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CN106253047B - Tunable mid-infrared light fibre mixed gas cascade Ramar laser - Google Patents

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CN106253047B CN201610820576.1A CN201610820576A CN106253047B CN 106253047 B CN106253047 B CN 106253047B CN 201610820576 A CN201610820576 A CN 201610820576A CN 106253047 B CN106253047 B CN 106253047B
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Abstract

本发明公开了一种可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,包括沿光路依次布置的近红外可调谐激光泵浦源、输入耦合组件、输入气体腔、空芯光纤、输出气体腔、输出引导组件和耦合输出镜,空芯光纤中充有两种分别使泵浦光发生受激拉曼散射产生第一级拉曼激光和使第一级拉曼激光发生受激拉曼散射产生中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的混合拉曼增益气体,还包括用于将耦合输出镜透射出的第一级拉曼激光以及中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光引导进入输入窗口的反馈系统。该可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器具有窄线宽、可调谐、低泵浦阈值、高转化效率等优点。

The invention discloses a tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser, which comprises a near-infrared tunable laser pump source, an input coupling component, an input gas cavity, a hollow-core optical fiber, an output gas cavity, and The output guide assembly and the coupling output mirror, the hollow core fiber is filled with two kinds of Stimulated Raman Scattering of the pump light to generate the first-order Raman laser and Stimulated Raman scattering of the first-stage Raman laser. Mixed Raman gain gas for second-stage Raman lasers in the infrared, also including feedback for directing first-stage Raman lasers transmitted out of the output mirror and second-stage Raman lasers in the mid-infrared into the input window system. The tunable mid-infrared fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser has the advantages of narrow linewidth, tunability, low pumping threshold, high conversion efficiency and the like.

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可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器Tunable mid-infrared fiber-optic mixed-gas cascaded Raman laser

技术领域technical field

本发明涉及激光发生设备技术领域,具体涉及一种可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器。The invention relates to the technical field of laser generating equipment, in particular to a tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser.

背景技术Background technique

中红外波段位于大气窗口,在遥感探测、激光雷达、通信以及军事等领域应用广泛。目前实现中红外波段输出的激光器主要有量子级联激光器、电子振动固体激光器、光参量振荡器以及光纤激光器等。其中,量子级联激光器在连续工作时产热较多,而且其受激区域较大,难以实现高功率单模输出;电子振动固体激光器可以实现2-5μm高效输出,但是热透镜效应限制了其功率的提高;光参量振荡器可以实现数瓦功率水平的可调谐中红外输出,但是其对泵浦源线宽以及偏振态要求较高;目前掺钬的氟化物光纤激光器可以实现3-4μm激光输出,但是功率水平和斜效率均较低,此外波长向更长波方向拓展也存在较大困难。The mid-infrared band is located in the atmospheric window and is widely used in remote sensing detection, lidar, communication, and military fields. At present, the lasers that realize output in the mid-infrared band mainly include quantum cascade lasers, electronic vibration solid-state lasers, optical parametric oscillators, and fiber lasers. Among them, quantum cascade lasers generate more heat during continuous operation, and their excited regions are large, making it difficult to achieve high-power single-mode output; electronic vibration solid-state lasers can achieve 2-5 μm high-efficiency output, but the thermal lens effect limits its Increase in power; optical parametric oscillators can achieve tunable mid-infrared output at a power level of several watts, but they have high requirements for pump source linewidth and polarization state; currently, holmium-doped fluoride fiber lasers can achieve 3-4μm laser output, but the power level and slope efficiency are low, and it is also difficult to expand the wavelength to longer wavelengths.

气体受激拉曼散射增益系数高、频移范围大、介质选择灵活,自1963年被首次报道以来受到了广泛的关注,是进行激光波长拓展的有效手段。然而在自由空间中实现气体受激拉曼散射时有效作用距离受限于瑞利长度,其泵浦阈值较高,而且会产生很多竞争拉曼谱线。Gas stimulated Raman scattering has high gain coefficient, large frequency shift range, and flexible medium selection. It has received extensive attention since it was first reported in 1963, and it is an effective means for laser wavelength expansion. However, when gas stimulated Raman scattering is realized in free space, the effective distance is limited by the Rayleigh length, the pumping threshold is high, and many competing Raman lines will be generated.

发明内容Contents of the invention

本发明要解决的技术问题是克服现有技术存在的不足,提供一种紧凑、窄线宽、可调谐、低泵浦阈值功率、高转化效率的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器。The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the deficiencies in the prior art and provide a tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascade Raman laser that is compact, narrow linewidth, tunable, low pump threshold power, and high conversion efficiency .

为解决上述技术问题,本发明采用以下技术方案:In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

一种可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,包括近红外可调谐激光泵浦源空芯光纤、输入气体腔、输出气体腔和耦合输出镜,所述空芯光纤的两端分别密封于输入气体腔和输出气体腔中;A tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser, comprising a near-infrared tunable laser pump source hollow-core fiber, an input gas cavity, an output gas cavity, and a coupled output mirror, and the two ends of the hollow-core fiber are respectively sealed In the input gas chamber and the output gas chamber;

所述输入气体腔设有输入窗口,所述近红外可调谐激光泵浦源与输入窗口之间设有将泵浦光耦合至空芯光纤的输入耦合组件;The input gas chamber is provided with an input window, and an input coupling component for coupling the pump light to the hollow-core optical fiber is provided between the near-infrared tunable laser pump source and the input window;

所述空芯光纤、输入气体腔和输出气体腔内混合充有两种以上拉曼增益气体,其中至少一种拉曼增益气体使泵浦光发生受激拉曼散射产生第一级拉曼激光,其余拉曼增益气体使第一级拉曼激光发生受激拉曼散射产生中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光;The hollow-core fiber, the input gas cavity and the output gas cavity are mixed with two or more Raman gain gases, wherein at least one Raman gain gas causes the pump light to undergo stimulated Raman scattering to generate a first-order Raman laser , the remaining Raman gain gas causes the first-stage Raman laser to undergo stimulated Raman scattering to generate a second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band;

所述空芯光纤在泵浦激光波段、第一级拉曼激光波段、第二级拉曼激光波段的传输损耗<0.5dB/m,而在其它波段的传输损耗>5dB/m;The transmission loss of the hollow-core fiber in the pump laser band, the first-level Raman laser band, and the second-level Raman laser band is <0.5dB/m, while the transmission loss in other bands is >5dB/m;

所述输出气体腔设有输出窗口,所述输出窗口和耦合输出镜之间设有用于将从输出窗口射出的光引导至耦合输出镜的输出引导组件;The output gas chamber is provided with an output window, and an output guide assembly for guiding the light emitted from the output window to the outcoupling mirror is arranged between the output window and the outcoupling mirror;

所述耦合输出镜对第一级拉曼激光的透过率大于90%,对中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的反射率为10%~90%,透过率为90%~10%;The transmittance of the coupling output mirror to the first-stage Raman laser is greater than 90%, the reflectance to the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band is 10% to 90%, and the transmittance is 90% to 10%. ;

还包括用于将耦合输出镜透射出的第一级拉曼激光以及中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光引导进入输入窗口的反馈系统。It also includes a feedback system for guiding the first-stage Raman laser transmitted from the output coupling mirror and the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band into the input window.

上述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,优选的,所述输入耦合组件包括第一聚焦耦合透镜和双色镜,所述第一聚焦耦合透镜和双色镜沿泵浦光射出方向依次布置;所述输出引导组件包括沿输出窗口出光的方向依次布置的准直透镜和用于将光反射至耦合输出镜的第一反射镜。In the above-mentioned tunable mid-infrared fiber-optic mixed gas cascaded Raman laser, preferably, the input coupling component includes a first focusing coupling lens and a dichroic mirror, and the first focusing coupling lens and the dichroic mirror are sequentially along the pumping light emission direction Arrangement; the output guide assembly includes a collimator lens arranged in sequence along the direction of light output from the output window and a first mirror for reflecting the light to the output coupling mirror.

上述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,优选的,所述反馈系统包括反射镜组、回转反射镜、第二聚焦耦合透镜和所述的双色镜,所述回转反射镜可沿光路方向高精度平移以改变反馈光路长度;所述第一级拉曼激光以及中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光经反射镜组和回转反射镜准直后再经第二聚焦耦合透镜聚焦至双色镜。For the tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser, preferably, the feedback system includes a mirror group, a rotary mirror, a second focusing coupling lens and the dichroic mirror, and the rotary mirror can be moved along The optical path direction is translated with high precision to change the length of the feedback optical path; the first-level Raman laser and the second-level Raman laser in the mid-infrared band are collimated by the mirror group and the rotary mirror, and then focused by the second focusing coupling lens to dichroic mirror.

上述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,优选的,所述反射镜组包括第二反射镜和第三反射镜,所述第二反射镜、第三反射镜以及回转反射镜对第一级拉曼激光和中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的反射率大于98%。In the above-mentioned tunable mid-infrared fiber-optic mixed gas cascaded Raman laser, preferably, the reflector group includes a second reflector and a third reflector, and the second reflector, the third reflector and the pair of revolving reflectors The reflectivity of the first-level Raman laser and the second-level Raman laser in the mid-infrared band is greater than 98%.

上述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,优选的,所述双色镜对泵浦光的透射率大于95%,所述双色镜对第一级拉曼激光和中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的反射率均大于90%。In the above-mentioned tunable mid-infrared fiber-optic mixed gas cascaded Raman laser, preferably, the transmittance of the dichroic mirror to the pump light is greater than 95%, and the transmittance of the dichroic mirror to the first-stage Raman laser and the first-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band is greater than 95%. The reflectivity of the secondary Raman laser is greater than 90%.

上述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,优选的,所述近红外可调谐激光泵浦源产生的泵浦光为脉冲或连续近红外激光,且从双色镜起依次经输入窗口、输入气体腔、空芯光纤、输出气体腔、输出窗口、准直透镜、第一反射镜、耦合输出镜、反射镜组、回转反射镜、第二聚焦耦合透镜再回到双色镜的环路的光学长度为L,L的长度可通过回转反射镜沿光路方向高精度平移进行调节,当近红外可调谐激光泵浦源产生的泵浦光脉冲近红外激光时,其重复频率M与环路光学长度L满足如下关系:In the above-mentioned tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser, preferably, the pump light generated by the near-infrared tunable laser pump source is a pulsed or continuous near-infrared laser, and passes through the input window sequentially from the dichroic mirror , input gas cavity, hollow-core fiber, output gas cavity, output window, collimator lens, first mirror, coupling output mirror, mirror group, revolving mirror, second focusing coupling lens and back to the loop of dichromatic mirror The optical length of L is L, and the length of L can be adjusted by high-precision translation of the rotating mirror along the direction of the optical path. When the near-infrared tunable laser pump source generates the pump light pulse near-infrared laser, its repetition frequency M and the loop The optical length L satisfies the following relationship:

nL=c/MnL=c/M

式中,n为正整数,c为光在真空中传播速度,L的单位为m,M的单位为Hz。In the formula, n is a positive integer, c is the propagation speed of light in vacuum, the unit of L is m, and the unit of M is Hz.

上述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,优选的,所述输入窗口和所述输出窗口对泵浦光、第一级拉曼激光和中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光透过率均大于90%。In the above-mentioned tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser, preferably, the input window and the output window are transparent to the pump light, the first-stage Raman laser and the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band. The pass rate is greater than 90%.

上述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,优选的,所述空芯光纤、输入气体腔和输出气体腔内的两种以上拉曼增益气体包括氢气和一种以上烷烃类气体,所述烷烃类气体包括甲烷、乙烷、丙烷、丁烷和乙烯。In the above-mentioned tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser, preferably, the two or more Raman gain gases in the hollow-core fiber, the input gas cavity and the output gas cavity include hydrogen and more than one alkane gas, The alkane gases include methane, ethane, propane, butane and ethylene.

上述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,优选的,还包括用于对输入气体腔或输出气体腔进行抽真空和充入两种拉曼增益气体的抽真空及充气装置。The above-mentioned tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser preferably also includes a vacuum pumping and gas filling device for vacuuming the input gas chamber or the output gas chamber and filling two kinds of Raman gain gases.

本发明的原理是:空芯光纤能够为气体受激拉曼散射提供了近乎理想的环境,它可以有效地将泵浦光约束在微米量级的纤芯中,大大提高了泵浦强度和有效作用距离,而且可以通过合理选择泵浦波长和拉曼增益气体,设计空芯光子晶体光纤的传输损耗谱来控制各拉曼信号的有效增益,将二者结合组成光纤气体激光器实现中红外激光输出。由于单种气体的拉曼频移范围有限,不足以将常见的1微米波段近红外泵浦光频移至中红外波段,因此可以在一段空芯光纤中同时充有两种或多种气体,泵浦光作用于其中一种气体并发生受激拉曼散射进行一次波长上移,产生第一级拉曼激光,第一级拉曼激光与另外一种气体相互作用发生受激拉曼散再进行一次波长上移,产生中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光。或者通过更多次的受激拉曼散射实现波长上移,产生中红外激光。通过合理设计空芯光纤的传输带,可以有效抑制该过程中竞争拉曼激光的产生,使得中红外激光的产生达到较高的转化效率。The principle of the present invention is: the hollow core fiber can provide a nearly ideal environment for gas stimulated Raman scattering, it can effectively confine the pump light in the fiber core of the micron level, greatly improving the pumping intensity and effective The effective gain of each Raman signal can be controlled by reasonably selecting the pump wavelength and Raman gain gas, and designing the transmission loss spectrum of the hollow-core photonic crystal fiber, and combining the two to form a fiber gas laser to achieve mid-infrared laser output . Since the Raman frequency shift range of a single gas is limited, it is not enough to shift the frequency of the common near-infrared pump light in the 1 micron band to the mid-infrared band. Therefore, two or more gases can be filled in a hollow-core fiber at the same time. The pump light acts on one of the gases and undergoes stimulated Raman scattering to shift the wavelength up once to generate the first-order Raman laser. The first-order Raman laser interacts with the other gas to undergo stimulated Raman scattering A wavelength shift is performed to generate a second-order Raman laser in the mid-infrared band. Or through more times of stimulated Raman scattering, the wavelength can be shifted up to generate mid-infrared laser light. By rationally designing the transmission band of the hollow-core fiber, the generation of competing Raman lasers in this process can be effectively suppressed, so that the generation of mid-infrared lasers can achieve a higher conversion efficiency.

与现有技术相比,本发明的优点在于:Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the advantages of:

1、本发明可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器同时利用了两种或更多种气体的级联受激拉曼散射,是一种由近红外泵浦激光产生中红外激光的新装置。1. The tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser of the present invention utilizes the cascaded stimulated Raman scattering of two or more gases at the same time, and is a new type of mid-infrared laser generated by a near-infrared pump laser device.

2、本发明利用了空芯光纤有效地将泵浦光约束在微米量级的纤芯中,大大提高了泵浦强度和有效作用距离,增强了泵浦光与拉曼增益气体的作用强度;同时利用反共振空心光纤传输带设计方便的特性,可以特殊设计光纤的输出损耗带,使得泵浦波长和两级拉曼激光波长传输损耗较低,对其它波段传输损耗较高,这样可以有效抑制竞争拉曼激光的产生,提高了转换效率。2. The present invention utilizes the hollow-core optical fiber to effectively confine the pump light in the micron-scale fiber core, which greatly improves the pump intensity and effective action distance, and enhances the interaction intensity between the pump light and the Raman gain gas; At the same time, taking advantage of the convenient design of the anti-resonance hollow fiber transmission band, the output loss band of the fiber can be specially designed, so that the transmission loss of the pump wavelength and the two-stage Raman laser wavelength is low, and the transmission loss of other bands is high, which can effectively suppress The generation of competing Raman lasers improves the conversion efficiency.

3、本发明通过设计反馈系统,使得第一级拉曼激光继续与第二种拉曼增益气体相互作用,进一步提高中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的转化效率,并使中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光在空间结构的环路中多次传播形成谐振,可以降低泵浦阈值功率,提高转化效率。3. The present invention makes the first-level Raman laser continue to interact with the second Raman gain gas by designing the feedback system, further improving the conversion efficiency of the second-level Raman laser in the mid-infrared band, and making the mid-infrared band The second-stage Raman laser propagates multiple times in the loop of the space structure to form resonance, which can reduce the pump threshold power and improve the conversion efficiency.

4、本发明结合了气体激光器输出功率高、损伤阈值高和光纤激光器光束质量好等优点,在实际应用中具有极大的潜在优势。4. The present invention combines the advantages of high output power of gas laser, high damage threshold and good beam quality of fiber laser, and has great potential advantages in practical application.

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图1为可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器的结构示意图。Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser.

图2为冰淇淋型反共振空芯光纤横截面扫描电子显微图。Fig. 2 is a scanning electron micrograph of a cross-section of an ice cream-type anti-resonance hollow-core optical fiber.

图3为自由边界型反共振空芯光纤横截面扫描电子显微图。Fig. 3 is a scanning electron micrograph of the cross-section of the free-boundary anti-resonance hollow-core fiber.

图4为泵浦光经两种气体拉曼频移后的波长及其在反共振空芯光纤传输带中的相对位置示意图。Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the wavelength of the pump light after being Raman-shifted by two gases and its relative position in the anti-resonant hollow-core optical fiber transmission belt.

图例说明:illustration:

1、近红外可调谐激光泵浦源;2、空芯光纤;3、第一聚焦耦合透镜;4、双色镜;5、输入窗口;6、输入气体腔;7、输出气体腔;8、输出窗口;9、准直透镜;10、第一反射镜;11、耦合输出镜;12、第二反射镜;13、第三反射镜;14、回转反射镜;15、第二聚焦耦合透镜;16、抽真空及充气装置。1. Near-infrared tunable laser pump source; 2. Hollow-core fiber; 3. First focusing coupling lens; 4. Dichromatic mirror; 5. Input window; 6. Input gas cavity; 7. Output gas cavity; 8. Output Window; 9. Collimating lens; 10. First reflector; 11. Coupling output mirror; 12. Second reflector; 13. Third reflector; 14. Rotary reflector; 15. Second focusing coupling lens; 16 , Vacuum and inflation device.

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以下结合附图和具体实施例对本发明作进一步详细说明。The present invention will be described in further detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

如图1所示,本实施例的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,包括近红外可调谐激光泵浦源1、空芯光纤2、输入气体腔6、输出气体腔7和耦合输出镜11,空芯光纤2的两端分别密封于输入气体腔6和输出气体腔7中;As shown in Figure 1, the tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser of this embodiment includes a near-infrared tunable laser pump source 1, a hollow-core fiber 2, an input gas cavity 6, an output gas cavity 7 and a coupling The output mirror 11 and the two ends of the hollow-core optical fiber 2 are respectively sealed in the input gas chamber 6 and the output gas chamber 7;

输入气体腔6设有输入窗口5,近红外可调谐激光泵浦源1与输入窗口5之间设有将泵浦光耦合至空芯光纤2的输入耦合组件,该输入耦合组件包括第一聚焦耦合透镜3和双色镜4,第一聚焦耦合透镜3和双色镜4沿泵浦光射出方向依次布置;The input gas cavity 6 is provided with an input window 5, and an input coupling assembly for coupling the pump light to the hollow-core optical fiber 2 is provided between the near-infrared tunable laser pump source 1 and the input window 5, and the input coupling assembly includes a first focusing The coupling lens 3 and the dichroic mirror 4, the first focusing coupling lens 3 and the dichroic mirror 4 are arranged in sequence along the pumping light emission direction;

空芯光纤2、输入气体腔6和输出气体腔7内充有由两种拉曼增益气体混合的混合气体,其中一种拉曼增益气体使泵浦光发生受激拉曼散射产生第一级拉曼激光,另一种拉曼增益气体使第一级拉曼激光发生受激拉曼散射产生中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光;通过两种拉曼增益气体的级联受激拉曼散射将近红外泵浦激光波长转换至中红外波段;The hollow core fiber 2, the input gas cavity 6 and the output gas cavity 7 are filled with a mixed gas mixed with two kinds of Raman gain gases, one of which causes the pump light to undergo stimulated Raman scattering to generate a first-order Raman laser, another Raman gain gas causes the first-stage Raman laser to undergo stimulated Raman scattering to generate a second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band; through the cascaded stimulated Raman of two Raman gain gases Scattering converts the wavelength of the near-infrared pump laser to the mid-infrared band;

输出气体腔7设有输出窗口8,输出窗口8和耦合输出镜11之间设有用于将从输出窗口8射出的光引导至耦合输出镜11的输出引导组件,该输出引导组件具体采用沿输出窗口8射出光的方向依次布置的准直透镜9和用于将光反射至耦合输出镜11的第一反射镜10;The output gas cavity 7 is provided with an output window 8, and an output guide assembly for guiding the light emitted from the output window 8 to the output coupling mirror 11 is provided between the output window 8 and the output coupling mirror 11. A collimator lens 9 arranged in sequence in the direction of light output from the window 8 and a first mirror 10 for reflecting the light to the outcoupling mirror 11;

耦合输出镜11对第一级拉曼激光的透过率大于95%,对中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的反射率为10%~90%,透过率为90%~10%;The transmittance of the output coupling mirror 11 to the first-stage Raman laser is greater than 95%, the reflectance to the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band is 10%-90%, and the transmittance is 90%-10%;

还包括用于将耦合输出镜11透射的第一级拉曼激光以及中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光反射并聚焦至双色镜4、并由双色镜4反射进入输入窗口5的反馈系统。It also includes a feedback system for reflecting and focusing the first-stage Raman laser transmitted by the output coupling mirror 11 and the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band to the dichroic mirror 4 , and reflected by the dichroic mirror 4 into the input window 5 .

本实施例的反馈系统包括反射镜组、回转反射镜14和第二聚焦耦合透镜15,第一级拉曼激光以及中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光经反射镜组、回转反射镜14准直后再经第二聚焦耦合透镜15聚焦至双色镜4。反射镜组包括第二反射镜12和第三反射镜13,其中,第二反射镜12、第三反射镜13以及回转反射镜14对第一级拉曼激光和中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的反射率大于98%。双色镜4对泵浦光的透射率大于95%,双色镜4对第一级拉曼激光和中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的反射率大于90%。回转反射镜14安装在平移装置上并可沿光路方向高精度平移以改变反馈光路长度,满足脉冲工作条件下的脉冲重叠条件,平移装置可以采用现有的高精度平移平台。The feedback system of this embodiment includes a mirror group, a rotary mirror 14, and a second focusing coupling lens 15. After straightening, it is focused to the dichroic mirror 4 by the second focusing coupling lens 15. The reflector group includes a second reflector 12 and a third reflector 13, wherein the second reflector 12, the third reflector 13, and the revolving reflector 14 are used for the first-stage Raman laser and the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band. The reflectivity of Mann laser is greater than 98%. The transmittance of the dichromatic mirror 4 to the pump light is greater than 95%, and the reflectivity of the dichromatic mirror 4 to the first-stage Raman laser and the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band is greater than 90%. The rotary mirror 14 is installed on the translation device and can be translated with high precision along the optical path direction to change the length of the feedback optical path to meet the pulse overlap condition under the pulse working condition. The translation device can use an existing high-precision translation platform.

该可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器是一种紧凑、窄线宽、可调谐的光纤气体拉曼激光器,其同时利用两种气体的拉曼频移,将泵浦光输出的近红外激光波长进一步向中红外方向拓展。在工作时,由近红外可调谐激光泵浦源1产生的近红外激光经第一聚焦耦合透镜3、双色镜4、输入窗口5耦合至充有两种拉曼增益混合气体的空芯光纤2的纤芯中,泵浦光在纤芯中与其中的一种拉曼增益气体相互作用发生受激拉曼散射产生第一级拉曼激光,第一级拉曼激光与第二种拉曼增益气体相互作用发生受激拉曼散射产生中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光,第一级拉曼激光与第二级拉曼激光通过输出窗口8、准直透镜9以及第一反射镜10入射至耦合输出镜11,耦合输出镜11对第一级拉曼激光的透过率大于98%,对中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的反射率约为10%-90%,透过率约为90%-10%,从耦合输出镜11透射的第一级拉曼激光与中红外波段第二级拉曼激光依次经过第二反射镜12、第三反射镜13、回转反射镜14准直后再经第二聚焦耦合透镜15聚焦至双色镜4,再由双色镜4反射并经过输入窗口5透射耦合至空芯光纤2的纤芯中,使得第一级拉曼激光继续与第二种拉曼增益气体相互作用,可进一步提高中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的转化效率,中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光在这个空间结构的环路中多次传播形成谐振,可以降低泵浦阈值功率,提高转化效率。The tunable mid-infrared fiber-gas mixed gas cascade Raman laser is a compact, narrow-linewidth, tunable fiber-optic gas Raman laser. Infrared laser wavelengths are further extended to the mid-infrared direction. When working, the near-infrared laser generated by the near-infrared tunable laser pump source 1 is coupled to the hollow-core fiber 2 filled with two Raman gain mixture gases through the first focusing coupling lens 3, dichroic mirror 4, and input window 5 In the fiber core, the pump light interacts with one of the Raman gain gases in the fiber core to generate stimulated Raman scattering to generate the first-order Raman laser, and the first-order Raman laser and the second Raman gain gas Gas interaction occurs stimulated Raman scattering to generate the second-order Raman laser in the mid-infrared band, and the first-order Raman laser and the second-order Raman laser are incident through the output window 8, the collimator lens 9 and the first mirror 10 To the coupling-out mirror 11, the transmittance of the coupling-out mirror 11 to the first-stage Raman laser is greater than 98%, and the reflectivity to the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band is about 10%-90%. About 90%-10%, the first-level Raman laser transmitted from the coupling output mirror 11 and the second-level Raman laser in the mid-infrared band pass through the second mirror 12, the third mirror 13, and the rotary mirror 14 in turn. After straightening, it is focused to the dichroic mirror 4 by the second focusing coupling lens 15, then reflected by the dichroic mirror 4 and coupled to the core of the hollow-core fiber 2 through the input window 5, so that the first-order Raman laser continues to be connected with the second This kind of Raman gain gas interaction can further improve the conversion efficiency of the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band. The second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band propagates multiple times in the loop of this space structure to form resonance, which can Reduce pumping threshold power and improve conversion efficiency.

本实施例中,空芯光纤2采用传输带特殊设计的反共振空芯光纤,其为微米量级的空芯结构,将泵浦光约束在横截面为微米量级的空间中,可有效增强泵浦光与拉曼增益气体的相互作用,提高有效作用距离,并且被设计为在近红外和中红外具有多个传输带,其传输损耗谱基于反共振光学波导模型,也即传输带的位置可以通过光纤包层毛细管壁的厚度控制,在泵浦波段以及两级拉曼波长处具有较低传输损耗(<0.5dB/m),而在其它需要抑制的拉曼信号波长处有较高的传输损耗(>5dB/m)。In this embodiment, the hollow-core fiber 2 adopts a specially designed anti-resonance hollow-core fiber with a transmission belt, which is a micron-scale hollow-core structure, and confines the pump light in a space with a micron-scale cross section, which can effectively enhance The interaction of the pump light with the Raman gain gas increases the effective distance and is designed to have multiple transmission bands in the near-infrared and mid-infrared, and its transmission loss spectrum is based on the anti-resonant optical waveguide model, that is, the position of the transmission band It can be controlled by the thickness of the capillary wall of the fiber cladding, and has low transmission loss (<0.5dB/m) at the pump band and the two-stage Raman wavelength, and has a higher transmission loss at other Raman signal wavelengths that need to be suppressed Transmission loss (>5dB/m).

本实施例中,输入窗口5和输出窗口8均为镀膜窗口,输入窗口5和输出窗口8对泵浦光、第一级拉曼激光和中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光透过率均大于90%。In this embodiment, both the input window 5 and the output window 8 are coating windows, and the transmittance of the input window 5 and the output window 8 to the pump light, the first-stage Raman laser and the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band is equal. Greater than 90%.

本实施例中,可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器还包括用于对输入气体腔6或输出气体腔7进行抽真空和充入两种拉曼增益气体的抽真空及充气装置16,该抽真空及充气装置16可以采用现有技术,其还可以配置进行气压监测的监测组件。In this embodiment, the tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser also includes a vacuum pumping and gas filling device 16 for vacuuming the input gas chamber 6 or the output gas chamber 7 and filling two kinds of Raman gain gases The vacuum pumping and inflation device 16 can adopt the prior art, and it can also be equipped with a monitoring component for air pressure monitoring.

本实施例的,近红外可调谐激光泵浦源1产生的泵浦光可为连续近红外激光,也可为脉冲近红外激光。当近红外可调谐激光泵浦源1产生的泵浦光为脉冲近红外激光时,可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器工作在同步泵浦的脉冲状态,在该状态下,从双色镜4起依次经输入窗口5、输入气体腔6、空芯光纤2、输出气体腔7、输出窗口8、准直透镜9、第一反射镜10、耦合输出镜11、反射镜组、回转反射镜14、第二聚焦耦合透镜15再回到双色镜4的环路的光学长度为L,该光学长度L可以由回转反射镜14在光路方向上的高精度平移进行调节,近红外可调谐激光泵浦源1的重复频率为M,L和M的对应关系满足式(1):In this embodiment, the pump light generated by the near-infrared tunable laser pumping source 1 may be a continuous near-infrared laser or a pulsed near-infrared laser. When the pump light generated by the near-infrared tunable laser pump source 1 is a pulsed near-infrared laser, the tunable mid-infrared fiber-optic gas-cascaded Raman laser works in a pulsed state of synchronous pumping. In this state, the two-color Mirror 4 passes through input window 5, input gas cavity 6, hollow core fiber 2, output gas cavity 7, output window 8, collimator lens 9, first reflector 10, coupling output mirror 11, reflector group, gyroreflection Mirror 14, the second focusing coupling lens 15 return to the optical length of the loop of the dichroic mirror 4 is L, this optical length L can be adjusted by the high-precision translation of the rotary mirror 14 in the direction of the optical path, and the near-infrared tunable laser The repetition frequency of pump source 1 is M, and the corresponding relationship between L and M satisfies formula (1):

nL=c/M (1)nL=c/M (1)

式中,n为正整数,c为光在真空中传播速度,L的单位为m,M的单位为Hz。In the formula, n is a positive integer, c is the propagation speed of light in vacuum, the unit of L is m, and the unit of M is Hz.

在该对应关系下,在反共振空芯光纤2中产生的第一级拉曼激光以及中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的任意一个脉冲在环路中传播一个或多个周期后在双色镜4处与下一个泵浦激光脉冲重叠,可以降低两级拉曼激光泵浦阈值,并提高转化效率。Under this corresponding relationship, any pulse of the first-order Raman laser generated in the anti-resonance hollow-core fiber 2 and the second-order Raman laser in the mid-infrared band propagates in the loop for one or more cycles and then in the two-color Mirror 4 overlaps with the next pump laser pulse, which can reduce the pumping threshold of the two-stage Raman laser and improve the conversion efficiency.

本实施例中,空芯光纤2、输入气体腔6和输出气体腔7内的两种以上拉曼增益气体为常见拉曼气体的组合,例如可以为氢气与一种或者两种烷烃类气体,烷烃类气体包括甲烷、乙烷、丙烷、丁烷、乙烯等。或者其它合适的拉曼增益混合气体,气体的种类并不限于2种,可以是2种或者2种以上,当种类多于2种时,发生的受激拉曼散射级数也相应多于2级,直至产生中红外波段拉曼激光。下面以氢气与乙烷组合为例,说明第一级拉曼激光与中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的产生过程以及在反共振空芯光纤2的传输带设计。In this embodiment, the two or more Raman gain gases in the hollow core fiber 2, the input gas cavity 6 and the output gas cavity 7 are a combination of common Raman gases, such as hydrogen and one or two alkane gases, Alkane gases include methane, ethane, propane, butane, ethylene, and the like. Or other suitable Raman gain mixed gas, the type of gas is not limited to 2 types, it can be 2 or more types, when there are more than 2 types, the number of stimulated Raman scattering series that occurs is correspondingly more than 2 level until the mid-infrared band Raman laser is generated. The following takes the combination of hydrogen and ethane as an example to illustrate the generation process of the first-stage Raman laser and the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band and the design of the transmission band in the anti-resonant hollow-core fiber 2 .

在受激拉曼散射过程中,一阶斯托克斯波长可以通过式(2)得到In the process of stimulated Raman scattering, the first-order Stokes wavelength can be obtained by formula (2)

式中,λout为受激拉曼散射过程中一阶斯托克斯波长,单位为nm;λpump为泵浦波长,单位为nm;Δω为受激拉曼散射过程中对应气体分子的拉曼频移,单位为cm-1In the formula, λ out is the first-order Stokes wavelength in the stimulated Raman scattering process, and the unit is nm; λ pump is the pump wavelength, and the unit is nm; Mann frequency shift, the unit is cm -1 .

当近红外可调谐激光泵浦源1的中心波长为1064nm,反共振空芯光纤2中的两种拉曼混合气体为氢气和乙烷时,泵浦光在空芯光纤2中先与氢气相互作用发生受激拉曼散射产生第一级拉曼激光。氢气的拉曼频移为4155cm-1,将泵浦波长与氢气拉曼频移代入式(2)可得第一级拉曼激光波长为1907nm。第一级拉曼激光1907nm做为第二次受激拉曼散射泵浦源与乙烷相互作用产生第二级拉曼激光,将1907nm和乙烷的拉曼频移2954cm-1代入式(2)中,可得第二级拉曼激光波长,也即本发明提出的可调谐中红外光纤气体拉曼激光器输出激光的中心波长为4367nm。当近红外可调谐激光泵浦源1的中心波长调谐时,由式(2)可以得到对应的第一级拉曼激光波长以及对应的本发明所提出的中红外激光最终输出激光的中心波长。When the central wavelength of the near-infrared tunable laser pump source 1 is 1064nm, and the two Raman mixed gases in the anti-resonant hollow-core fiber 2 are hydrogen and ethane, the pump light first interacts with hydrogen in the hollow-core fiber 2 Stimulated Raman scattering occurs to generate the first-order Raman laser. The Raman frequency shift of hydrogen is 4155cm -1 . Substituting the pump wavelength and the Raman frequency shift of hydrogen into formula (2), the wavelength of the first-order Raman laser is 1907nm. The first-stage Raman laser at 1907nm is used as the second stimulated Raman scattering pump source to interact with ethane to generate the second-stage Raman laser, and the Raman frequency shift of 1907nm and ethane by 2954cm -1 is substituted into the formula (2 ), the second-order Raman laser wavelength can be obtained, that is, the central wavelength of the output laser of the tunable mid-infrared fiber-optic Raman laser proposed by the present invention is 4367nm. When the central wavelength of the near-infrared tunable laser pump source 1 is tuned, the corresponding first-order Raman laser wavelength and the corresponding central wavelength of the mid-infrared laser final output laser proposed by the present invention can be obtained from formula (2).

在两级受激拉曼散射过程中,有可能会产生例如转动拉曼、高阶拉曼等竞争拉曼谱线,而且近红外可调谐激光泵浦源1的泵浦光有可能先与乙烷相互作用发生受激拉曼散射产生1553nm的第一级拉曼激光。为防止这些情况的出现可以通过合理设计反共振空芯光纤2的传输带,其横截面如图2和图3所示,其中图2为冰淇淋型反共振空芯光纤2,图3为自由边界型反共振空芯光纤2,图中光纤截面浅颜色区域为石英结构,深颜色区域为空气孔。反共振空芯光纤2的高损耗区域波长位置可以由(3)式得到。In the two-stage stimulated Raman scattering process, competing Raman lines such as rotational Raman and higher-order Raman may be generated, and the pump light of the near-infrared tunable laser pump source 1 may be combined with the second Stimulated Raman scattering occurs through the alkane interaction to generate the first-order Raman laser at 1553nm. In order to prevent the occurrence of these situations, the transmission band of the anti-resonance hollow-core fiber 2 can be reasonably designed. Type anti-resonance hollow-core fiber 2, the light-colored area of the fiber cross-section in the figure is the quartz structure, and the dark-colored area is the air hole. The wavelength position of the high-loss region of the anti-resonant hollow-core fiber 2 can be obtained by formula (3).

式中,λm为共振波长,单位为nm,也即高传输损耗区域波长,d为包层毛细管壁厚度,单位为nm,m为正整数,n2和n1分别为包层石英和纤芯区域的折射率。通过控制包层毛细管壁的厚度进而可以设计反共振空芯光纤2的传输带,使得泵浦中心波长λ0(1064nm)、第一级拉曼激光波长λ1(1907nm)以及本发明提出的激光器的最终输出中心波长λ2(4367nm)与光纤的传输谱的相对位置如图4所示。从图4可以看到,三种波长分别位于该光纤的三个传输带中,泵浦光λ0经过两种气体的先后两次拉曼频移转移至中红外波段λ2。通过这种设计可以抑制竞争拉曼线的产生,最大限度地提高中红外激光的转化效率。In the formula, λ m is the resonance wavelength in nm, that is, the wavelength in the high transmission loss region, d is the wall thickness of the cladding capillary in nm, m is a positive integer, n 2 and n 1 are cladding quartz and fiber The refractive index of the core region. By controlling the thickness of the cladding capillary wall and then the transmission band of the anti-resonance hollow-core fiber 2 can be designed, so that the pump center wavelength λ 0 (1064nm), the first-order Raman laser wavelength λ 1 (1907nm) and the laser proposed by the present invention The relative position of the final output central wavelength λ 2 (4367nm) of the λ and the transmission spectrum of the optical fiber is shown in FIG. 4 . It can be seen from Fig. 4 that the three wavelengths are respectively located in the three transmission bands of the optical fiber, and the pump light λ 0 is shifted to the mid-infrared band λ 2 by two successive Raman frequency shifts of the two gases. Through this design, the generation of competing Raman lines can be suppressed, and the conversion efficiency of mid-infrared laser can be maximized.

上述中心波长为1064nm的泵浦光也可以先与乙烷作用发生受激拉曼散射产生1553nm的第一级拉曼激光,此时只需要将图4中的λ1处的传输带设计至1553nm即可。同理,当反共振空芯光纤2中的拉曼增益混合气体为其它气体时,通过式(2)计算得到两级拉曼激光波长并合理调整空芯光纤2的传输带即可。The above-mentioned pump light with a center wavelength of 1064nm can also first react with ethane to generate stimulated Raman scattering to generate a first-order Raman laser at 1553nm. At this time, it is only necessary to design the transmission band at λ1 in Figure 4 to 1553nm That's it. Similarly, when the Raman gain mixture gas in the anti-resonant hollow-core fiber 2 is other gases, the two-stage Raman laser wavelength can be calculated by formula (2) and the transmission band of the hollow-core fiber 2 can be reasonably adjusted.

以上所述仅是本发明的优选实施方式,本发明的保护范围并不仅局限于上述实施例。对于本技术领域的技术人员来说,在不脱离本发明技术构思前提下所得到的改进和变换也应视为本发明的保护范围。The above descriptions are only preferred implementations of the present invention, and the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to the above examples. For those skilled in the art, improvements and transformations obtained without departing from the technical concept of the present invention should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

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1.一种可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,其特征在于:包括近红外可调谐激光泵浦源(1)、空芯光纤(2)、输入气体腔(6)、输出气体腔(7)和耦合输出镜(11),所述空芯光纤(2)的两端分别密封于输入气体腔(6)和输出气体腔(7)中;1. A tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser, characterized in that it includes a near-infrared tunable laser pump source (1), a hollow-core optical fiber (2), an input gas cavity (6), and an output gas A cavity (7) and a coupling output mirror (11), the two ends of the hollow-core optical fiber (2) are respectively sealed in the input gas cavity (6) and the output gas cavity (7); 所述输入气体腔(6)设有输入窗口(5),所述近红外可调谐激光泵浦源(1)与输入窗口(5)之间设有将泵浦光耦合至空芯光纤(2)的输入耦合组件;The input gas cavity (6) is provided with an input window (5), and between the near-infrared tunable laser pumping source (1) and the input window (5) is a device for coupling the pump light to a hollow-core optical fiber (2 ) input coupling components; 所述空芯光纤(2)、输入气体腔(6)和输出气体腔(7)内混合充有两种以上拉曼增益气体,其中至少一种拉曼增益气体使泵浦光发生受激拉曼散射产生第一级拉曼激光,其余拉曼增益气体使第一级拉曼激光发生受激拉曼散射产生中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光;The hollow-core fiber (2), the input gas chamber (6) and the output gas chamber (7) are filled with two or more Raman gain gases, at least one of which makes the pump light stimulated to pull Man scattering produces the first-order Raman laser, and the rest of the Raman gain gas causes the first-stage Raman laser to undergo stimulated Raman scattering to generate the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band; 所述空芯光纤(2)在泵浦激光波段、第一级拉曼激光波段、第二级拉曼激光波段的传输损耗<0.5dB/m,而在其它波段的传输损耗>5dB/m;The transmission loss of the hollow-core fiber (2) in the pump laser band, the first-level Raman laser band, and the second-level Raman laser band is <0.5dB/m, while the transmission loss in other bands is >5dB/m; 所述输出气体腔(7)设有输出窗口(8),所述输出窗口(8)和耦合输出镜(11)之间设有用于将从输出窗口(8)射出的光引导至耦合输出镜(11)的输出引导组件;The output gas chamber (7) is provided with an output window (8), and a device for guiding the light emitted from the output window (8) to the outcoupling mirror (11) is provided between the output window (8) and the outcoupling mirror (11). (11) the output bootstrap component; 所述耦合输出镜(11)对第一级拉曼激光的透过率大于90%,对中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的反射率为10%~90%,透过率为90%~10%;The transmittance of the coupling output mirror (11) to the first-stage Raman laser is greater than 90%, the reflectance to the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band is 10% to 90%, and the transmittance is 90%. ~10%; 还包括用于将耦合输出镜(11)透射出的第一级拉曼激光以及中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光引导进入输入窗口(5)的反馈系统;It also includes a feedback system for guiding the first-stage Raman laser transmitted from the output coupling mirror (11) and the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band into the input window (5); 所述空芯光纤(2)、输入气体腔(6)和输出气体腔(7)内的两种以上拉曼增益气体包括氢气和一种以上烷烃类气体,所述烷烃类气体包括甲烷、乙烷、丙烷、丁烷和乙烯。The two or more Raman gain gases in the hollow-core fiber (2), the input gas cavity (6) and the output gas cavity (7) include hydrogen and more than one alkane gas, and the alkane gas includes methane, ethyl Alkanes, propanes, butanes and ethylene. 2.根据权利要求1所述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,其特征在于:所述输入耦合组件包括第一聚焦耦合透镜(3)和双色镜(4),所述第一聚焦耦合透镜(3)和双色镜(4)沿泵浦光射出方向依次布置;所述输出引导组件包括沿输出窗口(8)射出光的方向依次布置的准直透镜(9)和用于将光反射至耦合输出镜(11)的第一反射镜(10)。2. The tunable mid-infrared fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser according to claim 1, characterized in that: the input coupling component includes a first focusing coupling lens (3) and a dichroic mirror (4), and the first A focusing coupling lens (3) and a dichroic mirror (4) are sequentially arranged along the direction of pump light emission; the output guide assembly includes a collimator lens (9) arranged sequentially along the direction of output light from the output window (8) and for A first reflector (10) reflects light to an outcoupling mirror (11). 3.根据权利要求2所述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,其特征在于:所述反馈系统包括反射镜组、回转反射镜(14)、第二聚焦耦合透镜(15)和所述的双色镜(4),所述回转反射镜(14)可沿光路方向高精度平移以改变反馈光路长度;所述第一级拉曼激光以及中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光经反射镜组和回转反射镜(14)准直后再经第二聚焦耦合透镜(15)聚焦至双色镜(4)。3. The tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser according to claim 2, characterized in that: the feedback system includes a mirror group, a rotary mirror (14), a second focusing coupling lens (15) and the dichroic mirror (4), the rotary mirror (14) can be translated with high precision along the optical path direction to change the length of the feedback optical path; the first-stage Raman laser and the second-stage Raman laser in the mid-infrared band After being collimated by the mirror group and the rotary mirror (14), it is focused to the dichroic mirror (4) by the second focusing coupling lens (15). 4.根据权利要求3所述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,其特征在于:所述反射镜组包括第二反射镜(12)和第三反射镜(13),所述第二反射镜(12)、第三反射镜(13)以及回转反射镜(14)对第一级拉曼激光和中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的反射率大于98%。4. The tunable mid-infrared fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser according to claim 3, characterized in that: the mirror group includes a second mirror (12) and a third mirror (13), the The reflectivity of the second reflector (12), the third reflector (13) and the revolving reflector (14) to the first-order Raman laser and the second-order Raman laser in the mid-infrared band is greater than 98%. 5.根据权利要求3所述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,其特征在于:所述双色镜(4)对泵浦光的透射率大于95%,所述双色镜(4)对第一级拉曼激光和中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光的反射率均大于90%。5. The tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser according to claim 3, characterized in that: the transmittance of the dichroic mirror (4) to pump light is greater than 95%, and the dichroic mirror (4) ) The reflectivity of the first-level Raman laser and the second-level Raman laser in the mid-infrared band is greater than 90%. 6.根据权利要求3所述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,其特征在于:所述近红外可调谐激光泵浦源(1)产生的泵浦光为脉冲或连续近红外激光,且从双色镜(4)起依次经输入窗口(5)、输入气体腔(6)、空芯光纤(2)、输出气体腔(7)、输出窗口(8)、准直透镜(9)、第一反射镜(10)、耦合输出镜(11)、反射镜组、回转反射镜(14)、第二聚焦耦合透镜(15)再回到双色镜(4)的环路的光学长度为L,L的长度可通过回转反射镜(14)沿光路方向高精度平移进行调节,当近红外可调谐激光泵浦源(1)产生的泵浦光脉冲近红外激光时,其重复频率M与环路光学长度L满足如下关系:6. The tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser according to claim 3, characterized in that: the pump light generated by the near-infrared tunable laser pump source (1) is pulsed or continuous near-infrared Laser, and from the dichroic mirror (4) through the input window (5), input gas cavity (6), hollow core fiber (2), output gas cavity (7), output window (8), collimating lens (9 ), the first mirror (10), the outcoupling mirror (11), the mirror group, the revolving mirror (14), the second focusing coupling lens (15) and the optical length of the loop back to the dichroic mirror (4) is L, and the length of L can be adjusted by high-precision translation along the direction of the optical path of the rotating mirror (14). Satisfy the following relationship with the loop optical length L: nL=c/M nL = c / M 式中,n为正整数,c为光在真空中传播速度,L的单位为m,M的单位为Hz。In the formula, n is a positive integer, c is the propagation speed of light in vacuum, the unit of L is m, and the unit of M is Hz. 7.根据权利要求1所述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,其特征在于:所述输入窗口(5)和所述输出窗口(8)对泵浦光、第一级拉曼激光和中红外波段的第二级拉曼激光透过率均大于90%。7. The tunable mid-infrared optical fiber mixed gas cascaded Raman laser according to claim 1, characterized in that: the input window (5) and the output window (8) are opposite to the pump light, the first stage pull Both the Raman laser and the second-stage Raman laser transmittance in the mid-infrared band are greater than 90%. 8.根据权利要求1所述的可调谐中红外光纤混合气体级联拉曼激光器,其特征在于:还包括用于对输入气体腔(6)或输出气体腔(7)进行抽真空和充入两种拉曼增益气体的抽真空及充气装置(16)。8. The tunable mid-infrared fiber-optic mixed gas cascade Raman laser according to claim 1, characterized in that: it also includes a vacuum pumping and charging chamber for the input gas chamber (6) or the output gas chamber (7). Vacuumizing and filling device (16) for two kinds of Raman gain gases.
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