• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 48, Issue 4, 405003 (2019)
Ban Xiaona*, Hui Yongling, Guo Na, Jiang Menghua, Lei Hong, and Li Qiang
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    DOI: 10.3788/irla201948.0405003 Cite this Article
    Ban Xiaona, Hui Yongling, Guo Na, Jiang Menghua, Lei Hong, Li Qiang. Double-end bonded composite structure passively Q-switched micro ranging laser[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2019, 48(4): 405003 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A passively Q-switched human-eye safety micro-ranging laser with a double-end bonded composite structure was reported. The double-end bonded structure was formed by the heterogeneous material composite technology, including the gain medium Er3+/Yb3+:glass, F2 glass and passively Q-switched crystal Co2+:MgAl2O4. The output characteristics of the double-bonded composite structure and the non-composite structure were compared in the experiment. The former laser performance parameters are significantly better than the latter. The double-bonded composite structure achieved a human eye-safe laser output of pulse energy 330 μJ, beam quality 1.4, pulse width 5.5 ns with 10 Hz repetition frequency; the non-composite structure laser had a single pulse energy 245 μJ, pulse width 6.5 ns, and the beam quality 1.9. The thermal simulation of double-bonded composite structure gain media and monolithic Er3+/Yb3+:glass shows that the former has a 51.2% increase in thermal focal length relative to the latter, and the thermal effect of the double-bonded composite structure is significantly improved. The above shows that the double-bonded composite technology can reduce the temperature gradient inside the gain medium, make the thermal focal length longer, increase the volume of the mold, and improve the mode matching of the oscillating light and the pump light, so that the single pulse energy is increased.
    Ban Xiaona, Hui Yongling, Guo Na, Jiang Menghua, Lei Hong, Li Qiang. Double-end bonded composite structure passively Q-switched micro ranging laser[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2019, 48(4): 405003
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