基于Yb:CALGO晶体激光器的偏振复用  

Polarization-multiplexing of a laser based on a bulk Yb:CALGO crystal

作　　者：靳昊澍 刘辉[1] 许思源 陆宝乐[1] 白晋涛[1] JIN Hao-shu;LIU Hui;XU Si-yuan;LU Bao-le;BAI Jin-tao(Institute of Photonics&Photon-technology,Northwest University,Xi’an 710069,China)

机构地区：[1]西北大学光电子与光电子技术研究所,陕西西安710069

出　　处：《中国光学（中英文）》2023年第6期1475-1481,共7页Chinese Optics

基　　金：国家自然科学基金(No.62005215);陕西省自然科学基础研究计划(No.2019JCW-03);西安市科技计划(No.202005YK01)。

摘　　要：基于大增益带宽和高热导率晶体的偏振复用激光技术可以提高双频激光器和双光梳激光器在输出光谱范围和功率方面的性能。本文提出一种基于Yb:CALGO晶体的偏振复用激光器。将两片与光轴成45°角切割的双折射晶体放置在增益晶体的前后两侧形成三明治结构,利用双折射晶体的偏振特性使腔内激光形成只在三明治结构部分具备空间分离其余部分共线的偏振方向互相垂直的两种模式。同时,这种三明治结构既能使单束泵浦光能够自动分离为两束空间分离匹配的泵浦光,也可以使腔内增益晶体放置在腔内模式腰斑位置处,与泵浦光达到更好的模式匹配,提高光泵浦效率。最终测得的激光输出功率达到瓦量级并且斜率效率超过30%。在腔内加入标准具后,实现了频差为太赫兹量级的稳定双频激光运转。The polarization-multiplexing of a laser based on a medium with a large gain bandwidth and a high thermal conductivity can benefit dual-frequency and dual-comb lasers’spectral bandwidth and power.This paper presents a demonstration of the polarization-multiplexing of a laser based on a bulk Yb:CALGO crystal.The polarization multiplexing is realized by sandwiching the gain crystal with two birefringent crystals which are cut at 45˚to their optical axis.This sandwich-configuration creates inside the cavity two orthogonally polarized beams which are spatially separated only in the sandwich-configuration part but collinear in other part.Meanwhile,a single pump beam is also split into two beams automatically,matching the two cavity modes.This configuration also allows the gain crystal to be located in at the waist of cavity modes,which benefits the pumping efficiency.The laser outputs watt-level power with a slope efficiency exceeding 30%.A dual-frequency operation with terahertz frequency separation is realized by inserting an etalon into the cavity.

关 键 词：偏振复用 Yb:CALGO晶体 双频激光器 双波长激光器 双梳激光器 

分 类 号：O432.12[机械工程—光学工程]