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WO1997008792A1
WO1997008792A1 PCT/GB1996/002085 GB9602085W WO9708792A1 WO 1997008792 A1 WO1997008792 A1 WO 1997008792A1 GB 9602085 W GB9602085 W GB 9602085W WO 9708792 A1 WO9708792 A1 WO 9708792A1
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James Martin David Lister
Ian Norman Ross
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    • 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
    • H01S3/23—Arrangements of two or more lasers not provided for in groups H01S3/02 - H01S3/22, e.g. tandem arrangements of separate active media
    • H01S3/2308—Amplifier arrangements, e.g. MOPA
    • H01S3/2325—Multi-pass amplifiers, e.g. regenerative amplifiers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B17/00—Systems with reflecting surfaces, with or without refracting elements
    • G02B17/004—Systems comprising a plurality of reflections between two or more surfaces, e.g. cells, resonators
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01S3/005—Optical devices external to the laser cavity, specially adapted for lasers, e.g. for homogenisation of the beam or for manipulating laser pulses, e.g. pulse shaping
    • 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
    • H01S3/094038—End pumping

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  • the present invention relates to a multiple pass optical system and particularly but not exclusively to a multi-pass laser amplifier.
  • a beam of light be it ultraviolet, optical or infrared
  • Known multi-pass optical systems generally rely on multiple mirrors requiring very careful alignment and are consequently costly, highly complex, permit only narrow bandwidth operation and can be unreliable as a result of the system sensitivity to alignment of the many optical elements.
  • the present invention seeks to overcome the disadvantages with known systems and to provide a simple but effective multiple pass optical system capable of operating with both narrow and broad bandwidths.
  • the present invention provides a multiple pass optical system comprising an opposing pair of reflective optical elements and first and second refractive optical elements located between the reflective optical elements and arranged to direct a beam of light along at least two paths having a common point of intersection, each ofthe paths describing a different azimuth angle with respect to a plane of symmetry containing the axis of the optical system.
  • a beam of light may pass repeatedly through the same spatial point in the optical system along various paths with the light following any one ofthe paths remaining substantially uncoupled from the light following any other of the paths.
  • an amplifier is provided at the common point of intersection.
  • the amplifier may be endpumped by directing pump beams along the optical axis from either end of the system.
  • the reflective optical elements are plane mirrors positioned substantially pe ⁇ endicular to the optical axis ofthe system.
  • the refractive optical elements are double biprism devices.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective beam diagram for an eight pass amplifier in accordance with the present invention.
  • Figure 3 shows in section the eight pass amplifier of Figure 2.
  • the multiple pass optical system shown in Figure 1 includes only two reflecting optical elements 10, 11 at opposing ends ofthe system. No additional reflecting optical elements are required.
  • the reflecting optical elements 10, 11, which preferably are plane mirrors, are parallel to one another and normal to the axis X of the system.
  • the multiple pass optical system also includes two refractive optical elements 12, 13 located between the two mirrors 10, 11 and either side of a common point of intersection Z of the beam path through the system.
  • the two optical elements 12, 13 are purely refractive, have no optical power and are based on the biprism. Where the optical system is being used in combination with an amplifier 14, the amplifier 14 is positioned at the point of intersection Z of the beam paths.
  • the refractive optical elements 12, 13 or biprism elements determine the beam path through the optical system and hence the number of passes through the point of intersection Z between the input and output of the optical system.
  • the biprism elements 12, 13 are arranged so that the beam path does not pass through the axis X ofthe optical system except at the common point of intersection Z.
  • each of the refractive optical elements 12, 13 is a double biprism.
  • the double biprism consists of an orthogonal pair of biprisms having equal angles.
  • the pair of biprisms may be made as a low aspect-ratio pyramid, as two biprisms on opposite faces of the optical element or as four half size biprisms.
  • the double biprisms are positioned either side of the point of intersection Z, within the two mirrors 10, 11, and are mutually orientated azimuthally at 45°.
  • the beam is refracted by the double biprism 12 and is then reflected by the plane mirror 10 to point A which is in the next quadrant ofthe double biprism 12 but is equidistant from the axis X.
  • the beam is again refracted and passes through the amplifier 14 to an equivalent point A on the second of the double biprisms 13.
  • All of the paths followed by the beam between the double biprisms 12, 13 and the point of intersection Z are at a fixed angle to the optical axis X of the system and in consequence the paths lie on the surface of a cone the apex of which is the intersection Z.
  • the points of intersection of the beam with each of the double biprisms describe the apexes of an octagon.
  • the input beam In and the output beam Out are introduced into and emerged from the optical system respectively via a corridor 15 through the second of the double biprisms 13.
  • the corridor 15 is provided by removing an edge portion from the double biprism 13.
  • the resultant output beam is substantially decoupled from the input beam.
  • Figures 2 and 3 the input and output beams In, Out are shown reflected off one of the end mirrors 11.
  • each refractive optical element consists of two double biprisms with all equal angles, mutually orientated at 45°.
  • Each pair of double biprisms has a relative orientation of 22.5°.
  • the numbers of passes in each case may also be doubled by retroreflection.
  • optical system may be operated over a broad range of beam widths.
  • the beam path through the optical system at no time extends along the axis X and only intersects the axis at the common point of intersection Z.
  • an amplifier located at the point of intersection Z can be pumped 16 from both ends through central holes provided in the optical elements of the system, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.
  • a titanium sapphire amplifier 14 is positioned at the point of intersection Z of the beam path.
  • Each ray in this diagram represents two routes between the optical elements and the amplifier 14.
  • the pump beams 16 for the amplifier are shown along the axis of the optical system.
  • this optical system may also be used with flashpumped amplifiers such as a Nd:glass amplifier as well as laser pumped amplifiers like the Ti.sapphire amplifier mentioned above.
  • flashpumped amplifiers such as a Nd:glass amplifier
  • laser pumped amplifiers like the Ti.sapphire amplifier mentioned above.
  • Alternative arrangements of the optical system and in particular different optical elements are envisaged.
  • programmable refractive arrays may be employed and/or alternative refractive elements.
  • the optical elements are arranged so that the beam paths in different passes are angularly multiplexed and spatially overlapped in one plane.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un système optique à passage multiple doté de deux miroirs plan (10, 11) qui se font face, et entre lesquels se trouvent deux éléments biprismes (12, 13). Ces éléments (12, 13) sont disposés de manière à définir, en combinaison avec les miroirs plan (10, 11), une pluralité de trajets de faisceau ayant un point d'intersection commun (2). Dans une telle configuration, avec un nombre minimum d'éléments optiques, on dispose d'un système ayant des trajets de faisceau à multiplexage angulaire qui se chevauchent spatialement dans un plan.
PCT/GB1996/002085 1995-08-31 1996-08-27 Systeme optique a passage multiple Ceased WO1997008792A1 (fr)

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GB2315549B (en) * 1996-07-23 2000-06-14 Thomson Csf A device to measure the alignment of a laser amplification system
EP1059708A4 (fr) * 1998-11-10 2005-05-25 Idx Technologies Kk Appareil pour photoreaction
US6771683B2 (en) * 2000-10-26 2004-08-03 Coherent, Inc. Intra-cavity beam homogenizer resonator
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