A simple set searching optimization method for Er3+-Yb3+ co-doped fiber lasers

A simple set searching optimization algorithm is proposed for Er³⁺-Yb³⁺ co-doped fiber lasers in this paper. This method enables fiber lasers to acquire the optimum fiber length and Yb³⁺-Er³⁺ concentration ratio for a given accuracy. The numerical results illustrate that the optimum Yb³⁺-Er³⁺ concentration ratio changes very little, the optimum fiber length shortens and the corresponding output power is increased with erbium ions concentration increasing. The total Yb³⁺ and Er³⁺ contents are nearly constant under certain pump power, while the optimum total erbium ions and ytterbium ions are decreased with pump power decreasing.     

Finite-element analysis of single-frequency silica-based Er3+-Yb3+ co-doped waveguide lasers

Continuous wave laser operations of silica-based Er³⁺-Yb³⁺ co-doped waveguides have been numerically analyzed by means of a finite-element method. The theoretical model, based on propagation-rate equations, describes uniform upconversion by a dipole-dipole interaction between Er³⁺ ions, and includes a pair-induced energy transfer process from Yb ³⁺-Er³⁺ Numerical results show that single-frequency operation with slope efficiency higher than 50% and threshold pump powers of few mW can be achieved in short and heavily doped waveguides equipped with input dielectric mirrors and output distributed Bragg reflectors     

Er3+-Yb3+ and Er3+ doped fiberlasers

Single-mode fiber lasers operating at ~1.57 μm are described. Output powers of >2 mW are reported for laser diode pumped operation. Direct comparison is made between fiber lasers using sensitized erbium (Er³⁺ and Yb³⁺) and erbium on its own. The performance of Er³⁺-Yb³⁺ fiber lasers is analyzed in more detail as a function of fiber length. Both CW and Q-switched operations are studied and the results obtained demonstrate that practical sources at 1.5 μm are available from diode pumped Er³⁺ -Yb³⁺ systems     

Er3+/Yb3+双掺光纤放大器理论模型

本文在分析一些文献的基础上,仿照掺Er3+光纤放大器的理论模型,尝试建立了一个Er3+/Yb3+双掺光纤放大器的理论模型。利用本模型,可以模拟双掺光纤中信号、泵浦及放大的自发辐射(ASE)的变化情形,并得到一些有意义的数值结果。     

Optimum design of Er3+-Yb3+ codoped fibersfor large-signal high-pump-power applications

A comprehensive numerical fiber amplifier model has been used to optimize Er³⁺-Yb³⁺ codoped active fiber for maximum gain and quantum conversion efficiency (QCE) at large signal operation. The optimum cutoff wavelength of the LP₁₁ mode has been found to increase from 800 mm at low pump powers (≈50 mW) to 1400 mn at pump powers higher than 500 mW. While at low pump powers fibers with higher numerical aperture give higher QCE, at high pump levels better large signal performance is achieved with fibers having lower numerical aperture     

Diode-array pumping of Er3+/Yb3+ Co-dopedfiber lasers and amplifiers

Single-mode double-clad Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ co-doped fibers are shown to be suitable for diode array pumping at around 960 nm. A fiber laser with 96-W output power at 1.53 μm and a power amplifier exhibiting a small signal gain of 24 dB and a saturated output power of +17 dBm are reported     

Er^3＋／Ce^3＋共掺碲铌酸盐玻璃的制备及光学特性研究

采用高温熔融退火法制备了系列75TeO2—10Nb2O5-10ZnO-5Na2O-0．5Er2O3-xCe2O3=（x=0．00,0．25,0．50,0．75,1．00mol％）和（75-y）TeO2-10Nb2O5-10ZnO～5Na2O～yB2O3—0．5Er2O3-0．75Ce2O3（y=2,5,10,15mol...     

Er3+、Eu3+双掺杂LaOF荧光粉的光学性能研究及防伪应用

有机发光材料可能对人体或环境造成影响,除此之外还有生产成本高、发光易淬灭、发光强度与颜色不易于控制的缺点,因此探索性能优越的稀土发光材料并寻找其应用价值是具有重要意义的。本文基于水热辅助固相法制备出Er³⁺、Eu³⁺离子共掺杂LaOF荧光粉,通过X射线衍射仪(X-ray diffractometer, XRD)、扫描电镜(scanning electron microscope, SEM)和荧光分析仪对不同Er³⁺掺杂浓度下的LaOF∶Eu³⁺荧光粉体的相组成、粒径尺寸、形貌及荧光光谱进行表征与分析。结果表明：在900℃的温度下煅烧,物相由前驱体LaF₃转变为四方相LaOF,且随着Er³⁺掺杂浓度的升高,在365 nm与393 nm波长激发下均呈现出多色可调谐的发光特性,其中365 nm激发下呈现自橙色光向黄色光的转变,而在393 nm光辐射下则由橙色光向品红色光过渡。将Er³⁺、Eu³⁺共掺杂LaOF荧光粉制成...     

Optical thermometry through infrared excited upconversionfluorescence emission in Er3+- and Er3+-Yb3+-doped chalcogenide glasses

Optical thermometry based upon infrared excited upconversion fluorescence emission in Er³⁺- and Er³⁺-Yb³⁺ - doped Ga₂S₃-La₂O₃ chalcogenide glasses excited at 1.54 and 1.06 μm, respectively, is presented. Temperature sensing in the region of 20°C-220°C with 0.3°C accuracy using excitation powers readily obtainable from commercially available semiconductor lasers was achieved. The temperature sensing approach is independent of fluctuations in excitation intensity and transmission and requires a simple and low-cost signal detection and processing system. The results also indicate that the glassy host material plays a major role in the performance of the sensing system     

Fabrication and characterization of Yb3+:Er3+phosphosilicate fibers for lasers

Fabrication process of efficient Yb³⁺,Er³⁺ codoped phosphosilicate fibers by modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD) combined with the solution doping technique is studied in detail. We show that the process can be adapted to incorporate low viscosity phosphate glass and some important issues in the fabrication process are discussed. These include the sensitive presintering pass. We also report on the fabrication of a low loss all-glass double clad Yb³⁺:Er³⁺ codoped fiber. We explain how we evaluate the fibers and discuss the effect of the ytterbium to erbium concentration ratio on the laser characteristics. Finally, we present results of some investigations into the mechanisms which can affect the efficiency of the lasers, and show that the detrimental up-conversion from the metastable level of the erbium ions is dramatically reduced by the presence of the ytterbium ions     

LD泵浦的kHz,Er3+,Yb3+:glass被动调Q微片激光器

目前1.5m LD泵浦铒玻璃被动调Q微型激光器是军事激光测距的研究热点,获得较高的激光重复频率和单脉冲能量尤为重要。文中主要报道了一种应用于激光测距领域的铒镱共掺磷酸盐玻璃被动调Q微片激光器。激光器采用中心波长为940 nm的单管二极管为泵浦源,铒镱共掺磷酸盐玻璃（Er3+,Yb3+:glass）作为增益介质,CO2+:MgAl2O4（CO:MALO）作为可饱和吸收体。通过分析泵浦光斑半径对模式匹配影响,优化泵浦光斑半径,实验分析可饱和吸收体初始透过率T0和输出镜反射率R对输出激光参数影响,优化T0和R值。最终实验中采用增益预泵浦方式,实现重频1 kHz,单脉冲能量40 J,脉宽5.09 ns,峰值功率7.85 kW,光束质量M2=1.4,波长1 535 nm的稳定激光输出。     

中频溅射技术制备镱铒共掺Al2O3光波导

在硅单晶(100)衬底上用热氧化法氧化一层SiO₂做缓冲层,在高纯铝靶上镶嵌金属Yb,Er,然后用中频磁控溅射法制备了镱铒共掺杂氧化铝薄膜。讨论了靶电压及沉积速率随氧流量的变化的磁滞回线效应,分析得出了沉积氧化物薄膜的最佳氧流量。在室温下检测到了薄膜的位于1535nm的很强的光致发光光谱(PL),并在光学掩模下用BCl₃离子束对薄膜样品进行刻蚀,得到条形光波导。     

Modeling and optimization of short Yb3+-sensitized Er3+-doped fiber amplifiers

Short high-concentration Yb³⁺-sensitized Er³⁺-doped fiber amplifiers are modeled and numerically investigated in the small-signal domain. Concentration quenching is included with a term quadratic in the concentration of excited Er³⁺ . We find that for fibers shorter than 1 m, the small-signal gain can be larger for sensitized fibers than for non-sensitized ones (31 dB gain vs. 22 dB at 5 cm). Without concentration quenching (e.g. for long fibers), Yb³⁺-free amplifiers have a higher small-signal gain. The achievable gain of the sensitized amplifier is independent of the pump laser wavelength, if the Yb-concentration is correspondingly optimized. However, restrictions on allowable Yb-concentrations imply that for a specific pump wavelength, a finite range of amplifiers lengths is suitable     

Performance of high-concentrationEr3+-Yb3+-codoped phosphate fiber amplifiers

Performance of high-concentration Er³⁺-Yb³⁺-codoped phosphate fiber amplifiers in a copumping configuration is presented. Gain, noise figure, and output signal saturation power of fiber amplifiers with different lengths are reported. From a 3.6-cm-long fiber, 18-dB internal gain, i.e., 5 dB/cm, for small signal input at 1535 nm, was achieved. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest gain per unit length for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers ever reported     

Passively mode-locked Er3+ fiber laser using asemiconductor nonlinear mirror

A nonlinear mirror consisting of an InGaAs/InP multiple-quantum-well saturable absorber integrated with a Bragg reflector stack has been used to passively mode-lock a fiber laser in an extremely simple and advantageous linear-cavity configuration. To date, pulses as short as 7.6 ps have been observed     

Limits of the output power in Er3+:ZBLAN singlemodefibre lasers

The saturation of the 2.71 μm laser output has been measured in erbium-doped ZBLAN singlemode fibres with Er³⁺ concentrations of 1000, 5000 and 10000 ppm mol. Limits of the single-mode-laser output are discussed     

Anomalous dispersion in Er3+ and Yb3+-dopedfibers

In experimental and theoretical study of anomalous dispersion in Er³⁺and Er³⁺-Yb³⁺-doped fibers has been developed. Anomalous time delay caused by both absorption and emission at 1.535 μm has been theoretically calculated and experimentally measured. A pump power dependence of anomalous time delay in rare-earth-doped fibers has been theoretically calculated and experimentally investigated. It has been shown that pump power fluctuations lead to propagation time jitter in Er³⁺-doped fiber amplifiers. The pulse interaction due to refractive index change caused by gain saturation is predicted. It has been shown that for Er ³⁺-doped fibers with SiO₂-GeO₂ core composition, the anomalous dispersion per 1-dB gain is twice that of fibers with SiO₂-Al₂O₃ core, which is caused by gain curve form difference. A scheme of mutual compensation of intrinsic fiber dispersion and anomalous dispersion caused by Er³⁺ in the region 1.532-1.537 μm has been suggested     

LD泵浦Er3+: Yb3+共掺全固态激光器设计

对LD泵浦Er3+:Yb3+共掺全固态激光器进行了整体设计,利用矩阵光学方法推导了高斯光束经耦合系统聚焦后束腰宽度和像距的计算公式。考虑激光棒的热透镜效应,对有源平平腔、平凹腔进行了数值计算,分析了谐振腔的稳定性。最后,根据激光谐振条件,确定了激光输出镜及滤光片的镀膜方案,为最终获得高效率、稳定的激光输出提供了理论依据。     

Single-frequency MOPA Er3+ DBR fiber laser for WDMdigital telecommunication systems

The realization, the characteristics and the bit-error-rate (BER) performance of a single frequency, linear polarization Er³⁺-doped distributed Bragg reflector fiber laser are reported. The device, pumped at 980 nm, gives a maximum output power of 13 mW with an overall slope efficiency η=24%, a continuous-wave intensity ripple around 1% and a linewidth of 2.2 kHz. The BER test, performed without any polarization control system in a complete 475-km-long 2.5-Gb/s wavelength-division-multiplexed transmission line, shows only a 0.5-dB penalty is introduced     

Er3+:YAlO3 upconversion laser

Upconversion lasing in Er:YAlO₃ is reported. Laser emission was produced using both sequential two-step pumping and cross-relaxation energy transfer. In addition, photon avalanche upconversion pumping was demonstrated. Selection among these pumping mechanisms is determined by the pump wavelength, and laser operation was obtained with excitation between 785 nm and 840 nm. The highest laser output power was achieved at 34°K, where 918 mW of pump power at 807 nm produced 121 mW of TEM₀₀ emission. The optical conversion efficiency was 13%. Repetitively Q-switched operation is reported, and the temporal- and temperature-dependence of the laser output is discussed