We demonstrate a high power, Er:LuAG single-longitudinal-mode laser in an anti-misaligned resonator. Based on the Faraday effect, a 1.61 W single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) laser is obtained with the double corner-cube-retroreflector (CCR) structure, and the tunable wavelength is 1649.2–1650.3 nm. Additionally, we investigate the anti-misalignment characteristics when the CCR moves and rotates along the optical axis. Furthermore, by utilizing the Er:LuAG amplifier, the maximum 2.32 W single-longitudinal-mode laser at 1649.6 nm is achieved. The beam quality factors M² of the 2.32 W Er:LuAG single-longitudinal-mode laser are 1.23 and 1.25 along the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) directions, respectively.

We demonstrated a 202 W Tm:YLF slab laser using a reflecting volume Bragg grating (VBG) as an output coupler at room temperature. Two kinds of active heat dissipation methods were used for the VBG to suppress the shift of wavelength caused by its increasing temperature. The maximum continuous wave (CW) output power of 202 W using the microchannel cooling was obtained under the total incident pump power of 553 W, the corresponding slope efficiency and optical-to-optical conversion efficiency were 39.7% and 36.5%, respectively. The central wavelength was 1908.5 nm with the linewidth (full width at half maximum) of 0.57 nm. Meanwhile, with the laser output increasing from 30 to 202 W, the total shift was about 1.0 nm, and the wavelength was limited to two water absorption lines near 1908 nm. The beam quality factors M² were measured to be 2.3 and 4.0 in x and y directions at 202 W.

2 μm、中波红外3~5 μm及长波红外8~12 μm波段的激光处于大气传输窗口，在激光医疗、环境监测、激光雷达、化学遥感和红外对抗等领域有着非常广阔的应用前景。基于非线性频率转换技术，采用非线性光学晶体在实现中长波红外固体激光输出方面具有结构简单、宽调谐和高功率等技术优势。尤其是使用2 μm单掺Ho固体激光器泵浦ZnGeP₂晶体，在3~5 μm和8~10 μm中长波红外输出中性能优异。在平均输出功率方面，目前可达到102 W@3~5 μm、12.6 W@8.2 μm以及3.5 W@9.8 μm的输出水平，光束质量M²均小于3，其中中波的光光转换效率可达60%。文中针对2 μm单掺Ho固体激光器及ZnGeP₂晶体在中长波输出方面进行了总结。

A single-frequency pulsed holmium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride (Ho:YLF) amplifier pumped by a Tm-doped fiber laser was demonstrated. The seed was an injection-seeded Q-switched Ho:YLF laser. The output energy from the single-frequency pulsed amplifier was 24.2 mJ, with a pulse width of 250 ns at a pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of 100 Hz. The energy stability during 30 min was improved to 1% after the single-frequency pulsed Ho:YLF laser was amplified. The line width of the single-frequency pulsed spectrum of the Ho:YLF amplifier was 2.81 MHz. The single-frequency pulsed Ho:YLF amplifier can be applied to differential absorption lidar (DIAL), since its output spectrum is around the P12 CO₂ absorption line.

The generation of mid-infrared pulsed lasers was achieved in a Ho³⁺:YAG laser pumped gain-switched Cr²⁺:CdSe laser system with the shortest pulse duration of 4.15 ns. With a pump pulse duration of 50 ns and pump power of 2.7 W, the gain-switched Cr²⁺:CdSe laser achieved over 10 times pulse narrowing, obtaining the maximum peak power of 5.7 kW. The optical-to-optical conversion efficiency was 3.7%, which could be further improved with better crystal surface polishing quality. The laser central wavelength was measured to be 2.65 μm with a bandwidth (FWHM) of 50 nm. In addition, the parameter optimization for suppressing the pulse tail was discussed, while the long cavity and high output transmissivity contributed to obtaining the single-peak pulses.

We demonstrate a Fe:ZnSe laser gain-switched by a ZnGeP₂ optical parametric oscillator (OPO) under the pulse repetition frequency of 1 kHz at room temperature. The 2.9 μm signal light of the OPO is employed as the pump for the Fe:ZnSe laser. The maximum output power of the Fe:ZnSe laser is 58 mW with the pulse duration of 2.7 ns under the incident pump power of 280 mW, corresponding to a peak pulse power of 21.5 kW and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 20.7%. The spectrum of the Fe:ZnSe laser has a range of 4030.2–4593.6 nm with a dip at 4187.1–4340.4 nm due to the absorption of CO₂.

We demonstrate a single-longitudinal-mode Ho3+:YVO4 unidirectional ring laser based on the acousto-optic effect, utilizing the features of the acousto-optical Q switch and half-wave plate to achieve unidirectional operation. The maximum power achieved in the single-longitudinal-mode at 2053.9 nm is 941 mW when the absorbed power is set as 4.4 W, yielding a nearly 50% slope efficiency. The M2 factor is 1.1. The results show that such a technique offers a potentially promising new method for achieving a high power and narrow linewidth 2 μm single-longitudinal-mode laser.