Passively Q-switched self-frequency doubling Nd~(3+):ReCa_4O(BO_3)_3(Re=Y,Gd) lasers with tin diselenide as a saturable absorber

With tin diselenide(SnSe_2) film as a saturable absorber(SA), the passively Q-switched self-frequency doubling(SFD) lasers were realized in Nd~(3+):ReCa_4O(BO_3)_3(Re = Y, Gd) crystals. For Nd:YCa_4O(BO_3)_3 crystal, the maximum average output power at 532 nm was 19.6 mW, and the corresponding pulse repetition frequency, pulse duration, single pulse energy, and peak power were 17.6 kHz, 91.9 ns, 1.1 μJ, and 12.1 W, respectively. For Nd:GdCa_4 O(BO_3)_3 crystal, these values were 14.5 mW, 22.1 kHz, 48.7 ns, 0.66 μJ, and 13.5 W.     

压电晶体YbBa3(PO4)3的生长与性质表征

压电材料在振动传感器、压力传感器和超声波压电换能器等器件技术领域有着广泛应用,探索新型压电晶体材料用于特种压电传感器件的研发具有重要意义。本文利用传统的提拉法生长出具有高熔点(~1 800 ℃)的磷酸钡镱(YbBa₃(PO₄)₃,YbBP)新型压电晶体。X射线衍射分析表明,该晶体属于立方晶系I43d空间群,晶胞参数为a=b=c=1.043 5 nm。研究发现,该晶体沿垂直于(013)晶面的方向更容易生长。摇摆曲线半峰全宽测得为60.6″,表明生长的晶体具有较高的结晶品质。采用LCR电桥法、阻抗法和超声法测算了该晶体的相对介电常数和压电应变常数,得到晶体的相对介电常数ε₁₁和压电应变常数d₁₄分别为15.3和11.4 pC/N。该晶体不仅具有较好的压电性能,同时具有纯的面切变振动模态,表明该晶体在压电传感技术领域具有潜在应用。     

Cascaded third-harmonic-generation converter based on a single ADP crystal

Based on a specially designed optical structure, an efficient cascaded third-harmonic-generation(THG) output of a 1064-nm, pico-seconds pulse laser is successively realized by using an NH_4H_2PO_4(ADP) crystal that acts as the secondharmonic-generation component and sum-frequency-generation component. The maximum THG output is 1.61 mJ, and the highest conversion efficiency from 1064 nm to 355 nm reaches 35%, which are obviously superior to the results obtained using a KDP crystal under the same circumstance. The further phase-matching analysis indicates that this THG configuration of ADP crystal can be applied to various fundamental wavelengths in a range of 1 μm–1.1 μm. Compared with the previously reported KDP THG converter, which is based on a similar principle, the present ADP THG converter is favorable for large-energy, high-efficiency operation because of the larger effective nonlinear optical coefficient deffand higher laser damage threshold.