We demonstrate 1.54 W of laser emission at 905 nm from a fully fiber-based polarization-maintained master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA). The laser system comprises a directly modulated Fabry-Perot laser diode emitting at 905 nm, which is subsequently amplified by a three-stage pre-amplifier and a main amplifier. The system achieved an output energy of 0.15 mJ at a repetition frequency of 10 kHz with a pulse width of 20 ns.
The layered van der Waals materials γ-InSe showed great potential in integrated photonic devices and microlasers due to the high electron mobility, wide tunable direct bandgap, and high lattice compressibility. However, γ-InSe crystal has weak stability and dissociation tendency in ambient conditions, which hampers its applications. Herein, we proposed a novel method for single-crystal InSe. By thermal stretching combined with photothermal processing, ultralong and layered single-crystal InSe fibers were obtained. The InSe fiber core was effectively restrained and protected, improving the mechanical properties and stability of the device. Moreover, by using a 532 nm nanosecond pulse laser as the pump source, the WGM microlaser operating at 1107.33 nm was obtained. This work provides a convenient approach for van der Waals materials preparation and paves the pathways for the development of light sources for layered van der Waals materials.
Due to the strong light–matter interactions, van der Waals semiconducting materials have shown their great potential in the development of high-performance photodetectors. However, the van der Waals semiconducting devices via conventional growth method often introduce defects or are in the form of isolated flakes, which hinders the optoelectronics from widespread applications. In this paper, van der Waals semiconductor indium selenide (InSe) fibers for photodetection were developed based on thermal drawing. Meters level length of InSe fibers have been fabricated through thermal drawing, and the problem of easy cracking of InSe is solved. The InSe fibers have high crystallinity, and it is found that the cleavage planes have a preferential orientation. The InSe fibers show a high-speed response to modulated 639 nm laser irradiation with up to 10 kHz repetition rate. In addition, the photoelectric response of the fibers were further improved through annealing by CO2 laser.
In this study, different colors with a large variation in color gamut were induced by 1064 nm nanosecond pulsed laser on TC4. Then, we tested the stability and durability of the color marking made by nanosecond pulsed laser under various chemical agents and aggressive temperature conditions. The results showed that colors marking on TC4 have high sustainability to acidic and neutral solutions and also can stand the high temperature. Due to the high stability and durability of the induced colors, it is not easy to secondarily revise the colored areas, which will reduce the applicability of laser coloring technology. Here, we proposed using ultrafast pulsed laser to selectively erase the colored areas in ethanol and nitrogen atmosphere. We found that ultrafast pulsed laser had high erasing quality on the colored surface. The ΔE* before and after erasing is less than 7, and the reflectance spectra of erased areas is similar to the untreated areas. These results are essential to provide a proper solution for the lack of applicability and flexibility in laser coloring technology, which can open new perspectives in industrial applications.
In this work, we used 1064 nm nanosecond pulsed laser irradiating titanium surface to obtain different colors with a large variation in total color difference (ΔE*) and systematized the color gamut on titanium. A hand-held colorimeter and the CIEL*a*b* color difference formula were used to quantitatively evaluate the influences of process parameters on the color changes of titanium surfaces. Moreover, a method was reported in this paper to erase selectively the colored areas by changing the processing atmosphere. We compared the erasing effects between ultrafast pulsed laser and nanosecond pulsed laser, and found that ultrafast pulsed laser has higher quality erasure on the colored surface. The results showed that more than 90% O element of colored areas were erased and Ti element increased quickly. The ΔE* between erased areas and bare materials is less than 7, and the reflectance spectra of erased areas is similar to the untreated areas. Furthermore, the wettability of erased fields was changed and the contact angle (CA) was <10°, which indicates the surface shows superhydrophilicity in air.
A hundred-watt chirped pulse amplification (CPA) fiber laser system based on Yb-doped rod-type photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is demonstrated. The seed was an all-fiber dispersion-managed mode-locked oscillator based on chirped fiber bragg grating (CFBG) and semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The oscillator delivers 1.5 ps pulses at a repetition rate of 45 MHz. The output power from the oscillator was 0.9 mW and the central wavelength was 1032 nm. After pulse stretching, pulse picking and amplification, 151 W output power with repetition rate of 1 MHz was achieved by employing a home-made 85/260 μm PCF (Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences). After compression, laser pulses with duration of 616 fs and average power of 102.9 W were obtained. The single pulse energy and peak power were calculated to be 102.9 μJ and 167 MW respectively.
In this work, different colors with a large variation in total color difference (ΔE*) were induced by 1064 nm nanosecond pulsed laser on TC4 titanium alloy, which can expand and systematize the color gamut on TC4. The influences of laser parameters on the color difference were evaluated by hand-held colorimeter with CIEL*a*b* color space quantitatively and the morphology of oxide thin film was characterized. With the increasing of scanning speed, ΔE* increased from 22.8 to 95.72 and lightness difference (ΔL*) increased from 13 to 78. With the increasing of laser power, ΔL* decreased gradually. With the increasing of pulse repetition frequency, ΔE* increased from 15.07 to 98.42, and ΔL* increased from -9 to 74. Finally, the experiment of color erasing and repairing in controllable processing atmosphere was carried out as well. The ΔE* before and after laser erasing is less than 7 in low oxygen environment by introducing nitrogen atmosphere, and being exposed to liquids, which indicates that colors can be erased and repaired based on laser induced reduction. Rewriting in the erased fields can increase the saturation and lightness of colors. The possibility of erasing or rewriting colors in special treatment environment would take laser coloring to a new level, allowing not only improvement of color quality from reprocessed fields but also modification of marks during the laser processing according to the wishes of operators.
We report a high-power chirped pulse amplification (CPA) based on nonlinear amplifying loop mirror (NALM) oscillator and Yb-doped rod-type photonic crystal fiber (PCF). An all-polarization-maintaining NALM mode-locked fiber oscillator was used providing an average power of 9.4 mW, a pulse duration of 5.3 ps at the repetition rate of 21 MHz. After pulse stretching, selection and amplification, an average power of 120 W with the pulse duration of 145 ps at repetition rate of 4.2 MHz has been achieved. The pulse duration is compressed to 14 ps using a pair of reflective gratings coated by gold film. In order to prevent the damage of the gratings, the compressed average power is limited to 51 W. The compressed pulse average power can be further improved by using transmissive gratings coated by dielectric film.
We report a dispersion-management mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser utilizing all-polarization-maintaining (PM) components and cross-splicing method, which, to the best of our knowledge, is the first report about dispersion management mode-locking with this approach. The compact linear cavity is constructed with a chirped fiber Bragg grating for dispersion-management, and nonlinear polarization evolution based on all PM fiber structured artificial saturable absorber as nonlinear mode-locking mechanism, delivering 1.855 mW average power output pulses with 3dB spectral bandwidth of 25.18 nm centered at 1031 nm. The stable pulse train had a repetition rate of 6.14 MHz and pulse duration was 7.01 ps which could be further compressed to 179.6 fs. The net dispersion of the cavity is adjusted by changing lengths of the single mode fiber in the cavity from anomalous dispersion to normal dispersion. We have obtained different features of pulses, which distinguished in spectral shapes and time traces. In the meantime, we discuss the nonlinear characteristics of this saturable absorbers theoretically and provide a theoretical basis for further improving the mode-locked fiber lasers.
We report on an all-polarization-maintaining mode-locked fiber with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror. The repetition rate of the laser varying from 100 kHz to 21 MHz by adjusting the length of passive fiber at the proper position of the cavity. The pulse energy up to 0.1 μJ is realized in case of 100 kHz, and the compressed pulse duration of 177 fs is demonstrated in the case of 5.92 MHz. It’s noticeable that almost all the pulses can be compressed to hundreds of femtosecond level.
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