CN212277614U - High efficiency solid state UV laser - Google Patents

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CN212277614U
CN212277614U CN202021951495.3U CN202021951495U CN212277614U CN 212277614 U CN212277614 U CN 212277614U CN 202021951495 U CN202021951495 U CN 202021951495U CN 212277614 U CN212277614 U CN 212277614U
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The application relates to a high-efficiency solid ultraviolet laser, which comprises an infrared resonant cavity, a green resonant cavity and a triple frequency module, wherein the infrared resonant cavity is used for modulating and generating first pulse laser, the green resonant cavity is used for modulating and generating second pulse laser, and the triple frequency module is used for carrying out sum frequency on the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser so as to generate ultraviolet pulse laser; the infrared resonant cavity comprises a first semiconductor diode pumping source, a first driver, a first coupling system, a first front end mirror, a first laser crystal and a first Q switch, wherein the first Q switch enables first laser to be incident into the frequency tripling module; the green light resonant cavity comprises a second semiconductor diode pumping source, a second driver, a second coupling system, a second front end mirror, a second laser crystal, a second Q switch and a double-frequency reflection module for reflecting second pulse laser to the triple-frequency module, and the double-frequency reflection module can respectively control the optical power of two wavelengths incident to the triple-frequency module at different power points, and is convenient and fast.

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High efficiency solid state UV laser
Technical Field
The utility model relates to an efficient solid ultraviolet laser belongs to laser equipment technical field.
Background
Since the invention, laser is gradually applied in various fields due to its unique properties, research and development of laser has not been stopped, and various lasers using different media as working substances are invented successively. The solid ultraviolet laser has the advantages of large single photon energy, cold processing of materials and small focused light spot, and is widely applied to industrial processing in recent years.
The solid ultraviolet laser which is the mainstream in the market generally obtains 1064nm fundamental frequency light, and then performs frequency doubling and sum frequency on the fundamental frequency light to obtain 355nm ultraviolet light. The brief process is that the 1064nm fundamental frequency light passes through the frequency doubling crystal, part of the 1064nm fundamental frequency light is converted into 532nm wavelength light, and then the rest 1064nm light and the converted 532nm light are summed in the frequency doubling crystal to generate 355nm ultraviolet light.
The technical scheme has long been adopted by many solid ultraviolet laser manufacturers due to simple structure and sufficient efficiency. However, due to the self-nature of the nonlinear crystal used for frequency tripling and the principle involved in the frequency tripling process, there is a clear requirement for the ratio of 1064nm and 532nm wavelength lasers incident on the frequency tripling crystal, which is generally considered as 1:1, and thus, the problem is that as the power of the laser is increased, the energy density is also increased, and the frequency doubling efficiency of converting 1064nm laser into 532nm laser is increased, so that the ratio of 1064nm laser and 532nm laser incident on the frequency tripling crystal is difficult to be kept at 1:1 at different power points, that is, for the same 355nm solid ultraviolet laser, when it works at different power points, the highest frequency tripling efficiency cannot be kept at all times.
The problem is not obvious in the low-power solid ultraviolet laser due to low power during working and small power change range capable of working stably, but as the application end has greater and greater requirements for the high-power ultraviolet laser, the high-power ultraviolet laser has a higher and higher proportion in the solid ultraviolet laser product, and the problem is becoming a great difficulty in hindering the power increase of the solid ultraviolet laser.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide an efficient solid ultraviolet laser, it can be at the power point of difference, controls convenient and fast respectively to the luminous power of incidenting to two kinds of wavelength in the triple frequency module.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: a high-efficiency solid ultraviolet laser comprises an infrared resonant cavity, a green resonant cavity and a triple frequency module, wherein the infrared resonant cavity is used for modulating and generating first pulse laser, the green resonant cavity is used for modulating and generating second pulse laser, and the triple frequency module is used for carrying out sum frequency on the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser to generate ultraviolet pulse laser;
the infrared resonant cavity comprises a first semiconductor diode pumping source, a first driver for driving the first semiconductor diode pumping source to generate first laser, a first coupling system for shaping the first laser, a first front end mirror for performing anti-reflection on the shaped first laser, a first laser crystal for enabling the anti-reflection first laser to be incident to generate ion transition, and a first Q switch arranged on one side of the laser crystal and used for modulating the first laser to generate first pulse laser, wherein the first Q switch enables the first laser to be incident into the triple frequency module;
the green light resonant cavity comprises a second semiconductor diode pumping source, a second driver used for driving the second semiconductor diode pumping source to generate second laser, a second coupling system used for shaping the second laser, a second front end mirror used for performing anti-reflection on the shaped second laser, a second laser crystal used for enabling the anti-reflection second laser to be incident to generate ion transition, a second Q switch used for modulating the second laser to generate second pulse laser, and a frequency doubling reflection module used for reflecting the second pulse laser to the frequency tripling module.
Further, the center wavelength of the first semiconductor diode pump source and the center wavelength of the second semiconductor diode pump source are both 808nm, 878.6nm or 888 nm.
Furthermore, the first front end mirror and the second front end mirror are anti-reflection mirrors with high reflection at 1064nm, and the lenses of the mirrors are curvature lenses or plano lenses.
Further, the first laser crystal and the second laser crystal are Nd: YAG or Nd: YVO4A crystal rod of material.
Further, the first Q switch and the second Q switch are acousto-optic modules.
Further, the infrared resonant cavity further comprises an output mirror arranged between the first Q-switch and the frequency tripling module, and the output mirror is a curvature mirror or a flat mirror for transmitting at least part of light with a wavelength of 1064 nm.
Further, the frequency doubling reflection module comprises a beam splitter group, a frequency doubling crystal and a total reflection mirror, which are arranged on one side of the second Q switch, and the wavelength of the second pulse laser is converted by the frequency doubling crystal, reflected to the beam splitter group under the action of the total reflection mirror, and incident into the frequency tripling module through the beam splitter group.
Furthermore, the beam splitting mirror group comprises a first reflecting mirror arranged on one side of the second Q switch and a second reflecting mirror arranged on one side of the first Q switch, and the first reflecting mirror and the second reflecting mirror are arranged in a relatively inclined mode.
Further, the first Q switch and the second Q switch are driven by the same Q switch driver.
The beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that: the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser required by sum frequency are respectively generated by two independent resonant cavities, so that the wavelengths of the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser are independently adjusted, the power ratio of the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser which are incident to the frequency tripling module is always kept at 1:1 at different power points, and the frequency tripling module is convenient and quick.
The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present invention, and in order to make the technical means of the present invention clearer and can be implemented according to the content of the description, the following detailed description is made with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention and accompanying drawings.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a high-efficiency solid-state uv laser according to the present application.
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The following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
Referring to fig. 1, a high efficiency solid state uv laser in a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an infrared resonant cavity for modulating and generating a first pulse laser, a green resonant cavity for modulating and generating a second pulse laser, and a frequency tripling module 18 for summing the frequency of the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser to generate a uv pulse laser, in this embodiment, the infrared resonant cavity is used for modulating and generating a 1064nm first pulse laser, which is an infrared laser; the green light resonant cavity is used for modulating and generating 532nm second pulse laser, and the second pulse laser is infrared laser. Indeed, in other embodiments, the central wavelengths of the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser may be other, and the types of the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser may also be other, which are not specifically limited herein, depending on the actual situation.
The infrared resonant cavity comprises a first semiconductor diode pumping source 2, a first driver 1 for driving the first semiconductor diode pumping source 2 to generate first laser, a first coupling system 3 for shaping the first laser, a first front end mirror 4 for anti-reflection of the shaped first laser, a first laser crystal 5 for enabling the anti-reflection first laser to be incident to generate ion transition, and a first Q-switch 6 arranged on one side of the laser crystal and used for modulating the first laser to generate first pulse laser, wherein the first Q-switch 6 enables the first laser to be incident into the triple frequency module 18. The infrared resonant cavity further comprises an output mirror 7 arranged between the first Q switch 6 and the frequency tripling module 18, wherein the output mirror 7 is a curvature mirror or a flat mirror for transmitting at least part of light with the wavelength of 1064 nm.
The green resonant cavity comprises a second semiconductor diode pump source 10, a second driver 9 for driving the second semiconductor diode pump source 10 to generate second laser, a second coupling system 11 for shaping the second laser, a second front end mirror 12 for anti-reflection of the shaped second laser, a second laser crystal 13 for enabling the anti-reflection second laser to be incident to generate ion transition, a second Q switch 14 for modulating the second laser to generate second pulse laser, and a frequency doubling reflection module for reflecting the second pulse laser to the third frequency doubling module 18. The frequency doubling reflection module comprises a beam splitter group, a frequency doubling crystal 16 and a total reflection mirror 17, which are arranged on one side of the second Q switch 14, and the wavelength of the second pulse laser is converted by the frequency doubling crystal 16, reflected to the beam splitter group under the action of the total reflection mirror 17, and incident into the frequency tripling module 18 through the beam splitter group. The spectroscope group includes setting up first spectroscope 15 and setting in second Q switch 6 one side of second Q switch 14 one side of spectroscope 8, first spectroscope 15 and second spectroscope 8 relative slope setting. In this embodiment, the frequency doubling crystal is LBO or other nonlinear crystal with similar function, and the lens of the spectroscope is a curvature lens or a plano lens for anti-reflection of 1064nm wavelength light and high reflection of 532nm wavelength light. Indeed, in other embodiments, the frequency doubling crystal and the beam splitter may be other, and are not specifically limited herein as long as the above-mentioned effects are achieved.
As mentioned above, the infrared cavity and the green cavity are partially the same, so the central wavelengths of the first semiconductor diode pump source 2 and the second semiconductor diode pump source 10 are both 808nm, 878.6nm or 888 nm; the first front end mirror 4 and the second front end mirror 12 are reflectors for increasing the reflection of the pump light and having a high reflection of 1064 nm; the first laser crystal 5 and the second laser crystal 13 are Nd: YAG or Nd: YVO4A crystal rod of material; the first Q-switch 6 and the second Q-switch 14 are acousto-optic modules. It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the first Q-switch 6 and the second Q-switch 14 are driven by the same Q-switch driverAnd driving to ensure that the pulse of the pulse light of the infrared resonant cavity and the pulse of the pulse light of the green resonant cavity are consistent in time domain.
The frequency tripling module 18 comprises a frequency doubling crystal, a frequency tripling crystal, a mechanical empty file and a TEC temperature control chip, wherein the frequency doubling crystal and the frequency tripling crystal are LBO or other nonlinear crystals with similar functions. For the sake of distinction from the above-mentioned frequency doubling crystal, the frequency doubling crystal in the frequency tripling module 18 is the second frequency doubling crystal, and the frequency doubling crystal in the infrared resonant cavity is the first frequency doubling crystal.
The implementation process of the high-efficiency solid ultraviolet laser comprises the following steps: the pumping light of the first semiconductor diode pumping source 2 controlled by the first driver 1 is incident into the first laser crystal 5 through the first coupling system 3, so that the Nd in the first laser crystal 53+Ion transition to excited state, Nd3+The ion is in an unstable state when in an excited state, and when it returns to a ground state, it generates a 1064nm photon and ultimately a 1064nm infrared laser. The 1064nm infrared laser is actively modulated by the first Q-switch 6, and the 1064nm infrared laser output by the output mirror 7 is finally pulsed light and is incident into the frequency tripling module 18 through the second beam splitter 8;
the pumping light of the second semiconductor diode pump source 10 controlled by the second driver 9 is incident into the second laser crystal 13 via the second coupling system 11, so that the Nd in the second laser crystal 133+Ion transition to excited state, Nd3+The ion is in an unstable state when in an excited state, and when it returns to a ground state, it generates a 1064nm photon and ultimately a 1064nm infrared laser. After active modulation of a 1064nm infrared laser second Q switch 14 and a frequency doubling process through a frequency doubling crystal, pulse laser with a center wavelength of 1064nm is converted into pulse laser with a center wavelength of 532nm, and is output from a green resonant cavity under the action of a total reflection mirror 17 and a first spectroscope 15, and then is reflected by a second spectroscope 8 to enter a frequency tripling module 18, and is combined with 1064nm infrared pulse laser, and finally converted into ultraviolet pulse laser with a center wavelength of 355nm through a sum frequency effect generated by the frequency tripling module 18.
In summary, the following steps: the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser required by sum frequency are respectively generated by two independent resonant cavities, so that the wavelengths of the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser are independently adjusted, the power ratio of the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser which are incident to the frequency tripling module 18 is always kept at 1:1 at different power points, and the frequency tripling module is convenient and quick.
The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.
The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

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1. A high-efficiency solid ultraviolet laser is characterized by comprising an infrared resonant cavity, a green resonant cavity and a triple frequency module, wherein the infrared resonant cavity is used for modulating and generating first pulse laser, the green resonant cavity is used for modulating and generating second pulse laser, and the triple frequency module is used for carrying out sum frequency on the first pulse laser and the second pulse laser to generate ultraviolet pulse laser;
the infrared resonant cavity comprises a first semiconductor diode pumping source, a first driver for driving the first semiconductor diode pumping source to generate first laser, a first coupling system for shaping the first laser, a first front end mirror for performing anti-reflection on the shaped first laser, a first laser crystal for enabling the anti-reflection first laser to be incident to generate ion transition, and a first Q switch arranged on one side of the laser crystal and used for modulating the first laser to generate first pulse laser, wherein the first Q switch enables the first laser to be incident into the triple frequency module;
the green light resonant cavity comprises a second semiconductor diode pumping source, a second driver used for driving the second semiconductor diode pumping source to generate second laser, a second coupling system used for shaping the second laser, a second front end mirror used for performing anti-reflection on the shaped second laser, a second laser crystal used for enabling the anti-reflection second laser to be incident to generate ion transition, a second Q switch used for modulating the second laser to generate second pulse laser, and a frequency doubling reflection module used for reflecting the second pulse laser to the frequency tripling module.
2. The high efficiency solid state uv laser of claim 1, wherein the first and second semiconductor diode pump sources each have a center wavelength of 808nm or 878.6nm or 888 nm.
3. The high efficiency solid state uv laser according to claim 1, wherein the first and second front mirrors are anti-reflection, 1064nm high reflection mirrors, the mirrors having a curvature mirror or a plano mirror.
4. The high efficiency solid state uv laser of claim 1, wherein the first and second laser crystals are Nd: YAG or Nd: YVO4A crystal rod of material.
5. The high efficiency solid state uv laser of claim 1, wherein the first and second Q-switches are acousto-optic modules.
6. The high efficiency solid state uv laser of claim 1, wherein the ir resonator further comprises an output mirror disposed between the first Q-switch and the frequency tripler module, the output mirror being a curved mirror or a flat mirror configured to transmit at least a portion of the 1064nm wavelength light.
7. The high-efficiency solid-state uv laser according to claim 1, wherein the frequency doubling reflective module comprises a beam splitter, a frequency doubling crystal and a total reflection mirror disposed at one side of the second Q-switch, and the wavelength of the second pulse laser is converted by the frequency doubling crystal, reflected to the beam splitter by the total reflection mirror, and incident into the frequency tripling module through the beam splitter.
8. The high efficiency solid state uv laser according to claim 7, wherein the beam splitter group comprises a first mirror disposed on a side of the second Q-switch and a second mirror disposed on a side of the first Q-switch, the first mirror and the second mirror being disposed in an inclined manner with respect to each other.
9. The high efficiency solid state uv laser of claim 1, wherein the first Q-switch and the second Q-switch are driven by the same Q-switch driver.
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