Suppressing the preferential o-polarization oscillation in a high power Nd：YVO4 laser with wedge laser crystal

We observe the phenomenon of priority oscillation of the unexpected a-polarization in high-power Nd：YVO4 ring laser. The severe thermal lens of the a-polarized lasing, compared with the n-polarized lasing, is the only reason for the phenomenon. By designing a wedge Nd：YVO4 crystal as the gain medium, the unexpected a-polarization is completely suppressed in the entire range of pump powers, and the polarization stability of the expected zc-polarized output is enhanced. With the output power increasing from threshold to the maximum power, no a-polarization lasing is observed. As a result, 25.3 W of stable single-frequency laser output at 532 nm is experimentally demonstrated.     

Efficient and high-power laser-diode single-end-pumped Nd：YVO4 continuous wave laser at 1342nm

A compact, efficient and high-power laser diode （LD） single-end-pumped Nd：YVO4 laser with continuous-wave emission at 1342 nm is reported. With a single crystal single-end-pumped by fibre-coupled LD array, an output power of 7.36W is obtained from the laser cavity of concave-convex shape, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 32.8%. The laser is operated in TEM00 mode with small rms amplitude noise of 0.3%. The influences of the Nd concentration, transmissivity of the output mirror and the cavity length on the output power have been studied experimentally.     

Tb，Tm：YVO4晶体的激光性能分析

Tm：YVO4和Tb，Tm：YVO4晶体中激活离子之间或激活离子与敏化离子间的交叉弛豫、与无辐射跃迁及激光上能级的辐射跃迁的几率是相近的，对这种双掺离子晶体的激光阈值理论估算式中必须同时考虑离子间交叉弛豫。从激活离子能级跃迁速率方程和激光、抽运光传输方程推导出端面抽运的包含交叉弛豫几率等光学参量的激光阈值的理论估算式。用这些方程讨论了Tm：YVO4和Tb，Tm：YVO4的1．5μm和1．9μm波长的激光性能，并论述了Tb3 离子的作用。结果表明。Tb3 离子的的掺入，增加1．5μm波段激光的强度，降低阈值能量，但对1.9μm波长激光有负面作用。     

Passively Q-Switched Tm,Ho：YVO4 Laser with Cr：ZnS Saturable Absorber at 2 μm

A stable diode-pumped passively Q-switched Tm,Ho：YVO4 laser with Cr：ZnS saturable absorber is reported. The shortest pulse duration of -500 ns with the central wavelength of 2041 nm is obtained at the pump power of 7.4 W, corresponding to the pulse energy of 3.5 μd at repetition rate of 65 kHz.     

Tm,Ho双掺杂YVO_4晶体中Tm对Ho敏化发光现象

报道了对Tm ,Ho双掺YVO4 晶体光谱性能的测量结果 ,包括用UV 3 65型分光光度计测出单掺Tm∶YVO4 及Ho∶YVO4 吸收谱以及双掺Tm∶Ho∶YVO4 的吸收谱 ;用Ar离子激光器 4 88nm ,LD激光器激发测量样品荧光光谱 ;用J O理论进行光谱参数计算及对能级结构进行分析 ;研究了在λ=80 5nm的激光二极管激发下Tm对Ho的敏化发光过程。发现与YAG ,YLF为基质的Tm ,Ho双掺材料相比 ,该材料中的Tm3 + 离子具有大而均匀的吸收宽度 (～ 2 6nm) ,大的峰位吸收截面和积分吸收截面 (～ 1 4× 1 0 -2 0 cm2 和 2 74 5× 1 0 -2 0cm) ,能量转换效率高 (可达 87% ) ,且泵浦阈值低 (～ 1 5mW )。表明了YVO4 晶体中Tm能有效地敏化Ho,并产生 2 μm的发射。文中对发射强度与泵浦功率及Tm ,Ho之间掺杂浓度的关系进行了初步的分析与讨论。光谱的观察结果表明∶在实现LD泵浦 ,全固体化 ,小型 ,高效的 ,2 μm激光振荡的探索中 ,Tm∶Ho∶YVO4 晶体将是一种很有实际应用潜力的材料。     

Design and preparation of multilayer optical coatings for laser crystal Nd：YVO4 and KTP

Design and preparation of multilayer optical coatings are investigated on laser crystal Nd：YVO4, YVO4, and frequency doubling crystal KTP substrate. Multilayer optical coatings are deposited on one surface of the crystals using the ion beam sputtering technique, and the other surface is coated with a single SiO2 as protective layer. For the YVO4 crystal after coating, the reflectivity at 1 064 and 532 nm are greater than 99.9% and 99.8%, respectively, and the transmissivity at 808 nm is greater than 91.5%. For the KTP crystal after coating, the reflectivity at 1064 nm is greater than 99.95%, and the transmissivity at 532 nm is greater than 99.5%. After thermal annealing, the transmissivity can be improved. The obtained coated crystals can be used in high Dower solid-state lasers.     

光纤耦合二极管端泵2μm CW双掺Tm,Ho∶GdVO_4激光器

同YLF和YAG基质相比,在TmHo∶GdVO4晶体中Tm3+离子在800nm附近有非常强的和宽的吸收带,所以该晶体非常适合商品化的GaAlAs激光二极管泵浦.在液氮制冷晶体条件下,利用光纤耦合激光二极管及消色差光学耦合系统端面泵浦双掺5%Tm,0.5%Ho∶GdVO4晶体,在泵浦功率14W、泵浦波长794nm时,实现了2.048μm激光输出,连续运转输出功率3.6W,相应的光光转换效率为25.7%,斜率效率26.6%.相对于吸收的泵浦功率,光光转换效率为35%.由于Tm3+离子间的交叉弛豫效应,泵浦量子效率达到1.3.     

Diode Pumped Operation of Tm,Ho：YVO4 Microchip Laser

A cryogenic and room-temperature diode pumped Tm,Ho：YVO4 microchip laser with 0.5 mm crystal length lasing around 2μm is demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge. Under cryogenic temperature of 77 K, as much as 1.2 W output and slope efficiency of 35% with respect to absorbed pump power are obtained. At temperature of 5℃ the maximum output power of 48mW is obtained at an absorbed pump power of 503 mW, representing a 9.5% optical to optical conversion efficiency. In addition, as much as 8 mW single-frequency output lasing at 2052.6 nm is achieved at room temperature of 15℃.     

2.1μm Ho：LuAG ceramic laser intracavity pumped by a diode-pumped Tm：YAG laser

We report a compact Ho：LuAG ceramic laser intracavity pumped by a diode-pumped Tm：YAG ceramic laser. The laser oscillation is accomplished by using a common linear cavity configuration containing Tm：YAG and Ho：LuAG ceramics. The 1.0 at.% Ho：LuAG ceramic laser yields 1.15 W of maximum output simultaneously at 2094 and 2100 nm with a beam quality factor of M2-2.8.     

Passively mode-locked 2-μm Tm：YAP laser with a double-wall carbon nanotube absorber

We report on a diode-pumped passively continuous wave(cw) mode-locked Tm:YAP laser with a double-wall carbon nanotube(DWCNT) absorber operating at a wavelength of 2023 nm for the first time,to the best our knowledge.The DWCNT absorber is fabricated on a hydrophilic quartz substrate by using the vertical evaporation technique.The output power is as high as 375 mW.A stable pulse train with a repetition rate of 72.26 MHz is generated with a highest single pulse energy of 5.2 μJ.     

Spectroscopic investigation of a new crystal： Nd^3＋,Yb^3＋：YVO4

The absorption and emission spectra of the YVO4 single crystal co-doped with 1 at.% Nd^3＋ and 1 at.% Yb^3＋ are investigated. The efficient Nd^3＋ → Yb^3＋ energy transfer and the back transfer （Yb^3＋ → Nd^3＋） are observed at room temperature. The fluorescence lifetime of the 4F3/2 level of Nd^3＋ in Nd,Yb：YVO4 is measured under 808 nm laser light excitation. The efficiency of Nd^3＋ → Yb^3＋ energy transfer in YVO4 is determined to be about 34%.     

Low noise, continuous-wave single-frequency 1.5-μm laser generated by a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator

We report a low noise continuous-wave (CW) single-frequency 1.5-μm laser source obtained by a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (SRO) based on periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN). The SRO was pumped by a CW single-frequency Nd:YVO₄ laser at 1.06 μm. The 1.02 W of CW single-frequency signal laser at 1.5 μm was obtained at pump power of 6 W. At the output power of around 0.75 W, the power stability was better than ±1.5% and no mode-hopping was observed in 30 min and frequency stability was better than 8.5 MHz in 1 min. The signal wavelength could be tuned from 1.57 to 1.59 μm by varying the PPLN temperature. The 1.5-μm laser exhibits low noise characteristics, the intensity noise of the laser reaches the shot noise limit (SNL) at an analysis frequency of 4 MHz and the phase noise is less than 1 dB above the SNL at analysis frequencies above 10 MHz.     

激光二极管端面抽运的1.34μm Nd:YVO4平凹腔型激光器

理论上分析了端面抽运的1.34μm Nd:YVO4平凹腔型激光器的各项参数;实验上实现了LD端面抽运的1.34μm Nd:YVO4平凹腔型激光器的运转.     

Judd-Oflet analysis of spectrum and laser performance of Ho：YAP crystal end-pumped by 1.91μm Tm：YLF laser

The Ho:YAP crystal is grown by the Czochralski technique.The room temperature polarized absorption spectra of Ho:YAP crystal was measured on a c cut sample with 1 at% holmium.According to the obtained Judd-Ofelt intensity parameters Ω2 = 1.42 × 10-20 cm2,Ω4 = 2.92 × 10-20 cm2,and Ω6 = 1.71 × 10-20 cm2,this paper calculated the fluorescence lifetime to be 6 ms for 5I7 →5 I8 transition,and the integrated emission cross section to be 2.24×10-18 cm2.It investigates the room temperature Ho:YAP laser end pumped by a 1.91 μm Tm:YLF laser.The maximum output power was 4.1 W when the incident 1.91 μm pump power was 14.4 W.The slope efficiency is 40.8%,corresponding to an optical to optical conversion efficiency of 28.4%.The Ho:YAP output wavelength was centred at 2118 nm with full width at half maximum of about 0.8 nm.     

光纤耦合二极管端泵2 μm CW双掺)Tm,Ho∶GdVO4激光器

同YLF和YAG 基质相比,在Tm-Ho∶GdVO₄晶体中Tm³⁺离子在800 nm附近有非常强的和宽的吸收带,所以该晶体非常适合商品化的GaAlAs激光二极管泵浦.在液氮制冷晶体条件下,利用光纤耦合激光二极管及消色差光学耦合系统端面泵浦双掺5％Tm,0.5％Ho∶GdVO₄晶体,在泵浦功率14 W、泵浦波长794 nm时,实现了2.048 μm激光输出,连续运转输出功率3.6 W,相应的光光转换效率为25.7％,斜率效率26.6%.相对于吸收的泵浦功率,光光转换效率为35%.由于Tm³⁺离子间的交叉弛豫效应,泵浦量子效率达到1.3.     

LD pumped 2-μm CW laser from Tm,Ho:GdVO_4

A set of fiber-coupled continuous wave (CW) diode lasers has been used to pump Tm, Ho:GdVO_4 and generate 2.048-μm laser radiation at liquid nitrogen temperature. The optical-optical efficiencies of 25%, output power of 3.5 W, and pumping threshold of 838 mW have been obtained and compared with those from Tm, Ho:YLF under identical experimental conditions.     

Blue light generation in photonic crystal fibers with 1-μm femtosecond laser pulses

Using 300-fs 1039-nm Yb-doped fiber laser, we experimentally demonstrate blue light generation in a high-△ and high nonlinear photonic crystal fiber (PCF). The zero dispersion wavelength of PCF is 793 nm, detuning 245.8 nm from the pump wavelength. PCF allows a frequency conversion exceeding the octave of pump wavelength. The visible component of the measured output spectrum occurs in the fundamental mode and spans from 391.3 to 492.3 nm. The peak wavelength of 441.8 nm has a frequency detuning of 390 THz from the pump wavelength of 1039 nm.     

激光二极管抽运的准三能级2μm(Tm,Ho)∶YLF激光器的理论研究

根据激光二极管抽运铥 ,钬 (Tm ,Ho)共掺激光器中离子之间的能量传递过程 ,建立了 (Tm ,Ho)∶YLF激光器准三能级的速率方程 ,对上转换及激光下能级粒子再吸收对激光二极管抽运 (Tm ,Ho)∶YLF激光器运转的影响进行了理论分析 ,得出了 (Tm ,Ho)∶YLF激光器的阈值抽运功率和斜率效率的解析表达式。并根据所得到的解析表达式对激光器进行了优化设计 ,分析了增益介质长度、抽运光斑半径、输出镜透过率对激光阈值和斜率效率的影响。并通过实验验证了理论的合理性。同时 ,对小信号增益进行了详尽的理论分析。     

激光二极管抽运的准三能级2μm(Tm,Ho):YLF激光器的理论研究

根据激光二极管抽运铥,钬(Tm,Ho)共掺激光器中离子之间的能量传递过程,建立了(Tm,Ho)：YLF激光器准三能级的速率方程,对上转换及激光下能级粒子再吸收对激光二极管抽运(Tm,Ho)：YLF激光器运转的影响进行了理论分析,得出了(Tm,Ho)：YLF激光器的阈值抽运功率和斜率效率的解析表达式。并根据所得到的解析表达式对激光器进行了优化设计,分析了增益介质长度、抽运光斑半径、输出镜透过率对激光阈值和斜率效率的影响。并通过实验验证了理论的合理性。同时,对小信号增益进行了详尽的理论分析。