Diode end-pumped self-Q-switched and mode-locked Nd,Cr：YAG /KTP green laser

We first experimentally demonstrate a laser-diode end-pumped self-Q-switched and mode-locked Nd,Cr:YAG green laser with a KTP crystal as the intra-cavity frequency doubler. The device produces an average output power of 680 mW at 532 nm. The corresponding pulse width of the Q-switched envelope of the green laser is 170±20 ns. The mode-locked pulses have a repetition rate of approximately 183 MHz and the average pulse duration is estimated to be around sub-nanosecond. It is found that the intra-cavity frequency doubling greatly improves the modulation depth and stability of the mode-locked pulses within the Q-switched envelope.     

钛宝石激光抽运的被动锁模Tm:YAG陶瓷激光实验研究

本文采用连续钛宝石激光作抽运,掺杂浓度为6 at.%、长度为2.7 mm的Tm:YAG陶瓷作增益介质,通过引入半导体饱和吸收体获得了稳定的被动锁模运转.实验中获得的激光锁模功率为116.5 mW,中心波长为2007 nm,重复频率为109 MHz,通过自行搭建的腔外非共线强度自相关测量得到的脉冲宽度是55 ps.     

环形腔被动锁模掺饵光纤激光器

通过在非线性偏振旋转环形腔内引入一种可旋转的在线起偏器,在保证装置的全光纤化结构的前提下,简化了被动锁模光纤激光器的结构.通过联合调节可旋转的在线起偏器、1/2波片和1/4波片的角度实现了掺饵光纤锁模脉冲20 nm间隔的双波长调谐输出,调谐过程中观察到了锁模脉冲双波长状态.另外,从装置中去掉1/2波片后,仅调谐可旋转的在线起偏器和1/4波片也能够实现锁模脉冲的单波长稳定输出.     

10kHz腔倒空锁模皮秒激光器研究

将半导体可饱和吸收体(SESAM)锁模技术与腔倒空技术结合,采用半导体端面抽运方式实现了具有高重复频率、大单脉冲能量的皮秒激光器的运转.从理论上分析了腔倒空锁模输出的机理,建立起腔倒空锁模激光器运行的物理图像,并对影响激光器倒空率的一些因素进行了研究.实验上,实现端面抽运Nd:YVO4晶体的SESAM连续锁模后,在锁模...     

200 MHz CW mode-locked KTP intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser

Experimental results of 200 MHz CW actively mode-locked KTP two-pass in-tracavity frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser are reported.The primary factors influencingthe continuous-wave frequency-doubled conversion efficiency are analyzed.High efficiencylaser output was achieved by L-type folded-arm-cavity two-pass frequency-doubling.15 Waverage mode-locked power and 1.5W average mode-locked SHG green light output were ob-tained at 3.5kW single lamp input power respectively.     

A Simple Configuration for Discontinuous Wavelength-tuning Optical Pulse Source

A simple configuration is proposed to perform wavelength switching in actively mode-locked fiber ring lasers, in which a sampled fiber Bragg grating and a tunable optical filter are cascaded in the ring cavity to exactly select the operating wavelength. The switching of four wavelengths with a spacing of 1.6 nm is obtained. The experimental results demonstrate that this technique is reliable and convenient.     

Theory of passively mode-locked lasers with self-frequency shift and saturable absorber response

A general theoretical model for passively mode-locked lasers is presented, in which both the self-frequency shift and either a fast or a slow saturable absorber response are taken into account. An exact soliton-like solution and condition for its existence are obtained under a definite compatible condition. The stability of the solution is analyzed by using a variational method, and a parameter region, in which the solution is linearly stable, is acquired theoretically. To verify the theoretical predictions, a typical example is given for stable pulse propagation over a long distance. The numerical results show that the soliton-like solution is stable under some perturbations within the linearly stable region and an arbitrary Gaussian pulse converges to the exact soliton-like solution after evolution in a distance.     

用半导体可饱和吸收镜进行LD泵浦Yb∶YAG 激光器被动锁模研究

采用不同的半导体可饱和吸收镜, 实现了940 nm半导体直接泵浦Yb∶YAG激光器被动锁模, 得到了输出中心波长分别在1030 nm和1050 nm, 光谱半宽（FWHM）分别为1 nm和2 nm的稳定锁模脉冲序列, 其重复频率分别为190.24 MHz和178.6 MHz. 泵浦光为4W时, 两种波长的平均输出功率分别为80 mW和60 mW.     

对撞锁模染料激光器中锁模脉冲列的耦合效应

论述了在对撞锁模染料激光器中必然存在锁模脉冲列耦合效应,此效应使输出脉冲较宽,且脉宽不稳定。用适当加厚锁模染料层等办法减弱该效应会使脉冲变窄且脉宽稳定。     

4 T Actively detuneable double-tuned 1H/31P head volume coil and four-channel 31P phased array for human brain spectroscopy

Typically 31P in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies are limited by SNR considerations. Although phased arrays can improve the SNR; to date 31P phased arrays for high-field systems have not been combined with 31P volume transmit coils. Additionally, to provide anatomical reference for the 31P studies, without removal of the coil or patient from the magnet, double-tuning (31P/1H) of the volume coil is required. In this work we describe a series of methods for active detuning and decoupling enabling use of phased arrays with double-tuned volume coils. To demonstrate these principles we have built and characterized an actively detuneable 31P/1H TEM volume transmit/four-channel 31P phased array for 4 T magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) of the human brain. The coil can be used either in volume-transmit/array-receive mode or in TEM transmit/receive mode with the array detuned. Threefold SNR improvement was obtained at the periphery of the brain using the phased array as compared to the volume coil.