Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Center for Advanced Laser Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin300401, China
2 Hebei Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Technology and Equipment, Tianjin300401, China
3 MQ Photonics Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
Stimulated Raman-scattering-based lasers provide an effective way to achieve wavelength conversion. However, thermally induced beam degradation is a notorious obstacle to power scaling and it also limits the applicable range where high output beam quality is needed. Considerable research efforts have been devoted to developing Raman materials, with diamond being a promising candidate to acquire wavelength-versatile, high-power, and high-quality output beam owing to its excellent thermal properties, high Raman gain coefficient, and wide transmission range. The diamond Raman resonator is usually designed as an external-cavity pumped structure, which can easily eliminate the negative thermal effects of intracavity laser crystals. Diamond Raman converters also provide an approach to improve the beam quality owing to the Raman cleanup effect. This review outlines the research status of diamond Raman lasers, including beam quality optimization, Raman conversion, thermal effects, and prospects for future development directions.
beam quality diamond Raman conversion Raman laser thermal effects High Power Laser Science and Engineering
2021, 9(3): 03000e35
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
2 State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology, Changsha 410073, China
3 Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High Energy Laser Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Pumped by rectangular-shaped dissipative soliton resonance (DSR) pulses at 1030 nm, selective excitations of Raman Stokes lines of up to third order with extinction ratios of 8 dB and fifth order with extinction ratios of 4 dB are demonstrated experimentally. The rectangular DSR pulses are generated from a dual-amplifier ytterbium-doped figure-of-eight mode-locked laser constructed using all $10~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$-core-diameter large-mode-area fibers. By varying the two pump powers, the peak power of the output DSR pulses can be continuously tuned from 10 W to 100 W and from 30 W to 200 W, respectively, for two different lengths of the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror inside the cavity. High-frequency components are found to correspond to parts of the pulse in the trailing edge when two bandpass filters are used to separate the propagated pulse. Consequently, it provides an all-fiber technique to achieve selective excitation of the Raman shift by adjusting the peak power of the DSR pulse.
mode-locked laser Raman conversion fiberized system High Power Laser Science and Engineering
2019, 7(3): 03000e43
通过氢-惰性气体体系中惰性气体分子对氢拉曼能级的碰撞加宽所引起的对拉曼增益系数的控制，抑制了由一阶向二阶斯托克斯的受激拉曼转换，提高了低价反斯托克斯拉曼转换的效率。
反斯托克斯拉曼转换 KrF激光 缓冲气体
研究了反斯托克斯拉曼转换与受激拉曼散射之间的竞争过程,讨论了反斯托克斯拉曼转换增益系数的最佳化。
VUV相干辐射 反斯托克斯拉曼转换
