Laser-diode end-pumped intracavity frequency doubling semiconductor saturable absorber mirror passively mode-locked picosecond lasers

A diode pumped Nd:YVO₄ semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) passive mode-locked intracavity frequency doubled laser was studied. A type II phase matching KTiOPO₄(KTP) crystal and a type I phase matching LiB₃O₅ (LBO) frequency doubling crystal were respectively inserted in the cavity. With a pump power of 4.5 W, a 90 mW output of frequency doubled beam and 29.7 ps pulse duration were achieved with frequency doubled by KTP. With the same pump power a 140 mW output of frequency doubled beam and 3.67 ps pulse duration were achieved with LBO.     

Laser diode end-pumped Yb:YAG/LBO green laser

With a type-I critical phase-matching LBO crystal, an intracavity frequency doubled solid-stated Yb:YAG green laser is reported. Using a plano-concave resonator, with pump power of 1.37 W, 24.5 mW TEM₀₀ continuous wave laser at 525 nm was obtained. The optical conversion efficiency is 1.8%. By adjusting the placed angle of LBO, several lasers wavelength from 525.0 to 537.8 nm could be extracted. The maximum output power at 537.8 nm is 3.1 mW.     

Diode-pumped simultaneously Q-switched and mode-locked Nd:GdVO<Subscript>4</Subscript>/LBO red Laser

A diode-end-pumped simultaneously Q-switched and mode-locked intracavity frequency doubled Nd:GdVO₄/LBO red laser with an acousto-optic Q-switch was realized. The maximum red laser output power of 250 mW was obtained at the incident pump power of 8.3 W and the repetition rate of 10 kHz. At 5 kHz, the maximum mode-locking modulation depth of about 80% was achieved with the Q-switched pulse width of 440 ns. The red mode-locked pulse inside the Q-switched pulse had a repetition rate of 115 MHz, its average pulse width was estimated to be about 350 ps.     

LBO intracavity frequency doubled, Cr:YAG passively Q-switched Nd:YAG green laser

A LD-pumped, LBO intracavity frequency doubled and Cr:YAG passively Q-switched Nd:YAG green laser was reported in this letter. With 600 mW incident pump laser, Q-switched green laser with average power of 27 mW, pulse width of 15.2 ns, repetition rate of 16.4 kHz and peak power of 108.1 W was obtained.     

2.23 W diode-pumped Nd:YVO4/LBO Laser at 671 nm

A fiber-coupled diode-array-pumped, intracavity frequency doubled by a LBO crystal, high-power Nd:YVO₄ red laser at 671 nm has been developed in this paper. With incident pump power of 10.6 W, employing a type-I critical phase-matched LBO crystal, 2.23 W single-transverse-mode red light at 671 nm was obtained, with optical-to-optical conversion efficiency up to 21.0%.     

LD泵浦Cr∶YAG被动调Q 556nm黄光激光器

通过对谐振腔镜镀制合理的激光薄膜，成功实现了LD泵浦Nd∶YAG 1.111 μm激光谱线的运转.利用LBO腔内倍频Nd∶YAG/Cr∶YAG结构获得了高重复频率被动调Q556 nm全固态黄光激光器，在注入泵浦功率为1.6 W时，得到平均功率51 mW，脉冲宽度48 ns,重复频率8.9 kHz,峰值功率高达119 W的脉冲黄光输出.     

LD-pumped Nd:YAG/LBO 556 nm yellow laser

A new laser transition at 1112 nm was obtained after analyzing the parameters of the main laser transitions in Nd:YAG and calculating the transmission loss of the cavity at 1064, 1319, and 946 nm. The maximum output power of the fundamental wavelength was 610 mW, the fundamental wavelength light-to-light conversion efficiency was 38.1%, the maximum output at 556 nm was 109 mW intra-cavity frequency doubled by LBO, the SHG conversion efficiency was 17.8%, and the overall light-to-light efficiency was 6.8% for the pump power of 1.6 W.     

All-solid-state CW intracavity frequency-doubling Nd:Lu<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript>/LBO red laser at 679.5 nm

We report an efficient intracavity second-harmonic generation (SHG) at 1359 nm in a non-linear optical crystal, LiB₃O₅ (LBO), performed with a diode end pumped continuous-wave (cw) Nd:Lu₂O₃ laser. In the case of a laser with a Nd:Lu₂O₃ crystal frequency-doubled with a LBO crystal cut for type I frequency doubling. A cw SHG output power of 462 mW has been obtained using a 10 mm long LBO crystal. The red power stability was 3.4% in 4 h.     

Diode-pumped Pr<Superscript>3+</Superscript>:YAlO<Subscript>3</Subscript>/LBO violet laser at 374 nm

We report a diode-pumped Pr³⁺:YAlO₃ laser emitting at 747 nm. A power of 232 mW at 747 nm has been achieved in continuous-wave operation with a diode emitting 2 W at 448 nm. Furthermore, intracavity second-harmonic generation in continuous-wave mode has also been demonstrated with a power of 52 mW at 374 nm by using a LBO nonlinear crystal. The fluctuation of the violet output power was better than 2.3%. The beam quality M ² value is 2.2.     

LD-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YVO/LBO red laser with V:YAG

An LD-pumped Nd:YVO₄ passively Q-switched by V:YAG and intracavity frequency doubled by LBO red pulse laser at 671 nm was presented. With 1.6 W incident pump power, average output power of 53 mW, pulse duration (FWHM) of 29.5 ns, pulse repetition rate of 37.2 kHz, peak power of 48.3 W and single-pulse energy of 1.43 μJ were obtained. The stability of pulse energy and repetition rate was better than 3% for 4 h.     

激光二极管抽运Nd∶YVO4晶体1342nm和671nm激光器研究

报道了激光二极管抽运的Nd∶YVO₄晶体1342和671nm激光特性.1342nm激光最大输出功率为1.75W，光-光转换效率为32.1%，斜效率为43%.利用Ⅰ类非临界相位匹配LBO晶体腔内倍频，当输入抽运功率为6W时，获得功率为502mW的671nm激光输出，光-光转换效率超过8.3%；当671nm激光输出功率为400mW时，短期的不稳定度小于2%. 关键词：     

Efficient generation of a CW 593.5-nm laser by intracavity sum-frequency mixing with a BiB<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>6</Subscript> (BIBO) crystal

A compact, efficient yellow-orange light at 593.5 nm was realized by the intracavity sum-frequency mixing using a BIBO crystal in a diode-pumped Nd:YVO₄ laser. At an incident pump power of 3.5 W, up to 126 mW of CW output light at 593.5 nm was achieved with a 1.5-mm-long critical phase-matching BIBO. The optical-to-optical conversion efficiency was up to 3.6%, which was comparable to a 5-mm-long LBO. The beam equality was excellent with an ellipticity of 0.97 and output noise of less than 0.8% (rms). Results confirm that the BIBO is an efficient material for frequency conversion in the visible region.     

飞秒紫外激光脉冲振荡的实验研究

本文讨论了采用空间光脉冲光谱的啁啾特性和选择聚焦透镜焦距相结合的技术大大提高二次谐波转换效率和产生紫外飞秒光脉冲的实验研究.采用一类相位匹配的BBO晶体,当飞秒钛宝石光脉冲平均功率为560mW时,二次谐波输出功率为352mW,二次谐波转换效率高达63%;采用一类相位匹配的LBO晶体时,获得高光束质量的倍频蓝光输出,输出平均功率为170mW,转换效率大于30%.运用LBO倍频产生的蓝光脉冲和剩余的基频光脉冲进行了三次谐波的振荡研究.三倍频晶体采用BBO,通过优化设计倍频光与基频光之间的空间模匹配及精确时间延迟,得到飞秒紫外光输出,输出功率为2mW,中心波长约为280nm,重复率为100MHz.     

All-solid-state CW Nd:GdVO<Subscript>4</Subscript>-LBO red laser under direct 912 nm pumping

We report a red laser at 670.5 nm generation by intracavity frequency doubling of a continuous wave (CW) laser operation of a 1341 nm Nd:GdVO₄ laser under in-band diode pumping at 912 nm. An LBO crystal, cut for critical type I phase matching is used for second harmonic generation of the laser. At an incident pump power of 8.9 W, as high as 347 mW of CW output power at 670.5 nm is achieved. The fluctuation of the red output power was better than 3.7% in the given 30 min, and the beam quality factor M ² is 1.65.     

紧凑型激光二极管抽运全固态355 nm连续波紫外激光器

报道了一台激光二极管端面抽运Nd:YVO₄晶体内腔三倍频355 nm激光连续输出的全固态紫外激光器.激光腔采用紧凑型简单凹平直腔,腔长仅为70 mm.利用两块LBO晶体进行腔内倍频、和频,当注入抽运功率为2527 W时,获得最大功率为306 mW的355 nm连续波输出,光光转换效率为012％,输出功率短期不稳定性为53%,355 nm激光输出光束质量良好.通过采用内腔倍频技术和设计合理的腔参数,实现了中小功率连续输出的全固态紫外激光器的小型化、便携化,进一步拓宽了紫外激光器 关键词： 激光二极管端面抽运 内腔三倍频 连续波 355 nm激光     

504 nm blue-green laser based on sum-frequency mixing of diode pumped Nd<Superscript>3+</Superscript> lasers

We report for the first time a continuous-wave (CW) blue-green radiation at 504 nm by intracavity sum-frequency generation of 946 nm Nd:YAG laser and 1080 nm Nd:YAlO₃ (Nd:YAP) laser. Using type-I critical phase matching LiB₃O₅ (LBO) crystal, 504 nm blue-green laser was obtained by 946 and 1080 nm intra-cavity sum-frequency mixing, and output power of 215 mW was demonstrated. At the output power level of 215 mW, the output power stability is better than 4.7% and laser beam quality M² factor is 1.21.     

Compact diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 intracavity-doubled red laser at 671 nm

A design of diode-pumped high efficiency Nd:YVO₄/LBO laser with a compact linear cavity was reported. Employing a type-II noncritical phase-matched LBO crystal, we generated 520 mW of 671 nm in single transverse mode at 6 W of incident pump power, the optical conversion efficiency being 8.7%.     

High Efficient LD-pumped Nd∶YVO4/ LBO Red Laser

A design of high efficient LD-pumped Nd∶YVO4/LBO red laser was reported in this paper. For the first time, type-I critical phase-matched LBO was used for 1.342 μm intracavity frequency-doubling to obtain 671 nm red laser. With 760 mW incident pump power, 78 mW TEM00 mode red laser output was obtained, the optical-to-optical conversion up to 10%. Measurements showed the beam divergent angle less than 0.5 mrad, polarization degree more than 100∶1 and power instability in 48 hours less than ±2%.     

High Efficient LD-pumped Nd:YVO4/ LBO Red Laser

A design of high efficient LD-pumped Nd:YVO4/LBO red laser was reported in this paper. For the first time, type-I critical phase-matched LBO was used for 1.342 μm intracavity frequency-doubling to obtain 671 nm red laser. With 760 mW incident pump power, 78 mW TEM00 mode red laser output was obtained, the optical-to-optical conversion up to 10%. Measurements showed the beam divergent angle less than 0.5 mrad, polarization degree more than 100:1 and power instability in 48 hours less than ±2%.     

Generation of UV radiation at 335.5 nm based on frequency-quadrupling of a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser

The generation of ultraviolet （UV） light at 335.5 nm based on frequency quadrupling of a diode-end- pumped Q-switched Nd：YVO4 laser at 1342 nm was demonstrated. KTP crystal was used for generation of wavelength of 671 nm by intracavity doubling and LBO （BBO） crystal was exploited for the subsequent external fourth harmonic generation （FHG）. With 6.3-W absorbed pump power and 10-kHz frequency repetition rate, the UV output power of 35 and 63 mW were obtained by using LBO and BBO as frequency quadrupling nonlinear crystals, respectively. The experimental results show that the conversion efficiency （red-UV） of 6.4% for BBO crystal is higher than that of 3.5% for LBO crystal, but the UV beam quality obtained by LBO crystal is better than by BBO crystal.