基于Mini-bar叠阵的百瓦级光栅-外腔光谱合束半导体激光光源

Hundred-watt Level Spectral Beam Combining Diode Laser Source Based on Mini-Bar Stack

半导体激光器光栅-外腔光谱合束是一种实现高亮度半导体激光(DL)输出的有效方法。本文采用mini-bar叠阵作为合束光源,有效减小了"smile"效应对合束效率的影响,匀化了合束后的快慢轴光束质量,便于进一步的光纤耦合输出。采用柱面镜作为外腔镜,有效抑制了合束中的互锁定现象,从而取代了传统的空间滤波,减小了系统规模。在工作电流为75A时得到了159W的高亮度DL输出,合束光谱宽度为11.97 nm,电光效率为47.35%。当工作电流为60A时,合束光的快慢轴光束质量分别为3.145 mm·mrad与3.554 mm·mrad。

Spectral beam combining is an effective way to realize high brightness direct semiconductor laser output. A hundred watt level spectral beam combining scheme based on mini-bar stack is demonstrated. Due to the lower ＂smile＂ effect of mini-bar and equal beam quality in both axis of mini-bar stacks, this mini-bar stack based spectral beam combining scheme have more effective optical feedback compared to the standard cm-bar based spectral beam combining scheme. A cylindrical mirror as the output mirror to restrain the cross-talk between emitters is utilized instead of using a traditional spatial filter, which will also lower the system size. A spectral beam combining output of 159 W is achieved, with an electro-optical efficiency of 47.35% and spectral width of 11.97 nm. At the operating current of 60A, the beam quality of 3.145 mm · mrad （fast axis） and 3.554 mm · mrad （slow axis） is demonstrated by spectral beam combining.