We observe the phenomenon of priority oscillation of the unexpected a-polarization in high-power Nd:YVO4 ring laser. The severe thermal lens of the a-polarized lasing, compared with the n-polarized lasing, is the onl...We observe the phenomenon of priority oscillation of the unexpected a-polarization in high-power Nd:YVO4 ring laser. The severe thermal lens of the a-polarized lasing, compared with the n-polarized lasing, is the only reason for the phenomenon. By designing a wedge Nd:YVO4 crystal as the gain medium, the unexpected a-polarization is completely suppressed in the entire range of pump powers, and the polarization stability of the expected zc-polarized output is enhanced. With the output power increasing from threshold to the maximum power, no a-polarization lasing is observed. As a result, 25.3 W of stable single-frequency laser output at 532 nm is experimentally demonstrated.展开更多
In the present communication, the hydrodynamic model is used to investigate the amplitude modulation as well as demodulation of an electromagnetic wave of high power helicon pump wave into another helicon wave in stra...In the present communication, the hydrodynamic model is used to investigate the amplitude modulation as well as demodulation of an electromagnetic wave of high power helicon pump wave into another helicon wave in strain dependent dielectric material incorporating carrier heating (CH) effects. The consideration of CH in modulation and demodulation is prime importance for the adding of new dimension in analysis of amplification of acoustic helicon wave. By using the dispersion relation, threshold pump electric filed and growth rate of unstable mode from the modulation and demodulation of the high power helicon wave well above from the threshold value will be discussed in the present analysis. The numerical analysis is applied to a strain dependent dielectric material, BaTiO3 at room temperature and irradiated with high power helicon wave of frequency 1.78 × 1014 Hz. This material is very sensitive to the pump intensities, therefore during studies, Gaussian shape of the helicon pump wave is considered during the propagation in stain dependent dielectric material and opto-acoustic wave in the form of Gaussian profile (ω0,κ0) is induced longitudinally along the crystallographic plane of BaTiO3. Its variation is caused by the available magnetic field (ωc), interaction length (z) and pulsed duration of interaction (τ). From the analysis of numerical results, the incorporation of CH effect can effectively modify the magnitude of modulation or demodulation of the amplitude of high power helicon laser wave through diffusion process. Not only the amplitude modulation and demodulation of the wave, the diffusion of the CH effectively modifies the growth rate of unstable mode of frequency in BaTiO3. The propagation of the threshold electric field shows the sinusoidal or complete Gaussian profile, whereas this profile is found to be completely lost in growth of unstable mode. It has also been seen that the growth rate is observed to be of the order of 108 - 1010 s-1 but from diffusion of carrier heating, and that its order is enhanced from 1010 - 1012 s-1 with the variation of the magnetized frequency from 1 to 2.5 × 1014 Hz.展开更多
FM-to-AM(frequency modulation-to-amplitude modulation)conversion caused by nonuniform spectral transmission of broadband beam is harmful to high-power laser facility.Smoothing by spectral dispersion(SSD)beam is a spec...FM-to-AM(frequency modulation-to-amplitude modulation)conversion caused by nonuniform spectral transmission of broadband beam is harmful to high-power laser facility.Smoothing by spectral dispersion(SSD)beam is a special broadband beam for its monochromatic feature at the given time and space on the near field.The traditional method which uses the optical spectral transfer function as filters cannot accurately describe its AM characteristics.This paper presents the theoretical analysis of the etalon effect for SSD beam.With a low-order approximation,the analytic model of the temporal shape of SSD beam is obtained for the first time,which gives the detailed AM characteristics at local and integral aspects,such as the variation of ripples width and amplitude in general situation.We also analyze the FM-to-AM conversion on the focal plane;in the focusing process,the lens simply acts as an integrator to smooth the AM of SSD beam.Because AM control is necessary for the near field to avoid optics damage and for the far field to ensure an optimal interaction of laser-target,our investigations could provide some important phenomena and rules for pulse shape control.展开更多
基金supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2011AA030203)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2010CB923101)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61008001)the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province,China(Grant No.2011021003-2)
文摘We observe the phenomenon of priority oscillation of the unexpected a-polarization in high-power Nd:YVO4 ring laser. The severe thermal lens of the a-polarized lasing, compared with the n-polarized lasing, is the only reason for the phenomenon. By designing a wedge Nd:YVO4 crystal as the gain medium, the unexpected a-polarization is completely suppressed in the entire range of pump powers, and the polarization stability of the expected zc-polarized output is enhanced. With the output power increasing from threshold to the maximum power, no a-polarization lasing is observed. As a result, 25.3 W of stable single-frequency laser output at 532 nm is experimentally demonstrated.
文摘In the present communication, the hydrodynamic model is used to investigate the amplitude modulation as well as demodulation of an electromagnetic wave of high power helicon pump wave into another helicon wave in strain dependent dielectric material incorporating carrier heating (CH) effects. The consideration of CH in modulation and demodulation is prime importance for the adding of new dimension in analysis of amplification of acoustic helicon wave. By using the dispersion relation, threshold pump electric filed and growth rate of unstable mode from the modulation and demodulation of the high power helicon wave well above from the threshold value will be discussed in the present analysis. The numerical analysis is applied to a strain dependent dielectric material, BaTiO3 at room temperature and irradiated with high power helicon wave of frequency 1.78 × 1014 Hz. This material is very sensitive to the pump intensities, therefore during studies, Gaussian shape of the helicon pump wave is considered during the propagation in stain dependent dielectric material and opto-acoustic wave in the form of Gaussian profile (ω0,κ0) is induced longitudinally along the crystallographic plane of BaTiO3. Its variation is caused by the available magnetic field (ωc), interaction length (z) and pulsed duration of interaction (τ). From the analysis of numerical results, the incorporation of CH effect can effectively modify the magnitude of modulation or demodulation of the amplitude of high power helicon laser wave through diffusion process. Not only the amplitude modulation and demodulation of the wave, the diffusion of the CH effectively modifies the growth rate of unstable mode of frequency in BaTiO3. The propagation of the threshold electric field shows the sinusoidal or complete Gaussian profile, whereas this profile is found to be completely lost in growth of unstable mode. It has also been seen that the growth rate is observed to be of the order of 108 - 1010 s-1 but from diffusion of carrier heating, and that its order is enhanced from 1010 - 1012 s-1 with the variation of the magnetized frequency from 1 to 2.5 × 1014 Hz.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11404306)the Presidential Foundation of the China Academy of Engineering Physics(No.YZJJLX2016008)
文摘FM-to-AM(frequency modulation-to-amplitude modulation)conversion caused by nonuniform spectral transmission of broadband beam is harmful to high-power laser facility.Smoothing by spectral dispersion(SSD)beam is a special broadband beam for its monochromatic feature at the given time and space on the near field.The traditional method which uses the optical spectral transfer function as filters cannot accurately describe its AM characteristics.This paper presents the theoretical analysis of the etalon effect for SSD beam.With a low-order approximation,the analytic model of the temporal shape of SSD beam is obtained for the first time,which gives the detailed AM characteristics at local and integral aspects,such as the variation of ripples width and amplitude in general situation.We also analyze the FM-to-AM conversion on the focal plane;in the focusing process,the lens simply acts as an integrator to smooth the AM of SSD beam.Because AM control is necessary for the near field to avoid optics damage and for the far field to ensure an optimal interaction of laser-target,our investigations could provide some important phenomena and rules for pulse shape control.