低阈值光纤激光器稳频特性研究

为了实现低阈值光纤激光器的频率稳定输出,设计了环形腔光纤激光器,以光纤光栅作为波长选择元件,在未泵浦光纤饱和吸收体和其锥形化结构的协同作用下实现激光纵模选择,获得了短光纤饱和吸收体长度下的单纵模激光稳定输出。介绍了未泵浦光纤饱和吸收体选频原理和锥形结构滤波原理,实验研究了不同光纤饱和吸收体长度下激光纵模特性和波长稳定性,以及锥形化光纤饱和吸收体的激光输出特性。实验表明,引入锥形化结构的饱和吸收体后,激光器能够稳定输出1545 nm波长的单纵模激光,并有效降低光纤激光器阈值至7.58 mW,采用延迟自外差方法测得该光纤激光器的线宽小于8 kHz。     

基于石墨烯的掺铒光纤锁模激光波长切换技术

报道了一种基于石墨烯锁模的全保偏掺铒光纤环形短腔实现锁模激光波长切换技术。利用多层石墨烯可饱和吸收镜不仅可实现被动锁模脉冲序列的稳定输出,并可通过三维精密调节,调制腔内信号损耗,有效控制不同波长激光的增益与损耗。实验表明,通过精密调制10层石墨烯膜可饱和吸收镜,在全保偏光纤激光短腔可实现波长1532 nm和1558 nm 处的锁模激光切换输出,并可实现这两波长附近的双波长锁模激光输出,线偏振度可达18 dB。     

高吸收调制下掺铥锁模光纤激光器的数值研究

为了验证饱和吸收体参量对被动锁模掺铥光纤激光器的输出特性的影响,基于耦合Ginzburg-Landau方程进行了数值研究,阐明了掺铥锁模光纤激光器在高调制深度饱和吸收体调制下的时域和频域特性。结果表明,优化选择的高调制深度可饱和吸收体可以有效缩短脉宽,减小时间带宽积。此研究结果对发展稳定、超快中红外超快激光具有指导意义。     

基于饱和吸收镜的被动锁模掺铒光纤激光器

为了研究基于半导体可饱和吸收镜的被动锁模光纤激光器的输出特性,采用1480nm的半导体激光器作为抽运源,利用掺铒光纤作为增益介质,以及光纤环行器、偏振控制器、波分复用器和耦合器等构成了环形腔结构的被动锁模光纤激光器。实验中获得了峰值波长1586nm、光谱宽度4.8nm、重复频率11.2MHz、最大平均输出功率8.4mW的稳定锁模激光脉冲输出。结果表明,调整光纤偏振控制器会使光纤激光器输出脉冲的时域波形略微发生变化,在实际应用中需要注意偏振态变化对锁模光纤激光器输出脉冲时域特性的影响。这一结果对于半导体可饱和吸收镜在被动锁模光纤激光器中的应用及其特性具有一定帮助。     

未抽运掺杂光纤在掺Yb~(3+)窄线宽光纤激光器中的作用

采用一种新的连接方式使一段掺Yb3 + 光纤处于未抽运位置。以这段掺Yb3 + 光纤作为对信号光的吸收体 ,利用它在驻波场中的可饱和吸收作用 ,再结合带通滤波器 ,在掺Yb光纤激光器中获得了波长 10 5 4 5 6nm ,3dB带宽小于 0 0 7nm的窄线宽激光输出。对未抽运掺杂光纤吸收体在掺Yb3+ 窄线宽光纤激光器中的作用进行了较为详细的研究     

Pulsing behavior of a three-level laser with saturable absorber

A numerical study of a three-level laser model that includes a saturable absorber is presented. The theory models the laser as a lumped element. This assumption is valid as long as the laser pulses are much longer than the cavity. The model is intended to be somewhat representative of an erbium-doped fiber laser without trying to mimic the operating parameters of such a laser too closely. As expected, the presence of the saturable absorber causes the laser to be unstable under certain operating conditions. The question of stability is explored by examining small perturbations of the steady-state solutions of the rate equations. It is found that the predictions of this stability analysis are in excellent agreement with the behavior of the solutions of the full time-dependent rate equations. It is also found that under certain conditions the laser may pass from pulsed to stable operation simply by raising the pump power     

非线性放大复合环形镜及被动锁模掺铒光纤激光器的研究

提出采用两个光纤耦合器构成具有复合环的非线性放大环形镜。分析表明，改变构成非线性放大复合环形镜的光纤耦合器的耦合系数可以改变非线性复合光纤环形镜的非线性传输特性，调节非线性光反射和透射率。采用非线性放大复合环形镜与半导体饱和吸收体组成复合腔掺铒光纤激光器，获得了十分稳定的被动锁模脉冲输出，得到了重复频率为２４８ＭＨｚ的谐频锁模脉冲序列。实验表明，采用非线性放大复合环形镜构成复合腔光纤激光器，有可能获得高重复频率的锁模脉冲。     

LD光纤耦合端面泵浦Nd:YVO4/Cr4+:YAG激光器

根据Siegman的被动调Q判据,Nd:YVO4晶体由于受激发射截面大、上能级寿命短,很难获得被动调Q输出。利用LD光纤耦合端面泵浦Nd:YVO4晶体,在泵浦功率3.5W时,连续运转获得最大输出1.4W,相应的光光转换效率为40%,同时采用Cr4+:YAG可饱和吸收体,成功地实现了Nd:YVO4被动调Q运转,获得了脉宽11.7ns,重复频率22kHz调Q输出。     

Environmentally Stable, High Pulse Energy Yb-Doped Large-Mode-Area Photonic Crystal Fiber Laser Operating in the Soliton-Like Regime

A high pulse energy passively mode-locking fiber laser operating in the soliton-like regime is demonstrated. The laser is based on a linear cavity design. A segment of Yb-doped single-polarization large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber serves as the gain medium, and the self-starting mode-locking is achieved by a high contrast semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. The laser directly generates 600-fs pulses with 900 mW of average power at a repetition rate of 47.3 MHz, corresponding to a single pulse energy of 19 nJ. Furthermore, this fiber laser is directly used for pumping ZnTe to generate broadband terahertz radiation, resulting in a compact terahertz source.     

Advanced configuration of erbium fiber passively Q-switched laser with Co/sup 2+/:ZnSe crystal as saturable absorber

An advanced design of a diode-pumped passively Q-switched erbium fiber laser with a Co/sup 2+/:ZnSe crystal as a saturable absorber is reported. The laser giant-pulse operation is obtained with threshold of 8.3 mW, repetition rate of pulses of 235 kHz, and pulse energy, peak power, and duration of 15 nJ, 43 mW, and 350 ns, respectively. The self-mode-locking effect in the passively Q-switched fiber laser has been observed experimentally for the first time.     

被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器理论研究

根据非线性薛定谔方程建立了基于可饱和吸收体被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器的理论模型,研究了中红外超短脉冲在掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器中形成的物理机制,数值模拟了被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器中中红外超短脉冲的演化过程,重点分析了掺Er3+增益光纤长度,可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗对被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器产生中红外超短脉冲的影响,并给出了参数设置范围。研究发现:当小信号增益系数、可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗、腔内净色散量为一定值,掺Er3+氟化物光纤长度在一定范围时,才会出现稳定的锁模脉冲,且随着掺Er3+氟化物光纤长度增加脉冲宽度变窄、光谱变宽、峰值功率增高;当掺Er3+氟化物光纤长度、腔内净色散量、小信号增益系数为一定值时,可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗在一定的范围时可以得到稳定的锁模脉冲,且随着可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗的增加脉冲宽度变窄,光谱先变宽后变窄变化范围不大,峰值功率增加。     

基于单壁碳纳米管可饱和吸收体的被动锁模光纤激光器研究

基于单壁碳纳米管(SWCNTs)作为光学可饱和吸收体(SA)的恢复时间快(<1ps)、饱和光强低、锁模自启动、工作光谱范围宽且制备方法简单、成本低、化学稳定性好、易与光纤兼容等优点,利用SWCNTs-SA实现了稳定脉冲序列输出的实验结果。利用聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)易成膜且机械性能良好的特点,将SWCNTs与PMMA一起分散在二氯化苯(DCB)溶液中,运用光学诱导作用将SWCNTs吸附在单模光纤(SMF)端面,并加热固化成膜。在光纤激光器环形腔结构中引入SWCNT/PMMA薄膜作为SA,获得了具有稳定的重复频率为8.366MHz的基频锁模脉冲序列,其中心波长在1 562nm,脉冲宽度为1.2ps。     

Environmentally Stable Mode-Locked Fiber Laser With Dispersion Compensation by Index-Guided Photonic Crystal Fiber

We exploit the anomalous dispersion generated by an index-guided photonic crystal fiber (PCF) for dispersion compensation in an ytterbium fiber laser passively mode-locked with a semiconductor saturable absorber. A PCF, reasonably compatible with standard fiber, and a Faraday rotator in the cavity allow for robust all-fiber subpicosecond operation at 1 m, insensitive to environmental disturbance.     

Nanosecond pulse generation in a passively Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser by Cr/sup 4+/:YAG saturable absorber

We explored efficient nanosecond pulse generation in a passively Q-switched cladding-pumped Yb-doped fiber laser by use of an external-cavity configuration containing a Cr/sup 4+/:YAG saturable absorber crystal. By exploiting passive Q-switched regime and stimulated Brillouin scattering, pulses of durations as short as 2.7 ns, corresponding to a peak power of /spl sim/9 kW, have been achieved. The laser was tunable over 70 nm and green output power generation was obtained by external frequency doubling in a KTP crystal.     

Stabilization of passive harmonic mode-locking by amplitudemodulation

We demonstrate a fiber laser that is passively mode locked by a semiconductor saturable absorber and stabilized by the amplitude modulation. The synchronization of a dropout-free harmonic mode locking to an external clock was obtained with the pulse characteristics solely determined by the saturable absorber action, and not by the applied amplitude modulation. The results show that significant suppression of undesired harmonics can be obtained with small perturbations provided by the amplitude modulation     

高功率被动锁模2.0μm掺铥飞秒脉冲光纤激光器

报道了高功率半导体可饱和吸收镜被动锁模的2.0μm掺铥飞秒脉冲光纤激光器的实验结果。该光纤激光器利用半导体可饱和吸收镜与宽带全反射镜来构成线型法布里-珀罗腔,自制的1550nm连续掺铒光纤激光器作为激光抽运源。当抽运功率为312mW时,开始得到稳定的重复频率为53MHz的锁模激光脉冲串。当抽运功率增加到472mW时,得到的最大平均输出功率为50mW,相应的最高单脉冲能量为0.94nJ;此时测得锁模激光脉冲的宽度为907fs,激光的中心波长为1939.5nm,3dB光谱带宽为4.6nm。     

Optical gain control of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with asaturable absorber

Optical gain control (OGC) can be used to lock the inversion of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA), assuming that the gain medium is homogeneous. However, EDF's exhibit certain degrees of spectral hole burning. As a result, when the OGC laser power and the spectral-hole depth at the laser wavelength change, the inversion of the EDFA changes accordingly with a fixed OGC cavity loss. In this work, a saturable absorber is placed in the OGC laser cavity to adjust the cavity loss dynamically and compensate the gain tilt caused by the OGC laser spectral hole burning. It is demonstrated that the steady state gain variation of a surviving channel in an optically gain controlled EDFA is improved from 1.3 dB (with a fixed loss) to 0.4 dB (with a saturable absorber in the cavity). The transient response of this gain control scheme is also discussed     

一种新型结构的单纵模光纤激光器

单纵模掺铒光纤激光器在光通信和光传感等方面有着广泛的应用前景。设计了一种新型的光纤激光器，在光纤环形镜中嵌入未抽运的掺铒光纤作为可饱和吸收体以抑制多纵模，用光纤环谐振腔作为滤波器抑制拍频噪声，用光纤光栅作为波长选择器件，最终得到了单纵模输出并消除了拍频噪声。使用零拍法测量其线宽小于频谱仪的低频极限5kHz。实验结果证明了可饱和吸收体和光纤环的功能。     

Saturable absorption in a tapered single-mode optical fibre

A novel all-fibre saturable absorber based on the interaction between the evanescent field of a tapered single-mode fibre and a surrounding solution of a laser dye is described. Results are presented which demonstrate saturable absorption at pump powers of only tens of milliwatts.<>     

1300-nm pulsed fiber lasers mode-locked by purified carbon nanotubes

For the first time, we demonstrate a novel passively mode-locked fiber laser operating at 1300 nm using purified single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a saturable absorber. The saturable absorber incorporates diameter-controlled CNTs with peak absorption /spl sim/1300 nm, guaranteeing mode-locking over the same wavelength region. The ring laser uses praseodymium-doped fiber as a gain medium. The pulse repetition rate is 3.18 MHz, and the spectral half-width is 0.15 nm. Dual-wavelength mode-locking is also demonstrated with a channel spacing of 1.1 nm.