High repetition rate,high peak power acousto-optical Q-switched 946 nm Nd:YAG laser

A diode-end-pumped high repetition rate, high peak power acousto-optical (AO) Q-switched 946 nm Nd:YAG laser was demonstrated in this paper. In our experiments, a 20 mm miniature acousto-optical Q-switch was employed in a 45 mm linear laser cavity for generating the short laser pulse. At a repetition rate of 10 kHz, a maximum average output power of 2.9 W was achieved with a pulse width of 24.4 ns, giving a peak power of 11.9 kW. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest peak power 946 nm Nd:YAG laser at high repetition rate operation. Moreover, pulse train with good stability was also obtained at the repetition rate of 50 kHz. At an incident pump power of 22.3 W, up to an average output power of 3.5 W pulsed 946 nm laser was generated at 50 kHz with a pulse width of 69 ns, corresponding to an optical conversion efficiency of 15.7% and an average slope efficiency of 24.1%, respectively.     

AlGaInAs/InP eye-safe laser pumped by a Q-switched Nd:GdVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> laser

An AlGaInAs quantum-well structure grown on a Fe-doped InP transparent substrate is developed to be a gain medium in a high-peak-power nanosecond laser at 1570 nm. Using an actively Q-witched 1064 nm laser to pump the gain chip, an average output power of 135 mW is generated at a pulse repetition rate of 30 kHz and an average pump power of 1.25 W. At a pulse repetition rate of 20 kHz, the peak output power is up to 290 W at a peak pump power of 2.3 kW.     

Compact efficient all-solid-state eye-safe laser with self-frequency Raman conversion in a Nd:YVO4 crystal

An efficient compact eye-safe laser at 1525 nm is presented by use of self-frequency Raman conversion in a diode-pumped actively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 1342-nm laser. At an incident pump power of 13.5 W, the self-stimulated Raman laser produces 1.2 W of 1525-nm average output power at a repetition rate of 20 kHz. The corresponding peak power at 1525 nm is generally greater than 10 kW for repetition rates from 5 to 20 kHz.     

LD泵浦的声光调Q高重复率Nd∶GdVO4激光器

报道了利用LD泵浦、1.06 μm声光调Q准连续Nd∶GdVO4激光器的输出特性.当泵浦功率为4.15 W,重复率为40 kHz时,获得的最大平均输出功率为1.46 W,光-光转换效率为35.1%,斜效率为44.2%.在重复率为10 kHz时,获得了最短脉宽24 ns, 最大单脉冲能量为63.2 μJ,相应峰值功率为2.62 kW.     

A Diode-Stack End-Pumped Electro-Optically Q-Switched Nd:YAG Slab Oscillator--Amplifier System

A laser diode-stack end-pumped electro-optically Q-switched Nd：YAG slab oscillator-amplifier system with neardiffraction-limited output is demonstrated by a stable-unstable hybrid resonator. The average power of 100 W at a repetition rate of lOkHz with a pulse width 14.7ns and average power of 76.3 W at a repetition rate of 5kHz with a pulse width of 10.2ns are measured. At the repetition rate of 10 kHz and at an output power of 89 W, the beam quality factors M^2 in the unstable and stable directions are 1.3 and 1.5, respectively.     

High-peak-power AlGaInAs quantum-well 1.3-mum laser pumped by a diode-pumped actively Q-switched solid-state laser

We report a room-temperature high-peak-power AlGaInAs 1.36 microm TEM00 laser pumped by a diode-pumped actively Q-switched Nd:YAG 1.06 microm laser. With an average pump power of 1.0 W, an average output power of 140 mW was obtained at a pulse repetition rate of 10 kHz. With a peak pump power of 8.3 kW, the highest peak output power was 1.5 kW at a pulse repetition rate of 5 kHz.     

LD-pumped actively Q-switched Yb:YAG laser with an acoustic-optical modulator

We have investigated an acoustic-optical Q-switched Yb:YAG laser end-pumped by a fiber-coupled laser diode. At room temperature, the 1030-nm wavelength pulsed output is realized. When the incident power was 11.3 W, a maximum average output power of 1.034 W is achieved at the repetition frequency of 20 kHz, and this corresponds to an optical conversion efficiency of 9.1%. The shortest laser pulse width of 37.4 ns was observed at the repetition frequency of 5 kHz, when the incident power was 11.3 W. The highest peak power 6.79 kW was achieved at the repetition frequency of 1.12 kHz, when the incident power was 8.7 W. The highest single-pulse energy of 319.67 μJ was achieved at the repetition frequency of 1.12 kHz, when the incident power was 10.14 W.     

Dual Q-switched laser outputs from a single lasing medium using an intracavity MEMS micromirror array

An intracavity array of individually controlled microelectromechanical system scanning micromirrors was used to actively Q-switch a single side-pumped Nd:YAG gain medium. Two equal power independent laser outputs were simultaneously obtained by separate actuation of two adjacent micromirrors with a combined average output power of 125?mW. Pulse durations of 28?ns FWHM at 8.7?kHz repetition frequency and 34?ns FWHM at 7.9?kHz repetition frequency were observed for the two output beams with beam quality factors M² of 1.2 and 1.1 and peak powers of 253?W and 232?W, respectively.     

High-peak-power Tm-doped double-clad fluoride fiber amplifier

A diode-pumped Tm-doped double-clad fiber-optic amplifier is reported that provides up to 5 kW of peak power at pulse durations of 30 ns and a repetition rate of 33.5 kHz. When the repetition rate is increased to 123.6 kHz, the peak power drops to 1.5 kW, while the average output power of the amplifier stays at 6.5 W with a slope efficiency of 34.9%. As an amplifier the fiber can be saturated by a very low average launched input power of only 36 mW at 1.87 microm and yields the same average output power as in a fiber laser or amplified spontaneous emission source setup for all the repetition rates investigated. The peak powers reported are to the author's knowledge the highest generated by Tm-doped fiber lasers or amplifiers at repetition rates above 1 kHz with simultaneously short pulse durations of 30 ns.     

Compact efficient diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 Q-switched blue laser with intracavity frequency tripling

We demonstrate a compact efficient diode-pumped acousto-optically Q-switched intracavity-frequency-tripled Nd:YVO₄ blue laser. The optimum polarization state is experimentally investigated to optimize the output performance. Greater than 280 mW of 447-nm average power at a repetition rate of 25 kHz was generated with a 15-W diode pump power. At 25 kHz, the pulse width is shorter than 15 ns and the peak power is higher than 800 W.     

Room-temperature cw and pulsed operation of a diode-end-pumped Tm:YAP laser

We report the continuous-wave and acousto-optical Q-switched operation of a diode-end-pumped Tm:YAP laser. Continuous-wave output power of 3.5 W at 1.99 μm was obtained under the absorbed pump power of 14 W. Under Q-switched laser operation, the average output power increased from 1.57 W to 2.0 W, with an absorbed pump power of 12.6 W, as the repetition rate increased from 1 kHz to 10 kHz. The maximum Q-switched pulse energy was 1.57 mJ with a repetition rate of 1 kHz. The minimum pulse width was measured to be about 80 ns, corresponding to a peak power of 19.6 kW. PACS 42.55.Rz; 42.55.Xi; 42.60.Gd     

紧凑型LD端面抽运Nd:YAG内腔三倍频准连续355 nm紫外激光器

报道了一台LD端面抽运Nd:YAG晶体内腔三倍频355 nm激光高效率、高峰值功率准连续输出的全固态紫外激光器.激光腔采用紧凑型平平直腔,腔长仅106 mm.当注入抽运功率为5.73 W、重复频率为9 kHz时,获得163 mW的355 nm激光准连续输出,光光转换效率达到最高2.84％.当注入抽运功率为6.7 W重复频率为5 kHz时,获得最高174 mW的355 nm激光准连续输出,输出功率短期不稳定性为5％,光束质量因子M²为3.79.当注入抽运功率为5.73 W、重复频率为2 kHz时,获得112 mW的355 nm激光准连续输出,峰值功率最高达到9.15 kW.通过采用内腔倍频技术和设计合理的腔结构,实现了中小功率准连续输出的全固态紫外激光器的小型化、便携化,进一步拓宽了紫外激光器的应用领域. 关键词： LD端面抽运 内腔三倍频 Q')" href="#">声光调Q 紫外激光     

LD泵浦Nd：YAG激光器的连续激光输出和高重复率调Q

用连续输出１Ｗ国产多量子阱激光二极管列阵（ＭＱＷ－ＬＤＡ）泵浦Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ固体激光器，连续激光输出最大功率为１１２ｍｗ，光－光效率为１０．６％，斜效率为２０％．实现了连续泵浦高重复频率（１ｋＨｚ，４ｋＨｚ，１０ｋＨｚ）调Ｑ输出，最大峰值功率为３５５Ｗ，最大平均功率为４３．７ｍｗ．     

High-power high-repetition-rate acousto-optically Q-switched 1342 nm laser

A high-power high-repetition-rate acousto-optically Q-switched 1342 nm laser with double Nd:YVO₄ crystals pumped by fiber-coupled laser diodes is presented. The highest output power of 13.7 W was achieved with a total of 42 W pumping power in cw operation, the slope efficiency was measured as 36%, and the optical efficiency was better than 32%. In Q-switchedoperation, the highest pulse repetition rate of 100 kHz was obtained. At 50 kHz repetition rate, the laser exported 11.2 W average output power, with 60 ns average pulse width, ∼5% width stability (RMS) and ∼8% peak-power stability (RMS). At 10 kHz repetition rate, the highest average output power was measured as 6.3 W, single pulse energy was calculated as 0.63 mJ, with pulse width of 19 ns and peak-power higher than 30 kW. Combining the experimental results, we analyze and discuss some problems concerning Nd:YVO₄ crystal working at 1,342 nm wavelength. PACS 42.55.-f; 42.55.Xi; 42.60.Gd     

激光二极管抽运Tm,Ho∶YLF晶体声光调Q激光器

对激光二极管端面抽运Tm,Ho∶YLF晶体声光调Q激光器的激光特性进行了研究。根据粒子跃迁和能量传递过程,在考虑能级传递上转换的前提下,建立了Tm,Ho∶YLF脉冲激光器的速率方程,得到了初始反转粒子数的解析表达式,分析了能量传递上转换效应对激光上能级反转粒子数的影响。在室温下实现了2 μm波长激光的脉冲输出。实验上给出并分析了Tm,Ho∶YLF脉冲激光器的平均输出功率、单脉冲能量和脉冲宽度随抽运功率以及声光Q开关调制频率的变化关系。在抽运功率为2.8 W,重复频率为9 kHz时,获得了平均输出功率为189 mW的激光脉冲,光光转换效率为6.8%。在重复频率为1 kHz时,得到最大单脉冲能量为65 μJ,峰值功率为0.17 kW。     

调Q脉冲保偏光纤激光器的研究

以808nm半导体激光器为抽运源,掺钕双包层保偏光纤为增益介质,对调Q脉冲保偏光纤激光器进行了理论分析和实验研究.利用TDS5104型示波器探测输出脉冲激光的波形,并用光谱分析仪得到输出脉冲激光的光谱图.利用F-P腔型,在1060nm处获得平均功率为2.55W的脉冲激光输出,重复频率为1kHz时,输出单脉冲能量为2.3mJ,峰值功率为4.7kW.改变腔型,把二色镜倾斜放置兼作输出镜,最终获得了平均功率为3.5W的偏振脉冲激光输出,重复频率为1kHz时,输出单脉冲能量为3.3mJ,脉冲宽度为184ns,其峰 关键词： 激光技术 光纤激光器 掺钕保偏光纤 调Q     

Diode-pumped high-repetition-rate acousto-optically Q-switched Nd:YVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> laser operating at 914 nm

A diode-pumped high-repetition-rate acousto-optically (A-O) Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ laser operating at 914 nm was reported in this paper. Employing a compact linear laser cavity, at an operating repetition rate of 10 kHz, a maximum average output power of 2.2 W 914 nm laser was obtained at an incident pump power of 45.3 W, corresponding to an optical conversion efficiency of 4.9% and a slope efficiency of 8.8%. Minimum pulse width of 24 ns and maximum peak power of 8.0 kW of 914 nm laser was also achieved at an incident pump power of 40.8 W. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest peak power of 914 nm laser at 10 kHz by far. Moreover, the highest operating repetition rate of pulsed 914 nm can even reach 100 kHz.     

Actively Q-switched intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:LuVO<Subscript>4</Subscript>/LBO green laser with an acousto-optic modulator

This work presents experimental results concerning an actively Q-switched intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:LuVO₄/LBO green laser with an acousto-optic modulator operated at the wavelength of 0.53 μm. The green average output power of 2.8 W was obtained at a pump power of 16.3 W and a pulse repetition rate of 20 kHz, resulting in an optical conversion efficiency of 17%. When the pulse repetition rate is operated at 5 kHz, the shortest pulse width and the highest peak power at 0.53 μm were measured to be 26.5 ns and 8.43 kW, respectively.     

The characteristics of diode-pumped acousto-optic Yb:Y2Ca3B4O12 laser for Q-switching and Q-switched mode-locking

Q-switching and Q-switched mode-locked Yb:Y₂Ca₃B₄O₁₂ lasers with an acousto-optic switch are demonstrated. In the Q-switching case, an average output power of 530 mW is obtained at the pulse repetition rate of 10.0 kHz under an absorbed pump power of 6.1 W. The minimum pulse width is 79 ns at the repetition rate of 1.7 kHz. The pulse energy and peak energy are calculated to be 231 μJ and 2.03 kW, respectively. In the Q-switched mode-locking case, the average output power of 64 mW with a mode-locked pulse repetition rate of 118 MHz and Q-switched pulse energy of 48 μJ is generated under the absorbed pump power of 6.1 W.     

LD-pumped actively Q-switched Tm,Ho:YLF laser at room temperature

We have investigated acoustic-optical Q-switched Tm,Ho:YLF laser end-pumped by a laser-diode. At room temperature, a 2.067 μm wavelength pulsed output is realized. Average output power, single pulse energy and pulse-width are measured at different incident pump powers and pulse repetition frequencies. When the incident pump power is 2.8 W, a maximum average output power of 189 mW is obtained at the repetition frequency of 9 kHz, and this corresponds to an optical conversion efficiency of 6.8%. The maximum single pulse energy of 65μJ, the shortest pulse-width with full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 138 ns and the maximum peak power of 470 W are obtained at the pulse repetition frequency of 1 kHz.