基于外腔面发射激光器腔内三倍频的可调谐紫外激光器

成佳; 伍亚东; 晏日; 彭雪芳; 朱仁江; 王涛; 蒋丽丹; 佟存柱; 宋晏蓉; 张鹏

doi:10.7498/aps.73.20231923

摘要

紫外激光器具有频率高、波长短、单光子能量大以及空间分辨率高等特点, 在精细加工、生命科学、光谱学等许多方面应用前景广阔. 本文报道了一种基于外腔面发射激光器腔内三倍频的可调谐紫外激光器. 该激光器采用了W型谐振腔, 并插入双折射滤波片作为偏振和波长调谐元件, 通过I类相位匹配的LBO晶体对980 nm基频光进行倍频产生490 nm蓝光, 再通过I类相位匹配的BBO晶体对980 nm基频光和490 nm倍频光进行和频获得327 nm紫外输出. 当LBO和BBO晶体的长度都为5 mm时, 在环境温度为15 ℃, 泵浦功率为47 W的条件下, 实验输出的327 nm紫外激光功率达到538 mW. 选择厚度为2 mm的双折射滤波片作为调谐元件, 可获得的紫外激光器输出波长的连续调谐范围为8.6 nm. 该紫外激光器同时显示了良好的光束质量和较好的功率稳定性.

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Abstract

Ultraviolet laser has high frequency, short wavelength, large single-photon energy, and high spatial resolution, and has wide applications in many fields such as fine processing, life sciences, and spectroscopy. In this work, a wavelength tunable ultraviolet laser based on intracavity third harmonic generation from an external-cavity surface-emitting laser is reported. The W-type resonant cavity of the laser is composed of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) at the bottom of the gain chip, three plane-concave mirrors, and a rear plane mirror. On the arm containing the gain chip, a birefringent filter is inserted at the Brewster angle as the polarization and wavelength tuning element, which can also narrow the linewidth of the fundamental laser to a certain extent. A type-I phase-matched LBO crystal is placed on the beam waist between the folding mirrors M2 and M3 to convert the 980 nm fundamental laser into 490 nm blue light, and a type-I phase-matched BBO crystal is inserted in the beam waist near the rear mirror to produce a 327 nm ultraviolet output from the remained 980 nm fundamental laser and the frequency-doubled 490 nm second harmonic. Before the BBO crystal, a half-wave plate at 980 nm is employed to change the polarization of the fundamental laser, so as to meet the type-I phase-matching condition of the used BBO crystal. Owing to the larger nonlinear coefficient of the type-I phase-matched BBO crystal, and its obviously higher transmittance at 327 nm wavelength than the usually used LBO crystal, the output power is obtained to be 538 mW at 327 nm ultraviolet wavelength, corresponding to a conversion efficiency of 1.1% from pump light to ultraviolet laser. The experiment is performed under conditions of 15 ℃ temperature, 47 W absorbed pump power, 5 mm-length LBO and 5 mm-length BBO crystals. By using a 2 mm-thick birefringent filter as the tuning element, 34.1 nm tuning range of the 980 nm fundamental laser, 14.3 nm tuning range of the 490 nm second harmonic, and 8.6 nm tuning range of the 327 nm third harmonic are obtained. The ultraviolet laser exhibits good beam quality as well as acceptable power stability with the maximum power fluctuation less than 2% within 4.5 h.

Keywords:

tunable /
external-cavity surface-emitting laser /
nonlinear frequency conversion /
third harmonic generation

作者及机构信息

1.
重庆师范大学物理与电子工程学院, 重庆　401331

2.
中国科学院长春光学精密机械与物理研究所, 长春　130033

3.
北京工业大学理学部, 北京　100124

4.
重庆师范大学, 重庆国家应用数学中心, 重庆　401331

通信作者: 张鹏, zhangpeng2010@cqnu.edu.cn

基金项目: 在渝本科高校与中国科学院所属院所合作项目(批准号: HZ2021007)、重庆市教委科技计划重大项目(批准号: KJZD-M201900502)、重庆市教委科技计划(批准号: KJQN202200557, KJQN202300525)、国家自然科学基金面上项目(批准号: 61975003, 61790584, 62025506)和重庆师范大学基金(批准号: 23XLB003)资助的课题.

Authors and contacts

1.
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China

2.
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China

3.
Faculty of Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

4.
National Center for Applied Mathematics in Chongqing, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China

Corresponding author: Zhang Peng, zhangpeng2010@cqnu.edu.cn

Funds: Project supported by the Cooperation Project between Chongqing Local Universities and Institutions of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (Grant No. HZ2021007), the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission, China (Grant No. KJZD-M201900502), the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission, China (Grant Nos. KJQN202200557, KJQN202300525), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61975003, 61790584, 62025506), and the Chongqing Normal University Fund Project, China (Grant No. 23XLB003).

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施引文献

图 1 (a)增益芯片外延结构简图; (b) DBR反射谱、有源区多量子阱PL谱及激光光谱

Fig. 1. (a) Schematics of the epitaxial structure of gain chip; (b) the reflection spectrum of DBR, the PL spectrum of the multiple quantum wells in active region, and the laser spectrum.

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图 2 紫外VECSEL实物图

Fig. 2. Photograph of the ultraviolet VECSEL.

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图 3 紫外VECSEL谐振腔中基频光腔模光斑半径大小随谐振腔位置的变化情况

Fig. 3. Evolution of the cavity mode radius of fundamental laser with the various position of the ultraviolet VECSEL.

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图 4 基频VECSEL和紫外VECSEL的输出功率

Fig. 4. Output powers of the IR VECSEL and UV VECSEL.

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图 5 (a) 基频激光的波长调谐图; (b) 倍频激光的波长调谐图; (c) 紫外激光的波长调谐与输出功率图

Fig. 5. (a) Wavelength tuning of the fundamental laser; (b) wavelength change of the frequency doubled laser; (c) tuning range and powers of the UV output.

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图 6 (a)基频激光的光束质量M²因子, 插图为光强的二维分布图; (b)倍频激光的光束质量M² 因子, 插图为对应的二维光强分布图

Fig. 6. (a) Beam quality M² factor of the fundamental laser, the inset shows a 2-dimension distribution of the laser spot; (b) M² factor of the frequency-doubled laser, and the 2-dimension distribution of the laser intensity is also shown as an inset.

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图 7 紫外VECSEL输出功率的稳定性

Fig. 7. Stability of the output powers of the ultraviolet VECSEL.

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[2]	俞君, 曾智江, 朱三根 2008 红外 29 9 Google Scholar Yu J, Zeng Z J, Zhu S G 2008 Infrared 29 9 Google Scholar
[3]	李林, 李正佳, 何艳艳 2005 激光杂志 6 1 Google Scholar Li L, Li Z J, He Y Y 2005 Laser J. 6 1 Google Scholar
[4]	Sasaki T, Mori Y, Yoshimura M 2000 Mat. Sci. Eng. R. 30 54 Google Scholar
[5]	Wang C X, Wang G Y, Hicks A V 2006 Proc. SPIE 6100 19 Google Scholar
[6]	Hodgson N, Li M, Held A 2003 Proc. SPIE 4977 281 Google Scholar
[7]	Basov N G, Danilychev V A, Popov Y M 1970 JETP Lett. 12 329
[8]	Rhodes C K 1979 Mol. Phys. 1 2 Google Scholar
[9]	Oka M, Liu L Y, Wiechmann W 1995 IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. 1 859 Google Scholar
[10]	Yap Y K, Inagaki M, Nakajima S 1996 Opt. Lett. 21 1348 Google Scholar
[11]	Deyra L, Martial I 2014 Opt. Lett. 39 2236 Google Scholar
[12]	Jewell J L, Harbison J P, Scherer A 1991 IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 27 1332 Google Scholar
[13]	Crump P, Wenzel H, Erbert G 2012 Proc. SPIE 8241 222 Google Scholar
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[17]	Jennifer E H, Morton L G, Kemp A J 2006 Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 061114 Google Scholar
[18]	Schwarzbäck T, Kahle H, Eichfelder M 2011 J. Opt. Soc. Korea 1 22 Google Scholar
[19]	Shu Q Z, Caprara A L, Berger J D 2009 Proc. SPIE 7193 339 Google Scholar
[20]	Polanik M, Hirlinger A J 2016 Annu. Rep. 8 140
[21]	Kaneda Y, Yarborough J M, Li L 2008 Opt. Lett. 33 1705 Google Scholar
[22]	Meyer J T, Lukowski M L, Hessenius C 2021 Opt. Commun. 499 127255 Google Scholar
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