基于多层石墨烯可饱和吸收体的被动调Q Ho∶YAG激光器

报道了2μm被动调Q的Ho∶YAG激光器,该激光器采用Tm~(3+)光纤激光器作为泵浦源,使用多层石墨烯作为可饱和吸收体。在连续波激光输出模式下,当泵浦功率为4.2 W时,获得了750 mW激光输出,输出激光中心波长为2.09μm,斜率效率为29.6%。在连续波激光器谐振腔中插入多层石墨烯可饱和吸收体并调整谐振腔,获得了脉冲激光输出。当泵浦功率为4.2 W时,获得最小脉冲宽度3.1μs、重复频率66.6 kHz的脉冲激光输出,其最大平均输出功率为170 mW,斜率效率为12.6%,光束质量因子M_x~2=1.15,M_y~2=1.12。     

二极管泵浦腔内OPO高重复频率2 μm激光器

概述了2μm激光器的发展状况及应用背景, 通过对2 μm激光两种实现方式的比较,最终采用了可调谐方式间接获得2 μm激光的方案.以1.06 μm激光为泵浦源,采用二极管泵浦腔内OPO的方案能有效提高泵浦峰值功率密度,有利于实现高重复频率2 μm激光输出.利用KTP晶体在特定切割角度下实现波长简并输出,合理设计OPO腔,可以有效提高2 μm激光的输出效率.同时进行了激光输出实验,实现了功率11.2 W的2 μm波长激光输出.     

15W光子晶体光纤激光器的研究

利用光子晶体光纤在原来输出功率3 4W的基础上,研制成功了激光输出15W的光子晶体光纤激光器,实验装置为典型的F P腔结构,分别采用二色镜和光纤端面作为高反射腔镜和激光输出腔镜 一端二色镜紧贴光纤的入射端面,它对1 0 5 μm～1 1μm波段信号光的反射率大于99% ,对976nm泵浦光透射率为93% ;另一端利用光纤端面4 %Fresnel反射作为输出端反馈与二相色镜构成了线形谐振腔 实验采用掺Yb3+ 双包层光子晶体光纤,长度为2 0m 内包层为2 0 0 μm ,外包层为380 μm ,Yb2 O3浓度为1 5mol % 当泵浦功率为6 0W时,获得了15W 1 1μm的激光输出 15W光…     

掺铬的镁橄榄石晶体连续波可调谐激光器

本文报道了连续波Nd:YAG激光器泵浦掺铬镁橄榄石(Cr⁴⁺:forsterite)晶体获得了连续波可调谐运转,该激光器采用Nd:YAG激光器的1.06μm谱线泵浦Φ5×9mm的Cr⁴⁺:forsterite晶体.在吸收泵浦功率为8.7W时,得到1.05W的连续波输出.当在腔内放置色散元件后,其调谐范围是1186nm～1306nm,同时详细研究了输出功率随温度和输出镜透过率的变化特性.     

一种基于增益调制技术的全光纤化脉冲Yb光纤激光器

以波长为975 nm的半导体激光器作为泵浦源,周期性地脉冲泵浦一个包含Yb掺杂光纤和光纤光栅对的Yb光纤激光器,实现了基于增益调制技术的全光纤化高功率Yb光纤激光器的稳定脉冲输出.在50 kHz重频下,采用20 W的泵浦功率和2.4 μs的泵浦脉冲宽度,获得了1 060 nm波长脉冲宽度仅100 ns的稳定脉冲激光输出,单脉冲激光能量约为20 μJ.以此作为脉冲激光种子进行功率放大,获得了性能稳定的全光纤结构高功率脉冲激光输出,放大后单脉冲能量超过200 μJ,激光放大器斜率效率达到60%.     

大模面积掺Yb3+双包层光纤激光器的实验研究

本文研究了在连续泵浦和脉冲泵浦两种情况下, 大模面积（LMA）掺Yb³⁺双包层光纤激光器的输出特性. 采用连续泵浦, 在最大泵浦功率为10.4 W时, 得到了平均功率4.6 W、中心波长1.09 μm的准连续激光输出. 采用脉冲泵浦, 得到了脉宽小于50 ns、峰值功率为5.3 kW、重复频率为5 kHz、单脉冲能量为0.26 mJ的稳定的调Q脉冲输出.     

高效三倍频全固态Nd∶YAG/LBO紫外激光器

报道了一种侧面泵浦Nd∶YAG、声光调Q、LBO晶体腔外倍频和三倍频的355 nm准连续波紫外激光器.采用结构简单、紧凑的平-凹腔设计,在152 W的泵浦功率下,重复频率5 kHz时,获得平均功率1.62 W的355 nm TEM00模激光输出,三倍频的转换效率为25%;重复频率1 kHz时,获得平均功率518 mW、单脉冲能量518 μJ、脉宽17 ns、峰值功率高达30 kW的紫外激光输出.     

光纤激光泵浦MgO:PPLN高功率中波红外光参量振荡器

为实现高效率、高功率中波红外激光输出,研制基于MgO:PPLN晶体的中波红外光参量振荡器（OPO）,泵浦源为基于主振荡功率放大（MOPA）结构的线偏振掺Yb光纤激光器（YDFL）。实验结果表明:YDFL可实现最高79.1 W的1064.1 nm脉冲线偏振激光输出;在YDFL泵浦下,通过优化输出镜曲率半径和泵浦光束腰直径,该OPO实现最高9.15 W的3.754 μm脉冲激光输出,光光转换效率为11.57%,重复频率为300 kHz,脉冲宽度约为110 ns。     

掺Yb3+双包层大模面积光子晶体光纤激光器的研究

采用多模大功率半导体激光器泵浦掺镱双包层大模面积光子晶体光纤,应用5 m长光子晶体光纤,在泵浦功率为22 W的条件下,获得了1.03 μm,功率为65 mW的单横模激光输出,同时实验研究了输出功率与泵浦功率的关系,并观察到掺Yb3+光子晶体光纤侧面有绿色荧光出现.     

中红外固体激光器研究进展

本文介绍了中红外固体激光器中新型的Fe²⁺: ZnSe激光器和基于MgO: PPLN、ZnGeP₂晶体的光参量振荡器的发展现状,讨论了它们在发展过程中遇到的技术难题,探讨了中红外固体激光器的未来发展方向。波长为3~5 μm的中红外固体激光器具有效率高、体积小和重量轻等优点,在工业、医疗、军事等方面具有重要应用价值,研制大尺寸、高质量中红外激光晶体和输出波长更长的红外高功率激光泵浦源已成为中红外固体激光器未来发展方向之一。     

Energy scaling of 4.3 μm room temperature Fe:ZnSe laser

We demonstrate a fourfold increase of the output energy of the gain-switched mid-IR Fe:ZnSe laser. Iron doping of the ZnSe polycrystalline samples was realized using a postgrowth thermal-diffusion method from the metal film. Gain-switched Er:Cr:YSGG (2.8 μm) laser pumped Fe:ZnSe lasing was studied in a Fabry-Perot cavity over a 236-300 K temperature range. The maximum output energy reached 4.7 mJ at 4.3 μm and 3.6 mJ at 4.37 μm at 236 K and 300 K and was limited only by available pump energy. The laser threshold was about 8 mJ and was practically unchanged over the studied temperature range. The laser slope efficiencies, measured with respect to the input pump energy, decreased from 19% to 16% with an increase of temperature from 236 to 300 K. The output radiation featured a Gaussian spatial profile with M(2) = 2.6.     

Tunable,narrow linewidth,linearly polarized and gain-switched Cr<Superscript>2+</Superscript>:ZnSe laser

We demonstrate a tunable, narrow linewidth, linearly polarized and gain-switched Cr²⁺:ZnSe laser pumped by a Tm, Ho:YVO₄ laser at 10 kHz pulse repetition frequency. By setting a quartz birefringent filter with a Brewster angle in the cavity, the linearly polarized Cr²⁺:ZnSe laser can be continuously tuned from 2.45 to 2.50 μm, and the output power was almost not changed. In addition, the linewidth was compressed to about 5 nm. At the incident pump power to the crystal of 14 W, the maximum output power of 2.84 W was obtained, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 20.4%.     

激光二极管端面抽运Tm,Ho:YLF激光器双稳特性研究

报道了波长为792 nm激光二极管端面抽运Tm,Ho:YLF连续激光器的双稳输出特性.激光晶体温度为283 K时,双稳区的宽度为100 mW,跃变点输出功率的跃变量为15 mW.实验上还研究了晶体温度对2 μm激光双稳特性的影响,当晶体温度从283 K升高到298 K时,双稳区的宽度由100 mW减小到60 mW,跃变点输出功率的跃变量由15 mW下降到6 mW.通过分析可知,Tm,Ho:YLF连续激光器的双稳输出是由能量转递上转换、激发态吸收以及激光下能级对2 μm输出激光再吸收共同作用的结果. 关键词： 端面抽运 Tm Ho:YLF晶体 连续输出 光学双稳     

4.0-4.5-mum lasing of Fe:ZnSe below 180 K, a new mid-infrared laser material

Lasing of Fe:ZnSe is demonstrated, for the first time to the authors' knowledge, for temperatures ranging from 15 to 180 K. The output wavelength of the Fe:ZnSe laser was observed to tune with temperature from 3.98mum at 15 K to 4.54mum at 180 K. With an Er:YAG laser operating at 2.698mum as the pump source, a maximum energy per pulse of 12muJ at 130 K was produced. Laser slope efficiencies of 3.2% at 19 K and 8.2% at 150 K were determined for an output coupling of 0.6%. A laser emission linewidth of 0.007mum at 3.98mum was measured at 15 K. Absorption and emission spectra and emission lifetimes for Fe:ZnSe are also discussed.     

中波红外激光技术最新进展

3～5μm中红外波段激光源是近年来备受国内外关注的研究热点,本文综合评述了产生中红外波段激光的5种主要方法（CO2激光倍频技术、泛频CO激光技术、光学参量振荡器、氟化氘激光器、Fe2＋∶ZnSe固体激光技术）的国内外发展现状,总结分析了各种方法的关键技术和存在的问题,指出了该技术的未来发展趋势。     

Intracavity-pumped Cr2+:ZnSe laser with ultrabroad tuning range between 1880 and 3100 nm

We obtained, what is to our knowledge, record tuning from an intracavity-pumped gain-switched Cr2+:ZnSe laser. In the experiments, a polycrystalline Cr2+:ZnSe sample with an absorption of about 43% at 1570 nm was used to minimize reabsorption losses at the lasing wavelengths below 2000 nm. By placing the gain medium inside the cavity of a pulsed KTP optical parametric oscillator (OPO) operating at 1570 nm, smooth, continuous tuning was achieved in the 1880-3100 nm range with four different sets of cavity optics. As high as 145 mW of average laser output power was obtained at 2365 nm with 1.2 W of intracavity OPO power.     

Spectral kinetic properties and lasing characteristics of diode-pumped Cr<Superscript>2+</Superscript>:ZnSe single crystals

The temperature and concentration quenching of the luminescence of Cr²⁺ ions in Cr:ZnSe crystals is experimentally investigated and the radiative lifetime of the upper lasing level is determined. The values of the cross sections of absorption from the ground state of Cr²⁺ ions in Cr:ZnSe crystals are refined. It is shown that the absorption from the excited state of Cr²⁺ ions is negligible near 1.5 μm. Lasing in Cr:ZnSe single crystals is implemented with an efficiency of 31% and an output power of 186 mW using laser diode pumping at a wavelength of 1.77 μm.     

Efficient laser operation and continuous-wave diode pumping of Cr2+:ZnSe single crystals

Efficient continuous-wave laser operation of Cr²⁺:ZnSe was demonstrated with an output power of 1400 mW at an absorbed pump power of 1900 mW from a Tm:YAG laser. Under continuous-wave diode pumping at 1.54 μm an output power of 15 mW was obtained from a Cr⁺²:ZnSe laser. Excited state absorption is shown to be negligible in the pump and laser spectral region. Received: 12 October 2000 / Published online: 30 November 2000     

Nonlinear transmittance of ZnSe:Fe<Superscript>2+</Superscript> crystal at a wavelength of 2.92 μm

ZnSe crystals doped with Fe²⁺ ions are produced with the diffusion method under the conditions for thermodynamic equilibrium of solid ZnSe, solid Fe, and vapors (S_ZnSe-S_Fe-V). The transmittance of the samples is varied from 7 to 50% (in the absence of the antireflection coating) for a wavelength of about 3 μm. It is demonstrated that the transmittance of the ZnSe:Fe²⁺ crystals increases with an increase in the energy density of the high-power laser radiation with a wavelength of 2.92 μm. An equation that describes the propagation of the resonant radiation in a medium with saturable absorption at an arbitrary ratio of the radiation pulse duration to the relaxation time of the medium is introduced for the analysis of the experimental dependence of the transmittance on the energy density.     

Comparison of RTP electro-optic Q-switch and acousto-optic Q-switch in Tm,Ho:GdVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> laser

We demonstrate a tunable, narrow linewidth, linearly polarized and gain-switched Cr²⁺:ZnSe laser pumped by a Tm, Ho:YVO₄ laser at 10 kHz pulse repetition frequency. By setting a quartz birefringent filter with a Brewster angle in the cavity, the linearly polarized Cr²⁺:ZnSe laser can be continuously tuned from 2.45 to 2.50 μm, and the output power was almost not changed. In addition, the linewidth was compressed to about 5 nm. At the incident pump power to the crystal of 14 W, the maximum output power of 2.84 W was obtained, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 20.4%.