Diode-side-pumped AO Q-switched Tm, Ho:LuLiF laser

Diode side pumped and acousto-optical (AO) Q-switched Tm, Ho, LuLiF laser at 2 μm wavelength obtained in a ring resonator is reported in this paper. The three LDAs were placed 120° apart around the laser rod of ?4 × 20 mm dimension. A ring resonator has been used for its At free run mode, four different output loss ouplers has been tried. When the output loss is 20%, 103 mJ per pulse at 1 Hz pulse repetition frequency has been obtained with the optical to optical energy conversion efficiency of 3.17%. At the Q-switched mode, the laser pulse energy is 30 mJ with the pulse width of 417 ns. The optical to optical energy conversion efficiency is 0.93%. The slope efficiency is 6.36 and 2.90% under the two running mode, respectively.     

Passively Q-switched Tm,Ho:LuLiF4 laser with near constant pulse energy and duration

A compact diode-pumped passively Q-switched Tm,Ho:LuLiF₄ laser with a Cr:ZnS saturable absorber is demonstrated for the first time. The maximum average output power of 74 mW is achieved at the absorbed pump power of 1.5 W, and the threshold power is only 0.68 W. The laser operates at the wavelength of 2,055 nm and produces pulses with near constant duration of 1.2 μs and pulse energy of 13 μJ at the pulse repetition frequency from 1 to 5.2 kHz. The stable long-pulse laser can be used in laser lidar systems for accurate wind velocity measurements.     

Fully conductively cooled, diode-pumped Ho:Tm:LuLiF4 laser oscillator/amplifier

A fully conductively cooled and diode-pumped linear Ho:Tm:LuLiF laser oscillator can generate more than 1 J normal mode pulses at a 10 Hz pulse repetition rate where heat pipes are used for cooling pump diodes and laser crystal. As an amplifier, it can amplify the 80 mJ/180 ns pulses into 400 mJ pulses before the appearance of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). The ASE threshold is about 5.6 J with a 40 mm long and side-polished laser crystal. For a 5 mJ input pulse and 5.6 J pump pulse, the double-pass gain exceeds 22.5. If the lateral surface of the laser crystal is fine ground, the ASE threshold can rise to higher than 8 J, but the efficiency will be lower due to large pump diffusion.     

Fiber-coupled diode end-pumped Q-switched Tm,Ho:YLiF4 laser

At liquid-nitrogen temperature, at 10-kHz pulse repetition rate, Q-switched 36-ns pulses with average output power of 4 W at 2.05 μm and 4.5-W continuous wave output power with a total optical-optical conversion efficiency of 30%, were achieved from a 6% Tm, 0.5% Ho:YLiF4 laser. This laser was endpumped by a fiber-coupled laser diode emitting up to 15 W around 792 nm. The 1-m-long optical fiber carrying the pump radiation has a core diameter of 700 μm with a numerical aperture of 0.22.     

高脉冲重复频率调Q Tm,Ho:GdVO4激光器

报道了一个高效率连续波和调Q高重频两种运行方式的Tm,HoGdVO4激光器.Tm,HoGdVO4晶体尺寸4 mm×4 mm×7 mm,a轴通光,液氮制冷到100 K,由发射中心波长为793 nm的光纤耦合激光二极管端面泵浦.Tm,HoGdVO4激光连续波输出功率4.0 W,光光转换效率26%.声光调Q条件下输出平均高功率3.9 W,脉冲重复频率10 kHz,脉冲宽度50 ns. 通过减小声光Q开关的开启时间,激光脉冲宽度由50 ns减小至23 ns.在10 kHz重频下,测量最大脉冲能量0.39 mJ , 峰值功率7.8 kW.     

High repetition rate Tm：Ho：LuLiF master-oscillator and Tm-doped fiber power-amplifier system

A high repetition rate Tm:Ho:LuLiF master-oscillator and polarization-maintaining (PM) Tm-doped fiber power-amplifier system is presented.A 11.3-kHz,0.4-nm line width,0.89-W Tm:Ho:LuLiF seed laser is developed.Using a two-stage PM Tm-doped fiber power amplifier system,32.4-W output power is obtained with 0.4-nm line width at a central wavelength of 2058.5 nm,corresponding to 0.66-W seed laser.The laser spectrum and pulse profile are measured.     

Lasing characteristics and optimizations of a diode-side-pumped Tm, Ho:GdVO4 laser

A diode-pumped Tm, Ho:GdVO4 laser with a side-pumping configuration is demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge. Optimum Tm and Ho dopant concentrations for GdVO4 are somewhat lower than those for garnet and fluoride crystals. With a 3% Tm, 0.3% Ho:GdVO4 crystal an output energy of 31.2 mJ and a slope efficiency of 14.5% were obtained in normal-mode operation at room temperature.     

Passively Q-switched diode-pumped Tm,Ho:LuVO_4 laser with a black phosphorus saturable absorber

We presented a passively Q-switched(PQS) diode-pumped c-cut Tm, Ho:LuVO_4 laser with a black phosphorus saturable absorber for the first time.Under PQS mode, an average output power of 0.86 W and a peak power of 2.32 W were acquired from the Tm, Ho:LuVO_4 laser with the pump power of 14.55 W, corresponding to a pulse width of 2.89 μs,a pulse repetition rate of 71.84 kHz, and a pulse energy of about 6.70 μJ.     

End-pumped optical bistability Tm,Ho:YLF laser

We experimentally demonstrate strong optical bistability in a 2 μm continuous wave Tm,Ho:YLF laser with a bulk crystal. The laser is end-pumped by a 792 nm fiber-coupled laser diode. The bistable region is as wide as 1.6 W and the jump power at the turning point is as high as 82.5 mW when the temperature of the laser crystal is kept at 253 K. The influences of the cavity length and the transmission of the output coupler on the characteristics of optical bistability are obtained. The theoretical analysis shows that the bistable output in the Tm,Ho:YLF lasers comes from the combined effects of the nonlinear saturation of ground state reabsorption, the energy transfer upconversion, and the excited state absorption.     

Performance of a liquid-nitrogen-cooled CW Tm, Ho:YLF laser

A liquid-nitrogen-cooled Tm, Ho:YLF laser is constructed with a 10-mm-long Tm(6%) and Ho(0.5%) co-doped yttrium lithium fluoride crystal pumped by a laser diode operating at 792 nm. The laser outputpower is improved by cooling the Tm, Ho:YLF crystal from 300 to 77 K. When the crystal is kept at 77K, the laser threshold pump power is 230 mW, the slope efficiency is 27.4%, and the maximum optical-to-optical efficiency is 19.9%. At the same time, the relation between the input power and the output powerat different temperatures is obtained.     

Diode-side-pumped AO Q-switched Tm,Ho:LuLF laser

A diode-side-pumped Tm,Ho:LuLiF laser at 2-m wavelength obtained in a ring resonator and its amplification experiment are reported. At the maximum pump energy of 4.7 J available for the oscillator,the output energy per pulse for the oscillator decreases from 904 to 483 mJ in free running mode,and decreases from 106 to 68 mJ in Q-switched mode,with an increase of pump pulse repetition rate from 1 to 5 Hz. When considering the amplifier,99-mJ Q-switched output energy is achieved at 5-Hz repetition rate.     

Room-temperature diode-pumped Yb:KYF(4) laser

Continuous-wave laser action has been demonstrated in a diode-pumped Yb:KYF(4) crystal. Crystal growth, spectroscopic measurements, and laser results are presented. A maximum output power of 505 mW, a slope efficiency of 43%, and a continuous wavelength tunability range of 65nm, from 1013 to 1078 nm, have been obtained at room temperature.     

Supercontinuum generation in a standard single-mode fiber by a Q-switched Tm,Ho:YVO4 laser

Broadband mid-infrared(IR) supercontinuum laser is generated in standard single-mode fiber-28 directly pumped by a 2054 nm nanosecond Q-switched Tm,Ho:YVO4 laser. The average output powers of 0.53 W in the ~1.95–2.5 μm spectral band and 0.65 W in the ~1.97–2.45 μm spectral band are achieved at pulse rate frequencies of 7 and 10 kHz, and the corresponding optic-to-optic conversion efficiencies are 34.6% and 42.4% by considering the coupling efficiency. The output spectra have extremely high flatness in the range 2060–2400 and 2060–2360 nm with negligible intensity variation(2%), respectively. The output pulse shape is not split, and pulse width is reduced from 29 to ~15.4 ns. The beam quality factor M2 is 1.06, measured using traveling knife-edge method, and the laser beam spot is also monitored by an IR vidicon camera.     

Room temperature diode-pumped Tm,Ho:YAP laser with double etalons

A diode end-pumped single-frequency Tm,Ho:YAP laser at room temperature was reported. We obtain a single frequency Tm,Ho:YAP laser of up to 31 mW with Fabry-Perot etalons in the cavity at 2130.8 nm. The optical conversion efficiency is 1.0% and the slope efficiency is 6.3%. The measured full width at half maximum (FWHM) is approximately 65 pm. The single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) laser can be used as a seed laser for coherent wind measurements and differential absorption LIDAR systems.     

Thermal focal length measurement of an LD-end-pumped Tm,Ho:GdVO4 laser

The thermal focal length of a Tm,Ho:GdVO₄ crystal was measured in this paper. The pump laser was 25.73 W, and the thermal focal length was 692.6 mm; based on the thermal focal length of a Tm,Ho:GdVO₄ crystal, a single end-pump continuous wave (CW) operation of Tm,Ho:GdVO₄ laser was designed to demonstrate the effect of thermal focal length, and a 0.26-W output power was high in considering the thermal focal length than in unconsidering the thermal focal length with a 26.1-W pump power.     

Diode-pumped tunable single-longitudinal-mode Tm,Ho:YAG twisted-mode laser

A diode-end-pumped tunable twisted-mode cavity Tm, Ho:YAG laser with single-longitudinal-mode(SLM)operation is demonstrated in this Letter. The maximal SLM output power is 106 m W with a slope efficiency of 4.86%. The wavelength can be changed from 2090.38 to 2097.32 nm by tuning the angle of an etalon.     

Cr,Tm,Ho∶YAG激光器的理论模拟

为了使CTH∶YAG激光器的设计得到更好的优化,从晶体光谱吸收特性、离子间能量转移过程及准三能级运转方式对CTH∶YAG激光器的工作特性进行了理论分析;依据速率方程理论建立了CTH∶YAG激光器运转的理论模型.模拟能量输出与试验结果较好的吻合,验证了此理论模型描述CTH∶YAG激光器运转规律的合理性.模拟结果表明:CTH∶YAG激光器的激光脉冲输出与泵浦有较长的时间延迟且伴随较强的驰豫振荡,冷却温度对激光输出产生较大的影响.     

Tunable CW Tm,Ho:YLF laser at 2

A tunable continuous wave (CW) low temperature operating Tm (6 at.-%),Ho (0.6 at.-%):YLF laser pumped by fiber-coupled diode laser is reported. The maximum output power is 4.16 W at 2073 nm by use of 30% output coupling, the slope efficiency is 33%. A tuning range from 2049 to 2081 nm is achieved with a birefringent filter (BF). The factors that contribute to the output power and tuning range are discussed.     

Cr,Tm,Ho∶YAG激光器的理论模拟

为了使CTH∶YAG激光器的设计得到更好的优化，从晶体光谱吸收特性、离子间能量转移过程及准三能级运转方式对CTH∶YAG激光器的工作特性进行了理论分析；依据速率方程理论建立了CTH∶YAG激光器运转的理论模型.模拟能量输出与试验结果较好的吻合，验证了此理论模型描述CTH∶YAG激光器运转规律的合理性.模拟结果表明：CTH∶YAG激光器的激光脉冲输出与泵浦有较长的时间延迟且伴随较强的驰豫振荡，冷却温度对激光输出产生较大的影响.     

Ho:YAG laser intracavity pumped by a diode-pumped Tm:YLF laser

We report a compact Ho:YAG laser that is intracavity pumped by a diode-pumped Tm:YLF laser. Both lasers exhibit pulse mode behavior. Operating both crystals at room temperature (25 degrees C), we obtained 1.6 W of average output at 2.09 microm from the Ho:YAG laser for 15.4 W of diode power incident upon the Tm:YLF rod and a slope efficiency of 21%.