基于PPMgLn晶体全固态宽带可调光学参量振荡器

基于掺MgO周期极化铌酸锂晶体的光学参量振荡器是一种全固态中红外可调谐相干光源.泵浦源为1064 nm声光调Q Nd:YAG激光器.通过温度调谐实现了中红外可调谐参量光的输出,当晶体的温度从40°C升高到200°C时,获得信号光的输出范围为1.561 μm～1.670μm,空闲光的调谐范围为3.342 μm～2.932 μm.当泵浦源脉宽为70 ns,重复频率为10 kHz,平均功率为.161 W,获得波长为1631μm.当泵浦源脉宽为70 ns,重复频率为10 kHz,平均功率为1.61 W,获得波长为1631 nm信号光的输出功率为21 1 mW.     

低阈值温度调谐PPMgLN红外光参量振荡

研究了温度调谐下周期极化镁掺杂铌酸锂晶体的红外光参量振荡特性。采用外电场短脉冲极化技术,在大小为7.0mm×50.0mm×1.0mm的Z切高镁掺杂(摩尔分数0.05)铌酸锂上制备出了准相位匹配光学微结构器件,极化周期为30.0μm。以输出波长为1064nm的声光调QNd:YAG固体激光器作为基频泵浦光开展了光参量振荡研究。实验表明:泵浦该PPMgLN晶体,实现了室温下低阈值红外光参量振荡产生,阈值功率仅为45mW(重复频率1kHz)。在泵浦输入功率为225mW时,有36mW信号光输出,转换效率达到16.0%,通过调谐晶体温度(20~180℃),获得了调谐范围为1503~1550nm波段的OPO信号光,实现了低阈值可调谐红外光的稳定输出。     

全固态激光器抽运的PPLN光参变振荡

用全固态1064nm调Q激光输出，抽运多周期PPLN，实现了宽调谐的准相位匹配光参变振荡，振荡阈值10．3μJ（脉宽22ns)，信号光最高输出平均功率为42．5mW，斜率效率为12．5％。     

LD端面泵浦声光调QNd:YVO_4/KTA 1.53μm光学参量振荡激光器

介绍了一台连续激光二极管(LD)端面泵浦声光调Q的高重复频率、高效率1.53μm人眼安全光学参量振荡激光器。激光基质材料采用Nd:YVO4晶体,采用按Ⅱ类非临界相位匹配切割、长20 mm的KTA晶体作为非线性光学晶体。在LD泵浦功率13.7 W,声光调Q重复频率60 kHz时,获得最高平均功率2.6 W的1.53μm信号光输出,泵浦光-信号光转换效率达到19%。在最高输出功率2.6 W下测得单脉冲宽度2.9 ns,对应的单脉冲能量和峰值功率分别为43.3μJ和15 kW。     

宽波段连续调谐全固态CW PPMgLN光学参量振荡器

利用半导体激光泵浦输出1064 nm波长的全固态连续Nd:YVO4激光器作为泵浦源,采用周期调谐和温度调谐组合调谐技术,对基于掺氧化镁周期性极化铌酸锂晶体（MgO:LiNbO3, PPMgLN）准相位匹配（QPM）的全固态连续波（CW）光学参量振荡器（OPO）宽波段无分立连续调谐输出特性进行研究。实验采用连续工作模式和外腔结构,基于多周期PPMgLN晶体的30.2,30.4和30.6 m周期,在改变晶体的极化周期的基础上,同时在30～100 ℃范围内调节晶体工作温度。实验结果表明:CW PPMgLN OPO的泵浦阈值仅为0.22 W;不同极化周期需要的温度调谐范围不同;信号光在1 559.8～1 597.2 nm近红外波段和闲频光在3 187.3~3 347.3 nm中红外波段连续调谐输出。实现了外腔式全固态CW OPO在信号光和闲频光波段的无分立连续调谐输出。     

4.1μm高功率中红外内腔光参量振荡器

提出了一种紧凑型、声光调Q、高功率的4.1μm中红外内腔式氧化镁掺杂的周期性极化铌酸锂晶体光参量振荡激光系统.基于内腔单谐振光参量振荡器动力学模型,对内腔光参量振荡器的阈值倍数及下转换效率的影响因素进行分析,提出实验中对光参量振荡阈值调节的办法,优化了大功率情况下光参量振荡的下转换效率.引入共振泵浦与单端键合晶体方式提高了大功率泵浦的热稳定性.基于光场传输理论与谐振腔稳定性理论,并考虑增益介质热效应,数值模拟了大功率泵浦注入时腔内基频光、信号光及闲频光的三波光场模式匹配,以确保光参量振荡器在高功率下稳定运转.对光参量振荡阈值进行调节,提高了参量光的下转换效率,最终得到4.125μm的中红外高重频脉冲瓦级激光输出,激光重复频率1～100kHz可调,脉冲宽度小于9ns,最高单脉冲能量36.7J,最高峰值功率4.257kW,最高输出功率为1.12 W,其对应的下转换效率为29.7%,最大光光转换效率为4.26%.     

全固态单纵模脉冲Nd:YVO_4环形激光器

设计并研制了全固态调Q脉冲单纵模Nd:YVO4环形激光器。利用880nm激光二极管端面抽运Nd:YVO4晶体,通过四镜环形谐振腔中插入声光调Q晶体、标准具,并优化激光谐振腔的结构,获得了重复频率为200Hz、脉宽为26.6ns的单纵模脉冲1.064μm激光输出。当泵浦功率为15 W时,单纵模激光输出的单脉冲能量为570μJ、脉冲能量稳定性优于3%。     

LD泵浦Nd∶YAG/Cr∶YAG腔外频率变换高功率紫外激光器

用KTP晶体对激光二极管端面泵浦的Nd∶YAG晶体,Cr∶YAG被动调Q产生的1064 nm脉冲激光器进行腔外倍频,用BBO晶体四倍频产生266 nm紫外激光.用15 W的LD阵列,当LD泵浦功率为12 W的情况下,红外(1064μm)调Q平均输出功率为2.2 W,脉冲序列周期为40μs,脉宽为18 ns,峰值功率高达4.9 kW.采用KTP腔外二倍频,532 nm的绿光输出平均功率为850 mW;用BBO腔外四倍频,266 nm的紫外光输出平均功率高达215 mW,绿光-紫外光光转换效率为25.2%,红外到紫外总的转换效率为9.8%.     

LD泵浦Nd∶YVO_4/V∶YAG被动调Q1.34μm激光器

利用新型实用的晶体材料V∶YAG作为被动调Q元件,实现了激光二极管泵浦Nd∶YVO4的1.34μm激光谱线调Q运转.研究了饱和吸收体小信号透过率对激光稳定性的影响,得出使用小信号透过率T0小的V∶YAG可使激光脉冲能量和重复频率稳定的结论.在1.6W的泵浦条件下,T0为96%、89%和85%时,4h脉冲能量和重复频率稳定性分别为15%、10%和5%.使用T0为85%的V∶YAG,获得了平均功率输出功率96mW,脉宽8.8ns,重复频率25kHz,峰值功率436W,脉冲能量3.84μJ的实验结果.     

周期极化掺镁铌酸锂光学参量振荡器时域特性的实验研究

分别采用MOTORULA公司的硅基光电二极管探测器和JUDSON公司的InGaAs光电二极管探测器对泵浦光和信号光的脉宽进行了测量.研究了极化周期、工作温度以及抽运功率与周期极化掺镁铌酸锂光学参量振荡器输出的信号光脉冲宽度的作用关系.实验采用LD端面抽运的声光调QNd:YVO4激光器作为抽运源,在晶体温度为30℃、极化周期为29.5μm条件下,当抽运功率为1008mW时,获得了平均功率为238mW的信号光输出,其光-光转换效率为23.6%,最窄脉冲宽度约为9.3ns,相对抽运光脉宽被明显压窄.     

基于镁掺杂的周期性畴反转铌酸锂的宽调谐光参量振荡器

报道基于6mol%镁掺杂的周期性畴反转掺镁铌酸锂(PPMgLN)的宽调谐光参量振荡器(OPO). PPMgLN采用外加电场法制作，周期为27.8—31.6μm，周期间隔为0.2μm.光参量振荡器的抽运源采用输出为1.064μm的声光调Q的Nd³⁺:YVO₄激光器，其调谐范围为1.42—1.73μm(信号光)和2.76—4.27μm(闲散光)，斜率效率达到47%.在输入功率为10.6W时，输出功率达到4.8W(信号光和闲散光之和). 关键词： 周期性畴极化掺镁铌酸锂 宽调谐光参量振荡器     

Widely and continuously tunable optical parametric generator infrared laser

The experimental results of a high efficiency infrared laser are demonstrated on a quasi phase matched optical parametric generator in PPMgLN (5% MgO doping) pumped by a 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser. A broad continuous signal spectrum 1.56?C1.67 ??m are obtained by tuning the crystal temperature from 20°C to 200°C. When the average pump power is 1.82 W with about 70 ns pulse duration operating at a repetition rate of 10 kHz, the maximum total output power of the PPMgLN OPG is about 323.58 mW consisting of 210 mW of 1.639 ??m signal radiation and 113.58 mW of 3.02 ??m idler radiation.     

Efficient, high-power, ytterbium-fiber-laser-pumped picosecond optical parametric oscillator

We report a high-power picosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) synchronously pumped by a Yb fiber laser at 1.064 μm, providing 11.7 W of total average power in the near to mid-IR at 73% extraction efficiency. The OPO, based on a 50 mm MgO:PPLN crystal, is pumped by 20.8 ps pulses at 81.1 MHz and can simultaneously deliver 7.1 W of signal at 1.56 μm and 4.6 W of idler at 3.33 μm for 16 W of pump power. The oscillator has a threshold of 740 mW, with maximum signal power of 7.4 W at 1.47 μm and idler power of 4.9 W at 3.08 μm at slope efficiencies of 51% and 31%, respectively. Wavelength coverage across 1.43-1.63 μm (signal) and 4.16-3.06 μm (idler) is obtained, with a total power of ~11 W and an extraction efficiency of ~68%, with pump depletion of ~78% maintained over most of the tuning range. The signal and idler output have a single-mode spatial profile and a peak-to-peak power stability of ±1.8% and ±2.9% over 1 h at the highest power, respectively. A signal pulse duration of 17.3 ps with a clean single-peak spectrum results in a time-bandwidth product of ~1.72, more than four times below the input pump pulses.     

High-energy PPMgLN optical parametric oscillator pumped by a 1.064 μm E-O Q-Switched Nd:YAG laser

A high-energy PPMgLN optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped by a E-O Q-switched Nd:YAG laser working at 1.064 μm was successfully illustrated. A maximum output pulse energy of 3.4 mJ was obtained with a pump threshold of 1.5 mJ and a slope efficiency of 30% around room temperature. The OPO output signal and idler wavelength were 1552 and 3384 nm, respectively. The damage to the input surface of PPMgLN crystal was carefully observed with a damage threshold of 4.6 J/cm².     

Study on broadly tunable optical parametric oscillator based on MgO-doped periodically poled LiNbO3 crystal

An efficient source of all-solid-state broadly tunable mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator based on a periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate is reported. The pump source is a 1064nm acousto-optically Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser. A broadly tunable mid-infrared output from 1.56 to 1.67 μm were generated, with corresponding idler wavelengths of 3.34 to 2.93 μm by temperature tuning from 40 to 200°C. When the average pump power is 1.61 W with about 70 ns pulse duration operating at a repetition rate of 10 kHz, the maximum signal output power of the PPMgLN-OPO is about 211 mW at 1631 nm.     

高功率中红外3.8 μm激光器

 采用1.06 μm激光泵浦准相位匹配周期极化铌酸锂（PPMgLN）晶体光参量振荡器,实现高功率高效率高重复频率3.84 μm中红外激光输出。泵浦源为椭圆光斑1.06 μm激光,PPMgLN晶体MgO摩尔分数为5%,光参量振荡器为外腔单谐振结构,采用e→e+e相位匹配,利用了PPMgLN晶体的最大非线性系数。在1.06 μm激光功率为73 W,声光Q开关工作频率为7.5 kHz的条件下,获得平均功率8.3 W,波长3.84 μm激光输出,光-光转换斜率效率14.1％,水平和垂直方向光束质量平方因子分别为1.94,4.57。     

高功率,红光至中红外可调谐腔内和频光学参量振荡器

本文利用高重复频率,高平均功率大模场面积飞秒光纤激光器作为同步抽运源,抽运以多周期极化掺氧化镁铌酸锂为非线性晶体的单共振光学参量振荡器,获得了高功率可调谐红光至中红外光,信号光调谐范围为1450—2200 nm,闲频光调谐范围为2250—4000 nm,在2 W的抽运功率下,信号光输出波长为1502 nm时获得最大输出功率374 mW,转换效率为18.7%,脉冲宽度为144 fs,此时中红外输出中心波长为3.4μm,平均功率为166 mW.再利用BBO晶体对信号光进行腔内和频,获得和频光输出波长调谐范围为610—668 nm,在4.1 W抽运的情况下,最高平均功率为615 nm处的694 mW,转换效率达16.9%.     

2.5-GHz repetition-rate singly resonant optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by a mode-locked diode oscillator amplifier system

We report on an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) that is synchronously pumped directly by a diode laser. This laser is an actively mode-locked master-oscillator power-amplifier system that produces 20-ps pulses at 927 nm with a repetition rate of 2.5 GHz and an average power of 0.9 W. The OPO, which is a singly resonant device based on periodically poled lithium niobate, generates 7.8-ps pulses. The OPO threshold is 300 mW of average pump power, and the maximum average idler output power is 78 mW at a wavelength of 2100 nm. By changing the crystal temperature we can wavelength tune the output in the ranges 1530-1737 nm (signal) and 1986-2348 nm (idler). Rapid wavelength tuning of the OPO over 46 nm (signal) and 74 nm (idler) is achieved through tuning the cavity length over 28 microm by use of a piezoelectric transducer.     

Study on the spectral characteristics of the cascaded parametric conversion in a single cavity tandem multi-channel PPMgLNs-based optical parametric oscillator

We report an acousto-optic Q-switched Nd:GdVO₄ laser pumped flexibly tunable cascaded optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on two separate multi-channel periodically poled magnesium oxide doped Lithium Niobate (PPMgLN). Even under lower pump power, long wavelength parametric output was found to be more easily generated than in single stage OPO. A cascaded idler output at 5.075 μm was found to be generated. A convenient method to monitor the occurring of the cascaded parametric process was also presented by measuring the spectrum of sum-frequency generation of the pump power and the cascaded signal power.