∼1 mJ pulsed vortex laser at 1645 nm with well-defined helicity

被引:45
作者
Zhao, Yongguang [1 ,2 ]
Liu, Qiyao [2 ,3 ]
Zhou, Wei [1 ,2 ]
Shen, Deyuan [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Jiangsu Normal Univ, Sch Phys & Elect Engn, Jiangsu Key Lab Adv Laser Mat & Devices, Xuzhou 221116, Peoples R China
[2] Jiangsu Normal Univ, Jiangsu Collaborat Innovat Ctr Adv Laser Technol, Xuzhou 221116, Peoples R China
[3] Fudan Univ, Dept Opt Sci & Engn, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
ORBITAL ANGULAR-MOMENTUM; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN MODES; POWER ER/YAG LASER; OPTICAL VORTEX; GENERATION; BEAM; VORTICES; OUTPUT; LIGHT; WAVE;
D O I
10.1364/OE.24.015596
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on a millijoule level Er:YAG ceramic pulsed vortex laser resonantly pumped by an annular beam at 1532 nm. By means of an uncoated YAG crystal plate inserting into the cavity and a proper thermal gradient on the ceramic, 1.03 mJ LG(0,-1) mode and 0.97 mJ LG(0, + 1) mode were respectively produced, and no vortex mode instability problem was observed. We believe the directly generated millijoule level optical vortex with well-defined helicity will have potential applications in material modification and processing, high-field laser physics, and nonlinear optics, etc. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America
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页码:15596 / 15602
页数:7
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