Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15 (2): 021402, Published Online: Jul. 26, 2018
Intra-cavity round-trip loss measurement of all-solid-state single-frequency laser by introducing extra nonlinear loss Download: 901次
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Abstract
A scheme for measuring the intra-cavity round-trip loss of an all-solid-state single-frequency laser by inserting a type-I noncritical phase-matching nonlinear crystal introducing nonlinear loss into the resonator is presented. The intra-cavity round-trip loss is theoretically deduced by analyzing the dependence of the fundamental-wave (FW) and second-harmonic-wave (SHW) powers on the pump factor and the nonlinear conversion factor of the single-frequency laser and experimentally measuring them by recording different FW and SHW powers, which are decided by the temperature of the nonlinear crystal. The measured intra-cavity round-trip loss and pump factor are 4.84% and 6.91 % W 1 , respectively. The standard deviations of the measured intra-cavity round-trip loss and the pump factor are 0.26% and 0.07%, respectively. This scheme is very suitable for measuring the intra-cavity round-trip loss of a high-gain solid-state single-frequency laser.
Yongrui Guo, Huadong Lu, Qiwei Yin, Jing Su. Intra-cavity round-trip loss measurement of all-solid-state single-frequency laser by introducing extra nonlinear loss[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(2): 021402.