450W二极管泵浦Nd：YAG薄片激光器

二极管泵浦高平均功率固体激光器在工业、科研和军事等领域具有非常广泛的应用。光学泵浦将在固体激光介质里产生废热并引起介质温度升高。激光器的连续运转要求实时冷却以消除废热。由于固体激光介质的热导率通常较低，因此在激光介质内部和冷却表面之间将产生显著的温度梯度，这就导致了折射率梯度、机械应力和退偏等效应，进而降低光束质量，减小输出功率，甚至造成介质的断裂。这些效应是固体激光器向高平均功率定标的最大挑战。采用薄片激光介质是解决这一问题的有效手段之一。     

V形槽硅微通道冷却器的研制

高平均功率的二极管泵浦固体激光器（DPL）要求用于泵浦的二极管阵列功率密度达到1kW／cm^2，由于二极管运行的电光效率只有40％50％，需要高强度的冷却器来对面阵进行冷却。V型槽硅微通道冷却器。结构紧凑，具有较高的冷却能力，可在其V形槽上同时焊接多条bar而形成面阵。从而能大幅提高封装工艺的集成度，降低封装成本，使大规模地封装高功率激光二极管阵列成为可能。     

对高平均功率DPL的几点认识

高平均功率二极管泵浦激光(DPL)的发展历程充满了技术创新,解决热管理问题的不同思路导致了各种不同的具体技术路线,其中包含着空间域、时间域和材料学的创新,甚至超越了全固态激光的范畴.指出了高平均功率DPL有广阔的应用前景,军民两用,类型多样.影响高平均功率DPL应用的制约因素主要是能源、有效热控等问题.     

162W二极管泵浦Nd：YAG腔内倍频激光器

高平均功率腔内倍频绿光激光器在许多领域都有非常广泛的应用，如用于高反射率材料的激光处理设备，材料的切割、钻孔和打标，医疗设备，燃料激光器或钛宝石激光器的抽运源，以及大型激光演示的光源等，国内外开展了许多这方面的研究工作，目前国外已获得平均功率300W的调Q脉冲绿光输出，国内最高水平是华北光电技术研究所输出功率120W的二极管泵浦腔内倍频绿光激光器。     

12kW二极管泵浦激光模块

二极管泵浦固体激光器（DPL）具有寿命长、热负载小、结构紧凑等优点，在工业加工、军事、通讯等领域都得到了广泛的应用。在高光束质量、高平均功率DPL激光器的研究中，目前普遍采用MOPA结构的光路布局——由谐振腔产生出低功率的单横模激光输出，经多路放大后达到满足需求的功率水平。而激光放大模块作为放大光路中的核心部件，其增益分布特性将直接影响到光束放大过程中的波前变化，因此如何在提高激光放大模块储能的同时提高模块增益分布的均匀性，从而减少光路放大过程的波前畸变，对于进一步研制高平均功率、高光束质量的半导体泵浦固体激光器具有非常重要的意义。     

500mJ，400Hz电光调QMOPA绿光泵浦激光器

近年来，国内高平均功率全固态绿光二极管泵浦固体激光器（DPL）研究取得较大进展，天津大学、电子11部等单位的绿光激光器达到了百瓦级。但该类激光器均是采用声一光调Q及内腔倍频技术，重复频率一般为10-20kHz、脉冲宽度约100ns，单脉冲能量在几毫焦至数十毫焦量级。     

高平均功率LID脉冲电流源

LD（激光二极管）脉冲电流源是为DPL（二极管泵浦激光器）中LD进行脉冲供电的驱动电源。要求提供稳定的脉冲电流，电流脉冲顶部平坦，有良好的保护性能，可靠性高，并能与DPL激光系统在体积、信号控制特性、交流供电要求等方面有良好的匹配。在相关的应用工程中，要求其脉冲电流幅度120A，脉冲占空比15％，负载阻抗2．5Ω，脉冲峰值功率36kW，平均输出功率5．4kW。     

固体可调谐激光器近十年的进展

掺钛宝石、金绿宝石等可见一红外高功率可调谐激光器问世，连续输出功率达数瓦；LiF等色心激光在室温工作，脉冲输出达１００J ．KTP和ＢＢＯ取代早期非线性光学晶体，产生更高 功率和更短波长的激光．二极管泵浦固体激光器的研制成功，导致“全固体化”激光研究的新方向．     

高能高功率激光参数测量技术研究

简述了高能高功率激光技术的发展现状及其计量测试需求,介绍了近年来开展的高能高功率激光参数计量测试研究取得的进展,给出激光功率能量、时域参数和空域参数等测量原理和方法。指出了高能高功率激光参数测量面临的主要问题及需要突破的关键技术,包括大动态范围功率能量“无畸变”衰减技术、激光功率能量现场测量技术和功率能量计溯源及后向散射补偿方法等。     

二极管泵浦无机液体激光器出光实验研究

 为探索新的高能激光体系，搭建了二极管泵浦的液体激光器。采用激光二极管作为泵浦光源，单侧泵浦掺钕离子的无机激光液体，进行了出光实验。通过测量输出光束的近场分布、脉冲波形和光谱，证实实现了激光输出，输出激光的波长为1 053 nm。输出的单脉冲激光能量达到47 mJ，光-光转换效率达到14%。其光-光转换效率高出闪光灯泵浦液体条件下2个数量级，说明该激光体系具有向高能激光体系发展的前景。     

高功率皮秒紫外激光器新进展

高功率皮秒紫外激光器在高精密加工、激光医疗、光电对抗和光伏产业等领域有重要应用,近年来成为固体激光新光源研究热点。本文对国内外基于和频技术的高功率皮秒紫外激光器研究新进展进行了归纳和总结。首先,阐述了和频工作原理,介绍了和频产生皮秒紫外激光的非线性晶体;然后,介绍了国内外高功率皮秒紫外激光器的新进展,包括:高功率皮秒紫外激光器、高峰值功率皮秒紫外激光器、高功率和高峰值功率皮秒紫外激光器。最后,展望了高功率皮秒紫外激光器的进一步发展及应用。归纳和总结表明:高功率皮秒紫外激光器在国外较成熟,国内在该领域的研究刚刚起步。光子晶体光纤和碟片激光器输出基频光的皮秒紫外激光器有突出的优势,已成为皮秒紫外激光产业的主力军。     

大功率半导体激光器发展及相关技术概述

激光被称为"最快的刀"、"最准的尺"、"最亮的光",与原子能、计算机、半导体并称为20世纪新四大发明.大功率半导体激光器在工业加工、医疗美容、光纤通信、无人驾驶、智能机器人等方面有着广泛的应用.如何实现大功率半导体激光光源,一直以来都是国际的研究前沿和学科热点.为此,简述了大功率半导体激光器的发展历史,综述了大功率半导...     

New solid-state lasers and their application potentials

In recent years, Nd:YAG-lasers have found increasing interest in many fields of high-power applications that formerly had been the domain of CO₂-lasers. This was mainly due to several consequences of their wavelength, such as a higher absorptivity, lower sensitivity against laser-induced plasmas and, in particular, the use of flexible glass fibres for beam handling. Disadvantages like poor beam quality and low efficiency are being effectively reduced by recent developments of diode-pumped systems. Some promising concepts based on different pumping techniques and crystal geometries — rods, discs, fibres — will be discussed in view of attainable beam quality and means of power scaling. The second part of the paper will deal with investigations aimed at utilizing the beneficial properties of Nd:YAG-lasers, especially for welding. In particular, the advantages of the twin-focus technique are discussed in some detail with regard to power scaling, process improvements and flexibility increase. Based upon experience, the extension to a multi-focus technique is proposed by presenting experimental data obtained with lamp-pumped high-power lasers and results of numerical modelling. This evidence demonstrates the potential for industrial applications and provides an idea of what can be expected from the new generation of diode-pumped solid-state lasers with high beam quality.     

Passively mode-locked Nd:LuVO(4) laser with a GaAs wafer

We report on the passive mode locking of a diode-pumped Nd:LuVO(4) laser with a GaAs wafer as output coupler. Using the interference modulation effect of the GaAs wafer, high-power continuous-wave mode locking with a pulse width of about 7.1 ps and an average output power of 3.11 W was achieved. Our result shows that Nd:LuVO(4) could be an excellent gain medium for diode-pumped high-power mode-locked lasers.     

High power laser operation with crystal fibers

We present the very last results on the development of high-power lasers with crystal fibers in Nd:YAG and in Yb:YAG grown by the Micro-Pulling Down technique. An overview of the main optical properties of the grown crystal fibers is given as well as the principles of the diode-pumped systems are developed. The average output power obtained with those materials reaches now several tens of watts in the CW regime and in high repetition rate Q-switched operation. Pulses with an energy of several millijoules have been obtained with pulse durations from 10 to 20 ns and peak powers from 100 kW to 350 kW. In each case, the measured M ² quality factors remained in the range 2.5 to 5. In addition, the first demonstration of high-power laser emission with an Yb:YAG crystal fiber of 0.4 mm in diameter is reported. In this case, we obtained an output power of 27 W at 1030 nm under 100 W of pump power at 940 nm in CW regime. To our knowledge, those results represent the highest powers ever generated with crystal fibers obtained directly from the growth. We finally conclude this work by exposing the potential of crystal fiber lasers for a new generation of high-power laser systems.     

Ultrafast all-solid-state laser technology

Passively mode-locked diode-pumped solid-state lasers can provide practical high-power laser sources with pico- and femtosecond pulse durations. We use semiconductors not only to optically pump but also to cw mode-lock or Q-switch a solid-state laser. A novel saturable absorber design, the Antiresonant Fabry-Perot Saturable Absorber (A-FPSA), allows of using semiconductor saturable-absorber materials even though they are generally not well-matched to the characteristics required for diode-pumped solid-state lasers, i.e., the semiconductors tend to have too much optical loss, a too low saturation intensity, and a too low damage threshold. This paper gives an overview of passively mode-locked ion-doped crystalline solid-state lasers. In particular, we present a quantitative discussion of A-FPSA mode locking, and compare A-FPSA mode locking with other passive mode locking techniques such as KLM (Kerr Lens Mode locking).     

Stable, efficient diode-pumped femtosecond Yb:KGW laser through optimization of energy density on SESAM

An efficient high-power diode-pumped femtosecond Yb:KGW laser is repored. Through optimization of energy density by semiconductor saturable absorber mirror, output power achieved 2.4 W with pulse duration of 350 fs and repetition rate of 53 MHz at a pump power of 12.5 W, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 19.2%. We believe that it is the highest optical-to-optical efficiency for single-diode-pumped bulk Yb:KGW femtosecond lasers to date.     

Phase transition model of water flow irradiated by high-energy laser in a chamber

In the absorption chamber of a high-energy laser energy meter, water is directly used as an absorbing medium and the interaction of the high-power laser and the water flow can produce a variety of physical phenomena such as phase transitions. The unit difference method is adopted to deduce the phase transition model for water flow irradiated by a high-energy laser. In addition, the model is simulated and verified through experiments. Among them, the experimental verification uses the photographic method, shooting the distribution and the form of the air mass of water flow in different operating conditions, which are compared with the simulation results. The research shows that it is achievable to reduce the intensity of the phase transition by increasing the water flow, reducing the power intensity of the beam, shortening the distance the beam covers, reducing the initial water temperature or adopting a shorter wavelength laser. The study＇s results will provide the reference for the design of a water-direct-absorption-type high-energy laser energy meter as well as an analysis of the interaction processes of other similar high-power lasers and water flow.     

Scalable concept for diode-pumped high-power solid-state lasers

A new, scalable concept for diode-pumped high-power solid-state lasers is presented. The basic idea of our approach is a very thin laser crystal disc with one face mounted on a heat sink. This allows very high pump power densities without high temperature rises within the crystal. Together with a flat-top pump-beam profile this geometry leads to an almost homogeneous and one-dimensional heat flux perpendicular to the surface. This design dramatically reduces thermal distortions compared to conventional cooling schemes and is particularly suited for quasi-three-level systems which need high pump power densities. Starting from the results obtained with a Ti:Sapphire-pumped Yb:YAG laser at various temperatures, the design was proved by operating a diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser with an output power of 4.4 W and a maximum slope efficiency of 68%. From these first results we predict an exctracted cw power of 100 W at 300 K (140 W at 200 K) with high beam quality from a single longitudinally pumped Yb: YAG crystal with an active volume of 2 mm³. Compact diode-pumped solid-state lasers in the kilowatt range seem to be possible by increasing the pump-beam diameter and/or by using several crystal discs.     

High conversion efficiency,high power density Q-switched fiber laser

An acoustic-optic Q-switched all-fiber laser With a high-repetition-rate, a short pulse width, a wide spectrum, and a high conversion efficiency is experimentally demonstrated. In the laser configuration, a （1＋1）x 1 side-pumping coupler is introduced to perform backward pumping, and a 10/130%tm Yb fiber is adopted. The acoustic-optic component operates in the first direction, achieving a Q-switched pulse with a repetition rate adjustable in the range of 20 kHz-80 kHz. Under a repetition rate of 20 kHz and a pump power of 6.76 W, the fiber laser obtains a highly efficient and stable pulse output, with an average power of 4.3 W, a pulse width of 56 ns, a peak power of 3.83 kW, and a power density of 1.39x 101~ W/cm2. Particularly, the optic-optic conversion efficiency of the laser reaches as high as 64%. Another feature of the pulsed laser is that the high reflection mirror reflects the pump light as well, which brings the secondary absorption of the pump power into the gain fiber.