Investigation of Cr:YAG passive mode-locking in a pulsed Nd:YAG laser

Passive mode-locking of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser using a Cr⁴⁺:YAG saturable absorber was realized for the first time in a nearly critical stable resonator containing an antiresonant ring structure. The output energy and pulse duration are 13.5 mJ and 180 ps, respectively. The recovery time and saturable intensity for excited-state absorption of Cr⁴⁺:YAG under the action of strong laser pulses were calculated from rate equations.     

Theoretical analysis of a time-synchronized picosecond double-pulse branched Nd: glass laser

The laser performance of a time-synchronized double-pulse picosecond laser system is studied theoretically by numerical simulations. The arrangement consists of an Nd: silicate glass branch, an Nd: phosphate glass branch, and a common antiresonant ring. Temporal synchronization is achieved by electrooptic Q-switching, acoustooptic loss modulation, and saturable absorber bleaching (mutual master-slave coupling).     

非腔长匹配相干叠加脉冲锁模激光器的实验研究

实现了一种新型的非腔长匹配相干叠加脉冲锁模Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器的锁模运转。锁模脉冲宽度为６０ｐｓ．给出该种新型锁模激光器的运转特性以及锁模状态与各种实验参数之间的关系。对于该种激光器的各种实验现象给出了简明清晰的物理解释。     

Cr^4＋：YAG在对撞脉冲锁模的Nd：YAG激光器中实现被动锁模的研究

在理论上提出了Ｃｒ＾４＋：ＹＡＧ作为可饱和吸收体在Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器中实现被动锁模的可能性，运用速率方程组导出在强激光脉冲作用下Ｃｒ＾４＋：ＹＡＧ激发态吸收的恢复时间和饱和光强。实验上在带有抗共振环结构的接近于介稳腔的脉冲式Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器中用Ｃｒ＾４＋：ＹＡＧ作为可饱和吸收体实现被动锁模运转，得到能量１３．５ｍＪ、平均脉宽１８０ｐｓ的锁模脉冲序列。     

Properties of single picosecond pulses from neodymium:Phosphate glass

Streak camera detection has been used to determine the temporal characteristics of pulses from Nd:phosphate glass used as a mode-locked laser oscillator and as an amplifier. The frequency doubled pulses are not transform limited (Δν = 46 cm^-1, Δt = 6 ps). The fourth harmonic has a spectral bandwidth of 11 cm^-1 and is tunable across the full bandwidth of the second harmonic. Temperature tuning characteristics and efficiencies for harmonic generation are described. A comparison is made with the properties of Nd:silicate glass.     

不同皮秒非稳腔中的KTP晶体的腔内倍频效应

以ＫＴＰ晶体作为Ｎｄ：ＹＡＰ锁激光器的内腔倍频元件,在带非共振环（ＡＲＲ）的对撞脉冲锁模（ＣＰＭ）非稳腔虚共焦非稳腔中实现高效倍频转换,其倍频能量转换效率 ５３．４％和６０．２％,测定了两种腔型的基波脉宽分别为８ｐｓ和１８ｐｓ,二次谐波输出的最大能量起伏分别为１０．６％和１２．５％。理论分析了两种没腔型及其实验结果的特点。     

A Highly Efficient SHG in CPM, Nd:YAG/LBO Laser

An energy conversion efficiency of 65.3% for second harmonic generation (SHG) from 1.06 μm to 0.53 μ m has been achieved by intracavity frequency doubling (IFD) in LiB 3O 5(LBO) crystal and a colliding pulse mode locked (CPM) Nd:YAG pulsed laser with a convex antiresonant ring (ARR) unstable resonator. For a fundamental wave with 20.2 mJ energy, 10 ps duration and a energy stability of 96.4%, a green output energy of 13.2 mJ was obtained. The energy conversion efficiency in IFD is much higher than that in extracavity frequency doubling (EFD) which is only 33.87%.     

Generation of tunable picosecond pulses in the medium infrared by down-conversion in AgGaS2

Picosecond pulses from a mode-locked Nd:YAG laser and a traveling-wave dye laser are mixed in an AgGaS₂ crystal to generate pulses at the difference frequency. The dye laser is tunable between 1200 nm and 1460 nm resulting in a tuning range of the parametric pulses from 3.9 μm to 9.4 μm. The spectral bandwidth is quite narrow. A value of Δ?=6.5 cm^-1 was measured which is constant over the whole tuning range. Several percent of the Nd:YAG laser photons are converted to infrared photons. Pump pulses of 21 ps give parametric pulses of 8 ps.     

Far infrared sub-nanosecond pulse generation in GaP with a time-synchronized mode-locked double-frequency Nd: Glass laser system

Light pulses of 149 m wavelength and 700 ps duration are generated by non-collinear phase-matched difference frequency mixing of laser pulses at 1053.5 and 1061 nm in a (110) cut GaP crystal. The pump laser pulses are generated in a time-synchronized mode-locked double-frequency Nd:glass laser system consisting of a silicate glass branch and a phosphate glass branch. A photon conversion efficiency of 4 × 10^–6 is achieved. The non-linear susceptibility constant of GaP is determined to be d ₁₄ = (10 ± 1) pm V^–1.     

Efficient generation of tunable subpicosecond pulses in the infrared

A novel parametric generator-amplifier system is discussed which for the first time allows the generation of tunable pulses in the infrared with substantial pulse shortening and with high energy conversion of up to 20%. Starting with an intense laser pulse of a mode-locked Nd: glass laser system of ≈ 8 ps, a signal pulse at ≈ 6500 cm^-1 is produced by a single path parametric generator. This signal pulse is subsequently amplified generating an intense idler pulse in the IR. Varying the time delay between the signal and pump pulse in the amplifier stage, the pulse duration of signal and idler is readily adjusted. The shortest pulses are nearly bandwidth limited of duration 0.5 ps with energy conversion exceeding 5% in the frequency range around 6500 cm^-1.     

高效转换的大功率皮秒脉冲激光器

本文描述我们设计的带抗共振环(ARR)的对撞脉冲锁模(CPM)非稳腔Nd:YAP和Nd:YAG激光器,该激光腔结合了CPM腔脉宽窄、工作稳定和非稳腔输出能量高的特点,是一理想的高功率激光器同时选择了KTP、BBO和LBO等优良非线性晶体作为腔内倍频元件,实现高效倍频转换获得×10mJ和5GW/cm²的高能量和高功率绿光皮秒脉冲输出,倍频转换效率高达(50～70)%.     

Sweep-laser on dynamic modes

A new method of laser frequency tuning consisting in tuning of the selective cavity with a simultaneous change of its length is reported. The operating conditions are briefly analyzed and experimental results are discussed. The continuous tuning range obtained for Nd:glass sweep-laser is ～ 100 cm^-1.     

Generation of frequency shifted picosecond pulses with low temporal jitter

Transient stimulated Raman scattering is used for the generation of a frequency shifted picosecond light pulse; part of this Raman shifted pulse is subsequently coherently scattered at a material excitation of a second Raman cell. Starting with the second harmonic pulse (t_p = 4 ps) of a mode-locked Nd : glass laser system, both the stimulated and the coherently produced pulses have durations of 2.3 ps at different wavelengths. By the appropriate choice of the Raman medium pulses between 13 000 and 21 000 cm^-1 can be generated. The coherent generation process minimizes the temporal jitter between the two pulses and allows to obtain a high time resolution of better than 0.3 ps in excite and probe experiments.     

Picosecond laser amplification system with 93 W high average power

A high average power picosecond laser amplification system with diode-end-pumped Nd:YVO₄ and diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG is described. Laser with power up to 92.7 W, repetition frequency of 73.3 MHz, pulse duration of 26.5 ps, and beam quality of M² < 3.5 is generated in the amplification system. Thermal-birefringence-induced depolarization in the Nd:YAG rod laser head amplifier is measured to be 21.9 W though birefringence compensation is performed.     

带抗共振环的非稳腔对撞脉冲锁模Nd:YAP(Nd:YAL0_3)激光器

本文报道用Nd:YAP (Nd:YALO_3)激光介质在带抗共振环的平-凸非稳腔结构中,选用五甲川-1,2-二氯乙烷染料,实现对撞脉冲被动锁模,获得良好锁模脉冲波形的实验结果.在1Hz的重复频率下,锁模脉冲平均脉宽<10ps,输出脉冲系列平均能量80mJ,脉冲系列能量集中于中央的三个脉冲,锁模成功率100%.输出能量稳定性80±4mJ.     

Intense tunable picosecond pulses generated by parametric amplification in β-BaB2O4

Amplified spontaneous emission of a dye cell is parametrically amplified in barium betaborate (BBO) crystals. Pumping the system by the third harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser a tuning range from 3500 to 25080 cm^–1 is accessible with energy conversion efficiencies of several percent. Properties of ultrashort light pulses in the visible and UV spectral range are presented. A spectral width of 10 cm^–1 and a pulse duration of approximately 20 ps are measured.     

56-ps passively Q-switched diode-pumped microchip laser

We passively Q switched a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 microchip crystal with an antiresonant Fabry-Perot saturable absorber and achieved single-frequency pulses as short as 56 ps. We can vary the pulse width from 56 ps to 30 ns and the repetition rate from 27 kHz up to 7 MHz by changing the design parameters of the saturable absorber and the pump power.     

X射线皮秒变象管扫描相机时空分辨率测量

X射线皮秒变象管扫描相机是一种应用变象管技术测量X射线波段脉冲辐射而能达到皮秒级时间分辨率和微米级空间分辨率的时空测试系统,是高功率激光打靶产生等离子体诊断的有力工具。时间分辨率和空间分辨率是X射线皮秒变象管扫描相机最基本的性能参数。这些参数的测量有其不同于可见光扫描相机的特殊性。     

激光等离子体辐射温度时间特性测量研究

本文提出一种软X射线条纹相机与吸收膜相耦合测量激光等离子体辐射温度的实验方法,并且应用这个方法测量了平面金靶在1.053μm激光(LF-11^#激光装置)作用下,靶面功率密度约为10¹⁴W/cm²的辐射温度。对温度处理中存在的误差,以及把此方法推广到能谱的时间分辨和温度的空间分辨测量中的可能性进行了讨论。 关键词：     

Dual‐wavelength optical parametric oscillator using antiresonant ring interferometer

A novel technique for coupling of two resonant optical cavities using an antiresonant ring (ARR) interferometer is reported. By deploying two synchronously‐pumped femtosecond optical parametric oscillators (OPOs), it is shown that the use of an ARR can provide an intracavity common path for the two oscillating fields, but without gain coupling between the two nonlinear media. The new technique permits the generation of two signal (idler) wavelengths, which can be independently and arbitrarily varied across the OPO tuning range. The absence of gain coupling also enables unrestricted and uninterrupted tuning through wavelength degeneracy at any arbitrary point within the OPO tuning range. It is shown that signal wavelength pairs tunable across 1500–1580 nm, corresponding to a frequency separation from ∼ 10 THz down to exact degeneracy, can be generated from the coupled OPOs, limited only by the reflectivity of the available mirrors.