摘要:
A first amplification structure uses a single pass external diffusion amplifier wherein the picosecond beam cross-sectional area is matched to the cross-sectional area of the gain medium. A half waveplate between the gain medium and the incoming beam optimizes the polarization of the beam diameter to the polarization of the gain medium. A second amplification structure uses a double pass external diffusion amplifier wherein the beam cross-sectional area is matched to the cross-sectional area of the gain medium and passed twice therethrough. A half waveplate and a rotator create a right circular polarized beam through the gain medium and a maximum "R" coated reflector resides beyond the external diffusion amplifier and reflects a left circular polarized beam back through the gain medium, the rotator and the half waveplate where it becomes horizontally polarized and is then transmitted out of the amplification structure by the polarization sensitive beam splitter.
摘要:
An end surface 3b of a solid-state laser element 3 is sloped in such a way that, in a case in which it is assumed that laser light is incident upon air from the end surface 3b, an angle of incidence which a normal to an end face on a side of the solid-state laser element 3 in a plane of the incidence forms with a traveling direction of the laser light substantially matches the Brewster angle at the incidence plane, an end surface 4a of a wavelength conversion element 4 is sloped in such a way that, in a case in which it is assumed that the laser light is incident upon air from the end surface 4a, an angle of incidence which a normal to an end face on a side of the wavelength conversion element 4 in a plane of the incidence forms with a traveling direction of the laser light substantially matches the Brewster angle at the incidence plane, and the end surface 3b and the end surface 4b are arranged in such a way as to be opposite to each other.
摘要:
Disclosed is a wavelength conversion device, comprising a light source which emits an excited light; a laser medium which employs the excited light in emitting a fundamental light; a resonator mirror which cooperates with the laser medium in the fundamental wave light into a harmonic light. The wavelength conversion element further comprises: a first end face which inclines by an angle θ with respect to a face which is orthogonal with respect to an optical axis of the resonator; a second end face which is parallel with respect to the first end face.
摘要:
An intra-cavity optical parametric oscillator including means for providing a non-linear loss for suppressing relaxation oscillations, wherein the means for providing the non-linear loss are variable. The laser resonator may be delimited by the back-facet HR coating (16) of an end-pumped laser gain medium (14) and an output coupler (18). The laser comprises an intra-cavity optical parametric oscillator with a non-linear crystal (24), the singly resonant OPO which is signal-resonant comprises a mirror (26) and the common output coupler (18) and a dichroic beam splitter (22) reflecting the signal radiation and transmitting the laser fundamental. The amplitude of circulating laser fundamental may be stabilized inside the laser resonator by a feedback loop comprising a photodetector (38), a controller (40) and an optical modulator (3) in the resonator.
摘要:
A compact, optically-pumped solid-state microchip laser device uses efficient nonlinear intracavity frequency conversion for obtaining low-cost green and blue laser sources. The laser includes a solid-state gain medium, such as Nd:YVO4> and a nonlinear crystal. The nonlinear crystal is formed of periodically poled lithium niobate or periodically poled lithium tantalate, and the crystal is either MgO-doped, ZnO-doped, or stoichiometric to ensure high reliability. The nonlinear crystal provides efficient frequency doubling to translate energy from an infrared pump laser beam into the visible wavelength range. The laser device is assembled in a package having an output aperture for the output beam and being integrated with an optical bench accommodating a laser assembly. The package encloses and provides heat sinking for the semiconductor diode pump laser, the microchip laser cavity assembly, the optical bench platform, and electrical leads.
摘要:
For a diode pumped solid-state laser, measures to improve the pump light absorption in anisotropic crystals are proposed. The proposed measures reduce the dependency of the pump light absorption on the diode current and the diode temperature as well as on the detuning of the pump diode from the absorption line. These measures include sending the pump radiation twice through the crystal, placement of the laser crystal in an orientation that does not exhibit the optimum absorption and the use of a retarder.