High beam quality and compact diode end-pumped Nd:YVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> slab laser with a hybrid resonator

A compact, high power and high beam quality diode-end-pumped CW Nd:YVO₄ slab 1064 nm laser with a hybrid resonator is demonstrated. The maximum output power of 23.0 W is obtained under the pump power of 66.7 W, which gives the slope efficiency and optical conversion efficiency of 52.0 and 34.0%, respectively. The beam quality M² factors are measured to be 1.5 in the unstable direction and 1.7 in the stable direction. The power stability of the LD end-pumped slab laser at an output power of 19 W is measured to be 0.7% for half an hour operation.     

A 15.1 W continuous wave TEM00 mode laser using a YVO4/Nd:YVO4 composite crystal

A effective continuous-wave (CW), high power laser generated using a YVO₄/Nd:YVO₄ composite crystal is presented. 18.8 W output power in multi-mode has been achieved with a maximum absorbed pump power of 31.2 W, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 60.26%. In TEM₀₀ mode operation, 15.1 W output power also has been achieved with the maximum absorbed pump power of 31.2 W, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 47.69%. With a 200 mm focal-length positive lens and using the moving knife-edge method, the beam quality factor is measured to be M² = 1.2 for TEM₀₀ mode beam.     

Diodes-double-end-pumped high efficiency continuous wave 36 W TEM00 mode Nd:GdVO4 laser

A effective continuous-wave (CW), high power laser generated using a YVO₄/Nd:YVO₄ composite crystal is presented. 18.8 W output power in multi-mode has been achieved with a maximum absorbed pump power of 31.2 W, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 60.26%. In TEM₀₀ mode operation, 15.1 W output power also has been achieved with the maximum absorbed pump power of 31.2 W, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 47.69%. With a 200 mm focal-length positive lens and using the moving knife-edge method, the beam quality factor is measured to be M² = 1.2 for TEM₀₀ mode beam.     

Highly-Efficient Ho:S<Subscript>i</Subscript>Sc<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>5</Subscript> Laser Pumped by a Narrow Line-Width Tm:YAP Laser at 1.94 <Emphasis Type="Italic">μ</Emphasis>m

We present a highly-efficient continuous-wave Ho:SSO laser pumped by a diode-pumped Tm:YAP laser with a narrow linewidth (NL) of 0.3 nm. With the free-running (FR) Tm:YAP laser, we obtain a maximum output power of 2.23 W at an absorption pump power of 7.2 W, corresponding to an optical conversion efficiency of 31% and a slope efficiency of 42.6%. With the NL Tm:YAP laser, we obtain a maximum output power of 2.88 W at the same absorption pump power. The optical conversion efficiency increases to 40% when the slope efficiency increases to 55.5%. The output linewidth of the Ho:SSO laser is 0.8 nm when we use the Tm:YAP laser with a narrow linewidth of 1.8 nm pumped by a FR Tm:YAP laser. The beam quality also changes from 1.31 to 1.22.     

Low-power-pumped high-efficiency frequency doubling at 397.5 nm in a ring cavity

We report low pump power high-efficiency frequency doubling of a fundamental laser beam at 795 nm, corresponding to the rubidium D1 line, to generate UV light at 397.5 nm using a periodically poled KTi OPO4（PPKTP） crystal in a ring cavity. We obtain maximum stable output power of 49 m W for mode-matching pump power of 110 m W, corresponding to 45% raw efficiency（56% net efficiency when considering the output coupling mirror’s 80% transmission）. This is the highest efficiency obtained at this wavelength in PPKTP with such low pump power. We obtain 80% beam coupling efficiency to single-mode fiber, demonstrating high beam quality.     

High-power Er:YAG laser with quasi-top-hat output beam

A simple method for simultaneously exciting the fundamental (TEM00) transverse mode and first order Laguerre-Gaussian (LG01) donut mode in an end-pumped solid-state laser to yield a quasi-top-hat output beam is reported. This approach has been applied to an Er:YAG laser, in-band pumped by an Er,Yb fiber laser, yielding 9.6 W of continuous-wave output at 1645 nm in a top-hat-like beam with beam propagation factor (M2)<2.1 for 24 W of incident pump power at 1532 nm. The corresponding slope efficiency with respect to incident pump power was 49%. The prospects of further scaling of output power and improved overall efficiency are considered.     

High electro-to-optical efficiency 180 W Q-switched 532 nm laser with a pulsewidth of 70 ns

A compact straight cavity with two side-pumped Nd:YAG laser heads and a 90° quartz rotator in between is presented. By intracavity-frequency-doubling with a type II LBO crystal in this cavity, an output power of 180.2 W at 532 nm with a repetition rate of 10 kHz was achieved, corresponding to an electrical-to-optical efficiency of 10.9%. To best of our knowledge, this is the highest electrical-to-optical efficiency of the high power green lasers with above 100 W output power, ever reported. The pulsewidth was 70 ns and the peak power was 257.4 kW. The beam parameter product (beam waist multiplied by half beam divergence angle) was estimated to be 4.2 mm mrad and the power fluctuation over 2.5 hours was calculated to be better than ±1.2%.     

An Actively Mode-Locked Ho:YAG Solid-Laser Pumped by a Tm-Doped Fiber Laser

An actively mode-locked Ho:YAG laser pumped by a diode-pumped Tm-doped fiber laser is reported.For the cw operation,we obtain the maximum output power of 3.43 W with a central wavelength 2022.2 nm at the maximum incident pump power of 11.4 W,corresponding to a slope efficiency of 34.5%.The beam quality factor M2 is 1.16,and the output beam is close to fundamental TEM_(00) In the case of the CWML operation,a stable pulse train is generated with an average output power up to 3.41 W with a slope efficiency of 34.3%at the incident pump power of 11.4 W and a pulse duration of 294 ps at a repetition rate of 81.92 MHz.In addition,the maximum single pulse energy is 41.6 n J.     

采用国产大模场面积双包层光纤的714W连续光纤激光器

采用两个中心波长约976 nm准直输出的高功率半导体激光模块为抽运源,通过空间滤波和非球面透镜耦合技术,双端抽运长度为21 m的大模场面积国产掺镱双包层光纤,获得了714.5 W的高功率连续激光输出。采用反向抽运,当入纤抽运功率为760 W时,激光输出功率达到501 W;采用双端抽运,当入纤抽运功率为1137 W时,获得了714.5 W的高功率连续输出,光光转换效率为62.8%,斜率效率为67%。     

Passive coherent beam combining of quantum-cascade lasers with a Dammann grating

An external cavity using a binary phase grating has been developed to achieve coherent combining of five quantum-cascade lasers emitting at 4.65 μm. The grating phase profile is designed to combine five beams of equal intensities into a single beam with a good efficiency (~75%). The performances of this cavity concerning output power, stability, combining efficiency and beam quality are detailed. We report a CW combining efficiency of 66% corresponding to an output power of ~0.5 W with a good beam quality (M(2)<1.6).     

End-pumped Nd:YAG zigzag slab laser with weak pump absorption

A diode-pumped Nd：YAG oscillator laser with an end-pumped zigzag slab architecture and weak pump absorption is developed. An output power of 253 W with a slope efficiency of 50.2% and an optical-optical conversion efficiency of 39.6% is achieved from the resonator, which emits the maximum power of 290 W with 840-W pump power. An optimum laser diode （LD） array coolant temperature is chosen in an attempt to realize the weak but uniform pump absorption. of zigzag slab resonator depends sensitively on the Furthermore, we have confirmed that the performance incident angle of the beam at the slab end face.     

High power and high beam quality CW green beam generated by diode-side-pumped intracavity frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser

We report a stable high power and high beam quality diode-side-pumped CW green laser from intracavity frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser with LBO crystal. By using a advanced resonator, a large fundamental mode size in the laser crystal and a tight focus in the nonlinear crystal could be obtained simultaneously, which are favorable for high power and high beam quality CW green laser generation. The green laser delivered a maximum 532 nm output power of 40 W. The corresponding optical-to-optical conversion efficiency and electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency were 8.6% and 5.0%, respectively. Under 532 nm output power of 34 W, the beam quality factor was measured to be 1.6.     

A High Conversion Efficiency Q-Switched Intracavity Nd:YVO_4/KTA Optical Parametric Oscillator under Direct Diode Pumping at 880nm

We report a high conversion efficiency Q-switched Nd:YVO_4/KTiOAsO_4(KTA) intracavity optical parametric oscillator(IOPO) operating near 3.5 um based on direct 880 nm laser diode(LD) pumping. A maximum average idler output power of 2.6 W with a pulse width of about 7.9 ns is achieved under an absorbed LD power of 45.4 W at a pulse repetition rate(PRR) of 10 kHz. The maximum optical-optical conversion efficiency from LD power to OPO mid-infrared(MIR) output of 6.74% is achieved. To our knowledge, this is the highest conversion efficiency for a KTA-IOPO by exploiting a Q-switched laser as the parent fundamental pump source. The beam quality factors M~2 of the MIR beam at the full output power with a PRR of 10 kHz are within 2.12 in both the horizontal and vertical directions, indicating a near Gaussian mode.     

高效率Nd:YVO4/LBO临界相位匹配脉冲绿光激光器

报道了一种利用激光二极管（LD）端面泵浦Nd:YVO4晶体,声光调Q,LBO临界相位匹配腔内倍频的高效率、小体积、风冷绿光激光器。分析了不同偏振光泵浦的情况下,激光晶体对泵浦光的吸收特性。由分析得出,采用部分偏振光泵浦,可以提高激光晶体对泵浦光吸收均匀性,改善基波畸变,获得高转换效率激光输出。实验中,在泵浦光功率为33 W、声光调Q重复频率为20 kHz时,得到脉宽为23.96 ns、平均功率为15 W的1064 nm基频光输出。经倍频后,得到平均功率为11.2 W的绿光输出,倍频效率为74.6%,总体光-光转换效率为34%。在输出功率为10 W时,测得1 h内输出功率不稳定度为0.512 2%,水平方向和竖直方向的光束质量因子M2分别为1.2和1.1。     

碱蒸气激光半导体泵浦源谱宽压窄

 笑脸效应严重制约大功率半导体激光器输出谱宽压窄。为避免笑脸效应,以中心波长780 nm单宽面源大功率半导体激光器为研究对象,利用利特曼外腔结构,优化外腔参数,在激光器自由运转19 W时,获得11.5 W、外腔效率达61%的窄线宽输出。将窄线宽输出激光通过长25 cm, 80 kPa乙烷、110 ℃的铷池,96.7%的泵浦光被吸收,通过与理论模型对比,推断半导体激光器的输出谱宽为15 GHz(0.03 nm)。     

1.57μm被动调Q光学参量振荡器

在半导体泵浦被动调QNd∶GdVO4/Cr4+∶YAG激光腔内,利用KTP晶体实现了高重复频率的内腔OPO的稳定运转。OPO其信号光转换效率为7%,斜效率为10.3%。当泵浦功率7.3W时,可获得平均功率为0.48W,重频15kHz,脉宽6ns,峰值功率达13KW的1570nm激光输出。     

包层泵浦的高功率掺铥光纤激光器

研究了一种输出功率高且光束质量好的包层泵浦的掺铥光纤激光器.当泵浦功率达到30 W时,该掺铥光纤激光器产生的最大输出功率是6.1 W,且波长在2 μm左右,斜率效率达到55.6%,产生激光的阈值是2.2 W.当输出功率为3.3 W时,测得光束质量M2X和M2Y分别为1.26和1.32.     

Continuous-wave wavelength conversion for high-power applications using an external cavity diamond Raman laser

We demonstrate continuous-wave (cw) operation of a diamond Raman laser at 1240 nm in an external cavity configuration. The output power increased linearly with pump power with a 49.7% slope efficiency and reached 10.1 W at the maximum available pump power of 31 W. The combination of resonator design with diamond provides a novel approach to power-scalable cw wavelength and beam conversion.     

111 W, 110 MHz repetition-rate, passively mode-locked TEM00Nd:YVO4 master oscillator power amplifier pumped at 888 nm

We report on an 888 nm pumped passively mode-locked TEM(00)Nd:YVO(4) oscillator providing 56 W of average power at a repetition rate of 110 MHz with 33 ps pulse duration, further amplified to 111 W in a 52% optical efficiency single-pass amplifier stage, maintaining beam quality at M(2)=1.05. Frequency doubling in a LiB(3)O(5) crystal generated up to 87 W at 532 nm, while a third harmonic power of 35 W was achieved in a nonoptimized tripling configuration, corresponding to 80% and 33% conversion efficiency.     

A high-power continuous-wave diffraction-limited Nd:GdVO4 laser operating at 1.34 μm

High-power and high beam quality continuous-wave (CW) Nd:GdVO₄ lasers operating at 1.34 μm were experimentally demonstrated. The lasers consisted of either one or two crystals, which were both end-pumped by high-power fiber-coupled diode lasers. With one crystal, the maximum CW output power generated was 8.4 W. When two crystals were used, a maximum output power of 15.7 W was achieved with the incident pump power of 76.2 W, showing a slope efficiency of 26.2% and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 20.6%. The beam divergence at an output power of 15 W was measured to be about two times that of the diffraction limit.