Generation of Red Light Femtosecond Pulses from an Intra-Cavity Frequency-Doubled Cr^4＋： Forsterite Laser

We demonstrate the generation of red light femtosecond laser pulses from an intra-cavity frequency-doubled Cr^4＋ ：forsterite laser. An average output power of 75 mW is obtained at the central wavelength of 647nm with a pulse width of 55 fs by inserting a 500μm-thick BBO crystal in the laser cavity. The bandwidth of the spectrum of second harmonic pulses is 9 nm, corresponding to a time-bandwidth product of 0.355.     

Edge-pumped passively Q-switched thin Nd:YAG slab lasers

We report a high-power thin Nd：YAG slab laser with slab dimension of 1 × 10 ×60 （mm） partially edgepumped by diode laser arrays. Passive Q-switching is achieved with a Cr^4＋ ：YAG microchip adopted as the saturable absorber mirror. The pulse duration is around 10 ns while the pulse repetition rate is higher than 10 kHz. The average output power of 70 W is obtained with a slope efficiency of 36%. The diffraction limited beam quality in the thickness direction is obtained by controlling the pump beam diameter inside the slab. The laser head is very compact with size of only 60 × 74×150 （mm）.     

Timing Jitter and Pulse Width Reduction in a Hybrid Q-Switched Cr,Nd：YAG Laser

We present a detailed study of a combined actively and passively Q-switched （CAPQ） laser with an acousto-optic modulator （AOM） and a codoped Cr^4＋, Nd^3＋ ：YAG crystal The hybrid Q-switch approach is used to produce a short laser pulse with stable and tunable repetition rates. The timing jitter, average pulse width, and average pulse amplitude vary periodically with the AOM modulation frequency under a fixed pump power. The repetition rate of the CAPQ laser can be turned approximately from 4 kHz to 16 kHz with the jitter less than 400 ns.     

Ld-Clad-Pumped All-Fiber Tm^3＋-Doped Silica Fiber Laser

The CW 39.4 W all-fiber LD-clad-pumped Tm^3＋-doped fiber laser output is reported with a slope efficiency of 34% in respect to the pump power. The all-fiber laser is made up by progressively splicing the pigtail fiber, matched FBG fiber and Tin-doped fiber. The reflective FBG and Tm-doped fiber end fresnel reflection build up the laser resonance cavity. Due to the multi-mode FBG as the reflective mirror, the output laser spectrum is multi-peaks at high power output, whereas the total spectrum width is less than 2nm at nearly 1.94μm.     

A Stable 2012.1 nm Single-Longitudinal-Mode Tm：YAG Ceramic Laser with Volume Bragg Grating and Fabry-Perot Etalon

We demonstrate a stable single longitudinal mode Tm：YAG ceramic laser operating at a single wavelength of 2012.1 nm. The single-longitudinal-mode Tin： YAO ceramic laser is obtained by employing volume Bragg grating as one cavity mirror and inserting a Fabry-Perot etalon into the laser cavity. A maximum single longitudinal mode output power of 165roW with a slope efficieney of 6.6% is achieved under the pump power of 5.02 W. The laser has a beam quality of M2 = 1.18 at the maximum single longitudinal mode output power.     

Self—Mode—Locking in a Diode—Pumped Self—Q—Switched Nd^3＋,Cr^4＋,YAG Laser

We report for the first time on the observation of self-mode-locking in a diode pumped self-Q-Switched(SQS) Nd^3 ,Cr^4 ,YAG laser,This phenomenon results from significant excited state absorption of the Cr^4 ions in the co-doped host during the SQS laser pulses.The self-mode-locking occurs already slightly above the SQS laser threshold.Experiments using relatively low saturable intensity achieved a modulation depth of more than 40%.     

Q-Switched Tm：YAG Laser Intracavity-Pumped by a 1064nm Laser

We report a Q-switched 2-μm Tm：YAG laser based on intracavity-pumped by a 1064-nm Nd：YAG laser operating at room temperature for the first time. An average output power of 5.1W is obtained with the repetition rate of 30kHz and a pulse width of 300ns. In addition, we demonstrate a 12.5-W continuous-wave 2-μm Tm：YAG laser, which is, to our best knowledge, the highest power for intracavity-pumping configuration.     

A Bidirectional, Diode-Pumped, Passively Mode-Locked Nd：YVO4 Ring Laser with a Low-Temperature-Grown Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror

We report the operation of a bidirectional picosecond pulsed ring Nd：YVO4 laser based on a low-temperaturegrown semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. Except for the laser crystal, the six-mirror ring laser cavity has no intra-cavity elements such as focusing lens or mirror. The bidirectional mode locked pluses are obtained at the repetition rate of 117.5 MHz, pulse duration of 81 ps, power of 2 × 200 mW.     

A Room-Temperature Multiwavelength Erbium-Doped Fibre Laser by Exploiting Polarization Hole Burning

Multiwavelength operation of a linear cavity erbium-doped fibre laser (EDFL) is proposed and demonstrated. A 3-dB fibre loop mirror and a high birefringence (HiBi) fibre loop mirror are utilized as the cavity reflectors. By utilizing the wavelength-dependent polarization rotation induced by the HiBi fibre loop mirror and by using a fibre polarizer to control the intracavity polarization state, the polarization states of different wavelengths are diversified. Therefore, the polarization hole burning (PHB) effect has been greatly enhanced and the homogeneous broadening of erbium-doped fibre is suppressed to a large extent. By simply tuning a polarization controller, we experimentally obtained simultaneous lasing of four and five wavelengths with wavelength spacing of ～1.8nm and less than 2nm at room temperature, respectively. The repeated scans show that all of these lasers have good stability.     

Passively mode-locked Nd：GdVO4 laser at 912nm

This paper demonstrates the passively mode-locked Nd：GdVO4 laser operating on the ^4F3/2-^4I9/2 transition at 912 nm by using a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror for passive mode locking, stable continuous wave modelocked 912nm laser was achieved with a repetition rate of 176 MHz. At the incident pump power of 17.7W, 22.6mW average output power of stable mode-locked laser was obtained with a slope efficiency of 0.3%.     

Laser Wakefield Acceleration Using Mid-Infrared Laser Pulses

We study a laser wakefield acceleration driven by mid-infrared(mid-IR) laser pulses through two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations.Since a mid-IR laser pulse can deliver a larger ponderomotive force as compared with the usual 0.8 μm wavelength laser pulse,it is found that electron self-injection into the wake wave occurs at an earlier time,the plasma density threshold for injection becomes lower,and the electron beam charge is substantially enhanced.Meanwhile,our study also shows that quasimonoenergetic electron beams with a narrow energy-spread can be generated by using mid-IR laser pulses.Such a mid-IR laser pulse can provide a feasible method for obtaining a high quality and high charge electron beam.Therefore,the current efforts on constructing mid-IR terawatt laser systems can greatly benefit the laser wakefield acceleration research.     

激光器驱动和激光器之间的高速连接

光纤接入网以其高速度,大容量、低功耗等优点,成为接入网的重要发展方向,低成本的高速光发射机成为光纤接入的一个关键.相对于外调制激光器.直接调制激光器因为调制简单、成本低,成为光发射机的首选方案.激光器和激光器驱动之间高速的连接,是实现直接调制光发射机的关键技术之一.理论分析了激光器驱动器输出的偏置电流和调制电流之间的关系,得出了实现偏置电流和调制电流稳定的条件.分析了激光器和激光器驱动之间高速连接存在的问题,选择电容耦合的方式,利用高速印刷线路板(PCB)布线技术,实现了 2.5 Gb/s的直接调制激光器的研制.     

半导体激光器抽运新型高效、调谐Yb:LYSO激光器

报道了以掺Yb介质硅酸镥钇晶体为增益介质的激光行为.在自由运转的条件下,在1086 nm的中心波长处用2.5%的输出耦合镜得到7.8 W的连续激光输出,相应的斜效率为64%.利用SF14棱镜作为腔内调谐元件,激光输出的调谐范围为1014～1091 nm.     

半导体激光器抽运新型高效、调谐Yb∶LYSO激光器

报道了以掺Yb介质硅酸镥钇晶体为增益介质的激光行为。在自由运转的条件下,在1086 nm的中心波长处用2.5%的输出耦合镜得到7.8 W的连续激光输出,相应的斜效率为64%。利用SF14棱镜作为腔内调谐元件,激光输出的调谐范围为1014~1091 nm。     

Laser thermoprobe

Time-resolved thermal profiles produced in a thin film of Al by a pulse of energy from a GaAs laser have been measured by a laser thermoprobe, consisting of an Ar⁺ laser and a thin film of CdS evaporated onto the Al. A spatial resolution of 0.5 μm and a temporal resolution of 10 nsec were achieved. The measurement is in good agreement with a three-dimensional heat flow calculation.     

激光处理对光学薄膜和激光玻璃损伤的影响

用准分子激光和ＣＯ２激光分别对光学薄膜和掺钕磷酸盐激光玻璃进行激光预辐照处理，研究激光预辐照射对损伤阈值的影响，并对相关的机理作了分析。     

激光二极管泵浦Nd：FAP激光器

报道激光二极管泵浦的掺钕氟磷酸钙固体激光器，该器件在重复频率为１００Ｈｚ的准连续状态下运行，当耦合输出透过率为８％时，得到３１％的斜效率，比较了ＦＡＰ和ＹＡＧ这两种介质的激光器的性能，理论分析得出的两者的阈值泵浦功率的相对值与实验结果相一致，并证实ＦＡＰ是一种有前途的适合激光二极管泵浦的激光介质。     

瓦级激光二极管端面抽运351nm紫外激光器

研制了输出功率达瓦级的351 nm准连续紫外激光器。激光器采用激光二极管(LD)端面抽运Nd∶YLF晶体和声光调Q技术,实现了1 053 nm准连续基波振荡。在结构简单的V型腔中,两块Li B3O5(LBO)晶体对基频光进行二倍频和三倍频,获得了高功率351 nm准连续紫外激光输出。在LD抽运功率为14 W、声光调Q激光器的调制频率为1 k Hz的工作条件下,得到351 nm紫外激光平均输出功率为1.12 W、脉冲宽度为34 ns、单脉冲能量为1.12 m J、峰值功率达32.94 k W。LD抽运光到351 nm紫外激光的光-光转换效率达到8%,电光效率为3.4%,光束质量良好。