Summary of the invention
For solving the problem that exists in the background technology, the object of the present invention is to provide the vertical single-ended pumping rubidium vapor laser light path system of a kind of narrow line width regulatable semiconductor, this system uses the pump light source of narrow line width regulatable, with the wavelength precision regulating of the seed laser absorbent core wavelength 780.24nm to the rubidium atom, the lock current module of trying one's best when harmonic is long is convenient to the stable output of pump light like this; In the rubidium pond, be filled with the ethane gas of 600Torr, increase the relaxation rate of rubidium atom from energy level in the pumping to upper laser level; By between concave mirror and temperature-controlled box, adding quarter wave plate, concave mirror and plane output coupling mirror precision regulating is extremely coaxial, consist of stable plano-concave resonant cavities; Use controlled temperature-controlled process, make the temperature of rubidium steam pond window be higher than its middle 5 degree, avoided the deposition of rubidium steam at window.
The technical solution adopted for the present invention to solve the technical problems is:
The seed laser that ECL801 type narrow linewidth semiconductor laser sends is successively through the first isolator, the first plane total reflective mirror, the first half-wave plate, behind the second plane total reflective mirror by TAL100 type semiconductor laser amplifier amplify be incident to the second isolator after, again through the second half-wave plate, condenser lens, the rubidium steam pond of polarizing beam splitter mirror to the temperature control box, be excited to energy level in the pumping behind the ground state rubidium Atomic absorption pump light in the rubidium steam pond, again with rubidium steam pond in ethane collision be transferred to upper laser level, produce the rubidium vapor laser, after the rubidium vapor laser of unabsorbed pump light and generation transfers to concave mirror, the light that is reflected onto polarizing beam splitter mirror through rubidium steam pond is divided into two-way, one the tunnel is the pump light of the horizontal polarization that is reflected, see through successively line focus lens of polarizing beam splitter mirror, the second half-wave plate transfers to the second isolator place and is isolated, another road is the rubidium vapor laser of the vertical polarization that is reflected, through polarizing beam splitter mirror after to be reflected onto reflectivity be 22% plane output coupling mirror to power meter surveying rubidium vapor laser power, or place fiber spectrometer to survey rubidium vapor laser spectrum; At the center of each optical element on the same straight line on same optical axis.
Described ECL801 type Littrow structure external-cavity semiconductor laser output wavelength is tunable, live width is less than the seed laser of 1MHz, by regulating the Piezoelectric Ceramic module in the semiconductor laser power supply, the wavelength of seed laser is transferred to the absorbent core wavelength 780.24nm of rubidium atom, and the polarization state of outgoing seed laser is horizontal polarization; The laggard TAL100 type of the horizontal outgoing of seed laser semiconductor laser amplifier carries out power amplification, by regulating the operating current regulation output pumping light power of laser amplifier.
Described the first plane total reflective mirror is vertical with the second plane total reflective mirror, and the angle of adjusting the first isolator and the second isolator makes isolation〉60 dB; The focal length of condenser lens is 15cm.
Described rubidium steam pond places in the temperature control box, and center, rubidium steam pond places the focus place of condenser lens.
Be filled with the ethane gas of 600Torr in the described rubidium steam pond; Concave mirror and plane output coupling mirror consist of " L " type plano-concave resonant cavities, and the length of plano-concave resonant cavities " L " is less than the focal length 50cm of concave mirror.
The beneficial effect that the present invention has is:
The present invention uses the pump light source of narrow line width regulatable, and its wavelength is transferred to the centre wavelength of rubidium steam Absorption Line, and the rubidium steam is absorbed up to 97% the one way of pump light.In the rubidium pond, be filled with the ethane gas of 600Torr, increase the relaxation rate of rubidium atom from energy level in the pumping to upper laser level, ensured the condition that the rubidium vapor laser produces.By between concave mirror and temperature-controlled box, adding quarter wave plate, concave mirror and plane output coupling mirror precision regulating is extremely coaxial, consist of stable plano-concave resonant cavities.Use controlled temperature-controlled process, make the temperature of rubidium steam pond window be higher than its middle 5 degree, avoided the deposition of rubidium steam at window, when keeping the minimum power loss, prolonged the useful life in rubidium pond, guaranteed the stable output of laser.
Description of drawings
Accompanying drawing is index path of the present invention.
Among the figure: 1, ECL801 type semiconductor laser, the 2, first isolator, the 3, first plane total reflective mirror, 4, the first half-wave plate, the 5, second plane total reflective mirror, 6, TAL100 type semiconductor laser amplifier, 7, the second isolator, the 8, second half-wave plate, 9, condenser lens, 10, polarizing beam splitter mirror, 11, temperature control box, 12, rubidium steam pond, 13, concave mirror, 14, reflectivity is 22% plane output coupling mirror, 15, power meter.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing embodiments of the present invention are described further.
As shown in drawings, the seed laser that ECL801 type narrow linewidth semiconductor laser 1 sends is successively through the first isolator 2, the first plane total reflective mirror 3, the first half-wave plate 4, after the second plane total reflective mirror 5 is incident to the second isolator 7 by 6 amplifications of TAL100 type semiconductor laser amplifier afterwards, again through the second half-wave plate 8, condenser lens 9, the rubidium steam pond 12 of polarizing beam splitter mirror 10 to the temperature control box 11, be excited to energy level in the pumping behind the ground state rubidium Atomic absorption pump light in the rubidium steam pond 12, again with rubidium steam pond 12 in ethane collision be transferred to upper laser level, produce the rubidium vapor laser, after the rubidium vapor laser of unabsorbed pump light and generation transfers to concave mirror 13, the light that is reflected onto polarizing beam splitter mirror 10 through rubidium steam pond 12 is divided into two-way, one the tunnel is the pump light of the horizontal polarization that is reflected, see through successively line focus lens 9 of polarizing beam splitter mirror 10, the second half-wave plate 8 transfers to the second isolator 7 places and is isolated, another road is the rubidium vapor laser of the vertical polarization that is reflected, through polarizing beam splitter mirror 10 after to be reflected onto reflectivity be 22% plane output coupling mirror 14 to power meter 15 surveying rubidium vapor laser power, or place fiber spectrometer to survey rubidium vapor laser spectrum; At the center of each optical element on the same straight line on same optical axis.
ECL801 type Littrow structure external-cavity semiconductor laser 1 output wavelength is tunable, live width is less than the seed laser of 1MHz, by regulating the Piezoelectric Ceramic module in the semiconductor laser power supply, the wavelength of seed laser is transferred to the absorbent core wavelength 780.24nm of rubidium atom, and the polarization state of outgoing seed laser is horizontal polarization; The laggard TAL100 type of the horizontal outgoing of seed laser semiconductor laser amplifier 6 carries out power amplification, by regulating the operating current regulation output pumping light power of laser amplifier.
The first plane total reflective mirror (3) is vertical with the second plane total reflective mirror 5, and the angle of adjusting the first isolator 2 and the second isolator 7 makes isolation〉60 dB; The focal length of condenser lens 9 is 15cm.
Rubidium steam pond 12 places in the temperature control box 11, and 12 centers, rubidium steam pond place the focus place of condenser lens 9.
Be filled with the ethane gas of 600Torr in the rubidium steam pond 12; Concave mirror 13 consists of " L " type plano-concave resonant cavities with plane output coupling mirror 14, and the length of plano-concave resonant cavities " L " is less than the focal length 50cm of concave mirror 13.
The light path system of the vertical single-ended pumping rubidium vapor laser of narrow line width regulatable semiconductor disclosed by the invention comprises tunable semiconductor power amplification laser system, light beam coupling system, resonance cavity system, wherein:
1) tunable semiconductor power amplification laser system: comprise ECL801 type semiconductor laser 1, TAL100 type semiconductor laser amplifier 6.ECL801 type Littrow structure external-cavity semiconductor laser 1 output wavelength is tunable, live width is less than the seed laser of 1MHz; The horizontal outgoing of seed laser is advanced TAL100 type semiconductor laser amplifier 6 by the light beam coupling system, coupled and is carried out power amplification, by regulating the operating current regulation output laser power of laser amplifier.
2) light beam coupling system: comprise the first isolator 2, the first plane total reflective mirrors 3, the first half-wave plates 4, the second plane total reflective mirrors 5, the second isolators 7, the second half-wave plates 8, condenser lens 9.The focal length of the condenser lens 9 of choice for use is 15cm.Angle with isolator before the experiment transfers to the best, makes isolation〉60 dB.
3) resonance cavity system: comprise polarizing beam splitter mirror 10, temperature control box 11, rubidium steam pond 12, concave mirror 13, reflectivity are 22% plane output coupling mirror 14.Rubidium steam pond 12 places in the temperature control box 11, and the center in rubidium steam pond 12 places the focus place of condenser lens 9.Concave mirror 13 places temperature control box 11 right-hand members nearby so that good pattern matching to be provided.
The tunable semiconductor power amplification laser system: ECL801 type Littrow structure external-cavity semiconductor laser is utilized the dispersion selection effect of grating, so that the very narrow a part of emission spectra of laser gain medium frequency feeds back in the laser tube, increased the competitiveness of shoot laser pattern, so that easier single longitudinal mode and the narrow linewidth state of being operated in of laser.Wave-length coverage is 780 ~ 785nm, Output of laser live width<1MHz, and the tuning without mode skip scope is 12GHz, quality for outputting laser beam M
2<1.5, side mode suppression ratio is 40 ~ 50dB, and working temperature is at 20 ~ 30 ℃.Laser head be fixed on heat radiation good heat sink on, by regulating the PZT(piezoelectric ceramic in the semiconductor laser power supply) driver module, the wavelength of seed laser can be transferred to the absorbent core wavelength 780.24nm of rubidium atom, try one's best the lock current module when harmonic is long and only transfer the PZT module, be convenient to so the stable output of pump light.The polarization state of outgoing seed laser is horizontal polarization.TAL100 type tunable semiconductor laser amplifier is the stimulated radiation amplification principle that utilizes semi-conducting material, realize the device that coherent light amplifies, mainly consisted of by semiconductor laser amplifier chip and driving power, can the power of the semiconductor laser of a plurality of wavelength be amplified, the one way maximum amplification is about 67.Output of laser live width<1MHz, the tuning without mode skip scope is 12GHz, quality for outputting laser beam M
2<1.5, side mode suppression ratio is 40 ~ 50dB, and working temperature is at 21 ~ 25 ℃.Laser head be fixed on heat radiation good heat sink on.
The light beam coupling system: comprise seed laser is coupled into the first isolator 2, the first plane total reflective mirror 3, the first half-wave plate 4, the second plane total reflective mirror 5 of semiconductor laser amplifier and will amplify after pump light be coupled into the second isolator 7, the second half-wave plate 8, the condenser lens 9 in steam pond.For the pump light that prevents from reflecting to the laser injury, before seed laser and amplifier, place respectively the isolator isolation reverberation of a 60dB.For the drift that prevents machinery makes the injection deleterious, so that the amplification efficiency reduction, can regularly be optimized adjusting to the first plane total reflective mirror, the second plane total reflective mirror and the first half-wave plate, to keep maximum coupling efficiency.Regulating the second half-wave plate makes the pump light transmitance the highest.Pump light line focus lens focus is with the power density of raising pump light, and then raising rubidium steam is to the absorption efficiency of pump light.
Resonance cavity system: polarizing beam splitter mirror reflection vertical polarization s component, but allow parallel polarization p component to pass through, thus separate s and p polarized light component, for transmitted light beam, having the highest polarization extinction ratio is T
P: T
S1000:1, as a comparison, the extinction ratio of folded light beam is 100:1, wavelength is that the polarization direction of the rubidium laser of the pump light of 780.24nm and 795nm is quadrature, so polarizing beam splitter mirror can be with both beam splitting; Temperature-controlled box makes the temperature at two ends, steam pond than high 5 degree of middle temperature, to avoid steam in the deposition of steam pond window, the window pollution that brings for the chemical reaction of avoiding buffer gas ethane and rubidium atom and the loss of rubidium and ethane, the heating maximum temperature is no more than 130 ℃; The steam pond is the cylinder of 2.5cm * 2.5cm, and window is coated with the anti-anti-film of 780.24nm, and the ethane gas that is filled with 600Torr in the pond is to accelerate in the pumping energy level to the relaxation rate of upper laser level; The concave mirror focal length is 50cm, and the reflectivity of plane output coupling mirror is 22%, and both form " L " type plano-concave resonant cavities; Whether two chamber mirrors are coaxial most important, only have coaxial, just might shoot laser, transfer when coaxial, between concave mirror and temperature-controlled box, add quarter wave plate, 780.24nm pump light for the first time through being changed into elliptically polarized light behind the quarter wave plate, the second time is through quarter wave plate after the arrival concave mirror is reflected, because the optical axis of the quarter wave plate of selecting and the main shaft of elliptically polarized light and not parallel, so for the second time through behind the quarter wave plate, the pump light that is reflected by concave mirror still is elliptically polarized light, then the vertical component at polarizing beam splitter mirror place elliptically polarized light can be reflected onto the plane output coupling mirror, the pump light that is reflected by the plane output coupling mirror still can be reflected onto the steam pond after arriving polarizing beam splitter mirror, and have 3 hot spots this moment between polarizing beam splitter mirror and temperature-controlled box, be respectively launching spot, the flare of the flare of concave mirror and plane output coupling mirror, this 3 spot is transferred to inregister, and then two chamber mirrors are coaxial, and all coaxial with incident light; The length of plano-concave resonant cavities " L " is less than the focal length of concave mirror.