Abstract:We report an electro-optical Q-switch ultraviolet laser at 355 nm with narrow width and low repetition rate generated by pulsed-diode side-pumped Nd:YAG/KTP/LBO. The single-pulse energy is measured to be 18.7 mJ with a pulse-width of 7.32 ns at a repetition rate of 1 Hz and a pump current of 120 A. We can obtain the output laser of 1064 nm, 532 nm, and 355 nm simultaneously by using a volume of beam splitting mirrors, and the average output power of the three lasers are measured to be 589.8 mW, 305.6 mW, and 218.2 mW, respectively, corresponding to a conversion efficiency of 12.69% from 1064 nm to 355 nm.355 nm ultraviolet laser spot photo
We generate a macro-pulsed chaotic laser based on pulse-modulated laser diode subject to free space optical feedback, and demonstrate the performance of suppressing backscattering interference and jamming in turbid water. The macro-pulsed chaotic laser with a wavelength of 520 nm as a transmitter is used with a correlation-based lidar receiver to perform an underwater ranging. At the same power consumption, macro-pulsed lasers have higher peak power than in the continuous-wave form, enabling the former to detect longer ranging. The experimental results show that a chaotic macro-pulsed laser has excellent performance of suppressing the backscattering of water column and anti-noise interference compared with traditional pulse laser, especially by multiple accumulations about 10∼30 times, and target position can still be determined when SNR is -20 dB.
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