Diode-Pumped Passive Q-Switched 946-nm Nd：YAG Laser with 2.1-W Average Output Power

We demonstrate a diode-pumped passive Q-switched 946nm Nd: YAG laser with a diffusion-bonded composite laser rod and a co-doped Nd, Cr:YAG as saturable absorber. The average output power of 2.1 W is generated at an incident pump power of 14.3 W. The peak power of the Q-switched pulse is 643 W with 80kHz repetition rate and 40.8 ns pulse width. The slope efficiency and optical conversion efficiency are 17.6% and 14.7%, respectively.     

Investigation on Performance of High Repetition Diode-Pumped Heat-Capacity Nd：YAG Laser

We demonstrate the improvements of both beam quality and thermal depolarization loss of an all-solid-state heat-capacity Nd:YAG laser with repetition rate of 50Hz, for the first time to our best knowledge, compared with the conventional steady-state laser. The beam quality of the heat-capacity laser has been improved three times higher than the conventional steady-state laser within the lasing periods of 60s. The depolarization loss caused by thermo-optical effects which is definitely considerable in steady-state Nd:YAG laser has almost not been observed under heat-capacity operation. Design and operations of the all-solid-state heat-capacity Nd: YAG laser with average output power of 25 W with repetition 50 Hz are also studied with the optical-to-optical efficiency of 33.3%.     

High Power Diode-End-Pumped Nd：YAG 946-nm Laser and Its Efficient Frequency Doubling

We report a high power operation of the ^4Fa/2 → ^4I9/2 transition in diode-end-pumped laser at 946nm. The maximum output of 5.1 W is obtained with a short linear plano-concave cavity, and the slope efficiency is 24.5% at incident pump power of 23.3 W. To our knowledge, this is the highest value of the LD-pumped Nd:YAG 946 nm lasers that employ the conversional Nd:YAG rod as the gain medium. By intracavity frequency doubling with an LBO crystal, up to 982mW cw output power in the blue spectral range at 473nm is achieved at an incident pump power of 10.9 W with a compact three-element cavity, leading to optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 9%. The conversion efficiency should be increased to 15.1%, if the rather low absorption coefficient of this Nd:YAG is considered.     

Green Output of 1.5 W from a Diode-Pumped Intracavity Frequency-Doubled Self-Q-Switched and Mode-Locked Cr,Nd：YAG Laser

We report a diode-pumped intracavity frequency-doubled self-Q-switched and mode-locked Cr,Nd：YAG/KTP green laser with a Z-type cavity, which produces 1.5 W of average power at 532nm with incident pump power 14.2 W. The individual mode-locked green pulse duration is about 560ps with 149 MHz repetition rate. Almost 100% modulation depth of the mode-locked green pulses is achieved at an incident pump power of 4.13 W. The maximum energy of Q-switched green pulse is 19.8μJ. The experimental results of pulse duration and pulse energy of Q-switched green pulse agree well with the theoretical calculations.     

Antiphase State in Passively Q-Switched Yb：YAG Microchip Lasers with a Nd,Cr：YAG as Saturable Absorber

We experimentally investigate the antiphase dynamics phenomenon that occurs in a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Yb:YAG multimode laser with a Nd,Cr:YAG saturable absorber. Due to the effect of spatial hole burning, the multimode lasers with one, two, or three modes at different pump power are observed, and the pulses sequences display classic antiphase dynamics.     

Diode-Pumped Quasi-Three-Level Passively Q-Switched Nd：GGG Laser with a Codoped Nd,Cr：YAG Saturable Absorber

We demonstrate the first quasi-three-level passively Q-switched Nd：GGG laser at 937nm using a Nd, Cr：YAG crystal as the saturable absorber. The dependences of the average output power, the repetition rate and the pulse width on the incident pump power are obtained. A maximum average output power of 1.18 W with repetition rate of 35kHz and pulse width of 45ns is achieved at an incident pump power of 18.3 W. The corresponding optical-to-optical and slope efficiencies are 6% and 10%, respectively.     

Diode-Pumped Self-Starting Mode-Locked Nd：YVO4 Laser with Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Output Coupler

By using a semiconductor saturable-absorber output coupler as a mode-locking device, we experimentally realized the operation of a diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser. Stable laser pulses with duration of 2.3ps were generated at the output power of about 1W. With increasing the pump power to 9 W, the maximum mode-locked power of 1.7 W was obtained, which corresponds to a slope conversion efficiency of 44 % and opticalto-optical conversion efficiency of 19%.     

Edge-pumped passively Q-switched thin Nd:YAG slab lasers

We report a high-power thin Nd：YAG slab laser with slab dimension of 1 × 10 ×60 （mm） partially edgepumped by diode laser arrays. Passive Q-switching is achieved with a Cr^4＋ ：YAG microchip adopted as the saturable absorber mirror. The pulse duration is around 10 ns while the pulse repetition rate is higher than 10 kHz. The average output power of 70 W is obtained with a slope efficiency of 36%. The diffraction limited beam quality in the thickness direction is obtained by controlling the pump beam diameter inside the slab. The laser head is very compact with size of only 60 × 74×150 （mm）.     

400mJ二极管泵浦Nd：YAG圆棒激光器

400mJ二极管泵浦Nd：YAG圆棒激光器采用主振荡器 放大器方式。谐振腔采用失调低灵敏度单横模设计，以减少外界环境干扰和机械振动，提高激光器的稳定性。谐振腔采用平凹腔，谐振腔腔长0．6m，Nd：YAG棒为φ2，谐振腔基模腰斑半径为0．5mm。泵浦模块采用5个二极管激光器环形对称泵浦，根据实验测得的泵浦模块热焦距f=0．53m，采用一对平凹负透镜进行补偿，补偿后的泵浦模块热焦距为2．0m，谐振腔全反射镜的曲率半径为1．02m，离泵浦模块中心的距离0．24m。     

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.     

LD泵浦的Nd：YAG微片激光器实验研究

详细讨论了激光二极管泵浦的Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ微片激光器输出的纵，横模特性，当泵浦功率小于７４０ｍＷ时，输出为单纵模，基横模，线宽达到仪器分辨极限２５ＭＨｚ。     

Diode-Pumped Passive Q-Switched 946 nm Nd：YAG Laser with a GaAs Saturable Absorber

We report, for the first time to our knowledge, a diode-pumped passive Q-switched 946nm Nd：YAG laser by using a GaAs as saturable absorber. The maximum average output power is 1.24 W at an incident pump power of 15 W, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 10%. Laser pulses with pulse duration of 70ns and repetition rate of 330 kHz are generated.     

A Compact Diode-Pumped Injection Seeded Nd：YAG Laser with Resonance-Detection Technique

A diode pumped injection seeded single-longit udinal-mode （SLM） Nd： YA G laser is achieved by using the resonancedetection technique in Q-switching operation. The pulsed oscillator laser uses a folded cavity to achieve compact construction. This system operates at 100 Hz and provides over 20 m J/pulse of single-frequency 1064 nm output. The M2 values of horizontal and vertical axes are 1.58 and 1.41, respectively. The probability of putting out single-longitudinal-mode pulses is 100%. The 355 nm laser output produced by frequency tripling has a linewidth less than 200 MHz. The laser can run over eight hours continually without, mode hopping     

Diode-Pumped Passively Q-Switched Yb：YAG Microchip Laser with a GaAs as Saturable Absorber

A passively Q-switched Yb: YAG microchip laser has been constructed by using a doped GaAs as the saturable absorber as well as the output coupler. At 13.5 W of pump power the device produces high-quality 3.4μJ 52ns pulses at 1030nm with a pulse repetition rate of 7.8 kHz in a TEM00-mode.     

Cr^4＋：YAG在对撞脉冲锁模的Nd：YAG激光器中实现被动锁模的研究

在理论上提出了Ｃｒ＾４＋：ＹＡＧ作为可饱和吸收体在Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器中实现被动锁模的可能性，运用速率方程组导出在强激光脉冲作用下Ｃｒ＾４＋：ＹＡＧ激发态吸收的恢复时间和饱和光强。实验上在带有抗共振环结构的接近于介稳腔的脉冲式Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器中用Ｃｒ＾４＋：ＹＡＧ作为可饱和吸收体实现被动锁模运转，得到能量１３．５ｍＪ、平均脉宽１８０ｐｓ的锁模脉冲序列。     

Intracavity—Doubled Self—Q—Switched Nd,Cr：YAG 946／473nm Microchip Laser

We carried out the operation of an intracavity frequency-doubled self-Q-switched Nd,Cr:YAG/NHbO3 946/473nm microchip laser pumped by a Ti:sapphire laser.The overall cavity length was about 4mm.The maximum average blue power of 12mW was achieved with a repetition rate of 13kHz at an absorbed pump ower of 545mW.The pulses of the 473nm laser had a duration of 7ns and a peak power of 132W at this pump level.The conversion efficiency was 2.2% with respect to the absorbed pump power of a 808nm laser.     

Design of a Compact Diode-Pumped Intracavity-Doubled Nd：GdVO4 Laser with 820-mW Red Light

We report a design of diode-pumped high power Nd:GdVO4/LBO red laser with a compact linear cavity, which can output 820-mW red light at 67Onto with an optical conversion efficiency of 9.6%. The maximum output power of the fundamental light at 1.34μm was 4W with a slope efficiency of 45%.     

A Stable Diffusion-Bonded Tm：YLF Bulk Laser with High Power Output at a Wavelength of 1889.5 nm

A high power diode-pumped diffusion-bonded Tm：YLF laser operating at 1889.5nm with a FWHM linewidth of less than 0.1 nm is reported. A Brewster plate and two Fabry-Perot etalons are inserted in the laser cavity for spectral narrowing and stabilization. Under an incident pump power of 136.8 W, 46.1 W of output power is achieved, corresponding to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 33.7% and a slope efficiency of 42.8%. The laser wavelength shift of only 0.07nm with the incident pump power from 20.1 W to 136.8W is observed. The M2 factor at maximum output power is calculated to be 2.3 in the x-axis and 2.0 in the y-axis, respectively.     

Performance of the Self—Q—Switched Cr,Yb：YAG Laser

We report on the spectral properties of Cr,Yb:YAG crystal co-doped with 0.025 at.% Cr and 10 at.% Yb are reported.Using a continuous wave Ti:sapphire laser as a pumping source,we have demonstrated the self-Q-switched Cr,Yb:YAG laser at room temperature.We obtained an average output power as much as 75mW at 1.03μm with a pulse width (FWHM)as short as 0.4μs.The laser experiment demonstrated that the Cr,Yb:YAG crystal exactly combines the Cr^4 saturable absorber and Yb^3 gain medium.The Cr,Yb:YAG crystal can be a most promising self-Q-switched laser crystal for compact and efficient solid-state lasers.