Single-frequency all-solid-state laser technology

LI Hui; WANG Zhimin; ZHANG Fengfeng; WANG Mingqiang; LI Jiajia; CUI Dafu; PENG Qinjun; XU Zuyan

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Single-frequency all-solid-state laser technology

1.
School of Opto-Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;
2.
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Corresponding author: WANG Zhimin, wangzmok@163.com ;
Received Date: 2014-12-17
Accepted Date: 2015-03-20

Abstract

Single-frequency all-solid-state lasers are widely used in the fields of high resolution spectroscopy, coherent communication, radars, and gravitation-wave detection and so on. Single-frequency all-solid-state laser is one of the important research fields of all-solid-state lasers. To adopt appropriate single-frequency laser technology better and meet different requirements in applications, several techniques to realize single-frequency all-solid-state lasers were summarized, such as microcavity, coupled cavity, birefringent filters, F-P etalons in cavity, unidirectional ring cavity, twisted mode cavity. Their principles and developments at home and abroad were introduced. The characteristics and application situations were also compared and summarized.
- laser technique,
- single-frequency,
- all-solid-state laser,
- narrow linewidth

References

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[2]	ZAYHOWSKI J J, MOORADIAN A. Single-frequency microchip Nd lasers[J]. Optics Letters, 1989, 14(1):24-26.
[3]	TAIRA T, MUKAI A, NOZAWA Y K, et al. Single-mode oscillation of laser-diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 microchip lasers[J]. Optics Letters, 1991, 16(24): 1955-1957.
[4]	SHAN Zh G, SHEN X H, HUANG G S, et al. Single longitudinal mode operation of LD pumped Nd:YAG microchip laser[J]. Laser Infrared, 1993, 23(6):22-23 (in Chinese).
[5]	GAVRILOVIC P, ONEILL M S, ZARRABI J H, et al. High-power, single-frequency diode-pumped Nd:YAG microcavity lasers at 1.3m[J]. Applied Physics Letters, 1994, 65(13):1620-1622.
[6]	GAO Ch Q, LI J Z, WEI G H. LD-pumped single-frequency seeding lasers and the linewidth measurement[J]. Optical Technique, 2000, 26(6): 546-547 (in Chinese).
[7]	LIN Z, GAO Ch Q, GAO M, et al. Diode-pumped single-frequency microchip CTH:YAG lasers using different pump spot diameters[J]. Applied Physics, 2009, B94(1): 81-84.
[8]	LI G, YAO B Q, ZHANG C H, et al .Diode pumped operation of Tm,Ho:YVO4 microchip laser[J]. Chinese Physics Letters, 2010, 27(3):034201.
[9]	MENG L, PAN Z Q, GENG J X, et al. A short-cavity phosphate glass fiber laser and its output characteristics [J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2010, 37(2): 362-366 (in Chinese).
[10]	[ZK(#]ZHANG W N, LI C, FENG Z M, et al. Short cavity single frequency fiber laser at 1080nm based on highly Yb3+-doped phosphate fiber [J]. Laser Optoelectronics Progress, 2012, 49(10):100601 (in Chinese) .
[11]	YANG F, CHEN D J, PAN Z Q, et al. short liner cavity single-frequency fiber laser with active frequency stabilization by fiber Bragg grating [J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2012, 39(9): 0902005 (in Chinese).
[12]	CHEN Y F, HUANG T M, WANG C L, et al. Theoretical and experimental studies of single-mode operation in diode pumped Nd:YVO4/KTP green laser: influence of KTP length[J]. Optics Communications, 1998, 152(4/6):319-323.
[13]	ZHENG Q, ZHAO L. Study of a diode pumped single frequency Nd:YVO4 laser at 1064nm[J]. Optical Technique, 2003, 29(6):675-676 (in Chinese).
[14]	WANG J Y, ZHENG Q, XUE Q H, et al.A watt level single frequency green laser obtained by birefringent filter technique[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2005, 34(3):321-324(in Chinese) .
[15]	XING J H, JIAO M X, LIU Y. Design and experimental study of electro-optically tunale single frequency Nd:YAG laser at 1064nm[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2014, 41(3):0302007 (in Chinese) .
[16]	GAO L L, TAN H M. LD-pumped all-solid-state single-frequency laser technique [J]. OME Information, 2002, 9(11):8-11 (in Chinese).
[17]	ZHOU F, FERGUSON A I. Tunable single frequency operation of a diode laser pumped Nd:YAG microchip at 1.3m[J]. Electronics Letters,1990, 26(1): 490-493.
[18]	PEDERSEN C, HANSEN P L, SKETTRUP T, et al. Diode-pumped single-frequency Nd:YVO4 laser with a set of coupled resonators[J]. Optics Letters, 1995,20(12):1389-1391.
[19]	HARA H, WALSH B M, BARNES N P. Tunability of a 946nm Nd:YAG microchip laser by use of a double-cavity configuration[J].Applied Optics, 2004,43(15):3171-3173.
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[24]	KO D K, LIM G, KIM S H, et al. Self-seeding in a dual-cavity-type pulsed Ti:sapphire laser oscillator[J]. Optics Letters, 1995, 20(7): 710-712.
[25]	MERRIAM A J, YIN G Y. Efficient self-seeding of a pulsed Ti3+:Al2O3 laser [J]. Optics Letters, 1998, 23(13):1034-1036.
[26]	WANG R, WANG N, TENG H, et al. High-power tunable narrow-line with Ti:sapphire laser at repetition rate of 1kHz [J]. Applied Optics, 2012,51(22):5527-5530.
[27]	WEI F, CHEN D J, XIN G F, et al. A compact and rugged tunable external cavity diode laser with Littman-Metcalf configuration [J]. Chinese Jouranal of Lasers, 2013, 40(11):1102012 (in Chinese).
[28]	XU H Z, QIU Y S, XU B. Wavelength tuning characteristic improvement of external cavity diode lasers[J]. Journal of Applied Optics, 2008,29(6):975-977 (in Chinese).
[29]	ZHANG X L, JUY L, WANG Y Z. Diode-pumped single frequency Tm,Ho:YLF laser at room temperature[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2005, 3(8): 463-465.
[30]	YAO B Q, KE L, DUAN X M, et al. Stable wavelength narrow linewidth diode pumped Tm:YLF laser with double etalons[J]. Laser Physics Letters, 2009, 6(8):563-566.
[31]	YAO B Q, LIU X L, YU L X, et al. Resonantly pumped single frequency Er:YAG laser at 1645nm[J]. Laser Physics, 2012, 22(2):403-405.
[32]	ZHU L N, GAO Ch Q, WANG R,et al. Resonantly pumped 1.645m single longitudinal mode Er:YAG laser with intracavity etalons[J].Applied Optics, 2012, 51(10):1616-1618.
[33]	ZHU L N, GAO Ch Q, WANG R, et al. Fiber-bulk hybrid Er:YAG laser with 1617nm single frequency laser output[J]. Laser Physics Letters, 2012, 9(9):674-677.
[34]	WANG L, GAO C Q, GAO M W, et al. Diode-pumped 2m tunable single-frequency Tm:LuAG laser with intracavity etalons[J]. Applied Optics, 2013,52(6): 1272-1275.
[35]	KANE T J, BYER R L. Monolithic, unidirectional single-mode Nd:YAG ring laser[J]. Optics Letters, 1985, 10(2):65-67.
[36]	ZANG E J, CAO J P, LI C Y. The study of solid state monolithic semi-nonplanar ring laser[J]. Advanced Measurement and Laboratory Management, 2004, 12(1):19-22(in Chinese) .
[37]	ZIMER H, WITTROCK U. 1.6W of single-mode output power from a novel power-scaling scheme for monolithic nonplanar ring lasers[J]. Optics Letters, 2004,29(14):1635-1637.
[38]	ZHAO Y, GAO Ch Q, CAO Y L, et al. Study on laser-diode-pumped 1319nm single frequency laser tuning and noise suppression[J]. Laser Technology, 2004, 28(5):466-468(in Chinese).
[39]	YAO B Q, DUAN X M, FANG D, et al.7.3W of single-frequency output power at 2.09m from an Ho:YAG monolithic nonplanar ring laser[J]. Optics Letters, 2008, 33(18):216-2163.
[40]	WANG R, GAO C Q, ZHENG Y, et al. A resonantly pumped 1645nm Er:YAG nonplanar ring oscillator with 10.5W single frequency output[J].IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2013,25(10): 955-957.
[41]	WANG L, GAO Ch Q, GAO M W, et al. Resonantly pumped monolithic nonplanar Ho:YAG ring laser with high-power single-frequency laser output at 2122nm[J]. Optics Express, 2013, 21(8):9541-9546.
[42]	ZHAO J Y, ZHANG K S. LD dual-end-pumped high power CW single- frequency Nd:YVO4 laser [J]. Acta Sinica Quantum Optica, 2004, 10(2):87-92 (in Chinese).
[43]	SHARDLOW P C, DAMZEN M J. High efficiency 17W single frequency ring laser with feedback mirror[C]//European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. New York, USA:IEEE, 2009:1.
[44]	WANG Zh Y. Investigation of 880nm LD pumped high power CW single- frequency Nd:YVO4 laser [D]. Taiyuan: Shanxi University, 2011:30-35(in Chinese) .
[45]	XIE S Y, BO Y, XU J L, et al. A high power single frequency diode side-pumped Nd:YAG ring laser[J]. Chinese Physics Letters, 2011, 28(8):084207.
[46]	LUH D, SU J, ZHENG Y H, et al. Physical conditions of single-longitudinal-modeoperation for high-power all-solid-state lasers[J]. Optics Letters, 2014,39(5):1117-1120.
[47]	WANG P Y, XIE S Y, BO Y, et al. 33W quasi-continuous-wave narrow-band sodium D2a laser by sum-frequency generation in LBO[J]. Chinese Physics, 2014, B23(9): 094208.
[48]	EVTUHOV V, SIEGMAN A E. A twisted-mode technique for obtaining axially uniform energy density in a laser cavity[J]. Applied Optics, 1965, 4(1):142-143.
[JP2]WU E, PAN H, ZHANG S, et al. High power single-longitudinal-mode operation in a twisted-mode-cavity laser with a c-cut Nd:GdVO4[JP] crystal[J]. Applied Physics, 2005, B80(4):459-462.
[50]	HAO E J, LI T, TAN H M, et al. Single frequency laser at 473nm by twisted mode technique[J]. Laser Infrared, 2009, 39(9): 924-927 (in Chinese) .
[51]	ZHANG Y, GAO Ch Q, GAO M, et al. A diode pumped tunable single-frequency Tm:YAG laser using twisted-mode technique[J]. Laser Physics Letters, 2010, 7(1): 17-20.
[52]	GAO Ch Q, WANG R, LIN Z, et al. 2m single-frequency Tm:YAG laser generated from a diode-pumped L-shaped twisted mode cavity[J]. Applied Physics, 2012, B107(1):67-70.

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Single-frequency all-solid-state laser technology

Corresponding author: WANG Zhimin, wangzmok@163.com;

1. School of Opto-Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;

2. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Received Date: 2014-12-17

Accepted Date: 2015-03-20

Available Online: 2016-01-25

Abstract: Single-frequency all-solid-state lasers are widely used in the fields of high resolution spectroscopy, coherent communication, radars, and gravitation-wave detection and so on. Single-frequency all-solid-state laser is one of the important research fields of all-solid-state lasers. To adopt appropriate single-frequency laser technology better and meet different requirements in applications, several techniques to realize single-frequency all-solid-state lasers were summarized, such as microcavity, coupled cavity, birefringent filters, F-P etalons in cavity, unidirectional ring cavity, twisted mode cavity. Their principles and developments at home and abroad were introduced. The characteristics and application situations were also compared and summarized.

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[1]	ZHOU B K, GAOY Z, CHEN T R, et al .Principles of laser [M].6th ed. Beijing: National Defense Industry Press, 2008: 212 (in Chinese).
[2]	ZAYHOWSKI J J, MOORADIAN A. Single-frequency microchip Nd lasers[J]. Optics Letters, 1989, 14(1):24-26.
[3]	TAIRA T, MUKAI A, NOZAWA Y K, et al. Single-mode oscillation of laser-diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 microchip lasers[J]. Optics Letters, 1991, 16(24): 1955-1957.
[4]	SHAN Zh G, SHEN X H, HUANG G S, et al. Single longitudinal mode operation of LD pumped Nd:YAG microchip laser[J]. Laser Infrared, 1993, 23(6):22-23 (in Chinese).
[5]	GAVRILOVIC P, ONEILL M S, ZARRABI J H, et al. High-power, single-frequency diode-pumped Nd:YAG microcavity lasers at 1.3m[J]. Applied Physics Letters, 1994, 65(13):1620-1622.
[6]	GAO Ch Q, LI J Z, WEI G H. LD-pumped single-frequency seeding lasers and the linewidth measurement[J]. Optical Technique, 2000, 26(6): 546-547 (in Chinese).
[7]	LIN Z, GAO Ch Q, GAO M, et al. Diode-pumped single-frequency microchip CTH:YAG lasers using different pump spot diameters[J]. Applied Physics, 2009, B94(1): 81-84.
[8]	LI G, YAO B Q, ZHANG C H, et al .Diode pumped operation of Tm,Ho:YVO4 microchip laser[J]. Chinese Physics Letters, 2010, 27(3):034201.
[9]	MENG L, PAN Z Q, GENG J X, et al. A short-cavity phosphate glass fiber laser and its output characteristics [J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2010, 37(2): 362-366 (in Chinese).
[10]	[ZK(#]ZHANG W N, LI C, FENG Z M, et al. Short cavity single frequency fiber laser at 1080nm based on highly Yb3+-doped phosphate fiber [J]. Laser Optoelectronics Progress, 2012, 49(10):100601 (in Chinese) .
[11]	YANG F, CHEN D J, PAN Z Q, et al. short liner cavity single-frequency fiber laser with active frequency stabilization by fiber Bragg grating [J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2012, 39(9): 0902005 (in Chinese).
[12]	CHEN Y F, HUANG T M, WANG C L, et al. Theoretical and experimental studies of single-mode operation in diode pumped Nd:YVO4/KTP green laser: influence of KTP length[J]. Optics Communications, 1998, 152(4/6):319-323.
[13]	ZHENG Q, ZHAO L. Study of a diode pumped single frequency Nd:YVO4 laser at 1064nm[J]. Optical Technique, 2003, 29(6):675-676 (in Chinese).
[14]	WANG J Y, ZHENG Q, XUE Q H, et al.A watt level single frequency green laser obtained by birefringent filter technique[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2005, 34(3):321-324(in Chinese) .
[15]	XING J H, JIAO M X, LIU Y. Design and experimental study of electro-optically tunale single frequency Nd:YAG laser at 1064nm[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2014, 41(3):0302007 (in Chinese) .
[16]	GAO L L, TAN H M. LD-pumped all-solid-state single-frequency laser technique [J]. OME Information, 2002, 9(11):8-11 (in Chinese).
[17]	ZHOU F, FERGUSON A I. Tunable single frequency operation of a diode laser pumped Nd:YAG microchip at 1.3m[J]. Electronics Letters,1990, 26(1): 490-493.
[18]	PEDERSEN C, HANSEN P L, SKETTRUP T, et al. Diode-pumped single-frequency Nd:YVO4 laser with a set of coupled resonators[J]. Optics Letters, 1995,20(12):1389-1391.
[19]	HARA H, WALSH B M, BARNES N P. Tunability of a 946nm Nd:YAG microchip laser by use of a double-cavity configuration[J].Applied Optics, 2004,43(15):3171-3173.
[20]	LI J, YANG S H, ZHAO C M, et al. High efficient single-frequency output at 1991nm from a diode-pumped Tm:YAP coupled cavity[J]. Optics Express, 2010,18(12):12161-12167.
[21]	LITTMAN M G, METCALF H J. Spectrally narrow pulsed dye laser without beam expander [J]. Applied Optics, 1978, 17(14):2224-2227.
[22]	KANGAS K W, LOWENTHAL D D, MULLER Ⅲ C H. Single-longitudinal-mode, tunable, pulsed Ti:sapphire laser oscillator[J].Optics Letters, 1989,14(1):21-23.
[23]	SHAO Z X. High efficiency SLM Littman configuration Ti:sapphire laser system[J]. Chinese Jouranal of Lasers, 1994,21(9):717-720(in Chinese).
[24]	KO D K, LIM G, KIM S H, et al. Self-seeding in a dual-cavity-type pulsed Ti:sapphire laser oscillator[J]. Optics Letters, 1995, 20(7): 710-712.
[25]	MERRIAM A J, YIN G Y. Efficient self-seeding of a pulsed Ti3+:Al2O3 laser [J]. Optics Letters, 1998, 23(13):1034-1036.
[26]	WANG R, WANG N, TENG H, et al. High-power tunable narrow-line with Ti:sapphire laser at repetition rate of 1kHz [J]. Applied Optics, 2012,51(22):5527-5530.
[27]	WEI F, CHEN D J, XIN G F, et al. A compact and rugged tunable external cavity diode laser with Littman-Metcalf configuration [J]. Chinese Jouranal of Lasers, 2013, 40(11):1102012 (in Chinese).
[28]	XU H Z, QIU Y S, XU B. Wavelength tuning characteristic improvement of external cavity diode lasers[J]. Journal of Applied Optics, 2008,29(6):975-977 (in Chinese).
[29]	ZHANG X L, JUY L, WANG Y Z. Diode-pumped single frequency Tm,Ho:YLF laser at room temperature[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2005, 3(8): 463-465.
[30]	YAO B Q, KE L, DUAN X M, et al. Stable wavelength narrow linewidth diode pumped Tm:YLF laser with double etalons[J]. Laser Physics Letters, 2009, 6(8):563-566.
[31]	YAO B Q, LIU X L, YU L X, et al. Resonantly pumped single frequency Er:YAG laser at 1645nm[J]. Laser Physics, 2012, 22(2):403-405.
[32]	ZHU L N, GAO Ch Q, WANG R,et al. Resonantly pumped 1.645m single longitudinal mode Er:YAG laser with intracavity etalons[J].Applied Optics, 2012, 51(10):1616-1618.
[33]	ZHU L N, GAO Ch Q, WANG R, et al. Fiber-bulk hybrid Er:YAG laser with 1617nm single frequency laser output[J]. Laser Physics Letters, 2012, 9(9):674-677.
[34]	WANG L, GAO C Q, GAO M W, et al. Diode-pumped 2m tunable single-frequency Tm:LuAG laser with intracavity etalons[J]. Applied Optics, 2013,52(6): 1272-1275.
[35]	KANE T J, BYER R L. Monolithic, unidirectional single-mode Nd:YAG ring laser[J]. Optics Letters, 1985, 10(2):65-67.
[36]	ZANG E J, CAO J P, LI C Y. The study of solid state monolithic semi-nonplanar ring laser[J]. Advanced Measurement and Laboratory Management, 2004, 12(1):19-22(in Chinese) .
[37]	ZIMER H, WITTROCK U. 1.6W of single-mode output power from a novel power-scaling scheme for monolithic nonplanar ring lasers[J]. Optics Letters, 2004,29(14):1635-1637.
[38]	ZHAO Y, GAO Ch Q, CAO Y L, et al. Study on laser-diode-pumped 1319nm single frequency laser tuning and noise suppression[J]. Laser Technology, 2004, 28(5):466-468(in Chinese).
[39]	YAO B Q, DUAN X M, FANG D, et al.7.3W of single-frequency output power at 2.09m from an Ho:YAG monolithic nonplanar ring laser[J]. Optics Letters, 2008, 33(18):216-2163.
[40]	WANG R, GAO C Q, ZHENG Y, et al. A resonantly pumped 1645nm Er:YAG nonplanar ring oscillator with 10.5W single frequency output[J].IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2013,25(10): 955-957.
[41]	WANG L, GAO Ch Q, GAO M W, et al. Resonantly pumped monolithic nonplanar Ho:YAG ring laser with high-power single-frequency laser output at 2122nm[J]. Optics Express, 2013, 21(8):9541-9546.
[42]	ZHAO J Y, ZHANG K S. LD dual-end-pumped high power CW single- frequency Nd:YVO4 laser [J]. Acta Sinica Quantum Optica, 2004, 10(2):87-92 (in Chinese).
[43]	SHARDLOW P C, DAMZEN M J. High efficiency 17W single frequency ring laser with feedback mirror[C]//European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. New York, USA:IEEE, 2009:1.
[44]	WANG Zh Y. Investigation of 880nm LD pumped high power CW single- frequency Nd:YVO4 laser [D]. Taiyuan: Shanxi University, 2011:30-35(in Chinese) .
[45]	XIE S Y, BO Y, XU J L, et al. A high power single frequency diode side-pumped Nd:YAG ring laser[J]. Chinese Physics Letters, 2011, 28(8):084207.
[46]	LUH D, SU J, ZHENG Y H, et al. Physical conditions of single-longitudinal-modeoperation for high-power all-solid-state lasers[J]. Optics Letters, 2014,39(5):1117-1120.
[47]	WANG P Y, XIE S Y, BO Y, et al. 33W quasi-continuous-wave narrow-band sodium D2a laser by sum-frequency generation in LBO[J]. Chinese Physics, 2014, B23(9): 094208.
[48]	EVTUHOV V, SIEGMAN A E. A twisted-mode technique for obtaining axially uniform energy density in a laser cavity[J]. Applied Optics, 1965, 4(1):142-143.
[49]	[JP2]WU E, PAN H, ZHANG S, et al. High power single-longitudinal-mode operation in a twisted-mode-cavity laser with a c-cut Nd:GdVO4[JP] crystal[J]. Applied Physics, 2005, B80(4):459-462.
[50]	HAO E J, LI T, TAN H M, et al. Single frequency laser at 473nm by twisted mode technique[J]. Laser Infrared, 2009, 39(9): 924-927 (in Chinese) .
[51]	ZHANG Y, GAO Ch Q, GAO M, et al. A diode pumped tunable single-frequency Tm:YAG laser using twisted-mode technique[J]. Laser Physics Letters, 2010, 7(1): 17-20.
[52]	GAO Ch Q, WANG R, LIN Z, et al. 2m single-frequency Tm:YAG laser generated from a diode-pumped L-shaped twisted mode cavity[J]. Applied Physics, 2012, B107(1):67-70.

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