Diode-end-pumped 1D top-hat Nd:YVO4 slab laser

A one-dimensional (1D) top-hat, diode-end-pumped, electro-optically Q-switched Nd:YVO4 slab laser is demonstrated. Under the pump power of 175.5 W, 26.3-W output power is obtained with the repetition rate of 5 kHz and the pulse width of 4.3 ns. The output beam has a good top-hat beam profile in both the near field and the far field.     

High-repetition-rate Nd:YVO4 slab laser with a 1-D top-hat output beam

A high-repetition-rate electro-optic Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ slab laser is demonstrated in this paper. The Nd:YVO₄ slab inside the compact resonator is end-pumped by a 2-bar laser diode stack. The output beam with one dimension (1-D) top-hat intensity distribution at both near field and far field is generated. Continuous wave (CW) output of 13 5 W is obtained under the total pump power of 50 W. At the repetition rate of 40 kHz, the energy per pulse is 0.32 mJ with its pulse width of 26.3 ns. At 20 kHz, we have achieved the maximum pulse energy of 0.56 mJ and 56 kW peak power with 10 ns pulse width.     

High efficiency diode-pumped slab oscillator and amplifier for space-based application

The design and performance of conduction-cooled, laser diode-pumped oscillator and amplifier slab laser featuring high efficiency, high pulse energy and high beam quality for space-based application are reported. The oscillator was a diode-pumped Q-Switched Nd:YAG slab laser using unstable resonator, and the amplifiers were two zig-zag Nd:YAG slabs based on a side-pumped slab geometry. A near diffraction-limited output of 450 mJ in a 10 ns pulse at a repetition rate of 20 Hz was obtained, corresponding to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of over 20%.     

Diode end-pumped high-power Q-switched double Nd:YAG slab laser and its efficient near-field second-harmonic generation

We reported on an all-solid-state double Nd:YAG slab laser. The laser was based on two diode end-pumped Nd:YAG slabs and a stable-unstable hybrid resonator. A cw output of 189 W and an average Q-switched output of 169 W at 10 kHz with an M(2) factor of 1.5 in the slow direction and 1.7 in the fast direction were obtained. We demonstrated efficient near-field frequency doubling by imaging the one-dimensional top-hat near-field to a lithium triborate frequency doubler. We obtained 93 W green light at 10 kHz with a pulse width of 10.7 ns. The efficiency of second-harmonic generation was up to 57%.     

Diode-pumped high-efficiency high-brightness Q-switched ND:YAG slab laser

A high-efficiency diode-pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG oscillator designed for future spaceborne applications has been demonstrated and characterized. The laser is based on a side-pumped slab geometry and uses an unstable resonator with a radially variable-reflectivity output coupler. The laser provides an output pulse energy of 100 mJ at a 100-Hz repetition rate, with a near-diffraction-limited beam and an overall electrical optical efficiency exceeding 6%.     

高重复率电光调Q的高光束质量Nd∶YVO_4板条激光器

部分端面抽运混合腔板条激光器可以在紧凑的空间内实现大功率高光束质量的激光输出。利用这一技术并结合具有增益高、荧光寿命短等特点的Nd∶YVO4晶体 ,配合新型高重复率的电光Q开关 ,易于实现高频窄脉冲高光束质量的激光输出。在德国EdgeWaveGmbH进行了混合腔电光调Q激光器的合作研究中 ,实现了高重复率近衍射极限的输出 ;在以 5kHz的高重复率运转时 ,获得了单脉冲能量 7 2mJ ,脉宽 5 7ns,平均功率约 36W的脉冲 ;当重复率高达 5 0kHz时 ,输出的激光脉冲的参量是单脉冲能量 1.6mJ,脉宽 9 5ns,平均功率超过 80W。实验所测的光束质量因子M2 小于 2。     

组合变形镜对板条固体MOPA激光波前畸变校正（英）

提出了一种利用组合变形镜校正板条MOPA固体激光器像差的方法,并通过实验验证其有效性。通过将一个11单元的一维变形镜和一个67单元的二维变形镜组合,有效降低了单个二维变形镜波前校正过程中驱动器间的电压差,从而提高了二维变形镜的使用安全性,并在一定程度上改善了校正后波前畸变的空间分布,降低了波前畸变残差。实验结果表明,一维变形镜与二维变形镜的组合能高效地校正板条MOPA固体激光器的波前畸变,波前残差均方根值小于0.08 m,远场光束质量因子可达1.67。     

Diode-pumped 250-W zigzag slab Nd:YAG oscillator amplifier system

A laser-diode-pumped zigzag slab Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system featuring high pulse energy and high average power was developed for pumping of an ultrashort-pulse laser system. The MOPA system consists of an oscillator, a preamplifier, two postamplifiers, and image-relay telescopes. The postamplifiers have an angle-multiplexed ring-type double-pass configuration. A pulse energy of 1.26 J and an average power of 251 W were obtained at a repetition rate of 200 Hz. The frequency-doubled power when a LiB(3)O(5) crystal was used was 105 W at a repetition rate of 170 Hz. The intensity profiles of the fundamental and the second harmonic are nearly top-hat shaped and are suitable for pumping.     

采用液态金属传热的小型大功率全固态Nd∶YAG板条激光器

 为了满足小型光电系统对微小型大功率激光器的研制要求,通过液态金属传热设计,提高散热效率,使得激光器在小体积下实现高能量输出。采用复合板条工作物质集成谐振腔以及激光放大技术,在激光电源电流80 A、工作频率为5 Hz时,激光器在1064 nm输出单脉冲能量为160 mJ,脉宽为6 ns,发散角为3 mrad的激光。     

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 Cr4 : YAG microchip adopted as the saturable absorber mirror.The pulse duration is around 10ns while the pulse repetition rate is higher than 10kHz.The average output power of 70W 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).     

激光二极管双端直接抽运混合腔板条激光器

为减少热透镜效应的影响, 获得高光束质量的激光, 本文利用激光二极管阵列双端直接抽运Nd:YVO₄, 采用负支共焦折叠混合腔结构, 获得最高功率为416 W 1064 nm的激光输出, 光–光转换效率为54.3%, 斜效率为61.6%. 在输出功率为370 W时, 光束质量因子M²在非稳腔和稳腔方向上分别为3.9和4.7.     

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.     

A laser-diode-pumped acoustic-optic Q-switched Nd:YVO4 slab laser with a hybrid resonator

A 32.1 W laser-diode-stack pumped acoustic-optic Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ slab laser with hybrid resonator at 1064 nm was demonstrated with the pumping power of 112 W and repetition rate of 40 kHz, the pulse duration was 32.47 ns. The slope efficiency and optical-to-optical efficiency were 37 and 28.7%, respectively. At the repetition rate of 20 kHz and pumping power of 90 W, the average output power and pulse duration were 20.4 W and 20.43 ns, respectively. With the pumping power of 112 W, the beam quality M² factors in CW operation were measured to be 1.3 in stable direction and 1.6 in unstable direction.     

高斯波束在双负媒质中的传播特性分析

 提出了一种基于Drude色散媒质模型的2维TM模时域有限差分法,数值模拟了高斯波束从自由空间垂直入射和斜入射到双负媒质(介电常数和磁导率同时为负)平板后的折射现象,并给出了平板内外的电场强度分布。模拟结果显示：垂直入射时,双负媒质平板对高斯波束具有汇聚作用,通过改变媒质的折射率,可以控制高斯波束通过组合平板的传播时间而不发生衰减;斜入射时,折射波束与入射波束均位于法线的同一侧,高斯波束在双负媒质与空气交界面处发生了负折射。     

Diode-end-pumped double Nd:YLF slab laser with high energy, short pulse width, and diffraction-limited quality

We have developed a novel electro-optic Q-switched diode-end-pumped solid slab laser that combines high energy, short pulse width, high repetition rates, and diffraction-limited beam quality. With two partially end-pumped Nd:YLF slabs and a 100 mm long off-axis positive branch stable-unstable oscillator, 24.2 mJ, 7.1 ns electro-optic Q-switched pulse at 1 kHz repetition rate with a beam quality of M(x)(2)=1.4 and M(y)(2)=1.3 was generated. The peak power reached 3.5 MW. Efficient external second-harmonic generation was achieved by use of lithium triborate with low peak-power intensity.     

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.     

二极管面阵侧泵浦Nd:YAG双板条激光器

 叙述了二极管面阵侧泵浦双板条耦合单横模 Q 开关激光器的研制。泵浦源为二极管面阵激光器,使用梯形波导板耦合系统,耦合效率达90%,谐振腔为凸凹腔,全反射镜的曲率半径为 3.0m的凹面镜,输出镜为曲率半径3.0m的可变反射率超高斯镜。激光器在 100Hz 重复频率下,输出单脉冲能量18.23mJ,脉宽为15.25ns,光束质量M²<1.5具有平顶分布的超高斯光束。     

Beam parameters,mode structure and diffraction losses of slab lasers with unstable resonators

The properties of unstable resonators in on-axis and off-axis geometry were investigated both theoretically and experimentally. Diffraction loss, mode structure, beam quality and misalignment sensitivity were measured in single-shot operation with a gas-cooled Nd: YAG slab laser (4×12×100 mm³) and compared with theoretical results obtained by solving the Fresnel integral equation numerically. The excellent agreement allowed detailed resonator optimization. Furthermore, the resonator performance in high-power operation was investigated with two water-cooled Nd: YAG slab lasers (6×25×163 mm³ and 7×26×191 mm³) capable of 670 W of output power. Beam quality near the diffraction limit and a maximum output power of 475 W was achieved with an on-axis unstable resonator with variable-reflectivity mirror.     

Reflection and transmission of an Airy beam in a dielectric slab

The reflection and transmission of a finite-power Airy beam incident on a dielectric slab are investigated by an analytical method. Based on the plane-wave angular spectrum expansion and Fresnel approximation, the analytical expressions of the reflected field, internal field as well as transmitted field in each region are obtained. Through numerical simulations, the intensity distributions of the incident beam, reflected beam, internal beam as well as transmitted beam are presented at oblique incidence. Besides, we also compare the intensity distributions of the geometrical-optics beam field, the first order beam mode field and the actual beam field, which indicates that the contribution of each order beam mode field to the actual beam field is related to the refractive index of the dielectric slab. Meanwhile, the reflection characteristics of the Airy beams in the special cases of Brewster incidence and total reflection are investigated. Finally, the effects of the optical thickness and refractive index of the dielectric slab on the peak intensity distributions and beam shifts of the reflected and transmitted beams are also discussed in detail. The analytical and numerical results will be useful to analyze the propagation dynamics of Airy beam in the dielectric slab and provide some theoretical supports to the design of optical film.     

An 110 W Nd:YVO4 slab laser with high beam quality output

In this paper we report on experimental results of an end-pumped Nd:YVO₄ slab laser with a hybrid resonator. 110 W output power with beam propagation factor M² of 1.3 and 1.5 in two orthogonal directions was obtained. After a spatial filter the typical beam propagation factors at 50 W operation were 1.09 and 1.2.