Nd：YAG固体脉冲激光器实验研究

介绍了Nd：YAG固体脉冲激光器相关的实验项目：静态和调Q状态的出光阈值、激光脉宽、倍频和激光光束形状等.采用普通相纸、红外相纸和激光能量计检测出不同的激光器静态和调Q出光阈值;采用散射、反射和透射方法研究了静态和调Q输出激光脉冲的宽度,发现用K9玻璃和多层膜镜测试的激光脉冲宽度比散射方法的大;采用激光能量计测试激光器静态和调Q的倍频效率和倍频激光能量与倍频晶体的位置关系;激光光束探测器表征激光器静态和调Q输出光的光斑形状.通过这些实验项目,学生将深入了解和掌握固体脉冲激光器的工作原理、性能参数,以及表征激光器性能参数的仪器设备,并深入地研究解决实验发现的问题,为今后激光相关领域的工作奠定坚实的基础.     

腔内倍频调Q激光器中脉冲光场的时间不稳定性研究

以腔内倍频调Q激光器工作原理为基础,研究了多种形式抽运光分布的情况下倍频光的脉冲形状以及脉冲持续过程中光场分布的时间不稳定性,分析了倍频光光束质量随时间的变化规律.发现腔内倍频调Q激光器输出的倍频光光场分布在脉冲的持续过程中并不稳定,呈持续变化.对高斯型抽运的情况研究发现,减小腔长会使脉冲光场分布的不稳定性减小;而增加...     

高效三倍频全固态Nd∶YAG/LBO紫外激光器

报道了一种侧面泵浦Nd∶YAG、声光调Q、LBO晶体腔外倍频和三倍频的355 nm准连续波紫外激光器.采用结构简单、紧凑的平-凹腔设计,在152 W的泵浦功率下,重复频率5 kHz时,获得平均功率1.62 W的355 nm TEM00模激光输出,三倍频的转换效率为25%;重复频率1 kHz时,获得平均功率518 mW、单脉冲能量518 μJ、脉宽17 ns、峰值功率高达30 kW的紫外激光输出.     

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。     

LD抽运Nd∶YVO4自喇曼倍频黄光激光器

报道了LD抽运的自喇曼c切Nd∶YVO4调Q腔内倍频黄光激光器.Nd∶YVO4晶体同时作为激光介质和喇曼晶体，通过声光调Q技术，产生了1 178.7 nm的喇曼激光，经过KTP腔内倍频，输出589.4 nm黄光.测量了平均输出功率随抽运功率和脉冲重复率的变化.典型的1 066.7 nm基频光、1 178.7 nm喇曼光和589.4 nm倍频光的脉冲宽度分别为24.9 ns、11.2 ns和6.8 ns.在脉冲重复率为15 kHz，抽运功率为7.56W时，产生了平均功率为151 mW的589.4 nm光的输出.     

LD抽运Nd∶YVO_4自喇曼倍频黄光激光器

报道了LD抽运的自喇曼c切Nd∶YVO4调Q腔内倍频黄光激光器.Nd∶YVO4晶体同时作为激光介质和喇曼晶体,通过声光调Q技术,产生了1178.7nm的喇曼激光,经过KTP腔内倍频,输出589.4nm黄光.测量了平均输出功率随抽运功率和脉冲重复率的变化.典型的1066.7nm基频光、1178.7nm喇曼光和589.4nm倍频光的脉冲宽度分别为24.9ns、11.2ns和6.8ns.在脉冲重复率为15kHz,抽运功率为7.56W时,产生了平均功率为151mW的589.4nm光的输出.     

激光二级管抽运的Nd：GdVO4激光器

用高亮度激光二极管作抽运源,研究了连续、腔内倍频和被动调QNd:GdVO4激光器的输出特性.在抽运功率为881mW时获得了119mV的连续绿光输出,光-光转换效率13.5%.用Cr^4 :YAG作可饱和吸收体实现了Nd:GdVO4激光器的被动调Q运转,脉冲宽度为116-24ns.重复频率在500kHz-1.8MHz的范围内可调.     

LD泵浦Nd：YAG/Cr：YAG腔外频率变换高功率紫外激光器

用KTP晶体对激光二极管端面泵浦的Nd:YAG晶体;Cr:YAG被动调Q产生的1064nm脉冲激光器进行腔外倍频,用BBO晶体四倍频产生266 nm紫外激光.用15 W的LD阵列;当LD泵浦功率为12 W的情况下;红外(1064 μm)调Q平均输出功率为2.2 W;脉冲序列周期为40 μs;脉宽为18ns;峰值功率高达4.9kW.采用KTP腔外二倍频;532nm的绿光输出平均功率为850mW;用BBO腔外四倍频;266nm的紫外光输出平均功率高达215mW，绿光-紫外光光转换效率为25.2%, 红外到紫外总的转换效率为9.8%.     

LD泵浦Nd∶YAG/Cr∶YAG腔外频率变换高功率紫外激光器

用KTP晶体对激光二极管端面泵浦的Nd∶YAG晶体,Cr∶YAG被动调Q产生的1064 nm脉冲激光器进行腔外倍频,用BBO晶体四倍频产生266 nm紫外激光.用15 W的LD阵列,当LD泵浦功率为12 W的情况下,红外(1064μm)调Q平均输出功率为2.2 W,脉冲序列周期为40μs,脉宽为18 ns,峰值功率高达4.9 kW.采用KTP腔外二倍频,532 nm的绿光输出平均功率为850 mW;用BBO腔外四倍频,266 nm的紫外光输出平均功率高达215 mW,绿光-紫外光光转换效率为25.2%,红外到紫外总的转换效率为9.8%.     

瓦级激光二极管端面抽运351nm紫外激光器

研制了输出功率达瓦级的351 nm准连续紫外激光器。激光器采用激光二极管(LD)端面抽运Nd∶YLF晶体和声光调Q技术,实现了1 053 nm准连续基波振荡。在结构简单的V型腔中,两块Li B3O5(LBO)晶体对基频光进行二倍频和三倍频,获得了高功率351 nm准连续紫外激光输出。在LD抽运功率为14 W、声光调Q激光器的调制频率为1 k Hz的工作条件下,得到351 nm紫外激光平均输出功率为1.12 W、脉冲宽度为34 ns、单脉冲能量为1.12 m J、峰值功率达32.94 k W。LD抽运光到351 nm紫外激光的光-光转换效率达到8%,电光效率为3.4%,光束质量良好。     

Operational characteristics of a dye Q-switch for a pulsed ruby laser

This paper presents the results and analysis of experiments carried out on a dye Q-switch to evaluate its operational characteristics. The work was performed on a ruby laser, Q-switched by cryptocyanine in methanol solution. Investigations of performance with regards to pump energy, dye absorbance, output energy and timing of pulse emergence are graphically presented. These results were used to derive the efficiency of Q-switching for varying dye absorbance. Finally, optimization of the Q-switch performance for different requirements of the laser is considered.     

Electronic linewidth narrowing method for single axial mode operation of Q-switched Nd: YAG lasers

Electronic control of the Q-switch is used to obtain single axial mode output from an unstable resonator Nd: YAG oscillator. Controlled opening of the Q-switch following prespiking pulses provides over 10 MW of peak power in a single axial mode without significant output power reduction.     

Stable Q-switch mode-locking of Nd:YVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> lasers with a semiconductor saturable absorber

This paper reports on a passively mode-locked and Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ laser generating picosecond pulses with an average output power exceeding 7 W. In a first step Q-switch mode-locking was obtained by self Q-switching of a mode-locked oscillator with appropriate cavity design, pump power and output coupling. In a second system the Q-switching was actively controlled and stabilized by modulating the resonator internal losses with an acousto-optic modulator. In the Q-switch mode-locking operation the laser provided 12.8 ps long mode-locked pulses with a repetition rate of 80 MHz. The repetition rate of the Q-switch envelope was 185 kHz. The maximum pulse energy of a single ps pulse was 0.55 μJ which is 5.5 times the pulse energy measured for cw mode locking. The total energy of the pulses within the Q-switch envelope was 42 μJ. PACS  42.55.Xi; 42.60.Fc; 42.60.Gd     

Investigation of a Cr: YAG passive Q-switch in CW pumped Nd: YAG lasers

This work describes the experimental results obtained on the Cr⁴⁺:YAG crystal used as a passive Q-switch in Nd: YAG lasers. In addition, the combination of a Cr⁴⁺: YAG passive Q-switch with an acousto-optical Q-switch operating simultaneously in one cavity was investigated. More than 180 W average output in the passive Q-switched mode was obtained with the C⁴⁺: YAG crystal. The pulse-to-pulse stability was better than 1%. A mode selection occurred when the laser system operated near threshold.     

1.54μm铒玻璃激光器被动调Q技术发展现状

获得1．54μm波长激光的一个重要手段是利用铒玻璃激光器直接输出。但其调Q方式大多采用主动Q开关,原因在于难以找到合适的被动调Q晶体,这极大的限制了铒玻璃激光器的工程应用与推广。目前,被动调Q的铒玻璃激光器的研究与应用在国内外都有很大进展,介绍了几种被动调Q方式及部分应用较多的调Q晶体的特性,并分析了被动调Q铒玻璃激光器的需求前景。     

高功率全固态紫外四倍频激光器

 通过对谐振腔腔镜失调灵敏度的计算,分析了声光调Q开关位置对调Q脉冲输出稳定性的影响。计算表明:Q开关放置在输出镜一侧会使脉冲序列更加稳定。在基模输出的条件下,获得了峰值功率为几十kW的调Q脉冲输出。采用BBO晶体对Nd:YAG激光器四倍频,获得了1.9 W的266 nm紫外激光输出。     

受激布里渊散射相位共轭腔及腔内光学参量振荡器

利用受激布城渊散射相位共轭特性和Ｑ开关特性组成Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光谐振腔,代替传统激光器全反镜和调Ｑ装置,获得能量１００ｍＪ,脉宽１３ｎｓ的线偏振相位共轭激光输出,相应的激光器总体转换效率为０．４７％,同时将单共振ＫＴＰ光学参量振荡器置入腔内,得到波长１．５７μｍ、能量１５ｍＪ的参理振荡激光,实验证实了受激布城渊散射相位共轭腔内光学参量振荡器运行的可行性。     

Smaller Output Beam Divergence in the Slowly Opened Q-Switch Operation

The mechanism of the slowly opened Q-switch operation was investigated thoroughly. Maximum energy extraction from the resonator could be optimized, and the smallest output beam divergence could be achieved. In this article, we present a detailed analysis that has numerically verified the mode-selection mechanism in the slowly opened Q-switch operation, and the degree of the smaller output laser beam divergence that has been achieved. The mechanism of the slowly opened Q-switch operation is the inherent advantage of the passive saturable absorber in this operation. We can use the maximum energy extraction and the smallest output beam divergence results of the slowly opened Q-switch operation to design and optimize various passive saturable absorbers: plastic dye sheets, LiF:F₂⁻ color center crystals, Cr4⁺: YAG crystals, RG1000 color glass filters, and the single crystal semiconductor saturable absorber wafers that are in developed in our microchip laser systems.     

Energy extraction of Porro resonator in Pockels cell Q-switch operation

Deviation of a practical Pockels cell Q-switch bias voltage from the ideal bias value significantly affects the extraction of useful output energy. The losses of two practical bias voltages are calculated and the properly rotated angle towards the right-hand side prism of the Porro resonator is determined to simulate the different losses. The losses are due to deviation of the Q-switch bias voltage from the ideal value. It not only degrades the useful output energy, but introduces a useless energy loss in the reverse output direction. For the different losses of these two practical Pockels cell bias voltages, the useful output energy difference is about 30%. The useful output energy and lost energy ratios of the two equivalent loss configurations are 0.54 and 0.89, respectively. These ratios agreed quite well with the theoretical results.     

Q-switch operation of a c-cut 2132-nm Tm, Ho:YAP laser pumped by a laser diode of 794.3 nm

Q-switch operation of a c-cut Tm (5 at %), Ho (0.3 at %):YAP laser at 2132 nm wavelength were reported in this paper. In the temperature of 77 K, the Tm, Ho:YAP crystal was double end-pumped by a 21.4-W fiber-coupled laser diode (LD) at the center wavelength of 794.3 nm. A 5.29-W Q-switch output power was acquired at pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of 10 kHz, corresponding to an optical-optical conversion efficiency of 24.7% and a slope efficiency of 28.1%. The energy per pulse of 3.57 mJ in 38 ns was achieved at 1.25 kHz with the peak power of 93.9 kW.