大能量磷酸钛氧钾太赫兹参量源

使用磷酸钛氧钾(KTiOPO_4,KTP)晶体,采用斯托克斯参量振荡器与太赫兹波表面垂直出射的斯托克斯参量放大器相结合的实验方案,获得了大能量的太赫兹波输出。抽运源是调Q脉冲激光器,输出波长为1064.2 nm,脉宽为7.5 ns,脉冲重复频率为1 Hz。斯托克斯光波长为1086.2 nm,抽运光与斯托克斯光的夹角为4.4°,太赫兹波频率为5.7 THz。抽运光路上的延时装置可以保证抽运光脉冲与待放大斯托克斯光脉冲有很好的时间重合性。当抽运光脉冲能量为770 mJ、待放大斯托克斯光脉冲能量为16.8 mJ时,放大后斯托克斯光脉冲能量为185.4 mJ,太赫兹波脉冲能量最大为6.4μJ。     

Gold nanorods as saturable absorbers for the passively Q-switched Nd:LLF laser at 1.34 μm

Gold nanorods(GNRs) with two different aspect ratios were successfully utilized as saturable absorbers(SAs) in a passively Q-switched neodymium-doped lutetium lithium fluoride(Nd:LLF) laser emitting at 1.34 μm. Based on the GNRs with an aspect ratio of five, a maximum output power of 1.432 W was achieved, and the narrowest pulse width was 328 ns with a repetition rate of 200 kHz. But, in the case of the GNRs with the aspect ratio of eight, a maximum output power of 1.247 W was achieved, and the narrowest pulse width was 271 ns with a repetition rate of 218 kHz. Our experimental results reveal that the aspect ratios of GNRs have different saturable absorption effects at a specific wavelength. In other words, for passively Q-switched lasers at a given wavelength, we are able to select the most suitable GNRs as an SA by changing their aspect ratio.