本篇論文的研究主題是太陽能幫浦掺銣釔鋁石榴石(Neodymium doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet，Nd：YAG)雷射，研究特色是激發光源利用自然界太陽光光源取代二極體雷射、脈衝氙燈、連續氪弧燈…等需以電源驅動的方式，進而節約能源。

利用太陽能集光器系統(Solar Concentrator System)，達成8.89×(10^10)高的集光率，以端面幫浦(End-Pump)方式對掺銣釔鋁石榴石激發雷射，其輸出功率達17.54mW，雷射斜率效率為0.04%；在應用層面，在偏遠且陽光充足卻缺乏其它種能源的地區，太陽能雷射能源可視為一項好的選擇。

The topic of this thesis is solar pump Neodymium doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet laser, the research of characteristics is that natural sunlight is used as pumped source in instead of diode laser, pulsed Xenon lamp, Krypton arc lamp…etc. In order to reduce use of electric power.

By using solar concentrator system, concentration is reached to 8.89 × (10^10). This ratio is set to end pump Neodymium doped YAG. The output power is up to 17.54mW, and the laser slope efficiency is up to 0.04% . On application, If lasers are needed in remote locations where sunlight is abundant and other forms of energy are scarce, a solar laser would seem to be a natural choice.

目錄
中文摘要 iii
英文摘要 iv
致謝 v
目錄 vi
圖目錄 viii
表目錄 x
第一章 緒論 1
第二章 Nd：雷射簡介 4
2.1 Nd：YAG晶體與Nd：Glass之基本特性 4
2.2 能階模型 8
2.3 摻銣光纖與傳輸模態 11
2.4 幫浦閥值與雷射共振腔損耗 15
第三章 太陽能集光器架構 21
3.1 集光率 21
3.2 太陽能集光器介紹 24
3.3 太陽能幫浦雷射之集光系統 28
第四章 太陽能幫浦Nd：YAG之雷射量測 31
4.1 集光率量測 31
4.2 光譜量測 37
4.3 雷射斜率效率量測 40
第五章 結果與討論 43
參考文獻 46
中英對照表 51

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