Additive pulse mode-locked Nd: YAG laser

Additive pulse mode locking applied to lamppumped Nd: YAG lasers results in an attractive source of picosecond pulses at 1.06 m or 1.32 m with average powers at the Watt level. We provide detailed information on construction and operation and give data on performance. A modified active stabilization scheme allows not only improved stability of operation but also insight into the dynamics of pulse formation.     

二极管激光侧面泵浦的全固态主动锁模Nd:YAG激光器

利用优化的腔设计,使谐振腔中增益介质中有大的模体积,并在高功率泵浦下具有高的热稳定性;采用热补偿环形径向侧面泵浦模块技术进行了连续NdYAG主动声光锁模的实验研究, 利用自行设计的锁相环反馈电路,获得输出功率10 W的稳定的锁模脉冲输出.     

二极管激光侧面泵浦的全固态主动锁模Nd:YAG激光器

利用优化的腔设计,使谐振腔中增益介质中有大的模体积,并在高功率泵浦下具有高的热稳定性;采用热补偿环形径向侧面泵浦模块技术进行了连续Nd:YAG主动声光锁模的实验研究, 利用自行设计的锁相环反馈电路,获得输出功率10 W的稳定的锁模脉冲输出。     

Electro-optically controlled mode-locked Nd: YAG laser system

An actively Q-controlled and mode-locked Nd: YAG laser system is described It uses three Pockels cells to obtain several modes of operation. Single output pulses in the range from 100 ps to 50 ns can be reliably generated. A repetition rate of 10 Hz and jitter in pulse appearance of better than ±50 ns was obtained. The amplified pulse energy was in the range 10–50 mJ.     

用于锁模Nd：YAG激光器的单脉冲开关

 锁模Nd:YAG激光器选取单脉冲时，通常采用KD*P普克尔盒。 波长1.06μm的激光半波电压为6.6kV。应用冷阴极闸流管KN-22作为开关线路比较广泛，但近年来我们改用MOS场效应管线路代替KN-22，该线路性能稳定可靠，输出脉冲幅度为－6.6～－8kV，脉冲宽度5～10ns可调，触发晃动小于0.5ns，触发延时30～40ns，单脉冲选出率为100％。经长时间使用未发现异常，此线路也可在削波器及脉冲剪切等技术中应用。     

Intracavity frequency-tripling of actively mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser

We report the first diode-pumped solid-state laser operating in cw-mode-locked regime and simultaneously achieving intracavity frequency-tripling. This laser provide UV picosecond pulses (λ=355 nm) of 10 ps duration with 0.5 mW average power at 150 MHz repetition rate. A different set of adjustments gave rise to a Q-switched mode-locked regime. Trains of hundred UV pulses of 60 ps duration and 4 W peak power were produced in this latter case at 50 kHz repetition rate. Received: 12 October 1998 / Revised version: 12 December 1998 / Published online: 26 May 1999     

High energy negative feedback controlled passively mode-locked Nd: YAG laser

High energy picosecond pulse trains from a passively mode-locked Nd: YAG laser are obtained. The negative feedback controlled oscillator delivers 10–30 s trains with energies of up to 30 mJ and single pulse duration of less than 25 ps. The laser is operated with a repetition rate of 10 Hz. An active Q-control of the cavity generates a short pulse train with duration of 30–40 ns. The long pulse train energy reproducibility is better than ± 1.5%.     

Q-switched and mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser with an LT-GaAs

Simultaneous Q-switching and mode-locking (QML) is accomplished in a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser using low-temperature GaAs (LT-GaAs) as the saturable absorber, which also acts as an output coupler at the same time. The repetition rate of the Q-switched envelope increased from 25 to 40 kHz as the pump power increased from 2.2 to 6.9 W. The mode-locked pulses inside the Q-switched pulse envelope had a repetition rate of 714 MHz. A maximum average output power of 770 mW was obtained.     

用倍频晶体KTP实现Nd：YAG激光锁模的研究

报道用倍频晶体KTP实现Nd:YAG激光锁模的系统研究,给出了该锁模激光器输出脉宽的表达式,并和实验测量值相比较,计算值跟实验结果符合较好.文中还分析了各种参数对该锁模激光输出性能的影响.     

High power CW mode-locked frequency-doubled Nd: YAG laser pump source

The resonantor design asnd dynamic performance of a CW actively modelocked frequenxy-doubled Nd: YAG laser pump source with a single-lens telescopic resonator have been researched. 16W CW mode-locking out-put power and 1.6W CW mode-locking frequency-doubled green light output were obtained with 200 MHz repetition rate and 3.5kW single pump lamp.     

200 MHz CW mode-locked KTP intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser

Experimental results of 200 MHz CW actively mode-locked KTP two-pass in-tracavity frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser are reported.The primary factors influencingthe continuous-wave frequency-doubled conversion efficiency are analyzed.High efficiencylaser output was achieved by L-type folded-arm-cavity two-pass frequency-doubling.15 Waverage mode-locked power and 1.5W average mode-locked SHG green light output were ob-tained at 3.5kW single lamp input power respectively.     

Passively mode-locked high-power Nd:YAG lasers. with multiple laser heads

We discuss power scaling of passively mode-locked lasers using multiple laser heads in the resonator. We experimentally compared two different approaches for the cavity design, both using three side-pumped Nd:YAG laser heads. We obtained a record-high average output power of up to 27 W with close to diffraction-limited beam quality, a pulse duration of 19 ps, a pulse energy of 0.5 7J, and 23 kW peak power. Single-pass second-harmonic generation in a 10-mm-long LBO crystal yields 16.2 W of 532-nm radiation.     

Side-pumped continuous-wave passively mode-locked Nd:YAG laser by using non-antiresonant SESAM

A new type semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM), which is not fulfilled antiresonance condition, was used in a side-pumped Nd:YAG laser. Experiment results show that stabilized continuous-wave mode-locking can successfully be obtained in picosecond regime by a nonantiresonant SESAM. Because the bandwidth of picosecond regime mode-locked pulse is not broad; therefore, the antiresonant factor of SESAMs, which are used in picosecond mode-locked lasers, can be omitted when the SESAMs are designed and fabricated. Without the limit of antiresonance condition, the difficulty of design and growth will decrease significantly and there will be more freedom in considering the modulation depth.     

对采用BBO晶体锁模Nd：YAG激光器的实验研究

报道了在Nd:YAG激光器中使用BBO倍频晶体进行锁模运转的研究结果.获得的二次谐波单脉冲宽度为28ps.锁模序列脉冲能量为lnJ.     

Synchronization of a mode-locked Nd:YAG — Argon ion laser system

A Q-switched active-passive Nd : YAG laser and a c.w. argon ion laser were simultaneously mode-locked using a common R.F. oscillator. Jitter between the output pulses of the two lasers was measured at 18 ps (RMS) and was highly dependent on the modulation depth of the YAG mode-locker. Intensity fluctuations of the argon laser led to significant phase shift between the laser output pulses.     

Generation of short pulses for laser fusion in an actively mode-locked Nd:YAG laser

Active mode-locking and Q-switching of the Nd:YAG laser has produced short, transform-limited pulses from 60 ps to 1 ns, with more than 0.4 mJ energy per short pulse over most of this range. Pulse-to-pulse stability is better than ±3%.     

A high-power subpicosecond distributed feedback dye laser system pumped by a mode-locked Nd: YAG laser

The design and operation characteristics of a distributed feedback dye laser (DFDL) system pumped by the second harmonic of a flashlamp pumped mode-locked Nd: YAG laser are described. The DFDL oscillator facilitates a large tuning range with nearly Fourier limited pulse durations of about 1.6 ps. The combined action of saturated absorption and amplification results in a pulse shortening to about 600 fs, with small fluctuations in the pulse duration. Output pulse energies of more than 400 J are achieved, corresponding to a peak power of more than 650 MW. Since the dye amplifiers are pumped by pulses of only 25 ps duration the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) is very low, typically less than 10^–4.     

Self-Q-switched and mode-locked 946 nm Cr,Nd:YAG laser

A simultaneous self-Q-switched and mode-locked diode-pumped 946 nm laser by using a Cr,Nd:YAG crystal as gain medium as well as saturable absorber is demonstrated for the first time as we know. The maximum average output power of 751 mW with a slope efficiency of 18.38% is obtained at an intra-cavity average peak power intensity of 4.83 × 10⁶ W/cm². Under this circumstance, the repetition rate of Q-switched envelopes is 9.63 kHz and the pulse width is about 460 ns. Almost 100% mode-locked modulation depth is obtained at all time in the experiment process whether the incident pump power is low or high. The repetition rate of mode-locked pulses within a Q-switched envelope is 135.13 MHz and the mode-locked pulse width is within 600 ps. The laser produces high-quality pulses in TEM₀₀-mode in the simultaneous self-Q-switched and mode-locked experiment.     

Diode end-pumped self-Q-switched and mode-locked Nd,Cr：YAG /KTP green laser

We first experimentally demonstrate a laser-diode end-pumped self-Q-switched and mode-locked Nd,Cr:YAG green laser with a KTP crystal as the intra-cavity frequency doubler. The device produces an average output power of 680 mW at 532 nm. The corresponding pulse width of the Q-switched envelope of the green laser is 170±20 ns. The mode-locked pulses have a repetition rate of approximately 183 MHz and the average pulse duration is estimated to be around sub-nanosecond. It is found that the intra-cavity frequency doubling greatly improves the modulation depth and stability of the mode-locked pulses within the Q-switched envelope.     

Pulse width fluctuations in mode-locked Nd: YAG lasers

Using a nonlinear optical technique we have measured pulse width fluctuations in a passively mode-locked Nd: YAG laser.