基于声光调Q的高峰值功率全光纤脉冲激光器

报道了基于声光调Q的高峰值功率全光纤脉冲激光器,通过改变驱动信号,可获得不同特性的脉冲激光输出。当重复频率为10 kHz时,脉冲宽度在3~900 ns可调。在脉冲宽度为65 ns时,获得1.24 W的平均功率输出,单脉冲能量0.13 mJ,峰值功率2 kW。当重复频率为100 Hz时,可获得脉冲宽度为86 ns、平均功率84 mW的输出,单脉冲能量0.84 mJ,峰值功率10 kW。该激光器结构简单,可以通过调制方便地改变激光参数,可作为进一步放大、压缩脉冲和提高重复频率的种子源。     

百瓦级1 030 nm光纤-固体混合放大激光器

光纤-固体混合放大技术能够将光纤激光器和固体放大器的优势结合,获得结构紧凑、成本低廉的高功率超短脉冲激光。因此,实验设计了基于掺镱光纤-固体混合放大技术的高平均功率超短脉冲激光器。该激光器主要由全光纤结构激光器和两级固体放大器组成,第一级为基于Yb: YAG单晶光纤的固体放大器,第二级为基于无侧面抛光的棒状Yb: YAG晶体的主放大器。超短脉冲全光纤前端平均输出功率为6.5 W,重复频率52.9 MHz,脉冲宽度47.5 ps。第一级单晶光纤放大器采用单通放大形式,在反向泵浦功率182 W时获得40 W的平均功率。第二级固体放大器同样为单通放大,在反向泵浦功率307 W时获得平均功率122.9 W的超短脉冲激光输出,滤除热退偏激光后获得了107.3 W的线偏振超短脉冲激光,对应斜效率为26.1%。此时测得脉冲宽度为12.1 ps,中心波长为1 030.6 nm,光谱宽度为2.4 nm。在最大输出功率107.3 W时,测得水平和垂直方向的光束质量因子M_x2=1.45,M_y2=1.20。     

高能量全光纤结构被动锁模2.0μm掺铥超短脉冲光纤激光器

报道了高脉冲能量全光纤结构半导体可饱和吸收镜锁模的2.0μm波段掺铥超短脉冲光纤激光器。在抽运功率为1.8W时,开始得到稳定的重复频率为14.3MHz的锁模激光脉冲,平均输出功率为5mW;当抽运功率增加到3.8W时,最大平均输出功率达到59mW,相应的最高单脉冲能量为4.1nJ。此时测得锁模激光脉冲的脉宽为2.2ps,中心波长为2015nm,3dB光谱带宽为2.9nm。     

基于锁模脉冲泵浦的全光纤化超连续谱光源

采用基于半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)的被动锁模方案,通过三级主振荡功率放大(MOPA)结构,构建了平均输出功率39.2 W的全光纤皮秒脉冲光纤激光器。输出激光脉冲宽度10.7 ps,重复频率68 MHz。利用该皮秒光纤激光器泵浦一段4.5 m长的国产光子晶体光纤(PCF),实现了平均功率20.1 W的全光纤化结构超连续谱(SC)光纤激光输出。光谱宽度超出所用光谱仪600~1700 nm 的观测范围,在观测范围内具有10 dB 的光谱平坦度。     

基于SESAM的全光纤被动锁模光纤激光器

研究实现了一种主振荡功率放大（MOPA）结构的高功率全光纤皮秒级被动锁模掺镱（Yb3+）光纤激光器。种子源为基于半导体可饱和吸收镜（SESAM）的锁模光纤激光器,其为线性腔结构,输出功率为5.97 mW;预放大级采用单模掺镱光纤进行放大,之后经过4倍重复频率倍增系统和两级双包层掺镱光纤放大器,最终实现了平均功率74.3 W,中心波长1063.4 nm,脉冲宽度7.0 ps,重复频率68 MHz的锁模脉冲激光输出。实验中通过对种子光的处理和光纤长度的控制,未出现受激布里渊散射（SBS）、受激拉曼散射（SRS）等非线性效应。     

Generation of pedestal-free 22-fs ultrashort pulse using highly nonlinear fiber and reverse-dispersion fiber

We present an all-fiber system for generating pedestal-free 22-fs ultrashort pulses with a single-peak spectrum. High-power Raman soliton pulses and a normally dispersive highly nonlinear fiber are used to generate a smooth, broadened single-peak spectrum. Then, the higher order dispersion is compensated for using a hybrid fiber composed of a reverse-dispersion fiber and a standard single-mode fiber, which allows pedestal-free ultrashort pulses to be successfully generated. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of pedestal-free 20-fs-class ultrashort pulse generation without spectral distortion using an all-fiber configuration.     

纳秒脉冲掺镱全光纤激光器研究进展

掺镱全光纤纳秒脉冲激光器发展迅猛,已经为诸多领域开辟了新的道路,特别是高平均功率、大脉冲能量的纳秒脉冲光纤激光器在激光清洗等领域得到了广泛应用。多路光纤激光合束是实现高平均功率、大脉冲能量激光输出的主要手段,其结构复杂程度取决于单模块激光器的输出特性,提升单模块纳秒脉冲全光纤激光器输出特性对于激光清洗等领域具有重要意义。文中总结了单模块掺镱全光纤纳秒脉冲激光器的研究进展,分析了当前限制其功率和能量进一步提升的主要因素。首先,从主动调Q、被动调Q以及增益开关技术三个层面回顾了纳秒脉冲掺镱全光纤振荡器的研究进展;其次,从大脉冲能量、高平均功率、两者协同发展三个指标层面总结了纳秒脉冲掺镱全光纤放大器的研究现状;最后,从限制高指标掺镱全光纤激光器输出特性的因素出发,展望了其在未来功率和能量提升上的发展趋势。     

瓦级输出全光纤结构2.0μm掺铥皮秒脉冲光纤激光器

研制了高功率全光纤结构2μm波段掺铥皮秒脉冲光纤激光器。该激光器采用了主振荡功率放大(MOPA)结构设计,种子源采用790nm的多模半导体激光器作为抽运源、双包层掺铥光纤作为激光增益介质、半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)作为锁模器件,从而实现了重复频率为10.4MHz的皮秒激光脉冲输出,其最大平均输出功率为15mW。种子源经过一级掺铥光纤放大器后,获得了1.1W高平均功率输出,相应的单脉冲能量高达105nJ,激光脉冲宽度为9ps,峰值功率为11.6kW。此时测得激光脉冲的中心波长为1963nm,3dB光谱带宽为0.5nm。     

Tunable multiwavelength fiber ring lasers using a programmable high-birefringence fiber loop mirror

We demonstrate a comb filter with digitally tunable wavelength spacing using a programmable high-birefringence (HiBi) fiber loop mirror (FLM). We then use the HiBi-FLM to implement a tunable multiwavelength semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based fiber ring laser and a tunable multiwavelength all-fiber Raman ring laser. Both lasers exhibit stable room-temperature operation and have a wavelength spacing that is digitally tunable between 1.6 and 3.2 nm. With the SOA-based configuration, we obtain six wavelengths with a spacing of 3.2 nm and 11 wavelengths with a spacing of 1.6 nm; with the all-fiber Raman-based configuration, we obtain four wavelengths with a spacing of 3.2 nm and five wavelengths with a spacing of 1.6 nm.     

高功率光纤激光器中自相位调制的实验研究

利用主振荡功率放大(MOPA)结构高功率皮秒脉冲全光纤激光器,对高功率皮秒脉冲放大器中自相位调制(SPM)效应进行了实验研究。激光器种子源是自行搭建的半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)被动锁模光纤激光器。为了抑制非线性效应,使用一个自制重频倍增器把种子脉冲的重频增加到328 MHz 后再放大。放大器部分采用三级放大结构,最终获得了中心波长为1 066.5 nm,3 dB 光谱线宽约为2.5 nm,平均功率为91W 的稳定皮秒脉冲激光输出。实验对光脉冲在放大的过程中自相位调制引起的光谱变化进行了研究。对激光器输出光谱的分析表明,随着功率的增大,高功率光纤激光器中自相位调制效应受到入射脉冲的初始啁啾和脉冲形状的影响程度也随着变大,与此同时还受到自陡峭效应的影响。     

Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber Fabry-Pe/spl acute/rot laser and its uniform spectral lines power operation

Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser by means of phase modulation in a linear cavity configuration is presented. Stable multiwavelength lasing is achieved by applying any one of the waveforms of sine, square, sawtoothed, and triangular at a suitable frequency between 500 Hz to a few tens of kilohertz to the phase modulator. The output spectral lines power equalization is performed by adjusting the frequency to drive the all-fiber phase modulator and the polarization controller or dc offset voltage of a LiNbO/sub 3/ amplitude modulator, which is incorporated in a polarization-maintaining fiber Lyot-Sagnac filter.     

All-Fiber Ultrawideband Pulse Generation Based on Spectral Shaping and Dispersion-Induced Frequency-to-Time Conversion

An approach to generating and distributing ultrawideband (UWB) pulses based on optical spectral shaping and frequency-to-time conversion using all-fiber components is proposed and demonstrated. In the system, the spectrum of an ultrashort pulse from a mode-locked fiber laser is spectrally shaped by an all-fiber spectrum shaper, to produce a monocycle- or a doublet-shaped power spectrum. Thanks to the frequency-to-time conversion in a dispersive fiber, time-domain optical pulses exhibiting the user-defined shape of the optical power spectrum are obtained. Experiments based on the proposed approach are carried out. UWB monocycle or doublet pulses are generated     

All-fiber wavelength-tunable acoustooptic switches based on intermodal coupling in fibers

In this paper, we demonstrate a novel all-fiber wavelength-tunable acoustooptic switch utilizing intermodal coupling in a two-mode fiber (TMF). Its all-fiber configuration consisting of a fiber acoustooptic tunable filter and a mode-selective coupler results in the low loss (<2 dB) operation. The operating bandwidth >50 nm, the switching time of 40 /spl mu/sec, and the crosstalk of 20 dB were achieved. By controlling the design parameters of the two-mode fiber, the 3-dB bandwidth of the switched signal was varied from 2.5 nm to >35 nm. A novel all-fiber dynamic optical add-drop multiplexer is also demonstrated using two acoustooptic switches in series.     

Two Different Operation Regimes of Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation: Passive Mode-Locking and Multiwavelength Emission

We have proposed and demonstrated a nonlinear polarization-rotation-based fiber laser with two different operation states: passive mode-locking and multiwavelength emission. The intensity-dependent transmission or loss induced by nonlinear polarization rotation accounts for the distinct operation regimes. Our experiment results indicate that both passively mode-locked pulses and continuous-wave multiwavelength can be generated from the same fiber laser just through adjusting polarizations. Another characteristic of the current multiwavelength laser is that the used periodic filter is a birefringence fiber filter, which facilitates all-fiber integration of the fiber laser, so it is a potential multifunction laser source with all-fiber configuration and convenient manipulation.     

自调Q掺铒光纤激光器动态特性研究

为了研究自调Q掺铒光纤激光器输出动态特性,采用搭建全光纤结构的线形腔和环形腔自调Q掺铒光纤激光器进行了理论分析和实验验证。实验中,当抽运功率达到起振阈值后,随着抽运功率的增加,用示波器观察输出激光,线形腔输出激光依次经历了连续波、自调Q两种运行状态,由于抽运功率的限制,未能再次出现连续波运行状态,而环形腔输出激光则先经历了自调Q运行状态,然后是连续波运行状态;线形腔在抽运功率21mW~190mW的范围内,可获得脉冲宽度8s ~100s范围内可调、重复频率2.5kHz~54kHz范围内可调的自调Q脉冲;环形腔在抽运功率为16.2mW~110mW时,可获得的脉冲宽度在165s左右。结果表明,自调Q掺铒光纤激光器因腔结构的不同,输出激光动态特性也不同;线形腔和环形腔均有自调Q脉冲输出,但线形腔自调Q范围更大。     

侧面分布式泵浦双包层脉冲光纤放大器

采用自行研制的光纤侧面耦合器,设计和研制了侧面分布式泵浦、两级全光纤连接的掺镱双包层脉冲光纤放大器,实现了输出波长为1064nm、平均输出功率达到2.12W、脉冲宽度20ns、重复频率50kHz的高功率、高重复频率全光纤结构脉冲光纤放大器.光纤侧面耦合器对泵浦光耦合效率最高达到69%,对反向信号光的隔离度最低为17dB,有效避免了高功率脉冲回波对泵浦光源的损害,使用更高泵浦耦合效率的侧面耦合器,可进一步提高放大器输出功率.     

2×2全光纤激光器阵列部分相干合成的实验研究

对22全光纤激光器阵列的部分相干合成进行了实验研究。将四台全光纤激光器阵列分为两组,组内两光纤激光器通过一个对激光波长具有一定反射率的光纤光栅实现腔模互注入相位锁定,而两组激光阵列元之间非相干。四束激光经一个四面直角棱镜反射后尽量接近并实现对称排布。获得两组清晰的干涉条纹, 条纹最大可见度分别约为43 %和38 %。整个激光器阵列在泵浦光总功率为1 624 W时获得925 W高功率部分相干输出。在合成光束占空比为0.54时, 合成光束的光束质量BQ值约为1.95。激光器阵列由全光纤元件组成, 系统结构紧凑, 在长时间的高功率合成实验中, 性能稳定, 没有观察到光热损伤现象。     

用于光纤声光器件的超声换能器与模式转换器

研制了一种可用于全光纤声光器件的超声换能器,设计了由光纤和换能器构成的纵-弯模式转换系统,并将所作的换能器和模式转换系统应用于光纤声光可变衰减实验。结果表明,设计的换能器既有较宽带宽又有较高发射效率,完全可以满足全光纤声光器件的需要。     

Application of a fiber Fourier transform spectrometer to thedetection of wavelength-encoded signals from Bragg grating sensors

We describe an all-fiber Fourier transform spectrometer for decoding the wavelength shifts from a series of Bragg grating sensors. The system described uses an optical fiber Michelson interferometer with one arm wrapped on a piezoelectric driven stretcher capable of inducing a ~10 cm fiber length change. Passive polarization compensation is utilized which eliminates the possibility of random polarization fading in the interferometer causing apodization of the interferogram. This permits an all-fiber design without the need for speciality optical fiber or external polarization adjustments. A reference Nd:YAG laser is used to stabilize the interferometric scan in a phase-locked loop configuration by way of slow and fast feedback correction elements. A spectral resolution of <0.07 cm^-1 was obtained, which corresponds to a Bragg wavelength shift of ~0.015 nm in the 1.55 μm region. The simultaneous wavelength determination capacity of the device also permits it to be used in a variety of other applications for analysis of optical spectra     

Frequency multiplexing of remote all-fiber Michelsoninterferometers with lead insensitivity

A scheme to frequency multiplex a group of sensors based on all-fiber Michelson interferometers is presented. Lead insensibility is obtained by using the two fiber leads of the configuration as an extra Michelson interferometer whose differential phase is kept constant by active compensation. Topics concerning the system design, sensor sensitivity, and crosstalk between sensors are investigated. Experimental and numerical computational results are presented