High-beam-quality, 5.4 J, 5 Hz diode-pumped Nd:YAG active mirror laser amplifier

A high-beam-quality diode-pumped neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet(Nd:YAG) active mirror laser amplifier was demonstrated. The size of the Nd:YAG crystal was 48 mm × 42 mm × 11 mm with 0.6 at.% Nd doped. When the pump energy was 26.8 J and the input energy was 0.3 J, the output pulse energy reached 5.4 J, and the pulse width of 11.3 ns at a 5 Hz repetition rate was obtained for the two gain modules in three-pass amplification, with corresponding optical-to-optical efficiency of 21.2%. The beam quality was measured as M_x~2=2.48 and M_~2y=2.43 in horizontal and vertical directions, respectively.     

Multi-wavelength diode-pumped Nd:LGGG picosecond laser

Laser operation near 1.06 μm by a diode-pumped Nd:(Lu _x Gd_1?x )₃Ga₅O₁₂ (Nd:LGGG) disordered crystal has been investigated. Cw oscillation, with a slope efficiency as high as 61% and 230 mW output power, was achieved with 400 mW absorbed power from a 1-W laser diode. Stable passive mode locking with single- or multi-banded spectrum was obtained with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SAM) and a single-prism, dispersion-compensated cavity. Fourier limited pulses with duration ≈3–9 ps and output power ≈40 mW were generated at three well-defined laser transitions in the range 1062–1067 nm.     

Broadband nonlinear optical conversion of a high-energy diode-pumped picosecond laser

We report on a high-energy picosecond pulse generation out made of a simple and inexpensive all-solid-state diode-pumped oscillator. The system produces 200 nJ, 7-ps pulses with an average power as high as 3 W, using laser components with a total price of all opto-mechanical components of about $10,000. High-power broadband continuum generation is demonstrated in a specially selected single mode GeO₂-doped fiber.     

Nonlinear mirror operation of a diode-pumped quasi-cw picosecond Nd:YAG laser

Received: 10 July 1997/Revised version: 23 September 1997     

High-beam-quality, 5.1 J, 108 Hz diode-pumped Nd:YAG rod oscillator-amplifier laser system

A high efficiency, high beam quality diode-pumped Nd:YAG master oscillator power-amplifier (MOPA) laser with six amplifier stages is demonstrated. The oscillator with two-rod birefringence compensation was designed as a thermally determined near hemispherical resonator, which presents a pulse energy of 223 mJ with a beam quality value of M² = 1.29 at a repetition rate of 108 Hz. The MOPA system delivers a pulse energy of 5.1 J with a pulse width of 230 μs, a M² factor of 3.6 and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 38.5%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest pulse energy for a diode-pumped Nd:YAG rod laser operation with a high beam quality and a pulse width of hundreds of microseconds at a repetition rate of over 100 Hz.     

10-W-level diode-pumped compact 2.78 microm ZBLAN fiber laser

We report on >9W transverse-fundamental-mode CW output near 3 mum from a 4m heavily erbium-doped ZBLAN double-clad fiber laser pumped by a collimated 100 W 975 nm laser diode array. The pump threshold of the fiber laser was about 1W, and the slope efficiency was 21.3%. The peak wavelength of free running was about 2708 nm at low pump power and moved to around 2785 nm at high pump power. Output of 9W was obtained when the launched pump power was 42.8W. The output, however, fluctuated intensively like a pulsed laser, and the operation broke down with optical damage of the pumping end facet when the pump was increased beyond 42.8 W. Therefore, alleviation of the operation fluctuation, heat management, and strengthening the pumping fiber are crucial considerations for the stable operation of 10-W-level mid-IR ZBLAN fiber lasers.     

0.1~20Hz低失真度激光活塞发声器的设计与实现

为实现次声频段传声器的准确校准,研制了低失真、低泄漏的激光活塞发声器。激光活塞发声器采用具有空气轴承和位移反馈控制的超低频振动台驱动的活塞-腔体组合获得低失真度的声压信号;采用气浮自对中技术的小间隙缸塞配合以及大体积的腔体设计,获得了低泄漏的活塞发声器。在0.1~20 Hz,声压波形总谐波失真低于0.8%,实现高达50 s的腔体泄漏时间常数,使其适用于更低频段的传声器校准。在0.1~20 Hz频率范围内,激光活塞发声器的测量不确定度不超过0.58 dB (k=2)。与耦合腔互易法、关联传声器法的比较结果表明,激光活塞发声器法获得的传声器灵敏度与其他方法之间具有很好的一致性。     

带脉冲形成线的1.0 MV 100 Hz紧凑型Tesla变压器的研制

介绍了紧凑型Tesla变压器的工作原理和功能特点,在此基础上对电压1.0 MV、重复频率100 Hz的Tesla变压器和阻抗40 W、宽度40 ns的脉冲形成线(PFL)进行了一体化结构设计。用Tesla变压器的两个同轴开环铁芯作为PFL的内外导体,将传统的形成线结合在Tesla变压器中,从而脉冲发生装置具备了体积小、效率高、性能稳定等特点。设计的紧凑型Tesla变压器在CHP01电子束加速器上实现了对600 pF的PFL单次充电电压达到1.3 MV、重复频率100 Hz、平均电压1.15 MV的技术指标,该变压器在其额定电压和频率下的连续运行时间达到5 s以上。     

带脉冲形成线的1.0 MV 100 Hz紧凑型Tesla变压器的研制

 介绍了紧凑型Tesla变压器的工作原理和功能特点,在此基础上对电压1.0 MV、重复频率100 Hz的Tesla变压器和阻抗40 W、宽度40 ns的脉冲形成线(PFL)进行了一体化结构设计。用Tesla变压器的两个同轴开环铁芯作为PFL的内外导体,将传统的形成线结合在Tesla变压器中,从而脉冲发生装置具备了体积小、效率高、性能稳定等特点。设计的紧凑型Tesla变压器在CHP01电子束加速器上实现了对600 pF的PFL单次充电电压达到1.3 MV、重复频率100 Hz、平均电压1.15 MV的技术指标,该变压器在其额定电压和频率下的连续运行时间达到5 s以上。     

100-fs diode-pumped Yb:KGW mode-locked laser

We have developed a mode-locked diode-pumped Yb:KGW laser generating 100-fs pulses with an output power of 126 mW. The corresponding optical spectrum has a 13.4-nm FWHM bandwidth and is centered at 1037.4 nm. In the multiple-pulsing regime, bound states of solitons with rotating phase difference and separated by 917.5 fs were observed. We compare the performance of the Yb:KGW crystal to that of an Yb:KYW crystal with the same thickness and Yb concentration. PACS 42.55.Rz; 42.65.Re; 42.65.Tg     

100W二极管泵浦Nd:YAG薄片激光器

 报道了一台高效率二极管泵浦Nd:YAG薄片激光器，采用高效均匀泵浦耦合技术，在峰值功率1.008kW，占空比25％, 电-光效率大于45%的二极管激光阵列泵浦下，用一块1mm厚的Nd:YAG薄片激光介质，获得了峰值功率404W，平均功率101W的准连续激光输出，光-光效率达到40%，电-光效率超过18%。     

High-power diode-pumped picosecond Nd(3+):YVO(4) laser

A diode-pumped Nd(3+):YVO(4) laser passively mode locked by a nonlinear mirror based on second-harmonic generation has been developed. Pumping with a fiber-coupled 10-W diode array, we generated nearly diffraction limited, linearly polarized 11-ps pulses at 1064nm, with average power of 2.7 W at a 150-MHz repetition rate. Pulses as short as 7.9 ps were measured with reduced output power (1.35 W) by optimal focusing in the nonlinear crystal.     

Highly efficient blue-light generation from a compact, diode-pumped femtosecond laser by use of a periodically poled KTP waveguide crystal

We present a simplified, potentially portable, and highly efficient blue-light source from a periodically poled KTP waveguide crystal with a compact femtosecond Cr:LiSAF laser. This light source generates 5.6 mW of blue average output power at 424 nm with 27 mW of incident fundamental in a single-pass extracavity arrangement at room temperature. The overall system efficiency of electrical power to blue light is 0.5%, and the internal second-harmonic generation conversion efficiency is as high as 37%. The slope efficiency of 5.5% pJ(-1) at low pulse energies is, to our knowledge, the highest slope efficiency yet reported for frequency conversion into the blue spectral region.     

Characterization of compact bright soft X-ray source based on picosecond laser plasma

Radiation emission of silicon and aluminum plasmas produced by 40-ps laser pulses with peak intensity above 10¹⁴ W/cm² was studied. High-resolution soft X-rayspectra of H-like and He-like ions were analyzed to determine plasma parameters. We compared the line shape of resonance transitions and their intensity ratios to corresponding dielectronic satellites and the intensities of the intercombination lines of He-like ions with the results of model calculations. Such comparisons gave average values of the electron number density N_e=(1-1.9)×10²¹ cm^-3 and the electron temperature T_e=460–560 eV for Si plasmas and about 560 eV for Al plasmas produced by the first and the second laser harmonics. The plasma size is about 100 μm. According to our estimations, more than 10¹² photons were produced within the resonance line spectral width and in the solid angle 2π during the total decay period. PACS 41.50.+h; 52.25.Os; 52.50.Jm     

Large-field-of-view, high-gain, compact diode-pumped Nd:YAG amplifier

We present a compact diode-end-pumped Nd:YAG amplifier with a FWHM angular bandwidth of 100 degrees . Using a 1.064-microm probe beam, we measured a 2-pass gain of 23 (13.6dB) and a 4-pass gain of 420 (26.2dB). High-gain image amplification with such a laser amplifier is also demonstrated.     

Tunable picosecond UV source at 10 kHz based on an all-solid-state diode-pumped laser system

4 laser. The amplified pulses were frequency-converted in the blue and in the UV by harmonic generation (doubling and tripling) in two lithium triborate (LBO) crystals. Received: 11 March 1997/Accepted: 24 April 1997     

High-conversion-efficiency, diode-pumped continuous-wave Raman laser

We demonstrate a diode-pumped cw Raman laser in H(2) with photon-conversion efficiency of (66+/-8)%. Pumped by an injection-locked diode laser at 792 nm, the Stokes laser produces a peak output power of ~16mW at 1180 nm. Accompanying the high Stokes power are deviations from the existing theory, which are believed to be caused by the thermal-lensing effect of the Raman gas.     

0.1 Hz 800 kA驱动源模块研制

介绍了面向Z箍缩驱动聚变裂变混合堆（Z-FFR）能源的重复频率800 kA快上升沿的线性变压器驱动源（LTD）模块的设计和测试。LTD模块由34组RLC电路组成,每组包含2台100 kV/40 nF脉冲电容器、1个多间隙气体开关和非晶磁芯。研制的模块可以在匹配水电阻负载上以0.1 Hz的重复频率输出上升沿约100 ns的800 kA的电流脉冲。采用了一个高压触发信号来触发整个模块的新触发方式,将外触发信号通过模块内布置的角向传输线等网络同时到达并触发所有的高压开关,实验结果表明采用一路140 kV、25 ns前沿的触发脉冲可以可靠地触发整个模块。为了保证LTD模块每10 s输出一个80 kV/800 kA的电流脉冲,非晶磁芯的去磁复位采用了一个5.2 kA、脉宽30 ??s的电流脉冲,其运行频率为0.1 Hz。模块采用的多间隙气体开关运行寿命超过10 000次,其抖动小于3 ns。     

0.1 Hz 800 kA驱动源模块研制北大核心CSCD

介绍了面向Z箍缩驱动聚变裂变混合堆(Z-FFR)能源的重复频率800kA快上升沿的线性变压器驱动源(LTD)模块的设计和测试。LTD模块由34组RLC电路组成,每组包含2台100kV/40nF脉冲电容器、1个多间隙气体开关和非晶磁芯。研制的模块可以在匹配水电阻负载上以0.1 Hz的重复频率输出上升沿约100ns的800kA的电流脉冲。采用了一个高压触发信号来触发整个模块的新触发方式,将外触发信号通过模块内布置的角向传输线等网络同时到达并触发所有的高压开关,实验结果表明采用一路140kV、25ns前沿的触发脉冲可以可靠地触发整个模块。为了保证LTD模块每10s输出一个80kV/800kA的电流脉冲,非晶磁芯的去磁复位采用了一个5.2kA、脉宽30!s的电流脉冲,其运行频率为0.1 Hz。模块采用的多间隙气体开关运行寿命超过10 000次,其抖动小于3ns。