Highly efficient Nd:YAG/LBO laser at 473 nm under direct 885-nm diode laser pumping

<正>In diode pumped Nd:YAG lasers,the quantum defect is the most important parameter determining the thermal load of the laser crystal,which can be dramatically reduced by pumping directly into the upper laser level.A compact folded three-mirror cavity with a length of 105 mm is optimized to obtain a highly efficient 473-nm laser.When the absorbed pump power(with 15.8-W incident pump power) at 885 nm into Nd:YAG is 10 W,a continuous-wave 473-nm blue laser as high as 2.34 W is achieved by LBO intra-cavity frequency doubled.The optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is 14.8%.To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest efficiency at 473 nm by an intra-cavity doubled frequency Nd:YAG laser.     

湍流介质折射率结构常数C_n~2对双半高斯空心光束传输特性影响的研究

基于瑞利-索末菲衍射积分理论,利用交叉谱密度函数推导出双半高斯空心光束在湍流大气中传输时的解析表达式,并主要研究了湍流介质折射率结构常数C2n对空心光束传输特性的影响,得到了双半高斯空心光束在不同条件下传输时的光强分布.研究表明,C2n的增大加剧了近场中传输的空心光束的衍射效应,这不仅缩短了空心光束完全演变成为高斯光束时所需的传输距离,而且还增加了此后高斯光束向外扩展的程度.     

LDA抽运Nd∶YAG/KTP腔内和频589nm连续波激光器

报道了一种激光二极管阵列(LDA)抽运Nd∶YAG双波长和频黄光激光器.黄激光是由Nd∶YAG晶体的1064 nm和1319 nm谱线腔内和频产生.以KTP为和频晶体,采用Ⅱ类临界相位匹配,在12 W的808 nm抽运功率下,获得了最高功率为430 mW连续波基横模的589 nm黄激光输出,光光转换效率为3.6%,光束质量因子M2<1.2.实验结果表明采用激光二极管阵列抽运Nd∶YAG/KTP腔内和频技术是获得黄激光的高效方法,并可以应用到其它激光增益介质的两条谱线进行腔内和频,获得更多不同颜色的单谱线激光输出.