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Opt Express ; 30(12): 20401-20414, 2022 Jun 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36224786

RESUMO

We report a compact cavity-dumped burst-mode Nd:YAG laser master-oscillator power-amplifier system with a flat-top intensity distribution across the output-beam section. Custom-designed gain profile-controlled diode side pumping modules providing flat-top and concave gain profiles were utilized to generate a uniform beam profile and suppress thermal lensing during amplification, respectively. Bursts with an energy of 2.0 J and duration of 1.6 ms were operated at 10 Hz. Within the bursts, single pulses with an energy of 12.7 mJ and pulse width of 3.3 ns were achieved at 100 kHz.

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Opt Express ; 30(16): 29833-29840, 2022 Aug 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36299149

RESUMO

A 5 kHz sub-nanosecond master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) laser system was reported in this paper. The master oscillator was an electro-optically Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser directly pumped at 879 nm, yielding a pulse energy of 520 µJ and a pulse width of 900 ps at 5 kHz. With two Nd:YVO4 amplifiers directly pumped at 914 nm, the pulse energy was further scaled up. Under the absorbed pump energy of 11.0 mJ, the pulse energy was amplified to 4.2 mJ, corresponding to a peak power of 4.7 MW. The optical-to-optical efficiency of the amplifiers reached 33.5%.

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Opt Express ; 29(11): 17201-17214, 2021 May 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34154267

RESUMO

A passively Q-switched sub-nanosecond master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) laser system at 1064 nm has been reported in this paper. The master oscillator was a passively Q-switched YAG/Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG microchip laser, yielding a pulse energy of 0.14 mJ and a pulse width of ∼490 ps at repetition rates of 500 Hz and 1 kHz. After passing a double-pass side-pumped Nd:YAG amplification system, the pulse energy reached 7.6 mJ and 1.7 mJ at 500 Hz and 1 kHz, respectively. The spatial beam deformation caused by the thermally induced birefringence was investigated numerically and experimentally.

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Opt Express ; 29(20): 32220-32227, 2021 Sep 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34615298

RESUMO

In this paper, a methodology to produce a multi-beam sub-nanosecond laser is proposed. Laser pulses with a pulse energy of 0.14 mJ and a pulse width of 490 ps are generated in a YAG/Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG microchip laser at a repetition rate of 200 Hz. After amplification with a laser diode (LD) side-pumped Nd:YAG module, four laser beams are generated because of the thermally induced birefringence. With a double-pass LD side-pumped amplifier, the single pulse energy of the four laser beams is amplified to 5.23 mJ with a peak power of ∼10.67 MW, and air breakdown with four points is achieved with a 2 × 2 lens array.

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Opt Express ; 28(3): 3922-3931, 2020 Feb 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32122052

RESUMO

A novel voxel-based spatial elongation filtering method is proposed, to reduce noise in airborne single-photon lidar (SPL) data. In this method, six additional points are generated adjacent to each point of interest in the SPL data. Then, we count the number of points within each voxel and discriminate signals from noise via a predefined threshold. A filter performance evaluation index (taking into account the false alarm and signal loss rates, and the average distance between the residual noise points and their nearest signal points) is introduced. We compare the proposed and voxel-based spatial filtering method. The average false alarm rate found with our method (3.5%) is 18.6% smaller than that of the voxel-based spatial filtering method (4.3%).

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Opt Express ; 27(25): 36129-36136, 2019 Dec 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31873398

RESUMO

We demonstrated a sub-nanosecond burst-mode MOPA Nd:YAG laser at 1.06 µm that consists of a cavity-dumped Q-switched master oscillator and a double-pass side-pumped amplification system. During the 1 kHz burst-mode operation, outputs with the single pulse energy of 29.8 mJ were obtained within the burst duration of 100 ms. The pulse width was 900 ps, which resulted in a peak power of 33.1 MW. During the 10 Hz operation, the single pulse energy reached 81 mJ with a pulse width of 900 ps, which resulted in a peak power of 90 MW.

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Opt Express ; 26(12): 15705-15717, 2018 Jun 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30114828

RESUMO

We demonstrated an 879-nm-diode-pumped Nd:Gd0.69Y0.3TaO4 laser in continuous-wave-(CW), pulse-pumped, pulse-reflection-mode Q-switched, and cavity-dumped burst-mode Q-switched operations for the first time. A maximum output power of 9.3 W at 1,066 nm was obtained in the CW operation with a slope efficiency of ~48%. The slope efficiency reached the value of ~68% in the pulse-pumped operation. A peak power of 150 kW and pulse width of 3.4 ns were obtained in the cavity-dumped burst-mode Q-switched operation at a Q-switching repetition rate of 20 kHz.

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Opt Express ; 26(12): 15785-15792, 2018 Jun 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30114834

RESUMO

Laser performances around 1.3 µm are investigated in 879 nm laser diode (LD) end pumped Nd3+ doped mixed crystals with Nd:Gd0.69Y0.3TaO4 and Nd:Gd0.68Y0.3NbO4 crystals for the first time to our best knowledge. The maximum average power in LD end pumped Nd:Gd0.69Y0.3TaO4 1328 nm laser reaches 435 mW at 50 Hz with an optical-to-optical efficiency of 5.0% and a slope efficiency of 6.9%. In comparison, the highest average power of LD end pumped Nd:Gd0.68Y0.3NbO4 laser at 1337 nm is 190 mW at 50 Hz, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 3.5% and a slope efficiency of 4.2%.

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Appl Opt ; 57(9): 2287-2291, 2018 Mar 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29604027

RESUMO

A laser-diode-pumped broadband and continuously frequency-tuned all-solid-state Nd:YVO4 laser at 1064 nm with an output power of 200 mW is demonstrated. A RbTiOPO4 (RTP) etalon and a piezoelectric-transducer (PZT) are utilized for coarse and fine frequency tuning, respectively. Dependence of the frequency excursion on the applied voltage to the RTP etalon and the displacement of the PZT is theoretically and experimentally investigated. A continuous frequency tuning of 14 GHz is conducted by synchronous adjustment of the RTP etalon and the PZT. The tuning covers more than 6 times the longitudinal mode spacing of a laser resonator without any mode hops.

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Opt Express ; 25(19): 23199-23206, 2017 Sep 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29041622

RESUMO

We demonstrate a linearly frequency-modulated laser from a laser diode (LD) pumped Nd:YVO4 laser. A fast frequency tuning of 2.40 THz/s with a tuning range of 6 GHz is achieved in LD pumped Nd:YVO4 1064 nm laser by using RbTiOPO4 (RTP) crystals as the frequency modulator. The continuous tuning range is more than 3 times the longitudinal mode spacing of the resonator. The maximum output power of frequency-modulated laser reaches 160 mW at 1064 nm. Linewidth of the single frequency laser is measured to be 190 kHz by a delay self-heterodyne interferometer. A deviation lower than 60 MHz is obtained during linear modulation.

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Opt Express ; 25(22): 26875-26884, 2017 Oct 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29092171

RESUMO

We demonstrated a cavity-dumped burst-mode 1.06 µm side-pumped Nd:YAG laser and its dual-stage dual-pass amplified laser performance. The cavity dumping process has been theoretically studied and the output performance has been experimentally investigated. At the pumping duration of 2 ms and pumping frequency of 10 Hz, burst energy, peak power and pulse width of the amplified laser reached 1.89 J, 2.87 MW and 3.1 ± 0.3 ns, respectively, at the Q-switch repetition rate of 100 kHz. The maximum energy extraction efficiency reaches to 30%.

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Appl Opt ; 56(33): 9150-9155, 2017 Nov 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29216083

RESUMO

A continuously frequency-tuned laser diode end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser at 1064 nm is demonstrated. A coated etalon and a piezoelectric-transducer (PZT) are utilized for coarse and fine frequency tuning, respectively. Broadband and linear frequency tuning without mode hops is conducted by the synchronous adjustment of the etalon and the PZT. Dependence of the frequency excursion on the displacement of the PZT and the tilting angle of the etalon are theoretically and experimentally investigated. A linear frequency tuning range up to 18 GHz without mode hops or frequency overlaps in a one-way non-stopped scanning is obtained. The maximum output power is 930 mW at 1064 nm, and the average frequency tuning speed is 1.24 GHz/s. Standard deviation of the frequency variation to a linear frequency tuning is estimated to be 186 MHz, indicating a high tuning linearity.

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Opt Express ; 23(19): 24955-61, 2015 Sep 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26406695

RESUMO

A novel four-beam (named laserI, laser II, laser III and laser IV, respectively), passively Q-switched, pulse-burst ceramic Nd:YAG laser under 2 × 2 micro-lens array pumping was demonstrated for the purpose of laser-induced plasma ignition (LIPI). Multiple-beam output together with pulse-burst mode in which both high repetition rate and high pulse energy can be realized simultaneously were obtained to greatly improve the performance of LIPI. The pulse-burst contained a maximum of 5 pulses, 3 pulses, 2 pulses and 3 pulses for laserI, laser II, laser III and laser IV, respectively, and the corresponding repetition rate of laser pulses in pulse-burst was 10.8 kHz, 7.2 kHz, 6.8 kHz and 5.2 kHz, respectively. The output energy for single laser pulse in pulse-burst was in the range of 0.12 mJ to 0.22 mJ.

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Opt Express ; 22(20): 24655-65, 2014 Oct 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25322040

RESUMO

A novel miniaturized Cr4⁺:YAG passively Q-switched Nd:YAG pulse-burst laser under 808 nm diode-laser pulse-pumping was demonstrated for the purpose of laser-induced plasma ignition, in which pulse-burst mode can realize both high repetition rate and high pulse energy simultaneously in a short period. Side-pumping configuration and two different types of laser cavities were employed. The pumping pulse width was constant at 250 µs. For the plane-plane cavity, the output beam profile was flat-top Gaussian and the measured M² value was 4.1 at the maximum incident pump energy of 600 mJ. The pulse-burst laser contained a maximum of 8 pulses, 7 pulses and 6 pulses for pulse-burst repetition rate of 10 Hz, 50 Hz and 100 Hz, respectively. The energy obtained was 15.5 mJ, 14.9 mJ and 13.9 mJ per pulse for pulse-burst repetition rate of 10 Hz, 50 Hz and 100 Hz, respectively. The maximum repetition rate of laser pulses in pulse-burst was 34.6 kHz for 8 pulses at the incident pump energy of 600 mJ and the single pulse width was 13.3 ns. The thermal lensing effect of Nd:YAG rod was investigated, and an plane-convex cavity was adopted to compensate the thermal lensing effect of Nd:YAG rod and improve the mode matching. For the plane-convex cavity, the output beam profile was quasi-Gaussian and the measured M2 value was 2.2 at the incident pump energy of 600 mJ. The output energy was 10.6 mJ per pulse for pulse-burst repetition rate of 100 Hz. The maximum repetition rate of laser pulses in pulse-burst was 27.4 kHz for 6 pulses at the incident pump energy of 600 mJ and the single pulse width was 14.2 ns. The experimental results showed that this pulse-burst laser can produce high repetition rate (>20 kHz) and high pulse energy (>10 mJ) simultaneously in a short period for both two different cavities.

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Appl Opt ; 53(14): 3081-4, 2014 May 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24922030

RESUMO

In this paper, an electro-optical cavity-dumped 1.06 µm laser using YVO4/Nd:GdVO4 composite crystal under 808 nm diode-laser pumping was reported. Theoretical calculations showed that the temperature distribution in YVO4/Nd:GdVO4 crystal was lower than that in GdVO4/Nd:GdVO4 and Nd:GdVO4 crystals under the same conditions. A constant 3.8±0.3 ns pulse width was obtained and the repetition rate could reach up to 50 kHz with a maximum average output power of 5.6 W and slope efficiency of 40.7%, corresponding to a peak power of 31.1 kW.

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Appl Opt ; 52(17): 4020-3, 2013 Jun 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23759851

RESUMO

An efficient laser-diode-pumped Nd:LuVO4 916 nm laser by using the polarized pumping is reported. The maximum continuous-wave output power of 4.75 W is achieved at the incident pump power of 27.8 W, with an optical-to-optical efficiency of ~17.1% and a slope efficiency of ~29.5%. The slope efficiency is up to 45.4% with respect to the absorbed pump power and nearly 1.7 times higher than the previous results ever reported under the 808 nm diode laser pumping. The beam quality is measured to be M2 ~ 2.3 at the output power of 4.75 W.


Assuntos
Lasers , Lutécio/química , Neodímio/química , Transferência de Energia , Desenho de Equipamento , Análise de Falha de Equipamento , Lasers de Estado Sólido , Óxidos/química
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Appl Opt ; 51(14): 2728-32, 2012 May 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22614496

RESUMO

We report a high-power, high-repetition-rate end-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4/Cr4+: yttrium aluminum garnet 914 nm laser. The maximum output power of 3.8 W at 914 nm is achieved at 2 MHz with the absorbed pump power of 25.2 W. The highest single pulse energy of a pulsed 914 nm laser reaches 2.3 µJ with a pulse width of 27.1 ns.

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Opt Express ; 18(7): 7407-14, 2010 Mar 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20389763

RESUMO

Power scaling of end-pumped Nd:GdVO(4) laser was realized by direct pumping, grown-together composite crystal and dual-end-pumping. A maximum CW output power of 46.0W with M(2)<1.1 was achieved, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 71.1% to absorbed pump power. In A-O Q-switch operation, peak power of 304.1kW, 58.6kW and 23.8kW, pulse width of 7.2ns, 11.3ns and 16.2ns were obtained at the repetition rates of 10kHz, 50kHz and 100kHz, respectively.

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Opt Lett ; 35(16): 2714-6, 2010 Aug 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20717433

RESUMO

We report on a high-repetition-rate, high-peak-power, linear-polarized 473 nm blue laser. A high-power 946 nm fundamental laser was obtained based on a diode-pumped acousto-optically (AO) Q-switched Nd:YAG laser using a thermal-compensating resonator and a microchannel heat sink for thermal dissipation. A pulsed 473 nm laser was generated using a BiB(3)O(6) (BiBO) crystal as an extracavity frequency doubler. The highest peak power of a 16.7 kW blue laser was obtained at a pulse repetition rate of 10 kHz with a pulse width of 9 ns. Stable operation of the pulsed blue laser can even reach 50 kHz.

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Opt Express ; 17(11): 9468-76, 2009 May 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19466200

RESUMO

We detail the comparison on laser performance of Nd:GdVO(4) and Nd:YVO(4) lasers at high repetition rates operated at 1.06 microm under direct diode pumping of the upper laser level. The results reveal that Nd:GdVO(4) and Nd:YVO(4) are efficient laser crystals for solid-state lasers under direct pumping of the emitting level. However, Nd:YVO(4) crystal, compared with Nd:GdVO(4) crystal, is a more favorable gain medium when higher repetition rates and shorter pulse width are desired, owning to its larger stimulated emission cross-section.


Assuntos
Acústica/instrumentação , Lasers de Estado Sólido , Processamento de Sinais Assistido por Computador/instrumentação , Desenho Assistido por Computador , Desenho de Equipamento , Análise de Falha de Equipamento , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e Especificidade
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