High efficiency actively Q-switched Nd:YVO<sub>4</sub> self-Raman laser under 914 nm in-band pumping

Ding Xin; Zhao Cen; Jiang Pengbo; Sheng Quan; Li Bin; Liu Jian; Sun Bing; Yao Jianquan

doi:10.3788/IRLA201752.1005001

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Ding Xin, Zhao Cen, Jiang Pengbo, Sheng Quan, Li Bin, Liu Jian, Sun Bing, Yao Jianquan. High efficiency actively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser under 914 nm in-band pumping[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2017, 46(10): 1005001-1005001(7). doi: 10.3788/IRLA201752.1005001

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Ding Xin, Zhao Cen, Jiang Pengbo, Sheng Quan, Li Bin, Liu Jian, Sun Bing, Yao Jianquan. High efficiency actively Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ self-Raman laser under 914 nm in-band pumping[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2017, 46(10): 1005001-1005001(7). doi: 10.3788/IRLA201752.1005001

High efficiency actively Q-switched Nd:YVO₄ self-Raman laser under 914 nm in-band pumping

doi: 10.3788/IRLA201752.1005001

Ding Xin^1,2,
Zhao Cen^1,2,
Jiang Pengbo^1,2,
Sheng Quan^1,2,
Li Bin^1,2,
Liu Jian^1,2,
Sun Bing^1,2,
Yao Jianquan^1,2

1.
Institute of Laser and Opto-electronics,School of Precision Instrument and Opto-electronics Engineering,Tianjin University,Tianjin 300072,China;
2.
Key Laboratory of Opto-electronics Information Science and Technology,Ministry of Education,Tianjin 300072,China

Received Date: 2017-02-14
Rev Recd Date: 2017-03-14
Publish Date: 2017-10-25

Abstract

An high efficient actively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser based on in-band pumped at 914 nm was reported. Particles from thermally excited Stark leveled in the ground-state were pumped to the upper lasing level directly, the Stokes factor loss was reduced to a minimum and the quantum efficiency loss was eliminated. This alleviated the thermal effect of the laser and consequently realized better performance. The effect of pump absorption on conversion efficiency was investigated experimentally in detail with the in-band pumping. Using two Nd:YVO4 crystals with different doping concentration, 1.51 W(1.0-at.%, 20℃) and 2.11 W(2.0-at.%, 20℃) output power were obtained respectively, corresponding to the conversion efficiency of 42.7%(1.0-at.%) and 39.0%(2.0-at.%) and the optical efficiency of 28.5%(1.0-at.%) and 35.2%(2.0-at.%).
- self-Raman,
- in-band pumping,
- Nd:YVO4 laser

References

[1]	Chen Y F. Compact efficient all-solid-state eye-safe laser with self-frequency Raman conversion in a Nd:YVO4 crystal[J]. Optics Letters, 2004, 29(18):2172-2174.
[2]	Dekker P, Pask H M, Spence D J, et al. Continuous-wave, intracavity doubled, self-Raman laser operation in Nd:GdVO4 at 586.5 nm[J]. Optics Express, 2007, 15(11):7038-7046.
[3]	Chen Y F. Compact efficient self-frequency Raman conversion in diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4 laser[J]. Applied Physics B, 2004, 78(6):685-687.
[4]	Kores C C, Jakutis-Neto J, Geskus D, et al. Diode-side-pumped continuous wave Nd3+:YVO4 self-Raman laser at 1176 nm[J]. Optics Letters, 2015, 40(15):3524-3527.
[5]	Lee C Y, Chang C C, Cho C Y, et al. Generation of higher order vortex beams from a YVO4/Nd:YVO4 self-raman laser via off-axis pumping with mode converter[J]. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2015, 21(1):318-322.
[6]	Lin H, Huang X, Sun D, et al. Passively Q-switched multi-wavelength Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser[J]. Journal of Modern Optics, 2016, 63(21):2235-2237.
[7]	Kaminskii A A, Ueda K, Eichler H J, et al. Tetragonal vanadates YVO4 and GdVO4-new efficient (3)-materials for Raman lasers[J]. Optics Communications, 2001, 194(1):201-206.
[8]	Chen Y F. Efficient subnanosecond diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 self-stimulated Raman laser[J]. Optics Letters, 2004, 29(11):1251-1253.
[9]	Chen Y F. High-power diode-pumped actively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser:influence of dopant concentration[J]. Optics Letters, 2004, 29(16):1915-1917.
[10]	Zhu H, Duan Y, Zhang G, et al. Efficient second harmonic generation of double-end diffusion-bonded Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser producing 7.9 W yellow light[J]. Optics Express, 2009, 17(24):21544-21550.
[11]	Zhu H Y, Duan Y M, Zhang G, et al. Efficient continuous-wave YVO4/Nd:YVO4 Raman laser at 1176 nm[J]. Applied Physics B, 2011, 103(3):559-562.
[12]	Lee A J, Pask H M, Dekker P, et al. High efficiency, multi-Watt CW yellow emission from an intracavity-doubled self-Raman laser using Nd:GdVO4[J]. Optics Express, 2008, 16(26):21958-21963.
[13]	Lavi R, Jackel S, Tzuk Y, et al. Efficient pumping scheme for neodymium-doped materials by direct excitation of the upper lasing level[J]. Applied Optics, 1999, 38(36):7382-7385.
[14]	Frede M, Wilhelm R, Kracht D. 250 W end-pumped Nd:YAG laser with direct pumping into the upper laser level[J]. Optics Letters, 2006, 31(24):3618-3619.
[15]	Lee A J, Pask H M, Spence D J, et al. Efficient 5.3 W CW laser at 559 nm by intracavity frequency summation of fundamental and first-Stokes wavelengths in a self-Raman Nd:GdVO4 laser[J]. Optics Letters, 2010, 35(5):682-684.
[16]	Ding X, Shi C P, Yin S J, et al. Effects of crystal parameters on power and efficiency of Nd:YVO4 laser in-band pumped by 914 nm laser[J]. Journal of Physics D:Applied Physics, 2011, 44(39):395101.
[17]	Ding Xin, Zhang Wei, Liu Junjie, et al. High efficiency actively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser under 880 nm in-band pumping[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2016, 45(1):085003. (in Chinese)
[18]	Sangla D, Castaing M, Balembois F, et al. Highly efficient Nd:YVO4 laser by direct in-band diode pumping at 914 nm[J]. Optics Letters, 2009, 34(14):2159-2161.
[19]	Ding X, Yin S J, Shi C P, et al. High efficiency 1342 nm Nd:YVO4 laser in-band pumped at 914 nm[J]. Optics Express, 2011, 19(15):14315-14320.
[20]	Cui Li, Hu Wenghua, Zhang Hengli, et al. Experimental study of 880 nm laser-diode end-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser with hybrid resonator at 1.34m[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2014, 43(8):2404-2406. (in Chinese)
[21]	Zhu H, Duan Y, Zhang G, et al. Yellow-light generation of 5.7 W by intracavity doubling self-Raman laser of YVO4/Nd:YVO4 composite[J]. Optics Letters, 2009, 34(18):2763-2765.
[22]	Dlen X, Balembois F, Musset O, et al. Characteristics of laser operation at 1064 nm in Nd:YVO4 under diode pumping at 808 and 914 nm[J]. JOSA B, 2011, 28(1):52-57.
[23]	Chen Y F, Liao C C, Lan Y P, et al. Determination of the Auger upconversion rate in fiber-coupled diode end-pumped Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO4 crystals[J]. Applied Physics B, 2000, 70(4):487-490.

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1. Institute of Laser and Opto-electronics,School of Precision Instrument and Opto-electronics Engineering,Tianjin University,Tianjin 300072,China;

2. Key Laboratory of Opto-electronics Information Science and Technology,Ministry of Education,Tianjin 300072,China

Received Date: 2017-02-14

Rev Recd Date: 2017-03-14

Publish Date: 2017-10-25

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Abstract: An high efficient actively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser based on in-band pumped at 914 nm was reported. Particles from thermally excited Stark leveled in the ground-state were pumped to the upper lasing level directly, the Stokes factor loss was reduced to a minimum and the quantum efficiency loss was eliminated. This alleviated the thermal effect of the laser and consequently realized better performance. The effect of pump absorption on conversion efficiency was investigated experimentally in detail with the in-band pumping. Using two Nd:YVO4 crystals with different doping concentration, 1.51 W(1.0-at.%, 20℃) and 2.11 W(2.0-at.%, 20℃) output power were obtained respectively, corresponding to the conversion efficiency of 42.7%(1.0-at.%) and 39.0%(2.0-at.%) and the optical efficiency of 28.5%(1.0-at.%) and 35.2%(2.0-at.%).

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[1]	Chen Y F. Compact efficient all-solid-state eye-safe laser with self-frequency Raman conversion in a Nd:YVO4 crystal[J]. Optics Letters, 2004, 29(18):2172-2174.
[2]	Dekker P, Pask H M, Spence D J, et al. Continuous-wave, intracavity doubled, self-Raman laser operation in Nd:GdVO4 at 586.5 nm[J]. Optics Express, 2007, 15(11):7038-7046.
[3]	Chen Y F. Compact efficient self-frequency Raman conversion in diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4 laser[J]. Applied Physics B, 2004, 78(6):685-687.
[4]	Kores C C, Jakutis-Neto J, Geskus D, et al. Diode-side-pumped continuous wave Nd3+:YVO4 self-Raman laser at 1176 nm[J]. Optics Letters, 2015, 40(15):3524-3527.
[5]	Lee C Y, Chang C C, Cho C Y, et al. Generation of higher order vortex beams from a YVO4/Nd:YVO4 self-raman laser via off-axis pumping with mode converter[J]. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2015, 21(1):318-322.
[6]	Lin H, Huang X, Sun D, et al. Passively Q-switched multi-wavelength Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser[J]. Journal of Modern Optics, 2016, 63(21):2235-2237.
[7]	Kaminskii A A, Ueda K, Eichler H J, et al. Tetragonal vanadates YVO4 and GdVO4-new efficient (3)-materials for Raman lasers[J]. Optics Communications, 2001, 194(1):201-206.
[8]	Chen Y F. Efficient subnanosecond diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 self-stimulated Raman laser[J]. Optics Letters, 2004, 29(11):1251-1253.
[9]	Chen Y F. High-power diode-pumped actively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser:influence of dopant concentration[J]. Optics Letters, 2004, 29(16):1915-1917.
[10]	Zhu H, Duan Y, Zhang G, et al. Efficient second harmonic generation of double-end diffusion-bonded Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser producing 7.9 W yellow light[J]. Optics Express, 2009, 17(24):21544-21550.
[11]	Zhu H Y, Duan Y M, Zhang G, et al. Efficient continuous-wave YVO4/Nd:YVO4 Raman laser at 1176 nm[J]. Applied Physics B, 2011, 103(3):559-562.
[12]	Lee A J, Pask H M, Dekker P, et al. High efficiency, multi-Watt CW yellow emission from an intracavity-doubled self-Raman laser using Nd:GdVO4[J]. Optics Express, 2008, 16(26):21958-21963.
[13]	Lavi R, Jackel S, Tzuk Y, et al. Efficient pumping scheme for neodymium-doped materials by direct excitation of the upper lasing level[J]. Applied Optics, 1999, 38(36):7382-7385.
[14]	Frede M, Wilhelm R, Kracht D. 250 W end-pumped Nd:YAG laser with direct pumping into the upper laser level[J]. Optics Letters, 2006, 31(24):3618-3619.
[15]	Lee A J, Pask H M, Spence D J, et al. Efficient 5.3 W CW laser at 559 nm by intracavity frequency summation of fundamental and first-Stokes wavelengths in a self-Raman Nd:GdVO4 laser[J]. Optics Letters, 2010, 35(5):682-684.
[16]	Ding X, Shi C P, Yin S J, et al. Effects of crystal parameters on power and efficiency of Nd:YVO4 laser in-band pumped by 914 nm laser[J]. Journal of Physics D:Applied Physics, 2011, 44(39):395101.
[17]	Ding Xin, Zhang Wei, Liu Junjie, et al. High efficiency actively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser under 880 nm in-band pumping[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2016, 45(1):085003. (in Chinese)
[18]	Sangla D, Castaing M, Balembois F, et al. Highly efficient Nd:YVO4 laser by direct in-band diode pumping at 914 nm[J]. Optics Letters, 2009, 34(14):2159-2161.
[19]	Ding X, Yin S J, Shi C P, et al. High efficiency 1342 nm Nd:YVO4 laser in-band pumped at 914 nm[J]. Optics Express, 2011, 19(15):14315-14320.
[20]	Cui Li, Hu Wenghua, Zhang Hengli, et al. Experimental study of 880 nm laser-diode end-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser with hybrid resonator at 1.34m[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2014, 43(8):2404-2406. (in Chinese)
[21]	Zhu H, Duan Y, Zhang G, et al. Yellow-light generation of 5.7 W by intracavity doubling self-Raman laser of YVO4/Nd:YVO4 composite[J]. Optics Letters, 2009, 34(18):2763-2765.
[22]	Dlen X, Balembois F, Musset O, et al. Characteristics of laser operation at 1064 nm in Nd:YVO4 under diode pumping at 808 and 914 nm[J]. JOSA B, 2011, 28(1):52-57.
[23]	Chen Y F, Liao C C, Lan Y P, et al. Determination of the Auger upconversion rate in fiber-coupled diode end-pumped Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO4 crystals[J]. Applied Physics B, 2000, 70(4):487-490.

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1. Institute of Laser and Opto-electronics,School of Precision Instrument and Opto-electronics Engineering,Tianjin University,Tianjin 300072,China;

2. Key Laboratory of Opto-electronics Information Science and Technology,Ministry of Education,Tianjin 300072,China