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A structure and method for suppressing spontaneous emission amplification in slab lasers based on birefringent optical film layer

A spontaneous emission amplification, slab laser technology, applied in the laser field, can solve the problems of inability to distinguish between laser and spontaneous emission amplified light, decrease of laser linear polarization purity, difficult to achieve suppression, etc., so as to suppress the spontaneous emission amplification process and improve the linear polarization. The effect of purity, simple structure

Active Publication Date: 2022-06-28
LASER FUSION RES CENT CHINA ACAD OF ENG PHYSICS
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[0004] However, for slab lasers, the laser gain medium uses total internal reflection to transmit and amplify the laser light. In the laser transmission plane, both the laser light and the amplified spontaneous emission light pass through the optical interface between the gain medium and its external medium. The method of "refractive index matching glue" cannot distinguish the laser light from the spontaneous emission amplification light, and this method is difficult to suppress the spontaneous emission amplification process in the laser transmission plane
At the same time, in the slab laser amplifier, the laser transmission angle is determined, and the other spontaneously radiated amplified light whose interface reflectivity is lower than the laser transmission angle, but when the angle is small, its gain length far exceeds the gain length of the main laser.
[0005] In addition, since the critical angle of total internal reflection does not have polarization-selective properties, and the polarization state of the amplified spontaneous emission light is distributed randomly, this leads to the output of the amplified spontaneous emission light exceeding the critical angle of total reflection at the same time as the main laser when the energy is high, which will lead to The linear polarization purity of the laser output decreases

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[0032] A structure based on a birefringent optical film layer to suppress the amplification of spontaneous emission in a slab laser, such as figure 1 As shown in the figure, it includes a laser gain medium 1, a birefringent optical film layer 2, a refractive index matching liquid 3 and an absorption glass 4 arranged in sequence, wherein, in this embodiment,

[0033] Refractive index of the gain medium n in = 1.54, the external medium is air, the refractive index is 1, and the reflectance curve is as follows figure 2 As shown in the figure, the critical angle for total reflection of the beam is 40.56°, and if the angle exceeds the critical angle, total internal reflection will occur. In the range of 0°~40.56°: the average reflectance of natural light is 7.81%, and the average reflectance of S light is 7.81%. 11.83%, and the average reflectance of P light is 3.79%.

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[0035] In this embodiment, n in = 1.54, n tr = 1.5, n ab =1.5, the reflectance curve is as follows image 3 As shown, the critical angle for total reflection of the beam at this time is 76.91°. If the angle exceeds the critical angle, total internal reflection will occur. The reflectivity of natural light, S light, and P light are very close, and the curves basically overlap, in the range of 0~60° The internal reflectivity is extremely low and approaches 0.

Embodiment 3

[0037] In this embodiment, n in = 1.54, n tr = 1.54, n ab =1.54, n x =1.619, n y =1.432, n z =1.541, the refractive index of S light in the birefringent film layer is 1.541, and the refractive index curve of P light in the birefringent film layer is as follows Figure 4 As shown, the reflectivity curve of this embodiment is as follows Figure 5 As shown, in the range of 0~60°, the reflectivity of P light and S light is extremely low and approaches 0, and the critical angle when S light is totally reflected is still 76.98°, but P light will not be totally reflected. The average reflectivity in the range of incident angle of 76.98°~90° is less than 5%. Compared with Example 2, the reflectivity of S light is basically unchanged, while the average reflectivity of P light in the range of incident angle of 76.98°~90° is reduced by more than 95%. %.

[0038] It can be seen that this method effectively solves the problem of suppressing the spontaneous emission amplificati...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a structure and method for suppressing spontaneous emission amplification in a slab laser based on a birefringent optical film layer, which belongs to the field of laser technology, and comprises a laser gain medium, a birefringent optical film layer and a refractive index matching liquid arranged in sequence. Wherein, the birefringent optical film layer has different refractive indices for S light and P light, and at least one of S light and P light has a refractive index lower than that of the laser gain medium, and the refractive index matching The refractive index of the liquid is higher than the refractive index of the laser gain medium, and absorbing glass can also be set according to the needs; the present invention effectively solves the problem of suppressing spontaneous emission amplification in the slab laser, and the spontaneous emission amplification light below the critical angle is basically Elimination, the P polarization state spontaneous emission amplification light exceeding the critical angle is significantly suppressed, the polarization purity of the laser output is improved, and it has the advantages of simple principle and easy operation.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of laser technology, in particular to a structure and method for suppressing spontaneous radiation amplification in a slab laser based on a birefringent optical film layer. Background technique [0002] In the process of laser amplification, both stimulated emission amplification and spontaneous emission amplification of light coexist. Both processes will consume the inversion particle number of the laser gain medium (that is, the energy stored in the gain medium). Therefore, the existence of spontaneous emission amplification will lead to Decreased laser output power. In order to improve the extraction efficiency of laser energy storage in gain media, it is necessary to suppress the spontaneous emission amplification process. [0003] For the laser gain medium for transmission applications, the method of "edge glass + refractive index matching glue" is usually used to suppress the lateral spontaneous emission amplif...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01S3/06
CPCH01S3/0619H01S3/0625H01S3/0604
Inventor 郑天然王方胡东霞李明中刘红婕孙喜博
Owner LASER FUSION RES CENT CHINA ACAD OF ENG PHYSICS