用于光电对抗的高重频中红外激光器综述
Review of high repetition-rate mid-infrared lasers for photoelectric countermeasures
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摘要: 高重频中红外激光器在光电对抗及其它领域具有重要的应用价值, 其输出的激光波长覆盖了3μm~5μm, 主要包括直接抽运式高重频中红外固体激光器、高重频中红外光纤激光器和高重频中红外光学参量振荡器3种类型。介绍了产生高重频中红外激光的主要技术方案, 并讨论了上述3种类型激光器的相关进展状况。最后, 对各种技术所存在的问题和未来的发展方向进行了分析与展望。Abstract: High repetition rate mid-infrared lasers with the wavelength of 3μm~5μm play important roles in the field of photoelectric countermeasures, which are mainly classified into three types: direct pumped high repetition-rate mid-infrared solid-state lasers, high repetition-rate mid-infrared fiber lasers, and high repetition-rate mid-infrared optical parametric oscillators (OPOs). The main technical solutions of generating high repetition-rate mid-infrared lasers have been introduced first, and the related research progress of three types of lasers mentioned above have been discussed in this report. Finally, we also analyze the relative problems and point out some development directions of various technologies in the near future.
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Key words:
- lasers /
- mid-infrared /
- Q-switched /
- mode-locked /
- optical parametric oscillator
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图 1 波长可调谐的掺Fe2+: ZnSe激光器的光路图[8]
图 2 调Q掺Ho3+/Pr3+光纤激光器[15]
图 3 主动调Q掺Ho3+: ZBLAN光纤激光器[18]
图 4 被动调Q掺Ho3+: ZBLAN光纤激光器[22]
图 5 被动调Q掺Er3+: ZBLAN光纤激光器[31]
图 6 石墨烯锁模掺Er3+: ZBLAN光纤激光器[36]
图 7 黑磷调Q和锁模掺Er: ZBLAN光纤激光器[41]
图 8 Yb光纤激光器抽运皮秒MgO: PPLN OPO[42]
图 9 Nd: YAG激光器抽运PPMgO: CLN OPO[51]
图 10 Ho: YAG激光器抽运ZGP OPO[59]
图 11 Ho: YAG激光器抽运ZGP OPO[64]
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