简介：Er3+-dopedheavymetalborosilicateglasseswerepreparedusingconventionalmeltingandquenchingmethod.Theemissionspectraof4Ⅰ13/2→4Ⅰ15/2transitionwereobserveduponexcitationat974nmandthelifetimeof4Ⅰ13/2levelofEr3+wasmeasured.Basedonthesedata,thefluorescencepropertiesofEr3+areinvestigatedontheemissionandgaincharacteristicsatthe1.5μmbands.Inparticular,theeffectofrelativeheavymetalcontentonfluorescencepropertiesisdiscussed.

简介：WhenfemtosecondlaserpulsesinterferewithchirpedfemtosecondlaserpulsesinAs2S3fiber,achirpedfibergratingisformed.Ananalyticalexpressionisgiventodescribethechirpedgrating,anditsBraggreflectivityiscalculated.BecauseofthehighphotosensitiveeffectofAs2S3material,thechirpedfibergratinghasawideBraggreflectivespectrumandhighreflectivitybychoosingproperparameters.Thisindicatesthatthechirpedfibergratingcanbeusedasastretcherinthefemtosecondchirpedpulseamplification(CPA)system.

简介：Theeffectsofvacuum-inducedcoherence(VIC)onthepropertiesoftheabsorptionandgainoftheprobefieldinanequispacedthree-levelladderatomicsystemareinvestigated.Itisfoundthatlasingwithoutinversion(LWI)isremarkablyenhancedduetotheeffectofVICinthecaseofthesmallincoherentpumprate.

简介：Anoptimizeddesignoflaserrangefindingsystemusingtheself-mixingeffectinasingle-modevertical-cavitysurface-emittinglaser(VCSEL)isproposed.Inordertoimprovetherangingaccuracyandexpanddynamicmeasurementrange,weapplydifferencefrequencyanalogphase-lockedloop(PLL)insteadoffastFouriertransform(FFT)toprocesssignal,andchoosetheoptimumtriangularwavefrequencyfm=500Hzandsmallmodulationcurrent△Ip-p=0.28mAtomodulatesingle-modeVCSEL.Theexperimentresultsshowthat,withoutcontrollingthelaser'stemperature,therangingaccuracyisbetterthan2mmandthemeasurementdynamicrangeisaslargeas50-500mmwhenthesamplingtimeis0,1sandtheroomtemperatureis0-55℃.

简介：Theeffectofλ/2SiO2overcoatonthelaserdamagecharacteristicsofHfO2/SiO2high-reflector(HR)coatingsisinvestigatedwith1-on-1andN-on-1laserdamagetestmethods.Thelaserdamagesurfaceof1-on-1isanalyzedbyastepanalyzer.ThesurfacemorphologiesshowthatlaserdamagemakesthecoatingdamagedareaprotrudentandroughforHRcoatingwithoutλ/2silicaovercoat,butconcaveandsmoothforHRcoatingwithλ/2silicaovercoat.Theresultof10-on-1multi-pulseirradiationonthesamepointofthecoatingshowsthatthereisanenergydensitystageonthedamagecurve.Ifthelaserenergydensityiswithintherangeofthestage,HfO2/SiO2HRcoatingswithλ/2silicaovercoatwillnotbedamagedmorethan2timesformulti-shots,andthesurfacedamagesareveryslightsothatthereisnoimpactonthecoatingperformance.Anotherinterestingresultisthattheenergydensitystageextendsfromthedamagethresholdtothepointofabout3timesofthreshold,whichissimilartotheeffectofthelaserconditiononcoating.