CN203242912U - Wavelength tunable solid laser adopting crystal refractive index modulation - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a wavelength tunable solid laser adopting crystal refractive index modulation and belongs to the technical field of laser crystal refractive rate modulation. The wavelength tunable solid laser comprises a resonant cavity, an excitation energy source and a gain medium, wherein the resonant cavity comprises a full-reflective mirror and a semi-reflective mirror; and the excitation energy source and the gain medium are positioned in the resonant cavity to constitute the basic structure of the laser. The wavelength tunable solid laser adopting crystal refractive index modulation is characterized in that a crystal is arranged in the resonant cavity and behind the gain medium, an electrical field is applied on the crystal in the direction of being vertical to the laser propagation direction, and the crystal refractive index is modulated through the electrical field, so that the wavelength tunability of the solid laser is realized. The wavelength tunable solid laser adopting the crystal refractive index modulation has the beneficial effects that the speed of crystal refractive index is greatly increased, the modulation cost is reduced, and the accuracy and the stability of the refractive index modulation are improved.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of tunable wave length solid state laser that adopts the crystal refractive index modulation, belongs to laser crystal index modulation technical field.
Background technology
The use of crystal has very important effect in life and scientific research, and realizes the modulation of crystal refractive index is just become the technology of a particular importance.Being modulated in optics and the optical communication of crystal refractive index is very crucial, especially in optical communication field.At present, optical communication speed has entered the 40Gb/s speed epoch, and along with optical communication network development and expansion, speed also improves constantly, and is also more and more to the demand of wavelength.Wavelength tunable laser can alleviate the immense pressure of dense wave division multipurpose (DWDM) system in light source configuration, backup and maintenance greatly, has greatly improved the cost performance of network system, has very large application potential in the broadband light network.The control crystal refractive index then becomes the tunable laser core technology.The existing method of crystal refractive index modulation has adjustment, doping ionic control etc., and these method modulating speeds are slow, and low precision, efficient are low, cost is difficult to control, have therefore limited crystal in very many-sided application.
Mentioned a kind of method and compensating circuit of acoustooptic modulation in the paper " a kind of development of linear acoustooptic modulation driving power " [Chongqing Polytechnic College electronic information and the Xu Xia of automation institute, Yu Chengbo, Tu Qiaoling] and contrasted.Acousto-optic modulator has certain nonlinearity in the pure acoustooptic modulation method, and modulation accuracy is produced certain restriction; System through overcompensation is too complicated, is not suitable for low cost, miniaturization and use on a large scale.
Summary of the invention
Be defective and the deficiency that overcomes prior art, the utility model provides a kind of tunable wave length solid state laser that adopts the crystal refractive index modulation, utilizes electric field crystal refractive index to be modulated to realize the tunable wave length solid state laser of low cost, high accuracy, fast modulation wavelength.
In order to realize above-mentioned utility model purpose, the technical solution adopted in the utility model is as follows:
A kind of tunable wave length solid state laser that adopts the crystal refractive index modulation, comprise that total reflective mirror, half anti-mirror consist of resonant cavity, the excitation energy and the gain media of laser, the excitation energy and gain media are positioned at the basic structure that resonant cavity consists of laser, it is characterized in that placing after in resonant cavity, being positioned at gain media crystal, with the perpendicular direction of laser propagation direction on crystal is applied with electric field, crystal refractive index is modulated to realize the tunable wave length of solid state laser by electric field.
Described crystal be used to carrying out adjustable refractive index is KDP, ADP, quartz, ZnS, GaAs, ZnTe, CdTe, GaP, LiNbO
3, LiTaO
3, BaTiO
3A kind of in the crystal.
Described its electric field strength size of electric field that crystal is applied is variable, and the electric field strength scope is 0-1.4310
10Between the V/m.
Above-mentioned a kind of method of work that adopts the tunable wave length solid state laser of crystal refractive index modulation, step is as follows:
1) puts total reflective mirror and half anti-mirror, make them consist of optical resonator;
2) open the excitation energy source switch, the excitation working energy makes and occurs population inversion in the gain media, and the population that is in energy level increases;
3) opening the electric field switch is applied on the crystal electric field;
4) when beginning Laser output is arranged after a while, change the electric field strength that is applied to the electric field on the crystal, crystal refractive index changes, and the wavelength of Output of laser also changes thereupon, and Output of laser is coupled into optical fiber through coupler or the direct outgoing of collimater is used.
The utility model principle is as follows: the propagation law of light wave in medium is subject to the restriction that medium refraction index distributes, and the distribution of refractive index is closely related with its dielectric constant, after applying electric field on the crystal, to cause the redistribution of bound charge, and may cause the miniature deformation of ionic lattice, its result will cause the variation of dielectric constant, finally cause the variation of crystal refractive index, so refractive index becomes the function of outfield E.In the utility model modulation crystal is put into laser resonant cavity, the formula of laser output light wavelength be λ=2 η L/c wherein λ be laser resonance wavelength, η is refractive index, C is the light velocity (310 in the vacuum
8M/s), η L is that equivalent cavity is long, if be that n length is that (crystal of l＜L) is put into laser resonant cavity to l, and then equivalent cavity length becomes 2 (n*1+L-1), and namely the formula of laser output light wavelength is λ=2 (n*1+L-1)/c with refractive index.Therefore we can find out, laser resonant cavity is long, all in the constant situation, the laser output light wavelength becomes certain functional relation to the crystal equivalent length with crystal refractive index η, and this is theoretical foundation of the present utility model.
The utility model structure chart as shown in Figure 1, wherein:
1 is total reflective mirror, and 2 is half anti-mirror, and 1,2 consist of optical resonator.The effect of optical resonator have produce and keep light generation, determine laser direction, frequency-selecting and select polarization, be the effect of its frequency-selecting and we use.
The effect of the excitation energy 3 is to occur population inversion in the working media in order to make, and uses the method de-energisation atom systems such as electric excitation or light stimulus, and the population that is in energy level is increased.
Gain media 4 has certain level structure, is used for realizing population inversion, and operation material has metastable level occupies an leading position stimulated radiation.
The CHARGE DISTRIBUTION of crystal 5 can be controlled adjustment by electric field 6, thereby causes the variation of dielectric constant, finally causes the variation of refractive index.Crystal is placed on the equivalent length that can change resonant cavity in the resonant cavity, thereby changes the characteristics such as frequency of Output of laser.
The method that crystal is applied the Electric Field Modulated crystal refractive index in the utility model also can be applicable to other light paths.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are: significantly heighten the speed of crystal refractive index modulation, reduce the cost of modulation, and heightened precision and the stability of index modulation.
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Fig. 1 is structural representation of the present utility model.
Wherein: 1, total reflective mirror, 2, half anti-mirror, 3, the excitation energy, 4, gain media, 5, crystal, 6, electric field.
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The utility model is described in further detail below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, but be not limited to this.
Embodiment 1:
The utility model embodiment 1 as shown in Figure 1, comprise that total reflective mirror 1, half anti-mirror 2 consist of resonant cavity, the excitation energy 3 and the gain media 4 of laser, the excitation energy 3 and gain media 4 are positioned at the basic structure that resonant cavity consists of laser, place crystal 5 after it is characterized in that in resonant cavity, being positioned at gain media 4, with the perpendicular direction of laser propagation direction on crystal 5 is applied with electric field 6, modulate to realize the tunable wave length of solid state laser by 6 pairs of crystal 5 refractive indexes of electric field.
Described crystal 5 be used to carrying out adjustable refractive index is the KDP crystal.
Described its electric field strength size of electric field that crystal 5 is applied is variable, and the electric field strength scope is 0-1.4310
10Between the V/m.
Embodiment 2:
Identical with embodiment 1, be described crystal 5 be used to carrying out adjustable refractive index be the CdTe crystal.
Embodiment 3:
Identical with embodiment 1, be described crystal 5 be used to carrying out adjustable refractive index be the GaAs crystal.
Embodiment 4:
Identical with embodiment 1, be described crystal 5 be used to carrying out adjustable refractive index be quartz crystal.
Claims (3)
1. tunable wave length solid state laser that adopts crystal refractive index modulation, comprise that total reflective mirror, half anti-mirror consist of resonant cavity, the excitation energy and the gain media of laser, the excitation energy and gain media are positioned at the basic structure that resonant cavity consists of laser, it is characterized in that placing after in resonant cavity, being positioned at gain media crystal, with the perpendicular direction of laser propagation direction on crystal is applied with electric field, crystal refractive index is modulated to realize the tunable wave length of solid state laser by electric field.
2. a kind of tunable wave length solid state laser that adopts the crystal refractive index modulation as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that be used to the described crystal that carries out adjustable refractive index be KDP, ADP, quartz, ZnS, GaAs, ZnTe, CdTe, GaP, LiNbO
3, LiTaO
3, BaTiO
3A kind of in the crystal.
3. a kind of tunable wave length solid state laser that adopts the crystal refractive index modulation as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described its electric field strength size of electric field that crystal is applied is variable, and the electric field strength scope is 0-1.4310
10Between the V/m.
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