Numerical solutions of diode-pumped dual-loss-modulated Q-switched and mode-locked green laser with acousto-optic modulator and Cr: YAG saturable absorber

By considering the influence of the acousto-optic (AO) modulator and the nonlinear loss due to harmonic conversion in the intra-cavity frequency-doubling laser, a developed rate equation model for diode-pumped dual-loss-modulated Q-switched and mode-locked (QML) Nd:LuVO₄/KTP green laser with acousto-optic (AO) modulator and Cr⁴⁺:YAG saturable absorber is presented. With this developed model, the pulse width, single-pulse energy and the other dual-loss-modulated QML green laser characteristics are numerically simulated. The simulation results show that the turnoff time is of great importance for the pulse energy and pulse width of the Q-switched pulse. A diode-pumped dual-loss-modulated QML Nd:LuVO₄/KTP laser is constructed to successfully demonstrate the numerical simulation application.     

Continuous-wave passively mode-locked Nd:YVO<Subscript>4</Subscript>/KTP green laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

A diode-pumped passively mode-locked low-doped Nd:YVO₄ green laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) and an intracavity frequency-doubling KTP crystal is demonstrated. In order to efficiently release the thermal effect, a low-doped Nd:YVO₄ crystal with the Nd³⁺ concentration of 0.1 at % is employed as the gain medium. The maximum average output power of 3.1 W at 532 nm with a repetition rate of 102 MHz is obtained under the pump power of 25 W, corresponding to an optical conversion efficiency of 12.4%. The 532 nm mode locked pulse width is estimated to be approximately 6.1 ps.     

Intracavity-frequency-doubled Q-switched and mode-locked Nd:Lu0.15Y0.85VO4/KTP green laser with AO modulator and central SESAM

By using mixed crystal Nd:Lu_0.15Y_0.85VO₄ as laser medium, KTP as frequency-doubling crystal, a diode-pumped intracavity-frequency-doubled Q-switched and mode-locked (QML) Nd:Lu_0.15Y_0.85VO₄/KTP green laser with acousto-optic (AO) modulator and central semiconductor saturable absorption mirror (C-SESAM) is realized by using a V-type cavity. The QML laser characteristics such as the pulse width, single-pulse energy, have been measured for different modulation frequencies of the AO modulator. In comparison with the singly passively QML green laser with central SESAM, the doubly QML green laser can generate more stable and shorter pulses with higher peak power. Based on the coupled rate equations for a diode-pumped doubly QML green laser with AO and C-SESAM, in which the saturated absorption mechanism of C-SESAM is considered, the recurrence relation of the relative amplitude of the mode-locking pulses is given and the related numerical simulations are in good agreement with the experimental results.     

Diode-pumped passively Q-switched 912 nm Nd:GdVO4 laser and pulsed deep-blue laser by intracavity frequency-doubling

A diode-end-pumped passively Q-switched 912 nm Nd:GdVO₄/Cr⁴⁺:YAG laser and its efficient intracavity frequency-doubling to 456 nm deep-blue laser were demonstrated in this paper. Using a simple V-type laser cavity, pulsed 912 nm laser characteristics were investigated with two kinds of Cr⁴⁺:YAG crystal as the saturable absorbers, which have the different initial transmissivity (T_U) of 95% and 90% at 912 nm. When the T_U = 95% Cr⁴⁺:YAG was used, as much as an average output power of 2.8 W 912 nm laser was achieved at an absorbed pump power of 34.0 W, and the pulse width and the repetition rate were ∼ 40.5 ns and ∼ 76.6 kHz, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest average output power of diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd³⁺-doped quasi-three-level laser. Employing a BiBO as the frequency-doubling crystal, 456 nm pulsed deep-blue laser was obtained with a maximum average output power of 1.2 W at a repetition rate ∼ 42.7 kHz.     

All-solid-state continuous-wave yellow laser based on intracavity frequency-doubled self-Raman laser action

We report continuous-wave yellow emission from a compact Nd:YVO₄ self-Raman laser with intra-cavity frequency-doubling in LBO, pumped by a 4.5 W high-brightness diode laser. A maximum yellow output of 140 mW was observed with an overall optical (diode-to-yellow) conversion efficiency of 4.4%, and with a high beam quality (M²∼1.2). A variety of different resonator configurations were investigated in order to achieve low threshold, highest output powers and efficiency, and to investigate amplitude stability. PACS 42.55.Xi; 42.55.Ye; 42.65.Ky     

Diode-pumped Q-switched and mode-locked Nd:LuVO4/KTP green laser with AO and Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber

A diode-pumped Q-switched and mode-locked (QML) Nd:LuVO₄/KTP green laser with acousto-optic modulator (AOM) and Cr⁴⁺:YAG saturable absorber is presented. By inserting an AOM into the laser cavity, the stability of the QML green laser pulse with AO and Cr⁴⁺:YAG is improved, the modulation depth is increased and the pulse width of Q-switched pulse envelope is significantly compressed in comparison with that of the singly passively QML green laser with Cr⁴⁺:YAG. The experimental results show that the peak power of the doubly QML green laser pulse is much higher than that of the singly passively QML green laser pulse.     

LD抽运Er3+，Yb3+共掺磷酸盐玻璃被动调Q激光器的理论分析和数值计算

研究了以Co²⁺:MgAl₂O₄晶体为饱和吸收体的LD抽运Er³⁺,Yb³⁺共掺磷酸盐玻璃激光器.针对双掺离子之间的能量传递和Er³⁺的多种跃迁过程，结合Co²⁺:MgAl₂O₄晶体中Co²⁺离子的饱和吸收特性，给出了详尽的速率方程，在其基础上进行了数值分析，分析了输出镜透过率、激光介质长度、谐振腔长度、腔内往返损耗、饱和吸收体长度对激光阈值、峰值功率、单脉冲能量以及脉冲宽度的影响.     

全固化自锁模飞秒Ti:S激光器实验研究

首次在国内系统报道了以腔内LBO倍频Nd:YVO₄激光器为泵浦源的全固化自锁模飞秒钛宝石激光器的实验结果.设计了一种热不敏腔内LBO倍频线性折叠腔结构,获得到了25.5%的光转换效率,泵浦功率为22W时得到了5.6W的基模绿光输出功率;以该激光器为泵浦源,在线性Z型腔的基础上,使用了一种能够通过改变腔内凹面聚焦镜折叠角消除象散的方法,直接由钛宝石激光器得到了脉冲宽度为22fs、功率为300mW的光脉冲.整个激光系统稳定性好,噪音明显低于Ar³⁺激光器的泵浦情况.     

Diode-pumped doubly passively Q-switched Nd:LuVO4/KTP green laser with Cr:YAG and GaAs saturable absorbers

A diode-pumped doubly passively Q-switched intracavity-frequency-doubling Nd:LuVO₄/KTP green laser with Cr⁴⁺:YAG and GaAs saturable absorbers is demonstrated. This laser can generate the shorter pulse width with higher peak power compared with the singly passively Q-switched green laser with Cr⁴⁺:YAG or GaAs saturable absorber. The relations between the pulse symmetry and the ratio of the small-signal transmissions of two saturable absorbers are investigated. By reasonably choosing the small-signal transmissions of both saturable absorbers, the doubly passively Q-switched green laser can generate the much more symmetric pulse profile. The coupled rate equations are used to simulate the passively Q-switched process of the green laser by considering the Gaussian transversal and longitudinal distributions of the intracavity photon density. The numerical results of the equations are consistent with the experimental results.     

Diode-pumped passively Q-switched intracavity frequency doubled Nd:GdVO4/KTP green laser

A compact diode-pumped passively Q-switched intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:GdVO₄/KTP green-pulse laser was demonstrated, using Cr⁴⁺:YAG as a saturable absorber in a simple flat–flat cavity. With a 5.9 W incident pump power, a passively Q-switched green laser was obtained with an average power of 397 mW, repetition rate of 40 kHz, and pulse width of 40 ns, when the initial transmission of Cr⁴⁺:YAG was 85%. The shortest pulse width of 30 ns, the highest green peak power of 696 W and the maximum pulse energy of 21 μJ were obtained when the initial transmission of Cr⁴⁺:YAG was 70%. Under CW green operation, we obtained 440 mW output power.     

Optimization of passively Q-switched laser with V:YAG saturable absorber

By considering the Gaussian spatial distributions of the intracavity photon density and the initial population-inversion density, the coupled rate equations for a diode-pumped passively Q-switched laser with V³⁺:YAG saturable absorber are given. These coupled rate equations are solved numerically and the key parameters of an optimally coupled passively Q-switched laser with V³⁺:YAG at 1342 nm are determined. These key parameters include the parameters of the gain medium, the saturable absorber and the resonator, which can maximize the pulse energy of singly Q-switched pulse. The optimal calculations for a diode-pumped passively Q-switched a-Nd:GdVO₄ laser with V³⁺:YAG saturable absorber are presented to demonstrate the numerical simulation applicable.     

Er3+离子掺杂钡镓锗玻璃上转换发光机理研究

研究了Er³⁺离子掺杂钡镓锗玻璃的吸收光谱、拉曼光谱和上转换光谱.分析了Er³⁺离子在钡镓锗玻璃中的上转换发光机理.结果表明：玻璃的最大声子能量为828cm^-1，紫外截止波长为275nm.采用800nm和980nmLD激发玻璃样品，在室温下观察到强烈的上转换绿光和红光发射.随着Er³⁺离子浓度的增加，绿光发光强度先增加后减小，而红光发光强度呈单调递增趋势.能量分析表明：800nmLD激发产生的绿光主要源于Er³⁺离子4I_13/2能级的激发态吸收过程；红光发射主要源于Er³⁺离子4I_13/2能级与4I_11/2能级之间的能量转移过程.980nmLD激发产生的绿光主要源于Er³⁺离子4I_11/2能级之间的能量转移过程；而红光发射主要源于Er³⁺离子4I_13/2能级与4I_11/2能级之间的能量转移过程和4I_13/2能级的激发态吸收过程.通过量子效率分析，发现采用800nmLD激发Er³⁺离子掺杂浓度为1mol% 的样品时，上转换绿光发光效率最高. 关键词： 上转换发光机理 3+离子掺杂')" href="#">Er³⁺离子掺杂 钡镓锗玻璃     

Optimization of passively Q-switched and mode-locked laser with Cr:YAG saturable absorber

By considering the Gaussian spatial distributions of the intracavity photon density and the initial population-inversion density, the coupled rate equations for a diode-pumped passively Q-switched and mode-locked (QML) laser with Cr⁴⁺:YAG saturable absorber are given. These coupled rate equations are solved numerically and the key parameters of an optimally coupled passively QML laser are determined for the first time. These key parameters include the parameters of the gain medium, the saturable absorber and the resonator, which can maximize the pulse energy of singly Q-switched envelope. The optimal calculations for a diode-pumped passively QML Nd:GdVO₄ laser with Cr⁴⁺:YAG saturable absorber are presented to demonstrate the numerical simulation applicable.     

Saturated absorption spectroscopy in the ultra-violet with a continuous-wave,frequency-doubled,ring dye laser; even isotope shifts on the 6d3D1-6p3P0 transition of HgI

A novel, single-frequency, continuous-wave, ring, dye laser with intra-cavity frequency-doubling has been developed, and used to carry out saturated absorption spectroscopy on the 6s6d³D₁-6s6p³P₀ transition of Hg I at 296.7 nm. Even isotope shifts have been measured by this technique on this transition and are: Hg204-202, 350 ± 10 MHz; Hg202-200, 345 ± 10 MHz; Hg200-198, 310 ± 10 MHz. The shift on transitions from the hyperfine state 6s6d³D₁ ($\text{F =}\text{3}\text{2}$) between Hg199 and Hg201 has also been measured, and is 225 ± 10 MHz.     

Diode-pumped doubly passively Q-switched c-cut Nd:GdVO4 1.34 μm laser with V:YAG and Co:LMA saturable absorbers

By simultaneously using both V³⁺:YAG and Co:LMA saturable absorbers in the cavity, a diode-pumped doubly passively Q-switched c-cut Nd:GdVO₄ laser at 1.34 μm is demonstrated for the first time. The average output power, the pulse width and the pulse repetition rate have been measured. The experimental results show that the doubly passively Q-switched laser can generate shorter pulse width with higher peak power in comparison to the singly passively Q-switched laser only with V³⁺:YAG or Co:LMA saturable absorber. At the pump power 13 W, the pulse width has been compressed 83% and the peak power has been improved 15 times, respectively.     

Detection and Quantitation Of Several Atomic Species By Intra-cavity Quenching Of Laser Emission

Until recently laser research has been the province of the physicist wherein lasers have been utilized extensively as sources of coherent, highly monochromatic energy. The thrust of this research has been to employ the organic solution laser output as an analytical signal from which information about a particular system may be extracted. Preliminary investigations in this laboratory showed that a great number of variables are active in the achievement of lasing from an organic solution. More significantly, concurrent work in this laboratory produced some anomalous results which were subsequently attributed to a cavity defect. This suggested that small energy losses at discrete wavelengths within the resonant cavity of an organic solution laser could result in quenching of broad band laser emission at those specific wavelengths. These considerations led to investigations in which atoms and mlecules were purposefully introduced into the resonant cavity of an organic solution laser.¹ A search of the literature revealed that investigators at The National Bureau of Standards had previously observed this phenomenon and had reported on the intra-cavity absorption of a pulsed rhodamine 6G laser emission by sodium vapor.² In a follow-up paper Keller and co-workers demonstrated the enhancement of absorption for Eu(NO₃)₃) when placed within the cavity of a rhodamine 6G laser. Concurrently absorption was observed from Ba and Sr in an air-acetylene flame within a dye laser cavity by, Thrash et al.⁴ Hansch and co-workers⁵ duplicated the intra-cavity absorption experiment with iodine vapor and compared the sensitivity of this result with measurements obtained from conventional absorption techniques. At about the same time Latz, Wyles, and Green¹ reported data which dennnstrated that the extent of intra-cavity absorption for nitrogen dioxide was linearly related to its concentration. Investigation into the use of a laminar flow burner with an air-acetylene flame within a dye laser cavity showed part per billion (ppb) detection limits for sodium as well as the detection of barium and mercury. The completion of these intracavity absorption studies in the visible region of the spectrum yielded the results which are reported here as well as quantitative intyacavity absorption data for Eu⁺³. In an independent study Konjevic also reported detection of sodium by intra-cavity absorption from an airnatural gas flame⁶.     

In-band pumping of Nd-vanadate thin-disk lasers

We investigate the output performance of the 1.06 μm ⁴F_3/2→⁴I_11/2 transition in Nd:GdVO₄ and Nd:YVO₄ thin-disk lasers under multi-pass pumping with diode lasers at 0.81 μm and at 0.88 μm, which corresponds to direct in-band pumping of the ⁴F_3/2 emitting level. The use of a pump module with 24 passes through the crystal allowed the realization of an in-band pumped Nd:GdVO₄ thin-disk laser with 14.9 W of continuous wave (cw) output power at 1.06 μm; the overall optical-to-optical efficiency was 0.50 and the slope efficiency with respect to the incident pump power was 0.52. Intracavity frequency-doubling of the Nd:GdVO₄ thin-disk laser with a LiB₃O₅ (LBO) nonlinear crystal yielded 9.1 W of cw output power in the green at 0.53 μm with an overall optical-to-optical efficiency of 0.31.     

A compact and high efficiency diode pumped green laser based on MgO doped PPLN

In this work, an efficient intra-cavity second harmonic generation of green laser in a periodically poled MgO doped LiNbO₃ (MgO:PPLN) bulk crystal using a compact Nd:YVO₄ laser as a fundamental laser source is reported. Different length, different working temperature MgO:PPLN crystals are tested and investigated in the SHG experiments. The maximum output power at 532 nm is 6.2 W at the absorbed pump power at 808 nm of 14 W, the optical to optical conversion efficiencies from 808 to 532 nm and 1064 to 532 nm are 43 and 77%, respectively, the instability in 2 hours is less than 5%.     

High-peak power,passively Q-switched,composite, all-poly-crystalline ceramics Nd:YAG/Cr<Superscript>4+</Superscript>:YAG laser and generation of 532-nm green light

Output performances of passively Q-switched, composite Nd:YAG/Cr⁴⁺:YAG lasers that consisted of bonded, all-poly-crystalline ceramics Nd:YAG and Cr⁴⁺:YAG are reported. Laser pulses at 1.06 μm with 2.5-mJ energy and 1.9-MW peak power are obtained from a 1.1-at % Nd:YAG/Cr⁴⁺:YAG ceramics that was quasi-continuous-wave (quasi-CW) pumped with a diode laser. Single-pass frequency doubling with LiB₃O₅ (LBO) nonlinear crystal at room temperature yielded green laser pulses at 532 nm of 0.36-mJ energy and 0.3-MW peak power, with a conversion efficiency of 0.27.     

Up-conversion emissions of Er<Superscript>3+</Superscript>-Yb<Superscript>3+</Superscript> codoped Al<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript> nanoparticles by the arc discharge synthesis method

The Er³⁺-Yb³⁺ codoped Al₂O₃ nanoparticles with an average particle size of about 50 nm have been synthesized by an arc discharge synthesis method. The green and red up-conversion emissions centered at about 526, 547 and 677 nm, corresponding respectively to the ²H_11/2→⁴I_15/2, ⁴S_3/2→⁴I_15/2 and ⁴F_9/2→⁴I_15/2 transitions of Er³⁺, were detected by a 978-nm semiconductor laser diode excitation. The Annealing has evident effect on the up-conversion emissions of the samples: The red up-conversion emission is noticeable before annealing; however, the green up-conversion emission becomes predominant after annealing. The mixture of (Er,Yb)₃Al₅O₁₂ and α-(Al,Er,Yb)₂O₃ phases is more favorable for green up-conversion emissions due to an enhancement of the ESA (I) of ⁴I_11/2+a photon→⁴F_7/2 and ET (III) of ²F_5/2(Yb³⁺)+⁴I_11/2(Er³⁺)→²F_7/2(Yb³⁺)+⁴F_7/2(Er³⁺) processes. The two-photon absorption up-conversion process is involved in the green and red up-conversion emissions. The results have proved that arc discharge synthesis is a new promising preparation technology for optical materials. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10804015), the Scientific Research Foundation for Doctor of Liaoning Province (Grant No. 20071095), and the Educational Committee Foundation of Liaoning Province (Grant No. 2008123)