• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 9, 091403 (2021)
Lina Zhao1、2、*, Fangxin Cai1, Luyang Tong1, Ye Yuan1, Wenyu Zhang1, and Yangjian Cai1、2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Physics and Electronics, Center of Light Manipulations and Applications, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
  • 2Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, Jinan 250014, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202119.091403 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Lina Zhao, Fangxin Cai, Luyang Tong, Ye Yuan, Wenyu Zhang, Yangjian Cai. Theoretical analysis of periodically poled LiNbO3 nonlinear mirror and its application in a passively mode-locked Nd:YSAG laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(9): 091403 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Diagram of nonlinear mirror. (b) Nonlinear reflectivity dependence on intracavity peak intensity.
    Fig. 1. (a) Diagram of nonlinear mirror. (b) Nonlinear reflectivity dependence on intracavity peak intensity.
    Diagram of mode-locked Nd:YSAG laser (M1, flat mirror; M2, M3, plane-concave mirror; M4, output coupler; B, Brewster polarization plate; dotted rectangle is nonlinear mirror).
    Fig. 2. Diagram of mode-locked Nd:YSAG laser (M1, flat mirror; M2, M3, plane-concave mirror; M4, output coupler; B, Brewster polarization plate; dotted rectangle is nonlinear mirror).
    Average output power dependence on pump power in the CW and CWML regime.
    Fig. 3. Average output power dependence on pump power in the CW and CWML regime.
    (a) Mode-locked pulse sequence at 100 ns time scale. (b) Mode-locked pulse sequence at 500 µs time scale.
    Fig. 4. (a) Mode-locked pulse sequence at 100 ns time scale. (b) Mode-locked pulse sequence at 500 µs time scale.
    Radio frequency waveform of CWML laser.
    Fig. 5. Radio frequency waveform of CWML laser.
    Optical spectrum of mode-locked Nd:YSAG laser.
    Fig. 6. Optical spectrum of mode-locked Nd:YSAG laser.
    Second harmonic efficiency at different wavelengths.
    Fig. 7. Second harmonic efficiency at different wavelengths.
    deff(pm/V)ΔDIsat(GW/cm2)αns
    148.8%0.0910.3%
    58.7%0.1130.4%
    17.6%1.8001.5%
    Table 1. Modulation Depth, Saturable Intensity, and Nonsaturable Loss Dependence on Effective Nonlinear Coefficient
    Lina Zhao, Fangxin Cai, Luyang Tong, Ye Yuan, Wenyu Zhang, Yangjian Cai. Theoretical analysis of periodically poled LiNbO3 nonlinear mirror and its application in a passively mode-locked Nd:YSAG laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(9): 091403
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