摘要:
The present invention concerns a laser light source device capable of multiwavelength oscillation. This laser light source device is provided with a laser light source; a laser cavity including a fiber, a first fiber grating provided at a side of the fiber toward the laser light source and having a plurality of reflection peaks, and a second fiber grating provided at a light emission end of the fiber and having a plurality of reflection peaks; a wavelength converter for converting a fundamental wave emitted from the laser cavity into a harmonic wave; a reflection wavelength varying unit capable of shifting the reflection wavelengths of the reflection peaks of the second fiber grating; and a controller for controlling phase matching conditions of the wavelength converter. Intervals between adjacent reflection peaks of the first fiber grating are different from those between adjacent reflection peaks of the second fiber grating.
摘要:
A wavelength conversion element is provided with a substrate including a nonlinear optical single crystal having a periodically poled structure, the visible light transmittance of the substrate is 85% or higher when ultraviolet light is irradiated to the substrate, and laser light having an average output of 1 W or more is outputted by shortening the wavelength of laser light having a wavelength of 640 nm to 2000 nm. By improving visible light transmission characteristics when the ultraviolet light is irradiated in this way, the breakdown of crystal can be prevented and the stabilization of output characteristics at high output can be realized. As a result, the absorption of green light induced by ultraviolet light can also be suppressed, and the saturation of output and the breakdown of crystal can be avoided.
摘要:
A wavelength conversion optical device is provided with a fundamental wave light source (301) which outputs a fundamental wave (L11) including a P polarized light and an S polarized light that are perpendicular to each other, and two wavelength conversion mechanisms (303a, 303b) each having a polarization inversion formation part which wavelength-converts the fundamental wave (L11) to generate harmonic waves, and the first-stage wavelength conversion mechanism (303a) performs wavelength conversion of the P polarized light of the fundamental wave (L11) while the second-stage wavelength conversion mechanism (303b) performs wavelength conversion of the S polarized light of the fundamental wave (L11), whereby absorption of a second harmonic wave (green light) due to a third harmonic wave (ultraviolet light) is reduced, and stability and reliability of the wavelength-converted light output are enhanced, thereby providing a wavelength conversion optical device which can output a wavelength-converted light capable of improving the image quality of the displayed image.
摘要:
A fiber laser includes: a solid laser fiber doped with a rare earth element; a first grating fiber provided at one end portion of both ends along an optical axis direction of the solid laser fiber; and a first reflective element provided at the other end portion of the solid laser fiber. The first and second reflective elements constitute a resonator structure for the solid laser fiber; the first grating fiber Bragg-reflects only two polarizations of a first polarization having a first wavelength, and a second polarization having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength and being mutually orthogonal with the first polarization in a polarization direction; and at least one reflection wavelength of light which is reflected at the first reflective element and either one wavelength of the two polarizations which are Bragg-reflected at the first grating fiber coincide with each other.
摘要:
A wavelength conversion optical device is provided with a fundamental wave light source (301) which outputs a fundamental wave (L11) including a P polarized light and an S polarized light that are perpendicular to each other, and two wavelength conversion mechanisms (303a,303b) each having a polarization inversion formation part which wavelength-converts the fundamental wave (L11) to generate harmonic waves, and the first-stage wavelength conversion mechanism (303a) performs wavelength conversion of the P polarized light of the fundamental wave (L11) while the second-stage wavelength conversion mechanism (303b) performs wavelength conversion of the S polarized light of the fundamental wave (L11), whereby absorption of a second harmonic wave (green light) due to a third harmonic wave (ultraviolet light) is reduced, and stability and reliability of the wavelength-converted light output are enhanced, thereby providing a wavelength conversion optical device which can output a wavelength-converted light capable of improving the image quality of the displayed image.
摘要:
A wavelength conversion laser device includes a laser light source which emits a laser beam, two reflective surfaces which reflect therefrom a laser beam, a wavelength converter provided between the two reflective surfaces, which converts a laser beam into a wavelength-converted laser beam, and condensing optics which condense the laser beams to be injected between the two reflective surfaces, wherein at least one of the two reflective surfaces has a curvature for reflecting a laser beam to be re-injected into the wavelength converter between the two reflective surfaces repeatedly while forming multi paths of laser beams injected into the wavelength converter at different incident angles, and the condensing optics are arranged to disperse beam waists of the laser beams in the wavelength converter, which reciprocate between the two reflective surfaces.
摘要:
There is a problem that in the connection portion between a rare-earth-doped double clad fiber and a single mode fiber, pumping light leaks in a portion having the coating, and the fiber generates heat partially with this energy and deteriorates. Also, there is another problem that the output is limited as the oscillation wavelength becomes shorter. Accordingly, in a laser light source device formed by combining a fiber laser and a fiber amplifier, by using the residual pumping light in the fiber laser as the pumping light in the fiber amplifier, it is possible to enhance the reliability by preventing the fiber deterioration caused by the residual pumping light. Further, by amplifying the output in the fiber amplifier in the latter stage without any limitation on the pumping light output, it is possible to increase an output of the oscillation light.
摘要:
A wavelength converting element which does not generate crystal destruction and output saturation of a second harmonic due to a third harmonic generated inside the element is provided. The wavelength converting element receives a fundamental wave which is light having a wavelength (lambda), outputs the second harmonic which is light having a wavelength (lambda/2), and has a crystal including at least one element selected from a group composed of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Eu, Gd, Ho, Yb, and Lu as an additive.
摘要:
A short wavelength light source is provided with a fundamental wave light source for generating a fundamental wave, and a plurality of wavelength conversion elements made of nonlinear optical crystals having periodic polarization-inversion structures and adapted to convert a part of the fundamental wave into a second harmonic, and the nonlinear optical crystals of the plurality of wavelength conversion elements are different in material or composition. By converting the fundamental wave from the fundamental wave light source by the plurality of wavelength conversion elements, the generation of a thermal lens effect caused by light absorption can be suppressed to improve a high output resistance.
摘要:
Upon obtaining green light as wavelength converted light by causing infrared light to be incident on a wavelength conversion element, the absorption of the green light occurs due to the generation of ultraviolet light as sum-frequency light of the infrared light and the green light in the wavelength conversion element and the destruction of a crystal composing the wavelength conversion element occurs due to heat generated at this time. In a laser wavelength converter of the present invention, a condensed position of the infrared light in the wavelength conversion element is deviated from a position assumed to be optimal when the influence of the generated heat is ignored. Consequently, crystal destruction is suppressed, a high-efficiency wavelength conversion is enabled and high-output wavelength converted light exceeding several watts, which was difficult to attain in conventional wavelength conversion elements, is attained.