Chin. Phys. Lett.  2017, Vol. 34 Issue (3): 034206    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/34/3/034206
FUNDAMENTAL AREAS OF PHENOMENOLOGY(INCLUDING APPLICATIONS) |
A High-Pulse-Energy High-Beam-Quality Tunable Ti:Sapphire Laser Using a Prism-Dispersion Cavity
Chang Xu1,2, Shi-Bo Dai2,4, Chuan Guo2,4, Qi Bian2,4, Jun-Wei Zuo2**, Yuan-Qin Xia1, Hong-Wei Gao2,3**, Zhi-Min Wang2,3, Yong Bo2,3, Nan Zong2,3, Sheng Zhang1, Qin-Jun Peng2,3, Zu-Yan Xu2,3
1National Key Lab of Science and Technology on Tunable Laser, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080
2Key Lab of Solid State Laser, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
3Key Lab of Functional Crystal and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
4University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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Abstract A high-pulse-energy high-beam-quality tunable Ti:sapphire laser pumped by a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser is demonstrated. Using a fused-silica prism as the dispersion element, a tuning range of 740–855 nm is obtained. At an incident pump energy of 774 mJ, the maximum output energy of 104 mJ at 790 nm with a pulse width of 100 μs is achieved at a repetition rate of 5 Hz. To the best of our knowledge, it is the highest pulse energy at 790 nm with pulse width of hundred micro-seconds for an all-solid-state laser. The linewidth of output is 0.5 nm, and the beam quality factor $M^{2}$ is 1.16. The high-pulse-energy high-beam-quality tunable Ti:sapphire laser in the range of 740–855 nm can be used to establish a more accurate and consistent absolute scale of second-order optical-nonlinear coefficients for KBe$_{2}$BO$_{3}$F$_{2}$ measured in a wider wavelength range and to assess Miller's rule quantitatively.
Received: 17 November 2016      Published: 01 April 2017
PACS:  42.55.Rz (Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers)  
  42.65.Ky (Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation)  
  42.70.Mp (Nonlinear optical crystals)  
Fund: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61275157 and 61475040, the National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project under Grant No 2012YQ120048, the National Development Project for Major Scientific Research Facility under Grant No ZDYZ2012-2, and the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No 2016YFB0402003.
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Chang Xu, Shi-Bo Dai, Chuan Guo et al  2017 Chin. Phys. Lett. 34 034206
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