present status of the laser system for kagra
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Present status of the laser system for KAGRA. Univ. of Tokyo Mio Lab. Photon Science Center SUZUKI, Ken-ichiro. Outline. Laser system Fiber laser amplifier Coherent addition Previous work Present status Summary & Future work. Laser System & Requirements. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Present status of the laser system for KAGRA
Univ. of Tokyo Mio Lab.
Photon Science Center
SUZUKI, Ken-ichiro
2014/06/20 6th KAGRA Workshop 2
Outline
• Laser system– Fiber laser amplifier– Coherent addition
• Previous work
• Present status
• Summary & Future work
2014/06/20 6th KAGRA Workshop 3
Laser System & Requirements
• MOPA (Fiber and Solid-state laser amplifiers) + Coherent Addition
Nd:YAG NPRO400mW
40W
80W180W
Fiber laser amplifiers
Solid-state laser amplifiers
Coherent addition on the beam splitter
40W
Requirements・ Laser power 180W・ Single frequency 1064nmSingle transverse mode TEM00
・ Linear polarization・ Low intensity noise・ Low frequency noise
Setup
• Widen dynamic range – Fiber stretchers• Same path length – good spatial mode matching
• Change water chiller
HWP HWPIsolator
15MHz
EOM
Nd:YAG NPRO400mW
Fiberstretcher
CollimatorFiber amplifier
Photo detector
MixerServo
Optical fiber system Free space optical system
Beam splitter
output
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Previous work
78.9W was observed from two 40-W incident beams
2014/06/20 6th KAGRA Workshop 6
Optical System – fiber system
Fiber amplifiers
Seed laser (NPRO 400mW)
Fiber componentsIsolatorcouplerEOMstretcher
Power supply for NPRO
19 inch rack mounted
2014/06/20 6th KAGRA Workshop 7
Optical System – addition stageCollimators(Fiber amp. output) Isolators Beam splitter
Bright port
Dark port
Dark port optical system
2014/06/20 6th KAGRA Workshop 8
Experimental Result – long term operation
• Operation itself lasted 5 hours (Output power: 77 ~ 78W)
• The fiber stretchers had enough margin of control
• Large power fluctuation was observed for the first one hour
• Further brush-up is needed
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Stable operation
output power of bright and dark port applied voltage of the fiber stretchers
Experiment Result – polarization fluctuation
• Power fluctuation results from polarization fluctuation
• Isolator is polarization dependent
• Polarization stability is important for power stability
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Collimator
HWP IsolatorTransmitted power
Cut off power
an example of power fluctuation
Experiment Result – fiber stretcher
2014/06/20 6th KAGRA Workshop 10
NPRO
Polarization rotation was seen at fiber stretcher.This may causes power fluctuation.
Fiber stretcher
Oscillo scope
PD
oscillator
Signal: 10Vp-p @100Hz
Setup
2014/06/20 6th KAGRA Workshop 11
Next Step – solid amplifier stage
• Use three Mitsubishi laser amplifiers
• Strong thermal lensing ( ~ 50cm/rod)
• Amplification of up to 180W is expected.
180W
Three solid-state laser amplifiers
80W
2014/06/20 6th KAGRA Workshop 12
Summary & Future work
• Coherent addition in new system was done
• Operation lasted 5 hours
• Longer operational term can be expected
• Control system worked well
• Noise evaluation of coherent addition
• Solid amplifier stage ( ~ 180W)
• Stabilization of intensity and frequency