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Chapter 4 Laser Dynamics (Single-Mode) Chapter 4 Laser Dynamics (single-mode) Before we start to look into the dynamics of a multi-mode laser, we should recall the technically important regimes of operation of a ”single-mode” laser. The term ”single-mode” is set in apostrophes, since it doesn’t have to be really single-mode. There can be several modes running, for example due to spatial holeburning, but in an incoherent fashion, so that only the average power of the beam matters. For a more detailed account on single-mode laser dynamics and Q-Switching the following references are recommended [1][3][16][4][5]. 4.1 Rate Equations In section 2.5, we derived for the interaction of a two-level atom with a laser field propagating to the right the equations of motion (2.171) and (2.172), which are given here again: ∂ 1 ∂ N + A(z,t)= ~ w (z,t) A(z,t), (4.1) ∂z vg ∂t 4T2Es µ ¶ 2 w w0 A(z,t) w˙ = − + | | w(z,t) (4.2) − T1 Es where T1 is the energy relaxation rate, vg the group velocity in the host material where the two level atoms are embedded, Es = IsT1, the saturation 2 fluence [J/cm ] , of the medium.and Is the saturation intensity according to 127 128 CHAPTER 4. LASER DYNAMICS (SINGLE-MODE) Eq.(2.145) 2 1 ˆ − M E 2T1T2ZF Is = , ⎡ 2 ¯ ˆ 2¯ ⎤ ~ ¯ E ¯ ⎢ ¯ ¯ ⎥ ⎣ ¯ ¯ ⎦ which relates the saturation intensity to¯ the¯ microscopic parameters of the transition like longitudinal and transversal¯ ¯ relaxation rates as well as the dipole moment of the transition. Figure 4.1: Rate equations for the two-level atom In many cases it is more convenient to normalize (4.1) and (4.2) to the populations in level e and g or 2 and 1, respectively, N2 and N1, and the density of photons, nL, in the mode interacting with the atoms and traveling at the corresponding group velocity, vg, see Fig. 4.1. The intensity I in a mode propagating at group velocity vg with a mode volume V is related to the number of photons NL stored in the mode with volume V by NL 1 I = hfL vg = hfLnLvg, (4.3) 2∗V 2∗ where hfL is the photon energy. 2∗ =2for a linear laser resonator (then only half of the photons are going in one direction), and 2∗ =1for a ring laser. In this first treatment we consider the case of space-independent rate equations, i.e. we assume that the laser is oscillating on a single mode and pumping and mode energy densities are uniform within the laser material. With the interaction cross section σ defined as hf σ = L , (4.4) 2∗IsT1 4.1. RATE EQUATIONS 129 and multiplying Eq. (??)withthenumberofatomsinthemode,weobtain d (N2 N1) (N2 N1)= − σ (N2 N1) vgnL + Rp (4.5) dt − − T1 − − Note, vgnL is the photon flux, thus σ is the stimulated emission cross section between the atoms and the photons. Rp is the pumping rate into the upper laser level. A similar rate equation can be derived for the photon density d nL lg σvg nL = + [N2 (nL +1) N1nL] . (4.6) dt − τ p L Vg − Here, τ p is the photon lifetime in the cavity or cavity decay time and the one in Eq.(4.6) accounts for spontaneous emission which is equivalent to stimulated emission by one photon occupying the mode. Vg is the volume of the active gain medium. For a laser cavity with a semi-transparent mirror with transmission T, producing a small power loss 2l = ln(1 T) T (for − − ≈ small T) per round-trip in the cavity, the cavity decay time is τ p =2l/TR , if TR =2∗L/c0 is the roundtrip-time in linear cavity with optical length 2L or a ring cavity with optical length L. The optical length L is the sum of the group optical length in the gain medium ng lg and the remaining free space cavity length la. Internal losses can be treated in a similar way and contribute to the cavity decay time. Note, the decay rate for the inversion in the absence of a field, 1/T1, is not only due to spontaneous emission, but is also a result of non radiative decay processes. See for example the four level system shown in Fig. 4.2. In the limit, where the populations in the third and first level are zero, because of fast relaxation rates, i.e. T32,T10 0, we obtain → d N2 N2 = σvgN2nL + Rp (4.7) dt − τ L − d nL lg σvg nL = + N2 (nL +1). (4.8) dt − τ p L Vg where τ L = T21 is the lifetime of the upper laser level. Experimentally, the photon number and the inversion in a laser resonator are not 130 CHAPTER 4. LASER DYNAMICS (SINGLE-MODE) 3 N 3 T32 2 N 2 R p T 21 1 N 1 T 10 0 N 0 Figure 4.2: Vier-Niveau-Laser very convenient quantities, therefore, we normalize both equations to the round-trip amplitude gain g = lg σvg N T experienced by the light and the L 2Vg 2 R circulating intracavity power P = I Aeff · d g g0 gP g = − (4.9) dt − τ L − Esat d 1 2g P = P + (P + Pvac) , (4.10) dt −τ p TR with hfL Es = IsAeff τ L = (4.11) 2∗σ Psat = Esat/τ L (4.12) Pvac = hfLvg/2∗L = hfL/TR (4.13) 2∗vgRp g0 = στL, (4.14) 2Aeff c0 the small signal round-trip gain of the laser. Note, the factor of two in front of gain and loss is due to the fact, the g and l are gain and loss with respect to amplitude. Eq.(4.14) elucidates that the figure of merit that characterizes the small signal gain achievable with a certain laser material is the στL-product. 4.1. RATE EQUATIONS 131 Wave- Cross Upper-St. Linewidth Refr. Laser Medium length Section Lifetime ∆fFWHM = Typ index λ (nm) σ (cm2) τ (µs) 2 (THz) n 0 L T2 3+ 19 Nd :YAG 1,064 4.1 10− 1,200 0.210 H 1.82 3+ · 19 Nd :LSB 1,062 1.3 10− 87 1.2 H 1.47 (ne) 3+ · 19 Nd :YLF 1,047 1.8 10− 450 0.390 H 1.82 (ne) 3+ · 19 Nd :YVO4 1,064 2.5 10− 50 0.300 H 2.19 (ne) 3+ · 20 Nd :glass 1,054 4 10− 350 3 H/I 1.5 3+ · 21 Er :glass 1,55 6 10− 10,000 4 H/I 1.46 · 20 Ruby 694.3 2 10− 1,000 0.06 H 1.76 3+ · 19 Ti :Al2O3 660-1180 3 10− 3 100 H 1.76 3+ · 20 Cr :LiSAF 760-960 4.8 10− 67 80 H 1.4 3+ · 20 Cr :LiCAF 710-840 1.3 10− 170 65 H 1.4 3+ · 20 Cr :LiSGAF 740-930 3.3 10− 88 80 H 1.4 · 13 He-Ne 632.8 1 10− 0.7 0.0015 I 1 + · 12 ∼ Ar 515 3 10− 0.07 0.0035 I 1 · 18 ∼ CO2 10,600 3 10− 2,900,000 0.000060 H 1 · 16 ∼ Rhodamin-6G 560-640 3 10− 0.0033 5 H 1.33 · 14 semiconductors 450-30,000 10− 0.002 25 H/I 3-4 ∼ ∼ Table 4.1: Wavelength range, cross-section for stimulated emission, upper- state lifetime, linewidth, typ of lineshape (H=homogeneously broadened, I=inhomogeneously broadened) and index for some often used solid-state laser materials, and in comparison with semiconductor and dye lasers. 132 CHAPTER 4. LASER DYNAMICS (SINGLE-MODE) The larger this product the larger is the small signal gain g0 achievable with a certain laser material. Table 4.1 From Eq.(2.145) and (4.4) we find the following relationship between the interaction cross section of a transition and its microscopic parameters like linewidth, dipole moment and energy relaxation rate ˆ 2 hfL 2T2 M E σ = = | | . I T 2Z 2 sat 1 ~ F ˜ˆE | | This equation tells us that broadband laser materials naturally do show smaller gain cross sections, if the dipole moment is the same. 4.2 Built-up of Laser Oscillation and Contin- uous Wave Operation If Pvac P Psat = Esat/τ L, than g = g0 andweobtainfromEq.(4.10), ¿ ¿ neglecting Pvac dP dt =2(g0 l) (4.15) P − TR or t 2(g0 l) P (t)=P (0)e − TR . (4.16) The laser power builts up from vaccum fluctuations until it reaches the sat- uration power, when saturation of the gain sets in within the built-up time TR Psat TR Aeff TR TB = ln = ln . (4.17) 2(g0 l) Pvac 2(g0 l) στL − − Some time after the built-up phase the laser reaches steady state, with the saturated gain and steady state power resulting from Eqs.(4.9-4.10), neglect- d ing in the following the spontaneous emission, and for dt =0: g0 gs = = l (4.18) 1+ Ps Psat g0 Ps = Psat 1 , (4.19) l − ³ ´ 4.3. STABILITY AND RELAXATION OSCILLATIONS 133 Image removed due to copyright restrictions. Please see: Keller, U., Ultrafast Laser Physics, Institute of Quantum Electronics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Hönggerberg—HPT, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland. Figure 4.3: Built-up of laser power from spontaneous emission noise. 4.3 Stability and Relaxation Oscillations How does the laser reach steady state, once a perturbation has occured? g = gs + ∆g (4.20) P = Ps + ∆P (4.21) Substitution into Eqs.(4.9-4.10) and linearization leads to d∆P P =+2s ∆g (4.22) dt TR d∆g g 1 = s ∆P ∆g (4.23) dt −Esat − τ stim where 1 = 1 1+ Ps is the stimulated lifetime.
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