实验利用YAG/Nd∶YAG/Cr4+∶YAG键合晶体和光子晶体光栅镜获得高峰值功率和高光束质量的被动调Q径向脉冲激光输出,激光器的输出功率达到435 m W,斜率效率为14.7%。在吸收抽运功率为6.8 W时,输出激光脉冲的峰值功率达到15.7 k W,脉冲能...实验利用YAG/Nd∶YAG/Cr4+∶YAG键合晶体和光子晶体光栅镜获得高峰值功率和高光束质量的被动调Q径向脉冲激光输出,激光器的输出功率达到435 m W,斜率效率为14.7%。在吸收抽运功率为6.8 W时,输出激光脉冲的峰值功率达到15.7 k W,脉冲能量达到50.1 m J,脉冲宽度为3.2 ns,重复频率为8.1 k Hz,径向偏振纯度为95.8%。实验中的晶体均采用<111>的切割方向,输出径向偏振光束的均匀性得到提高。展开更多
We report on a radially polarized and passively Q-switched Nd：YAG/Cr^4＋：YAG laser. The bulk Nd：YAG crystal is bonded with two undoped YAG crystal end caps to weaken the thermal lens effect and thus, enhance the ex...We report on a radially polarized and passively Q-switched Nd：YAG/Cr^4＋：YAG laser. The bulk Nd：YAG crystal is bonded with two undoped YAG crystal end caps to weaken the thermal lens effect and thus, enhance the extraction of stored energy in the bulk gain material. In the absence of active water cooling, the average laser power reaches 383 mW with 33% slope efficiency, and the laser pulse achieves 1.457-W peak power, 18.9-ns duration, and 13.9-kHz repetition rate with 97.6% polarization purity.展开更多
We report a simple Nd：YAG laser that emits radially polarized beam with helical wavefront. The laser cavity consists of a piece of laser crystal and a plane output coupler, and there is no additional polarization com...We report a simple Nd：YAG laser that emits radially polarized beam with helical wavefront. The laser cavity consists of a piece of laser crystal and a plane output coupler, and there is no additional polarization component inside it. The pump light is converted into annular profile through de-focal coupling into a multi-mode fiber. For the continuous-wave （CW） operation, the laser emits radially polarized vortex beam, and it is observed that the helical wavefront of the laser beam is switched from right handedness to left handedness when the output coupler is tilted slightly. For the Q-switched operation under the insertion of a Cr^4＋：YAG saturable absorber inside the cavity, we obtain radially polarized outputs with left-handedness helical wavefront. By tilting the laser crystal slightly, the laser output switches to azimuthal polarization at pump power larger than 4.5 W and left-handedness helical wavefront of laser beam is preserved.展开更多
We demonstrate an end-pumped, c-cut Nd：YVO4 laser that emitted first-order Laguerre-Gaussian （LGol） beam by adjusting the position of focused pump beam relative to laser crystal. The pumping light reached the laser...We demonstrate an end-pumped, c-cut Nd：YVO4 laser that emitted first-order Laguerre-Gaussian （LGol） beam by adjusting the position of focused pump beam relative to laser crystal. The pumping light reached the laser crystal has circular and solid intensity profile. The laser is compact and stable, and the obtained LG01 beam power reaches 202 mW with -25% slope efficiency.展开更多
We demonstrate a linearly-polarized, ytterbium-doped fiber laser that uses an uncoated, undoped ceramic YAG plate as the output coupler, and the corresponding polarization extinction ratio of laser beam increases with...We demonstrate a linearly-polarized, ytterbium-doped fiber laser that uses an uncoated, undoped ceramic YAG plate as the output coupler, and the corresponding polarization extinction ratio of laser beam increases with incident pump power and then saturates at larger pump power. For comparison, the output coupler of the fiber laser is replaced by 10% reflectivity plane mirror, while the feature of the polarization of laser output is kept unchanged. The results show that the origin of the pump-dependent and self-started polarization is associated with the intensity-dependent nonlinear birefringence in the gain fiber.展开更多
A laser-diode end-pumped Nd：YVO4 crystal laser is demonstrated to emit the first-order Laguerre- Gaussian （LGm） mode with 502-mW laser power and 22% slope efficiency. Tile LGm-mode is lased only when the pumping ar...A laser-diode end-pumped Nd：YVO4 crystal laser is demonstrated to emit the first-order Laguerre- Gaussian （LGm） mode with 502-mW laser power and 22% slope efficiency. Tile LGm-mode is lased only when the pumping area locates in the central part of the laser crystal＇s front surface, and thereafter the symmetrical LGm-HGol-TEM00 mode transition happens when laser crystal is moved laterally inside several-tens-micron area. The possible mechanism responsible for the phenomenon of symmetrical mode transition is also discussed.展开更多
文摘实验利用YAG/Nd∶YAG/Cr4+∶YAG键合晶体和光子晶体光栅镜获得高峰值功率和高光束质量的被动调Q径向脉冲激光输出,激光器的输出功率达到435 m W,斜率效率为14.7%。在吸收抽运功率为6.8 W时,输出激光脉冲的峰值功率达到15.7 k W,脉冲能量达到50.1 m J,脉冲宽度为3.2 ns,重复频率为8.1 k Hz,径向偏振纯度为95.8%。实验中的晶体均采用<111>的切割方向,输出径向偏振光束的均匀性得到提高。
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60978025)the Hundred Talents Program of CAS,and the Shanghai Pujiang Program(No.09PJ1410500)
文摘We report on a radially polarized and passively Q-switched Nd：YAG/Cr^4＋：YAG laser. The bulk Nd：YAG crystal is bonded with two undoped YAG crystal end caps to weaken the thermal lens effect and thus, enhance the extraction of stored energy in the bulk gain material. In the absence of active water cooling, the average laser power reaches 383 mW with 33% slope efficiency, and the laser pulse achieves 1.457-W peak power, 18.9-ns duration, and 13.9-kHz repetition rate with 97.6% polarization purity.
文摘We report a simple Nd：YAG laser that emits radially polarized beam with helical wavefront. The laser cavity consists of a piece of laser crystal and a plane output coupler, and there is no additional polarization component inside it. The pump light is converted into annular profile through de-focal coupling into a multi-mode fiber. For the continuous-wave （CW） operation, the laser emits radially polarized vortex beam, and it is observed that the helical wavefront of the laser beam is switched from right handedness to left handedness when the output coupler is tilted slightly. For the Q-switched operation under the insertion of a Cr^4＋：YAG saturable absorber inside the cavity, we obtain radially polarized outputs with left-handedness helical wavefront. By tilting the laser crystal slightly, the laser output switches to azimuthal polarization at pump power larger than 4.5 W and left-handedness helical wavefront of laser beam is preserved.
文摘We demonstrate an end-pumped, c-cut Nd：YVO4 laser that emitted first-order Laguerre-Gaussian （LGol） beam by adjusting the position of focused pump beam relative to laser crystal. The pumping light reached the laser crystal has circular and solid intensity profile. The laser is compact and stable, and the obtained LG01 beam power reaches 202 mW with -25% slope efficiency.
文摘We demonstrate a linearly-polarized, ytterbium-doped fiber laser that uses an uncoated, undoped ceramic YAG plate as the output coupler, and the corresponding polarization extinction ratio of laser beam increases with incident pump power and then saturates at larger pump power. For comparison, the output coupler of the fiber laser is replaced by 10% reflectivity plane mirror, while the feature of the polarization of laser output is kept unchanged. The results show that the origin of the pump-dependent and self-started polarization is associated with the intensity-dependent nonlinear birefringence in the gain fiber.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61275206)the National "973" Project of China(No.2014CB921300)
文摘A laser-diode end-pumped Nd：YVO4 crystal laser is demonstrated to emit the first-order Laguerre- Gaussian （LGm） mode with 502-mW laser power and 22% slope efficiency. Tile LGm-mode is lased only when the pumping area locates in the central part of the laser crystal＇s front surface, and thereafter the symmetrical LGm-HGol-TEM00 mode transition happens when laser crystal is moved laterally inside several-tens-micron area. The possible mechanism responsible for the phenomenon of symmetrical mode transition is also discussed.
