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     

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.     

高功率腔内双共振2μm光参量振荡器特性研究

报道了一种稳定的高功率双共振2?μm 光参量振荡器（OPO）. 该OPO使用调Q的线偏振全固态Nd∶YAG激光器作为抽运源，利用双棒串接补偿热致双折射和双Q开关正交放置技术提高了抽运源的输出功率和光束质量，通过腔内抽运单块KTP晶体实现了稳定的高功率2?μm 激光输出. 在调Q频率为5?kHz时，得到了295 W的2?μm 激光输出. 研究了OPO输出功率同KTP晶体温度和声光Q调制频率的关系，并测量了在29W时2?μm激光的功率稳定性. 在1 h内该OPO的功率起伏小于1.4%. 关键词： 光参量振荡器 2?μm激光器 KTP晶体 双共振     

A Continuous-Wave Diode-Side-Pumped Tm:YAG Laser with Output 51W

A compact diode-side-pumped Tm：YAG laser is presented, which can output 51 W of cw power at 2.02 μm. The Tm：YAG rod is side pumped by nine diode arrays with the central wavelength of 783nm and the with bandwidth of about 2.5 nm at 25^o C. To decrease the thermal effect on the both ends and dissipate the heat effectively, one composite Tm：YAG rod with the undoped YAG end caps and the screw threads on the side surface of the rod is used as the laser crystal. The maximum optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of the 2.02-μm laser output is 14.2%, with a slope effciency of 26.8%     

2-μm singly resonant optical parameter oscillator

We experimentally realize a singly resonant optical parameter oscillator （OPO） which operates at the degenerate point of KTiOPOa （KTP） crystal. A thin film plate polarizer （TFP） is used as the output coupler to obtain linearly polarized 2.12 μm laser. A maximum output power of 2.2 W at 2.12 μm is obtained from a near-degenerate, type-II KTP OPO by utilizing a Q-switched diode-pumped Nd：YAG laser operating at 5 kHz.     

Stable High Power and High Beam Quality Diode-Side-Pumped Continuous-Wave Intracavity Frequency-Doubled Nd:YAG Laser

We report a stable high power and high beam quality diode-side-pumped cw green laser from intracavity frequency-doubled Nd： YAG laser with KTP. By using a L-shaped concave-convex resonator, designed with two Nd：YAG rods birefringence compensation, a large fundamental mode size in the laser crystal and a tight focus in the nonlinear crystal could be obtained simultaneously. The green laser delivers a maximum 532nm output power of 23.2 W. Under 532nm output power of 20.9 W, the beam quality factor is measured to be 4.1, and the fluctuation of the output power is less than 1.4% in an hour.     

Passively Q-Switched Nd：KLuW Laser with Semiconductor Saturable Absorber

We demonstrate a passively Q-switched Nd：KLu W laser with a semiconductor sat urable absorber mirror （SESAM） at wavelength 1070 nm. At a pump power of 1.3 W, the pulse width is measured to be about 17ns with repetition rate of lOkHz and with the average output power of 260roW. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of Nd：KLuW used for passively Q-switched laser with an SESAM.     

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     

2277-W continuous-wave diode-pumped heat capacity laser

A high power continuous-wave (CW) diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser operated in heat capacity mode is demonstrated by use of two identical highly efficient diode-pumped laser heads placed in a plane-plane resonator.The laser heads are uniformly pumped with a five-fold symmetrical side-pumping configuration, and each head is able to output maximum output power of 2200 W at 808 nm.Under a total pump power of 4290 W,the output power of the laser at 1064 nm is up to 2277 W,corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 53.1%.     

A 4.8-W M^2 = 4.6 Continuous-Wave Intracavity Sum-Frequency Diode-Pumped Solid-State Yellow Laser

A yellow continuous wave with beam quality M^2= 4.6 and output power of 4.8 W at 589nm is generated by intracavity sum-frequency mixing of 1064 nm and 1319 nm radiations of a Nd：YAG laser. To achieve high beam quality at high power, thermally near-unstable flat-flat resonators with two-rod birefringence compensation are designed to obtain the large fundamental mode size inside the Nd：YAG rods and the same beam width inside the KTP crystal. The optimal intracavity power ratio of both 1064nm and 1319nm beams is also considered. The output power fluctuation of the yellow laser remains less than 5% in four hours.