• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue 3, 031402 (2015)
Jing Zhang1、*, HuiLong Liu1, Jing Xia1, and Xihong Fu2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201513.031402 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jing Zhang, HuiLong Liu, Jing Xia, Xihong Fu. Orthogonally polarized dual-wavelength Nd:YLiF4 laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(3): 031402 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    This Letter proposes a method to balance the gain and loss of the orthogonally polarized emissions of dual wavelengths in a solid laser cavity. By adjusting the tilt angle of the uncoated glass plate inserted into the cavity, the gain and loss of the orthogonally polarized emission lines with small intervals can be balanced to equalize the oscillation thresholds of the orthogonally polarized dual wavelengths. We select the birefringent crystal Nd:LiYF (Nd:YLF) as the gain media, and theoretically analyze the simultaneous oscillation conditions of dual wavelengths with π- and σ-polarized emissions from a four-level transition (F3/24I11/24 and F3/24I13/24) in Nd3+. A simple linear cavity structure is adopted in the experiment, and stable CW orthogonally polarized dual-wavelength laser outputs of 1047, and 1053, 1321, and 1313 nm are obtained.
    Pth,i=δi2LiηQ,ifihνpσiτi1si(r,z)rp(r,z)dυ,(1)

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    rp(r,z)=2αexp(αz)exp(2r2/ωp02)πωp2(z)[1exp(αl)],(2)

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    si(r,z)=2πlω0i2exp(2r2/ωp02).(3)

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    ωp2(z)=ωp02{1+[λpMp2nπωp02(zz0)]2}.(4)

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    γ=Pth,2Pth,1=δ2L1λ2f1σ1δ1L2λ1f2σ2ω022+ωp02ω012+ωp021e2(1+ω012/ωp02)1e2(1+ω022/ωp02).(5)

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    Rs=|sin(θiθt)sin(θi+θt)|2+[1|sin(θiθt)sin(θi+θt)|2]·|sin(θtθi)sin(θt+θi)|2,(6)

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    Rp=|tan(θiθt)tan(θi+θt)|2+[1|tan(θiθt)tan(θi+θt)|2]·|tan(θtθi)tan(θt+θi)|2.(7)

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    δi=Ti+δfi+2αl+2δj,(8)

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    Jing Zhang, HuiLong Liu, Jing Xia, Xihong Fu. Orthogonally polarized dual-wavelength Nd:YLiF4 laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(3): 031402
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