WO2005066586A1 - Gyrolaser a etat solide stabilise et a milieu laser anisotrope - Google Patents
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- the field of the invention is that of solid-state gyrolasers used as an inertial unit. This type of equipment is used in particular for aeronautical applications.
- the laser gyrolaser developed around thirty years ago, is widely marketed and used today. Its operating principle is based on the Sagnac effect, which induces a frequency difference ⁇ v between the two optical emission modes propagating in opposite directions, called counter-propagators, of a laser cavity in bidirectional ring animated by a movement of uniform rotation. Conventionally, the difference in frequency ⁇ v is equal to:
- the gaseous nature of the amplifying medium is however a source of technical complications during the production of the laser gyro, in particular because of the high purity of gas required and of premature wear during its use, wear linked in particular to gas leaks, to deterioration. electrodes by the high voltages used to establish population inversion.
- a solid state gyrolaser operating in the visible or near infrared using, for example, an amplifying medium based on YAG crystals (Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet) doped with Neodymium. helium-neon gas mixture; the optical pumping then being ensured by laser diodes operating in the near infrared.
- an amplifying medium based on YAG crystals (Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet) doped with Neodymium. helium-neon gas mixture; the optical pumping then being ensured by laser diodes operating in the near infrared.
- a technical solution consists in attenuating the effects of the competition between counter propagating modes in a solid state ring laser by introducing into the cavity optical losses depending on the direction of propagation of the optical mode and its intensity.
- the principle is to modulate these losses by a slaving device according to the difference in intensity between the two modes emitted in order to favor the weakest mode to the detriment of the other, so as to constantly enslave the intensity of the two counter-propagating modes either at a common value or at a constant difference.
- the production of the servo device can be based on the combination of three optical devices acting on the state of polarization of the optical modes. These three devices are a linear polarizer, a reciprocal rotator or a wave plate and a non-reciprocal rotator (French patent application 03 03645).
- the object of the invention is to provide a servo device for gyrolaser in the solid state comprising an intracavity optical assembly making it possible to regulate the intensity of the counter propagating optical modes, no longer based on optical losses depending on the direction propagation, but on an optical gain depending on the direction of propagation of the optical mode and its intensity.
- the servo device then modulates the optical gain as a function of the difference in intensity between the two modes emitted in order to favor the weakest mode to the detriment of the other, so as to constantly enslave the intensity of the two. counter propagating modes to a common value or a constant difference.
- the first object of the invention is a laser gyro comprising at least one ring optical cavity, an amplifying medium in the solid state and a servo system, two so-called counter-propagating optical modes which can propagate in opposite directions.
- the control system being intended to control the intensity of the two counter-propagating modes, characterized in that the amplifying medium is anisotropic and that the control system comprises at least, inside the cavity, an optical assembly comprising an optical element acting on the state of polarization of the counter-propagating modes and an optical rotator with non-reciprocal effect also acting on the state of polarization of the modes against -propagant, at least one of the effects of said optical element or of said optical rotator being adjustable.
- the optical element is either a reciprocal optical rotator or a wave plate.
- the second object of the invention is a laser gyro comprising at least one ring optical cavity, an amplifying medium in the solid state and a servo system, two so-called counter-propagating optical modes which can propagate in the opposite direction, one of the other inside said optical cavity, the control system being intended to control the intensity of the two counter-propagating modes, characterized in that the amplifying medium is anisotropic, that the cavity is not planar, it that is, the two counter propagating modes do not propagate in a plane unique and that the servo system comprises at least, inside the cavity, an adjustable non-reciprocal effect rotator.
- Figure 1 shows the principle of the non-reciprocal Faraday effect.
- Figures 2a and 2b show the general principle of the servo device according to the first embodiment according to the invention.
- Figure 3 shows the general diagram of the servo device according to the first embodiment according to the invention.
- Figures 4a and 4b show the general principle of the reciprocal rotation induced by a non-coplanar cavity.
- Figure 5 shows the general view of a monolithic cavity.
- Figure 6 shows the general view of a laser gyro comprising a monolithic cavity.
- Figure 7 shows the block diagram of a non-planar and monolithic cavity.
- Figures 8a and 8b show the block diagrams of the creation of a variable magnetic field in a monolithic cavity with Faraday effect.
- Figure 9 shows the block diagram of the creation of a fixed magnetic field in a Faraday effect monolithic cavity.
- An optical rotation of the polarization of a wave is said to be non-reciprocal when the effects of rotation of the polarization accumulate after a round trip of said wave in an optical component exhibiting this effect.
- the optical component is called a non-reciprocal optical rotator.
- Faraday effect materials are materials which, when subjected to a magnetic field, rotate the plane of polarization of the beams passing through them. This effect is not reciprocal.
- FIG. 1 The direction of polarization 51 of the linearly polarized beam 5 undergoes a rotation by an angle ⁇ when it passes through the Faraday effect component 8 in the direct direction (upper diagram of FIG. 1). If an identical beam 6 propagating in the opposite direction and whose polarization direction is initially turned by ⁇ is reinjected into the Faraday effect component, its polarization direction 51 again turns by the angle ⁇ while passing through the component , the total rotation angle then making 2 ⁇ after a round trip (central diagram in FIG. 2a).
- FIGS. 2a and 2b The principle of the combination of a reciprocal rotation and a non-reciprocal rotation is illustrated in the example of FIGS. 2a and 2b in the case of incident beams 5 and 6 linearly polarized.
- the indication of the direction of polarization of the optical beams has been represented by an arrow.
- the first element 7 with a reciprocal effect rotates the polarization of the light by an angle ⁇ in the direct direction and the second element 8 rotates the polarization by an angle ⁇ also in the direct direction.
- the element 7 can in particular be a natural optical rotator such as a quartz blade.
- Said element 7 can also be a wave plate, such as for example a half-wave plate rotated by an angle / 2 with respect to the direction of the incident wave.
- Element 8 can be a Faraday rotator as previously mentioned. Either a first optical beam 5 linearly polarized vertically and successively passing through the first and the second element as illustrated in FIG. 2a, after the crossing of the first element, its direction of polarization has rotated by an angle ⁇ and after the crossing of the second element, its direction of polarization has rotated by an angle ⁇ direct equal to + ⁇ . Or a second optical beam 6 linearly polarized and successively crossing in opposite direction from the first beam 5 the second then the first element as illustrated in FIG. 2b, after crossing the second element, its direction of polarization has turned by an angle - ⁇ and After the crossing the first element, its direction of polarization has rotated by an angle ⁇ inverse equal to - ⁇ .
- An anisotropic laser medium has the particularity of having a stimulated emission polarized in a preferred direction. Thus, for an optical beam passing through said medium to be amplified with a maximum gain, it must be polarized in this preferred direction. In a direction perpendicular to this preferred direction, the laser medium can have a gain but in general, the value of this gain is very close to unity and it does not make it possible to obtain a laser effect.
- anisotropic laser medium of this type of crystalline media comprising a matrix YV0 4 or a matrix YLF comprising Neodymium Nd 3+ ions.
- FIG. 3 describes the general principle of the laser gyro according to the first embodiment according to the invention. It comprises a laser cavity with 3 mirrors 11, 12 and 13, said cavity comprising a reciprocal rotator or a wave plate 7, a non-reciprocal rotator 8 similar to those of FIGS. 2a and 2b and an anisotropic laser medium 19.
- the first element 7 with a reciprocal effect rotates the polarization of the light by an angle ⁇ in the direct direction and the second element 8 rotates the polarization by an angle ⁇ also in the direct direction.
- An optical mode linearly polarized in the same direction of polarization as that of the stimulated emission in the laser medium is amplified with maximum gain and can therefore oscillate effectively.
- Said signals are sent to the electronic servo module 4 which controls, according to the intensity of the signals received, the variable effect device including elements 7 and 8 (dotted arrows on the diagram).
- the variable effect device including elements 7 and 8 (dotted arrows on the diagram).
- This will result in variations in the polarization states of the two counter-propagating modes 5 and 6.
- These variations in polarization states then lead to different optical gains on the counter-propagating optical modes 5 and 6 each time after having performed a full rotation, the modes again pass through the amplifying medium 19.
- These gains are a function of the intensity of the output beams. If one of the beams has a higher light intensity than the other, its intensity will be less increased by the servo device so as to bring the output beams to the same level of intensity. This stabilizes the bidirectional intensity regime.
- the device according to the invention can be adapted to any combination of reciprocal rotations, wave plates, polarizers and non-reciprocal rotators acting on the state of polarization of light such that said combination can be transformed into gain variation by the laser medium.
- different types of components can also influence the state of polarization of the optical beams as well as their intensity.
- Jones matrices This consists in representing the influence of a component on the state of polarization by a 2x2 matrix referenced in a plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the beams.
- the axes of the reference frame chosen correspond to the main axes of a polarizer intra-cavity, which facilitates mathematical representation.
- To know the resulting influence of all the intra-cavity components it suffices to make the product of the different matrices representative of these components. This product not being commutative and the expression of certain Jones matrices depending on the direction of propagation, the influence could be different according to the direction of propagation of the beams. It is shown that at least one non-reciprocal rotator, and a reciprocal rotator or a wave plate or a polarizer are necessary to obtain this effect. There are different methods for making fixed reciprocal rotators.
- the optical element may be a linear polarizer whose direction of polarization is not parallel to the direction of maximum gain of the amplifying medium. It is also possible to obtain a fixed reciprocal rotation by using a natural optical rotator such as a birefringent optical plate, obtained for example from a naturally birefringent material such as quartz. We can also act on the polarization states using a wave plate. Of course, this wave plate can be made integral with one of the mirrors of the cavity so as to simplify the production of the device.
- a non-planar cavity in place of an optical element acting on the state of polarization of the counter-propagating modes.
- a possible solution consists in using a device with controllable birefringence.
- a controllable birefringence we can use: • Lead, Lanthanum, Zirconuim and Titanium ceramics (Pbi- xLa x Zr ⁇ -yTiy ⁇ 3 ) which we can control both the orientation of the neutral axes and the birefringence in a zone by surrounding it with electrodes and applying an electric field of a few hundred volts.
- These ceramics have thicknesses of less than a millimeter, are transmissive in the near infrared, have control voltages of a few hundred volts and a response time of the order of a microsecond compatible with the necessary bandwidth evaluated by a few tens of KiloHertzs.
- liquid crystal valves approximately one millimeter thick (the active area of which is approximately 20 microns thick) with control voltages of a few dozen volts.
- Pockels cells whose phase shift is modified by changing the applied voltage (typically 1 kilo Volts so that the phase shift obtained is equal to ⁇ / 2). These cells, made up of KDP or Lithium Niobate, for example, are identical to those used to trigger a laser. They have thicknesses of one to two centimeters and low insertion losses.
- magneto-optical devices are generally used, for example with the Faraday effect, which require to generate a magnetic field.
- These Faraday effect elements can in particular be produced directly on the mirrors of the cavity by means of layers of magneto-optical material. If one wishes to obtain a fixed non-reciprocal rotation, it suffices to produce a magnetic field by means of magnetic circuits based on permanent magnets. If it is desired to obtain a variable non-reciprocal effect, it then suffices to create a variable magnetic field, for example, by means of an induction coil surrounding the Faraday effect material controlled by an adjustable electric intensity. When the medium is suitable, it is advantageous to use the same element as an amplifying medium and as a Faraday effect medium.
- a solid state laser according to the invention is produced from a monolithic cavity as indicated in FIGS. 5 and 6.
- This configuration has several advantages.
- the mirrors 11, 12 and 13 are then directly deposited on the faces of the monolithic cavity.
- the cavity can be produced directly in the material serving as an amplifying medium.
- Figure 6 shows an embodiment of a laser gyro according to the invention using a cavity of this type.
- the material 19 of the cavity also serves as an amplifying medium.
- the optical pumping is carried out by means of a laser diode 2 whose beam 22 is focused inside the amplifying medium by means of a lens 21.
- the elements 7 and 8 are shown in dotted lines in this figure .
- the monolithic cavity can also be non-planar.
- the cavity is a thick blade comprising two plane and parallel faces 195 and 196 between them and four inclined lateral faces 191, 192, 193 and 194.
- the general shape of the blade is that of a truncated corner.
- the inclination of the lateral faces is chosen so that the light beams travel through the cavity in a broken diamond as shown in FIG. 7.
- One of the other advantages of the monolithic cavity is to use the amplifying medium 19 as the Faraday effect medium. In this case, obtaining a variable magnetic field is obtained by surrounding the monolithic cavity with an induction coil 73 as illustrated in FIG. 8a.
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