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To study the modes’ pattern and the modes’ competition behavior of an off-axis pumped solid-state laser, a small signal approximation method is derived, which simplifies the multiple-mode differential equations into liner algebraic equations. When the pump beam radius is small, the higher-order Hermite-Gaussian modes emerge successively with the off-axis displacement increasing, while the pattern evolution shows some complexity when the pump radius is larger. The percentage of the modes with a small pump power near the threshold, calculated with the small signal method, is close to that calculated at a higher pump power by directly solving the rate equations numerically. This indicates that we can estimate the modes’ pattern of an actual high power laser by using the small signal method. For a multiple Hermite-Gaussian modes off-axis pumped solid state laser, as the pump power increases, the photon number of the mode increases linearly as its net gain becomes positive, while that of the second mode with a smaller net gain does not increase immediately as it becomes positive successively. Larger pump power is required until the photon number begins to increase. The increasing slope of first mode decreases as the second mode begins to grow. The dynamics of the modes’ competition presents cross spiking and cross relaxation process before they become stable. Moreover, the outputs of the modes HG00-HG50 are experimentally demonstrated, and the spot evolution with the off-axis displacement agrees very well with the calculated result.
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Keywords:
- solid-state laser /
- off-axis pumped /
- modes competition /
- small signal approximation
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图 1 端面离轴抽运固体激光器图示
Figure 1. Schematic of an off-axis end-pumped solid-state laser.
图 2 抽运功率0.25 W、抽运光半径0.075 mm时, 16个离轴量下的光斑
Figure 2. Laser beam profiles with different mode distributions in the sixteen transverse displacements when the pump power is 0.25 W and the pump beam radius is 0.075 mm.
图 3 在阈值附近, HG00和HG10模光子数(a), 光子数比例(b); HG10和HG20模光子数(c), 光子数比例(d)随抽运功率的变化
Figure 3. Photon numbers of the mode HG00 and HG10 (a), and their percentages (b); photon numbers of the modes HG10 and HG20 (c), and their percentages (d) near the threshold.
图 4 净增益随抽运功率的变化 (a) 0.08 mm; (b) 0.155 mm
Figure 4. Dependence of the net gains on the pump power: (a) 0.08 mm; (b) 0.155 mm.
图 5 抽运功率0.5 W、抽运光半径0.15 mm时, 8个离轴量下的光斑
Figure 5. Laser beam profiles with different mode distributions in the eight transverse displacements when the pump power is 0.5 W and the pump beam radius is 0.15 mm.
图 6 在阈值附近, HG00, HG10和HG20模光子数 (a), 光子数比例(b); HG10, HG20, HG30和HG40模光子数((c), (e)), 光子数比例((d), (f))随抽运功率的变化
Figure 6. Photon numbers of the modes HG00 , HG10 and HG20 (a) and their percentages (b); photon numbers of the modes HG10, HG20 and HG30 ((c), (e)) and their percentages ((d), (f)) near the threshold.
图 7 净增益随抽运功率的变化 (a) 离轴量0.1 mm; (b) 离轴量0.2 mm
Figure 7. Dependence of the net gains on the pump power: (a) 0.1 mm; (b) 0.2 mm.
图 8 光子数的动态变化过程 (a) ωp = 0.075 mm, Δx = 0.08 mm, Pa = 0.25 W; (b) ωp = 0.075 mm, Δx = 0.08 mm, Pa = 5 W; (c) ωp = 0.15 mm, Δx = 0.1 mm, Pa = 0.5 W; (d) ωp = 0.15 mm, Δx = 0.1 mm, Pa = 5 W; (e) ωp = 0.15 mm, Δx = 0.2 mm, Pa = 0.5 W; (f)ωp = 0.15 mm, Δx = 0.2 mm, Pa = 5 W
Figure 8. Dynamics of the photon numbers: (a) ωp = 0.075 mm, Δx = 0.08 mm, Pa = 0.5 W; (b) ωp = 0.075 mm, Δx = 0.08 mm, Pa = 5 W; (c) ωp = 0.15 mm, Δx = 0.1 mm, Pa = 0.5 W; (d) ωp = 0.15 mm, Δx = 0.1 mm, Pa = 5 W; (e) ωp = 0.15 mm, Δx = 0.2 mm, Pa = 0.5 W; (f) ωp = 0.15 mm, Δx = 0.2 mm, Pa = 5 W.
图 9 离轴抽运实验装置图
Figure 9. Schematic of the experimental setup.
图 10 不同离轴量下的输出光斑
Figure 10. Output spots with different off-axis displacements.
图 11 光斑随激光功率保持不变
Figure 11. The spot keeps unchanged with the variation of the laser power.
图 12 (a)激光功率随离轴量的变化; (b)模式能达到的最大功率
Figure 12. (a) Dependence of the output power on the displacement; (b) the maximum powers of the modes.
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[1] Sayan Ö F, Gerçekcioğlu H, Baykal Y 2020 Opt. Commun. 458 124735
Google Scholar
[2] Beijersbergen M W, Allen L, van der Veen H E L O, Woerdman J P 1993 Opt. Commun. 96 123
Google Scholar
[3] Chu S C, Chen Y T, Tsai K F, Otsuka K 2012 Opt. Express 20 7128
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Wang Y D, Gan X T, Ju P, Pang Y, Yuan L G, Zhao J L 2015 Acta Phys. Sin. 64 034204
Google Scholar
[5] Yang Y J, Zhao Q, Liu L L, Liu Y D, Guzman C R, Qiu C W 2019 Phys. Rev. Appl. 12 064007
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Fu S Y, Gao C Q 2019 Acta Opt. Sin. 39 0126014
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[12] Fang Z Q, Xia K G, Yao Y, Li J L 2015 IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 21 1600406
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[14] Shen Y J, Meng Y, Fu X, Gong M L 2018 Opt. Lett. 43 291
Google Scholar
[15] Kubodera K, Otsuka K 1979 J. Appl. Phys. 50 653
Google Scholar
[16] Chen Y F, Huang T M, Kao C F, Wang C L, Wang S C 1997 IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 33 1025
Google Scholar
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[18] Wang S, Zhang S L, Li P, Hao M H, Yang H M, Xie J, Feng G Y, Zhou S H 2018 Opt. Express 26 18164
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Zhu Y F, Geng T 2020 Acta Phys. Sin. 69 014205
Google Scholar
[20] Liu Q Y, Zhao Y G, Ding M M, Yao W C, Fan X L, Shen D Y 2017 Opt. Express 25 23312
Google Scholar
[21] 付时尧, 高春清 2018 67 034201
Google Scholar
Fu S Y, Gao C Q 2018 Acta Phys. Sin. 67 034201
Google Scholar
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