Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 26, Issue 7, 1604(2018)
High-precision and wide-range optical crystal temperature control system
To address the problem of heat accumulation of optical crystals in solid-state lasers and ensure the stability of its work performance, a temperature-control method with high temperature control accuracy and large temperature control range, based on a semiconductor Thermoelectric Cooler (TEC), was proposed. Based on the operating characteristics of the TEC, the heat effect and the heat transfer mechanism of the optical crystal, a temperature-current double closed-loop temperature control model was established. The proposed model controls both the electrical characteristic variations of the working TEC and the temperature variations of the optical crystal. A high-precision and wide-range optical crystal thermostat control system was designed and implemented. Experimental results demonstrate that the overall temperature control accuracy of the proposed system is better than ±0.002 ℃, and the system can quickly stabilize at any set point temperature in a wide temperature range of -15—120 ℃, when the set temperature and the actual temperature deviate 20 ℃, a stable convergence time of less than 60 s, which meets the requirements of solid-state laser optical crystal for temperature range and accuracy.
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ZHU Jun-cao, DOU Zi-wen, LI Jia-qiang, XU Xiao-ming. High-precision and wide-range optical crystal temperature control system[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2018, 26(7): 1604
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Received: Dec. 11, 2017
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Published Online: Oct. 2, 2018
The Author Email: Jun-cao ZHU (zhujunchao_tjut@163.com)