High-Power Nd：GdVO4 Innoslab Continuous-Wave Laser under Direct 880 nm Pumping

A high-power cw end-pumped laser device is demonstrated with a slab crystal of Nd：GdVO4 operating at 1063nm. Diode laser stacks at 880nm are used to pump Nd：GdVO4 into emitting level 4^F3/2. The 149 W output power is presented when the absorbed pump power is 390 W and the optical-to-optieal conversion efficiency is 38.2%. When the output power is 120 W, the M^2 factors are 2.3 in both directions. Additionally, mode overlap inside the resonator is analyzed to explain the beam quality deterioration.     

激光二极管侧面泵浦的高效率Nd：YAG激光器

用准连续激光二极管列阵侧面泵浦Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ固体激光器，获得３９．５ｍＪ的静态输出，器件重复频率为５０Ｈｚ，效率最高达３９．５％，对该器件进行了细致的实验研究，验证了理论计算的正确性，并对实验结果进行了分析。     

Conductively cooled 250-Hz single frequency Nd：YAG laser

A conductively cooled, laser diode （LD） end-pumped, injection-seeded single frequency Nd：YAG laser is designed and impleinented. The laser utilizes Nd：YAG rod as gain medium and compact dual-endpumping arrangement using two fiber-coupled LDs with a maximum output of 150 W. The optimized ramp-fire technique is applied to build reliable single longitudinal mode oscillating. The laser is capable of producing a 10-raJ Q-switched pulse with 13-ns pulse width at 1064 nm at a pulse repetition rate of 250 Hz. The output beam qualities M2 of approximately 1.19 and 1.22 in horizontal and vertical directions are detected, respectively.     

二极管泵浦的高效连续波基横模Nd：YAG激光器

报道了用激光二极管端面泵浦的高效连续波ＴＥＭ００模Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器，最大输出为０．６５Ｗ，斜效率５１％，光－光效率最高达４０．６％，并给出了耦合光学系统和二极管泵浦Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器的器件结构．     

Q-Switched Tm：YAG Laser Intracavity-Pumped by a 1064nm Laser

We report a Q-switched 2-μm Tm：YAG laser based on intracavity-pumped by a 1064-nm Nd：YAG laser operating at room temperature for the first time. An average output power of 5.1W is obtained with the repetition rate of 30kHz and a pulse width of 300ns. In addition, we demonstrate a 12.5-W continuous-wave 2-μm Tm：YAG laser, which is, to our best knowledge, the highest power for intracavity-pumping configuration.     

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.     

Experimental 511 W Composite Nd：YAG Ceramic Laser

We demonstrate a 511 W laser diode pumped composite Nd：YAG ceramic laser. The optical pumping system is consisted of five laser diode stacked arrays arranged in a pentagonal shape around the ceramic rod whose size is φ6.35×144mm. When the pumping power is 1600 W, the cw laser output up to 511 W at 1064nm can be obtained with a linear piano-piano cavity, and the optical-to-optical efficiency is 31.9%. To our knowledge, this is the highest value of laser output by using a newly invented composite Nd：YAG ceramic rod as the gain medium.     

Compact High—Power Blue Light from a Diode—Pumped Intracavity—Doubled Nd：YAG Laser

We report an efficient continuous wave(cw) operationof 946nm and 473nm laser beams generated from a diodepumped composte Nd:YAG rod.A very simple compact linear cavity was employed with cavity length of 35mm.A composite Nd:YAG laser rod was used to release thermal effects.The maximum cw output of 3.3W at 946nm was obtained with slope efficiency of 22% at incident pump power of 17.5W.By intracavity doubling with an LBO crystal,as much as 590mW of single-ended blue output at 473nm was achieved with an optical-optical conversion efficiency of 3.4%.The total blue output would be 1.06W with overall conversion efficiency of 6.1% if the lasers emitted in both the directions were taken into account.     

激光二极管泵浦Nd：FAP激光器

报道激光二极管泵浦的掺钕氟磷酸钙固体激光器，该器件在重复频率为１００Ｈｚ的准连续状态下运行，当耦合输出透过率为８％时，得到３１％的斜效率，比较了ＦＡＰ和ＹＡＧ这两种介质的激光器的性能，理论分析得出的两者的阈值泵浦功率的相对值与实验结果相一致，并证实ＦＡＰ是一种有前途的适合激光二极管泵浦的激光介质。     

Comment on Q-Switched Tm：YAG Laser Intracavity-Pumped by a 1064 nm Laser

The paper published in Chin. Phys. Lett. 26 （2009） 124211 reported a Q-switched 2-tim Tm：YAG laser that is intracavity pumped by a Nd： YAG laser with emission at 1.06μm. However, analysis of the experimental setup concludes that only the Nd：YAG laser is Q-switched, and the Tm：YAG laser operates in the free-generation regime. Therefore, Q-switch operation for the 2μm emission wavelength is not realized.     

940nm激光二极管泵浦Yb:YAG晶体产生蓝光

近来, 940nm激光二极管泵浦Yb:YAG晶体产生1 030nm受激发射十分引人注目.已经研制了1 030nm高功率Yb:YAG激光器.     

激光二极管泵浦单频连续工作的Nd：YAG激光器

在国内首次报道了激光二极管泵浦单频连续工作的Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器，采用扭摆模腔技术方法，在８０８ｎｍ激光二极管连续泵浦下，取得１０６４ｎｍ连续单频工作，输出功率５５ｍＷ的结果，泵浦阈值２７６ｍＷ，斜率效率２３％，线宽小于２５ＭＨｚ（受仪器测量精度限制）。     

Efficient Tm：YAG Ceramic Laser at 2 μm

We demonstrate a high-efficiency continuous-wave Tm： YAG ceramic laser pumped with a Ti：sapphire laser. An output power up to 860mW is obtained under an absorbed pump power of 2.21 W at 785nm, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 42.1% and optical to optical efficiency of 22%. The measured central wavelength is 2012nm.     

Compact Diode-Pumped Continuous-Wave Nd：LuVO4 Lasers Operated at 916 nm and 458 nm

We report the compact diode-pumped continuous-wave （CW） Nd：LuV04 lasers operated at 916nm and 458nm for the first time. The maximum output power of 780mW at 916nm laser is obtained with a slope efficiency of 9.3%. We generate 50roW of 458nm blue laser employing a type-Ⅰ critical phase-matched LBO crystal.     

Laser Diode-Pumped Nd：LuVO4 Acousto-Optic Q-Switched Laser at 916 nm

A compact laser diode-pumped solid-state Nd：LuVO4 acousto-optic Q-switched laser is demonstrated at 916 nm of a quasi-three level for the first time. A pulse width of 130ns is observed when the pulse-repetition frequency is 10 kHz. The laser experiment shows that the Nd：Lu VO4 crystal can be used for efficient diode-pumped Q-switched lasers.     

激光二极管泵浦Nd∶YAG 946nm激光器及倍频研究

提出如何克服准三能级再吸收损耗和抑制寄生振荡实现LD泵浦的Nd∶YAG 946nm激光器.在室温下946nm连续输出大于120mW,斜率效率接近10%,同时采用KNbO3晶体实现了腔内倍频的蓝色激光输出.对实验结果进行了分析并提出了改进措施.