Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics (한국광학회지)

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Characteristics of the Nd:YAG laser with stimulated brillouin scattering phase conjugate mirror

유도 브릴루앙 산란 위상공액 거울을 이용한 Nd:YAG 레이저 발진기의 출력특성

  • 이동원 (한국과학기술원 물리학과) ;
  • 이성구 (한국과학기술원 물리학과) ;
  • 박승현 (한국과학기술원 물리학과) ;
  • 공홍진 (한국과학기술원 물리학과)
  • Published : 2002.12.01
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Abstract

We have investigated the output characteristics of a Nd:YAG oscillator with a Stimulated Brillouin Scattering phase conjugation mirror (SBS-PCM). FC-75 is used as an SBS gain medium and Cr:YAG (T=50%) as a Q-switcher. The SBS-PCM consists of an SBS-cell and a simple plano-convex focusing lens system. For the case of not using a Q-switcher, an SBS-cell doesn't work as a phase conjugation mirror. For the case of using a Q-switcher, the energy characteristics remains nearly the same whether using the SBS-cell or not using it. The pulse width is reduced from 50 ns to 40 ns by an SBS-PCM. When the SBS-cell is used with a Q- switcher, the SBS-cell works very well as a phase conjugation mirror and its beam-profile is improved dramatically. And in order to explain the progression of beam-profile, we propose a simple model based on the nonlinear reflectivity of the SBS-PCM, whose reflectivity is dependent on the pumping intensity at the focal plane.

유도 브릴루앙 산란 위상공액 거울(SBS-PCM)을 이용한 Nd:YAG 레이저 발진기를 구성하고 특성을 조사하였다. SBS-PCM은 SBS-cell과 렌즈계의 조합으로 구성되어 있다. Q-switcher를 사용하지 않은 경우, SBS-cell이 SBS-PCM으로 작용하지 않은 것을 확인하였고, Cr:YAG(T=50%) Q-switcher가 사용된 경우는 SBS-cell이 SBS-PCM으로 작용하였다. 이 경우 에너지 출력특성은 SBS-PCM의 유무에 관계엾이 차이가 없으나, 출력의 빔프로파일은 크게 향상되었다. 이를 설명하기 위해 초평면에서의 세기에 따른 반사율차이를 이용한 간단한 공간주파수 여과모형을 제시하고 시뮬레이션 하였다.

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