CN205122985U - Slab guide laser amplifier of end face obliquely pumping - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a slab guide laser amplifier of end face obliquely pumping's technical scheme, this scheme is including pumping source, pump coupling battery of lens, kind component, isolator, seed optical coupling battery of lens and slab guide laser gain medium -, the gain medium - terminal surface is gone into through pump coupling battery of lens hypsokinesis oblique fire to the pumping light that the pumping source sent, the gain medium - terminal surface is just being kicked into in proper order to the seed light that the kind component sent behind isolator and seed optical coupling battery of lens, the emission wavelength of pumping source is in gain medium -'s absorption spectra, plant the output wavelength of component and gain medium -'s emmission spectrum peak phase -match. The terminal surface that this scheme need not to use the spectroscope can realize high power pumping light pours into into, easily obtains the high optical quality laser of high power and enlargies output.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to laser technology field, especially a kind of planar waveguide laser amplifier of end slope pumping.
Background technology
The plurality of advantages such as all solid state laser has that efficiency is high, compact conformation, stable performance, output beam quality are good, are widely used in industry, military, medical treatment and scientific research etc.Particularly in military affairs and industrial processes, high-power all-solid-state laser has good application prospect.The gain media of early stage all solid state laser selects pole or block structure usually, but under high power pump, there is serious thermal lensing effect and birefringence effect, this makes gain media produce very strong optical distortion, limits high-power power output.In order to increase cooling surface area, obtain high-power Laser output, from laser occur at the beginning of people just done a lot of trial and innovation work in gain media form, there is the structures such as lath, thin slice, optical fiber and slab guide.
Typical planar waveguiding structure is made up of three layers of uniform dielectric, and middle core refractive rate is n
1, thickness is d, and the refractive index of upper and lower covering is respectively n
2and n
3, and have n
1>n
2>=n
3, integral thickness is t, and this is exactly common single covering planar waveguiding structure.So-called double clad slab guide, refer to respectively has a covering outside the upper under-clad layer of single covering slab guide, is called inner cladding near sandwich layer, outside become surrounding layer.Inner cladding thickness is D, wherein comprises the thickness of sandwich layer.In double-clad structure, there is n
1>n
2>n
4, n
1>n
3>n
5.In slab guide, the width w of waveguide is far longer than thickness d, and thickness is generally 1 ~ 200 μm, and width is millimeter or centimetres.
Planar waveguiding structure gain media refers to that the sandwich layer of waveguide is the laser host being mixed with active ions, i.e. doped region, and also referred to as gain region, covering is undoped laser host, also can be certain thickness optical film.In slab guide gain media, consider the size of energy storage, core layer thickness is generally 10-400 μm.Planar waveguiding structure gain media uses large face cooling heat dissipation usually, ideally can think that one-dimensional square is to heat radiation.Planar waveguide laser, by providing the one dimension of thermal lensing effect to control and carrying out power scaling by the width and length that increase guided wave gain region, provides the intermediate conditions between large volume solid state laser and fiber laser.The advantage of the comprehensive blocks of solid laser of planar waveguide laser and optical-fiber laser, avoid both shortcomings: the advantage of optical-fiber laser is that the beam quality that compact conformation, efficiency are high, used heat causes is degenerated less simultaneously, shortcoming is that nonlinear effect directly limits maximum power output because laser brightness is high; Then there is not nonlinear effect problem when amplifying in blocks of solid laser scaling, shortcoming is that the beam quality that used heat causes is degenerated serious, and structure is difficult to realize small compact simultaneously substantially.So slab guide is a kind of gain medium structure of more satisfactory high-power all-solid-state laser.
Main oscillations-power amplification structure (MOPA) is a kind of common Optical Maser System structure realizing high-power and high-lighting beam quality, adopt the lower powered laser of high light beam quality as seed source, easily realize the Laser output of high-power and high-lighting beam quality through one-level or casacade multi-amplifier.Due to its design feature, planar waveguide laser amplifier has very high gain, therefore easily realize high efficiency Laser output, and system compact is simple.
Because planar waveguiding structure gain media is difficult to processing, the research of domestic planar waveguide laser is fewer.The Nd:YAG wave guide resonance cavity laser that report asymmetric covering of the people such as Xu Jianqiu on opticscommunication of Shanghai Optics and Precision Mechanics institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008.The physical dimension of slab guide is 58mm × 10mm × 1mm, and bottom surface has the sapphire rete that 3 μm thick, forms YAG/Nd:YAG/Sapphire waveguiding structure.Ensure close contact with indium foil between this waveguide and below heat sink, with obtain waveguide and heat sink between uniform thermal contact.Semiconductor laser is from two side pumpings, and the size of light-emitting area is 10mm × 48mm, and the pump light angle of divergence is less than 20 °.Use the post lens that focal length is 50mm and 20mm to be injected in the middle of waveguide by pump light, the inclination angle of pump light and horizontal direction is 5 °.Pumping source, under the mode of operation of 1kHz repetition rate 20% duty ratio, uses average chamber to obtain the Laser output of maximum 310W, uses and just props up unsteady cavity to improve beam quality, obtain the Laser output of 280W, and in non-wave guide direction, beam quality is M
2=1.5.
The people such as the Kang Hongxiang of Tsing-Hua University in 2008 report high efficiency end pumping Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser on LaserPhysicsLetter.The physical dimension of planar waveguide is 12mm × 5mm × 1mm, and the Nd:YAG gain region doping content of center 0.4mm is 1at.%, the pure YAG of upper and lower covering to be all thickness be 0.3mm.An end face plating 1064nm high-reflecting film of waveguide and 808nm high transmittance film, as Effect of Back-Cavity Mirror, another end face plating 1064nm high transmittance film and 808nm high transmittance film, outgoing mirror level crossing.When using the output coupling mirror of transmitance 2%, the maximum laser power obtaining 2.90W exports, and light optical efficiency is 58%.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model, be exactly for the deficiency existing for prior art, and a kind of technical scheme of planar waveguide laser amplifier of end slope pumping is provided, the end face injection of the program without the need to using spectroscope can realize high power pump light, is easy to obtain high-power and high-lighting beam quality laser amplifier and exports.
This programme is achieved by the following technical measures:
A planar waveguide laser amplifier for end slope pumping, includes pumping source, pump coupling set of lenses, seed source, isolator, seed light coupled lens group and slab guide gain medium; The pump light that pumping source sends injects gain media end face through pump coupling set of lenses rear-inclined; The seed light that seed source sends just is injecting gain media end face successively after isolator and seed light coupled lens group; The emission wavelength of pumping source is in the absorption spectra of gain media; The output wavelength of seed source and the emission spectrum peak of gain media match.
Preferred as this programme: the angle that pump light tilts to inject is 10 ° to 50 °.
Preferred as this programme: the quantity of pumping source is at least one; The position of pumping source is front end pumping or rear end pumping or both-end pumping.
Preferred as this programme: gain media is double clad planar waveguiding structure; Gain media includes sandwich layer, inner cladding and surrounding layer; Sandwich layer is gain region, and core layer thickness is 10-400 μm; Inner cladding is and the undoped material of sandwich layer with matrix, and thickness is 10-400 μm; Surrounding layer is body medium or optical film; The two ends of gain region are bonded with the material identical with inner cladding; Gain region be have single doping content gain region or for multiple doping content gain region or be the gain region of doping content gradual change.
Preferred as this programme: the pump light after the shaping of pump coupling set of lenses is converging light in one direction, and is less than slab guide inner cladding thickness at the spot size of slab guide porch; Pump light after shaping is directional light in the other directions, and the direction of directional light is the non-waveguiding structure direction of gain media.
Preferred as this programme: the seed light after the shaping of seed light coupled lens group is converging light in one direction, and is less than the thickness of sandwich layer at the spot size of sandwich layer porch; Seed light is directional light in another direction, and the spot size of directional light equals the spot size of equidirectional pump light, and is less than the width of slab guide.
The beneficial effect of this programme can learn, due in this scenario in the design feature of slab guide gain media, have very high gain in gain media according to describing of such scheme, is easy to realize the high-power Laser output of high efficiency.General end pumping all will use spectroscope, and the inclination pumping of this programme eliminates this element, the absorption efficiency of sandwich layer to pump light can not only be improved, but also multiple pumping source both-end pumping can be used, improve pump power, system configuration is simply compact.
As can be seen here, the utility model compared with prior art, has substantive distinguishing features and progress, and its beneficial effect implemented also is apparent.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of rear end pumping planar waveguide laser amplifier.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of both-end pumping planar waveguide laser amplifier.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of end pumping planar waveguide laser amplifier after two pumping sources.
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of four pumping source both-end pumping planar waveguide laser amplifiers.
Fig. 5 is the double clad slab guide gain medium structure schematic diagram that there is end cap at two ends.
In figure, 1 is pumping source, and 2 is pumping source coupled lens group, and 3 is seed source, 4 is isolator, 5 is seed source coupled lens group, and 6 is gain media, and 7 is Output of laser, 11 is the sandwich layer of double clad slab guide gain media, 12 is the inner cladding of double clad slab guide gain media, and 13 is the surrounding layer for double clad slab guide gain media, and 14 is the undoped region at two ends, gain region.
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All features disclosed in this specification, or the step in disclosed all methods or process, except mutually exclusive feature and/or step, all can combine by any way.
Arbitrary feature disclosed in this specification (comprising any accessory claim, summary and accompanying drawing), unless specifically stated otherwise, all can be replaced by other equivalences or the alternative features with similar object.That is, unless specifically stated otherwise, each feature is an example in a series of equivalence or similar characteristics.
Known by accompanying drawing, this programme includes pumping source, pump coupling set of lenses, seed source, isolator, seed light coupled lens group and slab guide gain medium.
Pumping source is that semiconductor laser bar bar folds battle array, and the Output of laser of each bar bar collimates at quick shaft direction lenticule.Spot size is 20mm(level) × 10mm(is vertical), the divergence half-angle of horizontal direction and vertical direction is less than 0.2 ° of (1/e respectively
2) and 4 ° of (1/e
2), outgoing wavelength is 808nm.
Pump coupling set of lenses is made up of three post lens, and use R35mm and R30mm two post lens to carry out the imaging of contracting bundle at vertical direction, horizontal direction uses the post lens of R35mm directly to focus on, and lens are all coated with the high transmittance film of 808nm.
As shown, gain region, center is Nd:YAG to slab guide gain medium structure, and surrounding is that white YAG, YAG/Nd:YAG/YAG define waveguiding structure.Whole waveguide dimensions is that 60mm(is long) × 10mm(is wide) × 1mm(is thick).Core layer length is 50mm, and its thickness is 100 μm, and width is 10mm, and doping content is 1.5at.%, and the thickness of upper and lower inner cladding is 450 μm, and width is 10mm.Two ends respectively have 5mm to be white YAG, and surrounding layer is 3 μm of thick SiO
2blooming.End face (10mm × 1mm) plates the high transmittance film of 1064nm and 808nm.
Slab guide gain media welds with two pieces of microchannel coolings, and water flowing is dispelled the heat.
The Width of slab guide gain media is vertical direction, and namely the directional light direction of pump light is the Width of waveguide.
Pump light enters Waveguide end face with the inclination angle of 35 °, and pump spot size is less than Waveguide end face size.The pump light entered is at YAG/SiO
2interface forms total internal reflection, comes and goes in inner cladding, repeatedly absorbed through gain region.In addition, 10 ~ 50 ° of incident pump lights are at YAG/SiO
2interface can form total internal reflection
Seed source can be quasi-continuous laser, and outgoing wavelength is 1064nm, and Output of laser is circular light spot.
Isolator is to prevent the backward light echo of amplifier from entering seed source, and the performance of protection seed source affects from light echo.
Seed light coupled lens group is made up of two globe lenss and post lens, and that seed light carried out both direction with two globe lenss expands imaging, re-uses horizontal direction post lens and is assembled and enter slab guide gain media.At vertical direction, seed light is directional light, in the same size with pump spot.Horizontal direction, seed light enters into sandwich layer with converged state normal incidence Waveguide end face.
Adopt such scheme, we have carried out rear end pumping experimental work, and optical system as shown in Figure 3.Laser works is under quasi-continuous pattern, and repetition rate is 100Hz, and amplifying the single pulse energy exported is 230mJ, and pulsewidth is 250 μ s, and namely peak power is 920W.
Although the foregoing describe embodiment of the present utility model; but be familiar with those skilled in the art to be to be understood that; specific embodiment described by us is illustrative; instead of for the restriction to scope of the present utility model; those of ordinary skill in the art, in the modification of the equivalence done according to spirit of the present utility model and change, should be encompassed in scope that claim of the present utility model protects.
The utility model is not limited to aforesaid embodiment.The utility model expands to any new feature of disclosing in this manual or any combination newly, and the step of the arbitrary new method disclosed or process or any combination newly.
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1. a planar waveguide laser amplifier for end slope pumping, is characterized in that: include pumping source, pump coupling set of lenses, seed source, isolator, seed light coupled lens group and slab guide gain medium; The pump light that described pumping source sends injects gain media end face through pump coupling set of lenses rear-inclined; The seed light that described seed source sends just is injecting gain media end face successively after isolator and seed light coupled lens group; The emission wavelength of described pumping source is in the absorption spectra of gain media; The output wavelength of described seed source and the emission spectrum peak of gain media match.
2. the planar waveguide laser amplifier of a kind of end slope pumping according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the angle that described pump light tilts to inject is 10 ° to 50 °.
3. the planar waveguide laser amplifier of a kind of end slope pumping according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the quantity of described pumping source is at least one; The position of described pumping source is front end pumping or rear end pumping or both-end pumping.
4. the planar waveguide laser amplifier of a kind of end slope pumping according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described gain media is double clad planar waveguiding structure; Described gain media includes sandwich layer, inner cladding and surrounding layer; Described sandwich layer is gain region, and core layer thickness is 10-400 μm; Described inner cladding is and the undoped material of sandwich layer with matrix, and thickness is 10-400 μm; Described surrounding layer is body medium or optical film; The two ends of described gain region are bonded with the material identical with inner cladding; Described gain region is the doped region of single concentration or is the gain region with multiple doping content or the gain region for doping content gradual change.
5. the planar waveguide laser amplifier of a kind of end slope pumping according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the pump light after the shaping of described pump coupling set of lenses is converging light in one direction, and is less than slab guide inner cladding thickness at the spot size of slab guide porch; Pump light after described shaping is directional light in the other directions, and the direction of directional light is the non-waveguiding structure direction of gain media.
6. the planar waveguide laser amplifier of a kind of end slope pumping according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described seed light after the shaping of seed light coupled lens group is converging light in one direction, and is less than the thickness of sandwich layer at the spot size of sandwich layer porch; Described seed light is directional light in another direction, and the spot size of directional light equals the spot size of equidirectional pump light, and is less than the width of slab guide.
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