人眼安全光学参量振荡器最佳泵浦脉宽

本文讨论了对于人眼安全KTP光学参量振荡器存在一个最佳泵浦脉宽，此时OPO阈值的变化最小，尤其是对于剩余泵浦光被安全反射回去的单谐振OPO。当泵浦脉宽与最佳泵浦脉宽相近时，所需泵浦脉冲能量最小。这对设计小型低阈值OPO器件有极大的指导意义。     

Tm脉冲激光器泵浦的中红外固体激光器

介绍了Tm:YAP脉冲激光器泵浦的中红外固体激光器.首先介绍了Tm脉冲激光器,由实验分析,对YAP固体激光器腔型结构进行优化,确定了适合泵浦ZGPOPO的YAP激光器腔型,得到较理想的2 μm脉冲激光输出.中红外固体激光器由优化后的Tm:YAP激光器泵浦ZGP光学参量振荡器(OPO)组成,最终得到输出功率达瓦级以上的3...     

掺镱脉冲光纤激光器抽运的高功率PPMgLN光参变振荡器

报道了研制主振-放大（MOPA）结构的高功率保偏掺镱脉冲光纤激光器并用其抽运光参变振荡器（OPO）的研究工作。掺镱脉冲光纤激光器以声光调Q的Nd∶YVO4激光器作为种子源, Liekki的大直径双包层保偏光纤作为放大介质, 得到接近基模的1064 nm波长激光输出, 最大线偏振输出功率17 W, 偏振消光比优于10 dB, 重复频率50 kHz, 脉冲宽度60 ns。利用该光纤激光作为抽运光, 抽运基于周期性畴极化反转掺镁铌酸锂（PPMgLN）晶体的宽带可调谐OPO, 实现了高效参量转换。在信号光1518 nm通道, 以16.2 W功率抽运, 获得最大参变输出功率9 W, 其中3.5 μm波长功率为2.4 W。OPO的能量转换效率为58%, 斜效率为68％。在信号光1491 nm通道, 以14 W功率抽运, 获得最大参变输出6.6 W, 其中3.7 μm波长功率超过2 W。     

Highly efficient high-repetition-rate tunable all-solid-state optical parametric oscillator

A compact highly efficient intracavity optical parametric oscillator (OPO) is demonstrated by placing an OPO cavity in a diode-pumped Q-switched Nd:YLF laser. By taking into account the thermal and energy upconversion transfer effects of Nd:YLF, a power scaling model is set up to optimize and design a fundamental mode diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser. The linearly polarized Nd:YLF laser in the 1053-nm line generates 6.5, 9.2, and 11.9 W average power in TEM/sub 00/ mode at the repetition rates of 1, 2, and 4.5 kHz, respectively. A highly efficient OPO signal output is realized by using an optimized cavity design. We obtain OPO average signal powers of more than 1 W over a broadband continuous tuning range from 1650 to 2100 nm at the repetition rate of 1 kHz. The OPO signal pulsewidth is 10 ns at 1 kHz. Signal energies of 2.5, 1.55, and 0.67 mJ per pulse are produced at the repetition rates of 1, 2, and 4.5 kHz, respectively. The maximum OPO signal energy of 2.5 mJ per pulse is obtained at 1900 nm, where the pump energy is 6 mJ per pulse and the pump-to-signal efficiency is 42%. A maximum average signal power of 4.1 W is generated at 3.5 kHz.     

双端泵Nd:YVO4固体激光器泵浦的高功率光参量振荡器

报道了基于双端泵Nd:YVO4固体脉冲激光器泵浦的基于周期性畴极化反转氧化镁掺杂铌酸锂晶体(PPMgLN)的光参量振荡器(OPO)。双端泵Nd:YVO4固体脉冲激光器采用激光二极管作为双端泵浦源,在25 kHz重频下获得了平均功率为23.5 W的1064 nm近基模线偏振激光输出。使用该激光器泵浦一个基于PPMgLN的OPO,获得了平均功率为3.54 W的3.83μm中红外激光输出。OPO的斜率效率为65.2%,其中,从1.064μm到3.83μm的斜率效率为18.1%。该系统结构十分紧凑、成本低、实用性强,在4 h内的稳定度小于4%,具有较高的应用价值。     

全固态人眼安全OPO激光器

简要介绍一种结构紧凑、高效的全固态1.57μm人眼安全OPO激光器,采用准连续激光二极管(QCW)泵浦的Nd:YAG激光器作泵浦源,OPO为内腔单谐振方式,1.57μmOPO输出能量15mJ/pulse,脉宽～7ns,重复频率20Hz,电光效率2.6%。     

W级中红外宽调谐光学参量振荡器的研究

报道了一个低阈值、宽调谐、中红外单谐振掺MgO的周期性极化LiNbO3(PPMgLN)晶体光学参量振荡器(OPO)。利用声光调Q的Nd:YVO4激光器作为泵浦源,采用外腔结构,在室温下实现了PPMgLN晶体的准相位匹配(QPM)OPO。OPO阈值仅为0.4 W(重复频率40 kHz,单脉冲能量10μJ,脉宽160 ns);在泵浦光为6.6W(重复频率40 kHz,脉冲能量165μJ,脉宽65 ns)、PPMgLN周期为30μm时,获得了1.13 W的3.61μm中红外脉冲激光输出,光-光转化效率达到17.1%,同时获得了880 mW的1.51μm信号光输出,并且通过改变晶体的周期,实现了闲频光3.13～4.19μm中红外宽带可调谐激光输出。重点讨论了闲频光的功率、调谐和脉冲特性以及功率稳定性问题。     

Using multiple mutually incoherent fiber lasers to pump a coherentsignal beam in an optical parametric oscillator

We use three-dimensional numerical modeling to show that multiple mutually incoherent lasers can be used to pump a single resonated coherent signal beam in an optical parametric oscillator (OPO). We consider as an example an OPO based on periodically poled lithium niobate pumped noncollinearly by CW Yb-doped fiber lasers. Our modeling, which neglects thermal lensing, is appropriate when the average power is kept low by chopping or pulsing the pump beams at a low duty cycle. We find that a signal beam can be produced with near-diffraction-limited beam quality and power considerably exceeding that of a single pump laser     

基于内腔的调Q锁模光参量振荡器的研究

为了实现内腔型光参量振荡器（OPO）的调Q锁模脉冲输出,通过设计并匹配OPO谐振腔和基频激光腔的腔长,满足了同步泵浦条件,最终在实验上得到了信号光的调Q锁模输出;在实验中,采用氙灯泵浦Nd:YAG作为基频激光,以KTP晶体为非线性转换介质,采用电光开关作为调Q手段,测量了OPO的近红外信号光的输出波形、输出能量、光谱构成等输出特性。在泵浦能量12.8 J、调制频率20 kHz时,得到了锁模深度为100%的信号光输出,并发现信号光锁模脉冲重复率依赖于基频激光;得到了调Q锁模信号光输出能量随泵浦能量、电光调制频率的变化关系。     

内腔式KTP OPO输出2.7μm激光实验研究

提出了一种用2.7 μm激光Ⅱ类匹配方式泵浦ZnGeP2(ZGP)OPO输出红外激光的新方案,该方案与传统方法相比具有更多优点.实验研究了内腔式KTP OPO输入2.7μm激光,最大输出能量约为2mJ,总的电光效率为0.01%,斜效率为0.03%,能量稳定度为±7%.测量了泵浦光与信号光的和频光的波长及时间波形,由此也...     

Microchip optical parametric oscillators

The frequency-doubled output of a high-power passively Q-switched Nd:YAG microchip laser has been used to pump a KTP doubly resonant miniature monolithic Fabry-Perot (microchip) optical parametric oscillator (OPO). The OPO operated with 20% conversion efficiency, generating 8.4 /spl mu/J of 1.064-/spl mu/m radiation in 600-ps pulses, with excellent mode quality and pulse-to-pulse stability. This is the most compact OPO system yet demonstrated, generating the shortest pulses reported for an OPO pumped with Q-switched pulses. This technology makes it possible to obtain miniature optical system operating at any wavelength throughout the near IR, visible, and UV.     

Stimulated rotational Raman scattering in CO2-pumped para-H2

Stimulated rotational Raman scattering in a 300 K multipass cell filled with para-H2with a single-mode CO2pump laser was studied using a single-mode OPO as a probe laser at the Stokes frequency for the So(0) transition. Amplification and pump depletion are examined as a function of incident pump energy. For an incident CO2pump laser energy of 1.5 J, a photon conversion efficiency of 47 percent is observed.     

同步泵浦飞秒非临界相匹配红外光参量振荡器

采用非临界相匹配方式，制成一台同步泵浦飞秒红外光参量振荡器。其输出波长的调谐是靠改变泵浦光掺钛蓝宝石激光器的输出波长而得以实现的，其调谐范围为１．０８～１．１３ｕｍ。在９０ｆｓ．１．１ｗ左右的掺钛蓝宝石激光器的泵浦下，同步泵浦光参量振荡器的输出功率为１００ｍｗ．而脉竟只有６０ｆｓ左右。     

KTP光学参量振荡器输出激光的空间模式和光束质量

理论上通过二维傅里叶变换求解耦合波方程 ,分析了KTP光学参量振荡器 (OPO)信号光的空间分布 ;实验上利用Nd∶YAG倍频激光 ( 5 3 2nm)抽运非临界 (θ =90°,φ=0°) 及临界相位匹配KTP (θ =62 7°,φ=0°) OPO ,测量了参量光的空间分布、远场发散角及M2 因子等参数 ,讨论了抽运功率、谐振腔长、残余光后向二次抽运对OPO参量光的发散角和光束质量因子M2 的影响。     

1.08μm波长低阈值高效率强度差压缩光产生的实验研究

用倍频稳频ＮｄＹＡＰ激光器作泵浦源，经ＫＴＰ晶体构成的半整块ＯＰＯ腔，在９０°非临界相位匹配情况下获得高量子相关孪生光束，实测强度差噪声压缩度在１．５ＭＨｚ附近达８０％（７ｄＢ），阈值泵浦功率为８０ｍＷ。     

Multimode pumping of optical parametric oscillators

Calculations suggest that optical parametric oscillators (OPO's) can be efficiently pumped using multimode, divergent pump sources. The influence of pump beam divergence and mode structure upon OPO performance is measured for both noncritical phase-matching, and OPO's with walkoff. Multimode OPO pumping is shown to be efficient, provided appropriate nonlinear crystals and OPO cavities are employed; the nonlinear crystal must have sufficient angular acceptance to tolerate a divergent pump; the OPO cavity must support modes that match the divergence and spatial intensity characteristics of the pump, For low-order pump modes, the OPO can be made to match the mode of the pump. Higher order pump modes reduce the OPO efficiency, and cause a saturation of efficiency with increasing pump power. The efficiency is degraded in a similar fashion in the presence of walkoff. Multimode pumping is more difficult in longer OPO cavities due to increased buildup time of higher order OPO modes     

An excimer-pumped β-BaB2O4 opticalparametric oscillator tunable from 354 nm to 2.370 μm

A pulsed singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO) has been constructed which can provide tunable coherent radiation over the entire wavelength range extending from 354 nm in the near ultraviolet, throughout the visible, to 2.370 μm in the near infrared using a single β-BaB₂O₄ crystal. The oscillator is pumped at 308 nm by a pulsed narrow band injection-seeded XeCl excimer laser in a near-field pumping configuration, and energy conversion efficiencies (optical-to-optical) in excess of 10% have been obtained in a 12-nm-long crystal across the OPO tuning range. The requirements placed upon the spectral and spatial coherence of the pump laser for optimum OPO operation are discussed. Experimental results on several oscillator parameters, including tuning range, oscillation threshold, energy conversion efficiency, and spatial and temporal characteristics, are presented     

信号光脉冲比抽运光窄12倍的内腔式KTP光参量振荡器

在闪光灯抽运的非稳腔Nd∶YAG被动调Q激光器腔内,放置非临界相位匹配KTP晶体,构成内腔式单谐振KTP光参量振荡器(OPO)。研究了输出信号光的波长调谐性能,获得1.57~1.60μm可调谐激光脉冲。实验结果表明,1.57μm信号光的输出能量随着光参量振荡器腔长的增加而减少,脉冲宽度随着腔长的增加而有所变化;抽运能量较大时,转换效率随着抽运能量的增加趋于饱和然后逐渐下降;对此给予了合理的理论解释。当光参量振荡器的腔长为5 cm,1.06μm抽运光脉冲宽度为30 ns时,输出的1.57μm信号光的脉冲宽度为2.5 ns,能量为21.3 mJ。1.57μm信号光的脉冲宽度仅为1.06μm抽运光脉冲的1/12,总的电光能量转换效率为0.128%。     

掺镁铌酸锂微结构多周期调谐光学参量振荡器

从傅里叶展开三波耦合波方程出发,对准相位匹配光学参量振荡进行了初步的理论分析,同时对准相位匹配周期极化掺镁铌酸锂微结构光学参量振荡进行了实验研究。通过改变微结构周期,实现了信号光从1.45~1.72 μm的输出,最小阈值为30 μJ。在温度30 ℃,抽运功率为300 mW,最大信号光输出功率为56 mW,斜率效率达18.7%。由于掺镁铌酸锂微结构抗光损伤性能显著提高,无需在高温下进行运转,使得掺镁铌酸锂微结构光学参量振荡器在常温条件下实现连续运转成为可能。与同成份铌酸锂微结构参量振荡器相比,结构更加紧凑,易于实现小型化。     

波长可调谐准相位匹配光学参量振荡器

利用掺氧化镁周期性极化铌酸锂晶体,对信号光单谐振的准相位匹配光学参量振荡器 的温度调谐特性和输出功率特性进行了理论与实验研究。以LD泵浦的声光调Q准连续Nd∶YAG激光器作为泵浦源,获得了1561～1672nm的可调谐输出,信号光在1064nm泵浦光平均功率为1. 728W时,最大信号光输出为297mW。