Elimination of Gray-Tracking Effects of KTiOPO4 Crystals Using a Strong Focusing Scheme

A simple method is presented to eliminate gray-tracking effects of KTP crystals using a strong focusing scheme. Experimental and theoretical studies on the gray-tracking effects are carried out. A 18 W green laser is demon-strated with a 9 kHz repetition rate, a beam quality factor of M^2 = 1.6 and a conversion efficiency of 44%.     

主振荡功率放大激光器增益导引效应的数值模拟及分析

在增益导引的作用下,未采用任何补偿措施,主振荡功率放大(MOPA)激光器的输出光光束质量得到改善。综合考虑热效应、增益导引效应、增益饱和效应后,在MOPA系统中建立了一种新的激光放大模型,并进行了数值计算,模拟结果与已报道的实验结果符合较好。另外,计算结果表明填充因子和抽运光功率是影响输出激光光束质量的重要因素,而热效应与增益导引效应是其深层原因,这对进一步利用增益导引效应改善光束质量具有指导意义。     

50W量级双端抽运Nd∶YVO_4基模固体激光振荡器

报道了一台输出功率达50 W量级的采用808 nm高功率激光二极管双端抽运的Nd∶YVO4复合晶体基模固体激光振荡器。双端抽运结构和复合晶体的采用有效地降低了激光晶体中的热效应,可在晶体中获得更加均匀的热分布和增益分布。使用非对称平平腔动态稳定腔结构,使激光器的两个稳定区分离,并使其运行在稳定区I中,这样不仅可以进行高功率抽运,而且可以获得很低的失调灵敏度。对谐振腔腔长进行优化后,在抽运功率约104 W时获得了最高51.2 W的基模连续激光输出,基模光光转换效率达49.2%;通过在腔内插入声光调Q器件,获得了重复频率在50~600 kHz之间连续可调的脉冲激光输出。重复频率在100~600 kHz之间时,平均输出功率可基本稳定在49 W,脉冲宽度从18.2 ns增加到85 ns;重复频率50 kHz时,平均输出功率43.2 W,脉冲宽度13.5 ns,峰值功率为64 kW。     

Monolithic LiF or MgF_2 lens-window-prism device for coherent 10.7 eV beam source with 1 MHz repetition rate

A monolithic lens-window-prism(LWP) device, made of lithium fluoride(LiF) or magnesium fluoride(MgF_2),was proposed. When either of the devices was fixed onto one end of a gas cell filled with Xe, it becomes a"wedge-crystal"-like device and was used to convert a 1 MHz femtosecond 347 nm laser to its third harmonic radiation at 10.7 eV. This led to an improved beam profile and a more compact and less lossy configuration.A stable output power of ～11 μW was demonstrated for 2 h using LiF-LWP. In addition, MgF_2-LWP was also verified for its practicability at 10.7 eV.     

Beam quality improvement of the high-energy KTA-OPO based on a confocal unstable cavity with Gaussian reflectivity mirror

A high-energy 100-Hz optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on a confocal unstable resonator with a Gaussian reflectivity mirror was demonstrated.A KTA-based OPO with a good beam quality was obtained when the magnification factor was 1.5,corresponding to the maximum signal (1.53μm) energy of 56 m J and idler (3.47μm) energy of 20 m J,respectively.The beam quality factors (M²) were measured to be M²_x=5.7,M²_y=5.9 for signal and M²     

大口径锥度光纤SBS种子注入的熔石英棒布里渊放大器特性

使用重复频率为400 Hz的Nd∶YAG单纵模主振荡器功率放大(MOPA)激光器作为光源,大口径锥度光纤作为受激布里渊散射(SBS)种子池产生SBS种子光,固体熔石英棒作为SBS放大池,对反向注入的SBS种子光在熔石英棒中呈现不同增益,也即不同抽运功率条件下的布里渊放大行为从功率、时间和空间三个大的方面进行了详细的实验研究,包括放大的SBS输出功率、注入SBS种子光放大倍率、总的SBS反射率、熔石英棒布里渊放大器提取效率以及脉冲宽度和光束质量随SBS种子注入功率的变化情况等。获得了最高输出15.5 W的放大SBS输出、70倍的SBS种子光放大倍率、大于50%的总反射率以及52%的能量提取效率;观察到脉冲展宽以及布里渊放大器中的增益导引两种现象。实验结果表明,在小信号SBS种子光和大信号SBS种子光注入情况下,熔石英棒布里渊放大器具有不同的放大特性。另外,在实验过程中还发现,SBS种子光和抽运光的空间重合程度以及熔石英棒中抽运功率密度的大小是影响SBS放大输出功率的两个重要方面。     

High repetition rate actively mode-locked Er:fiber laser with tunable pulse duration

An actively mode-locked fiber laser with controllable pulse repetition rate and tunable pulse duration is presented, in which an optical delay line(ODL) is used to adjust the cavity length precisely for regulating the repetition rate, and a semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA) is introduced for enabling the pulse duration control. Experimentally, continuous tuning of the repetition rate from 2 GHz to 6 GHz is realized, which is limited by the availability of an even higher repetition rate radiof...     

Investigations on beam quality improvement of an NCPM-KTA-based high energy optical parametric oscillator using an unstable resonator with a Gaussian reflectivity mirror

Beam quality improvements by a large margin for signal and idler beams of a high energy 100 Hz KTiOAsO4(KTA) non-critical phase matching(NCPM) optical parametric oscillator(OPO) were demonstrated using an unstable resonator configuration instead of a plane-parallel one. Theoretically, influences of cavity lengths and transmission of an output coupler on the OPO conversion efficiency for both were numerically simulated. For OPO based on an unstable resonator with a Gaussian reflectivity mirror, t...     

用标准具测量微小频移的方法研究

针对光学系统表面反射激光和水中受激布里渊散射光通过F-P标准具后所形成的干涉环簇图样,提出了三种计算布里渊频移的方法,即小角度微分法、小角度差值法和环间距比例法。分别对其进行了理论推导,得出了相应的解析表达式,并通过实验进行了验证。使用这三种方法得出的结果分别为8.65GHz,8GHz和7.2GHz,其中由环间距比例法得出的结果与水中布里渊散射频移的理论值7.5GHz符合得最好。通过与已有方法进行比较,结果表明与环间距比例法相差1MHz。分析了各种方法的优缺点以及适用情况和条件。