CN212725943U - High-coupling-efficiency kilowatt-level optical fiber output nanosecond laser with arbitrarily adjustable power - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a high coupling efficiency kilowatt level optical fiber output nanosecond laser with arbitrarily adjustable power, which comprises a main oscillator, a power adjusting system, a first amplifier, a second amplifier and an optical fiber coupling module which are arranged along an optical path in sequence; the master oscillator comprises a plane reflector, a first laser module, a 90-degree quartz optical rotator, a second laser module, an acousto-optic Q-switch, a first polaroid and a plane output mirror; the power adjusting system comprises a lambda/2 wave plate, a second polaroid, an optical camera, a first 45-degree reflecting mirror and a second 45-degree reflecting mirror; the first amplifier comprises a third laser module; the second amplifier includes a fourth laser module. The utility model discloses with the help of the design of dynamic stabilization chamber structure, can realize that high-power within range 0 ~ 100% continuous power is adjustable under keeping very high optical fiber coupling efficiency, and optical fiber coupling efficiency all is greater than 94% in whole power control within range.
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[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device
The utility model belongs to the technical field of the laser instrument, especially, relate to an arbitrary adjustable high coupling efficiency kilowatt level optical fiber output nanosecond laser of power.
[ background of the invention ]
The laser cleaning is a pollution-free, efficient and environment-friendly green cleaning technology. High power, nanosecond pulsed, fiber coupled output lasers are important light sources in laser cleaning applications. Acousto-optic Q-switched solid state laser technology is an effective means to produce this light source. The traditional solid laser has the problems of poor beam quality, serious deterioration of the beam quality along with the improvement of pumping power and the like, seriously influences the overall efficiency of coupling high-power and high-energy laser into the energy-transmitting optical fiber and has poor effect in practical application.
In view of the structural design of the laser resonator, the conventional laser resonant cavities for laser cleaning all adopt a symmetrical structural design, and a significant problem of the structure is that the beam quality of laser gradually decreases with the increase of the pumping power. In the case of the parameter determination of the fiber coupling system, the change of the beam quality inevitably causes the reduction of the coupling efficiency, i.e. the efficiency of the fiber coupling system meets the practical requirements only in a limited power range, which greatly limits the power flexibility and the practicability of the laser cleaning system. Although this problem can be alleviated to some extent by the introduction of thermal lens compensation devices or optically adaptive systems, the complexity and cost of the system is significantly increased.
In summary, although the existing laser technology can obtain a laser cleaning light source with high power, high energy, adjustable repetition frequency and adjustable limited power, the problem of the quality change of the light beam caused by the power adjustment and further the reduction of the optical fiber coupling efficiency is still not solved effectively.
Therefore, it is necessary to provide a new high coupling efficiency kilowatt class optical fiber output nanosecond laser with arbitrarily adjustable power to solve the above problems.
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The utility model mainly aims at providing a high coupling efficiency kilowatt level optical fiber output nanosecond laser with arbitrarily adjustable power, which can realize stable light efficiency coupling efficiency in a high-power adjusting range and realize flexible transmission of kilowatt level high-energy nanosecond pulse laser; the problems of low optical fiber coupling efficiency and poor stability caused by rapid deterioration of the beam quality of the traditional laser along with the improvement of output power are solved.
The utility model discloses a following technical scheme realizes above-mentioned purpose: a high-coupling-efficiency kilowatt-level optical fiber output nanosecond laser with randomly adjustable power comprises a master oscillator, a power adjusting system, a first amplifier, a second amplifier and an optical fiber coupling module which are sequentially arranged along an optical path; the master oscillator comprises a plane reflector, a first laser module, a 90-degree quartz optical rotator, a second laser module, an acousto-optic Q-switch, a first polaroid and a plane output mirror which are sequentially arranged along an optical path; the power adjusting system comprises a lambda/2 wave plate, a second polaroid, an optical camera, a first 45-degree reflecting mirror and a second 45-degree reflecting mirror; the first amplifier comprises a third laser module; the second amplifier comprises a fourth laser module; the optical fiber coupling module comprises a third 45-degree reflector, a fourth 45-degree reflector, an optical fiber coupling lens, a focusing system capable of realizing three-dimensional position adjustment of a laser focus and an energy transmission optical fiber.
Preferably, the lambda/2 wave plate is provided with an electric rotation adjusting mechanism to realize automatic adjustment.
Preferably, the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate are both thin film polarizing plates.
Preferably, the core diameter of the energy transmission optical fiber is 200-1000 μm.
Preferably, the first laser module, the second laser module, the third laser module and the fourth laser module all include a pumping source and a laser crystal.
Preferably, the wavelength of the pump source is 808nm or 940 nm; the laser crystal is Nd-YAG or Yb-YAG crystal, and the diameter of the laser crystal is 4-10 mm.
Preferably, the laser wavelengths output by the first laser module, the second laser module, the third laser module and the fourth laser module include 1030nm and 1064 nm.
Preferably, the multimode output power of the pump source short cavity is 100-500W.
Preferably, the reflectivity of the planar output mirror is 50% to 90%.
Preferably, the distance between the front end face of the laser crystal of the first laser module and the plane reflector along the light path is 100-500 mm.
Preferably, the distance between the rear end face of the laser crystal of the second laser module and the plane output mirror along the light path is 100-500 mm.
Preferably, the distance between the plane output mirror and the front end face of the laser crystal of the third laser module along the light path is 100-500 mm.
Preferably, the distance between the rear end face of the laser crystal of the third laser module and the front end face of the laser crystal of the fourth laser module along the light path is 100-500 mm.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model relates to a high coupling efficiency kilowatt-level optical fiber output nanosecond laser of adjustable wantonly of power's beneficial effect lies in: the adjustable continuous power of 0-100% in a high-power range can be realized, the stable optical fiber coupling efficiency is realized, and the coupling efficiency is more than 94% in the whole adjustable power range, so that flexible transmission of kilowatt-level high-energy nanosecond pulse laser is realized, and a better processing effect can be obtained in actual laser cleaning application. In particular, the method comprises the following steps of,
1) the main oscillator in the scheme adopts a dynamic stable cavity design, can realize stable high-beam-quality laser output in a large power range, and avoids the problem that the beam quality is rapidly deteriorated along with the improvement of output power;
2) the laser can achieve stable laser coupling efficiency within a high-power adjusting range, and flexible transmission of kilowatt-level high-energy nanosecond pulse laser is achieved; by means of the non-cavity-to-cavity structural design, the beam quality of seed light under different output powers is optimized, laser output with high beam quality can be guaranteed under the condition that the pumping power of an amplification stage is not changed, and accordingly extremely high optical fiber coupling efficiency can be achieved under any output power; the problems that the traditional laser is rapidly deteriorated due to the fact that the quality of light beams is improved along with the improvement of output power, and further the optical fiber coupling efficiency is low and the stability is poor are solved;
3) the laser has no complicated interstage beam shaping and light path coupling system, and has simple structure, high reliability and low cost.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a graph of the actual measurement result of the optical fiber coupling efficiency according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a graph showing the measurement results of the fiber coupling efficiency of the comparative example in the embodiment of the present invention;
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1. a plane mirror; 2. a first laser module; 3. a 90 ° quartz optical rotator; 4. a second laser module; 5. an acousto-optic Q-switch; 6. a first polarizing plate; 7. a planar output mirror; 8. a lambda/2 wave plate; 9. an optical camera; 10. a second polarizing plate; 11. a first 45 ° mirror; 12. a second 45 ° mirror; 13. a third laser module; 14. a fourth laser module; 15. a third 45 ° mirror; 16. a fourth 45 ° mirror; 17. a fiber coupling lens; 18. a laser focus three-dimensional focusing system; 19. an energy transmission fiber.
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referring to fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a high-coupling-efficiency kw-level nanosecond laser with arbitrarily adjustable power, which includes a master oscillator, a power adjusting system, a first amplifier, a second amplifier, and an optical fiber coupling module sequentially disposed along an optical path.
The master oscillator sequentially comprises a plane reflector 1, a first laser module 2, a 90-degree quartz optical rotator 3, a second laser module 4, an acousto-optic Q-switch 5, a first polaroid 6 and a plane output mirror 7 along an optical path.
In this embodiment, the laser modules (the first laser module 2 and the second laser module 4) each include a 808nm semiconductor laser and a side-pumped Nd: YAG module, and the output laser wavelength is 1064 nm. The distance between the front end face of the laser crystal of the first laser module 2 and the plane reflector 1 is 120mm, and the distance between the rear end face of the laser crystal of the second laser module 4 and the plane output mirror 7 is 160 mm. The diameter of the laser crystal is 5mm and the reflectivity of the planar output mirror 7 is 70%.
Through actual measurement, the output laser parameters of the master oscillator are as follows: average power 400W, repetition frequency 10kHz, pulse width 70ns, beam mass M2The factor is between 20 and 24.
In this embodiment, the power adjustment system includes a λ/2 wave plate 8 with electrical rotation adjustment, an optical camera 9, a second polarizer 10, a first 45 ° reflector 11, and a 45 ° second reflector 12, and the λ/2 wave plate 8 is driven by an electrical rotation mechanism to achieve adjustment. The laser power entering the next stage can be distributed by adjusting the angle of the lambda/2 wave plate 8, and the adjustment proportion is within the range of 0-100%, so that the laser power can be adjusted within the whole power range.
In this embodiment, the first amplifier includes a third laser module 13 and the second amplifier includes a fourth laser module 14. The distance from the plane output mirror 7 to the front end face of the first amplifier laser crystal is 350 mm; the distance from the rear end face of the laser crystal of the third laser module 13 to the front end face of the laser crystal of the fourth laser module 14 is 400 mm.
The third laser module 13 and the fourth laser module 14 both comprise 940nm semiconductor lasers and side-pumped Nd-YAG modules, and output laser wavelengths are 1064 nm. In other embodiments, a side-pumped Nb-YAG module with a diameter of 4-10 mm may be used.
The pulse laser output by the master oscillator is subjected to power amplification through a two-stage amplifier, and the output laser parameters are as follows: average power of 1000W, repetition frequency of 10kHz, pulse width of 60ns, beam mass M2The factor is kept between 21 and 25, and the size of the light spot is stable.
In this embodiment, the optical fiber coupling module includes a third 45 ° reflector 15, a fourth 45 ° reflector 16, an optical fiber coupling lens 17, a laser focus three-dimensional focusing system 18, and an energy transmission optical fiber 19. Wherein, the core diameter of the energy transmission fiber 19 is 200 to 1000 μm, in this embodiment, 600 μm.
The first polarizing plate 6 and the second polarizing plate 10 are both thin film polarizing plates.
The Nd-YAG module is a gain medium, and the 808nm semiconductor laser provides pumping energy for the gain medium. The plane reflector 1, the first laser module 2, the 90-degree quartz optical rotator 3, the second laser module 4, the acousto-optic Q-switch 5, the first polaroid 6 and the plane output mirror 7 form a master oscillator. Due to the adoption of an asymmetrical dynamic stable cavity structure design, the seed laser output with high beam quality can be obtained under different output powers. The first amplifier and the second amplifier are used to power-amplify the seed light twice. Particularly, under the condition that the pumping power of the two-stage amplifier is constant, the thermal lens corresponding to the crystal is constant, namely, the seed light power entering the amplifier can be freely distributed only by adjusting the angle of the lambda/2 wave plate 8, and the adjustment of any output power is realized on the premise of not influencing the beam quality of the finally amplified output laser. Finally, the influence of the change of the output power on the quality of the light beam is eliminated, and the extremely high optical fiber coupling efficiency in the whole power range is further ensured. Finally, the amplified laser can be stably coupled into the energy transmission optical fiber 19 by adjusting the third 45-degree reflector 15, the fourth 45-degree reflector 16, the fiber coupling lens 17 and the laser focus three-dimensional focusing system 18.
The actual measurement proves that the main oscillator with the asymmetric cavity structure is designed through parameter optimization, the pulse light output by the main oscillator is effectively amplified through the secondary amplifier, the amplified laser is guided into the energy transmission optical fiber through the optical fiber coupling module, the flexible transmission of the kilowatt nanosecond laser is realized, the overall output efficiency is high, the high-efficiency actual measurement result of the optical fiber coupling efficiency can be obtained, as shown in fig. 2, the continuous power adjustment within the range of 0-100% can be realized by adjusting the power of the main resonant cavity output laser distributed to the amplification stage; because the quality stability of the laser beam output by the main resonant cavity is good, higher optical fiber coupling efficiency can be realized in the whole power range, and the coupling efficiency is more than 94%; meanwhile, the scheme is favorable for keeping stable spot size and processing effect in the laser processing process, and the practical application effect is remarkable.
In order to further illustrate the excellent effect of the Laser described in the embodiment, known related cases are cited for comparison, and the comparison example is a scheme described in literature (Optics & Laser Technology,2019,116: 139-.
What has been described above are only some embodiments of the invention. For those skilled in the art, without departing from the inventive concept, several modifications and improvements can be made, which are within the scope of the invention.
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1. A high coupling efficiency kilowatt level optical fiber output nanosecond laser with randomly adjustable power is characterized in that: the optical fiber coupling device comprises a main oscillator, a power regulating system, a first amplifier, a second amplifier and an optical fiber coupling module which are sequentially arranged along an optical path; the master oscillator comprises a plane reflector, a first laser module, a 90-degree quartz optical rotator, a second laser module, an acousto-optic Q-switch, a first polaroid and a plane output mirror which are sequentially arranged along an optical path; the power adjusting system comprises a lambda/2 wave plate, a second polaroid, an optical camera, a first 45-degree reflecting mirror and a second 45-degree reflecting mirror; the first amplifier comprises a third laser module; the second amplifier comprises a fourth laser module; the optical fiber coupling module comprises a third 45-degree reflector, a fourth 45-degree reflector, an optical fiber coupling lens, a laser focus three-dimensional focusing system and an energy transmission optical fiber.
2. The high-coupling-efficiency kilowatt-level fiber output nanosecond laser with randomly adjustable power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the laser crystal of the master oscillator is Nd: YAG or Yb: YAG crystal, and the diameter of the laser crystal is 4-10 mm.
3. The high-coupling-efficiency kilowatt-level fiber output nanosecond laser with randomly adjustable power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the laser wavelengths output by the first laser module, the second laser module, the third laser module and the fourth laser module comprise 1030nm and 1064 nm.
4. The high-coupling-efficiency kilowatt-level fiber output nanosecond laser with randomly adjustable power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the reflectivity of the plane output mirror is 50% -90%.
5. The high-coupling-efficiency kilowatt-level fiber output nanosecond laser with randomly adjustable power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the distance between the laser crystal of the first laser module and the plane reflector along the light path is 100-500 mm.
6. The high-coupling-efficiency kilowatt-level fiber output nanosecond laser with randomly adjustable power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the distance between the laser crystal of the second laser module and the plane output mirror along the light path is 100-500 mm.
7. The high-coupling-efficiency kilowatt-level fiber output nanosecond laser with randomly adjustable power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the lambda/2 wave plate is provided with an electric rotation adjusting mechanism to realize automatic adjustment.
8. The high-coupling-efficiency kilowatt-level fiber output nanosecond laser with randomly adjustable power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate are both thin film polarizing plates.
9. The high-coupling-efficiency kilowatt-level fiber output nanosecond laser with randomly adjustable power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the distance between the plane output mirror and the front end face of the laser crystal of the third laser module along the light path is 100-500 mm.
10. The high-coupling-efficiency kilowatt-level fiber output nanosecond laser with randomly adjustable power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the distance between the rear end face of the laser crystal of the third laser module and the front end face of the laser crystal of the fourth laser module along the light path is 100-500 mm.
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Denomination of utility model: High coupling efficiency Kilopower fiber output nanosecond laser with arbitrarily adjustable power Effective date of registration: 20230627 Granted publication date: 20210316 Pledgee: Bank of Suzhou Co.,Ltd. Wujiang sub branch Pledgor: Shenfeng (Suzhou) laser technology Co.,Ltd. Registration number: Y2023980045150 |