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EP2041426A1 - A method for operating an ignition for a combustion engine - Google Patents

A method for operating an ignition for a combustion engine

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EP2041426A1
EP2041426A1 EP07729363A EP07729363A EP2041426A1 EP 2041426 A1 EP2041426 A1 EP 2041426A1 EP 07729363 A EP07729363 A EP 07729363A EP 07729363 A EP07729363 A EP 07729363A EP 2041426 A1 EP2041426 A1 EP 2041426A1
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laser
pumping light
laser device
duration
pulses
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Manfred Vogel
Werner Herden
Heiko Ridderbusch
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Robert Bosch GmbH
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P23/00—Other ignition
    • F02P23/04—Other physical ignition means, e.g. using laser rays
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/0627—Construction or shape of active medium the resonator being monolithic, e.g. microlaser
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
    • H01S3/091—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping
    • H01S3/094—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light
    • H01S3/094061—Shared pump, i.e. pump light of a single pump source is used to pump plural gain media in parallel
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
    • H01S3/091—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping
    • H01S3/094—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light
    • H01S3/094076—Pulsed or modulated pumping
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/09—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping
    • H01S3/091—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping
    • H01S3/094—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light
    • H01S3/0941—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light of a laser diode
    • H01S3/09415—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light of a laser diode the pumping beam being parallel to the lasing mode of the pumped medium, e.g. end-pumping
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • H01S3/102—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating by controlling the active medium, e.g. by controlling the processes or apparatus for excitation
    • H01S3/1022—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating by controlling the active medium, e.g. by controlling the processes or apparatus for excitation by controlling the optical pumping
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • H01S3/11—Mode locking; Q-switching; Other giant-pulse techniques, e.g. cavity dumping
    • H01S3/1123—Q-switching
    • H01S3/113—Q-switching using intracavity saturable absorbers

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  • the invention relates to a method for operating an ignition device for an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, with a laser device having a laser-active solid with a passive Q-switching.
  • the invention further relates to such an ignition device.
  • the duration of a pumping light pulse, with which the laser device is acted upon is selected as a function of a predeterminable number of laser pulses to be generated by means of the laser device.
  • the plurality of laser pulses generated in a relatively short time sequence can advantageously be used, for example, for cleaning a combustion chamber window of the laser device, through which the laser pulses generated by the laser device are usually radiated into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine become.
  • the multiple laser pulses generated according to the invention are advantageously applicable for the realization of a so-called multiple ignition, ie, by emitting a plurality of laser pulses into the combustion chamber during a single working cycle of the corresponding cylinder, the probability can be increased, with the laser pulses a flammable part of the located in the combustion chamber To make air / fuel mixture, so that the reliability of the ignition device according to the invention is thereby increased.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an internal combustion engine with an ignition device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the ignition device according to the invention in detail
  • An internal combustion engine carries in Figure 1 overall the reference numeral 10. It is used to drive a motor vehicle, not shown.
  • the internal combustion engine 10 comprises a plurality of cylinders, of which only one is designated by the reference numeral 12 in FIG.
  • a combustion chamber 14 of the cylinder 12 is limited by a piston 16.
  • Fuel enters the combustion chamber 14 directly through a Injector 18 which is connected to a designated also as a rail or common rail fuel pressure accumulator 20.
  • fuel 22 is ignited by means of a laser pulse 24 which is emitted by a laser device 26 comprehensive ignition 27 into the combustion chamber 14.
  • the laser device 26 is fed via a light guide device 28 with a pumping light, which is provided by a pumping light source 30.
  • the pump light source 30 is controlled by a control and regulating device 32, which also controls the injector 18.
  • the pumping light source 30 may be a semiconductor laser diode that outputs a corresponding pumping light to the laser device 26 via the optical waveguide device 28 as a function of a control current.
  • Pump light sources are preferably used for use in the automotive sector, for the operation of the ignition device 27 according to the invention in principle any type of pump light source can be used, in which the duration of the dispensed pump light pulses is predetermined or adjustable.
  • the specification of the duration of the pump light pulses can be adjusted particularly easily by a corresponding length of the control current pulses.
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows a detail view of the laser device 26 from FIG. 1.
  • the laser device 26 has a laser-active solid 44, to which a passive Q-switching 46, also referred to as Q-switch, is optically arranged downstream.
  • the laser-active solid 44 forms here, together with the passive Q-switching circuit 46 and the coupling mirror 42 arranged on the left thereof in Figure 2 and the Auskoppelapt 48, a laser oscillator whose oscillatory behavior depends on the passive Q-switching 46 and thus at least indirectly controllable in a conventional manner is.
  • the laser device 26 or the laser-active solid 44 is acted upon by the coupling mirror 42 with pump light 28a, which excites electrons in the laser-active solid 44 and thus leads to a population inversion known per se.
  • While the passive Q-switching circuit 46 has its idle state in which it has a relatively low transmission coefficient, laser operation is avoided in the laser-active solid 44 or in the solid 44, 46 confined by the input mirror 42 and the output mirror 48.
  • laser operation is avoided in the laser-active solid 44 or in the solid 44, 46 confined by the input mirror 42 and the output mirror 48.
  • a laser pulse 24 also referred to as a giant pulse, which has a relatively high peak power.
  • the laser pulse 24 is optionally coupled using a further optical fiber device (not shown), or directly through a likewise not shown combustion chamber window of the laser device 26 in the combustion chamber 14 ( Figure 1) of the internal combustion engine 10, so that therein existing fuel 22 and a Air / fuel mixture is ignited.
  • the laser device 26 shown in Figure 2 is applied to the pump pulses P1, P2, P3, P4 shown in more detail in Figures 3a to 3d, whose duration Tl, T2 advantageously in response to a predetermined number of means of the laser device 26 to be generated laser pulses 24, 24a, 24b, 24c is selected.
  • the laser device 26 with a first, relatively short pumping light pulse Pl of duration Tl, which is shown in FIG. 3a, the generation of exactly one laser pulse 24 in the laser device 26 can be realized.
  • a pump light pulse P2 with a longer duration T2> Tl is generated according to Figure 3b, which pumps the laser active solid 44 ( Figure 2) correspondingly longer and, accordingly, the generation of a plurality of successive laser pulses 24a, 24b , 24c allows.
  • the laser device 26 can advantageously be designed, for example, such that, in the case of a continuous application of a pump light pulse P2, the time interval of the successive laser pulses 24a, 24b, 24c is about 20 ⁇ s to about 200 ⁇ s.
  • the duration of the pumping light pulse P 1, P 2 itself may be, for example, up to a few milliseconds or even more.
  • the power of the pumping light 28a is changed.
  • the temporal behavior during the generation of the laser pulses 24, 24 a, 24 b, 24 c by the laser device 26 can also be controlled by such a change in the power of the pump light 28 a.
  • FIG. 3d already shows the first laser pulse 24a after a shorter waiting time ⁇ t2 ⁇ tl. According to FIG. 3d, during the duration of the pump light pulse P4, further laser pulses 24b, 24c follow the first laser pulse 24a with an approximately constant time interval.
  • a combination of the variation of the duration Tl, T2 of a pumping light pulse Pl, P2 with the variation of the power of the pumping light pulse is also conceivable.
  • a plurality of laser pulses 24a, 24b, 24c to be selectively generated by a corresponding specification of the pump light pulse, whereby, for example, a combustion chamber window, not shown, can be cleaned, which is arranged on the output side of the laser device 26, and through that the laser pulses 24 pass into the combustion chamber 14 of the internal combustion engine 10 ( Figure 1).
  • the multiple laser pulses 24, 24a, 24b, 24c produced according to the invention can also be used particularly advantageously for more reliable ignition of the fuel 22 located in the combustion chamber 14. Since, in particular, in the case of highly inhomogeneous air / fuel mixtures 22 there is the danger that the relatively short laser pulse 24 will coincidentally strike a region which is not inflammable or at least poorly flammable, the use of a plurality of laser pulses 24a, 24b, 24c for ignition according to the invention will result in the probability of having at least one the laser pulses to hit a flammable area in the air / fuel mixture, significantly increased. In a further very advantageous embodiment of the method according to the invention, it is provided that the power of the pumping light 28a is changed during a pumping light pulse P1, P2.
  • the adjustment of the power of the pump light can also serve to increase the reliability of the pumping light source 30 used or to protect them from thermal overload or the like.
  • the principle of the invention is not limited to the application in internal combustion engines 10 of motor vehicles, but can be advantageously used in particular in stationary engines.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating an ignition for a combustion engine (10), in particular a motor vehicle, with a laser device (26) that has a laser-active solid body (44) with a passive Q-switch (46). According to the invention, the duration (T1, T2) of the pump light pulse (P1, P2) that is applied to the laser device (26) is selected depending on a number of laser impulses (24, 24a, 24b, 24c) that are generated by means of the laser device (26), the number of which can be predefined.

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Beschreibung description
Titeltitle
Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Zündeinrichtung für eine BrennkraftmaschineMethod for operating an ignition device for an internal combustion engine
Stand der TechnikState of the art
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Zündeinrichtung für eine Brennkraftmaschine, insbesondere eines Kraftfahrzeugs, mit einer Lasereinrichtung, die einen laseraktiven Festkörper mit einer passiven Güteschaltung aufweist.The invention relates to a method for operating an ignition device for an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, with a laser device having a laser-active solid with a passive Q-switching.
Die Erfindung betrifft ferner eine derartige Zündeinrichtung.The invention further relates to such an ignition device.
Offenbarung der ErfindungDisclosure of the invention
Es ist Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung, ein Betriebsverfahren und eine Zündeinrichtung der eingangs genannten Art dahingehend zu verbessern, dass deren Flexibilität und Zuverlässigkeit gesteigert werden.It is an object of the present invention to improve an operating method and an ignition device of the type mentioned in that their flexibility and reliability can be increased.
Diese Aufgabe wird bei einem Betriebsverfahren der eingangs genannten Art erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, dass die Dauer eines Pumplichtpulses, mit dem die Lasereinrichtung beaufschlagt wird, in Abhängigkeit einer vorgebbaren Anzahl von mittels der Lasereinrichtung zu erzeugenden Laserimpulsen gewählt wird.This object is achieved in an operating method of the aforementioned type according to the invention that the duration of a pumping light pulse, with which the laser device is acted upon, is selected as a function of a predeterminable number of laser pulses to be generated by means of the laser device.
Vorteilhafte WirkungenAdvantageous effects
Durch die erfindungsgemäße Auswahl bzw. Vorgabe der Dauer von Pumplichtpulsen ist es vorteilhaft möglich, während eines einzigen Pumplichtpulses gleich mehrere, zeitlich aufeinander folgendeBy selecting or specifying the duration of pump light pulses according to the invention, it is advantageously possible to use several, temporally successive, pulses during a single pump light pulse
Laserimpulse mit der Lasereinrichtung zu erzeugen. Die mehreren in verhältnismäßig kurzer zeitlicher Folge erzeugten Laserimpulse können vorteilhaft beispielsweise zur Reinigung eines Brennraumfensters der Lasereinrichtung verwendet werden, durch das die von der Lasereinrichtung erzeugten Laserimpulse üblicherweise in einen Brennraum der Brennkraftmaschine eingestrahlt werden.To generate laser pulses with the laser device. The plurality of laser pulses generated in a relatively short time sequence can advantageously be used, for example, for cleaning a combustion chamber window of the laser device, through which the laser pulses generated by the laser device are usually radiated into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine become.
Weiterhin sind die erfindungsgemäß erzeugten mehreren Laserimpulse vorteilhaft zur Realisierung einer sogenannten Mehrfachzündung anwendbar, d.h., durch das Abstrahlen gleich mehrerer Laserimpulse in den Brennraum während eines einzigen Arbeitstakts des entsprechenden Zylinders kann die Wahrscheinlichkeit erhöht werden, mit den Laserimpulsen einen entflammbaren Teil des in dem Brennraum befindlichen Luft/Kraftstoffgemisches zu treffen, so dass die Zuverlässigkeit der erfindungsgemäßen Zündeinrichtung hierdurch gesteigert wird.Furthermore, the multiple laser pulses generated according to the invention are advantageously applicable for the realization of a so-called multiple ignition, ie, by emitting a plurality of laser pulses into the combustion chamber during a single working cycle of the corresponding cylinder, the probability can be increased, with the laser pulses a flammable part of the located in the combustion chamber To make air / fuel mixture, so that the reliability of the ignition device according to the invention is thereby increased.
Weitere vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen der vorliegenden Erfindung sind Gegenstand der Unteransprüche.Further advantageous embodiments of the present invention are the subject of the dependent claims.
Weitere Merkmale, Anwendungsmöglichkeiten und Vorteile der Erfindung ergeben sich aus der nachfolgenden Beschreibung von Ausführungsbeispielen der Erfindung, die in den Figuren derOther features, applications and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments of the invention, in the figures of
Zeichnung dargestellt sind. Dabei bilden alle beschriebenen oder dargestellten Merkmale für sich oder in beliebiger Kombination den Gegenstand der Erfindung, unabhängig von ihrer Zusammenfassung in den Patentansprüchen oder deren Rückbeziehung sowie unabhängig von ihrer Formulierung beziehungsweise Darstellung in der Beschreibung beziehungsweise in der Zeichnung.Drawing are shown. All described or illustrated features, alone or in any combination form the subject matter of the invention, regardless of their summary in the claims or their dependency and regardless of their formulation or representation in the description or in the drawing.
Kurze Beschreibung der ZeichnungenBrief description of the drawings
In der Zeichnung zeigt:In the drawing shows:
Figur 1 eine schematische Darstellung einer Brennkraftmaschine mit einer erfindungsgemäßen Zündeinrichtung,1 shows a schematic representation of an internal combustion engine with an ignition device according to the invention,
Figur 2 eine Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Zündeinrichtung im Detail, undFigure 2 shows an embodiment of the ignition device according to the invention in detail, and
Figur 3 a bis 3 d verschiedene zeitliche Verläufe von Pumplichtpulsen und hierdurch erzeugtenFigure 3 a to 3 d different temporal courses of pump light pulses and thereby generated
Laserimpulsen entsprechend dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren.Laser pulses according to the method of the invention.
Ausführungsformen der ErfindungEmbodiments of the invention
Eine Brennkraftmaschine trägt in Figur 1 insgesamt das Bezugszeichen 10. Sie dient zum Antrieb eines nicht dargestellten Kraftfahrzeugs. Die Brennkraftmaschine 10 umfasst mehrere Zylinder, von denen in Figur 1 nur einer mit dem Bezugszeichen 12 bezeichnet ist. Ein Brennraum 14 des Zylinders 12 wird von einem Kolben 16 begrenzt. Kraftstoff gelangt in den Brennraum 14 direkt durch einen Injektor 18, der an einen auch als Rail beziehungsweise Common-Rail bezeichneten Kraftstoff- Druckspeicher 20 angeschlossen ist.An internal combustion engine carries in Figure 1 overall the reference numeral 10. It is used to drive a motor vehicle, not shown. The internal combustion engine 10 comprises a plurality of cylinders, of which only one is designated by the reference numeral 12 in FIG. A combustion chamber 14 of the cylinder 12 is limited by a piston 16. Fuel enters the combustion chamber 14 directly through a Injector 18 which is connected to a designated also as a rail or common rail fuel pressure accumulator 20.
In den Brennraum 14 eingespritzter Kraftstoff 22 wird mittels eines Laserimpulses 24 entzündet, der von einer eine Lasereinrichtung 26 umfassenden Zündeinrichtung 27 in den Brennraum 14 abgestrahlt wird. Hierzu wird die Lasereinrichtung 26 über eine Lichtleitereinrichtung 28 mit einem Pumplicht gespeist, welches von einer Pumplichtquelle 30 bereitgestellt wird. Die Pumplichtquelle 30 wird von einer Steuer- und Regeleinrichtung 32 gesteuert, die auch den Injektor 18 ansteuert.Injected into the combustion chamber 14 fuel 22 is ignited by means of a laser pulse 24 which is emitted by a laser device 26 comprehensive ignition 27 into the combustion chamber 14. For this purpose, the laser device 26 is fed via a light guide device 28 with a pumping light, which is provided by a pumping light source 30. The pump light source 30 is controlled by a control and regulating device 32, which also controls the injector 18.
Beispielsweise kann es sich bei der Pumplichtquelle 30 um eine Halbleiter-Laserdiode handeln, die in Abhängigkeit eines Steuerstroms ein entsprechendes Pumplicht über die Lichtleitereinrichtung 28 an die Lasereinrichtung 26 ausgibt. Obwohl Halbleiter-Laserdioden und andere klein bauendeFor example, the pumping light source 30 may be a semiconductor laser diode that outputs a corresponding pumping light to the laser device 26 via the optical waveguide device 28 as a function of a control current. Although semiconductor laser diodes and other small-scale
Pumplichtquellen bevorzugt für einen Einsatz in dem Kraftfahrzeugbereich verwendet werden, ist für den Betrieb der erfindungsgemäßen Zündeinrichtung 27 prinzipiell jede Art von Pumplichtquelle verwendbar, bei der die Dauer der abgegebenen Pumplichtpulse vorgebbar bzw. einstellbar ist. Bei einer Halbleiter-Laserdiode als Pumplichtquelle kann die Vorgabe der Dauer der Pumplichtpulse besonders einfach durch eine entsprechende Länge der Steuerstrompulse eingestellt werden.Pump light sources are preferably used for use in the automotive sector, for the operation of the ignition device 27 according to the invention in principle any type of pump light source can be used, in which the duration of the dispensed pump light pulses is predetermined or adjustable. In a semiconductor laser diode as a pump light source, the specification of the duration of the pump light pulses can be adjusted particularly easily by a corresponding length of the control current pulses.
Figur 2 zeigt schematisch eine Detailansicht der Lasereinrichtung 26 aus Figur 1.FIG. 2 schematically shows a detail view of the laser device 26 from FIG. 1.
Wie aus Figur 2 ersichtlich, weist die Lasereinrichtung 26 einen laseraktiven Festkörper 44 auf, dem eine auch als Q-switch bezeichnete passive Güteschaltung 46 optisch nachgeordnet ist. Der laseraktive Festkörper 44 bildet hierbei zusammen mit der passiven Güteschaltung 46 sowie dem in Figur 2 links hiervon angeordneten Einkoppelspiegel 42 und dem Auskoppelspiegel 48 einen Laser-Oszillator aus, dessen Schwingverhalten von der passiven Güteschaltung 46 abhängt und damit zumindest mittelbar in an sich bekannter Weise steuerbar ist.As can be seen from FIG. 2, the laser device 26 has a laser-active solid 44, to which a passive Q-switching 46, also referred to as Q-switch, is optically arranged downstream. The laser-active solid 44 forms here, together with the passive Q-switching circuit 46 and the coupling mirror 42 arranged on the left thereof in Figure 2 and the Auskoppelspiegel 48, a laser oscillator whose oscillatory behavior depends on the passive Q-switching 46 and thus at least indirectly controllable in a conventional manner is.
Bei der in Figur 2 abgebildeten Konfiguration wird die Lasereinrichtung 26 bzw. der laseraktive Festkörper 44 durch den Einkoppelspiegel 42 hindurch mit Pumplicht 28a beaufschlagt, das Elektronen in dem laseraktiven Festkörper 44 anregt und damit zu einer an sich bekannten Besetzungsinversion führt.In the configuration shown in FIG. 2, the laser device 26 or the laser-active solid 44 is acted upon by the coupling mirror 42 with pump light 28a, which excites electrons in the laser-active solid 44 and thus leads to a population inversion known per se.
Während die passive Güteschaltung 46 ihren Ruhezustand aufweist, in dem sie einen verhältnismäßig geringen Transmissionskoeffizienten besitzt, wird ein Laserbetrieb in dem laseraktiven Festkörper 44 beziehungsweise in dem durch den Einkoppelspiegel 42 und den Auskoppelspiegel 48 begrenzten Festkörper 44, 46 vermieden. Mit steigender Pumpdauer, d.h. während einer Beaufschlagung mit dem Pump licht 28a, steigt jedoch auch die Strahlungsintensität in dem Laser-Oszillator 42, 44, 46, 48 an, so dass die passive Güteschaltung 46 schließlich ausbleicht. D.h., ihr Transmissionskoeffizient steigt, und ein Laserbetrieb in dem Laser-Oszillator 42, 44, 46, 48 beginnt. Dieser Zustand ist durch den Doppelpfeil 24' symbolisiert.While the passive Q-switching circuit 46 has its idle state in which it has a relatively low transmission coefficient, laser operation is avoided in the laser-active solid 44 or in the solid 44, 46 confined by the input mirror 42 and the output mirror 48. With increasing pumping time, ie during an exposure to the Pumping light 28a, but also increases the radiation intensity in the laser oscillator 42, 44, 46, 48, so that the passive Q-switching circuit 46 eventually fades. That is, their transmission coefficient increases, and laser operation in the laser oscillator 42, 44, 46, 48 begins. This state is symbolized by the double arrow 24 '.
Auf die vorstehend beschriebene Weise entsteht ein auch als Riesenimpuls bezeichneter Laserimpuls 24, der eine verhältnismäßig hohe Spitzenleistung aufweist. Der Laserimpuls 24 wird, gegebenenfalls unter Verwendung einer weiteren Lichtleitereinrichtung (nicht gezeigt), oder auch direkt durch ein ebenfalls nicht abgebildetes Brennraumfenster der Lasereinrichtung 26 in den Brennraum 14 (Figur 1) der Brennkraftmaschine 10 eingekoppelt, so dass darin vorhandener Kraftstoff 22 bzw. ein Luft/Kraftstoffgemisch entzündet wird.In the manner described above, a laser pulse 24, also referred to as a giant pulse, which has a relatively high peak power. The laser pulse 24 is optionally coupled using a further optical fiber device (not shown), or directly through a likewise not shown combustion chamber window of the laser device 26 in the combustion chamber 14 (Figure 1) of the internal combustion engine 10, so that therein existing fuel 22 and a Air / fuel mixture is ignited.
Erfindungsgemäß wird die in Figur 2 abgebildete Lasereinrichtung 26 mit in den Figuren 3a bis 3d näher dargestellten Pump lichtpulsen Pl, P2, P3, P4 beaufschlagt, deren Dauer Tl, T2 vorteilhaft in Abhängigkeit einer vorgebbaren Anzahl von mittels der Lasereinrichtung 26 zu erzeugenden Laserimpulsen 24, 24a, 24b, 24c gewählt wird.According to the invention, the laser device 26 shown in Figure 2 is applied to the pump pulses P1, P2, P3, P4 shown in more detail in Figures 3a to 3d, whose duration Tl, T2 advantageously in response to a predetermined number of means of the laser device 26 to be generated laser pulses 24, 24a, 24b, 24c is selected.
Beispielsweise kann durch Beaufschlagung der Lasereinrichtung 26 mit einem ersten, verhältnismäßig kurzen Pumplichtpuls Pl der Dauer Tl, der in Figur 3a abgebildet ist, die Erzeugung genau eines Laserimpulses 24 in der Lasereinrichtung 26 realisiert werden.For example, by applying the laser device 26 with a first, relatively short pumping light pulse Pl of duration Tl, which is shown in FIG. 3a, the generation of exactly one laser pulse 24 in the laser device 26 can be realized.
Falls mehrere aufeinanderfolgende Laserimpulse erzeugt werden sollen, wird gemäß Figur 3b ein Pump lichtpuls P2 mit einer größeren Dauer T2 > Tl erzeugt, der den laseraktiven Festkörper 44 (Figur 2) entsprechend länger pumpt und dementsprechend die Erzeugung mehrerer, zeitlich aufeinander folgender Laserimpulse 24a, 24b, 24c ermöglicht.If a plurality of successive laser pulses are to be generated, a pump light pulse P2 with a longer duration T2> Tl is generated according to Figure 3b, which pumps the laser active solid 44 (Figure 2) correspondingly longer and, accordingly, the generation of a plurality of successive laser pulses 24a, 24b , 24c allows.
Die Lasereinrichtung 26 kann vorteilhaft beispielsweise so ausgebildet sein, dass bei einer kontinuierlichen Beaufschlagung mit einem Pumplichtpuls P2 der zeitliche Abstand der aufeinanderfolgenden Laserimpulse 24a, 24b, 24c etwa 20 μs bis etwa 200 μs beträgt. Die Dauer des Pumplichtpulses Pl, P2 selbst kann beispielsweise bis zu einigen Millisekunden oder auch mehr betragen.The laser device 26 can advantageously be designed, for example, such that, in the case of a continuous application of a pump light pulse P2, the time interval of the successive laser pulses 24a, 24b, 24c is about 20 μs to about 200 μs. The duration of the pumping light pulse P 1, P 2 itself may be, for example, up to a few milliseconds or even more.
Bei einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausführungsform der vorliegenden Erfindung ist vorgesehen, dass die Leistung des Pumplichts 28a verändert wird. Wie in den Figuren 3 c, 3 d ersichtlich, ist auch durch eine derartige Änderung der Leistung des Pumplichts 28a das zeitliche Verhalten bei der Erzeugung der Laserimpulse 24, 24a, 24b, 24c durch die Lasereinrichtung 26 steuerbar.In a further advantageous embodiment of the present invention it is provided that the power of the pumping light 28a is changed. As can be seen in FIGS. 3 c, 3 d, the temporal behavior during the generation of the laser pulses 24, 24 a, 24 b, 24 c by the laser device 26 can also be controlled by such a change in the power of the pump light 28 a.
Gemäß Figur 3c, bei der eine verhältnismäßig geringe Leistung für das Pumplicht 28a gewählt ist, erfolgt die Erzeugung eines ersten Laserimpulses 24 nach einer verhältnismäßig großen Wartezeit Δtl bezogen auf den Beginn des Pumpvorgangs mit dem Pump lichtpuls P3.According to Figure 3c, in which a relatively low power for the pump light 28a is selected, the generation of a first laser pulse 24 after a relatively large waiting time .DELTA.tl based on the beginning of the pumping operation with the pump light pulse P3.
Im Unterscheid hierzu tritt bei Beaufschlagung der Lasereinrichtung 26 mit einem Pumplichtpuls P4 größerer Leistung, vgl. Figur 3d, bereits nach einer kürzeren Wartezeit Δt2 < Δtl der erste Laserimpuls 24a auf. Gemäß Figur 3d folgen während der Dauer des Pumplichtpulses P4 weitere Laser- impulse 24b, 24c mit einem näherungsweise konstanten Zeitabstand auf den ersten Laserimpuls 24a.In contrast to this occurs when loading the laser device 26 with a pumping light pulse P4 greater power, see. FIG. 3d already shows the first laser pulse 24a after a shorter waiting time Δt2 <Δtl. According to FIG. 3d, during the duration of the pump light pulse P4, further laser pulses 24b, 24c follow the first laser pulse 24a with an approximately constant time interval.
Eine Kombination der Variation der Dauer Tl, T2 eines Pumplichtpulses Pl, P2 mit der Variation der Leistung des Pumplichtpulses ist ebenfalls denkbar.A combination of the variation of the duration Tl, T2 of a pumping light pulse Pl, P2 with the variation of the power of the pumping light pulse is also conceivable.
Bei einer weiteren sehr vorteilhaften Ausführungsform des erfmdungsgemäßen Verfahrens ist vorgesehen, dass durch eine entsprechende Vorgabe des Pumplichtpulses gezielt mehrere Laserimpulse 24a, 24b, 24c erzeugt werden, wodurch beispielsweise ein nicht abgebildetes Brennraumfenster gereinigt werden kann, das ausgangsseitig der Lasereinrichtung 26 angeordnet ist, und durch das die Laserimpulse 24 in den Brennraum 14 der Brennkraftmaschine 10 (Figur 1) hindurchtreten.In a further very advantageous embodiment of the method according to the invention, provision is made for a plurality of laser pulses 24a, 24b, 24c to be selectively generated by a corresponding specification of the pump light pulse, whereby, for example, a combustion chamber window, not shown, can be cleaned, which is arranged on the output side of the laser device 26, and through that the laser pulses 24 pass into the combustion chamber 14 of the internal combustion engine 10 (Figure 1).
Da ein einzelner Laserimpuls 24, der die zur Reinigung des Brennraumfensters notwendige Energie aufweist, unter Umständen aufgrund der entsprechenden hohen Strahlungsdichte das Brennraumfenster zerstören kann, ist die erfindungsgemäße Reinigung des Brennraumfensters durch die Anwendung mehrerer aufeinanderfolgender schwächerer Laserimpulse 24a, 24b, 24c, günstig zur Steigerung der Lebensdauer des Brennraumfensters.Since a single laser pulse 24, which has the necessary energy for cleaning the combustion chamber window, may destroy the combustion chamber window due to the corresponding high radiation density, the inventive cleaning of the combustion chamber window by the use of several successive weaker laser pulses 24a, 24b, 24c, favorable to increase the life of the combustion chamber window.
Die erfmdungsgemäß erzeugten mehreren Laserimpulse 24, 24a, 24b, 24c können besonders vorteilhaft auch zur zuverlässigeren Zündung des in dem Brennraum 14 befindlichen Kraftstoffs 22 verwendet werden. Da insbesondere bei stark inhomogenen Luft-/Kraftstoffgemischen 22 die Gefahr besteht, dass der verhältnismäßig kurze Laserimpuls 24 zufällig einen nicht oder zumindest schlecht entflammbaren Bereich trifft, wird durch die erfindungsgemäße Nutzung mehrerer Laserimpulse 24a, 24b, 24c zur Zündung die Wahrscheinlichkeit, mit wenigstens einem der Laserimpulse einen entflammbaren Bereich in dem Luft-/Kraftstoffgemisch zu treffen, deutlich gesteigert. Bei einer weiteren sehr vorteilhaften Ausfuhrungsform des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens ist vorgesehen, dass die Leistung des Pumplichts 28a während eines Pumplichtpulses Pl, P2 verändert wird.The multiple laser pulses 24, 24a, 24b, 24c produced according to the invention can also be used particularly advantageously for more reliable ignition of the fuel 22 located in the combustion chamber 14. Since, in particular, in the case of highly inhomogeneous air / fuel mixtures 22 there is the danger that the relatively short laser pulse 24 will coincidentally strike a region which is not inflammable or at least poorly flammable, the use of a plurality of laser pulses 24a, 24b, 24c for ignition according to the invention will result in the probability of having at least one the laser pulses to hit a flammable area in the air / fuel mixture, significantly increased. In a further very advantageous embodiment of the method according to the invention, it is provided that the power of the pumping light 28a is changed during a pumping light pulse P1, P2.
Durch eine derartige Veränderung der Leistung des Pumplichts 28a während der Dauer des betreffenden Pumplichtpulses ist vorteilhaft die Möglichkeit gegeben, das zeitliche Verhalten, insbesondere den Zeitabstand zwischen zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Laserimpulsen 24a, 24b, auch während der Erzeugung von Laserimpulsen durch die Beaufschlagung mit Pumplicht zu beeinflussen. Beispielsweise kann auf diese Weise eine erste Anzahl von Laserimpulsen mit einer verhältnismäßig kurzen Wiederholzeit erzeugt werden, und nach einer entsprechenden Verringerung der Leistung des Pumplichts können weitere Laserimpulse mit einer entsprechend größeren Folgezeit erzeugt werden.By such a change in the power of the pumping light 28a during the duration of the relevant pumping light pulse is advantageously given the opportunity to affect the temporal behavior, in particular the time interval between two successive laser pulses 24a, 24b, even during the generation of laser pulses by the application of pump light. For example, in this way, a first number of laser pulses can be generated with a relatively short repetition time, and after a corresponding reduction in the power of the pump light, further laser pulses can be generated with a correspondingly longer follow-up time.
Die Anpassung der Leistung des Pumplichts kann ferner dazu dienen, die Betriebssicherheit der verwendeten Pumplichtquelle 30 zu steigern bzw. diese vor einer thermischen Überlastung oder dergleichen zu schützen.The adjustment of the power of the pump light can also serve to increase the reliability of the pumping light source 30 used or to protect them from thermal overload or the like.
Insbesondere bei der Verwendung eines Halbleiter-Diodenlasers als Pumplichtquelle 30 ist eine sehr einfache Anpassung der Leistung des Pumplichts 28a durch die entsprechende Vorgabe des Steuerstroms für die Laserdiode erzielbar.In particular, when using a semiconductor diode laser as the pumping light source 30, a very simple adjustment of the power of the pumping light 28a by the corresponding specification of the control current for the laser diode can be achieved.
Das erfindungsgemäße Prinzip ist nicht auf die Anwendung bei Brennkraftmaschinen 10 von Kraftfahrzeugen begrenzt, sondern kann insbesondere auch bei Stationärmotoren vorteilhaft eingesetzt werden.The principle of the invention is not limited to the application in internal combustion engines 10 of motor vehicles, but can be advantageously used in particular in stationary engines.
Von besonderer Bedeutung ist die Realisierung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens in Form eines Computerprogramms, das auf einer Recheneinheit des Steuergeräts 32 ablauffähig ist. Of particular importance is the realization of the method according to the invention in the form of a computer program that can run on a computing unit of the controller 32.

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1. Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Zündeinrichtung für eine Brennkraftmaschine (10), insbesondere eines Kraftfahrzeugs, mit einer Lasereinrichtung (26), die einen laseraktiven Festkörper (44) mit einer passiven Güteschaltung (46) aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Dauer (Tl, T2) eines Pumplichtpulses (Pl, P2), mit dem die Lasereinrichtung (26) beaufschlagt wird, in Abhängigkeit einer vorgebbaren Anzahl von mittels der Lasereinrichtung (26) zu erzeugenden Laserimpulsen (24, 24a, 24b, 24c) gewählt wird.1. A method for operating an ignition device for an internal combustion engine (10), in particular of a motor vehicle, with a laser device (26) having a laser-active solid (44) with a passive Q-switching (46), characterized in that the duration (Tl, T2) of a pumping light pulse (P1, P2), with which the laser device (26) is acted upon, in dependence of a predeterminable number of by means of the laser device (26) to be generated laser pulses (24, 24a, 24b, 24c) is selected.
2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Leistung des Pumplichts (28a) verändert wird.2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the power of the pumping light (28a) is changed.
3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Leistung des Pumplichts (28a) während eines Pumplichtpulses (Pl, P2) verändert wird.3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the power of the pumping light (28a) during a pumping light pulse (Pl, P2) is changed.
4. Verfahren nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass durch entsprechende Auswahl der Dauer (T2) eines Pumplichtpulses (P2) gezielt mehrere Laserimpulse (24a, 24b, 24c) erzeugt werden, insbesondere um ein Brennraumfenster der Lasereinrichtung (26) zu reinigen.4. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that by appropriate selection of the duration (T2) of a pumping light pulse (P2) selectively a plurality of laser pulses (24a, 24b, 24c) are generated, in particular to clean a combustion chamber window of the laser device (26) ,
5. Verfahren nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Dauer (T2) eines Pumplichtpulses (P2) mindestens so groß gewählt wird, dass während der Dauer (T2) mindestens zwei Laserimpulse (24a, 24b) erzeugt werden.5. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the duration (T2) of a pumping light pulse (P2) is at least so large that during the period (T2) at least two laser pulses (24a, 24b) are generated.
6. Zündeinrichtung für eine Brennkraftmaschine (10), insbesondere eines Kraftfahrzeugs, mit einer Lasereinrichtung (26), die einen laseraktiven Festkörper (44) mit einer passiven Güteschaltung (46) aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Dauer (Tl, T2) eines Pumplichtpulses (Pl, P2), mit dem die Lasereinrichtung (26) beaufschlagt wird, in Abhängigkeit einer vorgebbaren Anzahl von mittels der Lasereinrichtung (26) zu erzeugenden Laserimpulsen (24, 24a, 24b, 24c) wählbar ist.6. Ignition device for an internal combustion engine (10), in particular of a motor vehicle, with a laser device (26) having a laser-active solid (44) with a passive Q-switching (46), characterized in that the duration (Tl, T2) of a pumping light pulse (Pl, P2), with which the laser device (26) is acted upon, in response to a predetermined number of by means of the laser device (26) to be generated laser pulses (24, 24a, 24b, 24c) is selectable.
7. Zündeinrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lasereinrichtung (26) so ausgebildet ist, dass während einer Beaufschlagung mit Pumplicht (28a) Laserimpulse (24a, 24b, 24c) mit einem zeitlichen Abstand von etwa 20 μs bis etwa 200 μs erzeugt werden. 7. Ignition device according to claim 6, characterized in that the laser device (26) is formed so that generates laser pulses (24a, 24b, 24c) with a time interval of about 20 microseconds to about 200 microseconds during exposure to pump light (28a) become.
8. Computerprogramm, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es zur Ausführung eines Verfahrens nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5 programmiert ist.8. Computer program, characterized in that it is programmed to carry out a method according to one of claims 1 to 5.
9. Steuergerät (32) für eine Zündeinrichtung für eine Brennkraftmaschine (10), insbesondere eines Kraftfahrzeugs, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es zur Ausführung eines Verfahrens nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5 ausgebildet ist. 9. Control device (32) for an ignition device for an internal combustion engine (10), in particular of a motor vehicle, characterized in that it is designed for carrying out a method according to one of claims 1 to 5.
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