Properties and laser oscillation of the (Nd,Y) pentaphosphate system

We report on fluorescence and other properties of the system (Nd, Y)P₅O₁₄. With a single crystal of 1.32 mm length containing approximately one atomic percent yttrium we obtained pulsed laser oscillation at 1.05 microns wavelength with peak powers exceeding 200 Watts.     

Q-switching of a diode-pumped Nd : YVO4 laser with GaAs nonlinear output coupler

Passive Q-switching of a diode-pumped Nd : YVO₄ laser was demonstrated using GaAs as an output coupler and as a saturable absorber. When pumped with a 3-W diode laser at 809 nm, the highly compact laser produced 12-μJ pulses of 2.2 ns in duration at 1.064 μm in a single transverse mode, corresponding to a peak power of 5.6 kW.     

低阈值飞秒钛宝石激光器的理论研究

利用数值求解的方法，从理论上系统分析了决定钛宝石激光器锁模阈值的几个关键因素. 定 量分析了腔模对克尔效应的主导作用，并将光孤子模型引入低阈值锁模理论，分析了色散与 阈值的关系. 根据理论指导在实验上完成了一台阈值低至390 mW自启动飞秒掺钛蓝宝石激光 器. 关键词： 低阈值 掺钛蓝宝石激光器 克尔透镜锁模 光孤子     

Tunable feedback loop for suppression of relaxation oscillations in a diode-pumped Nd: laser

An optoelectronic noise suppression circuit connected to the RF input of a commercial diode laser mount is presented. Adjustable phase shift and amplitude control enable efficient suppression of the relaxation oscillations of a diode laser-pumped Nd:YVO₄ laser at variable frequencies between a few hundred kHz and 1.8 MHz. At least 25 dB reduction of the relaxation oscillations at 500 kHz and 1.5 MHz noise peaks is demonstrated.     

准分子宽带泵浦碱金属激光器泵浦特性分析

建立了以Rb-Ar混合气体为增益介质的四能级准分子宽带泵浦碱金属激光器(XPAL)含时速率方程模型,计算得到了运转过程各能级粒子数和腔内激光强度随时间的变化曲线。结果表明:XPAL的阈值泵浦强度很高,泵浦源谱宽与吸收线宽匹配不能达到提高吸收效率、降低阈值的目的; 在泵浦功率一定的条件下, 增加介质长度和温度可以提高吸收效率,但将降低单位体积泵浦速率; XPAL成功的关键在于实现有效的泵浦吸收。     

烟火泵浦钕玻璃激光器出光实验研究

 烟火泵浦是激光器小型化、便携化的一种解决方法。研制了一种用于钕玻璃激光器泵浦源的化学试剂,其主要成分为金属粉和碱金属含氧酸盐。设计了烟火泵浦钕玻璃激光器实验装置,激光器采用平-凹腔结构、紧包型侧面泵浦,输出镜反射率98％,钕玻璃棒尺寸f8 mm×100 mm。采用A,B两种配方的泵浦源进行出光实验,A配方得到了波长为1 053 nm能量为29 mJ的激光,B配方没有出光。分别计算了两种泵浦源的阈值辐射强度,并与测量得到的药剂辐射强度平均值比较。A配方所提供的辐射强度2.68×104 W·sr^-1,大于阈值2.37×104 W·sr^-1;B配方小于阈值,未能出光。这与实验结果吻合,证明烟火泵浦方法可行。     

指数型光脉冲上升沿作用下的阈上离化

本文研究了指数型光脉冲上升沿对阈上离化的影响.结果表明,在essentral states模型的基础上计及光脉冲中光强的时间变化,即可对阈上离化中各连续态粒子数分布及峰开关效应的时间发展作合理的描述.     

A kilowatt level diode-side-pumped QCW Nd:YAG ceramic laser

We demonstrate a kilowatt level Quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG ceramic laser at 1064 nm. The laser system adopts a master oscillator power amplifier scheme (MOPA). The master oscillator contains two diode-pumped laser modules. Under the pump power of 2000 W, an output power of 686 W was obtained. After amplified by an identical ceramic laser module, a maximum output power of 1020 W was obtained under a total incident pump power of 3433 W, corresponding to an optical-optical conversion efficiency of 29.7%. At the maximal output power, the repetition frequency was measured to be 1 kHz and the pulse width was 114 μs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time to realize QCW side-pumped Nd:YAG ceramic laser system with output power above 1 kW.     

LD抽运Nd:YVO4晶体中的上转换及其影响

对激光二极管抽运下Nd:YVO₄晶体中的上转换发光做了测量与分析,发现对应⁴G_7/2能级向下跃迁的上转换发光的主导机制为能量传递上转换.接着,对上转换对LD抽运Nd:YVO₄激光器运转的影响进行了理论分析,并特别讨论了上转换对热效应的影响. 关键词： 上转换 固体激光器 热效应     

飞秒激光激发空气电离的阈值研究

报道在脉宽50fs—22ps,波长800nm脉冲激光作用下的空气电离阈值的研究结果.利用探测等离子体发光信号的方法,实验测量了激发空气电离所需的阈值激光强度.结果表明,当激光脉冲宽度从50fs增加到22ps时,阈值光强I_th从8.7×10¹⁴W/cm²下降到2.7×10¹³W/cm²;I_th经历了由迅速降低逐渐发展为缓慢降低的过程.在50fs—1p 关键词： 飞秒激光 阈值 多光子电离 碰撞电离     

飞秒激光激发空气电离的阈值研究

报道在脉宽50fs—22ps，波长800nm脉冲激光作用下的空气电离阈值的研究结果.利用探测等离子体发光信号的方法，实验测量了激发空气电离所需的阈值激光强度.结果表明，当激光脉冲宽度从50fs增加到22ps时，阈值光强I_th从8.7×10¹⁴W/cm²下降到2.7×10¹³W/cm²；I_th经历了由迅速降低逐渐发展为缓慢降低的过程.在50fs—1p     

Stimulated Brillouin scattering（SBS） excited with a phase－modulated pump laser

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Nd:YAG调Q激光器双波长振荡机理分析

根据速率方程,研究了二镜腔Nd:YAG双波长调Q激光的振荡机理.通过分析不同透过率下的竞争过程,研究了双波长激光振荡的特点.研究结果表明,在调Q过程中1319nm激光的调Q脉冲起振时间滞后于1064nm激光,并且其最终调Q脉冲来自调Q之后的第一个弛豫振荡尖峰,是该弛豫振荡抑制掉其他弛豫振荡后的结果.通过振荡机理分析,得到了双波长脉冲输出能量相当的透过率条件. 关键词： 双波长 调Q激光 速率方程 弛豫振荡     

Raman oscillation with intracavity pumping of a fibre laser

We introduce the concept of cascaded resonant Raman pumping of fibre lasers. The pump scheme utilises the relatively large intracavity Stokes field that is generated within a Raman fibre laser to excite a lanthanide ion that is doped within the core of the fibre providing the Raman gain. In order to illustrate the general characteristics of the pump method and, to establish the design parameters necessary for the realisation of the pump scheme, calculations from a theoretical model that is used to simulate the generation of laser output from a fibre laser that is resonantly pumped with first Stokes radiation is presented. Specifically, the 2.1 μm output from a Ho³⁺-doped silica fibre laser that is pumped with 1.15 μm first Stokes radiation is calculated with the use of a relatively simple numerical model. For a launched pump power of 20 W at 1.07 μm, a fibre laser output of 3 W is predicted for a nominal intrinsic loss of 1.5 dB/km at 2.1 μm, however, this low value of the intrinsic loss at 2.1 μm can be significantly relaxed when the length of the Ho³⁺-doped silica fibre laser resonator is made considerably shorter than the Stokes resonator.     

酸蚀与紫外激光预处理结合提高熔石英损伤阈值

采用HF酸刻蚀和紫外激光预处理相结合的方式提升熔石英元件的负载能力,用质量分数为1%的HF缓冲溶液对熔石英刻蚀1~100 min,综合透过率、粗糙度和损伤阈值测试结果,发现刻蚀时间为10 min的熔石英抗损伤能力最佳。采用355 nm紫外激光对HF酸刻蚀10 min的熔石英进行预处理,结果表明：紫外预处理能量密度在熔石英零损伤阈值的60%以下时,激光损伤阈值单调递增;能量到达80%时,阈值反而低于原始样片的损伤阈值。适当地控制酸蚀时间和紫外激光预处理参数能有效提高熔石英的抗损伤能力。     

半导体抽运铯蒸气激光器阈值特性分析

本文建立了一种速率方程模型,以铯蒸气为例描述了半导体抽运碱金属蒸气激光器的阈值特性.经数值求解该模型,定量分析了抽运光束腰位置和半径、蒸气池长度、运行温度等参量对激光器的阈值抽运功率的影响.结果表明,存在最佳的抽运光束腰位置和半径、蒸气池长度以及运行温度使阈值最低,此外改善抽运光束质量也能有效降低阈值抽运功率.所得规律与目前实验事实基本相符,表明了该模型能较好地反映半导体抽运碱金属蒸气激光器的阈值特性,为该类激光器的优化设计提供一定的借鉴和参考.     

A parametric study of negative feedback Nd:YAG laser

The output pulse parameters of a mode-locked Nd:YAG laser with a passive negative feedback element were studied experimentally. The pulse evolution within the train was experimentally recorded using a modified second harmonic generation autocorrelator. By comparing the laser operation with and without an acousto-optic modulator, we found that with the later there is a significant increase in the mode locking probability and the pulse acquires a temporally Gaussian symmetric pulse shape. Further with the active modulator there is a relaxation in alignment tolerances and increase in the range of permissible dye concentrations for stable mode locking. It was also observed that the pulse width of the negative feedback laser depends on the saturation intensity of the mode locking dye and reduces for a dye with higher saturation intensity. The pulse width was also found to reduce linearly as the initial transmission of the dye is reduced.     

Phase synchronization in a two-mode solid state laser: Periodic modulations with the second relaxation oscillation frequency of the laser output

Phase synchronization (PS) in a periodically pump-modulated two-mode solid state laser is investigated. Although PS in the laser system has been demonstrated in response to a periodic modulation with the main relaxation oscillation (RO) frequency of the free-running laser, little is known about the case of modulation with minor RO frequencies. In this Letter, the empirical mode decomposition (EMD) method is utilized to decompose the laser time series into a set of orthogonal modes and to examine the intrinsic PS near the frequency of the second RO. The degree of PS is quantified by means of a histogram of phase differences and the analysis of Shannon entropy.     

A 980 nm Yb-doped single-mode fibre laser with 946 nm Nd:YAG laser as pump source

Based on rate equations,this paper gives expressions of the output power,the pump power threshold,the slope efficiency,the fibre optimal length and the laser gain of a quasi-three-level Yb-doped fibre laser.The gain relationship between quasi-three-level system and four-level system is also given,which provides a theoretical basis for suppressing the four-level transmissions.In the experiment,we adopt the backward pumping configuration and use a linear cavity.The Yb-doped fibre laser has an output power of 372 mW of single-mode laser emission at 980 nm with a slope efficiency of 21.2% when the fibre length is 29.5 cm close to an optimal fibre length in theory.The experimental results accord well with the theoretical analyses.     

低阈值掺钛蓝宝石激光器实验研究

结合特殊的谐振腔设计和半导体可饱和吸收镜，建成了一台低阈值的自启动掺钛宝石激光器 . 分别用3％和12％的输出耦合镜，获得了阈值低至390mW和600mW的稳定锁模脉冲输出. 采 用12％输出耦合镜，在12W抽运时，输出平均功率为114mW，对应的典型脉宽为17fs，谱宽 为47nm. 相对于以往的低阈值克尔透镜锁模激光器，锁模工作的范围区域加宽，减小了操作 难度，提高了稳定性. 关键词： 低阈值 半导体可饱和吸收镜 克尔透镜锁模 掺钛蓝宝石激光器