激光二级管抽运非平面向行波环形腔单频固体激光器的设计

激光二极管抽运的单块非平面环形腔固体激光器具有结构稳固、效率高等优点,在一定的纵向磁场作用下,可形成单向行波振荡,纵向抽运时就可得到较高功率的单频输出,有广泛的应用前主。文中在详细讨论了非平面单向行波环形腔形成单频的原理基础上,研究了国际上流行的“三角形”单块非平面环形腔,并用此种腔型得到270mW的基横模单纵模1.06um激光;同时提出了所设计的非平面环形腔－－“梯形环形腔”和“角锥棱镜式环形腔”。由于它们工作原理相近,统称它们为“泛三角形非平面单向行波环形腔”。     

考虑晶体应力情况下的单块非平面环形腔分析

简要分析了单块非平面环形腔单频激光器的基本原理,并采用琼斯矩阵计算了单块单向行波非平面环形腔内的本征偏振态。深入分析了磁场强度、输出面偏振反射系数、入射角、非平面角及腔内其它参量对各本征偏振态的损耗及两本征偏振态间损耗差的影响,并且指出如何选择各参量以降低本征偏振态的损耗且增大两本征偏振态间的损耗差。最后还通过计算晶体应力在两个本征偏振态方向引起的相位差,讨论了应力作用方向以及应力双折射系数对腔内本征偏振态的损耗和两本征偏振态间损耗差的影响。     

用单块激光器和环形外腔获得稳定的532 nm激光

采用单块半非平面Nd:YAG单频环形激光器和环形外腔倍频技术，获得了单频功率249.5mW的532nm波长的绿光输出，倍频效率43.2%，实现了倍频腔与激光器之间的跟踪锁定，倍频光功率稳定性优于1％，理论计算与实验结果一致。     

半导体抽运的Er:YAG陶瓷单频脉冲激光器

利用掺铒钇铝石榴石(Er:YAG)单块非平面环形腔(NPRO)激光器作为种子源,通过注入锁定技术研制了半导体抽运的Er:YAG陶瓷单频脉冲激光器。在重复频率为200Hz的条件下,获得了脉冲能量为11.45mJ、脉冲宽度为174ns的1645nm单频脉冲输出,在x和y方向上的M~2因子分别为1.45和1.42,脉冲光与种子光拍频信号的频谱半峰全宽为2.67MHz。实验表明,Er:YAG陶瓷作为增益介质在产生1.6μm激光方面具有较好的性能。此激光器可在激光雷达领域作为多普勒相干测风激光雷达和遥感激光雷达的光源。     

周期极化KTiOPO4晶体和频单块非平面环形腔激光产生连续单频589nm黄光

单次通过周期极化KTiOPO₄晶体和频单块非平面环形腔1064 nm与1319 nm激光产生连续单频589 nm黄光. 通过琼斯矩阵模拟计算对单块非平面Nd:YAG晶体参数进行了优化设计, 实验获得1080 mW和580 mW的连续单频1064 nm和1319 nm激光输出. 两束激光单次通过周期极化KTiOPO₄晶体和频产生14.8 mW, M²=1.14的589 nm黄光, 相应的和频效率为0.9%. 研究了周期极化KTiOPO₄温度对和频效率的影响, 得到其温度接收带宽为1.5℃. 通过改变1064 nm Nd:YAG晶体的温度可实现589 nm黄光波长精确对应钠原子D_2a吸收谱线, 调谐精度达到0.164 pm.     

全固态单频钛宝石激光器

以自制激光二极管(LD)抽运Nd:YVO4内腔倍频激光器作为钛宝石晶体的抽运源,采用四镜环形谐振腔结构,实现了全固态780 nm钛宝石激光器的连续运转.在考虑了钛宝石晶体长度以及环形腔像散补偿情况下,当532 nm的抽运光功率为9 W时,得到了最高功率为700 mW的波长为780 nm的单频激光输出.     

用于LD泵浦NPRO单频激光器的精密温控系统

根据高稳定性半导体激光(LD)泵浦单块非平面环形腔(NPRO)单频激光器对于功率稳定性和频率稳定性的要求,设计并研制了一套高精度的精密温控系统。该系统基于模拟比例-积分-微分(PID)控制原理,采用程控调节P和PI的方式,通过对半导体制冷器(TEC)的驱动控制,实现在-10⁺70℃范围内对LD和NPRO单块晶体温度的精确控制,控温精度达±0.01℃。采用该温控系统的LD泵浦1645nm NPRO单频激光器,30min内相对波长稳定性达8.32×10-7。     

三共振参量振荡腔中高增益的获得

研究了光学参量振荡中的参量增益．对环形腔和驻波腔作了讨论．通过单块KTP晶体，利用Nd：YAP倍频稳频激光器产生的0.54μm的激光作为抽运源，并注入1.08μm的两个偏振光作为信号和闲置模，利用温度调谐和插入光楔的方法，在环形和驻波腔中实现了三波之间的强耦合作用．获得了高达110倍的参量增益，并测量了增益与抽运功率的关系．实验结果与理论分析基本一致 关键词：     

全固化非平面单频Nd：YAG环形激光器

利用Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光增益介质的法拉第效应，以及光束在非平面环形谐振腔中传播产生的偏振面旋转，使激光二极管泵浦的环形Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器单向运转，获得单频激光输出，最大单纵模激光（１．０６４μｍ）输出为３６５ｍＷ，功率波动小于２％，短期频率漂移小于４５ＭＨｚ，并利用内腔倍频技术得到单频绿光输出，最大单纵模绿光（５３２ｎｍ）输出为７５ｍＷ，功率波动小于４％。     

环形染料激光腔的分离参数设计方法

近年来,利用环形行波激光腔以提高单频染料激光器的输出功率,曾经引起了人们的极大兴趣。然而,这种环形激光腔的设计是十分复杂的。它的复杂性在于,一般地必须考虑多元腔结构参数对腔内光模参数的相互影响。本文证明了高斯光束的一个特殊变换关系,同时在此基础上发展了一种分离参数的设计方法,使我们能够容易地设计适合各种要求的环形染料激光腔。     

1.6 W of single-mode output power from a novel power-scaling scheme for monolithic nonplanar ring lasers

A novel monolithic ring laser with high potential for power scaling, the disk nonplanar ring oscillator, is presented. We achieved power scaling by reducing the pump-light-induced aberrations. The basic idea of our approach is to attach a thin Nd:YAG disk to an undoped nonplanar YAG ring resonator while the other side of the disk is mounted on a heat sink. First promising experiments have demonstrated a single-frequency cw output power of 1.6 W at 1.06 microm with a slope efficiency of 45%. Power scaling to several watts seems to be possible.     

Single-frequency 1.25 W monolithic lasers at 1123 nm

Experimental investigation ofd Nd:YAG monolithic nonplanar ring lasers operated at 1123 nm wavelength is presented. Stable single-frequency 1123 nm laser output has been obtained with successful suppression of the strong 1064 nm radiation. Single-frequency output power of 1.25 W is demonstrated with a pump power of 3.98 W at 808 nm, which gives a slope efficiency of 39%. The laser frequency tuning range is over 3 GHz, and the average tuning rate with temperature is -2.6 GHz/ degrees C. A strong iodine absorption line can be covered within the laser frequency tuning range.     

Transverse modes of a diode-laser pumped monolithic unidirectional non-planar ring laser

Diode-laser pumped monolithic single-frequency non-planar ring laser has the advantages of compactness, reliability and high efficiency. But when the pump power is high enough, the thermal effect will be serious and the high-order transverse modes will appear. Therefore the single-mode output power is limited. In this paper, the mechanism of generating the high-order transverse modes in the monolithic unidirectional non-planar ring cavity is analyzed using ray tracing method. The calculated results are in agreement with the experiments.     

Travelling-wave operation of a tunable cw dye laser

A ring cavity configuration for a tunable cw dye laser is described. A substantial reduction of the output bandwidth of the ring laser with increase in power for unidirectional or traveling-wave operation has been demonstrated. The advantages of the ring configuration for single-frequency operation of cw dye lasers are explored.     

Single-frequency master-oscillator fiber power amplifier system emitting 20 W of power

We report a master-oscillator fiber power-amplifier system consisting of a diode-pumped monolithic nonplanar ring laser as the master oscillator and a Yb-doped large-mode-area double-clad fiber as the power amplifier. The system emits up to 20.1 W of single-frequency radiation at a wavelength of 1064 nm with diffraction-limited beam quality (M(2)相似文献   

Laser-diode-pumped 1319-nm monolithic non-planar ring single-frequency laser

Single-frequency 1319-nm laser was obtained by using a laser-diode-pumped monolithic Nd:YAG crystal with a non-planar ring oscillator (NPRO). When the NPRO laser was pumped by an 800-μm fiber coupled laser diode, the output power of the single-frequency 1319-nm laser was 220 mW, and the slope efficiency was 16%. With a 100-μm fiber coupled diode laser pumped, 99-mW single-frequency 1319-nm laser was obtained with a slope efficiency of 29%.     

6.1 W single frequency laser output at 1645 nm from a resonantly pumped Er:YAG nonplanar ring oscillator

A monolithic 1645 nm Er:YAG nonplanar ring oscillator (NPRO) resonantly pumped by a 1532 nm fiber laser is demonstrated. For reducing the energy-transfer upconversion effect, a 0.5% doped Er:YAG nonplanar crystal was used. An up to 6.1 W single frequency laser output at 1645 nm was obtained, with a slope efficiency of 55.2% and an optical efficiency of 48.0%. The linewidth of the Er:YAG NPRO was 14.4 kHz.     

100-W single-frequency master-oscillator fiber power amplifier

We report the efficient generation of 100-W single-frequency radiation with diffraction-limited beam quality at the 1064-nm wavelength by use of a master-oscillator fiber power-amplifier system, consisting of a diode-pumped monolithic nonplanar ring laser as the master oscillator and an Yb-doped large-mode-area fiber as the power amplifier. The emission spectrum, the intensity noise behavior, and further power-scaling possibilities to the >200-W level, which are determined by the threshold of stimulated Brillouin scattering in the fiber amplifier, are discussed.     

Unidirectional Single-Mode 532-nm Nd:YAG Laser Using Intracavity Frequency Doubling in Nonplanar Ring Geometry

Intracavity frequency doubling of a single-mode Nd:YAG laser using a nonplanar ring cavity is demonstrated. The nonplanar ring cavity consists of a Brewster-angled Nd: YAG crystal placed in a magnetic field, a KTP crystal, and two spherical mirrors. In this design the Nd:YAG crystal acts as both a nonreciprocal polarization rotator and a partial polarizer, and the nonplanar portion of the ring cavity, which is formed by a relative twist angle between the Brewster-angled end surfaces of the crystal, serves as a reciprocal polarization rotator. Eigenpolarization theory for the cavity configuration is presented and a suitable value of the relative twist angle for unidirectional operation is estimated. A single-mode output power of 22 mW at 532 nm is obtained with a 1.2-W diode laser at 809 nm and a laser linewidth of less than 100 kHz is inferred from a beat note frequency spectrum between two identical laser systems.