289results about "Active medium material" patented technology

The invention discloses a dual-wavelength microsphere laser based on tri-doped rare earth ions and a preparation method thereof, the dual-wavelength microsphere laser based on tri-doped rare earth ions comprises a silica fiber, the middle part of the silica fiber is provided with a conical region; the pump light source is arranged at one end of the silica fiber; the erbium, holmium and ytterbium tri-doped tellurate glass microspheres are arranged in the conical region; pump light emitted by the pump light source is guided to the conical region through the single-mode optical fiber and is optically coupled with the erbium-holmium-ytterbium tri-doped tellurate glass microsphere; in the erbium-holmium-ytterbium triple-doped tellurate glass microspheres, infrared-transmitting tellurate glass is used as a matrix, and the doping amount of an erbium element is 0.11%, the doping amount of a holmium element is 0.22%, and the doping amount of an ytterbium element is 0.80% in percentage by mass. According to the dual-wavelength microsphere laser based on the three-doped rare earth ions, efficient and stable dual-wavelength laser output is achieved.

The invention provides a high-power wide-spectrum long-wave infrared femtosecond laser generation method, and relates to the technical field of infrared ultrafast laser. According to the method, the 1.5 [mu] m pumping BGSe crystal is adopted, compared with a traditional 1 [mu] m pumping BGSe crystal, the heat accumulation effect is greatly reduced, and the operation stability of the system is remarkably improved in combination with a water-cooling heat dissipation device. Through crystal cutting angle optimization and phase matching design, 10-16 [mu] m wide-spectrum long-wave infrared femtosecond laser output is achieved, the power reaches 100 mW, and the application requirements in the fields of molecular spectrum recognition, environment monitoring and the like are met.

The invention relates to a high-power dual-wavelength erbium-doped solid laser, and belongs to the technical field of laser. The high-power dual-wavelength erbium-doped solid laser comprises a pumping source, a pumping cavity, a diamond, a heat sink, a first resonant cavity and a second resonant cavity, the first resonant cavity comprises a first erbium-doped YAG slice crystal, and the second resonant cavity comprises a second erbium-doped YAG slice crystal. The first erbium-doped YAG sheet crystal is used for generating 1.64 [mu] m laser which oscillates back and forth in a back-and-forth light path provided by the first resonant cavity; and the second erbium-doped YAG sheet crystal is used for generating 2.94 [mu] m laser which oscillates back and forth in a back-and-forth light path provided by the second resonant cavity. According to the high-power dual-wavelength erbium-doped solid laser provided by the invention, synchronous output of 1.64 mu m and 2.94 mu m dual-wavelength laser is realized, the multifunctionality and medical adaptability of the laser are enhanced, and multi-type treatment requirements of soft tissues and hard tissues can be met at the same time.

An active LMA optical fiber for mitigating Transverse Mode Instability effects is provided. The core of the fiber includes a center core region having one or more rare-earth center dopants and one or more center co-dopants, and a peripheral core region free of rare-earth dopants and having one or more peripheral dopants. The radial refractive-index profile of the core is generally continuous across a boundary between the center core region and the peripheral core region. The selection and the concentrations and distributions of the rare-earth center dopants, the center co-dopants and the peripheral dopants are such that the temperature coefficient is lower in the peripheral core region than in the center core region.

Embodiments of the present disclosure comprise an optical amplifier system, with the system comprising an erbium-doped fiber amplifier comprising a C band EDFA configured to generate C band light, and an L band EDFA configured to generate L Band light. A Raman amplifier comprising a fiber span may be pumped using a backward pump light.

A passively, Q-switched laser is described. The laser may operate at an eye-safe lasing wavelength of 1.34 microns and use a gain element of Nd:YVO4 and a saturable absorber element of V:YAG with a space separating the gain element and saturable absorber element. The Q-switched laser is pumped by a grating stabilized laser diode. The laser may be used in laser ranging applications.

Hybrid integrated photonic integrated circuit laser comprising a photonic integrated circuit including an elongated optical waveguide comprising an elongated gain medium waveguide, at least a first and second optical reflector, the gain medium waveguide being located or extending between the first and second optical reflectors and being located inside an optical cavity to provide optical feedback. Further comprising a pump laser diode to provide electromagnetic radiation to the gain medium waveguide. The elongated optical waveguide, and the first and second optical reflectors are monolithically integrated inside the photonic integrated circuit. The gain medium waveguide comprises a rare-earth ion implanted silicon nitride waveguide core. The pump laser diode is positioned adjacent to the at least one photonic integrated circuit and is edge coupled or facet coupled to a lateral edge or a facet of the photonic integrated circuit to provide pump radiation to the rare-earth ion implanted silicon nitride waveguide core.

The application discloses a 2 mu m wave band GHz solid mode-locked device based on electric regulation, belongs to the technical field of ultrafast laser and semiconductor device, and comprises a high-brightness fiber laser pumping source, an optical focusing coupling system for focusing and collimating the pumping source, a first input mirror for transmitting and reflecting the focused laser beam, a gain medium for generating and amplifying laser, a second input mirror and a third input mirror for reflecting the focused laser beam, and a two-dimensional Bi2O2Se electro-optic modulation device for modulating the laser beam. The application develops the two-dimensional Bi2O2Se electro-optic modulation device with low saturation flux, fast saturation recovery time and moderate modulation depth, so as to break through the technical barrier of solid GHz femtosecond mode-locked.

In an LD-pumped solid-state laser, where a solid-state laser crystal is excited by excitation light emitted from an LD to cause laser oscillation, and the resulting laser oscillation light of two frequencies is converted into a sum frequency, stable operation and cost reduction are achieved. [Solution] In an LD-pumped solid laser 1 comprising a solid laser crystal 19, an LD 11 that emits excitation light to excite the solid laser crystal 19, a resonator that resonates the light emitted from the solid laser crystal 19, and an optical wavelength conversion element 22 that converts the wavelength of solid laser oscillation light L21 and L22, a multiplexing means 21 is provided that receives the two solid laser oscillation light L21 and L22 from different directions and combines them into one, and the optical wavelength conversion element 22 converts the combined solid laser oscillation light L21 and L22 into a sum frequency.

This invention provides a fast frequency closed-loop control method and system for an alkali metal atomic magnetometer laser, comprising: setting the laser current and laser temperature, calculating and obtaining the laser frequency closed-loop control signal SigX; and controlling the laser frequency based on the offset value of the frequency closed-loop control signal SigX and the correlation function f(I) = φ(I, SigX) between the current value and SigX. X The process involves calculating and obtaining the current adjustment value ΔI0, which is then directly applied to the laser current. The difference between the current adjustment value I1 and the set value I0 is calculated as ΔI1. Based on the correlation function f = φ(f(I), f(T)), the temperature change ΔT1 corresponding to the current change ΔI1 is calculated. This temperature adjustment ΔT1 is then applied to the laser temperature. By adjusting the laser temperature to T1, the laser current value is changed back from the adjustment value I1 to the initial set value I0. This invention addresses the problem in existing technologies where using laser current as a feedback signal for closed-loop control of laser frequency easily affects the laser's performance and consequently its lifespan.

The application discloses a low-stress Al2O3 / YAG transparent ceramic gradient film, a preparation method and application, the Al2O3 / YAG transparent ceramic gradient film is deposited on a sapphire substrate, through sintering, yttrium ions in the YAG film and aluminum ions in the Al2O3 film diffuse with each other, the continuous and gentle change of the thermal expansion coefficient is realized, so that the prepared gradient film can effectively disperse thermal stress.The preparation method comprises the following steps: pretreating the sapphire substrate; using an Al2O3 ceramic target and a YAG ceramic target, depositing each layer in turn through magnetron sputtering, and then performing high-temperature sintering to form the gradient film structure.The film has the characteristics of obvious thermal stress buffering effect, optical transparency and strong film-substrate bonding force, and can be applied to the fields of optical crystal bonding, semiconductor and electronic packaging, high-temperature protection and thermal barrier coating and the like.

The invention relates to the technical field of all-solid-state lasers, and particularly provides a master-slave pulse delay controllable ultraviolet dual-wavelength double-pulse laser, which comprises a pumping source and a V-shaped folded resonant cavity, and is characterized in that the V-shaped folded resonant cavity comprises an input mirror, a gain medium, a Q-switched crystal, a total reflective mirror, a frequency doubling crystal and an output mirror; wherein the Q-switched crystal performs step-type modulation through a double-step electric signal, the double-step electric signal sequentially comprises a high-voltage stage, a low-voltage stage and a voltage-reducing stage in a modulation period, and the double-step electric signal sequentially generates jump from the high-voltage stage to the low-voltage stage and jump from the low-voltage stage to the voltage-reducing stage in a pumping period. The dual-wavelength master pulse and the dual-wavelength slave pulse are respectively output, and the time delay between the dual-wavelength master pulse and the dual-wavelength slave pulse can be controlled by adjusting the duration of the low-voltage phase. According to the invention, ultraviolet dual-wavelength double-pulse output is realized, and master-slave pulse delay is flexible and controllable.

A laser system for the generation of ultrashort optical pulses of light including an oscillator emitting low power and negatively chirped optical pulses with a spectral bandwidth W1, a dispersive connecting segment to maintain the sign of the chirp of the pulses of the oscillator, an optical amplifier for amplifying the optical light pulses and a negative group velocity dispersion segment for compensating phase contributions of the whole propagation process. During the propagation from the output of the oscillator to the end of the optical amplifier, the chirp of the light pulses will change once from negative to positive chirp. After a final compression stage ultrashort optical pulses can be generated.

An optical signal amplifier using a praseodymium doped fiber is described. The optical signal amplifier includes a signal laser, a first optical isolator, a second optical isolator a pump laser, a wave division multiplexer, a silica based glass optical fiber, a second optical isolator, an optical power meter, and an optical spectrum analyzer (OSA). The signal laser generates a signal laser beam. The pump laser generates a pumped laser beam. The wave division multiplexer combines the signal laser beam and the pumped laser beam and generates a combined laser beam. The silica based glass optical fiber has a preferred concentration of praseodymium ions of about 50×1024 ions / m3 and a length of about 5.7 m. The silica based glass optical fiber receives the combined laser beam, amplifies photons in the combined laser beam, and generates an amplified laser beam.

This application relates to the field of optical materials and optical component manufacturing technology, specifically disclosing a method for preparing a high-transmittance crystal light source. S1, Preparation of a first sol and a second sol: The first sol is prepared by mixing a silicon source A, a first solvent, and a first catalyst; while the second sol is prepared by mixing a silicon source B, a second solvent, a second catalyst, and a rare-earth-doped luminescent material; S2, Preparation of a composite sol: The second sol is dropped into the first sol while it is being stirred to obtain a composite sol; S3, Gelation: An external physical field is applied to the composite sol to complete gelation, obtaining a wet gel; S4, Aging and drying; S5, Stepwise reaction sintering and densification. The high-transmittance crystal light source of this application can be used in the manufacture of miniaturized solid-state lighting LED chips, high-precision optical sensors, and complex waveguide devices, and has the advantages of strong luminous uniformity, high luminous efficiency, high transmittance, and good long-term working stability.

An anti-resonant hollow-core fiber comprising a first tubular, cladding element which defines an internal cladding surface, a plurality of second tubular elements which are attached to the cladding surface and together define a core with an effective radius, the second tubular elements being arranged in spaced relation and adjacent ones of the second tubular elements having a spacing therebetween, and a plurality of third tubular elements, each nested within a respective one of the second tubular elements.

A fiber support assembly includes: a first glass tube, wherein the first glass tube is attached to a microlens or lenslet of a microlens or lenslet array; a second glass tube at least partially disposed within the first glass tube; and a gain fiber disposed within the second glass tube, wherein the gain fiber has a first tapered end cap, and wherein the gain fiber with the first tapered end cap is aligned to the microlens or lenslet attached to the first glass tube. The fiber support assembly may further include: a pump fiber disposed within the second glass tube, wherein the pump fiber has a second tapered end cap; and a reflector configured to receive counter-pumping light from the pump fiber and direct the counter-pumping light to the first tapered end cap of the gain fiber.

The present disclosure relates to a solid-state amplification module which provides a pump beam through an optical fiber coupler, arranges a solid gain medium in a multi-stage structure or a bypass structure to amplify a seed beam, and arranges a compressor inside an amplification stage so that output loss due to the compressor is compensated for through the solid gain medium.

A light source apparatus (200) includes a gas discharge stage (210) and a metal fluoride trap (300). The gas discharge stage includes an optical amplifier (206) and a set of optical elements (250, 260). The optical amplifier includes a chamber (211) configured to hold a gas discharge medium (213), the gas discharge medium outputting a light beam. The set of optical elements is configured to form an optical resonator around the optical amplifier. The metal fluoride trap is configured to trap metal fluoride dust generated from the gas discharge stage. The metal fluoride trap includes an electrostatic precipitator (320) and a packed-bed filter (400, 402, 404) disposed around the electrostatic precipitator. The packed-bed filter includes a plurality of beads configured (406, 408) to absorb metal fluoride dust (208).

A method for auto-tuning an optical transponder that is coupled to an optical terminal comprises: cycling through wavelengths in sequence by, for each wavelength: modulating the wavelength to convey a wavelength identifier of the wavelength, to produce a modulated wavelength that conveys the wavelength identifier; transmitting the modulated wavelength from the optical terminal through an optical demultiplexer that is configured to pass wavelengths to output ports of the optical demultiplexer; waiting to detect a response wavelength, transmitted by the optical transponder, which matches the wavelength; and determining, based on whether the response wavelength is detected, whether to repeat cycling using a next wavelength because the optical transponder is not tuned or to stop cycling because the optical transponder is tuned.

A laser assembly and a method for generating continuous-wave (CW) light at approximately 193 nm (between 180 nm and 200 nm) and at a power of 1W or higher using two CW laser sources: one laser source generating first fundamental light that is twice frequency doubled or otherwise converted into first CW light having a first deep-ultraviolet (DUV) wavelength between 250 nm and 275 nm, the other laser source generating second CW light having an infrared (IR) wavelength between 1300 nm and 1700 nm. A resonant cavity receives the second CW light and generates enhanced CW light at 100 W or higher. A first non-linear optical (NLO) crystal mixes a first enhanced CW light portion and the first CW light to generate sum-frequency generation (SFG) light having a second DUV wavelength. A second NLO crystal mixes a second enhanced CW light portion and the SFG light to generate output CW light at approximately 193 nm.

An optical arrangement for adjusting the wavelength of light, comprising: a first light source arranged to generate a first beam of light at a first wavelength; a second light source arranged to generate seed light at a second wavelength; a first Raman shifting medium arranged to receive the light from the first light source in combination with the seed light from the second light source, and to produce, by stimulated Raman scattering, output light at the second wavelength and having temporal properties determined by those of the first beam of light; a third light source arranged to generate seed light at a third wavelength; and a second Raman shifting medium arranged to receive the output light from the first Raman shifting medium in combination with the seed light from the third light source, and to produce, by stimulated Raman scattering, output light at the third wavelength and having temporal properties determined by those of the output light from the first Raman shifting medium; wherein the third wavelength is greater than the second wavelength, and the second wavelength is greater than the first wavelength; wherein the frequency difference between the first beam of light and the seed light from the second light source is a frequency difference where the first Raman shifting medium exhibits Raman gain; and wherein the frequency difference between the output light from the first Raman shifting medium and the seed light from the third light source is a frequency difference where the second Raman shifting medium exhibits Raman gain. Also provided is a corresponding method of adjusting the wavelength of light.

The invention relates to a helium-neon laser discharge tube and a laser. According to one embodiment, a helium-neon laser discharge tube comprises: a cylindrical tube body having a substantially constant diameter over the entire length; the first end part element comprises a cylindrical first part and an umbrella-shaped second part, and is mounted on the first end surface of the pipe body through the second part; the second end part element comprises a cylindrical third part and an umbrella-shaped fourth part, and is mounted on a second end surface, opposite to the first end surface, of the pipe body through the fourth part; the cathode component is arranged in the tube body and is adjacent to the second part of the first end part element, and the first part of the first end part element comprises two or more annular grooves in the axis direction of the first part.

The application belongs to the field of laser frequency conversion, and particularly relates to a gas stimulated Raman frequency conversion device with a double-gas-chamber structure, wherein a pump laser source, a 45-degree mirror and a focusing lens are arranged outside a Raman cell A, two ends of the Raman cell A are respectively provided with a Raman cell window A and a Raman cell window C, the inside of the Raman cell A is provided with a Raman cell B, one end of the Raman cell B is connected with one end of the Raman cell A and shares the Raman cell window A, and the other end of the Raman cell B is provided with a Raman cell window B; one end of the Raman cell A in the length direction is provided with a plane mirror located below the Raman cell B, the other end of the Raman cell A in the length direction is provided with a concave mirror and a plane mirror, and the concave mirror and the plane mirror at the end are arranged in the up-down direction along the height direction of the Raman cell A.

The invention relates to the technical field of solid laser, and discloses a quasi-three-level laser with end-side composite pumping, which comprises a quasi-three-level laser crystal, an end-side pumping assembly, a side pumping module and a laser resonant cavity. The end face pumping assembly is used for injecting end face pumping light to the end face of the crystal. The side pumping module is used for injecting side pumping light to the side face of the crystal, and the laser resonant cavity and the quasi-three-level laser crystal are matched to form a laser oscillation circuit. Through the arrangement, the end face pumping assembly is used for providing high-power-density pumping light, the problem of high excitation threshold of the quasi-three-level laser crystal is solved, and population inversion and laser gain are effectively established; and meanwhile, large-area and high-pumping power input is carried out by virtue of the side pumping module, so that uniform allocation of a pumping heat load, reduction of a temperature gradient and end surface stress in the crystal and inhibition of a thermal lens effect are effectively realized, consideration of high-power density excitation of the crystal, low thermal stress and uniform thermal distribution is realized, and high-efficiency and high-power laser output of the laser is ensured.

The present invention relates to an optical arrangement comprising a fibre laser (1) or fibre amplifier (2), which has at least one active fibre (3) with a fibre core and at least one fibre jacket and a coupling lens (4), which is arranged at a distance from a first fibre end of the active fibre (3) and can be coupled into the fibre jacket by means of the pump radiation (5) via the first fibre end. The coupling lens (4) has a circular inner zone (4a) and an annular outer zone (4b), which are designed so that a focal plane of collimated radiation of the pump wavelength, incident on the outer zone (4b), is closer to a focal plane of collimated radiation of the laser wavelength incident on the inner zone (4a) than in a conventional embodiment of a lens, which has just one focal plane in the entire lens region for one wavelength. An increased efficiency of the fibre laser or fibre amplifier and higher pump and output powers can be achieved with the proposed optical arrangement. The entire arrangement can be can be realised in a compact design by using just one individual coupling lens.

A fluid filled fiber for a quasi-phase matched generator and a laser incorporating such a fluid filled fiber. The liquid filled fiber has charge transfer molecules dissolved in a solvent. In another embodiment, the liquid of the LF fiber comprises or consists essentially of highly polar liquids and / or charge transfer molecules having relatively high molecular dipole values. The liquid filled fiber is usable with a laser for differential frequency generation.

This invention relates to a metastable inert gas laser based on photoionization, comprising an inert gas metastable preparation chamber, a pump source, and a pre-ionization source. The inert gas metastable preparation chamber contains a radio frequency electrode and a ground electrode. Both the pump source and the pre-ionization source are located outside the inert gas metastable preparation chamber, with the emitted light from the pump source and the emitted light from the pre-ionization source perpendicular to each other within the inert gas metastable preparation chamber. A first reflecting mirror is positioned between the pump source and the inert gas metastable preparation chamber, and a second reflecting mirror is positioned on the side of the inert gas metastable preparation chamber away from the pump source. A lens is positioned between the pre-ionization source and the inert gas metastable preparation chamber. This invention combines an external electric field to accelerate electron collisions with inert gas atoms, further generating a high concentration of metastable inert gas atoms, thus avoiding the strong electromagnetic radiation problems associated with traditional discharge methods.