Continuous-wave operation of InAs/InP quantum dot tunable external-cavity laser grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition

We demonstrate high-performance broadband tunable external-cavity lasers(ECLs) with the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD) grown In As/In P quantum dots(QDs) structures. Without cavity facet coatings, the 3-d B spectral bandwidth of the Fabry–Perot(FP) laser is approximately 10.8 nm, while the tuning bandwidth of ECLs is 45 nm.Combined with the anti-reflection(AR)/high-reflection(HR) facet coating, a 92 nm bandwidth tuning range has been obtained with the wavelength covering from 1414 nm to 1506 nm. In most of the tuning range, the threshold current density is lower than 1.5 k A/cm2. The maximum output power of 6.5 m W was achieved under a 500 m A injection current.All achievements mentioned above were obtained under continuous-wave(CW) mode at room temperature(RT).

A Stable Wavelength Operation Ho:YAG Laser with Orthogonally Polarized Pump

A stable wavelength operation Ho:YAG laser dual-pumped by two orthogonally polarized Tm:YLF lasers is reported. Under the cw operation mode, a laser output power of 24 W is measured. The corresponding opticaloptical conversion efficiency is 44.75% and the slope efficiency is 50.12%. Under the Q-switched operation mode,the output maximum average power is 22.8 W at the re-frequency of 6 kHz. The corresponding optical-optical conversion efficiency and slope efficiency are 42.64% and 48.01%, respectively. The output central wavelength is 2090.73 nm, the linewidth is 0.40 nm, and the beam quality is M^2< 1.6. Moreover, the shift of the output central wavelength is less than 0.01 nm, and the linewidth shift is also less than 0.01 nm.

Passively Q-Switched Nd,Cr:YAG Laser Simultaneous Dual-Wavelength Operation at 946 nm and 1.3μm

A diode-end-pumped Q-switched high-efficiency Nd, Cr：YAG laser with simultaneous dual-wavelength emission at 946nm and 1.3μm is demonstrated. The maximum output power of 1.93 W with simultaneous dual-wavelength operation is achieved at an absorbed pump power of 13.32 W and an absorbed slope efficiency of 15.15%. The maximum optical-optical efficiency is 14.49% with pulse widths of 16.38ns at 946nm and 26.65ns at 1.3μm. A maximum total repetition rate of 43.25 kHz is obtained.

Acousto-Optically Q-Switched Operation of Yb:CNGG Disordered Crystal Laser

We report the repetitively Q-switched laser operation of the Yb-doped calcium niobium gallium garnet disordered garnet crystal, achieved with an acousto-optic modulator in a compact plano-concave resonator that is endpumped by a 935-nm diode laser. An average output power of 1.96 W is produced at pulse repetition rate of50 k Hz at emission wavelengths around 1035 nm, with a slope efficiency of 16%. The highest pulse energy of 269 μJ is generated at pulse repetition rate of 1 k Hz, with pulse width 12.1 ns and peak power 20.53 kW.

Electrically and Optically Bistable Operation in an Integration of a 1310 nm DFB Laser and a Tunneling Diode

We experimentally demonstrate an In P-based hybrid integration of a single-mode DFB laser emitting at around 1310 nm and a tunneling diode. The evident negative differential resistance regions are obtained in both electrical and optical output characteristics. The electrical and optical bistabilities controlled by the voltage through the tunneling diode are also measured. When the voltage changes between 1.46 V and 1.66 V, a 200-mV-wide hysteresis loop and an optical power ON/OFF ratio of 17 dB are obtained. A side-mode suppression ratio of the integrated device in the ON state is up to 43 dB. The tunneling diode can switch on/off the laser within a very small voltage range compared with that directly controlled by a voltage source.

High-Power and High-Efficiency Operation of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers at 3.3 THz

A high-power and high-effciency GaAs/A1GaAs-based terahertz （THz） quantum cascade laser structure emitting at 3.3 THz is presented. The structure is based on a hybrid bound-to-continuum transition and resonant-phonon extraction active region combined with a semi-insulating surface-plasmon waveguide. By optimizing material structure and device processing, the peak optical output power of 758mW with a threshold current density of 120 A/cm2 and a wall-plug effciency of 0.92% at 10K and 404mW at 77K are obtained in pulsed operation. The maximum operating temperature is as high as llS K. In the cw mode, a record optical output power of 160roW with a threshold current density of 178A/cm2 and a wall-plug efficiency of 1.32% is achieved at 1OK.

Conventional operation and laser therapy in the treatment of varicose veins

Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness of endovenous laser therapy and conventional thera- py on the varicose of great saphenous vein.Methods:Thirty-two patients received endovenous laser thera- py and 32 patients were operated by conventional therapy(high ligation and stripping).The observation results of great saphenous vein(GSV)were recorded by clinical evaluation and duplex ultrasound examina- tion.And the operating time,intraoperative blood loss,time to become moveable,duration of hospitaliza- tion and degree of feeling pain were compared between the two groups.Results:Compared with conven- tional therapy,laser therapy had good curative effect with less complications and no scars and no pains. There were significant differences between the two groups(P<0.01).Conclusion:Laser therapy for varicose of great saphenous vein is better than the conventional therapy.It deserves to be widely used in clinical treatment.

Stable single-mode operation of 894.6 nm VCSEL at high temperatures for Cs atomic sensing

In this paper, stable single-mode operation at high temperatures is produced by the surface-relief-integrated vertical cavity surface emitting laser（VCSEL）. The gain-cavity mode detuning technique is employed to realize high operating temperatures for the VCSEL. The surface relief is etched in the centre of the top side as a mode discriminator for the fundamental mode output, and the threshold current minimum is 1.94 mA at high temperatures by the gain-cavity mode detuning technique. Maximum single-fundamental-mode output power of 0.45 mW at 80℃ is obtained, and the side mode suppression ratios（SMSRs） are more than 30 dB with increasing temperature and current, respectively.

A Broadband Pulsed External-Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser Operating near 6.9μm

We report an external cavity quantum cascade laser （EC-QCL） operating near 6.9μm using the Littman Metcalf configuration. The EC-QCL works in a pulsed mode and can be tuned continuously from 1340 to 1640cm^-1 by only tilting the tuning mirror. The fine tuning ability of the EC-QCL is demonstrated by measuring the absorption spectrum of water in the ambient air with a lock-in amplifier.

Low Power Consumption Distributed-Feedback Quantum Cascade Lasers Operating in Continuous-Wave Mode above 90℃ at λ～7.2μm

We report on the design and fabrication of λ-7.2μm distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers lot very high temperature cw operation and low electrical power consumption. The cw operation is reported above 90℃. For a 2-mm-long and 10-μm-wide laser coated with high-reflectivity on the rear facet, more than 170mW of output power is obtained at 20℃ with a threshold power consumption of 2.4 W, corresponding to 30mW with a threshold power consumption of 3.9 W at 90℃. Robust single-mode emission with a side-mode suppression ratio above 25 dB is continuously tunable by the heat sink temperature or injection current.

Design and development of a synchronized operation control system for Thomson scattering diagnostic on J-TEXT

A Thomson scattering diagnostic system is under construction at the Joint Texas Experimental Tokamak（J-TEXT）. A 1064 nm Nd：YAG laser with 50 Hz repetition rate is used as the laser source. We have used a software for careful and precise control of the laser through serial communication. A time sequence operating system has been developed to synchronize the laser control and data acquisition system with the central control system（CSS）. The system operates commands from the CSS of J-TEXT and generates triggers for the laser and data acquisition system in the proper sequence. It also measures an asynchronous time value that is needed for accurate time stamping. All functions are served by a field-programmable gate array development platform that is suitable for high-speed data and signal processing applications.Several embedded peripherals, including Ethernet and USB 2.0, provide communication with the CSS and the server.

Featuring the Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy in the operating room

Dear Editor,We read with interest the article of Kinori et al[1]titled’Pediatric Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy in the operating room:review of 87 cases’.Facilities for laser capsulotomy under general anesthesia are essential for young children and uncooperative patients undergoing cataract surgery.

Generation of Q-Switched Mode-Locked Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Operating in Dark Regime

We demonstrate a stable Q-switched mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser （EDFL） operating in dark regime based on the nonlinear polarization rotation technique. The EDFL produces a pulse train where the Q-switching envelope is formed by multiple dark pulses. The repetition rate of the Q-switched envelope can be increased from 0.96kHz to 3.26kHz, whereas the pulse width reduces from 211 #s to 86#s. The highest pulse of 479nJ is obtained at the pump power of 55 mW. It is also observed that the dark pulses inside the Q-switching envelope consist of two parts： square and trailing dark pulses. The shortest pulse width of the dark square pulse is obtained at 40.5μs when the pump power is fixed at 145mW. The repetition rate of trailing dark pulses can be increased from 27.62kHz to 50kHz as the pump power increases from 55mW to 145mW.

Passively Q-Switched Yb-Doped Fiber Laser Operating at 1.06 μm with Two-Dimensional Silver Nanoplate as Saturable Absorber

A two-dimensional silver nanoplate is prepared with the seed-mediated growth method and is used for achieving pulse fiber laser operation. By controlling the dimension parameters of the silver nanoplate, the surface plasmon resonance absorption peak of the material is successfully adjusted to 1068 nm. Based on the silver nanoplate as a saturable absorber, a passively Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser operating at 1062 nm is demonstrated. The maximum average output power of 3.49mW is obtained with a minimum pulse width of 1.84#s at a pulse repetition rate of 65.TkHz, and the corresponding pulse energy and peak power are 53.1 nJ and 28.8mW, respectively.

Efficient Diode-Pumped Actively Q-Switched Ceramic Nd:YAG/YVO4 Raman Laser Operating at 1657 nm

A diode-pumped actively Q-switched Raman laser is demonstrated, with YV04 employed as Raman active medium, based on a ceramic Nd：YAG laser operating at 1444nm. The first-stokes Raman generation at 1657nm is achieved. A maximum output power of as high as 612mW is obtained under a pump power of 20. 7 W and at a pulse repetition frequency rate of 20kHz, corresponding to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 3%.

On Riemann-Type Weighted Fractional Operators and Solutions to Cauchy Problems

In this paper,we establish the new forms of Riemann-type fractional integral and derivative operators.The novel fractional integral operator is proved to be bounded in Lebesgue space and some classical fractional integral and differential operators are obtained as special cases.The properties of new operators like semi-group,inverse and certain others are discussed and its weighted Laplace transform is evaluated.Fractional integro-differential freeelectron laser(FEL)and kinetic equations are established.The solutions to these new equations are obtained by using the modified weighted Laplace transform.The Cauchy problem and a growth model are designed as applications along with graphical representation.Finally,the conclusion section indicates future directions to the readers.

地面激光扫描点云与无人机影像点云融合应用

通过建立高精度的桥梁三维点云模型,检查桥梁病害情况并拟合绘制出桥梁线形。首先以无人机近景摄影、环绕飞行、井字飞行获取某双线特大桥梁主体与细部纹理数据,然后将不同航线采集的数据在Context Capture软件里面进行三维重建,将桥梁主体与细部影像融合生成完整桥梁点云1。运用Trimble SX12仪器完成对桥梁一体化扫描,获得完整桥梁点云2。提出基于双向KD-tree优化的ICP(Iterative Closest Point)算法对无人机航摄桥梁点云1与地面激光扫描桥梁点云数据2进行配准融合,加密后的桥梁点云用于建立运营铁路双线特大桥精细化三维实景建模。提出基于KD-tree的PCA(Principal Component Analysis)算法完整提取出桥梁吊索点云,运用最小二乘法拟合出桥梁拱轴线线形、RANSAC算法拟合出桥面线形。通过与单一无人机、单一地面激光扫描精度及完整性对比分析,以验证融合建模的有效性。研究结果表明:融合建模的模型水平精度1.71 cm、垂直方向精度1.25 cm,较单一无人机建模精度在水平与竖直方向分别提升16.59%与20.89%;融合建模的完整性为98.17%,纹理效果更加真实,并检查出桥墩存在蜂窝麻面、渗水等病害,拱肋存在涂装锈蚀、破裂等病害。该研究可为桥梁三维点云模型应用研究提供思路参考,具有较好的应用前景。

压气机叶片激光熔化沉积修复的机器人路径自动规划和试验研究

针对航空发动机TC17高压压气机叶片服役损伤后的修复问题,本文基于工业机器人的激光熔化沉积路径生成策略,提出使用模型布尔运算来分析叶片损伤区域,并在RobotStudio离线编程软件中嵌入二次开发插件分别生成Zigzag轴向扫描、中心线偏移扫描和边缘螺旋扫描路径。路径的仿真和沉积形貌分析表明,在设定扫描速度5 mm/s、沉积层厚度0.3 mm、搭接率50%时,中心线偏移扫描在95.97%时间内保持速度稳定,折返点处的速度下降幅度更小,同时沉积后表面高度接近0.3 mm,高度波动方差更小,保持了较高的平整度。此外,矩形平板区域的沉积模拟和试验表明,类似Zigzag扫描的连续路径可以显著降低成形表面的残余应力。

舰载激光武器打击无人机蜂群毁伤特性研究

舰载激光武器是一种反制无人机蜂群有效、快速、低成本的防御手段。论文针对舰船无人机蜂群反制,分析了舰载激光武器对不同材质的无人机毁伤机理,结合无人机材料激光毁伤阈值,建立了激光武器反制无人机蜂群模型,仿真了不同激光功率条件下对无人机蜂群的有效打击距离,评估分析了激光武器打击无人机蜂群的作战效能,可为后续激光武器协同火力打击无人机提供支撑。

基于雷达点云的果树快速识别与分割方法研究

在果园自动化作业生产中,果树的精准识别是果园精准作业的重要前提。针对在复杂果园环境中单株果树难以精准快速识别的问题,基于激光雷达三维点云技术对果树识别进行研究,提出了一种精准、快速、高自动化的果树识别方法及装置。构建多维度传感融合识别装置对果树进行特征点云数据扫描,建立果树点云数据集,通过点云质量及有效角度滤波进行数据筛选。利用边界特征点识别算法对单株果树边界特征数据进行快速提取,利用边界区域特征构建果树有效扫描数据。该方法可适用于单株果树轮廓、特征的快速识别。为了验证该果树识别方法准确性,进行了果树树冠轮廓测量精度试验,以及果树群组识别试验,结果表明,该方法能够对果树进行有效识别,并且物理指标综合测量精度>97.125%,可为果园精准作业提供有效依据。