EP1920509A1 - Laser array - Google Patents
Laser arrayInfo
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- EP1920509A1 EP1920509A1 EP05783770A EP05783770A EP1920509A1 EP 1920509 A1 EP1920509 A1 EP 1920509A1 EP 05783770 A EP05783770 A EP 05783770A EP 05783770 A EP05783770 A EP 05783770A EP 1920509 A1 EP1920509 A1 EP 1920509A1
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- Prior art keywords
- laser light
- light sources
- laser
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- optical fiber
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- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/09—Beam shaping, e.g. changing the cross-sectional area, not otherwise provided for
- G02B27/0905—Dividing and/or superposing multiple light beams
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- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B19/00—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics
- G02B19/0004—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the optical means employed
- G02B19/0028—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the optical means employed refractive and reflective surfaces, e.g. non-imaging catadioptric systems
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- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B19/00—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics
- G02B19/0033—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use
- G02B19/0047—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use for use with a light source
- G02B19/0052—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use for use with a light source the light source comprising a laser diode
- G02B19/0057—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use for use with a light source the light source comprising a laser diode in the form of a laser diode array, e.g. laser diode bar
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- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/10—Beam splitting or combining systems
- G02B27/14—Beam splitting or combining systems operating by reflection only
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- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
- G02B6/4296—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements coupling with sources of high radiant energy, e.g. high power lasers, high temperature light sources
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
- H01S5/005—Optical components external to the laser cavity, specially adapted therefor, e.g. for homogenisation or merging of the beams or for manipulating laser pulses, e.g. pulse shaping
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
- H01S5/40—Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups H01S5/02 - H01S5/30
- H01S5/4012—Beam combining, e.g. by the use of fibres, gratings, polarisers, prisms
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
- H01S5/40—Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups H01S5/02 - H01S5/30
- H01S5/4025—Array arrangements, e.g. constituted by discrete laser diodes or laser bar
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a laser arrangement, suitable for coupling laser light into at least one optical fiber, comprising a plurality of laser light sources, which from a
- Light entrance surface of the at least one optical fiber are arranged spaced and a diaphragm, which is suitable for a spatial limitation of the laser light emitted during the operation of the laser light sources prior to coupling into the at least one optical fiber.
- Emitter used as radiation sources and arranged in such a way that the distances of the radiation sources are different from the light entry surface of the optical fiber. If the resulting laser light beam before focusing on the light entry surface of the optical fiber with only a single
- the present invention is based on the object to propose a laser arrangement in which astigmatism errors can be avoided in a simple manner and their space requirement is relatively low.
- the laser light sources comprise at least one group of first laser light sources and at least one further group of second laser light sources
- the laser arrangement comprises coupling means adapted to interconnect the laser light during operation of the first and second laser light sources prior to entry into the at least one optical fiber to pair.
- the laser light sources of at least one of the groups of first and second laser light sources are arranged spaced apart from one another in the vertical direction.
- the space requirement of the laser arrangement can be reduced.
- both the respectively adjacent first laser light sources and the respectively adjacent second laser light sources are spaced apart in the vertical direction, so that the space requirement of the laser arrangement can be kept relatively small.
- the distance of adjacent first and second laser light sources in the vertical direction is at least 1.0 mm.
- each of the first and second laser light sources is assigned at least one reflection means, suitable for reflecting the laser light emitted by the first and second laser light sources in the direction of a common main propagation direction of the respective group of first and second laser light sources.
- the laser assembly can be made more compact, so that their space requirements can be further reduced.
- each of the first and laser light sources is assigned at least one fast axis collimation means. This achieves a collimation of the laser light in the fast-axis direction (fast direction), so that the
- Beam quality can be improved.
- the fast-axis collimation means comprise at least one cylindrical lens.
- At least one of the groups of first and second laser light sources is assigned at least one slow-axis collimation means.
- Beam Quality of the laser light before coupling into the optical fiber can be further improved.
- the slow-axis collimation means comprise at least one cylindrical lens.
- a preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that at least one of the groups of laser light sources is associated with at least one phase delay means.
- the phase delay means which is arranged in the beam path of the first and / or second laser light sources, allows a targeted change in the polarization of the laser light emitted by the first and second laser light sources.
- phase delaying means may be a ⁇ / 2
- Be delay element This causes a rotation of the plane of polarization of the laser light by 90 °.
- Polarization coupling device comprise, suitable for coupling the laser light emitted by the group of first laser light sources with the laser light emitted by the group of second laser light sources. In this way, coupling of the laser light emitted from the first and second laser light sources to simple
- the polarization coupling device is a polarization beam splitter.
- the coupling means have at least one beam deflecting means, which is suitable deflecting laser light emitted by at least one of the groups of first and second laser light sources in the direction of the polarization coupling device.
- the main propagation directions of the laser light emitted from the first and second laser light sources may be substantially parallel to each other.
- the beam deflecting means may be arranged, for example, for a deflection of the laser light by 90 °.
- the beam deflecting means comprise at least one mirror element.
- the laser arrangement has at least one spherical lens means, which is arranged in the beam propagation direction behind the diaphragm, suitable for focusing the coupled laser light of the first and second laser light sources onto the light entry surface of the at least one optical fiber. This allows a good focus and thus a relatively low-loss coupling of the
- Laser light can be achieved in the optical fiber.
- the laser arrangement which is suitable for coupling laser light into an optical fiber, comprises a plurality of laser light sources 1 00 - 1 13, which are spaced from a light entry surface of an optical fiber, which is not explicitly shown in Fig. 1.
- the laser arrangement comprises a total of fourteen laser light sources 100-1.
- the laser light sources 100-113 are preferably individual semiconductor laser diodes (so-called single emitters) whose
- Light exit surfaces may have a width of about 100 microns and each of which may have a power of about 4 watts.
- laser diode bars may be used as laser light sources.
- Each of the laser light sources 100-113 is associated with a respective fast-axis collimation means, which is arranged in front of the approximately 100 ⁇ m wide light exit surface of the corresponding laser light source 100-113. To simplify the presentation, the
- Laser light sources 100-113 and their respective associated fast axis collimation means are indicated schematically in FIG. 1 as a single component.
- the fast-axis collimation means may, for example, comprise at least one cylindrical lens and allow a collimation of the light emitted by the laser light sources 100-1
- each of the laser light sources 100-113 is assigned a respective reflection means 200-213, which is arranged at a distance from the corresponding laser light source 100-113 in the beam path of the laser arrangement.
- Reflecting means 200-213 may, for example, comprise at least one mirror element.
- the laser light sources 100-113 are grouped into a group of first laser light sources
- each of the laser light sources 1 00 - 1 13 of the two groups of first and second laser light sources 100 - 106, 107 - 1 13 each one of the reflection means 200 - 206 and 207 - 213 assigned.
- the reflection means 200 - 206 are with respect to their associated first laser light sources 100 - 106 in the beam path of the laser array in the manner angeord net and each with respect to a vertical axis extending from the plane rotated such that the first laser light sources 100 - emitted light after reflection at their respective associated reflection means 200 - 206 can propagate substantially in the z direction.
- the first laser light sources 100 - 106 are also arranged in this embodiment in the vertical direction and thus offset in height to each other. In this case, the first laser light sources 1 00 - 106 can be arranged offset relative to each other, for example, in the vertical direction and thus in height by about 1, 1 mm.
- the reflection means 200 - 206 can likewise be arranged offset from each other by approximately 1, 1 mm in the vertical direction.
- the mutually offset arrangement of the first laser light sources 100 - 106 means that the laser light emitted by the first laser light sources 100 - 106 in different, spaced-apart reflection planes, each through the
- Propagation directions of the incident on the reflection means 200 - 206 and spanned by these laser beams are spanned, can propagate. In this way, a relatively compact design of the laser arrangement can be achieved.
- Reflecting means 200 - 206 will be referred to hereinafter as the main propagation direction of the laser light of the group of first laser light sources 1 00 - 106.
- the second laser light sources 107 - 1 13 are also arranged offset in height in the vertical direction relative to each other.
- adjacent second laser light sources 107-113 can be arranged offset relative to one another, for example, in the vertical direction and thus in height by approximately 1.1 mm.
- the reflection means 207 - 21 3 can also be arranged offset by about 1, 1 mm in the vertical direction to each other.
- the height-offset arrangement of the second laser light sources 107-113 means that the laser light emitted by the second laser light sources 107-113 can also propagate in different, spaced-apart reflection planes.
- the reflection means 207 - 213, which are associated with the second laser light sources 107 - 1 13, are thus arranged in the beam path of the laser array and each rotated about a vertical axis, that the laser light during operation of the second laser light sources 107 - 1 is also substantially in the z-direction, namely substantially parallel to the main propagation direction of the laser light emitted from the first laser light sources 100 - 106 can propagate.
- This propagation direction is intended below as the main propagation direction of the group of second laser light sources
- the first SIow axis collimation means 300 is suitable for collimation of the laser light emitted by the first laser light sources 100 - 106 and reflected by the reflection means 200 - 206 in the main propagation direction in the so-called slow axis (slow axis). to thereby improve the beam quality.
- the first slow-axis collimation means 300 may comprise at least one cylindrical lens.
- the second slow-axis collimation means 301 may also comprise at least one cylindrical lens.
- the laser array has coupling means suitable for the first and second laser light sources 100 - 106, 107 - 1 13 laser light coupled before coupling into the light entry surface of the optical fiber with each other.
- the coupling means comprise a polarization coupling device 400, which may be a conventional polarization beam splitter, for example, and a beam deflecting means 500.
- a phase retarder 600 which in this embodiment is a ⁇ / 2 retardation element, is provided in the beam path of the second laser light sources 107-113 is. That of the second laser light sources 107
- Delay element a 90 ° rotation of the polarization direction.
- the laser light is then by means of the Strahlablenkstoffs 500, which may for example comprise at least one mirror element, by 90 ° in the direction of the polarization coupling device
- the laser light of the second laser light sources 107-113 deflected at the beam deflection means 500 is coupled to one another via the polarization with the laser light emitted by the first laser light sources 100- 106. It can be seen that the coupling of the
- Laser light in this embodiment takes place both geometrically and via the polarization.
- the laser light emitted from the first laser light sources 100-106 is coupled with the laser light emitted from the second laser light sources 107-113, and then propagates in the z direction through a diaphragm 700 which is in Beam propagation direction behind the
- Polarization coupling device 400 is arranged, and then applies to a spherical lens means 800, which images the laser light onto the light entry surface of the optical fiber is not explicitly shown, so that the laser light can be coupled into the optical fiber with high power.
- the laser arrangement shown here provides an anastigmatic arrangement of laser light sources 100-11 and, by virtue of the particular configuration, enables the suppression of laser beams hitting the optical fiber at slow angles in the slow axis (slow axis). It can thereby be achieved that the optical fiber is not heated to a tolerable level by laser light incident at too large angles or impinging on a fiber cladding of the optical fiber, and thus may possibly be damaged.
- the laser arrangement requires only a single diaphragm 700, which is arranged in the beam propagation direction in front of the spherical lens means 800.
- a light spot with a diameter of less than about 50 ⁇ m half-width can be made available both in the fast and in the slow axis.
- the number of lenses used can also be kept relatively low in the embodiment shown here and the total space requirements of the laser assembly can be reduced.
- the laser arrangement requires in this embodiment, only fourteen fast-axis collimation means and also two slow-axis collimation means 300, 301 and only a single spherical lens means 800, which is used for focusing the
- Laser light is suitable for the light entry surface of the optical fiber.
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