A compact high power diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO_4 laser with high repetition rate is realized.Using an Nd:YVO_4 crystal and a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror(SESAM) in the oscillator, the picose...A compact high power diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO_4 laser with high repetition rate is realized.Using an Nd:YVO_4 crystal and a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror(SESAM) in the oscillator, the picosecond pulse output with an average power of 1.38 W, a repetition rate of 3.24 GHz, and a pulse duration of 11.4 ps is achieved. After one stage of amplification, the final output power reaches 11.34 W, corresponding to a total optical-to-optical efficiency of about 32%. The root mean square(RMS) value of power fluctuation is demonstrated to be less than 0.6% in 24 hours,showing a superior stability with the compact configuration.展开更多
A femtosecond LBO optical parametric oscillator(OPO)with widely adjustable repetition rate by fractionally decrement of the cavity length is demonstrated.The repetition rate of 755 MHz to 1.43 GHz at an interval of 75...A femtosecond LBO optical parametric oscillator(OPO)with widely adjustable repetition rate by fractionally decrement of the cavity length is demonstrated.The repetition rate of 755 MHz to 1.43 GHz at an interval of 75.5 MHz is realized,which is 10 to 19 times that of the pump laser.The properties of output signal at 750 nm at different repetition rates are studied.The power of signal decreases with increasing the repetition rate.The maximum power of 194 mW at the repetition rate of 755 MHz and the minimum power of 22 mW at repetition rate of 1.43 GHz for the signal at 750 nm are obtained for the pump power of 3 W.展开更多
We present a fully stabilized Yb-fiber frequency comb locked to a microwave standard and an optical reference separately. The carrier-envelope offset frequency is generated by a standard f–2f interferometer with 40 d...We present a fully stabilized Yb-fiber frequency comb locked to a microwave standard and an optical reference separately. The carrier-envelope offset frequency is generated by a standard f–2f interferometer with 40 dB signal-tonoise ratio. The offset frequency and the repetition rate are stabilized simultaneously to the radio frequency reference for more than 30 hours, and the fractional Allan deviation of the comb is the same as the microwave standard of 10^(-12) at 1 s.Alternatively, the comb is locked to an ultra-stable optical reference at 972 nm using an intracavity electro-optic modulator,exhibiting a residual integrated phase noise of 458 mrad(1 Hz–10 MHz) and an in-loop tracking stability of 1.77× 10^(-18) at 1 s, which is significantly raised by six orders comparing to the case locked to the microwave frequency standard.展开更多
A monolithic O-f scheme-based femtosecond optical frequency comb directly driven by a high-power Ti:sapphire laser oscillator is demonstrated.The spectrum covering from 650 nm to 950 nm is generated from the Ti:sapphi...A monolithic O-f scheme-based femtosecond optical frequency comb directly driven by a high-power Ti:sapphire laser oscillator is demonstrated.The spectrum covering from 650 nm to 950 nm is generated from the Ti:sapphire oscillator with a repetition rate of 170 MHz.The average output power up to 630 mW is delivered under the pump power of 4.5 W.A 44-dB signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)of the carrier-envelope phase offset(CEO)beat note is achieved under the resolution of 100 kHz and is long-term stabilized to a reference source at 20 MHz.The integrated phase noise(IPN)in the range from 1 Hz to 1 MHz is calculated to be 138 mrad,corresponding to the timing jitter of 63 as at the central wavelength of 790 nm.展开更多
We have demonstrated a high power diode-pumped mode-locked femtosecond Yb:KGW laser with semiconductor saturable absorber mirror(SESAM). By using an output coupler with 10% transmittance, the laser delivered 160-fs pu...We have demonstrated a high power diode-pumped mode-locked femtosecond Yb:KGW laser with semiconductor saturable absorber mirror(SESAM). By using an output coupler with 10% transmittance, the laser delivered 160-fs pulses with average output power of 7.6 W at a repetition rate of 78 MHz, corresponding to pulse energy of 97 nJ and peak power of 606 kW.展开更多
The generation of continuous spectrum centered at 400 nm from solid thin plates is demonstrated in this work.A continuum covering 365 nm to 445 nm is obtained when 125-µJ frequency-doubled Ti:sapphire laser pulse...The generation of continuous spectrum centered at 400 nm from solid thin plates is demonstrated in this work.A continuum covering 365 nm to 445 nm is obtained when 125-µJ frequency-doubled Ti:sapphire laser pulses are applied to six thin fused silica plates at 1-kHz repetition rate.The generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation simplified for forward propagation is solved numerically,the spectral broadening with the experimental parameters is simulated,and good agreement between simulated result and experimental measurement is achieved.The variation of electron density in the thin plate and the advantage of a low electron density in the spectral broadening process are discussed.展开更多
We utilized a set of fused silica thin plates to broaden the spectrum of 1kHz,30 fs Ti:sapphire amplified laser pulses to an octave.Following the compression by chirped mirror pairs,the generated few-cycle pulses were...We utilized a set of fused silica thin plates to broaden the spectrum of 1kHz,30 fs Ti:sapphire amplified laser pulses to an octave.Following the compression by chirped mirror pairs,the generated few-cycle pulses were focused onto an argon filled gas cell.We detected high order harmonics corresponding to a train of 209 as pulses,characterized by the reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transition(RABITT)technique.Compared with the conventional attosecond pulse trains,the broad harmonics in such pulse trains cover more energy range,so it is more efficient in studying some typical cases,such as resonances,with frequency resolved RABITT.As the solid thin plates can support high power supercontinuum generation,it is feasible to tailor the spectrum to have different central wavelength and spectral width,which will make the RABITT source work in different applications.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB16030200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11774410 and 61575217)+1 种基金the National Key Scientific Instruments Development Program of China(Grant No.2012YQ120047)the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KJZD-EW-L11-03)
文摘A compact high power diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO_4 laser with high repetition rate is realized.Using an Nd:YVO_4 crystal and a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror(SESAM) in the oscillator, the picosecond pulse output with an average power of 1.38 W, a repetition rate of 3.24 GHz, and a pulse duration of 11.4 ps is achieved. After one stage of amplification, the final output power reaches 11.34 W, corresponding to a total optical-to-optical efficiency of about 32%. The root mean square(RMS) value of power fluctuation is demonstrated to be less than 0.6% in 24 hours,showing a superior stability with the compact configuration.
基金Supported by the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant Nos 2017YFC0110301 and 2017YFB0405202the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 91850209,11774410 and 61575217+2 种基金the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,Chinese Academy of Sciences(No 2018007)the Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS(XDB16030200)the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CAS(KJZD-EW-L11-03)
文摘A femtosecond LBO optical parametric oscillator(OPO)with widely adjustable repetition rate by fractionally decrement of the cavity length is demonstrated.The repetition rate of 755 MHz to 1.43 GHz at an interval of 75.5 MHz is realized,which is 10 to 19 times that of the pump laser.The properties of output signal at 750 nm at different repetition rates are studied.The power of signal decreases with increasing the repetition rate.The maximum power of 194 mW at the repetition rate of 755 MHz and the minimum power of 22 mW at repetition rate of 1.43 GHz for the signal at 750 nm are obtained for the pump power of 3 W.
基金Project supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.XDA1502040404 and XDB21010400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.91850209 and 11774234)。
文摘We present a fully stabilized Yb-fiber frequency comb locked to a microwave standard and an optical reference separately. The carrier-envelope offset frequency is generated by a standard f–2f interferometer with 40 dB signal-tonoise ratio. The offset frequency and the repetition rate are stabilized simultaneously to the radio frequency reference for more than 30 hours, and the fractional Allan deviation of the comb is the same as the microwave standard of 10^(-12) at 1 s.Alternatively, the comb is locked to an ultra-stable optical reference at 972 nm using an intracavity electro-optic modulator,exhibiting a residual integrated phase noise of 458 mrad(1 Hz–10 MHz) and an in-loop tracking stability of 1.77× 10^(-18) at 1 s, which is significantly raised by six orders comparing to the case locked to the microwave frequency standard.
基金National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFC0110301)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.91950113,61575219,61210017,11774234,11674386,11434016,and 91850209)+1 种基金Strategic Priority Research Program of the CAS(Grant No.XDB23030203)Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the CAS(Grant No.2018007)。
文摘A monolithic O-f scheme-based femtosecond optical frequency comb directly driven by a high-power Ti:sapphire laser oscillator is demonstrated.The spectrum covering from 650 nm to 950 nm is generated from the Ti:sapphire oscillator with a repetition rate of 170 MHz.The average output power up to 630 mW is delivered under the pump power of 4.5 W.A 44-dB signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)of the carrier-envelope phase offset(CEO)beat note is achieved under the resolution of 100 kHz and is long-term stabilized to a reference source at 20 MHz.The integrated phase noise(IPN)in the range from 1 Hz to 1 MHz is calculated to be 138 mrad,corresponding to the timing jitter of 63 as at the central wavelength of 790 nm.
基金Project supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB16030200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11774410,61575217,and 61675158)+1 种基金the National Key Scientific Instruments Development Program of China(Grant No.2012YQ120047)the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KJZD-EW-L11-03)
文摘We have demonstrated a high power diode-pumped mode-locked femtosecond Yb:KGW laser with semiconductor saturable absorber mirror(SESAM). By using an output coupler with 10% transmittance, the laser delivered 160-fs pulses with average output power of 7.6 W at a repetition rate of 78 MHz, corresponding to pulse energy of 97 nJ and peak power of 606 kW.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFB0405202),the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61690221)the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11774277).
文摘The generation of continuous spectrum centered at 400 nm from solid thin plates is demonstrated in this work.A continuum covering 365 nm to 445 nm is obtained when 125-µJ frequency-doubled Ti:sapphire laser pulses are applied to six thin fused silica plates at 1-kHz repetition rate.The generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation simplified for forward propagation is solved numerically,the spectral broadening with the experimental parameters is simulated,and good agreement between simulated result and experimental measurement is achieved.The variation of electron density in the thin plate and the advantage of a low electron density in the spectral broadening process are discussed.
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFB0405202)the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61690221)+1 种基金the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11434016)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11574384,11674386,and 11774277)
文摘We utilized a set of fused silica thin plates to broaden the spectrum of 1kHz,30 fs Ti:sapphire amplified laser pulses to an octave.Following the compression by chirped mirror pairs,the generated few-cycle pulses were focused onto an argon filled gas cell.We detected high order harmonics corresponding to a train of 209 as pulses,characterized by the reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transition(RABITT)technique.Compared with the conventional attosecond pulse trains,the broad harmonics in such pulse trains cover more energy range,so it is more efficient in studying some typical cases,such as resonances,with frequency resolved RABITT.As the solid thin plates can support high power supercontinuum generation,it is feasible to tailor the spectrum to have different central wavelength and spectral width,which will make the RABITT source work in different applications.