High Efficiency Multi-kW Diode-Side-Pumped Nd：YAG Laser with Reduced Thermal Effect

We demonstrate a high efficiency multi-kW diode-side-pumped Nd：YAG laser. High cooling efficiency of the diode-side-pumped module in the laser is achieved. The middle portion of the Nd：YAG rod in the module is cooled by a coolant jet with screwed side surface, and the end-caps of the rod without screwed side surface are cooled by Au coated on the surface. The thermal effect of the laser rod is reduced, which leads to high output power with high optical-optical conversion efficiency. By using three identical Nd：YAG laser modules, an output power of 4.2 kW and beam quality of 58 mm＆#12539;mrad with an optical-optical efficiency of 35% at 1064 nm is obtained in a laser oscillator. By using four identical Nd：YAG laser modules, an output power of 3.1 kW and beam quality of 17 mm＆#12539;mrad with an optical-optical efficiency of 25.8% is demonstrated in a master oscillator power-amplifier system.     

高功率准连续波腔内和频全固态黄光激光器

报道了高功率准连续波腔内和频全固态黄光激光器的研究结果.为获得高功率的黄光输出,首先,激光器采用准连续方式运转,在保持抽运水平的条件下降低热效应,从而提高光束质量和光光转换效率;第二,采用热近非稳腔腔型设计,双棒串接补偿热致双折射技术,获得大基模体积高光束质量的基频光;第三,通过优化腔型,采用L型共折叠臂平-凹对称腔,使两束基频光达到空间重合且满足功率配比.通过这些方法,得到了输出功率7.6W,重复频率1.1kHz的准连续波黄光输出.据我们所知,这是目前腔内和频方案所获得的最高功率全固态黄光输出. 关键词： 黄光激光 腔内和频 Nd：YAG激光 全固态激光器     

33 W quasi-continuous-wave narrow-band sodium D_(2a) laser by sum-frequency generation in LBO

We demonstrate an all-solid quasi-continuous-wave （QCW） narrow-band source tunable to sodium D2a line at 589.159 nm. The source is based on sum-frequency mixing between lasers at 1064 nm and 1319 nm in a LBO crystal. The 1064 nm and 1319 nm lasers are produced from two diode side-pumped Nd：YAG master oscillator power amplifier （MOPA） laser systems, respectively. A 33 W output of 589 nm laser is obtained with beam quality factor M^2 = 1.25, frequency stability better than ±0.2 GHz and linewidth less than 0.44 GHz. A prototype 589 nm laser system is assembled, and a sodium laser guided star has been successfully observed in the field test.     

Reply to Comment on ＇Q-switched Tm：YAG Laser Intracavity-Pumped by a 1064 nm Lasers

The essential goal of that paper （Chin. Phys. Lett. 26（2009） 124211） was to obtain a 2μm Tm：YAG laser with short pulse output. A Q-switched technique is used to realize the short pulse output in our laser system. The idea presented by Dr. Nieolaie Pavel is right. In our work, the directly Q-switched 2μm Tm：YAG pulse laser is not realized. As a matter of fact, the Q switch is used to directly switch the 1μm Nd：YAG laser.     

Q-Switched Tm：YAG Laser Intracavity-Pumped by a 1064nm Laser

We report a Q-switched 2-μm Tm：YAG laser based on intracavity-pumped by a 1064-nm Nd：YAG laser operating at room temperature for the first time. An average output power of 5.1W is obtained with the repetition rate of 30kHz and a pulse width of 300ns. In addition, we demonstrate a 12.5-W continuous-wave 2-μm Tm：YAG laser, which is, to our best knowledge, the highest power for intracavity-pumping configuration.     

High power high beam quality diode-pumped 1319-nm Nd:YAG oscillator-amplifier laser system

This paper demonstrated a high power and high beam quality diode-pumped 1319-nm Nd:YAG master oscillator-power amplifier laser system. A thermally near-unstable resonator with four-rod birefringence compensation flat--flat cavity was adopted as the master oscillator. A solid etalon was inserted in the unidirectional ring resonator to compress the laser linewidth. Under a repetition rate of 500~Hz and pulse width of 160~\mus, the master oscillator delivers an average output power of 16.8~W at 1319~nm with linear polarisation, beam quality factor M^{2} = 1.16 and linewidth of 3.2~GHz. A double-pass power amplifier with two amplifier stages was employed for higher power scaling and the output power was amplified to be 25.9~W with M^{2} = 1.43.     

高功率可调谐1064 nm准连续单频激光振荡-放大系统研究

研制了高功率可调谐1064 nm准连续单频激光振荡-放大系统.振荡级采用三镜环形行波腔型结构的Nd:YAG激光器,通过精确控制腔内标准具的温度改变标准具材质折射率和厚度实现了对激光波长的调谐,获得了13.2 W调谐范围为58 GHz的1064 nm准连续单频振荡光,其重复率为1 kHz,占空比为10%.经过由双Nd:YAG激光头串接构成的放大器对振荡光进行双程放大后激光最终输出功率为44 W,光束质量因子M²= 1.58. 关键词： 可调谐激光 单频激光 标准具 振荡-放大系统     

30W级第二代钠信标激光器研究

采用Nd:YAG 1064与1319 nm激光在非线性晶体 LBO中和频,获得了高功率、高光束质量、窄线宽的准连续微秒脉冲钠信标激光.该钠信标激光平均输出功率为33 W,光束质量因子M2＝1.25,线宽小于0.4 GHz,波长为589 nm,并可精确调控到钠原子D2谱线,稳定性优于±0.3 GHz,重复频率为500 H...     

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.