time, is wider than the lens surface of the concave spherical lens, the curvature radii of the concave spherical lens and the convex spherical lens need to be reduced with equal proportion so as to reduce the degree of the stretched optical spectrum and keep the original stretching quantity. The design method has the advantages of easy operation for straightening a light path, small spatial chromatic dispersion and compact structure. The stretcher can contain more material chromatic dispersion in an amplifier. The dimension of the stretcher is one third of the dimension of a traditional Offner stretcher and one half of the dimension of a Martinez type stretcher.

Description

The miniaturization pulse stretcher of the high material dispersion of compensational regeneration amplifier

Technical field

The present invention relates to the miniaturization pulse stretcher of the high material dispersion of a kind of compensational regeneration amplifier, belong to the femtosecond pulse amplifying technique.

Background technology

In order to amplify femto-second laser pulse, the first seed pulse broadening that oscillator is come out of needs amplifies then to nanosecond order, is compressed to the width of incident pulse at last, has the energy increment more than 1,000,000 times simultaneously.The punching press of feeling the pulse withdrawal incident pulse with the principle of magnitude is, if the otherwise full remuneration of material dispersion that adds in the amplifier, the pulse stretcher and the compressor reducer that just need design and its material dispersion to mate.Usually the structure of gratings compressor except grating interval and incident angle, does not have the method that other arbitrarily change its dispersion characteristics.In order to change the symbol of chromatic dispersion, stretcher is that grating pair and spherical mirror combine.Calculate proof, spherical mirror can convert chromatic dispersion to for the aberration of non-paraxial light.This chromatic dispersion, in compressor reducer the grating pair grating at interval and the variation of incident angle can be used for material dispersion [1] in the compensator-amplifier unit.However, common stretcher Martinez (Matinez) type [2] and Ou Funa (Offner) type [3] all can not corresponding bigger material dispersions (for example material dispersion in the regenerative amplifier).In general, because Martinez's type stretcher is compared with Europe Fu Na type stretcher bigger aberration is arranged, this aberration can change additional chromatic dispersion into, therefore under the identical condition of compressor configuration, Martinez's type stretcher can hold more material dispersion, more be applicable to regenerative amplifier, and Europe Fu Na type stretcher it has been generally acknowledged that and not be suitable for regenerative amplifier.

[1]Zhigang?Zhang?et?al.，Appl.，Opt.，Vol.36?No.15(1997)3393.

[2]O.E.Martinez，IEEE?J.Quantum?Electron.，Vol.23?No.1(1987)59.

[3]G.Cheriaux?et?al.，Opt.Lett.，Vol.21?No.6(1996)414.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide the miniaturization femto-second laser pulse stretcher of the high material dispersion of a kind of compensational regeneration amplifier.This femtosecond pulse stretcher is used for the chromatic dispersion of compensational regeneration amplifier, and it is many to have a material dispersion of holding, characteristics such as volume is little and simple in structure.

Because Europe Fu Na type stretcher adopts the form of the homocentric placement of concave, convex spherical mirror, is acknowledged as the aberrationless stretcher (when two gratings lay respectively at the concave mirror centre of sphere (S ₁=R) and during the focus place).Traditional concept thinks that aberration finally is converted into the additional chromatic dispersion of system, thereby thinks that aberrationless Europe Fu Na stretcher is better than having Martinez's type stretcher of aberration.But always there are various material dispersions in the amplification system, if the stretcher aberrationless then needs other addition method to come material dispersion in the bucking-out system.We think if according to the material dispersion in the system (can estimate), suitably keep the aberration in the stretcher, additional chromatic dispersion that this aberration changes into and the material dispersion opposite sign in the amplifier, aberration in the then this stretcher can make system hold more material dispersion, therefore, to have the dispersion compensation for total system be useful for suitable aberration in the stretcher, the starting point of this invention that Here it is.

The present invention is realized by the following technical programs: according to the position phase Φ and the stop position S of stretcher ₁, the spherical mirror radius of curvature R relational expression:

$\mathrm{\Φ}=\frac{\mathrm{\ω}}{c}p+\frac{2\mathrm{\πG}}{d}[\tan (\mathrm{\γ}-{\mathrm{\θ}}_0-{\mathrm{\θ}}_6)-\tan (\mathrm{\γ}-{\mathrm{\θ}}_0)]+\frac{2\mathrm{\π}{G}_0}{d}\tan (\mathrm{\γ}-{\mathrm{\θ}}_0)$

Wherein: p is the light path in the Ray-tracing Method stretcher of calculating; D is a grating constant; γ is an incident angle; G ₀And G divides expression along the vertical range between axial ray and the grating pair when the axial ray, is expressed as:

G ₀=(2R-2S ₁) cos (γ-θ ₀) and G=(S ₆-S ₁) cos (γ-θ ₀), the miniaturization femto-second laser pulse stretcher of the high material dispersion of a kind of compensational regeneration amplifier comprises concave spherical mirror 1, protruding spherical mirror 2, grating 3 and level crossing 4, it is characterized in that grating 3 is arranged on apart from concave spherical mirror apart from S ₁The place, S ₁Size be 0.2-0.3 rice; The overlapping placement up and down of protruding spherical mirror and grating.

Technical essential of the present invention is S for the Fu Na type stretcher of Europe ₁Reduce, aberration just increases, therefore this design can compensate more amplifier material chromatic dispersion than the aberrationless design, but also the pulse strenching ability that causes stretcher increase .R reduce to have increased equally aberration, but reduced the pulse strenching ability of stretcher, as long as but guarantee reducing and S of pulse strenching ability that R reduces to bring ₁The pulse strenching ability increase that reduces to cause balances each other, just can keep original broadening amount constant, but the size of whole stretcher will reduce greatly, promptly constitute the miniaturization femto-second laser pulse stretcher that can be applicable to the high material dispersion compensation of regenerative amplifier.

The invention has the advantages that, make Europe Fu Na type stretcher can hold more material dispersions in the amplifier, and be easy to collimated light path, spatial dispersion is little, compact conformation particularly, its size only are 1/3 of traditional Europe Fu Na stretcher, are 1/2 of Martinez's type stretchers.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is existing Europe Fu Na type stretcher structural representation.

Fig. 2 is the designed compact stretcher structural representation of the present invention.

Among the figure: 1 is concave spherical mirror, and 2 is protruding spherical reflector, and 3 is grating, 4 plane mirrors;

Fig. 3: the relation curve of stop position and group delay when regenerative amplifier being carried out dispersion compensation for the stretcher that adopts the present invention's design.

Work as S among the figure ₁During=245mm, it is shown in Figure 2 to be that stop position satisfies, and then the group delay curve is very smooth in the 750-850nm scope, and promptly the high material dispersion in the regenerative amplifier is by fine compensation, and can support narrower pulse, this moment, the size of stretcher only was 1/3 of an existing apparatus.And S ₁When departing from this position, dispersion compensation effect relatively poor (dotted line and dot-and-dash line) then

Embodiment

The embodiment of the invention describes with the Central European floating type pulse stretcher scheme of receiving of titanium precious stone laser amplifier.Miniaturization Europe Fu Na type pulse stretcher is made of concave spherical mirror 1, protruding spherical mirror 2, grating 3 and plane mirror 4, sees accompanying drawing 2.Be to realize miniaturization, protruding spherical mirror 2 wherein and grating 3 overlapping placements (protruding ask 2 mirrors 2 to be positioned at grating 3 tops); Concave spherical mirror 1 have in vertical direction one less than 5 ° pitch angle so that light beam can be transmitted between protruding spherical mirror 2 and grating 3.This miniaturization Europe Fu Na type pulse stretcher pulse strenching process: incident pulse at first arrives grating, is diffracted into concave spherical mirror 1 after the spectral evolution; The recessed spherical mirror 1 of asking converges to the spectrum that launches on the protruding spherical mirror 2, and then is reflected back toward concave spherical mirror 1; Concave spherical mirror 1 again with the beam collimation back reflection to grating; Light beam is diffracted on the plane mirror 4 along incident direction by grating; Through plane mirror 4 vertical reflections, light beam, is exported along incident direction after pulse is broadened once more along reverse repetition said process.This miniaturization Europe Fu Na type pulse stretcher grating and concave spherical mirror apart from S ₁Value between 0～R (according to the size of material dispersion in the system); Under the prerequisite that keeps required pulse broadening amount, choose the spherical mirror of small curvature radius as far as possible, thereby realize to be applicable to the miniaturization femto-second laser pulse stretcher of the high material dispersion compensation of regenerative amplifier.(1100/mm, 1200/mm 1400/mm) and consider the pulse strenching rate, generally choose the grating of 1200/mm to the commercial specification of grating.The radius of curvature R of determining concave spherical mirror 1 is 0.5 meter, and the radius-of-curvature of protruding spherical mirror is 0.25 meter, the homocentric placement of two mirrors.The grating identity distance is adjustable from the concave surface minute surface, generally at 0.2-0.3 rice.

Claims (1)

1. the miniaturization femto-second laser pulse stretcher of the high material dispersion of a compensational regeneration amplifier comprises concave spherical mirror (1), protruding spherical mirror (2), grating (3) and level crossing (4), it is characterized in that grating (3) is arranged on apart from concave spherical mirror apart from S ₁The place, S ₁Size be 0.2-0.3 rice; The overlapping placement up and down of protruding spherical mirror and grating.

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