• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 13, Issue 2, 02000e23 (2025)
Yanran Gu1,2, Xinyue Niu1,2, Fuyin Liu1,2, Ting He1,2..., Jinmei Yao1,2, Muyu Yi1,2, Langning Wang1,2, Tao Xun1,2,* and Jinliang Liu1,2|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
  • 2Nanhu Laser Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2025.8 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yanran Gu, Xinyue Niu, Fuyin Liu, Ting He, Jinmei Yao, Muyu Yi, Langning Wang, Tao Xun, Jinliang Liu, "High-power microsecond ultraviolet burst-mode pulse laser with a rectangular envelope and GHz-adjustable intra-burst pulses," High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 13, 02000e23 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

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    We demonstrate a high-peak-power master oscillator power amplifier burst-mode laser system that generates microsecond burst duration pulses at 355 nm with a GHz-adjustable intra-burst pulse frequency. In the fiber seed, a high-bandwidth electro-optic modulator is employed to modulate a continuous-wave (CW) laser into a pulse train at GHz frequency. To acquire a microsecond rectangular burst pulse envelope, two acousto-optic modulators are used to chop the CW pulse train and generate a pre-compensation burst envelope. A three-stage neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet amplifier boosts the burst-mode fiber seed’s burst energy of 1.65 J at 1064 nm. To achieve a high-power ultraviolet (UV) burst-mode laser, sum frequency generation in a LiB3O5 crystal is employed to convert the wavelength, achieving over 300 kW of peak power at 1.15 μs/10 Hz. The intra-burst pulse frequency of the UV burst laser can be adjustable from 1 to 10 GHz with a sinusoidal waveform. To the best of our knowledge, this paper represents the highest reported microsecond UV burst-mode laser in terms of output energy and peak power with the GHz-adjustable intra-burst frequency. The high-power microsecond UV burst-mode pulse laser can be directly used as a light-driven source in large-bandwidth/high-power microwave photonic systems, providing a long pulse width and high peak power laser while significantly improving the system’s multi-parameter adjustment capability and adaptability.
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    Yanran Gu, Xinyue Niu, Fuyin Liu, Ting He, Jinmei Yao, Muyu Yi, Langning Wang, Tao Xun, Jinliang Liu, "High-power microsecond ultraviolet burst-mode pulse laser with a rectangular envelope and GHz-adjustable intra-burst pulses," High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 13, 02000e23 (2025)
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