SPIE LASEPub Date : 2016-04-22DOI: 10.1117/12.2211895
Jintian Lin, Yingxin Xu, Z. Fang, Min Wang, W. Fang, Ya Cheng
{"title":"Efficient second harmonic generation in an on-chip high-Q crystalline microresonator fabricated by femtosecond laser","authors":"Jintian Lin, Yingxin Xu, Z. Fang, Min Wang, W. Fang, Ya Cheng","doi":"10.1117/12.2211895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211895","url":null,"abstract":"We report on transiently phase matched second harmonic generation in an on-chip lithium niobate (LN) microresonator fabricated by femtosecond laser direct writing followed by focused ion beam milling. We demonstrate a normalized conversion efficiency of 1.1×10-3/mW in the LN microdisk with a diameter of ~102 μm and a thickness of ~700 nm.","PeriodicalId":314691,"journal":{"name":"SPIE LASE","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131649646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SPIE LASEPub Date : 2016-04-22DOI: 10.1117/12.2214237
E. Honea, R. Afzal, M. Savage-Leuchs, J. Henrie, K. Brar, N. Kurz, D. Jander, N. Gitkind, D. Hu, C. Robin, Andrew M. Jones, Ravi Kasinadhuni, R. Humphreys
{"title":"Advances in fiber laser spectral beam combining for power scaling","authors":"E. Honea, R. Afzal, M. Savage-Leuchs, J. Henrie, K. Brar, N. Kurz, D. Jander, N. Gitkind, D. Hu, C. Robin, Andrew M. Jones, Ravi Kasinadhuni, R. Humphreys","doi":"10.1117/12.2214237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214237","url":null,"abstract":"Spectral Beam Combining (SBC) of fiber lasers provides a simple, robust architecture for high brightness power scaling beyond the limit of a single fiber. We review recent progress in power scaling and describe what we believe is the highest power SBC fiber demonstration and largest number of fiber lasers combined to date. Here we report results on a fiber SBC system where we achieved > 30 kW by combining 96 individual fiber lasers into a single high brightness beam with a beam quality of M2 = 1.6 x 1.8. The potential for further power scaling at the system level is highlighted with examples of beam combinable fiber laser power scaling.","PeriodicalId":314691,"journal":{"name":"SPIE LASE","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123528048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SPIE LASEPub Date : 2016-04-22DOI: 10.1117/12.2213548
A. Mironov, W. Goldshlag, J. Eden
{"title":"Alkali D2 line laser optically pumped by two color free-free absorption","authors":"A. Mironov, W. Goldshlag, J. Eden","doi":"10.1117/12.2213548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213548","url":null,"abstract":"A two color pumping scheme has been demonstrated for the Rb D2 line laser (780 nm). Photoexcitation of ground state Rb-rare gas collision pairs at 760 nm (peak of Rb D2 blue satellite in Xe) and ~794.5 nm simultaneously improves the slope efficiency of single color pumping by a factor of 1.8. Furthermore, each D2 laser photon removes 102 cm-1 of thermal energy from the laser gain medium.","PeriodicalId":314691,"journal":{"name":"SPIE LASE","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116611548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SPIE LASEPub Date : 2016-04-22DOI: 10.1117/12.2218350
P. A. Mikheyev, A. Demyanov, N. I. Ufimtsev, I. Kochetov, V. Azyazov, A. Napartovich, M. Heaven
{"title":"Oxygen assisted iodine atoms production in an RF discharge","authors":"P. A. Mikheyev, A. Demyanov, N. I. Ufimtsev, I. Kochetov, V. Azyazov, A. Napartovich, M. Heaven","doi":"10.1117/12.2218350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218350","url":null,"abstract":"Experiments and modeling of CH3I dissociation in the plasma generated by a 40 MHz RF discharge were performed. A discharge chamber of an original design, consisting of quartz tubes between two planar electrodes, permitted the production of iodine atoms with number densities up to 2×1016 cm-3. In this discharge chamber, contamination of the walls of the tubes did not hinder discharge stability, providing a good iodine production rate. Addition of oxygen into Ar:CH3I mixture resulted in a substantial increase in iodine extraction efficiency. When the discharge power reached 200 W, complete CH3I dissociation in a Ar:CH3I:O2 mixture was observed. The fraction of discharge power spent on iodine atom production at a 0.17 mmol/s CH3I flow rate was 16%.","PeriodicalId":314691,"journal":{"name":"SPIE LASE","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120843530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SPIE LASEPub Date : 2016-04-22DOI: 10.1117/12.2212714
A. Unger, Willhelm Fassbender, H. Muentz, B. Köhler, J. Biesenbach
{"title":"Beam shaping concepts for kW-class CW and QCW diode lasers","authors":"A. Unger, Willhelm Fassbender, H. Muentz, B. Köhler, J. Biesenbach","doi":"10.1117/12.2212714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212714","url":null,"abstract":"In modern diode lasers beam shaping of the highly asymmetric laser beam, which exits the front facet of the semiconductor laser material, is a crucial step towards cost efficient high brightness laser modules which in turn can be further combined towards kW-class diode lasers and can be efficiently fiber coupled. In order to scale up the power of a single laser module in an economic way, high fill factor laser bars are employed. The increased power density from such a laser bar requires improved cooling technologies. On the other hand the increased fill factor of the bar makes advanced beam shaping necessary to be able to achieve small focal spot sizes and couple the laser module efficiently into optical fibers. Finally, to be able to mass produce the laser modules, it is desirable to design the module in a way that allows automated packaging and optics alignment. In this talk, the beam shaping concepts developed at DILAS for high fill factor bars are presented. Starting from optical simulation and choice of optical elements the laser modules incorporating these bars are presented. The concepts developed enable very compact laser modules of up to 2kW of power at a single wavelength with beam qualities of less than 40mm x mrad. Optionally these modules can be wavelength stabilized via external feedback. The packaging technology developed enables the automated alignment of the optics and cooling is DI-water free. Based on the same concepts very compact free space and fiber coupled QCW packages are presented as well.","PeriodicalId":314691,"journal":{"name":"SPIE LASE","volume":"251 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127010550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SPIE LASEPub Date : 2016-04-22DOI: 10.1117/12.2212319
J. Löhring, M. Winzen, H. Faidel, J. Miesner, D. Plum, J. Klein, O. Fitzau, M. Giesberts, W. Brandenburg, A. Seidel, N. Schwanen, D. Riesters, S. Hengesbach, H. Hoffmann
{"title":"Key optical components for spaceborne lasers","authors":"J. Löhring, M. Winzen, H. Faidel, J. Miesner, D. Plum, J. Klein, O. Fitzau, M. Giesberts, W. Brandenburg, A. Seidel, N. Schwanen, D. Riesters, S. Hengesbach, H. Hoffmann","doi":"10.1117/12.2212319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212319","url":null,"abstract":"Spaceborne lidar (light detection and ranging) systems have a large potential to become powerful instruments in the field of atmospheric research. Obviously, they have to be in operation for about three years without any maintenance like readjusting. Furthermore, they have to withstand strong temperature cycles typically in the range of -30 to +50 °C as well as mechanical shocks and vibrations, especially during launch. Additionally, the avoidance of any organic material inside the laser box is required, particularly in UV lasers. For atmospheric research pulses of about several 10 mJ at repetition rates of several 10 Hz are required in many cases. Those parameters are typically addressed by DPSSL that comprise components like: laser crystals, nonlinear crystals in pockels cells, faraday isolators and frequency converters, passive fibers, diode lasers and of course a lot of mirrors and lenses. In particular, some components have strong requirements regarding their tilt stability that is often in the 10 μrad range. In most of the cases components and packages that are used for industrial lasers do not fulfil all those requirements. Thus, the packaging of all these key components has been developed to meet those specifications only making use of metal and ceramics beside the optical component itself. All joints between the optical component and the laser baseplate are soldered or screwed. No clamps or adhesives are used. Most of the critical properties like tilting after temperature cycling have been proven in several tests. Currently, these components are used to build up first prototypes for spaceborne systems.","PeriodicalId":314691,"journal":{"name":"SPIE LASE","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126815995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SPIE LASEPub Date : 2016-04-22DOI: 10.1117/12.2218349
P. A. Mikheyev, Alexander K. Churnyshov, N. I. Ufimtsev, Anna R. Ghildina, V. N. Azyazov, M. Heaven
{"title":"Measurement of pressure broadening of the Kr absorption line at 811.3 nm with a diode laser","authors":"P. A. Mikheyev, Alexander K. Churnyshov, N. I. Ufimtsev, Anna R. Ghildina, V. N. Azyazov, M. Heaven","doi":"10.1117/12.2218349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218349","url":null,"abstract":"Optically pumped all-rare-gas laser (OPRGL) with unique properties was recently proposed. To study this promising laser system it is necessary to have reliable diagnostics for the active medium. A set of pressure broadening coefficients, for self- and foreign- gas collision partners, is needed for measurements of the number density of metastable atoms and temperature in a rare gas discharge plasma by means of spectroscopy. However, literature analysis had shown that pressure broadening coefficients for rare gas lines in mixtures that are of interest for OPRGL’s are surprisingly hard to find, or were not yet measured. Diode laser absorption spectroscopy was employed for measurements of pressure broadening coefficients for the Krypton 811.3 nm line in an RF discharge. A multi-quantum well diode laser (L808P030, Thorlabs) with an original short external cavity was used as a source of probe radiation. The natural isotopic distribution of Kr was taken into account, and an appropriate fit function was constructed. This permitted the determination of pressure broadening coefficients using the natural mixture of isotopes. The coefficients for the Kr 811.3 nm line at 300 K, measured for the first time, were ξKr-Ne = (1.50 ± 0.05) ×10-10 s-1cm3 for broadening by Neon, and ξKr-Ar = (3.5 ± 0.3) ×10-10 s-1cm3 for broadening by Argon.","PeriodicalId":314691,"journal":{"name":"SPIE LASE","volume":"201 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134531885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SPIE LASEPub Date : 2016-04-22DOI: 10.1117/12.2218412
M. Zagidullin, M. Malyshev, V. Azyazov, M. Heaven
{"title":"Optical pumping of the oxygen-iodine laser medium","authors":"M. Zagidullin, M. Malyshev, V. Azyazov, M. Heaven","doi":"10.1117/12.2218412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218412","url":null,"abstract":"The kinetics of the processes in an O2/I2/Ar/H2O gas flow that is irradiated simultaneously by light at wavelengths near 500 nm and 1315 nm, is considered. Radiation at 500 nm is used to photodissociate about 1% of the iodine molecules. The radiation at 1315 nm excites atomic iodine to the 2P1/2 state. Singlet oxygen molecules are produced via the energy exchange process I(2P1/2)+O2(X3Σ) → I(2P3/2) + O2(a1Δ), while I(2P1/2)+O2(a1Δ) energy pooling produces b1Σ oxygen. I(2P1/2) and O2(b1Σ) then accelerate the dissociation of I2. This active medium may reach ~40 W/cm–2 at an optical efficiency of 50%.","PeriodicalId":314691,"journal":{"name":"SPIE LASE","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126502479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SPIE LASEPub Date : 2016-04-22DOI: 10.1117/12.2214718
G. Böttger, D. Weber, F. Scholz, H. Schröder, M. Schneider-Ramelow, K. Lang
{"title":"Fully automated hybrid diode laser assembly using high precision active alignment","authors":"G. Böttger, D. Weber, F. Scholz, H. Schröder, M. Schneider-Ramelow, K. Lang","doi":"10.1117/12.2214718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214718","url":null,"abstract":"Fraunhofer IZM, Technische Universität Berlin and eagleyard Photonics present various implementations of current micro-optical assemblies for high quality free space laser beam forming and efficient fiber coupling. The laser modules shown are optimized for fast and automated assembly in small form factor packages via state-of-the-art active alignment machinery, using alignment and joining processes that have been developed and established in various industrial research projects. Operational wavelengths and optical powers ranging from 600 to 1600 nm and from 1 mW to several W respectively are addressed, for application in high-resolution laser spectroscopy, telecom and optical sensors, up to the optical powers needed in industrial and medical laser treatment.","PeriodicalId":314691,"journal":{"name":"SPIE LASE","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127605637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SPIE LASEPub Date : 2016-04-22DOI: 10.1117/12.2209348
C. Jollivet, K. Farley, M. Conroy, J. Abramczyk, S. Belke, F. Becker, K. Tankala
{"title":"Specialty flat-top beam delivery fibers with controlled beam parameter product","authors":"C. Jollivet, K. Farley, M. Conroy, J. Abramczyk, S. Belke, F. Becker, K. Tankala","doi":"10.1117/12.2209348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209348","url":null,"abstract":"Beam delivery fibers have been used widely for transporting the optical beams from the laser to the subject of irradiation in a variety of markets including industrial, medical and defense applications. Standard beam delivery fibers range from 50 to 1500 μm core diameter and are used to guide CW or pulsed laser light, generated by solid state, fiber or diode lasers. Here, we introduce a novel fiber technology capable of simultaneously controlling the beam profile and the angular divergence of single-mode (SM) and multi-mode (MM) beams using a single-optical fiber. Results of beam transformation from a SM to a MM beam with flat-top intensity profile are presented in the case of a controlled BPP at 3.8 mm*mrad. The scaling capabilities of this flat-top fiber design to achieve a range of BPP values while ensuring a flat-top beam profile are discussed. In addition, we demonstrate, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, the homogenizer capabilities of this novel technology, able to transform random MM beams into uniform flat-top beam profiles with very limited impact on the beam brightness. This study is concluded with a discussion on the scalability of this fiber technology to fit from 50 up to 1500 μm core fibers and its potential for a broader range of applications.","PeriodicalId":314691,"journal":{"name":"SPIE LASE","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133041687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}