Continuous wave Nd:YAG-BiBO blue laser under direct 869 nm pumping

We report a blue laser at 473 nm generation by intracavity frequency doubling of a continuous wave (CW) laser operation of a 946 nm Nd:YAG laser under in-band diode pumping at 869 nm. An BiBO crystal, cut for critical type I phase matching at room temperature is used for second harmonic generation of the laser. At an incident pump power of 8.6 W, as high as 721 mW of CW output power at 473 nm is achieved. The optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is up to 8.4%, and the fluctuation of the blue output power was better than 3.5% in the given 30 min.     

利用复合Nd:YAG实现600 mW高效紧凑型蓝光激光器

报道了采用复合Nd: YAG晶体, LBO腔内倍频, 简单的平凹谐振腔结构实现大功率LDA泵浦条件下高效率蓝光激光器. 利用大功率泵浦情况下晶体的热透镜效应实现最优模式匹配, 在可吸收泵浦功率为15.09W时, 激光器的473nm蓝光功率输出达600mW, 光-光转化效率达3.98%.     

Characteristics of Nd:YGG Laser Operating at 4F3/2-4I9/2

The laser properties of the Nd：YGG crystal are investigated. The absorption spectrum from 500 to 90Onto and emission spectrum from 850 to 1400nm of Nd：YGG are measured. As much as 1.35 W output power of fundamental laser operating at 935 and 938nm with a slope efficiency of 15.7% and 105mW output power of frequency doubled blue laser are successfully obtained.     

600 mW optical output power at 488 nm by use of a high-power hybrid laser diode system and a periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3 bulk crystal

600 mW second-harmonic blue light at 488 nm has been generated by use of a master-oscillator power amplifier diode laser system as a pump source with a maximum optical output power of 4 W in continuous-wave operation. For frequency doubling, a periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3 bulk crystal was used in a single-pass configuration. A conversion efficiency of 15% and an overall wall-plug efficiency of 4% were achieved.     

激光二极管抽运的全固体457 nm深蓝激光器

分析了Nd^3 :YVO4准三能级激光系统的实现方法，报道了用2W的808nm激光二极管抽运，实现了Nd^3 :YVO4的914nm激光振荡，并通过腔内倍频实现了457nm深蓝激光输出。蓝光最大输出功率为12mW，激光器阈值0 .9W，光－光转换效率为0.6%。     

490-nm generation by sum-frequency mixing of diode pumped Nd:GdVO<Subscript>4</Subscript>-Nd:YLF lasers

We report a continuous-wave (CW) blue laser emission by sum-frequency mixing in Nd:GdVO₄ and Nd:YLF crystals. Using type-I critical phase-matching (CPM) LBO crystal, a blue laser at 490 nm is obtained by 1063 and 908 nm intracavity sum-frequency mixing. The maximum laser output power of 118 mW is obtained when an incident pump laser of 18.2 W is used. At the output power level of 118 mW, the output stability is better than 4.2%.     

Compact 600 mW blue laser with a composite Nd:YAG

A compact and simple design for an LDA-end-pumped intracavity doubling high-power blue laser with a composite Nd:YAG laser on the ⁴F_3/2 to ⁴I_9/2 laser transition in a flat-curved cavity is demonstrated. The nonlinear crystal used in the experiment is an LBO crystal cut for phase-matching type I. Through the thermo-lensing effect of the laser crystal at high-pumped power, the optimum mode-matched and efficient intracavity doubling are realized at the same time. The maximum output power at 473 nm was 600 mW when the absorbed, pumped power of 15 W, and the optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is 4%. The stability of blue output power is 3.2% within 2 h.     

Effect of duty cycles and repetition rates of QCW pumped LD on Nd:YVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> blue laser efficiency

High efficiency operation on 457 mm blue laser at room temperature in Nd:YVO₄ crystal pumped by a pulsed 808 nm diode-laser is reported in this letter. The influence of different pulse repetition rate and duty cycle on decrease of heat effect and increase of optical-to-optical efficiency has been deeply investigated. The maximum output power of 314 mW has been obtained at the pump power of 4 W. The corresponding optical-to-optical conversion efficiency 11.2% was obtained at the duty cycle of 70%.     

A Microchip Tunable Blue Laser Source Based upon Cr:LiSAF in Contact with KN Crystal

In this paper, a microchip laser consisted of 2.2% doped Cr:LiSAF crystal and NCPM KN(KNbO3) crystal and pumped by a 679 nm laser diode is reported. The maximal output of TEM00 4.76 mW of blue laser at 431.7 nm is obtained with the absorption power of 304.6 mW. The laser shows a threshold of 76.2 mW and slope efficiency of 2.08%. Continuous-wave tunable output is demonstrated in the blue region of 423.4～445.5 nm through only changing temperature of KN crystal controlled by PID controller.     

A Microchip Tunable Blue Laser Source Based upon Cr∶LiSAF in Contact with KN Crystal

In this paper, a microchip laser consisted of 2.2% doped Cr∶LiSAF crystal and NCPM KN(KNbO3) crystal and pumped by a 679 nm laser diode is reported. The maximal output of TEM00 4.76 mW of blue laser at 431.7 nm is obtained with the absorption power of 304.6 mW. The laser shows a threshold of 76.2 mW and slope efficiency of 2.08%. Continuous-wave tunable output is demonstrated in the blue region of 423.4～445.5 nm through only changing temperature of KN crystal controlled by PID controller.     

激光二极管泵浦的Cr:LiSAF二次谐波产生获得可调谐蓝色激光连续输出

以６７９ｎｍ的激光二极管泵浦１ｍｍ厚掺杂摩尔分数为０．０２２Ｃｒ：ＬｉＳＡＦ,用α－切割的１类非临界位相匹配的ＫＮ晶体进行内腔倍频,在吸收功率在２５６ｍＷ时,得到了峰值３．１５ｍＷ,波长为４３１．７ｎｍ的ＴＥＭ００模蓝色激光输出,激光阈值为９６ｍＷ,斜效率为１．９７％,通过改变ＫＮ晶体的温度,实现了波长范围为４２３．４～４４５．５ｎｍ之间的连续可调谐蓝色激光输出。     

Diode-pumped Pr(3+):KY(3)F(10) red laser

We report the first observation to our knowledge of room-temperature continuous-wave laser operation of a Pr(3+):KY(3)F(10) single crystal at 644.5 nm, pumped by a blue GaN laser diode emitting at 446 nm. With a 2.5% transmission output coupler and a nonoptimized optical cavity, an output power of 39 mW was obtained at 644.5 nm with a laser threshold of 125 mW and a differential slope efficiency of 23%.     

LD侧面抽运Nd:YAP腔内三倍频蓝光激光器

研制了一台LD侧面抽运Nd:YAP腔内三倍频447.1 nm脉冲蓝光激光器.采用列阵高频激光二极管侧面抽运Nd:YAP晶体,使用V型折叠腔,LN晶体电光调Q,输出高峰值功率的1 341.4 nm偏振基频光.选取KTP晶体Ⅱ类临界相位匹配倍频,获得670.7 nm红光.使用LBO晶体Ⅰ类临界相位匹配把670.7 nm的倍频光与1 341.4 nm的基频光进行和频,获得三倍频447.1 nm的蓝光输出.实验结果表明：优化后的V型折叠腔,可提高非线性转换效率,在平均抽运功率92.4 W时,获得了平均功率887 mW、峰值功率17.7 kW、脉宽50 ns的偏振蓝光输出,光-光转换效率为0.96%.     

Analytical and Experimental Studies on Nd:YVO4/KTP Lasers Pumped by High-brightness Laser Diodes

We report analytical and experimental studies on the characteristics of a high-brightness laser diode endpumped Nd:YVO₄/KTP laser. A simple model was developed to optimize the cavity parameters and estimate the green output power of intracavity frequency doubled lasers. Using a 1 W high-brightness laser diode as the pump source, high efficiency operation was realized. The second-harmonic output power at 532 nm was measured to be 286.5 mW at an incident pump power of 881.4 mW, corresponding to an optical to optical efficiency of 32.5%.     

Intracavity sum-frequency generation of CW blue light in Nd:LuVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> laser

We report for the first time a continuous-wave (CW) blue laser emission by sum-frequency mixing in Nd:LuVO₄ crystal. Using type-I critical phase-matching (CPM) LBO crystal, a blue laser at 493 nm is obtained by 1066 and 916 nm intracavity sum-frequency mixing. The maximum laser output power of 520 mW is obtained when an incident pump laser of 18.2 W is used. At the output power level of 520 mW, the output stability is better than 2.8%. The beam quality M ² value is are about 1.22 and 1.31 in both horizontal and vertical dimensions respectively.     

Efficient intracavity second-harmonic generation at 930 nm in a BiB<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>6</Subscript> crystal

It is reported that efficient continuous-wave (CW) blue laser generation at 465 nm in a BiB₃O₆ (BiBO) crystal at type-I phase matching direction performed with a diode-pumped Nd³⁺:YAlO₃ (Nd:YAP) laser. With incident pump power of 18.4 W, output power of 823 mW at 465 nm has been obtained using a 10 mm-long BiBO crystal. At the output power level of 823 mW, the output stability is better than 2.3%.     

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％。     

High-power ps InGaAs diode laser MOPA system for efficient frequency doubling in periodically poled KTP

This paper reports on a mode-locked InGaAs master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system that generates at 920 nm 14-ps-long pulses with a repetition rate of 4.3 GHz and an average power of 2.7 W. Single-pass frequency doubling in a periodically poled KTP crystal provides 550 mW of blue 460-nm radiation. The power of the blue output, which corresponds to a conversion efficiency of more than 20%, was optimized by a detailed investigation of the influence of various system parameters like injection current and repetition rate on pulse power, pulse duration, and spectral shape of the infrared laser pulses. PACS 42.65.Ky; 42.55.Px; 42.72.Bj     

Blue laser light generation by intracavity frequency doubling of Cesium vapor laser

Blue laser light with a wavelength 447 nm was generated by intracavity frequency doubling of a Cs laser in PPKTP crystal. A continuous wave power of 600 mW was obtained at an optical-to-optical efficiency of 4%. In the pulsed operation, when thermal effects were reduced, the efficiency obtained was 14% and the peak blue power was 2.1 W.     

1137 nm长波掺镱光纤激光器的出光实验

分别使用976 nm半导体激光器和1040 nm光纤激光器作为泵浦源,实现了1137 nm长波光纤激光器的出光,输出功率均超过百mW。激光器采用相同的线性腔结构,高反光栅和低反光栅的反射率分别为99.6%和39.7%,增益介质是一段8 m长的掺镱光纤,纤芯直径5 m。当976 nm半导体泵浦功率为912 mW时,1137 nm激光输出功率为182 mW,对应的斜率效率为28.5%;当1040 nm激光功率为1.59 W时,输出的1137 nm激光功率为278 mW,斜率效率约为25%。在此基础上对两种泵浦方式进行了对比分析。