设计研制了波长为1 064 nm的半导体激光器泵浦单频Nd∶YAG激光振荡及功率放大系统。仿真分析了激光晶体的端面温度分布，采用低掺杂浓度激光晶体和端面键合方式有效改善了晶体棒的端面热效应。激光振荡级采用环形腔内插入法拉第旋光器、偏振片、半波片和声光Q开关的方式，在重复频率25 Hz下获得了能量2.18 mJ、脉冲宽度63.2 ns的单向单频脉冲激光输出。经过一级放大后，最终获得了能量15.85 mJ、脉冲宽度62.7 ns的单频脉冲激光输出。

As an inherent degree of freedom, total angular momentum (TAM) of photons consisting of spin angular momentum and orbital angular momentum has inspired many advanced applications and attracted much attention in recent years. Probing TAM and tailoring beam’s TAM spectrum on demand are of great significance for TAM-based scenarios. We propose both theoretically and experimentally a TAM processor enabling tunable TAM manipulation. Such a processor consists of a set of quasi-symmetric units, and each unit is composed of a couple of diffraction optical elements fabricated through polymerized liquid crystals. Forty-two single TAM states are experimentally employed to prove the concept. The favorable results illustrate good TAM state selection performance, which makes it particularly attractive for high-speed large-capacity data transmission, optical computing, and high-security photon encryption systems.

涡旋光束是一种携带轨道角动量的新型结构光场，在超大容量光通信、遥感探测等领域有着广阔的应用前景。涡旋光束在大气等非均匀介质中传输时会产生波前畸变，使得其携带的轨道角动量发生改变，对实际应用产生不利影响，因此需要引入自适应光学波前校正技术对其进行畸变校正。综述了近年来国内外学者在涡旋光束自适应畸变校正方面的研究进展，首先简要介绍了当前较为成熟的涡旋光束畸变校正技术，包括高斯光束探针与波前传感相结合、相位恢复算法与面阵探测技术相结合等技术方案；然后着重介绍了基于深度学习的新型涡旋光束畸变校正技术，包括泽尼克多项式系数反演、湍流相位屏反演等，同时讨论了将深度学习用于涡旋光束畸变校正的优势及局限性；最后展望了涡旋光束自适应畸变校正技术的发展趋势。

Since Allen et al. demonstrated 30 years ago that beams with helical wavefronts carry orbital angular momentum (OAM), the OAM of beams has attracted extensive attention and stimulated lots of applications in both classical and quantum physics. Akin to an optical frequency comb, a beam can carry multiple various OAM components simultaneously. A series of discrete, equally spaced, and equally weighted OAM modes comprise an OAM comb. Inspired by the spatially extended laser lattice, we demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally an approach to producing OAM combs through azimuthal binary phases. Our study shows that transition points in the azimuth determine the OAM distributions of diffracted beams. Multiple azimuthal transition points lead to a wide OAM spectrum. Moreover, an OAM comb with any mode spacing is achievable through reasonably setting the position and number of azimuthal transition points. The experimental results fit well with theory. This work presents a simple approach that opens new prospects for OAM spectrum manipulation and paves the way for many applications including OAM-based high-security encryption and optical data transmission, and other advanced applications.

A single-frequency 1645 nm pulsed laser with frequency stability close to 100 kHz was demonstrated. The laser oscillator is injection-seeded by a single-frequency narrow linewidth Er:Y3Al5O12 (Er:YAG) nonplanar ring oscillator and frequency stabilized by the modified Pound–Drever–Hall method. The pulse repetition rate can be set from 100 to 500 Hz with the frequency stability from 82.72 kHz to 134.44 kHz and pulse energy from 9.84 mJ to 19.55 mJ. To our knowledge, this is the best frequency stability of a single-frequency pulsed laser with injection-seeding.