We demonstrate a high power continuous-wave(CW)and acoustic-optically(AO)Q-switched 1314-nm laser with a diode-side-pumped Nd:YLF module.A maximum CW output power of 21.6 W is obtained with a diode pump power of 180 W,corresponding to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 12.0%and a slope efficiency of 16.1%.In the Q-switching operation,a highest pulse energy of 3.8 mJ is obtained at a pulse repetition rate of 1 kHz.The shortest pulse width and maximum single peak power are 101.9ns and 37.3 kW,respectively.
Al2O3 porous nanosolid was prepared via solvothermal hot-press(SHP) method.The dielectric constant of Al2O3 porous nanosolid is as low as 2.34,while its compressive strength is very poor.In order to improve the compressive strength and maitain low dielectric constant,polyimide was introduced to prepare Al2O3 /polyimide composite porous nanosolid.Compared to Al2O3 porous nanosolid,Al2O3 /polyimide composite porous nanosolid possesses much higher compressive strength,which reaches its saturation value when the mass loading of polyimide is 7.75%.In addition,the in situ Fourier transformation infrared(FTIR) monitoring result reveals that Al2O3 /polyimide composite porous nanosolid is stable up to 400 °C.
The continuous wave(CW) and passively Q-switched(PQS) performances of diode-pumped Nd:e(La_xGd_(1-x))_3Gd_5O_(12)(Nd:LaGGG) at 1.33 μmare achieved for the first time to our knowledge.The maximum CW output power of 5.1 W is obtained with the optical-optical conversion efficiency of 25.3% and the slope efficiency of 26.6%.In the PQS operation,by using the V^(3+):YAG crystal as the saturable absorber,the maximum average output power,shortest pulse width,largest pulse energy,and highest peak power are measured to be 1.1 W,27.54 ns,75.78 μJ,and 2.44 kW,respectively.
