单块KTA晶体级联光参量振荡2.6 μm激光器

提出了一种新型的基于非临界相位匹配KTA晶体的自级联光参量振荡(OPO)激光技术。采用LD端面泵浦Nd:YVO4晶体实现1.06 m振荡,腔内泵浦按非临界相位匹配角度切割的KTA晶体,将KTA晶体初次OPO产生的1.5 m信号光封闭在腔内用作二次OPO的泵浦光,实现基于单块KTA晶体自级联OPO的转化。在输出功率8 W的808 nm波长半导体激光泵浦下获得输出功率超过400 mW、斜效率12.7%的2.6 m波长激光输出。结果表明基于单块KTA晶体的级联光参量振荡激光器可望成为获得脉冲2.5~2.7 m波段中红外激光的有效途径。     

宽工作温度全固态人眼安全光参量振荡器

采用折叠棱镜腔电光调Q半导体泵浦板条Nd∶ YAG激光器作为泵浦源,内腔泵浦Ⅱ类非临界相位匹配KTP光参量振荡器实现1.57 μm人眼安全激光输出,经测试,在30～55℃宽工作温度条件下,激光器工作频率20 Hz时,单脉冲能量58.2mJ,脉冲宽度7.56 ns,光束发散角约为2 mrad,连续工作1 min,能量稳定性(PTP)优于6.438％,光轴指向稳定性优于0.1mrad,具备较强环境适应性,目前已实现工程化运用.     

高峰值功率1．57μm脉冲激光器的研究

KTP非线性频率转换技术是实现人眼安全激光的有效方法,为了获得高峰值功率人眼安全激光,设计了一种级联式1．06μm泵浦非临界相位匹配环形腔KTP光参量振荡器一光参量放大器,并对其激光输出进行了测试,结果证明该光参量振荡器输出激光波长1．571μm,激光峰值功率42MW,光光转换效率35％,能量稳定度2．5％。该技术已用于计量检测标准光源,并在远程人眼安全激光测距仪、激光雷达等装备中具有应用前景。     

LD侧泵Nd:YAG/S-KTP腔内倍频高功率660 nm连续红光激光器

报道了LD侧面泵浦NdYAG/S-KTP腔内倍频高功率660 nm连续红光激光器.泵浦组件(呈三角形等间距分布)由9个20 W的激光二极管组成,最大泵浦功率为180 W.通过对谐振腔参数进行优化设计,用LD连续抽运3 mm×65 mm NdYAG激光棒时,获得了波长为1 319 nm的基频光振荡.利用S-KTP Ⅱ类临界相位匹配腔内倍频技术,当泵浦电流为22 A时,获得了6.8 W的连续红光激光输出,光-光转换效率为4.3%.     

二极管泵浦腔内OPO高重复频率2 μm激光器

概述了2μm激光器的发展状况及应用背景, 通过对2 μm激光两种实现方式的比较,最终采用了可调谐方式间接获得2 μm激光的方案.以1.06 μm激光为泵浦源,采用二极管泵浦腔内OPO的方案能有效提高泵浦峰值功率密度,有利于实现高重复频率2 μm激光输出.利用KTP晶体在特定切割角度下实现波长简并输出,合理设计OPO腔,可以有效提高2 μm激光的输出效率.同时进行了激光输出实验,实现了功率11.2 W的2 μm波长激光输出.     

半导体激光端泵腔内倍频Nd∶YVO4/LBO连续波8 W绿光激光器

利用两个半导体激光二极管,双端泵浦Nd∶YVO4晶体,LBO采用I类非临界相位匹配、腔内倍频.在28.9 W的泵浦功率下,获得了8 W连续波0.532 μm绿光输出,其光—光转换效率为27.7%.     

临界及非临界相位匹配KTP光学参量振荡器

报道了利用Nd:YAG激光器二次谐波532nm及基频波1064nm作抽运源,采用临界及非临界相位匹配方式抽运KTP光学参量振荡器的实验结果.实验中获得了具有实用价值的1.53-1.84um人眼安全激光,KTP光学参量振荡器输出总量最大达130mJ,最高能量转换效率64%.分析比较了调谐范围、离分角、接收角、阈值及转换效率,讨论离分角对参量输出的光束质量、转换效率的影响.     

环形腔2.05μm单谐振KTP晶体光参量振荡器研究

针对大气CO_2浓度探测差分吸收激光雷达的应用需求,采用稳定环形腔和模式匹配设计,搭建了一套单纵模1 064nm激光泵浦的单谐振KTP晶体光参量振荡器,获得高斜率转换效率、基横模的2.05μm波长纳秒激光脉冲输出.在8字形环形行波稳定腔中,将2块II类相位匹配KTP晶体以走离补偿方式放置,在20Hz重复频率下,当泵浦单脉冲能量达到11mJ时,获得了单脉冲能量为2.4mJ的2.05μm信号光输出,脉宽约24ns,斜率效率达到53%.2.05μm信号光光束质量因子在x、y方向分别为1.3和1.2.     

LBOⅠ类非临界相位匹配腔内倍频671 nm激光器

报道了利用１类非临界相位匹配的ＬＢＯ晶体腔内倍频、激光二级管泵浦的Ｎｄ：ＹＶＯ４４激光器,在吸收泵浦功能５．４４Ｗ时,获得２４０ｍＷ的６７１ｎｍ激光输出,光－光转换效率约４．４％。     

宽温度适应性的高峰值功率人眼安全激光器

介绍了一种宽温度工作MW级峰值功率人眼安全激光器。采用半导体激光交叉泵浦Nd∶YAG 1.06μm激光器作为泵浦源,内腔泵浦非临界相位KTP光参量振荡器实现人眼安全激光输出。激光器性能测试结果表明,在工作频率为5 Hz时,激光平均输出能量56mJ,脉宽为2.02 ns,峰值功率达到28 MW,激光发散角约为5 mrad。在-45～65℃环境条件下,激光能量变化优于3.8%,在高低温环境下能长时间工作。该激光器结构紧凑、可靠性高,目前已工程化应用于激光测距、激光成像中。     

High-efficiency nanosecond optical parametric oscillator with the stable ring configuration

High stability nanosecond OPO operation at 1.57 μm was realized based on the type II non-critically phase-matched (NCPM) KTP crystal by utilizing a single frequency Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) laser as pump source. Energy conversion efficiency of 18.1% was demonstrated with single-pass ring cavity which was approximately two times more than that of critical ring cavity. The highest slope efficiency of 37.76% and maximum signal pulse energy of 3.1 mJ were attained with the output reflectivity of R = 50% at the pulse repetition frequency of 100 Hz. Experimental results reveal that the nanosecond OPO with ring stable configuration is a promising design to meet the need of IPDA’s transmitter.     

Intracavity optical parametric oscillator at 1.5-7-μm wavelength pumped by passive Q-switched Nd:GdVO4 laser

A high-repetition-rate eye-safe optical parametric oscillator(OPO),using a non-critically phase-matched KTP crystal intracavity pumped by a passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4/Cr4 :YAG laser,is experimentally demonstrated.The conversion efficiency for the average power is 7% from pump diode input to OPO signal output and the slope efficiency is up to 10.3%.With an incident pump power of 7.3 W.the compact intracavity OPO(IOPO)cavity,operating at 15 kHz,produces an average power of 0.57 W at 1570 nm with a pulse width as short as 6 ns.The peak power at 1570 nm is higher than 6.3 kW.     

Efficient sub-nanosecond intracavity optical parametric oscillator pumped with a passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> laser

An efficient diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO₄/Cr⁴⁺:YAG laser was employed to generate a high-repetition-rate, high-peak-power eye-safe laser beam with an intracavity optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on a KTP crystal. The conversion efficiency for the average power is 8.3% from pump diode input to OPO signal output and the slope efficiency is up to 10%. At an incident pump power of 14.5 W, the compact intracavity OPO cavity, operating at 46 kHz, produces average powers at 1571 nm up to 1.2 W with a pulse width as short as 700 ps. PACS 42.60.Gd; 42.65.Yj; 42.55.X     

1.57μm被动调Q光学参量振荡器

在半导体泵浦被动调QNd∶GdVO4/Cr4+∶YAG激光腔内,利用KTP晶体实现了高重复频率的内腔OPO的稳定运转。OPO其信号光转换效率为7%,斜效率为10.3%。当泵浦功率7.3W时,可获得平均功率为0.48W,重频15kHz,脉宽6ns,峰值功率达13KW的1570nm激光输出。     

非临界相位匹配KTP光学参量振荡器的研究

对电光调Q(Ce,Nd):YAG激光抽运内腔非临界相位匹配(NCPM)光参量振荡器(IOPO)进行了实验研究,实验发现IOPO输出光波长为532 nm、632 nm、1 064 nm、1 100 nm和1 571 nm 5种。OPO输出镜对信号光反射率较大时,信号光出现多脉冲,可以通过控制信号光反射率,使信号光为单脉冲。信号光能量随着抽运能量增加到一定值后出现饱和。     

High-speed CH planar laser-induced fluorescence imaging using a multimode-pumped optical parametric oscillator

We report on high-speed CH planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) imaging in turbulent diffusion flames using a multimode-pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO). The OPO is pumped by the third-harmonic output of a multimode Nd:YAG cluster for direct signal excitation in the A-X (0,0) band of the CH radical. The lasing threshold, conversion efficiency, and linewidth are shown to depend on the number of pump passes in the ring cavity of the OPO. Single-shot CH PLIF images are acquired at 10 kHz with excitation energy up to 6 mJ/pulse at 431.1 nm. Signal-to-noise ratios of ~25-35 are the highest yet reported for high-speed CH PLIF.     

Bismuth triborate (BiB3O6) optical parametric oscillators

We report the phase matching of parametric frequency conversion in the nonlinear material BiB₃O₆ (BiBO) and on an investigation of optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) of this new crystal. Based on the calculation of collinear type I and type II phase matching within the refractive-index planes, the most favorable directions for phase matching are identified for OPOs pumped by the fundamental or the harmonics of 1064-nm Nd-doped lasers. Based on these results, pulsed 532-nm-pumped ns OPOs are realized. The pump source is either a Q-switched high repetition rate (10 kHz) Nd:YVO₄ laser (with a pulse energy of 24 J) or a low repetition rate (10 Hz), high pulse energy (120 mJ) Nd:YAG laser system. The BiBO OPO pumped by the Nd:YVO₄ laser showed a very low threshold of 0.047 J/cm². At an average pump power of 2.4 W the total OPO output power was 630 mW. By changing the phase-matching angle within the yz plane from 0 to 11.6° the signal wavelength was tuned from 735 nm to 970 nm, while the spectral width changed from 0.2 nm to 1.4 nm. By pumping the OPO with the Nd:YAG laser, the OPO had a threshold of 0.12 J/cm², a steep slope (59%) and a high total efficiency (of up to 48%). Due to divergence broadening the spectral width changes from 8.5 nm at 800 nm to 70 nm near degeneracy. The properties of BiBO determined from the experimental results are compared with those of well-known nonlinear materials such as BBO, LBO and KTP. PACS 42.65.-k; 42.65.Yj; 42.70.-a; 42.70.Mp     

Nanosecond optical parametric oscillator based on large-aperture periodically poled RbTiOAsO(4)

We report on optical parametric oscillators (OPO's) based on periodically poled RbTiOAsO(4) (PP RTA), which are pumped by Q -switched solid-state lasers. With a diode-pumped Nd:YVO(4) laser (pulse energy, 800microJ ; pulse duration, 5.5 ns; repetition rate, 1 kHz) the PP RTA OPO generated 1.58-microm signal and 3.26-microm idler radiation with a signal pulse energy of 45microJ . The large aperture of 3 mmx3 mm of the PP RTA crystal also permitted OPO operation with pump pulse energies as high as 65 mJ, provided by a flash-lamp-pumped Q -switched Nd:YAG laser (pulse duration, 20 ns; repetition rate, 10 Hz). With this pump source the OPO generated signal pulse energies as high as 17 mJ, corresponding to an efficiency of 26%. The performance of this OPO shows that large-aperture PP RTA crystals are well suited for pulsed nanosecond OPO operation with pump pulse energies of tens of millijoules.     

Intracavity optical parametric oscillator based on GTR-KTP pumped by diode-side-pumped acousto-optically Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

With a non-critically phase-matched high gray-trace resistance KTP (GTR-KTP) crystal, a high-power intracavity optical parametric oscillator (IOPO) emitting at the wavelength of 1.5 μm and pumped by a diode-side-pumped acousto-optically Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is experimentally demonstrated. At the frequency repetition rate of 6 kHz, the maximum average power of 6.36 W at signal wavelength 1570 nm with a pulse width of 9.94 ns is obtained from IOPO based on GTR-KTP, corresponding to a peak power of 107 kW and a single-pulse energy of 1.06 mJ, respectively. We have compared the GTR-KTP IOPO with common KTP IOPO using the same scheme. At the same cavity design, frequency repetition rate and pump condition, only 5.42 W average output power with pulse width 13.82 ns is obtained from IOPO based on common KTP. Besides the higher output power, the output stability of GTR-KTP IOPO is much better than that of common KTP OPO. The output instability of GTR-KTP IOPO is 0.83% versus 6.7% of the common KTP IOPO.