The 10 kW Level High Brightness Face-Pumped Slab Nd:YAG Amplifier with a Hybrid Cooling System

We demonstrate a high power, high brightness, slab amplifier based on face-pumped Nd:YAG slab gain modules,having a high efficient hybrid cooling system of the conduction cooling and forced convection cooling. Using a single gain module, a laser output power up to 4.5 kW with a remarkable optical-optical conversion efficiency of 51% is realized, indicating an excellent lasing performance of the Nd:YAG slab module. The amplifier operates at a repetition rate of 700 Hz and delivers a maximum average output power exceeding 10.5 kW with pulse duration of 150us. A good beam quality factor is measured to be β = 1.9. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest brightness for a 10 kW level Nd:YAG slab amplifier.     

LD端面泵浦腔内倍频Yb:YAG绿光激光器

报道了一种激光二极管(LD)端面泵浦10at%掺杂Yb:YAG激光晶体(4×4×1mm)和Ⅰ类临界相位匹配LBO的腔内倍频全固态绿光激光器.为了克服"绿光问题",采用了两个激光二极管偏振耦合系统.在双路泵浦功率为1.2W时,获得最高功率为40mW525nm的连续基模激光输出.在腔内插入Cr4+:YAG饱和吸收体被动调Q,在泵浦功率为1.2W时,可以获得平均功率为5.2mW,脉冲重复频率为2.44kHz,脉冲宽度为51.5ns,峰值功率为41.7W的515nm脉冲激光输出.输出波长发生变化,而且515nm脉冲激光输出的阈值仅为728mW.     

Comparison of Nd:YAG Ceramic Laser Pumped at 885nm and 808nm

Laser performance of 1064 nm domestic Nd：YAG ceramic lasers for 885 nm direct pumping and 808 nm traditional pumping are compared. Higher slope efficiency of 34% and maximum output power of 16.5 W are obtained for the 885nm pump with a 6ram length 1 at.% Nd：YAG ceramic. The advantages for 885nm direct pumping are discussed in detail. This pumping scheme for highly doping a Nd：YAG ceramic laser is considered as an available way to generate high power and good beam quality simultaneously.     

Diode End-Pumped Passively Q-Switched Nd^3＋：GdVO4 Self-Raman Laser at 1176 nm

A compact diode-end-pumped passively Q-switched Nd^3＋ ：GdVO4/C^r4＋ ：YAG self-Raman laser at 1176 nm is demonstrated. When the To = 80% Cr^4＋：YAG saturable absorber is inserted into the cavity, the maximum Rtaman laser output reaches 175 mW with 3.8 W incident pump power. The optical conversion from incident to the Raman laser is 4.6% and the slope efficiency is 6.5%. The pulse energy, duration, and repetition frequency of the first stokes laser are 4.5μJ, 1.8 ns, and 38.5 kHz, respectively. There is strong blue emission （about 350- 400nm） can be observed in the Nd^3＋ ：GdVO4 crystal when the process of stimulated Raman scattering occurs, which is induced by the upconversion of the Nd^3＋ ions.     

连续锁模Nd∶YVO4激光器实现1 GHz高频输出

LD抽运全固体Nd∶YVO4激光器在连续锁模状态运转下获得了高达1 GHz的重复频率.实验中采用半导体可饱和吸收镜作为锁模元件.利用透过率只有0.8%的输出镜以及可获得较小抽运光斑的2 WLD作为抽运源来优化激光器设计,有效地抑制了调Q锁模状态的运转.低的激光器振荡阈值(35 mW)和连续锁模阈值(0.8 W)显示了饱和吸收体低的插入损耗和激光器合理的设计.在最大抽运1.6 W 时获得了210 mW的平均输出功率.     

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.     

高重复频率1.34μm调Q锁模Nd:YVO_4激光器

报道了基于V:YAG可饱和吸收体的1.34μm被动调Q锁模Nd:YVO4激光器。采用直腔结构,使用透过率为10%的输出镜,在LD端面泵浦的情况下,实现了重复频率高达2.6GHz的1.34μm调Q锁模运转。Nd:YVO4晶体中,Nd3+离子掺杂质量分数为0.2%,V:YAG晶体的初始透过率为83%。在泵浦功率为11 W时,1.34μm调Q锁模激光的最大平均输出功率为308mW,光-光转换效率为2.8%。     

High Power Pulse Laser Reflection Sequence Combination with a Fast Steering Mirror

We propose and demonstrate a new approach for a high power pulse laser reflection sequence combination with a fast steering mirror(FSM). This approach possesses significant advantages for lasers combining with a variety of output power, wavelength, pulse duration, repetition rates and polarization. The maximum number of laser routes participating in combination principally depends on the FSM's adjustment time of the step response, lasers' repetition rates and pulse duration. A proof-of-principle experiment is performed with two 2-kW level pulsed beams. The results indicate that the combined beam has an excellent pointing stability with rms pointing jitter～8.5μrad. Meanwhile, a high combining efficiency of 98.6% is achieved with maintaining good beam quality.     

液芯高双折射率光子晶体光纤的特性研究

设计了一种纤芯区域由中心椭圆缺陷孔和其横排的上下两侧椭圆孔组成的高双折射率光子晶体光纤,并在其纤芯中心椭圆缺陷孔中填充高折射率液体物质二硫化碳.利用有限元法分析了该光子晶体光纤的双折射率、功率限制因子、模场分布及色散系数特性.研究结果表明:液芯光纤具有较高的纤芯功率限制因子,在波长0.6~1.6μm范围内实现了宽带大负色散系数,在波长1.55μm处光纤双折射率达到了6.8×10-2,即该结构液芯光子晶体光纤同时实现了宽带大负色散和高双折射率特性.通过结构参量容差性分析得到该光纤具有较好的偏振稳定性.     

连续锁模Nd：YVO4激光器实现1 GHz高频输出

LD抽运全固体Nd:YVO4激光器在连续锁模状态运转下获得了高达1 GHz的重复频率.实验中采用半导体可饱和吸收镜作为锁模元件.利用透过率只有0.8%的输出镜以及可获得较小抽运光斑的2 W LD作为抽运源来优化激光器设计,有效地抑制了调Q锁模状态的运转.低的激光器振荡阈值（35 mW）和连续锁模阈值(0.8 W)显示了饱和吸收体低的插入损耗和激光器合理的设计.在最大抽运1.6 W时获得了210 mW的平均输出功率.