半导体激光泵浦的Nd:YVO4激光器的1.064 μm高效率连续输出

报道了半导体激光端面泵浦的Nd:YVO4激光器获得线偏振的1.064 μｍ激光高效率连续稳定输出。在半导体激光功率为1.5 W时，获得连续输出功率为837 kW的TEM00模，激光器泵浦阈值功率为140 kW，斜率效率达61.5％，光-光转换效率达56％，电-光转换效率达15％。     

电子束泵浦KrF激光放大器增益与吸收的测量

为研制百焦耳级ＫｒＦ激光放大器，发展ＭＯＰＡ系统，我们用自探测法在百焦耳级电子束泵浦ＫｒＦ激光装置上进行了激光放大器的增益与吸收的测量。泵浦率约为０．６７ＭＷ／ｃｍ￣２，激光介质为８９．６％Ａｒ：１０％Ｋｒ：０．４％Ｆ＿２的混合气体，总气压０．２５ＭＰａ，实验测得激光放大器的小信号增益系数ｇ＿０＝６．６％ｃｍ￣（－１）、非饱和吸收系数α＿ｎ＝０．９３％ｃｍ￣（－１）、饱和光强Ｉ＿ｓ＝２．５ＭＷ／ｃｍ￣２。     

强激光冲击铝合金改性处理研究

利用新型聚偏1.1-二氟乙烯（PVDF）压电传感器,实现了对激光引发的冲击波压力的实时测量,得到激光引发的冲击波峰压在铝中成指数型的衰减规律;观测了不同约束层材料在铝靶表面产生的激光冲击波,研究了不同约束层对冲击效果的影响;最后用激光冲击强化装置对7050-T7451航空铝合金结构材料进行了冲击强化处理,对试件激光冲击区存在的残余压应力及位错密度进行了测量。结果显示经激光冲击处理的试件表面具有极高的残余压应力,可达-200MPa以上。激光冲击处理后铝合金的位错密度得到显著的提高,疲劳寿命提高到175％～428％。这些重要结果对激光冲击改性处理技术的实际应用具有指导性作用。     

电子束泵浦KrF激光放大器增益与吸收的测量

为研制百焦耳级ＫｒＦ激光放大器，发展ＭＯＰＡ系统，我们用自探测法在百焦耳级电子束泵浦ＫｒＦ激光装置上进行了激光放大器的增益与吸收的测量。泵浦率约为０．６７ＭＷ／ｃｍ￣２，激光介质为８９．６％Ａｒ：１０％Ｋｒ：０．４％Ｆ＿２的混合气体，总气压０．２５ＭＰａ，实验测得激光放大器的小信号增益系数ｇ＿０＝６．６％ｃｍ￣（－１）、非饱和吸收系数α＿ｎ＝０．９３％ｃｍ￣（－１）、饱和光强Ｉ＿ｓ＝２．５ＭＷ／ｃｍ￣２。     

一种新型流体激光器研制成功

中国科学院西安光学精密机械研究所彭波教授领导的课题组2005年提出了“流体激光”的新概念,这种新型“流体激光器”引起了学术界的广泛关注。经过三年多的理论研究和反复试验,2008年7月,他们采用波长为808nm,脉宽为200us,功率1．7kw的半导体阵列,对流体激光谐振腔（反射镜R1=100％,R2=90％）进行了激光侧泵发振,在实验室首次观察到激光动态输出。最大输出功率达1．59mJ,激光阈值为116mJ。     

Yb3+:Y2O3透明陶瓷激光器获得5 W连续激光输出

用带尾纤输出的激光二极管作为抽运源,采用端面抽运10％Yb^3 ：Y2O3多晶透明陶瓷的方式获得了连续激光输出。抽运阈值功率为5．6W,当陶瓷介质吸收的抽运功率为31．11W时,Yb^3 ：Y2O3多晶透明陶瓷获得了最大连续激光输出功率5．48W。光—光转换效率为17．6％,斜率效率为25％。同时在激光实验过程中,没有发现饱和现象,因此采用更高功率的激光二极管作为抽运源,陶瓷的激光输出功率会得到进一步提高。这一研究成果表明,多晶透明陶瓷是一种非常有潜力的激光增益介质。     

混合加宽的宽带钕玻璃激光系统的放大特性研究

通过宽带激光脉冲放大的物理模型,以数值模拟为工具,研究分析了激光系统对不同带宽脉冲的放大能力,以及交叉弛豫时间对脉冲放大特性的影响.计算结果表明,随着带宽的增加,激光系统的输出能力逐渐降低,在其他条件相同时,宽带分别为2,5和10 nm时的输出能量比窄带输出（3000 J,1 ns脉宽）时分别减小了约2％,11％和27％;在带宽为几个纳米时完全非均匀加宽比完全均匀加宽的输出能量（3000 J,1 ns脉宽）降低了约20％;初步确定了交叉弛豫时间的范围为0—10 ns. 关键词： 激光系统 宽带激光 放大过程 交叉弛豫     

半导体激光泵浦的Nd∶YVO_4激光器的1．064μm高效率连续输出

报道了半导体激光端面泵浦的Ｎｄ∶ＹＶＯ４激光器获得线偏振的１．０６４μｍ激光高效率连续稳定输出。在半导体激光功率为１．５Ｗ时，获得连续输出功率为８３７ｍＷ的ＴＥＭ００模，激光器泵浦阈值功率为１４０ｍＷ，斜率效率达６１．５％，光－光转换效率达５６％，电－光转换效率达１５％。     

凝胶基质高效可调谐固态染料激光器

采用溶胶－凝胶工艺制成激光染料掺杂有机改性凝胶玻璃。用室温下调ＱＮｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器倍频光泵浦凝 胶基,成功地获得了高转换效率,长寿命,可调谐固态染料激光器的激光输出。其中ＳｉＯ２－Ｏｒｍｏｓｉｌ基质Ｐｙｒｒｏｍｅｔｈｅｎｅ５９７染料激光器,激光输出阈值低于１０μＪ,斜率效率η＝６１％,５５０－５９４ｎｍ波长范围内连续可调谐,激光输出能量下降１０％所承受的激光脉冲数大于２．５＊１０＾４个（激光泵浦频     

主脉冲参数和入射条件变化对等离子体状态的影响

用一维非平衡辐射流体力学程序，计算和分析了主脉冲激光斜入射与预脉冲垂直入射耦合作用锗靶介质的等离子体状态和激光增益区。研究表明，主脉冲以４０°斜入射与其垂直入射相比，在相同靶面功率密度下，电子、离子温度、等离子体烧蚀深度下降约１０％。在相同的靶面总能量下，４０°斜入射电子温度下降约１５％～２０％。采用主激光斜入射时间延迟技术，这种下降差别还会更小，能量吸收效率会更高，激光增益区更大。     

Stabilization of a CO2 pump laser using external CH3OH stark-cell modulation

In order to stabilize the 118.8 μm CH₃OH laser output, frequency stabilization of the CW 9P(36) CO₂ laser pump is carried out using external CH₃OH Stark-cell modulation without internal frequency modulation. The CO₂ laser output power around the CH₃OH absorption center is stabilized to within ±1.0% for 60 min. The frequency stability of the CO₂ laser is estimated to be within ±1.4 MHz for 60 min, assuming the output fluctuation to be caused by this frequency fluctuation. As a result of the CO₂ pump laser stabilization, an output power stability of about ± 1.0% for 30 min is obtained for the 118.8 μm CH₃OH laser.     

A 658-W VCSEL-pumped rod laser module with 52.6% optical efficiency

A high-efficiency and high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) side-pumped rod Nd:YAG laser with temperature adaptability are demonstrated. The VCSEL side-pumped laser module is designed and optimized. Five VCSEL arrays are symmetrically located around the laser rod and a large size diffused reflection chamber is designed to ensure a uniform pump distribution. Furthermore, the absorbed pump power distribution of the rod is simulated to verify the uniformity of the pump absorption. Finally, a proof-of-principle experiment is performed in short linear cavity laser with single laser module. A continuous-wave output power of 658 W at 1064 nm is obtained, the corresponding optical-to-optical efficiency is 52.6%, and the power variations are ±0.7% over 400 s and ±3.1% over the temperature range from 16 ℃ to 26 ℃. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power and the highest optical-to-optical efficiency ever reported for VCSEL pumped solid-state lasers. By inserting a telescopic module into the cavity and optimizing the TEM₀₀ mode volume, the average beam quality is measured to be M²=1.34 under an output power of 102 W. The experimental results reveal that such a high power rod laser module with temperature stability is appropriate or field applications.     

Diode-end-pumped continuous-wave Nd:YAG laser at 946 nm of single-frequency operation

We report a diode-end-pumped continuous-wave (CW) Nd:YAG laser at 946 nm of single frequency operation. A ring laser resonator was designed and the output coupler transmission was optimized based on the investigation of the influence of the output coupler transmission on the thermal lens effect induced by energy-transfer upconversion. A maximum output power of 1.5 W CW single-frequency laser at 946 nm was achieved. The stability of the laser output power was better than ±1% in the given four hours.     

660 nm intracavity frequency doubled red laser suppressing 1338 nm fundamental light by an etalon

An intracavity etalon is used to suppress the vibration of the light at 1338 nm to get a stable laser output. An acousto-optic Q-switched red laser output is obtained by intracavity frequency-doubling a Nd:YAG laser operating at 1319 nm with a type II KTP crystal. At the pump power of 300 W, an average out-put power of 6.5 W at 660 nm is measured at single-end, and the peak power is 65 kW. The stability has been kept less than ±1% in five hours.     

12-W red light generation by frequency-doubling Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

By using a 15 mm-long type I phase-matching LBO crystal, a maximum quasi-continuous wave red laser output power of 12 W has been obtained by intra-cavity second-harmonic generation (SHG) in a compact acousto-optically Q-switched diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG laser. The corresponding optical-optical conversion efficiency is 6.6%. The power instability at the maximum output power is observed to be less than 4.62% during half an hour. The beam quality factor M2 is measured to be 9.9 ± 1.0 by the knife-edge method. The spectrum of the red radiation is also measured and discussed.     

LD泵浦Nd:YVO4/LBO腔内和频连续黄光激光器

用国产半导体激光二极管泵浦Nd:YVO4晶体,通过优化膜系,调节1064 nm谱线的线性损耗以达到与弱谱线1342 nm 增益匹配,在室温下实现1064 nm和1342 nm双波长连续运转,并通过Ⅰ类临界相位匹配LBO晶体腔内和频在国内首次实现593.5 nm黄色激光连续输出,当泵浦注入功率为1.8 W时和频黄激光最大输出达85 mW,光光转换效率为4.7%,功率稳定性24 h内优于±2.8%.     

Robust diode-end-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser passively mode-locked with saturable output coupler

Passively mode-locked diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) Nd:GdVO₄ laser by using a saturable output coupler (SOC) in stable two-mirror linear cavity design is demonstrated. The laser was pumped by low-power single laser diode without any active cooling and external optics. Robust CW mode-locked operation was obtained with a repetition of 150–250 MHz, the pulsewidth was 12 ps, the lowest threshold for CW mode-locked was 185 mW. The optimal condition is found when the laser provides the set of characteristics: low CW mode-locking threshold (～260 mW), compact size (total cavity length 60 cm), good efficiency (～20%), and very stable output. At the output power of 270 mW an average power fluctuations within ±2% for long-term operation was obtained.     

Backward pumping kilowatt Yb3+-doped double-clad fiber laser

A ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser generating up to 1026 W of continuous-wave output power at 1085 nm with a slope efficiency of 74% by single-ended backward pumping configuration is reported. The core diameter was 20 μm with a low numerical aperture of 0.06, and a good beam quality (BPP < 1.8 mm mrad) is achieved without special mode selection methods. No undesirable roll-over was observed in output power with increasing pump power, and the maximum output power was limited by the available pump power. The instability of maximum output power was better than ±0.6%. Different pumping configurations were also compared in experiment, which shows good agreements with theoretical analyses.     

The output characteristics of double-end-pumped Ho:LuAG laser at room temperature

Continuous-wave (CW) and Q-switched operation of a room-temperature Ho:LuAG laser was resonantly double-end-pumped by a diode-pumped Tm:YLF laser at 1.91 μm. The CW Ho: LuAG laser generated 24.5 W of linearly output at 2094.4 nm with beam quality factor of M ² = 1.11 ± 0.02 for an absorbed pump power of 44.0 W, corresponding to optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 55.7% and slope efficiency of 60.5%. Under Q-switched operation, a maximum output power of 24.1 W with a slope efficiency of 58.1% at 12 kHz was obtained. Also, the minimum pulse width of 32 ns was achieved, corresponding to the peak power was 37.7 kW.     

大功率Nd∶YAG固体激光器

介绍了一台单级输出灯泵浦大功率脉冲Nd∶YAG激光器。该激光器脉宽0.1-10ms可调,频率1-1000hz可调,总注入电功率12kw。试验得到激光器参数脉冲宽度和频率协调改变,可使激光器在整个脉宽范围内都能稳定500w输出;最大单脉冲能量56J;总体电光效率4.2%;光束质量为25mm.mrad;功率稳定性±2%。