Tunable and narrow linewidth multi-wavelength Brill- ouin-erbium fiber laser using dual-wavelength pumping

We demonstrate a multi-wavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser (BEFL) with narrow linewidth and tunable wavelength interval using dual-wavelength Brillouin pumping. The generation of multi-wavelength output in BEFL is based on the combination of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and four-wave mixing (FWM) effect in a fiber cavity. The tunable wavelength interval is determined by the artificially controlled wavelength interval of the pumping lasers. The BEFL could compress a 1 MHz pump laser to a 340 Hz Brillouin Stokes laser, which proves the BEFL has excellent capability of linewidth compression. An erbium-doped fiber pumped by 980 nm laser is inserted into the cavity to further amplify the Brillouin laser. The wideband multi-wavelength BEFL covering over 50 nm is successfully generated when the 980 nm pump power is 400 mW. These features of multi-wavelength BEFL provide an effective method for optical communication systems and optical fiber sensing.     

Tunable multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser with a polarization-maintaining fiber Sagnac loop filter

We demonstrate the generation of 12-wavelength comb with 14.5-nm tunable range in the Brillouin-Erbium fiber laser. This is achieved through tuning the gain profile of Erbium-doped fiber by a Sagnac loop filter with 18-cm polarization-maintaining fiber, in conjunction with modifying the wavelength of Brillouin pump. The experiment also demonstrates that the tunable range is closely equal to the 3-dB bandwidth of Sagnac loop filter due to its periodic transmission profile. Meanwhile, the effect of the 980-nm pump on the tunable multiwavelength generation is investigated. The power of 980-nm pump has a great effect on the wavelength number and the output power of the generated multiwavelength comb, but little on the tunable range. This technique may be applicable to multiwavelength operation lasers with a large tunable range.     

980nm波段连续光纤激光器的研究进展

980nm波段掺镱光纤激光器在高亮度抽运源和蓝绿光源方面具有广泛的应用前景。首先介绍了980nm波段连续光纤激光器的研究价值、研究难点。然后,介绍了国内外研究机构在980nm波段连续光纤激光器和放大器方面的研究进展和存在的问题。最后对980nm波段连续光纤激光器和放大器未来发展方向进行探讨。     

1 532 nm全光纤Er/Yb共掺杂激光器

近年来,相干探测激光雷达是测量远距离低空风切变的有效手段,1.6 μm波段固体激光器以其人眼安全、探测器件成熟等优势成为相干雷达主要光源。其增益介质Er:YAG晶体在1532 nm波段有较强的吸收峰,但吸收谱较窄,因此通过使用1 532 nm光纤激光器进行谐振泵浦可以有效提高晶体输出效率。为此,文中以Er/Yb双包层光纤为增益介质,1532 nm光纤光栅为反射腔镜,976 nm半导体激光器为泵浦源,实现了全光纤化1532 nm激光输出。输出激光最大功率73.44 W,波长可调谐范围为1531.35~1532.14 nm,波长谱宽为0.06 nm,x和y方向的光束质量M2分别为1.38和1.26,是1.6 μm固体激光器的理想泵浦源。并采用此激光器泵浦Er:YAG非平面环形腔获得1.3 W单频激光输出,斜率效率为31.76%。     

Neodymium-doped cladding-pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9-/spl mu/m wavelength range

A tunable high-power cladding-pumped neodymium-doped aluminosilicate fiber laser is demonstrated. The maximum power reached was 2.4 W with a slope efficiency of 41% and a threshold pump power of 1.68 W, both with respect to launched pump power, when cladding pumped by two 808-nm diode pump sources at both fiber ends. The dependence of the tuning range on the fiber length is investigated. The tuning range changed from 922 to 942 nm for a 25-m-long fiber to 908-938 nm with a 14-m-long fiber, because of reabsorption effects. The output linewidth was 0.26 nm in a diffraction-limited beam. Operation on the challenging 0.9-/spl mu/m three-level transition in neodymium-doped double-clad fiber laser was facilitated by a W-type core refractive index profile. This filtered out the unwanted and competing strong transition at 1.06 /spl mu/m while guidance of 0.9 /spl mu/m remained intact.     

掺铥双包层光纤激光器研究

掺铥光纤激光器所发射的2mm波段激光处于水分子吸收峰且对人眼安全,并且被认为是3～5mm光参量振荡的有效抽运源,因此具有巨大应用前景。围绕进口和国产掺铥双包层光纤展开了一系列研究,实现了光纤激光器的连续运转、脉冲运转、可调谐输出等。对进口光纤的光谱特性进行了较全面的研究,获得最大连续输出功率6W、斜率效率50%;采用国产掺铥双包层光纤,获得最大连续输出功率5.1 W、斜率效率41.9%;采用后向Littrow结构、以闪耀光栅作为选频元件,获得了2mm附近最大范围可达105nm的可调谐激光输出,且各调谐激光线宽均在2.2nm左右。采用声光调制器(AOM)作为Q开关,在调制频率为1kHz时,获得最高峰值功率4.2kW、最大脉冲能量840mJ、脉宽200ns的脉冲输出;在3kHz时获得了最短180ns的脉冲输出。对双端抽运方式也进行了研究。分析了腔镜透射率和激光介质长度对激光输出功率的影响,讨论了激光光谱的红移现象。     

Diode-pumped and packaged acoustooptically tunableTi:Er:LiNbO3 waveguide laser of wide tuning range

Design, fabrication, and properties of an acoustooptically tunable Ti:Er:LiNbO₃ waveguide laser of up to 31-nm tuning range in the wavelength band 1530 nm<λ<1575 nm are discussed. The laser cavity is formed by an Au mirror and a dielectric mirror as output coupler, both vacuum-deposited on the polished waveguide endfaces. As tunable intracavity wavelength filter with zero frequency shift, two monolithically integrated single-stage acoustooptical TE-TM-mode converters are used together with two polarization splitters operated as TE- and TM-pass polarizers, respectively. The minimum threshold of about 54 mW (coupled) pump power is obtained at λ≈1561-nm emission wavelength for diode laser pumping at λ_p≈1480 nm. With about 110-mW coupled pump power, up to 320-μW output power is achieved; the emission linewidth is 0.3 nm     

A stabilized and tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser with double optical filter

We have proposed and experimentally demonstrated a stabilized and tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser by using a Fabry-Pe/spl acute/rot laser and a fiber Fabry-Pe/spl acute/rot filter. The sidemode suppression ratio of >30 dB/0.1 nm and the output power of >2.2 dBm can be achieved while this ring laser is tuned from 1528.28 to 1559.64 nm with the step of 1.12 nm. The wavelength variation of less than 0.01 nm and the power fluctuation of /spl les/0.04 dB have also been obtained. When the constant output power is controlled by adjusting the bias current of 980-nm pump laser, the power variation of less than /spl plusmn/0.05 dB can be obtained over the entire tunable range.     

Bidirectional pumping of Er-doped fibers using detuned 980-nmlasers

A two-directional configuration with two fiber Bragg grating stabilized 980-nm lasers pumping an erbium-doped fiber coil and delivering up to 23-dBm output power is presented. Operating conditions leading to stable operation are discussed in terms of pump detuning and power. Configuration with no pump wavelength detuning is also discussed     

不同泵浦波长光纤激光器模式不稳定效应对比

一般认为,光纤激光器模式不稳定效应主要来自于泵浦源量子亏损和增益光纤泵浦吸收所产生的热效应。理论分析了光纤中的热源,发现诱发模式不稳定的热效应主要来源于泵浦吸收、其次是量子亏损;利用课题组开发的仿真软件SeeFiberLaser对该结论进行仿真。仿真结果表明:泵浦吸收系数越低,光纤中的最高温度和温度梯度越低,越有利于抑制热致折射率光栅的形成,提高模式不稳定阈值。搭建了纤芯/包层直径为30/400 μm的前向泵浦掺镱光纤激光振荡器,对比研究了中心波长为976 nm 、915 nm和940 nm的泵浦源泵浦时激光器的模式不稳定阈值特性。结果表明,分别采用中心波长为976 nm 、915 nm和940 nm 的半导体激光器作为泵浦源时,激光器模式不稳定阈值分别为279 W、502 W和697 W,光光转化效率分别为67.7%、61%和63%。由此可以发现,泵浦吸收系数对模式不稳定阈值的影响大于量子亏损对模式不稳定阈值的影响,通过改变泵浦波长降低泵浦吸收系数可以有效提升模式不稳定阈值。优化泵浦波长,兼顾量子效率和泵浦吸收系数,是光纤激光器实现高光束质量高模式不稳定阈值的重要技术路线之一。     

Packaging and Performance of 980nm Broad Area Semiconductor Lasers

<正>High power broad area semiconductor lasers have found increasing applications in pumping of solid state laser systems and fiber amplifiers, frequency doubling, medical systems and material processing. Packaging including the assembly design, process and thermal management, has a significant impact on the optical performance and reliability of a high power broad area laser. In this paper, we introduce the package structures and assembling process of 980nm broad area lasers and report the performances including output power, thermal behavior and far fields.We will report two types of high power broad area laser assemblies. One is a microchannel liquid cooled assembly and the other is a conduction cooled CT-mount assembly .Optical powers of 15W and 10W were achieved from a 980nm broad area laser with a 120μm stripe width in a microchannel liquid cooled assembly and conduction cooled CT-mount assembly, respectively .Furthermore, a high power of 6.5 W out of fiber was demonstrated from a pigtailed, fully packaged butterfly-type module without TEC ( Thermoelectric cooler ).The measurement results showed that thermal management is the key in not only improving output power, but also significantly improving beam divergence and far field distribution. The results also showed that the die attach solder can significant impact the reliability of high power broad area lasers and that indium solder is not suitable for high power laser applications due to electromigration at high current densities and high temperatures.     

双端抽运的30 W光纤激光器实验研究

报道了双端抽运连续输出的掺Yb^3 双包层高功率光纤激光器。实验采用了中心波长在975nm附近的两种输出形式的半导体激光器(LD)作为抽运源，测量了不同抽运条件下的输出功率特性和光谱特性。在仅尾纤输出的半导体激光器抽运下获得了斜率效率为42％，峰值波长为1103．8nm的9．2W激光输出；在仅准直输出的半导体激光器抽运下获得了斜率效率为57％，峰值波长为1104．4nm的20．0W激光输出；当两个半导体激光器在双端同时抽运时，获得光纤激光最大输出功率为30．6W，输出峰值波长为1108．4nm，以及49％的总体光一光转换效率。     

AlGaAs-InGaAs slab-coupled optical waveguide lasers

The slab-coupled optical waveguide laser (SCOWL) concept, recently proposed and demonstrated, is extended to the AlGaAs-InGaAs-GaAs material system. Both 980- and 915-nm SCOWL devices feature a nearly circular large-diameter single-spatial mode that can be butt coupled with high efficiency to a single-mode fiber. Single-ended continuous-wave output powers of greater than 1 W have been obtained at 980 nm.     

A tunable S-band erbium-doped fiber ring laser

In this paper, we experimentally investigate and demonstrate an S-band erbium-doped fiber (EDF) ring laser based on an erbium-doped silica fiber and 980-nm pumping laser. Widely tunable range from 1480 to 1522 nm, and the sidemode suppression ratio (SMSR) of >30 dB/0.1 nm and the output power of >-2 dBm in the operating range from 1482 nm to 1517 nm have been achieved for this ring laser. Under the constant power control, the output power variation less than /spl plusmn/0.05 dB can also be accomplished over the tuning range from 1482 to 1517 nm. This S-band EDF ring laser is promising for the future S-band applications.     

掺Yb3+光纤环形激光器特性研究

本文利用国产半导体激光器泵浦掺Yb3+光纤环形激光器获得成功．掺Yb3+光纤长3 m,与1053 nm／980 nm波分复用器(WDM)构成交叉耦合型全光纤环形腔．总腔长为4 m,泵浦波长980 nm,激光波长为1042．3 nm,斜率效率9．6％,激光阈值低于0．5 mW,利用可调谐钛宝石激光器泵浦,得到该光纤激光器的最佳泵浦波长为978 nm．     

Characteristics of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier pumped by a frequency doubled diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser

The characteristics of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier pumped by a 532-nm diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser are presented. A maximum system gain of 31 dB at 591 Mb/s is obtained with a corresponding system noise of less than 0.5 dB. An amplified signal output power of greater than 10 mW was obtained, with a coupled pump power of 46 mW and a corresponding quantum efficiency of around 65%. By optimizing the erbium fiber design, higher system gains and saturation power levels are feasible. These figures, and in particular the combination of high output powers and low noise, establish the usefulness of this pump laser as a viable alternative to the semiconductor pump lasers currently under investigation at 1480 and 980 nm.<>     

一种线形腔的多波长布里渊掺铒光纤激光器

布里渊掺铒光纤激光器(BEFL)是一种利用非线性效应——布里渊散射来实现多波长输出的激光器,波长间隔大约为0.088 nm(11 GHz).研究了一种多波长布里渊掺铒光纤激光器线形结构,通过引入反馈实现多波长输出.在布里渊泵浦功率为11 mW,980 nm泵浦功率为12 mW时获得了波长间隔为0.08 nm的34个波长的激光输出以及1 525～1 570 nm可调谐范围.并通过调节980 nm抽运光功率以及布里渊泵浦光波长,实现了可调谐的多波长输出.还研究了980 nm抽运光功率对产生的斯托克斯光波数的影响.     

Widely tunable S-band fiber-ring lasers and broadband amplified spontaneous emission sources with thulium-doped fluoride fibers

This paper reports our investigation on widely tunable fiber-ring lasers and broadband amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) light sources with thulium-doped fluoride fibers (TDFs). The experimental results for thulium-doped optical fiber amplifiers will also be discussed. We achieved widely tunable fiber lasers that had tuning ranges of 94 nm with 1550 nm + 1050 nm pump configurations and of 85 nm with 1550 nm + 1400 nm pump configurations, respectively. It was observed that the lasers oscillated under multilongitudinal-mode operation with linewidth of 400 MHz, signal-to-source noise ratio of 60 dB, and power stability of 0.003 dB for a laser output of 1 mW. A broadband ASE source with a power density of more than -15 dBm/nm between 1465 and 1535 nm was also demonstrated with a novel hybrid configuration by using both TDF and erbium-doped fiber.     

波长间隔为20 GHz的多波长布里渊光纤激光器

设计了一种基于环形腔的双倍布里渊频移间隔的可调谐光纤激光器实验装置。 该实验装置由一个3 dB耦合器、一台可调谐激光源(TLS)、一台980 nm泵浦和一个实现双倍布里渊频移环形腔构成。该结构耦合输出偶数阶Stokes光,从而实现间隔约为20 GHz或0.16 nm的多波长输出。并研究了980 nm泵浦光和BP光功率对输出偶数阶Stokes光波数的影响。当980 nm 泵浦功率固定为26 dBm(400 mW),BP功率为10 dBm时,获得了间隔为0.16 nm的11个稳定激光输出以及36 nm(1530~1566 nm)的可调谐范围。