中国激光, 2012, 39 (9): 0902011, 网络出版: 2012-08-17
采用钛宝石薄片作为增益介质的再生放大器
Thin Disk TiSapphire Regenerative Amplifier
摘要
实验研究了以钛宝石薄片作为增益介质的再生激光放大器,其钛宝石薄片厚度为2 mm,前表面作为通光面,镀有对抽运激光和放大激光增透的高阈值双色介质膜,后表面作为反射面,镀有对抽运激光和放大激光高反的高阈值双色介质膜,晶体对抽运激光的吸收率大于80%(1次透射和1次反射)。在再生腔中,钛宝石晶体不仅作为增益介质,也作为反射腔镜,简化了放大腔腔型。钛宝石晶体采用端面冷却的方式,极大地降低了晶体中的热效应,从而提高了放大脉冲激光的光束质量,在此基础上获得了能量为5.2 mJ的放大激光脉冲输出,能量转换效率达到11.5%,放大激光光束质量因子M2小于1.2。
Abstract
A regenerative amplifier taking a thin disk Tisapphire crystal (2 mm thick) as gain medium is presented. The front face of crystal is anti-reflection (AR) coated at 532 nm and 750~850 nm, the other face is high reflection (HR) coated at 532 nm and 750~850 nm, and the total absorbing efficiency of the crystal is over 80% at 532 nm for double passes. In the regenerative cavity, the Tisapphire crystal also acts as a flat reflective mirror, which reduces the complexity of amplifier. The crystal is end-cooled to reduce the thermal effects and improve the beam quality of amplified laser pulses, as a result, the output energy of the amplified laser is about 5.2 mJ, the corresponding conversion efficiency is 11.5%, and the beam quality factor M2 is less than 1.2.
赵环, 魏志义, 滕浩, 韩海年, 王兆华. 采用钛宝石薄片作为增益介质的再生放大器[J]. 中国激光, 2012, 39(9): 0902011. Zhao Huan, Wei Zhiyi, Teng Hao, Han Hainian, Wang Zhaohua. Thin Disk TiSapphire Regenerative Amplifier[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2012, 39(9): 0902011.