JP6687999B2 - レーザ光源装置及びレーザパルス光生成方法 - Google Patents
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図1には、本発明によるレーザ光源装置1の一例となる構成が示されている。レーザ光源装置1は、光源部1Aと、ファイバ増幅部1Bと、固体増幅部1Cと、波長変換部1Dとが光軸Lに沿って配置され、さらに光源部1A等を制御する制御部100を備えて構成されている。
上述した実施形態では、出力停止状態で固体増幅器50から出力される光の平均パワーが、出力許容状態で固体増幅器50から出力される光の平均パワーと略等しくなるように、連続発振モードで種光源10から出力され固体増幅器50に入力されるレーザ光のパワーを調整する例を説明したが、種光源10のパワーを一定に維持しつつ出力時間を調整するように間歇的に駆動してもよいし、パワーと出力時間の双方を調整してもよい。
10:種光源
20,30:ファイバ増幅器
40:光スイッチ素子
50:固体増幅器
60,70:非線形光学素子
100:制御部
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- ゲインスイッチング法でパルス光を出力する種光源と、前記種光源から出力されるパルス光を増幅する増幅器と、を備えているレーザ光源装置であって、
前記増幅器に対する励起光のパワーが維持された状態で、前記レーザ光源装置からパルス光の出力を許容する出力許容状態のときに前記種光源をゲインスイッチング法でパルス発振させるパルス発振モードで駆動し、前記増幅器に対する励起光のパワーが前記出力許容状態と同じ値に維持された状態で、前記レーザ光源装置からパルス光の出力を停止する出力停止状態のときに前記種光源を連続発振させる連続発振モードで駆動するとともに、前記出力停止状態で前記増幅器から出力される光の平均パワーが、前記出力許容状態で前記増幅器から出力される光の平均パワーと等しくなるように、前記連続発振モードで前記種光源から前記増幅器に入力されるレーザ光のパワーを調整する制御部を備えているレーザ光源装置。 - 前記制御部は、前記出力停止状態で前記増幅器から出力される光の平均パワーの目標値を、前記出力許容状態で前記増幅器から出力される光の平均パワーに設定して、前記連続発振モードで前記種光源から前記増幅器に入力されるレーザ光のパワーを調整する請求項1記載のレーザ光源装置。
- 前記増幅器は少なくとも固体増幅器を含み、
前記制御部は、前記出力停止状態で前記固体増幅器から出力される光の平均パワーが、前記出力許容状態で前記固体増幅器から出力される光の平均パワーと等しくなるように、前記連続発振モードで前記種光源から前記固体増幅器に入力されるレーザ光のパワーを調整するように構成されている請求項1または2記載のレーザ光源装置。 - 前記固体増幅器から出力されるパルス光を波長変換して出力する非線形光学素子をさらに備え、
前記出力許容状態のときにのみ前記非線形光学素子から所定パワーの波長変換光が出力されるように構成されている請求項3記載のレーザ光源装置。 - 前記種光源がDFBレーザで構成されている請求項1から4の何れかに記載のレーザ光源装置。
- ゲインスイッチング法で種光源から出力されたパルス光をファイバ増幅器及び固体増幅器で順次増幅し、増幅後のパルス光を非線形光学素子で波長変換して出力するレーザパルス光生成方法であって、
前記非線形光学素子からのパルス光の出力を停止する場合に、
前記固体増幅器に対する励起光のパワーを維持した状態で、前記種光源をゲインスイッチング法でパルス発振させるパルス発振モードから、前記固体増幅器に対する励起光のパワーを前記パルス発振モードと同じ値に維持した状態で、前記種光源を連続発振させる連続発振モードに切り替えて駆動するとともに、
前記固体増幅器から出力される光の平均パワーが、前記非線形光学素子からのパルス光の出力を許容する場合に前記固体増幅器から出力される光の平均パワーと等しくなるように、前記連続発振モードで前記種光源から前記固体増幅器に入力されるレーザ光のパワーを調整するレーザパルス光生成方法。
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