LD泵浦NdYVOCr+YAG被动调Q激光特性研究要点详解.docxVIP

PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT23 LD泵浦Nd:YVO4 /Cr4+:YAG被动调Q激光特性研究 光信息科学与技术专业 指导教师 摘要：半导体激光(LD)泵浦的固体激光器具有全固化、体积小、泵浦效率高等特点，在激光通讯、遥感探测、工业加工、军事、医疗等领域有着广泛的应用前景，受到人们极大的关注。使用连续激光二极管泵浦Nd：YVO4 晶体，得到1064nm 的连续红外激光输出，在激光谐振腔中加入慢饱和吸收晶体Cr4+：YAG，得到了调Q脉冲激光输出，从实验上得到了泵浦功率、Cr4+：YAG小信号透过率以及输出镜透过率对输出脉冲特别是脉冲宽度的影响，并通过数值求解速率方程对实验结果进行了理论分析，实验结果与理论模拟基本相符。 关键词：LD 泵浦；Nd∶YVO4； Cr4+∶YAG；被动调Q；脉冲宽度 Characteristic of a laser diode pumped passively Q switched Nd:YVO4 laser with Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber Student majoring in optics information science and technology Heng Sun Tutor Xiuqin Yang Abstract： Laser-diode (LD) Pumped solid-state laser has wide applications in the fields such as laser telecommunication ,remote-sensing detection ,industry and military as well as health due to its advantages such as all solid state ,high pump efficiency ,small volume and long longevity ,and has been paid much attention on. Using continuous laser diode pumped Nd: YVO4 crystal gets 1064 nm infrared laser output continuously. Then adding slow saturable absorber crystals Cr4 + : YAG in the laser cavity to obtain the output of the Q-switched pulse laser. Study the influence of the pump power, output transmission and cavity length to the output pulse in particular the influence of pulse width from experiments. Through the numerical solution of rate equation to carry on the theoretical analysis with the result of the experiment and the numerical solutions of the equations agree with the experimental results. Key words: LD pumped; Nd: YVO4; Cr4+:YAG; passively Q switched; pulse width 第一章 前言 自上世纪六十年代世界上首台激光器发明以来，各类激光器和激光技术得到了迅速的发展，其中固体激光器的发展尤为突出。激光二极管(Laser Diode,简称LD)抽运的全固态激光器(DPSSL)相对于灯抽运的固体激光器有着结构简单、转换效率高、应用广泛等优点，成为目前全固态激光器的研究热点。采用激光器的调Q技术可以实现脉冲激光的输出，可以获得很高的单脉冲能量，由于有了这样强的相干辐射光，当它与物质相互作用时，就产生了一系列具有重大意义的新现象，新技术和新方法。在物理范围内开辟了强光光学这一新的学科，成功的实现了光的倍频、光的差频与和频、光的参量放大和振荡，观察到光的受激拉曼散射、强光自聚焦等一系列非线性光学效应。调 Q 技术的出现还推动了激光测距、激光雷达、高速全息照相以及激光加工等应用技术的发展。 本章对论文中用到的激光晶体（Nd:YVO4）的特性、调Q 技术特别是被动调 Q 技术、可饱和吸收晶体（Cr4+:YAG）以及速率方程