WO2005011075A1 - 固体レーザ励起モジュール及びレーザ発振器 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a solid-state laser excitation module and a laser oscillator using a thin disk-type solid-state laser medium suitable for a laser device for laser radar and a laser device for processing.
- the shape of the laser medium used in the laser device is roughly classified into a rod type, a slab type, and a thin disk type.
- the rod-type laser medium is obtained by processing a laser medium into a circular or polygonal cross section.
- the laser light whose power is to be amplified is passed through and amplified from one end face to the other end face along an optical axis perpendicular to the end face of the laser diode medium.
- a large gain is easily obtained because the passage distance of the laser light propagating in the laser medium is long.
- the laser medium since the laser medium has a symmetrical shape with respect to the optical axis, there is an advantage that it is easy to obtain a laser beam having a symmetrical intensity distribution.
- the heat generated in the excited rod-type laser medium is exhausted using the outer peripheral surface as an exhaust heat surface.
- a temperature distribution occurs in a cross section perpendicular to the optical axis direction. This is a factor that causes problems such as a thermal lens effect that changes in an excited state and a wavefront aberration / thermal birefringence effect.
- the thermal lens effect is based on the temperature gradient in the laser medium and the beam size of the laser beam in the laser resonator divided by the beam angle such as the divergence angle. Change the mode.
- the wavefront aberration causes a loss when the laser light circulates in the resonator, thereby lowering the oscillation efficiency and lowering the beam quality of the laser light.
- the thermal birefringence effect degrades the degree of polarization of laser light, especially when obtaining laser oscillation of linearly polarized light. For this reason, the loss in the resonator increases, the oscillation efficiency decreases, and the beam quality of the laser light decreases.
- the slab type laser medium is obtained by processing the laser medium into a trapezoidal shape.
- the heat generated in the excited slab-type laser medium is exhausted using the parallel opposing surfaces of the trapezoidal surfaces of the slab-type laser medium as heat-dissipating surfaces.
- the laser light incident on the slab type laser medium is reflected and propagated a plurality of times on the heat-dissipating surface and amplified.
- This configuration has a feature that a large gain is easily obtained because the passage distance of the laser light propagating in the laser medium is long.
- the incident laser light is reflected multiple times on the heat-dissipating surface and output. For this reason, there is an advantage that the thermal lens effect generated in the direction of exhaust heat is canceled and the change in the beam mode due to the excited state is small.
- the thermal birefringence in the laser medium has an axis in the direction of heat dissipation and the direction perpendicular thereto.
- the change of the polarization state due to the thermal birefringence can be reduced by propagating the linearly polarized light in the axial direction of the thermal birefringence to the laser medium.
- the slab-type laser medium since the laser light is reflected a plurality of times on the heat-dissipating surface, a high-accuracy flatness is required for the heat-dissipating surface.
- the temperature distribution in the laser medium due to the heat generated by the excitation is not one-way. However, the thermal lens effect is not completely negated.
- the thin disk type laser medium is obtained by processing the laser medium into a thin disk shape.
- laser light is emitted from one of the surfaces having the largest area among the surfaces constituting the disk shape, and is reflected by the surface opposite to the incident surface, and is reflected in the thickness direction of the disk. Amplify while propagating.
- the heat generated in the excited thin disk laser medium is exhausted using the surface facing the incident surface as a heat exhaust surface.
- a large heat-dissipating surface is obtained, so that heat can be easily dissipated compared to the other two shapes.
- the direction of heat dissipation is parallel to the optical axis, there is almost no thermal lens effect / thermal birefringence effect.
- the thin disk type laser medium has a unique advantage that cannot be obtained with a laser medium of another shape.
- a disadvantage of the laser medium having this shape is that since the distance in the laser medium through which the laser light passes is in the thickness direction of the disk, the gain becomes smaller as the thickness becomes thinner. Also, in order to obtain a large gain with the same thickness and the same pumping light power in a thin disk type laser medium, it is necessary to reduce the disk diameter and condense the pumping light to increase the pumping light density. Required.
- the heat-dissipating surface is also reduced, so that the efficiency of the heat-dissipation is reduced. Therefore, when the excitation light is concentrated on the laser medium having such a small disk diameter, the heat generation density increases. Thus, if the temperature of the laser medium rises excessively during excitation, the laser medium itself may be thermally destroyed. Further, in general, the gain of the laser medium decreases as the temperature rises, so that there is a problem that the efficiency of the amplification also decreases.
- the propagation distance of the excitation light is defined in the thickness direction of the disk.
- the excitation light propagates in the radial direction of the disk, and a relatively long absorption length can be obtained.
- the following problems also occur in side excitation.
- the disk diameter when achieving high beam quality in a laser resonator using a thin disk laser medium, the disk diameter must be adjusted to the fundamental mode beam diameter of the resonator.
- the beam diameter in the fundamental mode it is desirable that the beam diameter in the fundamental mode be small so that no loss occurs.
- the disk diameter of the thin disk type laser medium must be made as small as possible.
- the entrance surface of the excitation light is inevitably reduced, and it is difficult to enter the excitation light by side excitation.
- the effect of the loss at the time of the incidence of the pump light becomes larger, and the oscillation efficiency of the laser device is rather reduced.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-284572
- this device has a tapered LD optical transmission plate for transmitting the excitation light output from the LD and has a thickness substantially equal to that of the LD transmission plate, and is circular or positive. It is characterized by using a solid-state laser medium having a square disk shape.
- Excitation light from the array-type LD is incident on the side of the LD optical transmission plate having a wide taper corresponding to the width of the LD in the array direction from the incident end face.
- This pump light repeats total reflection in the thickness direction of the LD light transmission plate, and is reflected by the tape-like side surface in the horizontal direction while the T E M of the solid-state laser medium is reflected. .
- the light propagates so as to converge to the width of the emission end face, which has a width close to the width of the mode oscillation region.
- the emission end face of the LD light transmission plate is in contact with the side surface of the thin disk type laser medium, and the excitation light propagating through the LD light transmission plate excites the solid-state laser medium.
- the vertical component of the excitation light emitted from the LD can be efficiently propagated through the solid-state laser medium by total reflection. Also, in the above configuration, T E M to some extent in the horizontal direction. . Since the pump light is uniformly converged to a width close to the mode oscillation region, it is possible to uniformly pump the solid-state laser medium at a high pump density.
- Patent Document 1 does not solve all of the disadvantages of the thin disk type laser medium.
- the excitation light is focused on the thin disk type solid-state laser medium using the LD light transmission plate.
- a thin disk-type laser medium with a small disk diameter is used for stable laser resonance, it is inevitable that the heat generation density due to the excitation light increases as described above.
- the smaller the incident surface the smaller the heat-dissipating surface. In this case, the rise in the temperature of the laser medium cannot be suppressed. For this reason, there is a problem that the laser medium may be thermally destroyed.
- the rise in the temperature of the laser medium as described above decreases the excitation light absorption efficiency of the laser medium itself, and particularly in a three-level laser medium, a decrease in gain occurs due to an increase in the lower level ion of laser oscillation. As a result, there is also a problem that the oscillation efficiency of the entire laser device is reduced.
- Patent Document 1 a laser beam is perpendicularly incident on an incident surface of a thin disk type laser medium. Therefore, a large gain cannot be expected in the laser medium because the distance of the laser light passing through the laser medium is defined by the thickness direction of the disk.
- the conventional thin disk type laser medium has a disadvantage that the efficiency of the laser device is reduced because the absorption efficiency of the excitation light is reduced.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and a solid-state laser excitation module and a laser capable of suppressing a temperature rise at the time of exciting a thin disk type laser medium and obtaining high gain.
- the purpose is to obtain an oscillator.
- a solid-state laser pumping module includes a flat solid-state laser medium that amplifies laser light by giving a gain generated by absorption of pumping light, and a surface facing the laser light incident surface of the solid-state laser medium.
- a reflection surface portion for reflecting the laser light incident from the incident surface and propagating through the solid-state laser medium; and discharging heat transmitted from the solid-state laser medium via the reflection surface portion.
- the solid-state laser medium has a cooling section, and the laser light incident surface of the solid-state laser medium has a size perpendicular to a plane defined by the optical axis of the laser light and a normal on the laser light incident surface of the solid-state laser medium.
- the laser light passage distance in the medium can be increased compared to the case where laser light is introduced perpendicular to the laser light incident surface of the solid-state laser medium, and the laser light is efficiently amplified There is an effect that can be done.
- the laser light incident surface of the solid laser medium in the excitation medium portion is defined by an optical axis of the laser light and a normal to the laser light incident surface of the solid laser medium.
- a region in which the size a in the direction perpendicular to the surface and the size b in the longitudinal direction perpendicular to the direction and the normal line have a relationship of b a Z cos 0 with respect to the incident angle ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ of the laser light.
- the laser light can be amplified with higher efficiency than the solid-state laser pumping module.
- the solid-state laser medium is arranged in each region irradiated with the laser light from the reflection mirror unit, and the excitation light is propagated to each solid-state laser medium via the slab waveguide unit.
- the solid-state laser medium is joined to form an excitation medium section.
- the solid-state laser pumping module further includes a flat solid-state laser medium that amplifies the laser light by giving a gain generated by absorbing the pumping light, and a surface side of the solid-state laser medium facing the laser light incident surface.
- the solid-state laser medium has a laser light incident surface in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by an optical axis of the laser light and a normal line on the laser light incident surface of the solid-state laser medium.
- the laser light reflected by the emitting surface is used as the output light, and the output light of the excitation medium disposed in the preceding stage is disposed so as to become the laser light incident on the excitation medium disposed in the subsequent stage. It is to be amplified sequentially.
- a laser oscillator is provided on a flat solid-state laser medium that amplifies laser light by giving a gain generated by absorption of pump light, and on a surface of the solid-state laser medium facing a laser light incident surface.
- a reflecting surface for reflecting laser light incident from the incident surface and propagating through the solid-state laser medium; and a cooling unit for discharging heat propagating from the solid-state laser medium via the reflecting surface, and
- a solid-state laser medium is arranged for each region irradiated with the solid-state laser, and the solid-state laser medium is formed by joining the solid-state laser mediums via a slab waveguide section for propagating excitation light to each solid-state laser medium.
- an optical system section for repeatedly oscillating the laser by repeatedly entering the laser beam and re-entering the reflected light from the reflection surface.
- FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a configuration of a solid-state laser pumping module according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
- FIG. 1B is a view of the solid-state laser pumping module in FIG. 1A viewed from the X-axis direction.
- FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a configuration of a solid-state laser pumping module according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
- FIG. 1B is a view of the solid-state laser pumping module in FIG. 1A viewed from the X-axis direction.
- FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a configuration of a solid-state laser pumping module according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
- FIG. 1B is a view of the solid-state laser pumping module in FIG. 1A viewed from the X-axis direction.
- Fig. 2A is an xy plan view showing the configuration in which the pumping LD directly irradiates the pumping light into the solid-state laser medium.
- Fig. 2B shows the solid-state laser pumping light through a slab waveguide whose side surface is tapered.
- FIG. 3 is an Xy plan view showing a configuration of incidence on a medium o
- FIG. 3A shows a cross section of the solid-state laser pumping module shown in Fig. 1 in the Xz plane.
- Fig. 3B shows a cross section of the solid-state laser pumping module shown in Fig. 1 in the yz plane.
- FIG. 3A shows a cross section of the solid-state laser pumping module shown in Fig. 1 in the Xz plane.
- Fig. 3B shows a cross section of the solid-state laser pumping module shown in Fig. 1 in the yz plane.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a solid-state laser pumping module according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 5A is a diagram showing a configuration of a solid-state laser pumping module according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention
- FIG. 5B is a diagram of the solid-state laser pumping module in FIG. 5A viewed from the X-axis direction. It is.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a solid-state laser excitation module according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- FIG. 7A is a thin disk type solid-state laser according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
- FIG. 7B is a diagram showing a configuration of a medium, and
- FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional view in the Xz plane showing a configuration of a solid-state laser excitation module according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
- FIG. 8A to FIG. 8H are plan views showing the configuration of the excitation medium section.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a laser device using a solid-state laser excitation module according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a configuration of a solid-state laser pumping module according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
- FIG. 1B is a view of the solid-state laser pumping module in FIG. 1A viewed from the X-axis direction.
- FIG. 1 in the solid-state laser pumping module shown in FIG. 1 a total reflection film 3 is bonded on a heat sink 5 via a bonding agent 4, a thin disk-shaped solid laser medium 2 is provided on the total reflection film 3, and An anti-reflection film 1 is arranged on the substrate.
- the antireflection film 1 transmits almost all of the laser light 6 incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 at an incident angle of 0.
- a dielectric thin film is laminated.
- the solid-state laser medium 2 a general solid-state laser medium can be used.
- N d YAG, Nd: YLF, Nd: YV_ ⁇ 4
- N d G 1 ass
- Yb YAGs Yb: YL F
- E r G lass
- E r YAG
- T m YAG s Tm: YL F
- Ho YAG s Ho: YL F
- Tm Ho: YAG, Tm
- Ho: YLF Ti: Sap phire
- Cr Li SAF, etc.
- Fig. 1A the optical axis of the laser beam 6 and the incident surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 are shown.
- the definition of the rectangular coordinate system is the same in the following drawings.
- the incident surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 on which the laser light 6 is incident is represented by a rectangle having a size of a in the X-axis direction and a size of b in the y-axis direction, and these are expressed by the following formula (1).
- the laser beam 6 is incident at an incident angle ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ such that the irradiation area on the incident surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 is larger than the beam cross-sectional area (area of a cross section perpendicular to the optical axis).
- the total reflection film 3 is incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 at an incident angle of 0, and the laser light 6 incident at an incident angle of 6> a due to refraction inside the solid-state laser medium. Reflects almost everything. Further, the total reflection film 3 can be formed by laminating a dielectric thin film, or by using vapor deposition of a metal film.
- the bonding agent 4 can be realized by a metal solder or an adhesive.
- the laser beam 6 is incident angle S a which is incident to the total reflection film 3 is expressed by the following formula by the effect of refraction of the solid, single laser medium 2.
- n is the refractive index of the solid-state laser medium 2
- n is the refractive index of the medium through which the laser light 6 propagated before entering the solid-state laser medium 2.
- Excitation light 8 incident from the side surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 propagates while being reflected inside the solid-state laser medium 2. As a result, the excitation light 8 It is absorbed by the medium 2 to generate gain.
- the laser beam 6 whose power is to be amplified is incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 at an incident angle ⁇ , passes through the anti-reflection film 1, and is amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 until reaching the total reflection film 3. Is done.
- the laser light 6 amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 until reaching the total reflection film 3 is reflected by the total reflection film 3 and amplified when passing through the solid-state laser medium 2 again. Thereafter, the laser light 6 passes through the antireflection film 1 and is output to the outside.
- heat generated when the solid-state laser medium 2 is excited is conducted from the total reflection film 3 through the bonding agent 4 and is discharged to the heat sink 5.
- the temperature of the solid-state laser medium 2 is suppressed from rising by cooling with, for example, cooling water or an air-cooling fan.
- the direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the laser beam 6 in the z axis direction and the xy plane is defined as the birefringence axis.
- Thermal birefringence occurs. This thermal birefringence indicates that the laser beam 6 incident at an incident angle of 0 has a direction perpendicular to the optical axis in a plane including the optical axis and the z axis, and a direction perpendicular to the optical axis in the xy plane. Provides a birefringence effect whose axis is the direction.
- the birefringence effect causes different phase changes by generating different refractive indices for the two axial electric field components. Therefore, when the laser light 6 having an electric field component is incident in the two axial directions, the polarization state of the laser light 6 that has been amplified and emitted through the solid-state laser medium 2 changes due to the birefringence effect. It will be.
- the laser beam 6 is linearly polarized light having polarization in the birefringence axis direction, that is, the optical axis of the laser beam 6 and the normal 7 Linearly polarized light (S-polarized light) in the direction perpendicular to the plane containing the (X-axis direction), or linearly polarized light in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis in the plane containing the optical axis of the laser beam 6 and the normal 7 ( P-polarized light).
- S-polarized light Linearly polarized light
- P-polarized light linearly polarized light
- FIG. 1 shows a case where the polarization direction of the laser beam 6 is S-polarization.
- the black circle symbol on the optical axis of the laser light 6 indicates the polarization direction of the laser light 6, and indicates the direction perpendicular to the paper surface, that is, the S-polarized light.
- the polarization state of the amplified laser beam 6 does not change due to the birefringence effect, and it does not hinder a laser oscillator. Can be used without.
- a total reflection mirror that reflects the laser light 6 and a partial reflection mirror that reflects part of the laser light 6 and transmits part of the laser light 6 are prepared, and are incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 side.
- a total reflection mirror or a partial reflection mirror is arranged on the optical axis of the laser beam 6 before the laser beam 6 is emitted, and the laser beam 6 passes through the solid-state laser medium 2 and is output from the solid-state laser excitation module of the present invention on the optical axis. Install a partial or total reflection mirror.
- the anti-reflection film 1 or the total reflection film 3 thus, by giving different characteristics, the polarization direction of the laser light 6 generated in the laser resonator can be limited to either S-polarized light or P-polarized light. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the linearly polarized laser light 6 as output light without preliminarily specifying the polarization direction of the laser light 6 to be incident on the laser resonator.
- FIG. 2A is an xy plan view showing a configuration in which the pumping LD 9 directly enters the pumping light 8 into the solid-state laser medium 2.
- FIG. This configuration is effective when the width of the incident surface of the excitation light 8 in the solid-state laser medium 2 is equal to or slightly larger than the width of the excitation LD 9 in the y-axis direction.
- the excitation LD 9 outputs the excitation light 8 shown in FIG. 1 from the light emitting unit 10.
- the light emitting section 10 has a size of several m in the X-axis direction and several mm in the y-axis direction. If the width of the incident surface of the excitation light 8 in the solid-state laser medium 2 is equal to or larger than the length of the light-emitting portion 10 in the y-axis direction, as shown in FIG. It is arranged close to the laser medium 2. Thereby, almost all of the pumping light 8 from the pumping LD 9 can be incident on the solid-state laser medium 2.
- FIG. 2B is an xy plan view showing a configuration in which the excitation light 8 is incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 via the slab waveguide 11 whose side surface is processed into a tapered shape.
- the configuration shown in FIG. 2B is effective when the width of the plane of incidence of the excitation light 8 in the solid-state laser medium 2 is smaller than the length of the light emitting unit 10 in the y-axis direction.
- the slab waveguide 11 has substantially the same thickness as the solid-state laser medium 2 and makes the solid-state laser medium 2 enter the excitation light 8 from the pumping LD 9 while condensing the excitation light 8 in the y-axis direction.
- the cross-sectional area from the incident end face of the pumping light 8 from the pumping LD 9 to the end face for emitting the pumping light 8 to the solid-state laser medium 2 gradually decreases, so that the excitation light 8 enters the solid-state laser medium 2 while being focused.
- the solid-state laser medium 2 and the slab waveguide 11 are optically joined by an optical contact or the like.
- the optical contact means that the bonding surface between the solid-state laser medium 2 and the slab waveguide 11 is polished with high precision and then bonded.
- the crystals of the solid-state laser medium 2 and the slab waveguide 11 may be individually processed into a powder form, and may be formed by an integral structure using a ceramic solidified by sintering.
- FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a cross section on the Xz plane of the solid-state laser pumping module shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a cross section in the yz plane of the solid-state laser excitation module shown in FIG.
- the laser light 6 having a circular cross section perpendicular to the optical axis and having a circular shape with a diameter c has a minor axis c in the X-axis direction and a y-axis direction on the surface of the solid-state laser medium 2. Is incident on the surface in an elliptical shape having a major axis c / coss.
- the ratio between the beam diameter of the laser light 6 and the size of the solid-state laser medium 2 be constant.
- the solid-state laser medium 2 is configured to satisfy the above expression (1), the same ratio can be maintained in the X-axis direction and the y-axis direction, and the power stored in the solid-state laser medium 2 can be efficiently used. It is possible to take out well.
- Diffraction-limited TEM due to the aperture of size a. . It is known that in order to selectively amplify light, it is necessary to set a so that a / c is 1 to 1.7. In order to amplify, it is desirable that a / c is approximately 1.
- the power that can be stored per unit area that is, the excitation light incident power per unit area
- the area of the solid-state laser medium 2 needs to be increased.
- the beam diameter of the laser beam 6 in the laser resonator is given by the stable condition of the laser resonator. In particular, when trying to achieve diffraction-limited beam quality, a longer cavity length is required for a larger beam diameter. As a result, the laser resonator becomes large and unstable.
- the area of the solid-state laser medium 2 is increased, and the power accumulated in the entire solid-state laser medium 2 is increased. Can be increased.
- the incident angle 0 is around 0 °, the effect of increasing the accumulated power is small, and the incident angle is preferably 45 ° or more.
- the gain given to the laser beam 6 by the solid-state laser medium 2 is proportional to the length of the laser beam 6 passing through the solid-state laser medium 2.
- the length of the laser light 6 passing through the solid-state laser medium 2 can be increased, and the gain given to the laser light 6 can be increased. Can be larger.
- the length of the laser light 6 passing through the laser medium 2 is 1 / c 0
- This effect is about 1.34 times, and the effect becomes smaller as the refractive index of the host material becomes smaller. growing.
- the light is linearly polarized light (P-polarized light)
- the reflection of the laser light 6 does not occur on the surface of the solid-state laser medium 2. Therefore, the anti-reflection film 1 can be omitted. In this case, it is possible to suppress the loss of the antireflection film 1. Further, since the antireflection film 1 becomes unnecessary, a laser device can be configured at low cost.
- the total reflection film 3 When a dielectric multilayer film is used as the total reflection film 3, if the polarization of the laser light 6 is linearly polarized light (S-polarized light) perpendicular to the plane containing the optical axis and the normal line 7, it is compared with the case of P-polarized light. Thus, the thickness of the total reflection film 3 can be reduced. Since the thermal resistance of the total reflection film 3 is substantially proportional to its thickness, the above-described configuration can reduce the thermal resistance of the total reflection film 3 and suppress the temperature rise of the solid-state laser medium 2. You can also.
- the efficiency generally decreases as the temperature increases. Therefore, in the present invention, when the accumulated power of the entire solid-state laser medium 2 is constant, the area of the solid-state laser medium 2 is increased by increasing the incident angle 0.
- the amount of heat generated per unit area of the solid-state laser medium 2 is reduced, so that the temperature rise is suppressed and a highly efficient laser device can be obtained.
- Adhesives especially organic adhesives, generally have a low maximum operating temperature and are difficult to use for fixing a high-power solid-state laser medium 2 with a high heat generation density.
- the area of the solid-state laser medium 2 can be increased by increasing the incident angle 0, and the amount of heat generated per unit area can be reduced.
- the above-mentioned organic adhesive has a bonding surface of a member to be bonded. There are some which can cover and adhere to minute irregularities existing in the above.
- an adhesive as the bonding agent 4
- an adhesive that is softer than the solid-state laser medium 2 that is, a softer adhesive, as the bonding agent 4
- an effect as a buffer material that reduces stress on the solid-state laser medium 2 can be expected.
- the bonding agent 4 absorbs the excitation light 8. For this reason, if the laser light 6 or the excitation light 8 leaks into the bonding agent 4, the temperature of the bonding agent 4 rises and the bonding strength decreases accordingly, and the optical components become dirty due to degassing from the bonding agent 4. There was a problem that it could cause damage or damage.
- a total reflection film 3 that totally reflects the laser light 6 and the excitation light 8 at the same time is required.
- a high-power semiconductor laser (LD) is used as an excitation light source.
- Excitation light output from the semiconductor laser (LD) generally has a large divergence angle and enters the total reflection film 3 at various angles. For this reason, in order to achieve a high reflectance, the film configuration is inevitably complicated and the thickness must be increased. Here, the thermal resistance of the total reflection film 3 is almost proportional to its thickness. Therefore, when the thickness increases, the temperature of the laser medium 2 increases.
- the excitation light 8 has a refractive index that satisfies the condition of total reflection in the solid-state laser medium 2 without using a metal solder or a thermally conductive adhesive as the bonding agent 4.
- Use optical adhesive with low absorption May be.
- Solid-state laser medium 2 of YAG as a host material (Y 3 A 1 5 0 1 2, refractive index 1.8 2) using a lever with a refractive index 1.6 of the optical adhesive as the bonding agent 4, a solid-state laser It is possible to confine the excitation light 8 spread to a full angle of 120 ° outside the medium 2 by total reflection.
- the pumping light 8 is confined by total internal reflection inside the solid-state laser medium 2, a loss of the pumping light 8 is small, and a highly efficient pumping module can be realized.
- the excitation light 8 is not absorbed by the metal solder or the thermally conductive adhesive, and is excited by the total reflection film 3. No function of totally reflecting light 8 is required. For this reason, the film design becomes easy, and a thin film thickness can be realized.
- Optical adhesives have higher thermal resistance than thermally conductive adhesives.
- optical adhesives do not include fillers (small metal fibers) to reduce thermal resistance with heat conductive adhesives.
- the thickness of the bonding agent 4 can be reduced, and the thermal resistance of the bonding agent 4 and the total reflection film 3 can be reduced. It is.
- the excitation light 8 is incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 from the side surface parallel to the xy plane.
- the absorption length of the excitation light 8 can be adjusted by the magnitude a in the X-axis direction, and the total accumulated power of the solid-state laser medium 2 can be adjusted by the magnitude b in the y-axis direction.
- FIG. 1 shows an example in which the excitation light 8 is incident from the side surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 which is parallel to the Xy plane, but the excitation light 8 is incident from the plane parallel to the Xz plane. You may. In this case, since a long absorption length in the y-axis direction of the solid-state laser medium 2 is obtained, high absorption efficiency can be obtained even when a laser medium material with small absorption is used.
- the solid-state laser medium 2 has an absorption length of the excitation light 8 with the ratio of the size of the laser light incident surface in the X-axis direction to the size of the irradiation area of the laser light 6 on the laser light incident surface being constant. O It is possible to design the absorption amount and the beam diameter of the laser beam 6 independently.
- the size of the irradiation area of the laser light 6 on the surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 and the size of the laser light incident surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 By setting the ratio to the same value in the X-axis direction and the y-axis direction, the power stored in the solid-state laser medium 2 can be efficiently extracted.
- FIG. 1 shows a case where the surface shape of the solid-state laser medium 2 is a rectangle having a size of a in the X-axis direction and a size of b in the y-axis direction, but the present invention is not limited to this. is not.
- the solid-state laser medium 2 may have an elliptical shape having a minor axis a in the X-axis direction and a major axis b in the y-axis direction.
- the ratio between the size of the irradiation area of the laser beam 6 on the surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 and the size of the solid-state laser medium is not only in the X-axis direction and the y-axis direction, but also in all directions in the xy plane. The same value can be maintained for. As a result, the size of the irradiation area of the laser beam 6 and the size of the solid-state laser medium become substantially equal, and the power stored in the solid-state laser medium 2 can be more efficiently extracted.
- the polarization direction of the incident laser beam 6 must be limited to either S-polarized light or P-polarized light due to thermal birefringence generated in the solid-state laser medium 2. was there.
- the second embodiment provides a configuration that eliminates the above limitation.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a solid-state laser excitation module according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- the solid-state laser excitation modules 12a and 12b are formed by bonding total reflection films 3a and 3b on heat sinks 5a and 5b via bonding agents 4a and 4b.
- a thin disk-shaped solid laser medium 2a, 2b is provided on b, and antireflection films la, lb are arranged thereon.
- the functions of the anti-reflection film 1a, the solid-state laser medium 2a, the total reflection film 3a, the bonding agent 4a, and the heat sink 5a are as shown in Fig. 1 for the anti-reflection film 1, the solid-state laser medium 2, and the total reflection. It is the same as the film 3, the bonding agent 4, and the heat sink 5.
- the polarization rotator 13 rotates the polarization of the laser beam 6 by 90 °, and an optical rotator, a half-wave plate, or the like is used.
- the laser light 6 incident on the first solid-state laser excitation module 12a at an incident angle 6> is amplified in the path leading to the antireflection film 1a, the solid-state laser medium 2a, and the total reflection film 3a, and the total reflection film After being reflected at 3a, it is amplified again along the path leading to the solid-state laser medium 2a and the antireflection film 1a, and is emitted outside.
- the laser light 6 emitted from the first solid-state laser excitation module 1 2a After the polarization is rotated by 90 ° by the polarization rotator 13, the light is incident on the second solid-state laser excitation module 12b.
- the laser light 6 incident on the second solid-state laser excitation module 1 2b via the polarization rotator 13 is amplified by a path leading to the antireflection film lb, the solid-state laser medium 2b, and the total reflection film 3b, After being reflected by the total reflection film 3b, the light is amplified again along the path leading to the solid-state laser medium 2b and the antireflection film 1b, and is emitted outside.
- the S-polarized light component of the laser light 6 incident on the first solid-state laser excitation module 12 a is rotated by 90 ° by the polarization rotation element 13, and then the second solid-state laser excitation It enters the module 12b as P-polarized light.
- the P-polarized light component of the laser beam 6 incident on the first solid-state laser excitation module 12a is rotated by 90 ° by the polarization rotator 13, and then the second solid-state laser excitation module 12b Is incident as S-polarized light.
- the phase difference given to the polarization components of the thermal birefringence in the two axial directions is compensated, so that the polarization state of the incident laser light 6 is maintained and output.
- the solid-state laser pumping module shown in FIG. 4 can amplify the laser beam 6 in an arbitrary polarization state without changing the polarization state.
- a laser amplifier for amplification can be configured.
- a total reflection mirror that reflects the laser light 6 and a partial reflection mirror that reflects part of the laser light 6 and transmits part of the laser light 6 are prepared. 2 Place a total reflection mirror or partial reflection mirror on the optical axis of laser light 6 before entering laser beam a, and partially reflect on the optical axis of laser light 6 output from first solid-state laser excitation module 12b. Install a mirror or total reflection mirror. In this way, a laser resonator is constructed in which laser light 6 oscillates in a path composed of the total reflection mirror, the first solid-state laser excitation modules 12a and 12b, and the partial reflection mirror. can do.
- FIG. 4 shows an example of a configuration in which two solid-state laser excitation modules 12a and 12b and a polarization rotator 13 are combined to compensate for a phase change.
- a laser amplifier or a laser oscillator may be configured by combining the fi rectification module and the polarization rotator as one set, and combining them. With this configuration, a high-output, high-gain laser amplifier or laser oscillator can be formed.
- a transmission optical element such as a rotator or a half-wave plate is used as the polarization rotation element 13, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the polarization rotation effect due to the reflection of the prism or the prism that spatially rotates the image by 90 ° is applied to the first solid-state laser excitation module 12a. It is clear that the same effect can be obtained even when the module is arranged so as to be orthogonal to the solid-state laser pumping module 12b.
- the polarization of the laser beam 6 incident on the first solid-state laser pumping module 12a at an incident angle ⁇ without using the polarization rotator 13 is applied to the second solid-state laser pumping module 12b.
- the laser beam 6 may be arranged so as to be orthogonal to the polarization of the laser beam 6 incident at an incident angle of 0.
- the optical axis of the laser beam 6 The direction perpendicular to the plane including the normal line 7 of the incident surface of the first solid-state laser excitation module 12a is perpendicular to the optical axis of the laser beam 6 and the normal line of the incident surface of the second solid-state laser excitation module 12b. Be included in the plane including 7.
- the first solid-state laser pumping module 12a and the second solid-state laser pumping module 12b are arranged so that the longitudinal directions are vertical. Then, an optical system such as a reflector is arranged on the propagation path of the laser beam 6 between these modules 12a and 12b, and the laser beam incident on the first solid-state laser excitation module 12a at an incident angle ⁇
- the polarization direction of the laser light 6 incident on the second solid-state laser excitation module 12b at an angle of incidence ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ with respect to the polarization of 6 is adjusted so that the polarization is orthogonal.
- the laser light incident as S-polarized light on the first solid-state laser excitation module 12a becomes P-polarized light on the second solid-state laser excitation module 12b, and the first solid-state laser excitation module 12
- the laser light incident on P as P-polarized light becomes S-polarized light in the second solid-state laser excitation module 12b, and the same effect as when the polarization rotator 13 is used can be obtained.
- the amount of increase in the length passing through the laser medium 2 is larger than that of the solid laser medium 2 when the incident angle 0 is 0 °.
- the refractive index is 1.45, it is about 1.38 times, and when the refractive index is 1.82, it is about 1.20 times. Therefore, in the above excitation module, the effect of increasing the gain is smaller than the effect of increasing the accumulated power. Furthermore, if the incident angle 6 is increased, the anti-reflective coating
- Embodiment 3 provides a configuration for improving the above-described contents.
- FIG. 5A is a diagram showing a configuration of a solid-state laser pumping module according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention
- FIG. 5B is a diagram showing the solid-state laser pumping module in FIG. 5A from the X-axis direction.
- the total reflection mirror 14 reflects the laser light 6 amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 and makes the laser light 6 incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 again.
- the laser beam 6 is linearly polarized (S-polarized) in a direction perpendicular to the plane containing the optical axis and the normal 7 (X-axis direction), or perpendicular to the optical axis in the plane containing the optical axis and the normal 7. It is incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 as linearly polarized light (P-polarized light) in a perpendicular direction.
- FIG. 5A shows the case where the polarization direction of the laser beam 6 is S-polarized light. Next, the operation will be described.
- Excitation light 8 incident from the side surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 propagates while reflecting inside. Thereby, the pumping light 8 is absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2 to generate a gain.
- the laser beam 6 whose power is to be amplified is incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 at an incident angle of 0, passes through the anti-reflection film 1, and is amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 until reaching the total reflection film 3. Is done.
- the laser light 6 amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 until reaching the total reflection film 3 is reflected by the total reflection film 3 and It is amplified when it passes through the solid-state laser medium 2 again.
- the laser light 6 passes through the antireflection film 1 and is output to the outside.
- the laser light 6 amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 is totally reflected by the total reflection mirror 14 and reenters the solid-state laser medium 2.
- FIG. 5 shows an example in which the laser beam 6 is output after being amplified three times in the solid-state laser medium 2 by the total reflection mirror 14. .
- the laser light 6 enters the laser medium 2 as S-polarized light or P-polarized light, it is not affected by thermal birefringence generated in the laser medium 2 and is amplified while maintaining its polarized state.
- the direction perpendicular to the plane including the optical axis of the laser beam 6 and the normal 7 is the X axis
- the direction of the normal 7 is the z axis
- the direction of the normal to the Xz plane is the y axis.
- the module according to the present embodiment has a length substantially m times longer in the y-axis direction than the solid-state laser excitation module shown in FIG. For this reason, it is possible to accumulate m-fold power while keeping the beam diameter of the laser beam 6 constant.
- the length of the laser light 6 passing through the laser medium 2 is shorter than that of the solid-state laser excitation module shown in FIG. Is m times larger, and a large gain can be obtained.
- a large incident power and a large gain can be obtained by keeping the incident angle 0 and the beam diameter of the laser light 6 constant, so that a high-output laser light can be efficiently converted. Can be obtained at
- the excitation light 8 is incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 from the side surface parallel to the Xy plane.
- the absorption length of the pump light 8 can be adjusted by the magnitude a in the X-axis direction, and the total accumulated power of the solid-state laser medium 2 can be adjusted by the magnitude b a in the y-axis direction. It is possible to independently design the amount of light 8 absorbed and the required storage power. Further, since the wide surface of the surfaces constituting the disk of the solid-state laser medium 2 is used, it is easy to enter the excitation light 8. .
- the pumping light 8 is incident from a side surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 parallel to the Xy plane, but may be incident from a plane parallel to the Xz plane.
- a long absorption length can be obtained for the excitation light 8, so that a high absorption efficiency can be obtained even when the solid-state laser medium 2 is made of a material having a small absorption of the excitation light 8.
- the absorption length of the solid-state laser medium 2 can be changed while keeping the ratio between the size a in the X-axis direction a and the beam diameter of the laser light 6 constant, so that the absorption amount of the excitation light 8 and the laser light 6 It is possible to design independently of the beam diameter.
- the solid-state laser medium 2 has a size that satisfies the above equation (3).
- the cross-sectional shape of the incident laser light 6 is not circular but oval or rectangular.
- the ratio between the size of the irradiation area of the laser beam 6 on the surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 and the size of the incident surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 is determined in the X-axis direction and y Set to have the same value in the axial direction.
- the polarization state of the incident laser beam 6 needs to be limited to S-polarization or P-polarization with respect to the solid-state laser medium 2.
- a laser beam 6 having an arbitrary polarization state can be amplified in the configuration using the total reflection mirror 4 as in the third embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a solid-state laser excitation module according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- the polarization rotator 13 is disposed on the path of the laser beam 6 reflected by the solid-state laser medium 2 according to the third embodiment.
- the laser light 6 incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 is amplified in the solid-state laser medium 2 and emitted to the outside.
- the laser beam 6 emitted from the solid-state laser excitation module is rotated by 90 ° in the polarization rotator 13, then reflected by the total reflection mirror 14, re-enters the solid-state laser medium 2, and amplified. Is done.
- the S-polarized light component of the laser light 6 incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 is rotated by 90 ° by the polarization rotating element 13 and then reflected by the total reflection mirror 14. It enters the medium 2 as P-polarized light.
- the P-polarized light component of the laser beam 6 incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 is rotated by 90 ° by the polarization rotator 13, reflected by the total reflection mirror 14, and then reflected by the solid-state laser medium 2. Is incident as S-polarized light.
- the phase difference given to the polarization components of the thermal birefringence in the two axial directions is compensated, so that the polarization state of the incident laser light 6 is maintained and output.
- the solid-state laser pumping module shown in Fig. 6 can amplify the laser beam 6 in an arbitrary polarization state without changing the polarization state, so that the laser beam in an arbitrary polarization state that is not linearly polarized.
- a laser amplifier for amplifying 6 can be configured.
- a total reflection mirror that reflects the laser light 6 and a partial reflection mirror that reflects a part of the laser light 6 and transmits a part of the laser light 6 are prepared, and are incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 side.
- a total reflection mirror or a partial reflection mirror is arranged on the optical axis of the previous laser beam 6, and a partial reflection mirror or a total reflection mirror is installed on the optical axis of the laser beam 6 output from the solid-state laser excitation module.
- FIG. 6 shows an example in which the number of reflections on the solid-state laser medium 2 is two.
- the change in the polarization state is compensated by reflecting the polarization rotator 13 and the solid-state laser medium 2 twice. Therefore, the laser medium
- the number of reflections in 2 may be 2 k (k is a natural number), and the polarization rotator 13 may be arranged after the odd-numbered reflection.
- the laser light 6 is amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2, then reflected by the total reflection film 3 for the first time, and arranged on the optical axis up to the total reflection mirror 14. After the polarized light is rotated 90 ° by the polarization rotator 13, the reflected light is reflected by the total reflection mirror 14 toward the solid-state laser medium 2.
- the laser light 6 reflected by the total reflection mirror 14 is again incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 and amplified, and then reflected by the total reflection film 3 for the second time. It is reflected to the laser medium 2 side.
- the laser beam 6 reflected by the total reflection mirror 14 is amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 and then reflected by the total reflection film 3 for the third time until reaching the total reflection mirror 14. After the polarized light is rotated 90 ° by the second polarization rotating element 13 arranged on the optical axis, it is reflected by the total reflection mirror 14 toward the solid-state laser medium 2.
- the laser light 6 reflected by the total reflection mirror 14 is amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 and then reflected by the total reflection film 3 for the fourth time. Reflected to the medium 2 side.
- the laser light 6 amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 is reflected by the total reflection film 3 every time 2 k—the first reflection is performed, and the path of the reflected laser light 6
- the polarization is rotated 90 ° by k polarization rotators 13 arranged in each direction.
- the laser beam 6 amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 When the laser beam 6 amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 is reflected by the total reflection film 3 for the second k-th time, it does not pass through the polarization rotating element 13 and passes through the total reflection mirror 14. The light is reflected and enters the solid-state laser medium 2 again. With this configuration, the phase difference between the polarization components in the two axial directions of thermal birefringence is compensated, so that the polarization state of the incident laser beam 6 is maintained. Will be output.
- the solid-state laser pumping module shown in FIG. 6 can amplify the laser beam 6 in an arbitrary polarization state without changing the polarization state.
- a laser amplifier that amplifies the current can be configured.
- FIG. 6 shows an example in which the polarization rotation element 13 is used to rotate the polarization of the laser beam 6 by 90 °, but the effect of rotating the polarization by 90 ° by the total reflection mirror 14 is shown. It is also possible to have. For example, if an optical rotator that rotates the polarization by 45 ° is placed on the surface of the total reflection mirror 14, the laser beam 6 passes through the optical rotator twice when reflected by the total reflection mirror 14. .
- the polarization of the laser beam 6 is rotated 90 °.
- a prism may be used as the total reflection mirror 14, and a polarization rotation effect or an effect of rotating a spatial distribution by total internal reflection of the prism may be used.
- the solid-state laser pumping module described in the third embodiment when the laser light 6 propagates through the solid-state laser medium 2 while being repeatedly reflected between the total reflection film 3 and the total reflection mirror 14, the solid-state laser medium An area where laser light 6 does not pass through occurs in 2.
- the beam width of the laser beam 6 expands. Therefore, when the laser beam 6 is incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 and when the laser beam 6 is emitted from the solid-state laser medium 2 to the outside, shielding by the total reflection mirror 14 occurs, and the efficiency of the laser device is increased. Is reduced.
- the fifth embodiment solves the above-mentioned problem.
- FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a configuration of a thin-disk solid laser medium according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
- the solid-state laser media 2a to 2c and the slab waveguides 11a to 11d have thin disk shapes, respectively.
- the excitation medium section 15 is configured by joining solid-state laser media 2a to 2c via slab waveguides 11a to 11d, and has a flat plate shape having a longitudinal direction in one direction. Further, the solid-state laser media 2a to 2c have the same function as the solid-state laser medium 2 shown in FIG.
- the bonding between the solid-state laser media 2a to 2c and the slab waveguides 11a to 11d is performed by optical contact or diffusion bonding as described in the first embodiment. Further, as shown in the first embodiment, the solid-state laser mediums 2a to 2c and the slab waveguides 11a to 11d have an integrated structure using a ceramic as the excitation medium section 15. It may be formed.
- FIG. 7B is a sectional view on the Xz plane showing the configuration of the solid-state laser pumping module according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention, and uses the pumping medium section 15 in FIG. 7A.
- An antireflection film 1 having the same function as that described in FIG. 1 is provided on the entire upper surface of the excitation medium portion 15.
- a total reflection film 3 is provided on the entire lower surface of the excitation medium portion 15, and is fixed to the heat sink 5 by the bonding agent 4.
- the functions of the total reflection film 3, the bonding agent 4, and the heat sink 5 are the same as those described with reference to FIG.
- the laser beam 6 is linearly polarized (S-polarized) in a direction (X-axis direction) perpendicular to the plane containing the optical axis and the normal 7 to the incident surface of the excitation medium section 15 or the optical axis described above.
- Excitation light 8 entering the slab waveguide 11a from the side parallel to the Xz plane of the excitation medium part 15 propagates while repeating reflection inside and enters the solid-state laser medium 2a. .
- the excitation light 8 incident on the solid-state laser medium 2a is absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2a to generate a gain.
- the residual pump light that has not been absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2a passes through the solid-state laser medium 2a, enters the slab waveguide 11b, and propagates while repeating reflection inside the slab waveguide 11b. Incident on quality 2b.
- the residual pump light from the solid-state laser medium 2a is absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2b to generate a gain.
- the residual pump light which is not absorbed in the solid-state laser medium 2b, passes through the solid-state laser medium 2b, enters the slab waveguide 11c, and propagates while repeating reflection inside the solid-state laser medium. 2 It is incident on c.
- the residual pump light from the solid-state laser medium 2b is absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2c to generate a gain.
- the residual pump light that has not been absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2c passes through the solid-state laser medium 2c and is incident on the slab waveguide 11d. It exits from part 15.
- Excitation light 8 entering the slab waveguide 11 d from the side parallel to the X z .plane of the excitation medium portion 15 gains in each solid-state laser medium 2 a to 2 c in the same manner as described above. Generate.
- the pumping light 8 incident from the slab waveguide 11 d is absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2 c to generate a gain
- the residual pumping light not absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2 c is converted to solid-state laser medium 2 b
- the residual pump light not absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2b generates a gain in the solid-state laser medium 2a.
- the laser beam 6 incident on the excitation medium section 15 at an incident angle ⁇ passes through the antireflection film 1 and is incident on the solid-state laser medium 2a to be amplified.
- This laser light 6 is reflected by the total reflection film 3, amplified again by the solid-state laser medium 2 a, and transmitted through the antireflection film 1 to be emitted.
- This laser light 6 is totally reflected by the total reflection mirror 14 and is incident on the excitation medium section 15 at an incident angle ⁇ , passes through the antireflection film 1 and is incident on the solid-state laser medium 2 b and is amplified. You. After being amplified by the total reflection film 3, the amplified laser light 6 is again amplified by the solid-state laser medium 2 b and transmitted through the antireflection film 1 and emitted.
- the laser light 6 is totally reflected by the total reflection mirror 14 and is incident on the excitation medium section 15 at an incident angle of 0, passes through the antireflection film 1 and is incident on the solid-state laser medium 2c. Amplified.
- the amplified laser light 6 is reflected by the total reflection film 3, then amplified again by the solid-state laser medium 2 c, passes through the antireflection film 1, and is emitted outside.
- the laser beam 6 is incident on the solid-state laser mediums 2a to 2c as S-polarized light or P-polarized light, it is not affected by thermal birefringence generated in the solid-state laser mediums 2a to 2c, and has a polarization state. And is amplified.
- a highly efficient solid-state laser excitation module can be configured.
- the excitation light 8 is absorbed by the plurality of solid-state laser media 2a to 2c, the absorption efficiency of the excitation light 8 is increased, which also contributes to the realization of a highly efficient solid-state laser excitation module. can do. Furthermore, since the solid-state laser medium 2a to 2c reflects and amplifies the laser beam 6 a plurality of times, a large accumulated power and a large gain can be obtained, so that a high-output laser beam 6 can be obtained with high efficiency. It is possible to provide a laser device capable of performing the above.
- the accumulated power by the pumping light 8 is distributed to the solid-state laser media 2a to 2c, the amount of heat generated in each solid-state laser medium can be reduced. Thereby, the temperature rise of the solid-state laser medium is suppressed, and a highly efficient laser device can be obtained.
- Some of the above-mentioned organic adhesives can penetrate and bond so as to cover minute unevenness existing on the joining surface of the members to be joined.
- the configuration up to the antireflection film 1, the solid-state laser medium 2, and the total reflection film 3 can be applied to the heat sink 5. It becomes easy to fix.
- an adhesive that is softer than the solid-state laser medium 2 that is, an adhesive having softness, as the bonding agent 4
- an effect as a buffer material that relieves stress on the solid-state laser medium 2 can be expected.
- the excitation light 8 as the bonding agent 4 satisfies the total reflection condition in the solid-state laser medium 2 a to 2 c. It is possible to use an optical adhesive having the following properties and having a small absorption of the excitation light 8.
- the excitation light 8 can be confined in the excitation medium section 15 by total reflection inside the excitation medium section 15. This makes it possible to realize a highly efficient pumping module with little loss of the pumping light 8.
- the bonding agent 4 the function of totally reflecting the excitation light 8 with respect to the total reflection film 3 is not required, so that the film design becomes easy and a thin film thickness can be realized. it can. '
- FIG. 7B shows a configuration in which the antireflection film 1, the total reflection film 3, the bonding agent 4, and the heat sink 5 are provided integrally with the excitation medium portion 15, but the solid laser medium 2a
- An anti-reflection film 1, a total reflection film 3, a bonding agent 4, and a heat sink 5 may be provided for each of ⁇ 2c.
- FIG. 7 shows an example in which the total reflection mirror 14 is constituted by one sheet, but a plurality of total reflection mirrors 14 may be arranged only in a region where the laser light 6 is incident.
- the excitation medium section 15 shows an example in which three solid-state laser mediums 2a to 2c are configured. However, it is apparent that the same effect can be obtained if two or more are used. It is.
- FIGS. 8A to 8H may be employed as the excitation medium section 15.
- the excitation medium section 15 shown in FIG. 8A is different from FIG. 7 in that the entire outer periphery of the solid-state laser medium 2 including the side surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 in the X-axis direction is covered with the slab waveguide 11A. It has a configuration. With this configuration, the excitation light 8 can be incident not only from the side surface in the y-axis direction of the excitation medium unit 15 but also from the side surface in the X-axis direction. This has the effect that the excitation distribution in the excitation medium section 15 can be made uniform.
- the pumping light 8 incident on the slab waveguide 11A propagates while repeating reflection inside the slab waveguide 11A and enters the solid-state laser medium 2, as in the above-described process.
- the excitation medium section 15 shown in FIG. 8B has a configuration in which only one side surface in the X-axis direction of the solid-state laser medium 2 is not covered with the slab waveguide 11B. In this configuration, by irradiating the excitation light 8 from both sides in the X-axis direction, the excitation light 8 is directly incident on any solid-state laser medium 2 without passing through the slab waveguide 11B.
- FIG. 8C and FIG. 8D show that the solid-state laser medium 2 is arranged in the y-axis direction, and the slab waveguides 11 C and 11 D are arranged so as to cover all side surfaces in the X-axis direction and the y-axis direction.
- the excitation medium section 15 provided with a symbol is shown.
- the side surface in the X-axis direction is linearly tapered.
- the slab waveguide 11D in the excitation medium section 15 shown in FIG. 8D has a tapered side surface in the X-axis direction.
- the excitation light 8 incident from both sides of the excitation medium section 15 in the y-axis direction is absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2 in the excitation medium section 15 and the intensity of the residual excitation light not absorbed is It gradually decreases.
- the residual pump light is collected by the tapered slab waveguides 11 C and 11 D as it propagates toward the center of the pump medium section 15.
- the excitation light 8 is condensed at the center.
- the residual pump light is propagated while being collected and absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2, so that the accumulated power of the plurality of solid-state laser media 2 is uniform. It is possible to
- FIGS. 8E and 8F show a configuration in which the solid-state laser media 2 are arranged not only in the y-axis direction but also in the X-axis direction. These configurations increase the number of solid-state laser media 2 so that the accumulated power can be further increased.
- both sides in the y-axis direction which are the incident surfaces of the excitation light 8 in the excitation medium portion 15, can be enlarged, and the excitation light can be increased. Can be easily implemented.
- the number of the solid-state laser media 2 arranged at the center of the excitation medium portion 15 is on both sides in the X-axis direction of the slab waveguides 11E and 11F. Less than the arranged solid laser medium 2.
- the excitation light 8 When the excitation light 8 is incident from both sides in the y-axis direction, the excitation light 8 is absorbed by the solid-state laser media 2 disposed on both sides in the y-axis direction, and the residual excitation light not absorbed by these solid-state laser media 2 Is absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2 at the center.
- FIG. 8F it is arranged at the center of the excitation medium section 15. If the number of solid-state laser media 2 is reduced, the number of objects that absorb the residual pump light will decrease. Therefore, as a result, the accumulated power of the plurality of solid-state laser media 2 arranged in the excitation medium section 15 can be made uniform.
- the solid-state laser medium 2 is also arranged in the X-axis direction as in FIGS. 8E and 8F. Further, the slab waveguides 11 G and 11 H covering the side surfaces of the solid-state laser medium 2 are formed into a tapered shape as in FIGS. 8C and 8D.
- the power stored in the solid-state laser medium 2 can be made uniform, similarly to the configurations shown in FIGS. 8C and 8D. Further, similarly to the configuration shown in FIGS. 8E and 8F, the storage power of the solid-state laser medium 2 can be increased.
- FIGS. 8A to 8H show examples in which the shape of the incident surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 is rectangular, but the incident surface of the solid-state laser medium 2 is circular or elliptical. A plurality of shapes may be arranged.
- the number of the solid-state laser media 2 arranged in the y-axis direction of the excitation medium section 15 is 2 k (k is a natural number), and the odd-numbered solid-state laser media 2
- the solid-state laser excitation module may be configured by disposing the polarization rotation elements 13 for rotating the polarization of the laser light 6 reflected from the laser light by 90 °.
- Embodiment 5 a configuration in which power stored in a plurality of solid-state laser media is extracted by one laser beam has been described.
- the power is accumulated by a plurality of laser beams from a plurality of solid-state laser media. It takes power.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a laser device using a solid-state laser excitation module according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.
- the partial reflecting mirror 16 reflects a part of the laser beams 6a to 6c and transmits a part thereof. Note that the same components as those in FIGS. 1 and 7 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.
- the solid-state laser pumping module has an antireflection film 1 and a lower surface of the pumping medium section 15 so that the relationship between the solid-state laser mediums 2a to 2c and the laser beams 6a to 6c can be understood. The description of the configuration to be formed is omitted.
- Excitation light 8 entering the slab waveguide 11a from the side parallel to the Xz plane of the excitation medium section 15 propagates inside the slab waveguide 11a while repeating reflection, and the solid-state laser It is incident on the medium 2a.
- the excitation light 8 incident on the solid-state laser medium 2a is absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2a, and a gain is generated.
- the residual pump light that has not been absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2a passes through the solid-state laser medium 2a, enters the slab waveguide 11b, and propagates while repeating reflection inside the solid-state laser medium. It is incident on medium 2b.
- the residual pump light from the solid-state laser medium 2a is absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2b to generate a gain.
- the residual pump light, which is not absorbed in the solid-state laser medium 2b passes through the solid-state laser medium 2b, enters the slab waveguide 11c, and propagates while repeating reflection inside the solid-state laser medium. 2 It is incident on c.
- the residual pump light from the solid-state laser medium 2b is absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2c to generate a gain.
- the residual pump light that has not been absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2c passes through the solid-state laser medium 2c and is incident on the slab waveguide 11d. It exits from part 15.
- Excitation light 8 incident on the slab waveguide 11 d from the side parallel to the Xz plane of the excitation medium part 15 has gain in each solid-state laser medium 2 a to 2 c in the same manner as described above. generate.
- the pumping light 8 incident from the slab waveguide 11 d is absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2 c to generate a gain, and the residual pumping light not absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2 c is converted to solid-state laser medium 2 b A gain is generated in the solid-state laser medium 2a, and the residual pump light not absorbed by the solid-state laser medium 2b generates a gain in the solid-state laser medium 2a.
- the laser beams 6a to 6c are made to enter the excitation medium section 15 via the partial reflecting mirror 16 respectively.
- the laser beams 6a to 6c incident on the excitation medium section 15 pass through the antireflection film 1 and enter the solid-state laser media 2a to 2c to be amplified.
- the amplified laser beams 6 a to 6 c are reflected by the total reflection film 3, then amplified again by the solid-state laser media 2 a to 2 c, and transmitted through the antireflection film 1 to be emitted.
- the excitation medium part 15 Laser oscillation occurs between the reflector 16 and the laser beams 6a to 6c, and the laser beams 6a to 6c having sufficiently amplified power can be emitted from the partial reflector 16 to the outside. it can. That is, it operates as a laser resonator that outputs a plurality of laser beams 6a to 6c.
- the power accumulated in the plurality of solid-state laser media 2a to 2c can be output to the outside as a plurality of laser beams 6a to 6c. Obtainable.
- the accumulated power by the pumping light 8 is distributed to the solid-state laser media 2a to 2c, the amount of heat generated in each solid-state laser medium can be reduced, so that the temperature rise of the solid-state laser medium is suppressed, A highly efficient laser device can be obtained.
- an adhesive such as an organic material having a generally low maximum operating temperature can be used as the bonding agent 4.
- some of the above-mentioned organic adhesives can cover and adhere to minute irregularities existing on the joining surface of members to be joined.
- an adhesive as the bonding agent 4
- the structure including the antireflection film 1, the solid-state laser medium 2, and the total reflection film 3 with respect to the heat sink 5. can be easily fixed.
- the adhesive is softer than the solid-state laser medium 2, that is, a soft adhesive.
- the bonding agent 4 an effect as a buffer material for relaxing the stress on the solid-state laser medium 2 can be expected.
- the excitation light 8 as the bonding agent 4 satisfies the total reflection condition in the solid-state laser mediums 2a to 2c. It is possible to use an optical adhesive having the following properties and having a small absorption of the excitation light 8.
- the excitation light 8 can be confined in the excitation medium 15 between the four layers of the bonding agent and the antireflection film 1 by total reflection of the four layers of the bonding agent by the optical adhesive. This makes it possible to realize a highly efficient pumping module with little loss of the pumping light 8.
- the bonding agent 4 the function of totally reflecting the excitation light 8 with respect to the total reflection film 3 is not required, so that the film design becomes easy and a thin film thickness can be realized. it can.
- FIG. 9 shows a configuration in which the antireflection film 1, the total reflection film 3, the bonding agent 4, and the heat sink 5 are provided integrally with the excitation medium portion 15, but the solid-state laser media 2a to 2c
- the anti-reflection film 1, the total reflection film 3, the bonding agent 4, and the heat sink 5 may be separately provided.
- FIG. 9 shows an example in which the partial reflecting mirror 16 is constituted by one sheet, but the partial reflecting mirror 16 may be arranged for each of the laser beams 6a to 6c.
- FIG. 9 shows an example in which the excitation medium section 15 is composed of three solid-state laser media 2a to 2c, but it is apparent that the same effect can be obtained if two or more are used.
- a partial reflecting mirror 16 having a plurality of concave shapes may be used for the laser lights 6a to 6c. .
- a desired beam model can be obtained.
- a laser oscillator having a diode can be obtained.
- the laser beams 6 a to 6 c are applied to the excitation medium section 1 through the respective lenses using a plane mirror. It may be configured to lead to 5. With this configuration, the laser beams 6a to 6c can be condensed by each lens, and the beam diameter can satisfy the stability condition of the laser resonator.
- the partial reflecting mirror 16 can be constituted by a single plane mirror, a laser oscillator can be manufactured at low cost.
- a lens arranged on the optical path of the laser beams 6a to 6c a lens array obtained by processing a lens into an array on one base material may be used. With this configuration, it is not necessary to fix each lens individually, and the configuration of the laser device can be simplified. In addition, a stable laser resonator can be obtained.
- the phases of the plurality of laser beams 6a to 6c in the laser resonator may be synchronized.
- the phase synchronization is performed, for example, by preparing a plurality of the above laser resonators, injecting a common shield light into each of the laser resonators, and generating a laser oscillation that matches the phase of the seed light.
- the phases of the plurality of laser beams to be output are aligned, so that the entire plurality of laser beams can be treated as one laser beam output beam, and high output and beam quality can be obtained. High laser output can be obtained Industrial applicability
- the solid-state laser pumping module and the laser resonator according to the present invention can suppress a temperature rise at the time of pumping a thin disk-type laser medium and can obtain a high gain. It can be applied to a laser device for laser radar and a laser device for processing.
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