Tuning of an erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on heating a tapered fiber filter

An erbium-doped fiber ring laser (EDFRL) with wavelength tuning is reported. The laser has a Mach–Zehnder fiber interferometer (MZFI) based on tapers as an intracavity filter, which spectral interference transmission spectrum is modified by external refractive index changes induced by temperature variations in the 25–110 °C range. The MZFI is immersed in a glycerol solution, which refractive index is modified by controlled temperature changes, which allows the tuning of the laser wavelength determined by the interference fringes. Wavelength tuning of 12 nm was measured. This approach is very simple, portable and inexpensive over traditional methods to tune a fiber laser. In addition, the tuning mechanism do not require a solution replacement to operate.     

宽带调谐全光纤环形激光器

报道了一种结构简单的全光纤型宽带调谐光纤激光器。利用经过特殊处理的、高温度灵敏度的光纤光栅作调谐元件 ,采用温度调谐方法 ,获得了 38nm的激光波长调谐范围。     

平坦功率输出的宽带波长可调光纤环型激光器

为了获得一种平坦功率输出的宽带波长可调的掺铒光纤环型激光器，提出采用一高双折射光纤环镜获得其平坦功率输出，在高双折射光纤环镜中，采用了大量的高双折射光纤段和偏振控制器，它们的反射光谱可补偿掺铒光纤环型激光器输出功率光谱的不平坦，通过压缩或者延伸激光腔里的分布式光纤布喇格光栅即可实现波长调谐。实验验证可以获得一种宽达38nm的宽带波长调谐(1527nm～1565nm)，输出功率的不平坦被控制在±0．8dB范围之内，总输出功率大约4dBm、3dB线宽为0．01nm、旁瓣抑制比为48dB的光纤环型激光器。     

光纤光栅调谐全光纤激光器

本文提出了一种利用光纤光栅作为调谐装置的可调谐全光纤激光器。实验结果表明：该调谐装置操作简便,性能稳定。激光器输出波长连续可调,输出波长复现性误差小于０．００８ｎｍ,输出功率大于１ｍＷ,激光谱线宽小于０．０１ｎｍ,波长调谐范围大于６．４ｎｍ。     

Widely tunable wavelength spacing dual-wavelength single longitudinal mode erbium doped fiber laser

A simple widely tunable wavelength spacing dual-wavelength single longitudinal mode (SLM) erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) based on cascaded fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and birefringent fiber filter is proposed and demonstrated. Experimental results show that the lasing wavelength spacing is widely tunable in a range from 2 nm to 18 nm, which has potential to generate frequency tunable terahertz (THz) waves by beating the lasing dual-wavelength in a high speed photodetector. The birefringent fiber filter acts as an ultra-narrow bandpass filter and benefits the simultaneous oscillation of dual-wavelength in a single laser cavity. The output peak power of the lasing dual-wavelength is approximately equalized at room temperature, and a high optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) is realized in the whole tuning range. The SLM operation of dual-wavelength fiber laser is verified by Fabry–Perot (F–P) scanning interferometer, and the clear eye diagram proves that the proposed fiber laser is effective in the application of fiber optic communication system.     

可调谐单频掺镱光纤DBR激光器

对分布布拉格反射(DBR)的透射特性进行了分析,制作了一个单频窄线宽掺镱光纤DBR激光器.在977 nm半导体激光器泵浦下,在1052.5 nm波长处输出功率可达4 mW,线宽小于8 MHz(受测量仪器分辨率限制).采用弧形梁调谐光纤光栅,实现了DBR光纤激光器在单纵模工作状态下的连续调谐,调谐范围可达20.4 nm(1036.1～1056.5 nm),并研究了调谐对激光器的泵浦阈值和斜率效率的影响.     

掺铥光纤激光器的波长调谐特性研究

基于简化的二能级激光系统和均匀展宽理论模型,利用原子速率方程和功率传输方程建立了掺铥光纤激光器的理论模型,并以环形腔掺铥光纤激光器为例,通过Matlab编程数值模拟研究了其出射功率和波长调谐范围与腔内损耗、掺铥光纤长度、输出耦合比、泵浦波长和泵浦功率等激光器参量的关系。数值模拟结果表明,降低激光器腔内损耗、提高泵浦激光功率和优化掺铥光纤长度可以提高掺铥光纤激光器的出射功率和增加波长调谐范围,而增加输出耦合比虽能提高激光功率,却减小了波长调谐范围。经过参数优化,在腔内总损耗为3dB、输出耦合比为10%的情况下,通过提高泵浦激光功率和优化掺铥光纤长度,掺铥光纤激光器的波长调谐范围可达528nm(1660~2188nm),高于目前已报道的实验结果。将部分模拟结果与文献报道的实验结果进行对比,较好地证实了模型的准确性。研究工作对于掺铥光纤激光器的设计和发展具有重要的理论参考价值和指导意义。     

基于半导体光放大器和取样光纤光栅结合Sagnac环的多波长光纤激光器

Multi-wavelength fiber ring laser based on the semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA)with sampled fiber Bragg grating(SFBG)in a Sagnac loop interferometer as the wavelength-selective filter is proposed.Four lasing wavelengths with 1.8 nm spacing have been generated stably at room temperature.The proposed laser has the advan-tages such as removal of the high-cost circulator,flexibility in channel-spacing tuning,and simple all-optical fiber configuration,which has potential applications in high-capacity wavelength-division-multiplexed(WDM)systems and mechanical sensors.     

Littman光栅外腔可调谐Yb3+双包层光纤激光器

本文对LD泵浦的光栅外腔可调谐双包层Yb3 光纤激光器进行了实验研究．采用Littman外腔结构，研究了Yb3 光纤激光器的调谐特性．输出激光调谐范围42nm，谱线宽度0．08nm，最大输出功率达到了460mW，斜率效率约30％．并对其输出光功率随波长的变化进行了观测和分析．     

Tunable erbium-doped fiber laser with a reflection Mach-Zehnderinterferometer

The concept of a tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on a reflection Mach-Zehnder interferometer is presented. The principle of operation is demonstrated with a fiber version of the interferometer which gave a tuning range of 39 nm. With current electro-optic devices, high speed tuning should be possible