Experimental Study on Intracavity SHG of a Q-Switched Tunable Cr: LiSAF Laser

In this paper, a Q-switched intracavity frequency doubling Cr: LiSAF laser is reported. The relation of laser output behaviors with input energy was studied experimentally. The second harmonic output energy of 15.6 mJ at 450.1 nm for pumping energy of 83 J, the second harmonic output energy of 16 mJ at 445.1 nm for pumping energy of 75 J, and a tunable range of 445.1 ～465.1 nm were obtained in experiments.     

在BBO中获得230.8—223.2nm高功率和频输出

用Q-YAG泵浦的Rh·6G染料激光在一块45°切割的β-BaB₂O₄(BBO)晶体中倍频,产生294.8—282.5nm范围的连续调谐输出,其能量为8mJ(在285nm处)。用这个倍频光与泵浦染料后剩余基波(1064nm)在另一块45°切割的BBO中和频,已获得230.8—223.2nm范围的连续调谐输出,其能量为120μJ,相应的峰值功率为12kW。还简述了获得高功率和频输出的关键技术。     

1064nm纳秒激光脉冲激发的外腔式PbWO4拉曼激光器

研究了外腔式PbWO4拉曼激光器在纳秒脉冲抽运下的输出特性。利用主动调Q的Nd:YAG激光器产生的脉冲宽度为31.4ns,最大输出能量为200mJ的1064nm激光作为抽运源。拉曼激光谐振腔采用的是平凹腔设计。测量了输出的拉曼光脉宽与抽运能量的关系,分析了输出的拉曼光脉冲波形图和光谱图,测量了输出的拉曼光脉冲能量与抽运能量的关系,计算了转换效率与抽运能量的关系。当注入抽运光能量达到42mJ时,得到了一阶斯托克斯光脉冲的最大能量和转换效率分别为10mJ和24%,获得外腔式PbWO4拉曼激光器的一阶斯托克斯光脉冲波长为1177.6nm,典型的一阶斯托克斯光脉冲脉宽为20ns。     

Experiment Study of Dual Wavelength and Dual Pulse Q-switched Intracavity Frequency Doubling of a Tunable Cr:LiSAF Laser

In this paper, a flashlamp-pumped Q-switched Cr: LiSAF laser system with intracavity frequency doubling is designed to obtain dual pulse and dual wavelength laser output. The behaviors of second harmonic output of dual pulse and dual wavelength are studied experimentally. Good results are obtained in experiments: the output energy of each second harmonic pulse a round 448.1 nm is 10.2 mJ, the dual pulse time interval can be tuned widely, and the tunable range of each second harmonic wavelength is 448.1 to 465 nm.     

Pumping of titanium sapphire laser

Two methods of Ti:Sapphire pumping for the generation of tunable laser radiation in the visible region were studied. For coherent pumping, the radiation of the second harmonic of a Nd:YAP laser was used and a maximum output energy ofE _out=4.5 mJ was reached from the Ti:Sapphire laser. For noncoherent pumping, two different lengths of flashlamp pulses were used and a maximum ofE _out=300 mJ was obtained. Preliminary estimations of the wavelength range of tunability were made.     

Direct Generation of Tunable UV Picosecond Laser Pulses Using Spectrotemporal Selection

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Dye-laser-pumped Nd:GdCOB Self-frequency-doubling Laser

Nd:Ca4GDO(BO3)3, abbreviated as Nd:GdCOB, is a new multifunctional material for self-frequency-doubling green lasers. By using datachroom-5000 pulsed dye-laser as pumping source, we have achieved green laser output at 530.2 nm from a Nd:GdCOB crystal (7 mol-% Nd3+) uncoated HT film for 1.06 μm and 0.53 μm. The threshold energy is lower than 1.2 mJ. When the pumping energy is 17.5 mJ, the output energy of the green laser is 1.35 mJ and the corresponding conversion efficiency is 7.7%.     

A Compact Sol-Gel Laser with Dynamic Distributed Feedback

Lasing in dynamic-distributed-feedback (DDFB) laser on the basis of a modified sol-gel matrix activated with Rhodamine 4C is reported. The lasing is achieved in the range of 590 nm with a wavelength tuning of about 20 nm. The slope efficiency of the sol-gel DDFB laser excited by the second harmonic radiation of a YAG:Nd³⁺ laser with a pulse duration of 40 ns is 16.5% at a lasing wavelength of 593 nm. The DDFB laser is also characterized by a threshold pumping energy of 90 J and a pumping energy density up to 40 mJ/cm². The typical spectral width of the laser line is 0.025 nm.     

High power tunable dual frequency laser system

Construction and performance characteristics of a dual frequency oscillator-amplifier system, pumped by the second harmonic of a Nd-YAG laser are described. With 250 mJ pump energy, output energies up to 115 mJ with Rh 6 G have been achieved. Linewidth was 1.2 pm at 589 nm with a 25 ns pump pulse duration.     

染料掺杂的SiO2基近紫外波段固体激光材料的研究

采用溶胶－凝胶技术技术合成了掺杂近紫外波段激光染料ＢＰＢＤ－３６５的ＳｉＯ２基因体材料,用波长为３０８ｎｍ的ＸｅＣｌ激光器件泵浦源,横向泵浦获得了峰值波长为３６４ｎｍ的激光输出。在泵浦光能量为１０ｍＪ时激光输出达到０．２０ｍＪ,转换效率为２．０％。     

高能量高转换效率355 nm紫外激光器

为了得到一种三倍频效率高达60%的355 nm脉冲激光器,采用曲率半径分别为2 m的凹凸高斯镜和9 m的平凹全反镜组合作为谐振腔,加以电光调Q,得到1 064 nm高光束质量激光输出,再将其进行行波放大,获得重复频率10 Hz、脉宽7.3 ns、单脉冲能量1.01 J的1 064 nm基频光输出。利用Ⅰ类相位匹配LBO晶体进行二倍频、Ⅱ类相位匹配LBO晶体进行三倍频以得到波长为355 nm的紫外光输出。通过二倍频和三倍频输出特性和非线性晶体参数的分析和实验调试,最终获得了单脉冲能量为608 mJ、脉宽为5.7 ns、线宽为2 nm的紫外激光输出。通过优化二倍频的转换效率,可使1 064 nm基频光到三倍频得到的355 nm紫外光的转换效率达60%。     

Ce3+∶LiCaAlF6紫外激光器的研究

报道了利用Nd∶YAG四倍频266 nm脉冲激光端面泵浦Ce∶LiCAF晶体，采用平凹谐振腔，输出296 nm波长紫外激光.当输出镜透过率为20％，入射泵浦能量为13.5 mJ时，获得最大输出激光脉冲能量为270 μJ，脉冲宽度为3.4 ns，输出激光峰值功率为79.4 kW，光－光转换效率为2%，斜效率为1.6％.     

高功率全固态绿光激光技术研究进展

 报道了高功率全固态腔内和腔外倍频两种绿光激光器研究进展。腔内倍频绿光激光器采用L型腔双棒串接结构,在重复频率10 kHz时,用三硼酸锂晶体倍频获得绿光功率186 W,光-光效率达15.8%。腔外倍频绿光激光器采用主振荡和功率放大器,在重复频率400 Hz时,获得基频激光单脉冲能量1.2 J,采用Ⅱ类相位匹配KTP晶体腔外倍频,获得525 mJ的绿光输出,倍频效率为43.7%。采用偏振合成技术获得了单脉冲能量大于1 J的绿光输出。在该激光放大器实验装置上,进行了双模块热效应补偿技术和受激布里渊散射相位共轭技术实验研究,改善了激光光束质量。     

Orange,red and deep-red flashlamp-pumped Pr3+:LiYF4 laser with improved output energy and efficiency

Three laser transitions (607.2 nm, 639.5 nm, 720.9 nm) in a flashlamp-pumped Pr³⁺:LiYF₄ laser at room temperature are investigated. Cerium ions (Ce³⁺) doped into the fused-quartz envelope of the flashlamp efficiently transfer strong UV radiation from pumping light into the absorption region of Pr³⁺ ions ( = 420–480 nm), so that the slope efficiency of all three laser emissions could be increased by almost 100% compared to excitation with a pure quartz flashlamp. At a pump energy of 30 J the output energy of these three laser emissions reached 4.7 mJ, 87 mJ and 30 mJ.     

532 nm激光泵浦硝酸钡晶体产生外腔拉曼激光

 由于硝酸钡晶体具有很强的对称振动(频率1 047 cm^-1)和较高的拉曼增益,可以用来产生受激拉曼激光。采用单端泵浦的外置拉曼振荡腔与双棱镜分光装置进行了硝酸钡晶体拉曼激光实验,泵浦源为倍频Nd: YAG的532 nm激光,硝酸钡晶体通过水溶液降温法生长,尺寸为10 mm×10 mm×48 mm,采用特殊镀膜的腔镜对各阶斯托克斯光进行优化选择。在泵浦源达到65 mJ时,获得21 mJ一阶斯托克斯光,输出波长为563 nm,以及16 mJ的二阶斯托克斯光,输出波长为599 nm,受激拉曼散射SRS最大的整体转换效率（包含一阶、二阶斯托克斯光之和）为56.3%。     

Double-Arched LDA Stagger-Pumped Electro-Optic <Emphasis Type="Italic">Q</Emphasis>-Switched Nd:YAG Green Laser Using KTP Double-Crystal Extracavity Frequency Doubling

We develop a laser utilizing second harmonic generation that exhibits both high single-pulse energy and high beam quality. The system starts with a double-arched laser-diode-array stagger-pumped electro-optic Q-switched Nd:YAG with a thermal lensing compensated convex-concave resonator. The 1,064 nm output beam is then frequency doubled in an extracavity KTP double-crystal assembly that offsets birefringence walk-off. We obtain a maximum single-pulse energy of 72.7 mJ at 532 nm with 176 mJ at 1,064 nm. The corresponding optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is 41.3%, and the pulse width is 9.2 ns at a repetition rate of 20 Hz. The beam quality factor M² is 1.83 in both horizontal and vertical directions at the maximum output energy, and the energy stability is better than 3% across half an hour.     

Generation of picosecond UV pulses by stimulated anti-Stokes Raman scattering

Picosecond stimulated anti-Stokes Raman scattering of hydrogen gas in the ultraviolet region has been studied, using the second harmonic of a modelocked Nd³⁺: YAG laser as an incident pulse (25 ps, 532 nm, 10 mJ). Good conversion efficiency for higher-order anti-Stokes lines has been realized, yielding 2 μJ (200 kW, 10 ps) output for the 8th one at 192 nm. Some features of transient stimulated Raman scattering have been examined and discussed.     

Influence of cavity configuration on the pulse energy of a high-pressure molecular fluorine laser

We report an investigation of a high-pressure molecular fluorine laser operating at 158 nm. Several cavity configurations were studied, including one employing a roof prism as the high reflector. A maximum VUV pulse energy of 237 mJ, corresponding to a specific output of 3.3 J/1 was obtained when the laser was operated as a double-ended device. With single-ended operation the largest output energy was 176 mJ at a specific output of 2.5 J/1.     

蓝光波段染料Coumarin461掺杂的凝胶材料的光学性质

采用溶胶－凝胶技术合成了掺杂蓝光段激光染料Ｃｏｕｍａｒｉｎ４６１的ＳｉＯ２基固体材料，用波长为３０８ｎｍ的Ｘｅｃｌ激光器做泵浦源，横向泵浦，获得了峰值波长为４６５ｎｍ的蓝光波段激光输出，在泵浦光强度为１０ｍＪ时激光输出达到０．５３ｍＪ，转换效率为５．３％。     

Quantitative studies of copper plasma using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

In the present work, we present the spatial evolution of the copper plasma produced by the fundamental harmonic (1064 nm) and second harmonic (532 nm) of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. The experimentally observed line profiles of neutral copper have been used to extract the electron temperature using the Boltzmann plot method, whereas, the electron number density has been determined from the Stark broadening. Besides we have studied the variation of electron temperature and electron number density as a function of laser energy at atmospheric pressure. The Cu I lines at 333.78, 406.26, 465.11 and 515.32 nm are used for the determination of electron temperature. The relative uncertainty in the determination of electron temperature is ≈10%. The electron temperature calculated for the fundamental harmonic (1064 nm) of Nd:YAG laser is 10500–15600 K, and that for the second harmonic (532 nm) of Nd:YAG laser is 11500–14700 K at a Q Switch delay of 40 μs. The electron temperature has also been calculated as a function of laser energy from the target surface for both modes of the laser. We have also studied the spatial behavior of the electron number density in the plume. The electron number densities close to the target surface (0.05 mm), in the case of fundamental harmonic (1064 nm) of Nd:YAG laser having pulse energy 135 mJ and second harmonic (532 nm) of Nd:YAG laser with pulse energy 80 mJ are 2.50×10¹⁶ and 2.60×10¹⁶ cm⁻³, respectively.