Room temperature single longitudinal mode Tm,Ho:Yap microchip laser at 2102.6 nm

Room temperature single-longitudinal-mode operation of a c-cut Tm(5%), Ho(0.3%):YAP microchip laser pumped by a fiber-coupled diode-laser is reported. An incident pump power of 3.06 W is used to generate the maximum single-frequency output power of 42 mW at 2102.6 nm, corresponding to optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 1.4%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time to report of Tm,Ho:YAP microchip laser operation on single-frequency at room temperature.     

2041.3 nm/2054.6 nm simultaneous dual-wavelength single-longitudinal-mode Tm,Ho:YVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> microchip laser

We report a single-longitudinal-mode CW diode-pumped Tm, Ho: YVO₄ microchip laser emitting at both 2041.3 and 2054.6 nm. At each wavelength, the laser has a single longitudinal mode. The total single-longitudinal-mode output power reaches 185 mW with 20.4% optical conversion efficiency at 905 mW incident pump power.     

A comparative study on diode-pumped continuous wave Tm:Ho:YVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> and Tm:Ho:GdVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> lasers

In this paper, we presented experimental results concerning on the laser characteristics of two microchip lasers emitting in the 2 μm range, Tm:Ho:YVO₄ microchip laser and Tm:Ho:GdVO₄ microchip laser. At a heat sink temperature of 283 K, the maximum output power of Tm:Ho:YVO₄ laser and Tm:Ho:GdVO₄ laser is 47 and 34 mW under absorbed pump power of 912 mW, respectively. High efficiency can be achieved for both lasers at room temperature. Nevertheless, compared with Tm:Ho:GdVO₄ laser, Tm:Ho:YVO₄ laser can operate on single frequency with high power easily. At the heat sink temperature of 288 K, as much as 16.5 mW of 2052.3 nm single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) laser was achieved for Tm:Ho:YVO₄ laser. Under the same condition, only 8 mW of 2048.5 nm SLM laser was achieved for Tm:Ho:GdVO₄ laser.     

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.     

Diode-end-pumped Tm,Ho:YVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> microchip laser at room temperature

Room temperature Tm, Ho:YVO₄ microchip laser operated around 2 μm was demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge. At a heat sink temperature of 283 K, a maximum output power of 47 mW was obtained by using a 0.25 mm length crystal at an absorbed pump power of 912 mW, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 9.1%. Increasing the temperature to 288 K, as much as 16.5 mW 2052.3 nm single-longitudinal-mode laser was achieved. The M ² factor was measured to be 1.4.     

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.     

A compact high efficient diode-double-passing-pumped mid-IR Tm:YLF laser at room temperature

A new compact high efficient diode-double-passing-pumped Tm:YLF laser at room temperature is presented. Using a crystal of 3 mm × 3 mm × 12 mm 4% doping Tm:YLF and double-end-double-passing pumping cavity structure without complex optical splitter pumping system, 5.6 W CW 1907.6 nm laser is obtained at 26.2 W 792 nm pumping laser. The slope efficiency is as high as 37.8% and the spectrum width is 2 nm. The relationship between cavity length and output laser is also analyzed. Experiments verify that the highest energy and convertion efficiency can be reached by optimizing the oscillator cavity length. Finally, we used this Tm:YLF laser to pump Ho:YAG crystal at room temperature and achieved 1.65 W 2.1 μm output laser with slope efficiency 67%.     

激光二极管纵向抽运（Tm，Ho）：YLF激光器的研究

对激光二极管端面抽运(Tm，Ho)：YLF固体激光器的激光特性进行了研究。根据激光二极管抽运准三能级系统的特性，详尽地分析了能量在Tm^3 离子和Ho^3 离子之间的传递过程，给出了(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。同时对(Tm，Ho)：YLF微片激光器的激光特性进行了实验研究，当保持晶体温度为19℃时，阈值抽运功率为425mW，斜率效率为22．5％，最大光—光转换效率为17．4％，并且在将晶体保持在四个不同的温度下，给出了激光输出功率随抽运功率变化的实验结果。将理论与实验结果进行比较，发现吻合得比较好。     

Single-longitudinal-mode lasing of Tm,Ho:GdVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> using a filter of Fabry-Perot etalon and volume Bragg grating

In this letter, we report a diodepumped CW Tm, Ho:GdVO₄ laser at 77 K with a volume Bragg grating (VBG) instead of the conventional mirror. Inserting a Fabry-Perot etalon into the cavity, a singlelon-gitudinal-mode of Tm, Ho:GdVO₄ laser which I s operating at 2038.387 nm with output power 64 mW is obtained. The slope efficiency of 4.68% and a narrow linewidth about 45 pm FWHM are achieved. And appropriate cavity length is about 75 ± 5 mm.     

Room temperature single-frequency output at 2118 nm from a diode-pumped Tm,Ho:YAP laser

A diode end-pumped single-frequency Tm, Ho:YAP laser at room temperature was reported. We demonstrated a single-frequency Tm, Ho:YAP laser at 2118.09 nm wavelength with output power up to 57 mW using two Fabry-Perot intracavity etalons. The optical conversion efficiency is 2.0% and the slope efficiency is 12.7%. The measured full width at half maximum linewidth was <7.5 pm limited by the resolution of the scanning Fabry-Perot etalon used to make the measurement. The wavelength was demonstrated to be stable to about 2 pm over 40 s time periods limited by the temperature stability of the laser. The single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) laser can be used as a seed laser for coherent wind measurements and differential absorption LIDAR systems.     

LD抽运Cr,Tm,Ho∶YAG微片激光器单纵模运转特性的研究

研究了LD抽运的单纵模Cr,Tm,Ho∶YAG微片激光器,激光器厚度为1?mm,在用波长785?nm的LD进行端面抽运时,激光器阈值为1060?mW,单纵模激光最大输出功率为31?mW. 对激光器输出功率随温度变化特性进行了研究,验证了CTH∶YAG晶体的温度敏感性. 还研究了激光器的温度调谐特性,实验测得激光器的温度调谐系数为14?GHz/℃. 关键词： 激光光学 CTH∶YAG微片激光器 LD抽运 单纵模运转     

Single longitudinal mode lasing of Tm,Ho:YAP microchip laser at 2000.4 nm

Single-longitudinal-mode operation of a b-cut Tm(5%), Ho(0.3%):YAlO₃ microchip laser is reported. An incident pump power of 1.85 W is used to generate the maximum single-frequency output power of 30 mW at 2000.4 nm, which represent a 1.6% optical-to-optical conversion efficiency. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time to report on single-frequency operation in Tm,Ho:YAP lasers.     

Diode-pumped Tm:GdVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> lasers with double etalons

Diode end-pumped single-frequency Tm:GdVO₄ laser at room temperature was reported. The maximal output power of single-frequency is as high as 51 mW by using two uncoated fused YAG etalons, which are respectively 0.05 mm thick and 1 mm thick. We obtained the single frequency Tm:GdVO₄ laser at 1919.7 nm. The slope efficiency is 1.4%. The single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) laser can be used as a seed laser for coherent wind measurements and differential absorption LIDAR systems.     

高功率Cr,Tm,Ho∶YAG激光器的实验研究

在医学应用上,Cr,Tm,Ho∶YAG激光器需要在大功率、高重频下工作。合理的设计对提高Cr,Tm,Ho∶YAG激光器的输出功率是很重要的。通过对Cr,Tm,Ho∶YAG输出特性进行理论分析和实验验证可知,腔长、全反射镜曲率半径、输出镜透过率、水温等因素对Cr,Tm,Ho∶YAG激光器的输出功率均有影响。提出了优化设计Cr,Tm,Ho∶YAG激光器的方法。在镀银腔情况下,当重频为10Hz时,激光阈值为45J,斜效率为1.1%;当输入能量为121J时,输出的平均功率为9.7W。在陶瓷聚光腔情况下,当重频为10Hz时,激光阈值为40J,斜效率为2.7%;当输入能量为100J时,输出的平均功率为16.2W。     

A single-longitudinal-mode continuous-wave Ho~(3+):YVO_4 laser at 2.05 μm pumped by a Tm-fibre laser

We present a single-longitudinal-mode continuous-wave Ho~(3+):YVO_4 laser at 2.05 μm pumped by a Tm-doped fibre laser. Use of a cavity etalon enables spectral selectivity for single-mode operation. The highest power achieved in the single longitudinal mode at 2052.5 nm is 282 mW at a slope efficiency of 6.9%, corresponding to an optical conversion efficiency of 3.0%. These features demonstrate that this single-longitudinal-mode Ho:YVO_4 laser is suitable for use as a seed laser in some Lidar systems(e.g., coherent Lidar or differential absorption Lidar). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on such a single-longitudinal-mode Ho:YVO_4 laser at 2.05 μm.     

diode-pumped single-frequency Tm:GdVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> laser at 1897.6 nm

A diode end-pumped Tm:GdVO₄ laser at room temperature is reported. The maximal output power of single-frequency is as high as 34 mW by using two uncoated fused etalons, which are respectively 0.05 mm thick YAG and 1mm thick quartz. We obtained the single frequency Tm:GdVO₄ laser at 1897.6 nm with the slope efficiency of 1.3%. The single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) laser can be used as a seed laser for coherent wind measurements and differential absorption LIDAR systems.     

Laser characteristics of 2-µm microchip Tm,Ho:Lu<Subscript>2</Subscript>SiO<Subscript>5</Subscript> laser

Cryogenic temperature operation of a 〈010〉-cut microchip Tm,Ho:Lu₂SiO₅ laser end-pumping by a fiber-coupled laser-diode is presented. A 2.73 W absorbed pump power is used to generate a maximum laser output of 470 mW, representing a 17.2% optical-to-optical conversion efficiency and a 61.7% slope efficiency corresponding to absorbed power. In the experiment, the oscillating wavelength shifting from 2.03 to 2.08 μm has been observed and a single 2.03 μm wavelength oscillation has obtained. To our knowledge, this work is the first time to investigate the Cryogenic temperature operation of microchip Tm,Ho:Lu₂SiO₅.     

(Tm,Ho):YLF微片激光器的实验研究

报道了一台连续792 nm Ti:Al2O3激光器纵向抽运的(Tm,Ho):YLF微片激光器.在室温条件下,当抽运功率为680 mW时,激光器在2.06 μm波长的输出功率达到90 mW.激光器阈值为380 mW,光光转换效率为13%,斜率效率为26%.     

Diode pumped operation of 1 mm Tm,Ho:YAP microchip laser

A single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) operation of a c-cut 1 mm Tm(5%), Ho(0.3%):YAP micro-chip laser pumped by a fiber-coupled diode-laser was reported. Under cryogenic temperature, the output power of 216 mW was obtained under the incident power of 2230 mW, corresponding to the slope efficiency was 13.6%. As much as 133 mW output and slope efficiency of 4.9% was obtained under the pump power of 3000 mW at 291 K. In addition, a maximum SLM output power of 30 mW at wavelength of 2130.56 nm is demonstrated under 77 K.     

Achieving single-longitudinal-mode output about Tm:YAG laser at room temperature

We report on the single-longitudinal-mode Tm:YAG laser with a volume Bragg grating pumped by laser diode at room temperature. The maximum SLM power of 142 mW was achieved under incident pump power of 3.22 W. The central wavelength was 2012.6 nm accords with the resonant wavelength of the VBG. Three cavity lengths were used to achieve high efficiency and clear spectrum. The maximum output power were measured to be 450.5, 451.4, and 457.3 mW at incident pump power of 3.22 W, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 17.1, 16.9, and 16.7% for the cavity length of 30, 40, and 50 mm, respectively. 40 mm cavity length having the cleanest spectrum among the three was used for SLM laser with one 1 mm F-P etalon inserted into the cavity.