A 20.1 W Solid-State Laser Pumped by 887 nm with High Efficiency and TEM00 Mode

High efficiency, TEM00 mode, high repetition rate laser pumped by 887 nm is reported. 20.1 W output laser emitting at 1064 nm is achieved in a 0.3 at % Nd-doped Nd:YVO4, which absorbs pumping light of 30.7 W at 887 nm. The opto-optic efficiency and the slope efficiency are 65.5 and 88.5%, respectively. The stable Q-switching operation worked well at 100 kHz and the beam quality is near diffraction-limit with M-2 factor measured as M-2 approximate to 1.2. And the pulse waveform is analyzed in this paper.

Low heat and high efficiency Nd:GdVO4 laser pumped by 913 nm

A Nd:GdVO4 crystal is pumped directly into its emitting level at 913 nm for the first time to the best of our knowledge. 3.35 W output laser emitting at 1063 nm is achieved in a 1.1 at.% Nd-doped Nd:GdVO4. The crystal absorbs pumping light of 4.30 W at 913 nm and produces a very low quantity of heat with the opto-optic conversion efficiency of 77.2%. The average slope efficiency is 81.2% from 0.21 W, at the threshold, to 4.30 W of absorbed pump power. Because of the very weakly thermal effect, the near-diffraction-limit beam is easily obtained with beam quality factor of M-2 approximate to 1.1.

Delay of the excited state lasing of 1310 nm InAs/GaAs quantum dot lasers by facet coating

In this letter, we present a facet coating design to delay the excited state (ES) lasing for 1310 nm InAs/GaAs quantum dot lasers. The key point of our design is to ensure that the mirror loss of ES is larger than that of the ground state by decreasing the reflectivity of the ES. In the facet coating design, the central wavelength is at 1480 nm, and the high- and low-index materials are Ta2O5 and SiO2, respectively. Compared with the traditional Si/SiO2 facet coating with a central wavelength of 1310 nm, we have found that with the optimal design the turning temperature of the ES lasing has been delayed from 90 to 100 degrees C for the laser diodes with cavity length of 1.2 mm. Furthermore, the characteristic temperature (T-0) of the laser diodes is also improved.

40-GHz wavelength tunable mode-locked SOA-based fiber laser with 40-nm tuning range

A 40-GHz wavelength tunable mode-locked fiber ring laser based oil cross-gain modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is presented. Pulse trains with a pulse width of 10.5 ps at 40-GHz repetition frequency are obtained. The laser operates with almost 40-nm tuning range. The relationship between the key laser parameters and the output pulse characteristics is analyzed experimentally.

808 nm high-power laser grown by MBE through the control of Be diffusion and use of superlattice

808 nm high-power laser diodes are gown by MBE. In the laser structure, the combination of Si-doped GRIN (graded-index) region adjacent to n-AlGaAs cladding layer with reduced Be doping concentration near the active region has been used to diminish Be diffusion and oxygen incorporation. As compared with the laser structure which has undoped GRIN region and uniform doping concentration for Si and Be, respectively, in the cladding layers, the slope efficiency has increased by about 8%. Typical threshold current density of 300 A/cm(2) and the minimum threshold current density of 220 A/cm(2) for lasers with 500 mu m cavity length are obtained. A high slope efficiency of 1.3 W/A for coated lasers with 1000 mu m cavity length is also demonstrated, Recorded CW output power at room temperature has reached 2.3 W.

1.2 kW高功率1319 nm波长全固态激光器

近年来,高功率1319 nm波长全固态激光器成为激光领域的研究热点之一,它可以广泛应用于光纤通信、激光医疗、频率转换、激光武器等领域.本实验室采用独特的双棒串接热补偿技术,通过对Nd:YAG激光晶体主振荡波长1064 nm及次振荡波长的抑制,实现了最高输出功率为1261 W的1319 nm波长激光输出,光光转换效率为21.7%.

带非吸收窗口的大功率657 nm半导体激光器

在激光器腔面处制作非吸收窗口(NAW)可以有效地减少光吸收,防止激光器过早出现光学灾变损伤(COD),是提高大功率半导体激光器的功率特性的重要手段之一.采用金属有机化学气相沉积(MOCVD)技术二次外延生长了大功率657 nm红光半导体激光器结构,通过闭管扩散Zn的方法在腔面附近制作了非吸收窗口.实验发现扩散温度550 ℃,扩散时间20 min时,得到的非吸收窗口最为有效,激光器连续工作的无扭折输出功率大于100 mW,超过常规的无窗口结构激光器的最大输出功率的两倍,激光器的斜率效率提高了23%.测量该类器件的温度特性发现,环境温度为20～70 ℃时,其输出功率均可大于50 mW,计算得到激光器的特征温度约为89 K,波长增加率约为0.24 nm/℃.

1300 nm超辐射发光二极管寿命测试

作为光纤陀螺用光源的超辐射发光二极管(SLD)随着工作时间的延续,其性能会发生退化。采用加速老化的实验方法来估算InGaAsP SLD管芯的工作寿命。分别在环境温度373 K和358 K下对5只SLD管芯进行加速老化,并通过对P-t曲线拟合来推算和估计管芯的老化速率和激活能。计算出了器件的激活能平均值约为0.82 eV,SLD管芯在室温下的工作寿命超过10~6 h,可以满足光纤陀螺用光源的寿命要求。对影响SLD管芯可靠性的因素以及管芯的退化机理进行了分析,为研制高可靠性的超辐射发光二极管提供了理论基础。

808-nm fiber coupled module with a CW output power up to 130 W

A fiber coupled module is fabricated with integrating the emitting light from four laser diode bars into multimode fiber bundle. The continuous wave (CW) output power of the module is about 130 W with a coupling efficiency of around 80%. The output power is very stable after the temperature cycling and vibration test. No apparent power decrease has been observed as the device working continuously for 500 h.

高功率14xx nm锥形增益区脊形波导结构量子阱激光器的研制

初步设计14xx nm锥形增益区脊形波导量子阱激光器材料和器件结构，利用MOCVD生长14xx nm In—GaAsP／InP量子阱激光器外延片，引入腔破坏凹槽（cavity—spoiling grooves）将有源层刻蚀断以隔离从锥形区反向传输回的高阶模，进一步改善远场光束质量．保持总腔长1900μm不变，改变脊形区的长度，其长度分别为450，700和950μm．对比三种情况的最高输出功率和远场特性，发现L_(RW)=700μm时，器件特性参数和远场光柬质量最优，斜率效率为0．32W／A，饱和输出功率为1．21W，其远场为近衍射极限的高斯分布，发散角为29°×9．6°．当固定脊形区长度为700μm，改变锥形区长度，发现当锥形区长度为1000μm时，器件特性参数进一步提高，斜率效率达0．328W／A，饱和输出功率为1．27W，远场仍为近似高斯分布．