波长锁定激光二极管共振泵浦Nd:YVO_4晶体连续波自拉曼激光器的设计与研究

对波长锁定878.9 nm的激光二极管共振泵浦Nd:YVO_4晶体的全固态连续波自拉曼激光器进行了理论研究.考虑了激光晶体在共振泵浦时的热透镜效应,采用ABCD传输矩阵法和等效G参数法,计算了当采用不同曲率半径输出镜时腔内振荡激光的腔模参数,通过比较抽运光与振荡激光模式匹配的情况和拉曼晶体中基频光功率密度的大小,分析了不同腔结构对拉曼激光输出功率的影响,给出了实验结果的理论解释,并进一步优化设计了谐振腔结构.最终获得了5.3 W的高功率1175 nm连续拉曼激光输出,光光转换效率达到20%.     

紧凑型激光二极管抽运全固态355 nm连续波紫外激光器

报道了一台激光二极管端面抽运Nd:YVO₄晶体内腔三倍频355 nm激光连续输出的全固态紫外激光器.激光腔采用紧凑型简单凹平直腔,腔长仅为70 mm.利用两块LBO晶体进行腔内倍频、和频,当注入抽运功率为2527 W时,获得最大功率为306 mW的355 nm连续波输出,光光转换效率为012％,输出功率短期不稳定性为53%,355 nm激光输出光束质量良好.通过采用内腔倍频技术和设计合理的腔参数,实现了中小功率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 关键词： 激光二极管端面抽运 内腔三倍频 连续波 355 nm激光     

激光二极管抽运的Nd:YVO_4连续自拉曼1175nm激光器

报道了采用激光二极管端面抽运的Nd:YVO4晶体连续自拉曼激光器的实验研究.通过对晶体掺杂浓度及晶体结构的选择优化,减轻自拉曼晶体的热效应,实现了结构紧凑的1175 nm连续自拉曼激光器的高效运转.最终以两端键合的复合Nd:YVO4晶体作为自拉曼介质,在25.5 W的抽运功率下,获得了最高3.4 W的1175 nm连续拉曼光输出,光光转换效率为13.3%,拉曼阈值低至2.21 W,斜效率为14.6%.     

激光二极管端面抽运Nd∶YVO_4实现1386nm连续波激光输出

在Nd:YVO4晶体的4F3/2-4I13/2跃迁带内,除了1342 nm激光辐射之外,其它的跃迁谱线由于小的受激发射截面和强的寄生振荡,很难形成激光振荡。通过调整谐振腔损耗,获得了光纤耦合激光二极管端面抽运1386 nmNd∶YVO4激光器激光连续输出。在抽运功率达到4.24 W时,得到了305 mW的1386 nm激光连续输出,最高输出功率下的斜效率为13.9%。实验中还观察到了1342 nm和1386 nm的双波长运转。根据抽运阈值能量和实验数据,计算得到了Nd∶YVO4晶体中1386 nm激光辐射处的受激发射截面大约为(3±1)×10-19cm2。     

高功率准连续激光二极管抽运的Q开关内腔倍频固体激光器的研究

对高功率准连续激光二极管抽运的Q开关内腔倍频Nd:YAG和Nd:YVO4激光器进行了实验研究,分别获得了输出功率为3．5W和3．2W,输出波长为532nm的激光脉冲,其重复率达22kHz。     

28.2 W波长锁定878.6 nm激光二极管共振抽运双晶体1064 nm激光器

报道了一种由波长锁定878.6 nm半导体激光器共振抽运两块不同掺杂浓度Nd:YVO4晶体串接的1064nm激光器,并与使用单块的低掺杂浓度晶体和高掺杂浓度晶体情况进行比较,实验表明利用波长锁定878.6nm半导体激光器共振抽运双晶体串接的方式,有利于降低晶体的热效应,提高光光转换效率.当抽运功率为40 W时,获得了28.2 W的1064 nm激光输出,光光转换率为70.5%,斜率效率为70.6%,相对吸收光的光光转换率76%,斜率效率为76.4%,同时该激光器在10?C—40?C的温度变化范围内具有极好的温度稳定性.     

折返式激光二极管侧抽运Nd:YAG激光器

提出一种明显改善激光二极管侧面直接抽运固体激光器输出光束质量的新型谐振腔——折返式谐振腔,它由三部分组成：直角棱镜、全反的腔镜以及耦合输出腔镜,采用振荡光顺次通过晶体内增益场强区的工作方式。它重叠利用不均匀增益场的对称强区,提高了晶体增益场和谐振腔基模的重叠度,达到改善器件输出光束质量和提高效率的目的。通过对受抽运晶体内的增益场分布及腔内振荡光的模拟分析以及实验测试,验证了这种谐振腔的优势。在此基础上,研制了采用准连续线阵列激光二极管抽运Nd：YAG的折返式激光器。研究比较了在不同类型谐振腔下,激光器的输出特性。例如：平-平直腔和平-平折返腔在耦合透过率为50％时的输出特性,其增益场和基模的重叠度由24％提高到53％,光-光斜效率由的20．2％提高到27．3％。     

折返式激光二极管侧抽运Nd∶YAG激光器

提出一种明显改善激光二极管侧面直接抽运固体激光器输出光束质量的新型谐振腔――折返式谐振腔,它由三部分组成     

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     

An efficient continuous-wave YVO_4/Nd:YVO_4/YVO_4 self-Raman laser pumped by a wavelength-locked 878.9 nm laser diode

We report an efficient continuous-wave self-Raman laser at 1176 nm based on a 20-mm-long composite YVO_4/Nd:YVO_4/YVO_4 crystal and pumped by a wavelength-locked 878.9 nm diode laser.A maximum output power of 5.3 W is achieved at a pump power of 26 W,corresponding to an optical conversion efficiency of 20%and a slope efficiency of 21%.The Raman threshold for the diode pump power was only 0.92 W.The results reveal that in-band pumping by a wavelength-locked diode laser significantly enhances output power and efficiency of self-Raman lasers by virtue of improved pump absorption and relieved thermal loading.     

LD泵浦Nd:YVO4双波长运转腔内和频491 nm激光器

分析了Nd:YVO4激光器实现双波长运转及腔内和频的条件,利用一种LD泵浦Nd:YVO4晶体产生1 064 nm和914 nm双波长激光束,采用一个线性平凹腔结构,利用腔内Ⅰ类临界相位匹配LBO和频,获得了连续波输出的全固态激光器。实验采用端面结构,在5.0 W的808 nm泵浦功率下,获得了最高功率为2.5 mW连续波TEM00的激光输出,光-光转换效率为0.05%。     

Efficient Nd:YVO_4 laser in-band pumped by wavelength-locked 913.9-nm laser diode and Q-switch operation

An efficient 1064-nm Nd:YVO_4laser in-band pumped by a wavelength-locked laser diode(LD) at 913.9 nm was demonstrated. The maximum continuous wave(CW) output power of 23.4 W at 1064 nm was realized with the incident pump power of 40 W, corresponding to a total optical-to-optical efficiency of 58.5%. This is to the best of our knowledge the highest total optical-to-optical efficiency and output power of Nd:YVO_4laser in-band pumped by a 913.9-nm laser diode.The Q-switched operation of this laser was also investigated. Through a contrast experiment of pumping at 808 nm, the experimental results showed that an Nd:YVO_4laser in-band pumped by a wavelength-locked LD at 913.9 nm had excellent pulse stability and beam quality for high repetition rate Q-switching operation.     

Experimental determination of effective stimulated emission cross-section in a diode pumped Nd:YVO4 micro-laser at 1064 nm with various doping concentrations

A practical method is described and used for determination of the effective stimulated emission cross-section (σ_e) in an operating diode pumped Nd:YVO₄ micro-laser at 1064 nm with various doping concentrations. In this method a micro-laser is formed by keeping a small piece of the sample in a plane–plane resonator under semi-monolithic configuration and a fiber coupled diode laser (808 nm) was used for pumping. The pump power induced thermal lensing effect was used to make the cavity stable. In thermally stabilized solid-state lasers the cavity parameters change dynamically with the pump power and hence the overlap integrals become a function of the absorbed pump power. In our method the overlap integrals were estimated by measuring the thermal lens focal length at the threshold. The value of σ_e of Nd:YVO₄ crystal with different doping concentrations obtained by this method were in well agreement with the reported values.     

800 mW/1484 nm highly efficient two-cascaded phosphosilicate Raman fiber laser pumped by Nd:YVO4 solid-state laser

Using 1064 nm CW Nd:YVO₄ solid-state laser as a pump, 1-km phosphosilicate fiber and cascaded cavities with two pairs of fiber Bragg grating mirrors for 1239 and 1484 nm, we obtained a CW 800 mW/1484 nm Raman fiber laser (RFL) for an actual incident pump power of about 2 W (Nd:YVO₄ power of 6.90 W). The conversion efficiency is as high as 40%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest conversion efficiency of RFL pumped by solid-state laser. The output power instability at 1484 nm in half an hour is less than 3%. In addition, the numerical simulations are also performed. Good agreement between the results of numerical simulation and the results of the experiment has been demonstrated.     

LD泵浦的Nd:YVO4激光器被动式产生近似无衍射绿光

使用连续式输出的砷化镓半导体激光器泵浦的掺钕钒酸钇激光器作为光源,利用磷酸氧钛钾晶体腔内倍频产生波长为532 nm的绿光,通过轴棱锥产生了近似无衍射贝塞尔光束。推导了倍频产生的绿光的场分布,并模拟了倍频绿光经过轴棱锥产生的近似无衍射光束的轴向光强分布图和截面光强分布图。通过实验拍摄了距离轴棱锥不同位置的截面光强分布,测量了无衍射贝塞尔绿光的最大无衍射距离和中心光斑直径,实验数据与理论模拟基本吻合。实验结果说明所述方法产生的倍频无衍射绿光具有良好的光束质量,具有应用价值。     

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。     

Continuous-wave high-power Nd:YAG-KNbO3 laser at 473 nm

A continuous-wave high-power Nd:YAG laser operating on the ⁴F_3/2→⁴I_9/2 transition at 946 nm and intracavity frequency-doubled to 473 nm by a KNbO₃ nonlinear crystal at room temperature is reported. The Nd:YAG laser outputs a randomly polarized beam of 3.8 W maximum power (38% optical-to-optical efficiency and 44% slope efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power) at the 946 nm fundamental wavelength. Intracavity frequency-doubling with a 2.0-mm thick KNbO₃ crystal in a linear resonator yielded 159-mW single-ended blue-output with 4.8% optical-to-optical conversion efficiency versus the absorbed pump power. The 473-nm maximum power of 418 mW with 11.6% optical-to-optical conversion efficiency in absorbed power was obtained from a V-type resonator; the overall optical-to-optical conversion efficiency was 6.7%, while the conversion of the available infrared power reached 50%.     

Investigation of Nd:YVO4/YVO4 composite crystal and its laser performance pumped by a fiber coupled diode laser

Thermal effect control is critical to scale the output power of diode end-pumping solid lasers to several watts up and beyond. Diffusion bonding crystal has been demonstrated to be an effective method to relieve the thermal lens for the end-pumping laser crystal. The temperature distribution and thermal lens in Nd:YVO₄/YVO₄ composite crystal was numerically analyzed and compared with that of Nd:YVO4 crystal in this paper. The end-pumping Nd:YVO₄/YVO₄ composite crystal laser was set up and tested with z cavity. The maximum output power of 9.87 W at 1064 nm and 6.14 W at 532 nm were obtained at the pumping power of 16.5 W. The highest optical-optical conversion efficiencies were up to 60% at 1064 nm and 40% at 532 nm, respectively.