LD泵浦Nd∶YAG多波段激光器

为了获得高效率多波段激光输出,通过高重复频率驱动声光调Q技术和LD侧面泵浦技术,获得高功率高重频窄脉宽1.06 m激光输出。利用起偏器件获得垂直和水平两束1.06 m线偏振光,一束垂直线偏振光泵浦非线性晶体周期极化钽酸锂（PPLT）,实现1.46 m与3.9 m激光输出后与另一束1.06 m水平线偏振光合束,实现三波段共轴激光输出。在电源输入电流35 A、调Q驱动频率10 kHz的条件下,获得140 W的1.06 m激光。分束后泵浦PPLT获得最高功率为6.3 W的3.9 m和8.6 W的1.46 m激光,差频转化效率为21.3%。试验结果表明:通过高重频声光调Q技术和LD侧面泵浦技术,可以实现高重频窄脉宽1.06 m光输出,泵浦PPLT可获3.9 m和1.46 m激光输出。     

LD侧面泵浦Nd∶YAG高重频电光调Q激光器

为了获得高效率3 m~5 m中红外激光输出,利用电光调Q晶体RbTiOPO4（RTP）,通过高重复频率驱动调Q同步技术和LD侧面泵浦技术,获得高重频窄脉宽1.06 m激光输出,泵浦非线性晶体周期极化钽酸锂（PPLT）进行频率变换,实现高功率3 m~5 m中红外激光输出。在电源输入电流20 A、调Q驱动频率10 kHz的条件下,获得15 W的1.06 m激光。利用该1.06 m激光泵浦PPLT获得最高功率为2.6 W的3.9 m中红外激光,1.06 m到3.9 m的转化效率为17.3%。实验结果表明:通过高重频电光调Q技术和LD侧面泵浦技术,可以实现高重频窄脉宽1.06 m偏振光输出,泵浦PPLT可获得高功率高效率3.9 m中红外激光输出。     

高功率宽调谐输出的多周期极化铌酸锂晶体光学参量振荡器

利用掺杂浓度为5 mol%的掺氧化镁多周期极化铌酸锂晶体实现了高效单谐振的准相位匹配光参量振荡器,所使用的周期极化铌酸锂晶体有6个周期,且以1 μm为间隔,从26.5~31.5 μm. 该光参量振荡器以脉宽为150 ns,重复频率为10 kHz的声光调Q Nd∶YAG激光器为泵浦源,且泵浦光波长为1.064 μm. 通过控制晶体的温度（50~200℃）以及改变晶体的极化周期（26.5~31.5 μm）,可由该光参量振荡器获得2.83~2.89 μm,3.10~3.38 μm,3.57~3.78 μm,3.95~4.12 μm, 4.28~4.46 μm,4.65~4.79 μm的闲频光连续调谐输出. 且当泵浦功率为8.15 W时,在闲频光输出波长为3.33 μm处,获得了最大输出功率2.17 W.     

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。     

多光束泵浦中红外激光器

为了获得高功率高效率3 m～5 m中红外激光输出,利用双声光调Q晶体,通过高重复频率驱动调Q同步技术和LD侧面泵浦双棒串接技术,获得高功率高光束质量1.06 m激光双端输出,外置起偏器获得4束激光输出,利用波片偏振旋光原理,实现4束偏振态一致的激光输出,泵浦非线性晶体PPLT进行频率变换,实现高功率3 m～5 m中红外激光输出。在电源输入电流30 A、调Q驱动频率10 kHz的条件下,获得最高功率10.6 W的3.9 m中红外激光,1.06 m～3.9 m转化效率为9.5%。实验结果表明:通过双声光调Q技术和LD侧面泵浦双棒串接技术,可以实现4束高重复频率窄脉宽1.06 m偏振激光输出,泵浦PPLT可获得高功率3.9 m中红外激光输出。     

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。     

15W光子晶体光纤激光器的研究

利用光子晶体光纤在原来输出功率3 4W的基础上,研制成功了激光输出15W的光子晶体光纤激光器,实验装置为典型的F P腔结构,分别采用二色镜和光纤端面作为高反射腔镜和激光输出腔镜 一端二色镜紧贴光纤的入射端面,它对1 0 5 μm～1 1μm波段信号光的反射率大于99% ,对976nm泵浦光透射率为93% ;另一端利用光纤端面4 %Fresnel反射作为输出端反馈与二相色镜构成了线形谐振腔 实验采用掺Yb3+ 双包层光子晶体光纤,长度为2 0m 内包层为2 0 0 μm ,外包层为380 μm ,Yb2 O3浓度为1 5mol % 当泵浦功率为6 0W时,获得了15W 1 1μm的激光输出 15W光…     

外腔式宽调谐被动调QNd:YVO_4/PPMgLN光学参量振荡器

报道了一个低阈值宽调谐、被动调Q、单谐振掺MgO的周期性极化铌酸锂晶体(PPMgLN)光学参量振荡器。利用被动调Q的Nd:YVO4激光器作为泵浦源,采用外腔结构,在室温下,实现了PPMgLN晶体的准相位匹配光学参量振荡。光参量振荡的阈值仅为0.27W(单脉冲能量4.5μJ、脉宽35ns);在泵浦光为1.35W(脉冲能量8.2μJ、脉宽35ns),PPMgLN周期为31μm时,获得了161.9mW,3.202μm脉冲激光输出;同时获得了98.5mW的1.594μm信号光输出,总的光光转化效率达到19.3%。通过改变晶体的周期,实现了闲频光3.13～4.19μm,信号光1.43～1.65μm的宽带可调谐激光输出。     

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。     

2 μm波段半导体可饱和吸收镜被动调Q光纤激光器

基于半导体可饱和吸收镜和光纤光栅实现了稳定的2 m波段被动调Q光纤脉冲激光器,输出激光的中心波长为1958.2 nm。随着泵浦功率的增加,输出脉冲的重复频率不断增加,而对应脉冲的宽度不断减小。输出脉冲重复频率的变化范围为20～80 kHz,脉冲宽度的变化范围为490 ns～1 s。当泵浦功率为1.3 W时,调Q光纤激光器的最大平均输出功率为91 mW,脉冲重复频率为80 kHz,脉冲宽度为490 ns,对应的最大单脉冲能量约为1.14 J。     

高功率宽带射频调制连续激光源

射频强度调制激光作为激光雷达系统的载波可以有效提高系统的抗干扰和抗散射能力,高功率宽带射频强度调制光源是实现高分辨率远距离探测的关键.本文采用在Nd:YAG激光器的耦合腔中插入一对四分之一波片的方法实现了频差调谐范围为30 MHz—1.5 GHz的双频激光输出,结合光纤振荡功率放大技术,将双频信号光功率放大为50 W.耦合腔双频种子源具有良好的功率和频率稳定性,输出功率为9.5 mW时,功率标准差为0.145 mW,稳定性为1.52%,输出双频激光的频差为250 MHz时,拍频的标准差为1.6144 MHz.种子光进行三级光纤功率放大,得到50 W双频激光输出.放大后的双频激光功率波动范围小于0.1 W,双频拍频的标准差为1.777 MHz,很好地保持了放大之前的功率稳定性和双频频差稳定性.     

High-power, continuous-wave, mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator based on MgO:sPPLT

We report a stable, high-power, cw, mid-IR optical parametric oscillator using MgO-doped stoichiometric periodically poled LiTaO? (MgO:sPPLT) pumped by a Yb fiber laser at 1064 nm. The singly resonant oscillator (SRO), based on a 30 mm long crystal, is tunable over 430 nm from 3032 to 3462 nm and can generate as much as 5.5 W of mid-IR output power, with >4 W of over 60% of the tuning range and under reduced thermal effects, enabling room temperature operation. Idler power scaling measurements at ~3.3 μm are compared with an MgO-doped periodically poled LiNbO? cw SRO, confirming that MgO:sPPLT is an attractive material for multiwatt mid-IR generation. The idler output at 3299 nm exhibits a peak-to-peak power stability better than 12.8% over 5 h and frequency stability of ~1 GHz, while operating close to room temperature, and has a linewidth of ~0.2 nm, limited by the resolution of the wavemeter. The corresponding signal linewidth at 1570 nm is ~21 MHz.     

Efficient all-solid-state mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator based on resonantly pumped 1.645 μm Er:YAG laser

We first report an all-solid-state tunable mid-infrared singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on a 1532 nm laser diode resonantly pumped, Q-switched 1.645 μm Er:YAG laser. An MgO-doped periodically poled lithium niobate was used as the nonlinear material. At the pulse repetition frequency of 2 KHz, a maximum overall average output power of 0.95 W with pump power of 2.8 W was achieved, corresponding to a conversion efficiency of 34% and a slope efficiency of 38%. The temperature tuning was performed giving signal and idler ranges of 2.67 to 2.71 μm and 4.18 to 4.31 μm, respectively.     

High-efficiency,high-repetition-rate,temperature-tuning optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate

We report a compact and viable source of high-efficiency, high-repetition-rate, temperature-tuning, mid-IR optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate (PPMgOLN) pumped by a homemade high power AOM Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ laser centered at 1.064 μm. With an optimal plane-concave resonator configuration, average output power of 5.7 W at 2.73 μm was obtained when the pump power was 25 W at the repetition rate of 80 kHz. The conversion efficiency from the 1.064 μm laser to the 2.73 μm laser was 22.8%. Temperature tuning of the OPO yielded a signal wavelength range from 1.67 to 1.75 μm and an idler wavelength in the range of 2.72 to 2.92 μm.     

Compact efficient optical parametric generator internal to a Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser with periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3

This paper demonstrates a compact efficient optical parametric generator internal to a Q-switched diode-end-pumped Nd:YVOquasi-phase-matching, intracavity optical parametric generator, periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate (PPMgLN)Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10474071 and 60671036).4265K, 4260F, 4270This paper demonstrates a compact efficient optical parametric generator internal to a Q-switched diode-end-pumped Nd:YVOquasi-phase-matching, intracavity optical parametric generator, periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate (PPMgLN)Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10474071 and 60671036).4265K, 4260F, 4270This paper demonstrates a compact efficient optical parametric generator internal to a Q-switched diode-end-pumped Nd:YVOquasi-phase-matching, intracavity optical parametric generator, periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate (PPMgLN)Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10474071 and 60671036).4265K, 4260F, 4270This paper demonstrates a compact efficient optical parametric generator internal to a Q-switched diode-end-pumped Nd:YVOquasi-phase-matching, intracavity optical parametric generator, periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate (PPMgLN)Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10474071 and 60671036).4265K, 4260F, 4270This paper demonstrates a compact efficient optical parametric generator internal to a Q-switched diode-end-pumped Nd:YVOquasi-phase-matching, intracavity optical parametric generator, periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate (PPMgLN)Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10474071 and 60671036).4265K, 4260F, 4270This paper demonstrates a compact efficient optical parametric generator internal to a Q-switched diode-end-pumped Nd:YVO$_{4}$ laser with periodically poled MgO:LiNbO₃(PPMgLN). With the Q-switch set at a repetition rate of 25kHz and the PPMgLN crystal operated at room temperature (25\du\,), the intracavity optical parametric generator threshold was reached as a diode pump power of 0.9\,W. A maximum signal output power of 0.34W with a pulse width of 25\,ns and a beam quality factor of 1.4 was obtained at an incident diode power of 3.4\,W, leading to a conversion efficiency of 10{\%} with a slope efficiency of 14.4{\%}. By varying the crystal temperature from 25 to 200\du, the output signal wavelengths were tuned in range of 1506--1565\,nm. Over a 30-minutes interval, the instability of the signal power was measured to be less than 1{\%}. In addition, the threshold pump intensity for the intracavity optical parametric generator is theoretically investigated, and the obtained result is in good agreement with the experimental results.     

Performance characteristics of narrow linewidth fiber laser pumped mid-IR difference frequency mixing light source for methane detection.

A high-power, narrow-linewidth Yb fiber laser with a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) pumped difference frequency generation (DFG) in a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystal was investigated in detail. A mid-IR power of approximately 2.3 microW at 3.3 micrometers with a slope efficiency of 0.85 mW/W2 was achieved. A Doppler-broadened absorption spectrum of CH4 at 3038.497 cm-1 (3.2911 micrometers) was obtained with a 0.1-m long-gas cell at a pressure of 133 Pa. The linewidth of the DFG source was evaluated to be less than 96 MHz from the observed spectral linewidth. Real-time monitoring of CH4 (approximately 1.78 ppm) in ambient air in a multipass cell which has an optical path length of 10 m was also demonstrated.