侧面抽运板条激光介质动态热畸变测量方法

研究了基于干涉测量激光介质热畸变的原理,利用CCD摄像机记录干涉条纹并通过计算机图像处理,来测量板条激光介质动态热畸变的方法。对采集得到的干涉条纹进行图像处理,提出了一种简单快速提取条纹中心的算法。通过分析、计算干涉条纹的移动,得到抽运过程中板条激光介质的动态热畸变情况,为动态补偿激光介质热效应提供了可能。实验采用了N31磷酸盐激光玻璃作样品,得到了加热过程中激光玻璃内部的温度分布,误差约为3%,验证了该测量方法的可行性。

部分端面抽运混合腔Nd∶YVO_4板条激光器实验研究

为了获得大功率高光束质量的激光输出,利用自制的5bar激光二极管阵列堆作为抽运源,抽运光经波导整形系统整形后入射至晶体,采用柱面镜混合腔结构,对部分端面抽运的混合腔Nd∶YVO4板条激光器进行了实验研究。在最高抽运功率134W时,得到了38W的连续激光输出,斜效率44%,测得的两个方向的M2因子为1.56和1.78。实验结果表明,该激光器具有极佳的热效应,能够在高功率运转时保持高光束质量的激光输出,输入-输出功率曲线没有出现平顶或弯曲的迹象,该激光器仍有提升潜力,本结果有助于进一步提升该激光器的性能,实现更高功率的高光束质量激光输出。

高重复率窄脉宽Nd∶YVO_4板条激光器

部分端面抽运的混合腔板条激光器是一种新型的全固态激光器,采用这种结构,实现了高重复率调Q运转。在脉冲抽运情况下,1kHz运转时,得到脉宽4.6ns,单脉冲能量4.5mJ的激光输出。在连续抽运调Q输出情况下,5kHz高重复率运转时,获得了脉宽6ns,单脉冲能量3.1mJ的脉冲序列输出,平均功率超过15W;当重复率高达25kHz时,得到脉宽9.5ns,单脉冲能量1.2mJ的激光输出,平均功率达30W。实验结果表明,输出水平还有很大的提升空间。

激光二极管端面抽运Nd∶YVO_4板条激光器及其热效应

激光器中激光介质采用板条状几何结构可以极大地降低它的热效应,但仍然需要进一步分析其影响,进而优化激光器效率。利用有限元分析方法分析了部分端面抽运的混合腔板条激光器中激光介质的热效应,计算的热透镜焦距与实测结果基本相符。分析了热效应对模式匹配的影响,分析结果对于优化激光器效率、改进谐振腔设计具有一定的参考价值。并在分析的基础上进行了混合腔实验,抽运功率为110 W时,获得连续输出激光功率41.5 W,光-光转换效率约38%,斜效率达58.8%,M2因子为非稳腔方向M2x=1.59,稳定腔方向M2y=1.55。

传导冷却的全固态zigzag板条激光器

报道了激光二极管泵浦的被动传导冷却的Q开关Nd:YAG zigzag 板条激光器，谐振腔采用平平腔和非稳腔。在20Hz运转时，得到脉宽均为10ns的150 mJ，光光效率19%的多模输出和100 mJ、13%光学效率的单模输出，并进行了相关的热效应测试，结果表明该激光器具有效率高、结构紧凑、光束质量好，在空间环境应用具有很好的发展潜力。

边缘泵浦被动调Q的Nd：YAG薄片激光器

文中报道了一台采用激光二极管部分边缘泵浦方式的高功率薄片激光器，晶体尺寸是1 mm×10 mm×60 mm。Cr4+：YAG被用来作为被动调Q晶体，在重复频率高于10kHz时，获得了脉宽10ns，平均功率70W，斜线效率为36\%的激光输出。通过控制泵浦光束直径的大小，我们在厚度方向得到了近似衍射极限的光束输出。整个激光器结构紧凑，大小为60 mm×174 mm×150 mm。

新型板条激光器的离轴混合腔模场计算

报道了一种新型双板条离轴混合腔激光器。这种激光器结构通过改变传统的冷却方式和采用特殊的谐振腔设计，将使从第一块介质板条高温一侧出射的激光对称地进入另一块板条的低温一侧，从而可对由于温度分布不均匀造成的波面畸变进行一定程度的自校正，减少热效应的影响，可望提高激光器的输出功率和光束质量。利用快速傅里叶变换（FFT）对这种激光器的近场、远场以及相位等模场特性进行了数值计算。分析了波面畸变对输出光束质量的影响，并与常规双板条激光器进行了比较，结果表明这种新型双板条离轴混合腔激光器可以实现一定程度的波面畸变自补偿，

Property studies of optical waveguide formed by 6.0 MeV carbon ion implantation into Nd : silicate glass

Nd:silicate glass was implanted at room temperature by 6.0 MeV C3+ ions with a dose of 2.0 x 10(15) ions cm(-2). A waveguide with thickness of about 6.3 mu m was formed. The prism-coupling method was used to observe the dark modes of the waveguide at 633 nm and 1539 nm, respectively. There are three dark modes at 633 nm, of which one is the enhanced-index mode. The propagation loss of the enhanced-index mode in the waveguide measured at 633 nm is 0.42 dB cm(-1) after annealing at 217 degrees C for 35 min. The reflectivity calculation method was applied to simulate the refractive index profiles in the waveguide. The mode optical near-field output at 633 nm was presented.

Yb3+-doped 200 mu m diameter core, gain guided index-antiguided fiber

The lasing in an end-pumped gain guided index-antiguided (GG-IAG) Yb3+-doped silicate glass fiber with a 200 mu m diameter core is demonstrated. Laser beams with similar beam propagation factors M (2) and mode field diameters W (0) (> 160 mu m) were observed at the output end of the GG-IAG fibers under different pump powers, which indicated that single mode behavior and excellent beam quality were achieved during propagation. Furthermore, the laser amplifier characteristics in the present Yb3+-doped GG-IAG fiber were also evaluated.

Regenerative amplifier with continuously variable pulse duration used in an optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification laser system for synchronous pumping

A Nd:glass regenerative amplifier has been set up to generate the pumping pulse with variable pulse width for an optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) laser system. Each pulse of the pulse train from a cw self-mode-locking femtosecond Ti:sapphire oscillator is stretched to approximate to300 ps at 1062 nm to be split equally and injected into a nonlinear crystal and the Nd:glass regenerative amplifier, as the chirped signal pulse train and the seed pulse train of the pumping laser system, respectively. By adjusting the cavity length of the regenerative amplifier directly, the width of amplified pulse could be varied continuously from approximate to300 ps to approximate to3 ns. The chirped signal pulse for the OPCPA laser system and the seed pulse for the pumping laser system come from the same oscillator, so that the time jitter between the signal pulse and the pumping pulse in optical parametric amplification stages could be <10 ps. (C) 2003 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

Compact 120 TW Ti: sapphire laser system with a high gain final amplifier

A 120TW/36fs laser system based on Ti:sapphire chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) has been successfully established in our lab. The final four pass Ti:sapphire amplifier pumped by an energetic single-shot Nd:YAG-Nd:glass laser was designed and optimized. With 24J/8ns pump energy at 532 nm, 300 mJ/220 ps chirped pulse was amplified to 5.98 J in this amplifier, and a total saturated gain of similar to 20 was achieved. The focused intensity of compressed beam could reach to 10(20) W/cm(2) with the M-2 of similar to 2.0. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Two-color two-photon excitation of indole using a femtosecond laser regenerative amplifier

The fluorescence emission from indole resulting from two-color two-photon (2C2P) excitation with 400 and 800 nm wavelengths is observed, using the second harmonic and fundamental wavelength of a 800 nm 40 fs pulsed Ti:Sapphire femtosecond (fs) regenerative amplifier operating at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. By delaying one fs laser pulse relative to the other, the cross correlation of fluorescence is observed, which indicates the generation of 2C2P fluorescence signal in the experiment. The strongest 2C2P fluorescence emission characterized by the peak of cross correlation curve suggests optimal temporal overlap of the two fs laser pulses. The 2C2P fluorescence signal is linearly dependent on the total excitation intensity. The fluorescence signals with 400 nm and 800 nm irradiation alone are also demonstrated and discussed in this paper. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Laser diode array side-pumped acousto-optic induced unidirectional operation Q-switched Nd : YAG slab ring laser

A laser-diode array (LDA) side-pumped Nd:YAG slab ring laser is described that incorporates a prism-shaped acousto-optic modulator to enforce unidirectional operation and Q-switching. When pumped by the maximum power of 50 W, Q-switched energies of 3.6 mJ and 50 ns duration, corresponding to a peak power of 72 kW, are obtained. (C) 1999 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. [S0091-3286(99)01306-9].