A Q-Swicthed All-Solid-State Single-Longitudinal-Mode Laser with Adjustable Pulse-Width and High Repetition Rate

A single-longitudinal-mode （SLM） laser-diode pumped Nd： YAG laser with adjustable pulse width is developed by using the techniques of pre-lasing and changing polarization of birefingent crystal The Q-switching voltage is triggered by the peak of the pre-lasing pulse to achieve the higher stability of output pulse energy. The output energy of more than I mJ is obtained with output energy stability of 3% （rms） at lOO Hz. The pulsewidth can be adjusted from 30ns to 300ns by changing the Q-switching voltage. The probability of putting out single-longitudinal-mode pulses is almost 100%. The laser can be run over four hours continually without mode hopping.  

高稳定高转换效率光参变放大器倍频抽运光源研究

为了实现光参变放大抽运光源高稳定输出的目的。通过对倍频过程的数值模拟分析,提出倍频中存在“稳定区”的概念,在基频光强一定的条件下(小于倍频晶体破坏阈值),通过非共线双程倍频的方式或串联倍频的方式可有效延长倍频晶体的有效作用长度,保证倍频工作区能够被控制在“稳定区”内,从而实现高稳定高转换效率的倍频输出。实验数据验证了这一结论,实验中,利用非共线双程倍频的方式使得倍频工作区在“稳定区”内,对波动±5.7%的1064 nm高斯脉冲基频光,倍频光波动小于±2%,脉冲形状为高阶高斯脉冲,转换效率大于70%,实验结果表明,倍频光的稳定性指标相对于基频光提高了近3倍。  

Highly Stable, Diode-Pumped Nd：YLF Regenerative Amplifier

We present the design and experimental results for a diode pumped Nd：YLF regenerative amplifier applied to amplify a nanosecond laser pulse. Numerical simulation shows that the maximum output energy and the best stability can be obtained when the regenerative amplifier operates in a saturated mode for all pulse duration and temporal profiles. Using extra post-pulse is a good method to decrease the square-pulse distortion caused by gain saturation effect. The amplifier shows output energy of 4.2mJ with a total energy gain of more than 10^7 and output energy stability of better than 1% rms. When extra post-pulse is added, square-pulse distortion is decreased from 1.33 to 1.17 for the amplifier that is seeded with an optical pulse of 3ns.