CA1067190A - Optical imaging of flashlamp discharge to laser medium - Google Patents
Optical imaging of flashlamp discharge to laser mediumInfo
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- 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
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Abstract
A B S T R A C T
A system for providing excitation to a confined and concentrated region within a flowing laser medium. This excitation is achieved by providing a real image of an elongate, linear source of excitation radiation within the flowing laser medium at the region most wanted to laser and away from the medium boundaries.
A system for providing excitation to a confined and concentrated region within a flowing laser medium. This excitation is achieved by providing a real image of an elongate, linear source of excitation radiation within the flowing laser medium at the region most wanted to laser and away from the medium boundaries.
Description
FIELD OF TME INVENTION
1 The present invention relates to laser excitation and
1 The present invention relates to laser excitation and
2 in particular to a system for providing a confined region of
3 excitation for a laser medium.
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ment technique shown in United States Patent 3,772,519.
16 As power and pulse rate requirements increase, it : 17 becomes increasingly important to make efficient use of the 18 sources of excitation radiation used to create the population -.~ 19 inversion and at the same time to prevent excitation, and ~; 20 resulting heating, of portions of the laser medium other - ~ 21 than those directly employed in the generation of a laser ,',-'`~ , : .
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BRIEF SUMMAR~ O~ THE INVENTION
In the present invention a pumping system for a laser medium is described which provides both high efficiency and limited heating by shifting the region of excitation of the laser medium out from the boundary of the laser medium.
This contributes to high efficiency that in turn results in high power output and at the same time reduces effects con-tributing to the deterioration of lasing which would occur where only the boundary between the laser medium and the window for application of excitation is excited.
In the exemplary preferred embodiment, the excita-tion is achieved by a focusing system for an elongate flash-. . . ~
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comprising: at least one source of laser excitation radiation having an elongate generally linear region emitting excitation radiation in substantially all directions; a flow channel having a window in at least one of first and second facing generally parallel channel bordering .
surfaces; said window extending along the elongate direction of said :
linear region; a laser medium flowing through said channel and between ~
said first and second surfaces thereof in a direction transverse to the -elongate direction of said linear region and capable of excitation to a lasing condition; an optical system partially surrounding said at least one source for providing a real image of said region emitting excitation radiation through said window within a limited portion of said medium between and apart from said first and second surfaces to provide an excited region of generally elongate cylindrical dimension.
In accordance with another aspect of this invention there is provided a system for forming a region of excited laser medium from a 20 real image of a line source of excitation radiation comprising: a flowing dye solution; first and second cylindrical windows bordering said flowing :
dye solution; first and second specular reflectors curving about said first : and second windows respectively on the side away from said flowing dye solution; first and second flashlamps between said first and second :; reflectors and first and second windows respectively and having a region of plasma in a generally elongate, linear shape transverse to the flow direction of said dye solution and emitting excitation radiation; said first and second windows, reflectors and flashlamps being associated to . provide focusing of the excitation radiation to coincident, generally 30 ~ similar dimensioned, elongate linear regionswithin said dye channel apart.' ~
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
These and other features of the present invention are more fully set forth below in the detailed description of the preferred embodiment, presented solely for purposes of illustration and not by way of limitation, and in the accompanying drawing of which:
Figure 1 is a sectional view of a laser excitation system according to the present invention; and Figure 2 is an orthogonal sectional view of the illustration .
of Figure 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
: The present invention contemplates a system for applying :, excitation radiation to a laser medium in a confined cylindrical volume of the laser medium to promote efficiency and limit the region of medium ' heating The invention is particularly useful in exciting a flowing medium such as a dye solution used in a process for isotopically selective ,""i . .
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2 system of the present invention may best be understood by 3 reference to the sectional view of an exemplary embodiment 4 sho~ in Fig. 1. In Fig. 1, a dye channel 12 is formed between facing walls 14 and 16 having respective, typically 6 quartz windows 18 and 20 in the form of cylindrical segments 7 extending into and out of the page, set therein. The channel 12 8 contains a flowing dye solution such as is employed in laser 9 oscillators or amplifiers intended for use in isotope separation 10, as described in the above United States Patent 3,772,519, incorporated herein by reference and assigned to the same 2 assignee as the present invention.
13On either side of the windows 18 and 20, away from the 14,,dye channel 12, are located respective flashlamps 22 and 24 lS which may be o conventional design, although they are 16 preferably smàll in cross-section. The ~lashlamps 22 and 24 17 consist of respective external jackets 26 and 28 within 18 which generally cylindrical, or elongate linear plasma ..
19 , regions 30 and 32 are created by electrîcal discharge through `
the gas within the quartz jacket 26 and 28. The plasmas 30 21 , and 32 are typically produced fron pulse discharges which 22 are of particular utility in the system o isotope separation 23 described in the above-referenced patent.
24 , The flashlamps 22 and 24 are partially surrounded by cylindrical reflectors 34 and 36 typically elliptical in 26 cross-section having axes parallel to the axes of the cylindrical 27 windows 18 and 20. The reflectors 34 and 36 provide specular :~'~'' ' ', :............ ..
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The windows 18 and 20 have generally plane surfaces 44 6 ~ and 46 bounding the flowing dye solution within the dye 7 channel 12 and these surfaces are coplanar with the smooth 8 inner surfaces of the channel edge plates or walls 14 and 16.
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respectively are curved to allow focusing, in conJunction 11 , with the reflectors 34 and 36, of plasma regions 30 and 32 12 ~, into the region 42. In the case where the reflectors 34 13 j and 36 are eliptical as described above, the curved sur-14 , faces 50 and 52 of thé lenses 18 and 20 typically have a circular cross-section or where cost is not a limitation, an 16 ' aspheric cross-section to optimize focusing. Other cross-17 , sectional shapes for the reflectors 34 and 36 and lens :;
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19 " a real image of the plasma cylindrical discharge regions 30 l and 32 within the region 42.
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23 minimum magnification, i.e. generally same size ima~ing, and 24 with minimum aberrations. This results in the concentration .. ~ , : 25 of flux from the flashlamps within a narrow, high radiance 26 distribution within the dye volume, a distribution particularly 27 desired for efficient use of the flashlamn radiation.
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9 'radiation. Other combinations of window and reflector configurations, (e.g. parabolic) may be used although the 11 J~ exemplary one shown is preferred.
12 ,,3 To complete the description of a laser amPlifier or 13 oscillator using the flashlamp focusing system of the present 14 linvention, reference is made to Fig. 2 showing a sectional ;
!Iview along lines indicated in Fig. 1. As sho~m there, the 16 ends of the dye channel 12 which are above and below the . , , 17 plane of the page in Fig. 1 are bounded by windows 54 and 56 18 through which the laser beam to be amplified by the system 19 of the present invention, or the laser beam generated when ; 20 used as an oscillator, passes as the beam 58. The beam 58 21 ` will typically correspond in cross-sectional area to the : ,.
22 cross-sectional area of the excited region 42. This region 23 is a limited area of the total area available within the dye 24 channel 12 between the lens surfaces 44 and 46 which limits ,,, . ,i ~25 the generation of heat near the surfaces within the dye ; 26 medium, generally a problem in transverse pumped laser - 27 ~mediums. In addition, by limiting the region of excitation _7_ ,:', , '.
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8 With the objectives of the present invention and the .-9 manner of a~hieving them described above, it is intended not i~to limit the specific apparatus for achieving them to the 11 exemplary embodiment described. Accordingly, it is intended - 12 il to define the scope of the invention only as indicated in 13 ',the following claims.
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. I' , , r~l14 An application for such a laser includes the uranium enrich- ;
ment technique shown in United States Patent 3,772,519.
16 As power and pulse rate requirements increase, it : 17 becomes increasingly important to make efficient use of the 18 sources of excitation radiation used to create the population -.~ 19 inversion and at the same time to prevent excitation, and ~; 20 resulting heating, of portions of the laser medium other - ~ 21 than those directly employed in the generation of a laser ,',-'`~ , : .
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beam. Efficiency~ in the generation o~ laser medium excita-tion permits the realization of optimum power and pulse rate output while confinement of the excited region, particularly in side pumped laser mediums, prevents gradual deterioration of laser output in the boundary of the laser medium with the pump window~
BRIEF SUMMAR~ O~ THE INVENTION
In the present invention a pumping system for a laser medium is described which provides both high efficiency and limited heating by shifting the region of excitation of the laser medium out from the boundary of the laser medium.
This contributes to high efficiency that in turn results in high power output and at the same time reduces effects con-tributing to the deterioration of lasing which would occur where only the boundary between the laser medium and the window for application of excitation is excited.
In the exemplary preferred embodiment, the excita-tion is achieved by a focusing system for an elongate flash-. . . ~
~ i;~,1 lamp excitation source which provides a real approximately same size image of the flashlamp plasma centrally within a flowing laser medium. The generation of a real image concen-~ trates the usable excitation radiation within a well defined !.,~ region of generally cylindrical shape and permits it to be -;~i located away from the medium boundary. This cylindrical shape ., ~ .
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In accordance with this invention there is provided a system ;~:
for imaging the discharge of a laser excitation source to a laser medium .
comprising: at least one source of laser excitation radiation having an elongate generally linear region emitting excitation radiation in substantially all directions; a flow channel having a window in at least one of first and second facing generally parallel channel bordering .
surfaces; said window extending along the elongate direction of said :
linear region; a laser medium flowing through said channel and between ~
said first and second surfaces thereof in a direction transverse to the -elongate direction of said linear region and capable of excitation to a lasing condition; an optical system partially surrounding said at least one source for providing a real image of said region emitting excitation radiation through said window within a limited portion of said medium between and apart from said first and second surfaces to provide an excited region of generally elongate cylindrical dimension.
In accordance with another aspect of this invention there is provided a system for forming a region of excited laser medium from a 20 real image of a line source of excitation radiation comprising: a flowing dye solution; first and second cylindrical windows bordering said flowing :
dye solution; first and second specular reflectors curving about said first : and second windows respectively on the side away from said flowing dye solution; first and second flashlamps between said first and second :; reflectors and first and second windows respectively and having a region of plasma in a generally elongate, linear shape transverse to the flow direction of said dye solution and emitting excitation radiation; said first and second windows, reflectors and flashlamps being associated to . provide focusing of the excitation radiation to coincident, generally 30 ~ similar dimensioned, elongate linear regionswithin said dye channel apart.' ~
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
These and other features of the present invention are more fully set forth below in the detailed description of the preferred embodiment, presented solely for purposes of illustration and not by way of limitation, and in the accompanying drawing of which:
Figure 1 is a sectional view of a laser excitation system according to the present invention; and Figure 2 is an orthogonal sectional view of the illustration .
of Figure 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
: The present invention contemplates a system for applying :, excitation radiation to a laser medium in a confined cylindrical volume of the laser medium to promote efficiency and limit the region of medium ' heating The invention is particularly useful in exciting a flowing medium such as a dye solution used in a process for isotopically selective ,""i . .
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2 system of the present invention may best be understood by 3 reference to the sectional view of an exemplary embodiment 4 sho~ in Fig. 1. In Fig. 1, a dye channel 12 is formed between facing walls 14 and 16 having respective, typically 6 quartz windows 18 and 20 in the form of cylindrical segments 7 extending into and out of the page, set therein. The channel 12 8 contains a flowing dye solution such as is employed in laser 9 oscillators or amplifiers intended for use in isotope separation 10, as described in the above United States Patent 3,772,519, incorporated herein by reference and assigned to the same 2 assignee as the present invention.
13On either side of the windows 18 and 20, away from the 14,,dye channel 12, are located respective flashlamps 22 and 24 lS which may be o conventional design, although they are 16 preferably smàll in cross-section. The ~lashlamps 22 and 24 17 consist of respective external jackets 26 and 28 within 18 which generally cylindrical, or elongate linear plasma ..
19 , regions 30 and 32 are created by electrîcal discharge through `
the gas within the quartz jacket 26 and 28. The plasmas 30 21 , and 32 are typically produced fron pulse discharges which 22 are of particular utility in the system o isotope separation 23 described in the above-referenced patent.
24 , The flashlamps 22 and 24 are partially surrounded by cylindrical reflectors 34 and 36 typically elliptical in 26 cross-section having axes parallel to the axes of the cylindrical 27 windows 18 and 20. The reflectors 34 and 36 provide specular :~'~'' ' ', :............ ..
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The windows 18 and 20 have generally plane surfaces 44 6 ~ and 46 bounding the flowing dye solution within the dye 7 channel 12 and these surfaces are coplanar with the smooth 8 inner surfaces of the channel edge plates or walls 14 and 16.
9 ' The opposite surfaces 48 and 50 of the windows 18 and 20 ~`
respectively are curved to allow focusing, in conJunction 11 , with the reflectors 34 and 36, of plasma regions 30 and 32 12 ~, into the region 42. In the case where the reflectors 34 13 j and 36 are eliptical as described above, the curved sur-14 , faces 50 and 52 of thé lenses 18 and 20 typically have a circular cross-section or where cost is not a limitation, an 16 ' aspheric cross-section to optimize focusing. Other cross-17 , sectional shapes for the reflectors 34 and 36 and lens :;
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19 " a real image of the plasma cylindrical discharge regions 30 l and 32 within the region 42.
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; 22 ~ dye channel 12 of a real image o the plasmas 30 and 32 with .
23 minimum magnification, i.e. generally same size ima~ing, and 24 with minimum aberrations. This results in the concentration .. ~ , : 25 of flux from the flashlamps within a narrow, high radiance 26 distribution within the dye volume, a distribution particularly 27 desired for efficient use of the flashlamn radiation.
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8 ; and 20 which produce a minimum deviation in the flashlam~
9 'radiation. Other combinations of window and reflector configurations, (e.g. parabolic) may be used although the 11 J~ exemplary one shown is preferred.
12 ,,3 To complete the description of a laser amPlifier or 13 oscillator using the flashlamp focusing system of the present 14 linvention, reference is made to Fig. 2 showing a sectional ;
!Iview along lines indicated in Fig. 1. As sho~m there, the 16 ends of the dye channel 12 which are above and below the . , , 17 plane of the page in Fig. 1 are bounded by windows 54 and 56 18 through which the laser beam to be amplified by the system 19 of the present invention, or the laser beam generated when ; 20 used as an oscillator, passes as the beam 58. The beam 58 21 ` will typically correspond in cross-sectional area to the : ,.
22 cross-sectional area of the excited region 42. This region 23 is a limited area of the total area available within the dye 24 channel 12 between the lens surfaces 44 and 46 which limits ,,, . ,i ~25 the generation of heat near the surfaces within the dye ; 26 medium, generally a problem in transverse pumped laser - 27 ~mediums. In addition, by limiting the region of excitation _7_ ,:', , '.
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8 With the objectives of the present invention and the .-9 manner of a~hieving them described above, it is intended not i~to limit the specific apparatus for achieving them to the 11 exemplary embodiment described. Accordingly, it is intended - 12 il to define the scope of the invention only as indicated in 13 ',the following claims.
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Claims (15)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A system for imaging the discharge of a laser excitation source to a laser medium comprising: at least one source of laser excitation radiation having an elongate generally linear region emitting excitation radiation in substantially all directions; a flow channel having a window in at least one of first and second facing generally parallel channel bordering surfaces; said window extending along the elongate direction of said linear region; a laser medium flowing through said channel and between said first and second surfaces thereof in a direction transverse to the elongate direction of said linear region and capable of excitation to a lasing condition; an optical system partially surrounding said at least one source for providing a real image of said region emitting excitation radiation through said window within a limited portion of said medium between and apart from said first and second surfaces to provide an excited region of generally elongate cylindrical dimension.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein said source includes a flashlamp and wherein said region emitting said excitation radiation includes a plasma.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein said plasma is pulsed.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein said medium includes a flowing dye solution.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein said optical system provides the image within the excited medium in approximately the same dimensions as said region emitting said excitation radiation.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein said optical system for forming a real image includes a reflector partially surrounding said source and a convex surface on said window facing said source for receiving radiation from said reflector to allow said image of the emitting region to focus within said medium.
7. A system of claim 6 wherein said medium includes a flowing dye solution and said window borders said dye solution at one of the first and second surfaces thereof.
8. The system of claim 7 wherein a second source, reflector and window are provided and placed to the side of said flowing dye solution opposite from said first mentioned source, reflector and window.
9. The system of claim 6 wherein the first and second reflectors are eliptical specular reflectors.
10. The system of claim 8 wherein the first and second windows include a cylindrical, quartz lens.
11. The system of claim 7 wherein said window provides minimum deviation in the source radiation reflected by said reflector.
12. The system of claim 11 wherein said window has a plane surface bordering said medium and a circular surface facing said source.
13. A system for forming a region of excited laser medium from a real image of a line source of excitation radiation comprising: a flowing dye solution; first and second cylindrical windows bordering said flowing dye solution; first and second specular reflectors curving about said first and second windows respectively on the side away from said flowing dye solution; first and second flashlamps between said first and second reflectors and first and second windows respectively and having a region of plasma in a generally elongate, linear shape transverse to the flow direction of said dye solution and emitting excitation radiation; said first and second windows, reflectors and flashlamps being associated to provide focusing of the excitation radiation to coincident, generally similar dimensioned, elongate linear regions within said dye channel apart from borders thereof with said first and second windows.
14. The system of claim 13 wherein said reflectors are elliptical.
15. The system of claim 14 wherein said windows have respective plane and circular cross-sectional edges facing said dye solution and flashlamps respectively.
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