10 kW电校准激光功率计吸收体的设计与抗损伤性能研究

    Design and Damage-Resistant Performance Study of 10 kW Electrical Substitute Laser Power Meter Absorber

    • 摘要: 激光功率的绝对测量主要采用电校准激光功率测量系统,将激光功率溯源至电压和标准电阻基准,实现量值复现。对于万瓦级高功率激光的绝对测量,吸收体的抗损伤性能是测量系统的关键。针对10 kW电校准激光功率计吸收体的设计与抗损伤性能展开研究,基于反射锥体扩束结构和水冷散热方式,实现了抗损伤激光吸收腔体的设计与研制。采用数值传热分析手段,对不同激光功率、光斑尺寸和冷却水流量下吸收体的传热特征进行了研究。结果显示,吸收体内壁激光吸收面的温升得到较好控制,吸收体的功率测量上限达到15 kW,主要受限于水冷通道表面温升引起的冷却水汽化。数值分析结果对于抗损伤性能的明确、测量系统参数的设定和吸收体结构的优化具有重要的参考价值。在高功率激光下对由该吸收体组成的电校准测量系统开展了实验测试,最高测量功率达到14.3 kW,不同功率下的测量数据保持稳定,吸收体未发生损伤。

       

      Abstract: The absolute measurement of laser power mainly adopts an electrical calibration laser power measurement system, which traces the laser power to the voltage and standard resistance reference to achieve the value realization. For absolute measurement of high power lasers of 10,000 watts level, the damage resistance of the absorber is the key to the measurement system. In this paper, the design and damage-resistant performance of an absorber of 10 kW electrical substitute laser power meter were studied, and the damage-resistant laser absorber cavity was designed and developed based on the reflective beam expander structure and water cooling method. The heat transfer characteristics of the absorber under different laser power, spot size, and cooling water flow rates were studied using numerical heat transfer analysis. The results show that the temperature rise of the laser absorption surface is well controlled, and the upper limit of the power measurement of the absorber reaches 15 kW, which is mainly limited by the vaporization of cooling water caused by the surface temperature rise of the water cooling channel. The results of the numerical analysis are essential for the clarification of the damage resistance, the setting of the measurement system parameters, and the optimization of the absorber structure. Under the condition of a high-power laser, the electrical calibration measurement system with the absorber was tested. The maximum measurement power reached 14.3 kW, and the measurement data remained stable at different powers without damage to the absorber.

       

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