腔镜对掺铥光纤激光器输出性能的影响.PDFVIP

激光与光电子学进展 51, 031404(2014) Laser Optoelectronics Progress ©2014《中国激光》杂志社 腔镜对掺铥光纤激光器输出性能的影响 刘正涛 郑 义 北京交通大学理学院 激光研究所,北京 100044 摘要 由于2 mm 激光处于人眼安全区和大气的弱吸收带，因此掺铥光纤激光器受到了广泛关注。比较了掺铥双包 层光纤在激光二极管(LD)抽运时后端分别采用平面镜和凹面镜下激光器输出功率特性。实验和理论表明，由于光 纤端面和平面反射镜之间存在着间隙、倾斜以及光纤端面存在缺陷等因素，使得激光腔的损耗增大，激光器输出性能 受到严重影响。根据波动理论分析了光纤后端面分别采用平面反射镜和凹面反射镜下谐振腔插入损耗特性，理论表 明采用凹面反射镜时谐振腔损耗要比采用平面反射镜时小。光纤后端的腔镜采用凹面镜时，获得最大输出功率为 22W，对应的中心波长为1998.6nm，相对于入射抽运光功率的斜率效率为43%的激光输出。相比采用平-平腔的激 光器其斜率效率提高了10%，镜面承受的热损伤得到大幅缓解。 关键词 激光器；凹面镜；光纤端面；激光损伤 中图分类号 TN248 文献标识码 A doi:10.3788/LOP51.031404 CavityMirrorsInfluenceonThulium-DopedFiberLasers OutputPerformance LiuZhengtao ZhengYi InstituteofLaser,SchoolofScience,BeijingJiaotongUniversity,Beijing 100044,China Abstract As 2 mmlaserisineye-safeareasandweakatmosphericabsorptionband,thulium-dopedfiberlaser attractsalotofattentions.Thelasersoutputpowercharacteristicsofthulium-dopeddouble-cladfiberunder laserdiode(LD)backwardpumpingusingaplanemirrorandconcavemirrorarecompared.Experimentsand theoriessuggestthatthelasercavitylossesincreasebecausethegap,tilt,andfiberendfacedefectsbetweenthe fiber end face and the plane mirror and mirror thermal damage and other factors, and the laser output performanceisseverelyaffected.Thecavityinsertionlosspropertiesareanalyzedafterusingaplanemirrorand concave mirror respectively at the end of the fiber based on the wave theory, which suggests that using a concavemirrorcavitythelossissmallerthanthatusingaplanemirror.Whenusingtheconcavemirrorcavity structure after fiber end, the maximum output power of 22 W is obtained, corresponding to the center wavelengthof 1998.6 nmandtheslopeefficiencyof 43%re