FM mode-locked high-pressure CW RF-excited CO2 waveguidelaser

The authors report the results from a study of a FM mode-locked continuous-wave (CW) RF-excited CO₂ waveguide laser operated at 0.25-2 atm gas pressures. It is shown that electrooptic FM modulations can be efficiently used to mode lock a CW CO₂ laser. The combination of a high gas pressure and a high modulation frequency makes it possible to generate pulses which are substantially shorter than those previously reported for CW mode-locked CO₂ lasers. A theoretical approach is used for simulation of the FM mode-locked laser. The experimental pulses of a few hundred picoseconds FWHM are considerably shorter than previously reported for CW mode-locked CO₂ lasers. The experimental results are compared with the results of numerical calculations using a frequency domain simulation model     

同轴射频激励CO2激光器的热效应研究

通过求解放电等离子体中的带电粒子密度和能量的平衡方程、电流连续性方程以及热传导方程,研究了同轴射频(RF)激励CO2激光器中放电混合气体的温度效应,分析了有关放电参数对温度分布的影响。     

Frequency stability of RF-excited CO2 waveguide lasersin gain-switched and Q-switched regimes

The behavior of an RF-excited waveguide laser is analyzed in a gain-switched and a Q-switched regime measuring the frequency sweep during the optical pulse. This enables laser-induced medium perturbations (LIMP) to be directly distinguished from the effects of the discharge power loading. The experimental observations confirm that the main perturbation in the laser output frequency is to be attributed to thermal energy variations. This gives the result of a Q-switch chirp more than one order of magnitude smaller than in the pulsed current mode, suggesting the use of Q-switching waveguide lasers in applications such as long range or Doppler laser radar systems. The chirp behavior in the pulsed current mode can show overshot relaxation corresponding to the propagation of density waves in the guide     

TEACO2激光器倍频研究的进展

综述了激光倍频技术的发展,并对TEA CO2激光器倍频技术进行了较为详细的分析.给出了3～5 mm激光的应用领域.     

大功率CO2激光器倍频晶体综述

介绍了中红外激光的产生方式以及各种中红外激光器的特点。结合CO2激光器倍频产生中红外的优点,重点讨论了CO2激光器倍频晶体的性能。对常用的双折射相位匹配(BPM)倍频晶体和准相位匹配(QPM)倍频晶体性能进行了比较分析。展望了高功率CO2倍频激光器的发展需要解决的问题及可能的技术途径。     

Misalignment effects in a CO2 waveguide laser

A study is made of a CO₂ waveguide resonator with a square bore and plane mirrors focusing on the theoretical and experimental effects of changing the mirror-guide distance and of tilting the mirror. It is found that it can be misleading to neglect typical mirror-guide distances z≃2-4 mm in favor of extreme-near-field (case I) simplifications. The results from a small (≃20 cm×1.3 mm×1.3 mm) RF-excited laser agree well with predictions (from an improved multimode matrix model) of output power, line-tuning behaviour, and CW (continuous wave) beat frequency     

Hooting modes in a CO2 waveguide laser

CO₂ waveguide lasers `hoot' when, instead of the solitary resonator mode expected from a homogeneously broadened gas laser, two or more resonator transverse modes laser simultaneously on a common laser line. The unwanted mode or modes, even if very faint and present only occasionally, can impede heterodyne measurements where a clean frequency spectrum is required. The authors report measurements of transverse-mode beat frequencies from a small RF-excited CO₂ laser with a hybrid Al/Al₂O₃ square-bore waveguide and plane mirrors; these frequencies alter with mirror tilt by up to 70 MHz mrad^-1. A minimum beat frequency is seen when the laser is well assigned. The authors suggest that a model of the misaligned resonator may help to identify the faint modes responsible for hooting     

A theoretical study of a Ti-diffused Er:LiNbO3 waveguidelaser

A detailed theoretical procedure of determining the mode sizes of fundamental mode field distribution in a coaxially pumped Ti-diffused Er:LiNbO₃ waveguide laser has been described. The mode sizes, effective refractive indexes, effective pump area, and coupling efficiency as a function of the initial Ti stripe width W were numerically calculated for the waveguide with 95- and 100-nm initial Ti stripe thicknesses, respectively. The results indicated that the threshold pump power is severely affected by the stripe width, while slope efficiency is hardly changed as W; both show little difference between 95- and 100-nm stripe thickness. In addition, the stimulated emission cross section of Er³⁺ in Er:LiNbO₃ channel waveguide versus the wavelength were calculated directly from its fluorescence spectra using the β-τ method. Subsequently, threshold pump power and slope efficiency were evaluated     

Subnanosecond multi-gigawatt CO2 laser

A semiconductor switching technique has been utilized to produce 30-300 ps variable duration CO₂ laser pulses of 0.5-MW peak power. Eight passes through a 1.2-m long, UV-preionized, 3-atm TE CO₂ amplifier raise the output laser peak power to the 10¹⁰ W level. Sampling the amplifier gain in linear and saturated regimes using CO₂ laser radiation ranging from CW to 30 ps pulse length permits comparison with computer modeling of picosecond CO₂ pulse amplification. The potential for further peak power scaling of picosecond molecular lasers is discussed     

封离型CO_2波导激光器

本文报导密封CO_2波导激光器的结构设计、制造及其性能.器件放电长为12.5厘米,由四块BeO陶瓷板贴成1.5毫米方孔而成,腔长为15厘米.最大输出功率1瓦,在150托气压下,用两只波导激光器进行光外差测量,测得在一条谱线上(P_(20))调谐宽度为500兆赫.     

CO_2波导激光器的最佳化

计算了内腔封离型CO_2波导激光器的EH_11波导模的传输和耦合损耗,设计并制造了内腔封离型CO_2波导激光器.器件的最高输出功率为3.57W,单位激活长度和体积的输出功率分别为0.27W/cm、17.3W/cm~3.     

混合型TEA CO2激光器

本文给出了一种获得单纵模脉冲激光的装置。该激光器由TEA CO2和CWCO2激光器组成,采用内注入,结构简单易注入成功。本实验得到了预期的结果,并提出了进一步改进的方法。     

Rf-excited All-metal CO2 Laser

本文描述了一个紧凑的封离型,RF激励全金属CO     

对CO2激光器中CO分子的分析研究

本文对CO分子在CO2激光器中所起的作用进行了分析研究,并根据实测的有关温度分布与变化曲线,提出了明确的改进措施.     

2千瓦横向流动闭合循环CO_2激光器

本文报导了千瓦级横向流动闭合循环 CO_2激光器的组成,着重讨论了无弧光放电电极结构及放电特性。采用多针触发使较大放电电流时的辉光放电稳定性明显提高;主电源直流输出特性及限流电阻选择对放电稳定性及功率输出影响很大。放电区气流速度40米/秒,工作气压46毫米汞柱,激活区长度86厘米,获得2千瓦连续多模输出,电光效率达15%。     

High vibrational temperatures in optically-pumped CO2

A pulsed 4.3-μm CO₂ laser was used to optically pump mixtures of CO₂ and He, and create transient gain at 9 and 10 μm. A conventional continuous-wave CO₂ laser operating on both regular and sequence bands measures this transient gain, and determined the ν₃ (asymmetric stretching)-mode vibrational temperature T₃. The measured values of T ₃ are generally much higher than those attained in discharge-excited CO₂. It is shown that a Treanor distribution must be used to describe the populations in the ν₃ -mode when dilute mixtures of CO₂ in He are optically pumped to ν₃-mode temperatures of 3000 to 4000 K. Under these conditions the sequence-band gain coefficients are almost equal to those on the regular bands. The collisional relaxation of energy from the ν₃ mode shows evidence of fast V-T relaxation at high values of T₃, followed by a slower relaxation rate characteristic of the 00⁰1 population lifetime     

长寿命CO_2激光器

实验证明,要获得长寿命的 CO_2激光器的主要措施有:(1)杜绝慢性漏气;(2)电极材料的选择及氧化处理;(3)减少 CO_2:分子的分解。我们的做法是:激光管不经烘烤,并附加水蒸气,电极材料均经真空除气且充氧氧化,在采用纯银电极、气体组分分别为(1)CO_2-N_2-He-Xe-H_2O;(2)CO_2-CO-He-Xe-H_2O;(3)CO_2-N_2-CO-tte-Xo-H_2O 时,运转寿命分别达(1)10476小时;(2)9185小时(仍在运转);(3)9207小时(仍在运转)。而采用纯镍电极,气体组分为 CO_2-N_2-He-Xe-H_2O,运转寿命达1644小时。     

脉冲CO_2激光作用下光气在BCl_3中的分解与生成

研究了在脉冲能量为0.8焦耳的TEA CO_2激光作用下BCl_3中光气的分解与生成。峰值功率密度约10~6瓦/厘米~2的脉冲CO_2激光,既不引起BCl_3中COCl_2的分解,也不引起BOl_3中的CO和Cl_2生成COCl_2。在焦点区峰值功率密度约10~8瓦/厘米~2的CO_2激光,则引起BOl_3中光气的分解和生成。     

CO2 laser performance with a distributed gold catalyst

The performance of a CO₂ laser was improved by coating the inside wall of the discharge tube with a discontinuous gold film. In the presence of the discharge, the gold acts as an ambient temperature catalyst to reform decomposed CO₂. The gold coated laser delivered 122 W/m for both sealed-off and flowing operation. CO₂ decomposition levels are presented as a function of input power, gas pressure, and temperature. Atomic oxygen, generated by the discharge, appears to be required for gold to exhibit any detectable catalytic activity     

黑体泵浦CO_2-CO,N_2O-CO,CO_2-H_2O和N_2O-H_2O激光的研究

本文对黑体辐射泵浦CO_2激光和N_2O激光由于CO和H_2O的加入所引起的激光功率变化进行了理论和实验研究.CO的加入可使的N_2O激光功率增加28%.