Diode-Pumped Passively Mode-Locked Nd : LuVO$_{4}$ Laser With a Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror

A high output power diode-pumped passively mode-locked all-solid-state ${hbox{Nd}:hbox{LuVO}_{4}}$ laser is demonstrated with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. Both the $Q$-switched and continuous-wave mode-locked operation are experimentally realized. The mode-locked pulses have a pulsewidth of 7.9 ps and a repetition rate of 105 MHz. At the incident pump power of 22 W, a maximum average output power of 7.6 W is obtained giving an optical conversion efficiency of 34.5%.      

光纤饱和吸收体掺镱全光纤化激光器

报道了一种基于光纤饱和吸收体的掺镱全光纤调Q激光器,为了获得较高峰值功率较窄脉宽的激光脉冲输出,利用掺镱光纤的可饱和吸收效应,以20/130 μm规格的大模场双包层掺镱光纤作为增益光纤,以10/130 μm规格的单模双包层掺镱光纤作为可饱和吸收体来实现被动调Q。该激光器采用全光纤化的结构,结构紧凑,以较低的成本获得了较为高效的脉冲输出。最终获得了平均功率最高为3 W,直线效率约为30%,重复频率为10~100 kHz可调,脉宽最窄为344 ns,光谱宽度为0.05 nm、中心波长为1 064 nm的激光输出。     

被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器理论研究

根据非线性薛定谔方程建立了基于可饱和吸收体被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器的理论模型,研究了中红外超短脉冲在掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器中形成的物理机制,数值模拟了被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器中中红外超短脉冲的演化过程,重点分析了掺Er3+增益光纤长度,可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗对被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器产生中红外超短脉冲的影响,并给出了参数设置范围。研究发现:当小信号增益系数、可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗、腔内净色散量为一定值,掺Er3+氟化物光纤长度在一定范围时,才会出现稳定的锁模脉冲,且随着掺Er3+氟化物光纤长度增加脉冲宽度变窄、光谱变宽、峰值功率增高;当掺Er3+氟化物光纤长度、腔内净色散量、小信号增益系数为一定值时,可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗在一定的范围时可以得到稳定的锁模脉冲,且随着可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗的增加脉冲宽度变窄,光谱先变宽后变窄变化范围不大,峰值功率增加。     

基于金纳米笼和MoS2的1 123 nm被动调Q Nd: YAG激光器

采用电流置换反应成功制备了金纳米笼溶液并首次验证了其在1123 nm处的非线性饱和吸收特性,作为对比,同样制备了MoS₂饱和吸收体。分别将金纳米笼和MoS₂作为饱和吸收体,实现了中心波长为1 123 nm的Nd: YAG激光器的调Q运转。在MoS₂为饱和吸收体的调Q激光器中,当泵浦功率为6.81 W时,得到的最大平均输出功率为208 mW,最短脉冲宽度为412 ns,最大脉冲重复率为233 kHz。在金纳米笼为饱和吸收体的调Q激光器中,当泵浦功率为6.04 W时,得到的最大平均输出功率为221 mW,最短脉冲宽度为253 ns,最大脉冲重复率为326 kHz。与MoS₂调Q激光器的实验结果相比,金纳米笼调Q激光器获得的输出功率和效率更高,脉冲宽度更窄,重复率更高。结果证明了金纳米笼在近红外波段激光器中用作饱和吸收体的巨大潜力。     

Passive mode locking in a diode-pumped Nd:GdVO/sub 4/ laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

We demonstrate Q-switched and CW passive mode locking in a laser-diode-pumped Nd:GdVO/sub 4/ laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. The repetition rate of the Q-switched envelope increased from 23.1 to 260 kHz as the pump power increased from 1.75 to 13.0 W. At a pump power of 13.7 W, the Q-switched mode locking changed to CW mode locking. The maximum average output power of 4.9 W with a 140-MHz repetition rate was obtained at a pump power of 17.9 W and the single mode-locked pulse energy was 0.035 /spl mu/J. The CW mode-locked pulse duration was measured to be /spl sim/11.5 ps.     

LD泵浦GaAs被动调Q c-cut Nd:GdVO4/KTP激光特性研究

采用三镜折叠腔,对LD泵浦c-cut Nd:GdVO4晶体、KTP内腔倍频、GaAs被动调Q激光特性进行了研究,测量了平均输出功率,脉冲宽度,脉冲重复率,单脉冲能量以及峰值功率随泵浦功率的变化关系,并与a-cutNd;GdVO4/KTP绿激光特性进行了比较.同时,给出并求解了速率方程组,所得的理论值与实验结果相一致.     

高功率被动锁模2.0μm掺铥飞秒脉冲光纤激光器

报道了高功率半导体可饱和吸收镜被动锁模的2.0μm掺铥飞秒脉冲光纤激光器的实验结果。该光纤激光器利用半导体可饱和吸收镜与宽带全反射镜来构成线型法布里-珀罗腔,自制的1550nm连续掺铒光纤激光器作为激光抽运源。当抽运功率为312mW时,开始得到稳定的重复频率为53MHz的锁模激光脉冲串。当抽运功率增加到472mW时,得到的最大平均输出功率为50mW,相应的最高单脉冲能量为0.94nJ;此时测得锁模激光脉冲的宽度为907fs,激光的中心波长为1939.5nm,3dB光谱带宽为4.6nm。     

LD泵浦Nd:YVO4／SESAM锁模激光器实验研究

报道了利用LD泵浦Nd∶YVO4激光器,用半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)做被动锁模元件,实现了高效的连续锁模运转,输入功率7.5W时得到2.45W的激光输出,光-光转换效率达32.7%,锁模脉冲的重复频率为108MHz.     

LD抽运Cr4+:YAG被动调Q c-cut Nd:YVO4自拉曼激光器

对激光二极管(LD)抽运的Cr4+:YAG被动调Q c-cut Nd:YVO4自拉曼激光器进行了实验研究。通过采用不同初始透射率的Cr4+:YAG和不同反射率的输出镜进行实验,研究了初始透射率和反射率对拉曼光输出特性的影响。测量了拉曼光的平均输出功率、脉冲重复频率和脉冲宽度随抽运功率的变化。在抽运功率为4.8 W时,拉曼光的最高平均功率为370mW,相应的光-光转换效率为7.7%。实验中得到了亚纳秒级的拉曼光输出,最高单脉冲能量为54μJ,最高峰值功率为47kW。     

Analytical model for design criteria of passively Q-switched lasers

A general and straightforward model was developed for the design of passively Q-switched lasers. With the second-threshold criterion and using a numerically fitting procedure, the output pulse energy was expressed as an analytical function of the initial transmission of the saturable absorber and the reflectivity of the output coupler. An analytical expression for the optimal output reflectivity was also obtained for maximizing the output pulse energy of a passively Q-switched laser with a given initial transmission of the saturable absorber. Excellent agreement was studied between the present results and detailed theoretical computations. A Nd:YAG laser with Cr⁴⁺ :YAG as a saturable absorber has illustrated the use of the present model     

Passively Q -switched Ytterbium-Doped Double-Clad Fiber Laser With a Cr4+:YAG Saturable Absorber

A high-power and high-repetition-rate passively Q -switched ytterbium-doped single-mode double-clad fiber laser was built using a Cr⁴⁺:YAG saturable absorber (SA). Two different SAs with initial transmissions of T_omicron = 30% and T_omicron = 50% were studied. At the maximum coupled pump power of 9.8 W, an output power of 4.7 W, pulse duration of 143 ns, pulse repetition rate of 253 KHz, pulse energy of 18.5 muJ, and slope efficiency of 49% were obtained with the T_omicron = 30% SA.     

The Performance of Acoustic-Optical $Q$-switched Mode-Locking 1.34 $mu$m Nd:GdVO$_{4}$ Laser

A diode-end-pumped $Q$ -switched mode-locking $hbox{Nd:GdVO}_{4}$ laser operating at 1.34 $mu{hbox {m}}$ with an acousto-optical (AO) Q-switch in a compact V-type cavity was realized in our experiment for the first time. When the AO Q-switch repetition rate was 10 kHz, the maximum average output power of 750 mW and the pulse energy of 75 $muhbox{J}$ were obtained at the maximum incident pump power of 9 W. The mode-locking modulation depth of about 100% was obtained at certain pump power over the threshold. The mode-locked pulse inside in the $Q$-switched pulse had a repetition rate of 341 MHz, and its average pulsewidth was estimated to be about 350 ps. A developed rate equation model for the $Q$ -switched and mode-locked lasers with an AO Q-switch were proposed by using the hyperbolic secant functional methods. The results of numerical calculations of the rate equations were in good agreement with the experimental results.      

Nanosecond pulse generation in a passively Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser by Cr/sup 4+/:YAG saturable absorber

We explored efficient nanosecond pulse generation in a passively Q-switched cladding-pumped Yb-doped fiber laser by use of an external-cavity configuration containing a Cr/sup 4+/:YAG saturable absorber crystal. By exploiting passive Q-switched regime and stimulated Brillouin scattering, pulses of durations as short as 2.7 ns, corresponding to a peak power of /spl sim/9 kW, have been achieved. The laser was tunable over 70 nm and green output power generation was obtained by external frequency doubling in a KTP crystal.     

声光-GaAs双调Q c-Nd:GdVO4/KTP激光特性

采用激光二极管（LD）泵浦c轴切割的Nd:GdVO4 晶体,声光调制器作为主动调Q开关,GaAs饱和吸收体作为被动调Q开关,实现了声光-GaAs主被动双调Q、KTP内腔倍频0.53 μm绿激光运转,获得了双调Q绿激光的平均输出功率、脉冲宽度、峰值功率与泵浦功率的依赖关系。为了比较单一声光主动调Q、GaAs被动调Q、声光-GaAs主被动双调Q激光脉冲波型的对称性,定义了脉冲前沿上升时间与脉冲后沿下降时间的比值为对称因子来描述脉冲波型的对称性,对称因子越接近1意味着脉冲的对称性越好。实验结果表明,与单一调Q激光相比,双调Q绿激光产生的脉冲波型前后沿更对称、脉冲宽度更窄、峰值功率更高。     

LD抽运被动调Q Nd:YAG/GdV04内腔式喇曼激光器

为了研究LD抽运的被动调Q Nd:YAG/GdVO4内腔式喇曼激光器的输出特性,采用Nd:YAG作为激光介质,GdV04晶体作为喇曼介质,分别用两块不同初始透过率的Cr<'4+>:YAG晶体,得到并比较了采用不同初始透过率的Cr<'4+>:YAG晶体时被动调Q喇曼激光器的性能.测量了平均输出功率、脉冲宽度和脉冲重复率随...     

基于石墨烯被动调Q Nd:YAG晶体微片激光器

设计了以石墨烯作为可饱和吸收体的被动调Q掺钕钇铝石榴石晶体(Nd:YAG)微片激光器。该激光器采用三明治结构,附有石墨烯薄层的YAG晶体紧密压贴于工作物质Nd:YAG晶体上,晶体端面镀膜作为端面镜构成平行平面谐振腔。采用光纤耦合输出激光二极管端面抽运技术,利用石墨烯的可饱和吸收作用,在注入功率为1.17 W时实现微片激光器的调Q运转,获得波长1064.6 nm,重复频率300~807 kHz可调,最小脉冲宽度75 ns的激光输出。激光器最大输出功率38.4 mW,最大单脉冲能量54.7 nJ。     

基于石墨烯被动调Q Nd∶YAG晶体微片激光器

设计了以石墨烯作为可饱和吸收体的被动调Q掺钕钇铝石榴石晶体(Nd∶YAG)微片激光器。该激光器采用三明治结构,附有石墨烯薄层的YAG晶体紧密压贴于工作物质Nd∶YAG晶体上,晶体端面镀膜作为端面镜构成平行平面谐振腔。采用光纤耦合输出激光二极管端面抽运技术,利用石墨烯的可饱和吸收作用,在注入功率为1.17W时实现微片激光器的调Q运转,获得波长1064.6nm,重复频率300～807kHz可调,最小脉冲宽度75ns的激光输出。激光器最大输出功率38.4mW,最大单脉冲能量54.7nJ。     

准连续TEM00模被动调Q Nd:YAG激光器的研究

采用峰值功率为500 W准连续激光二极管(LD)阵列侧面泵浦Nd:YAG晶体,Cr4+:YAG可饱和吸收体作为被动调Q元件,在重复频率为40 Hz时实现了单脉冲能量为8.24 mJ、脉冲宽度约7 ns的1 064 nm TEM00模调Q激光脉冲输出,脉冲峰值功率达到1.2 MW,从而为主振荡功率放大(MOPA)系统提供高峰值功率、高光束质量的种子源。对泵浦功率和泵浦脉冲宽度对输出脉冲特性的影响进行了实验研究。     

Passive Mode-Locking of a Ti : Sapphire Laser by InGaP Quantum-Dot Saturable Absorber

We demonstrate the use of a novel InGaP quantum-dot (QD) saturable absorber (SA) to induce passively mode-locked (ML) operation of a Ti : sapphire laser. Pulses as short as 518 fs are obtained at 752 nm with an average output power of up to 190 mW for 2.3 W of absorbed pump power at 532 nm. The absorption recovery of the SA is characterized by two decay coefficients: a fast and a slow component having time constants of 0.4 and 300 ps, respectively. The saturation fluence of the InGaP QDs was measured to be 28 $muhbox{J/cm}^{2}$, the initial low-signal absorption was 1.5%, where 1.15% was nonsaturable loss.      

Tunable Cr4+:YSO Q-switched Cr:LiCAF laser

Tunable passive Q-switching (781 nm to 806 nm at 300 K) of a flash-lamp pumped Cr³⁺:LiCaAlF₆ (Cr:LiCAF) laser with a Cr⁴⁺:Y₂SiO₅ (Cr⁴⁺:YSO) broad-band solid-state saturable absorber has been realized. Typical pulse widths of the Q-switched laser output ranged from 40 ns to 80 ns, depending on the lasing wavelength. Spectral narrowing and reduced beam diameter with the use of the saturable absorber were observed. The ground state and the excited state absorption cross sections of the Cr⁴⁺:YSO absorber were found by bleaching experiments to be (7.0±1.4)×10^-19 cm² and (2.3±0.5)×10^-19 cm² at 694 nm, respectively. Numerical simulation was utilized to simulate the Cr:LiCAF passive Q-switching with Cr⁴⁺ :YSO solid-state saturable absorber