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。     

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。     

铒镱共掺调频光纤激光器

研究了一种新型的短腔铒镱共掺单纵模调频光纤激光器,推导了该类光源利用零差检测法时功率谱密度的理论表达式,进行了数值模拟,计算出了最大频偏量.激光器是由一段4 cm长的铒镱共掺光纤和两个窄线宽光纤布拉格光栅构成,通过对靠近抽运端光栅的长度调制实现了激光的频率调制.激光器线宽小于400 kHz,输出功率大于3 mW,最大频偏可以达到55 MHz,最大频偏量的实验结果与理论分析一致.     

间隔0.256 nm的多波长布里渊光纤激光器的实验研究

使用一个四端口环行器和两个三端口环形器,设计了一种波长间隔为0.256 nm的多波长布里渊掺铒光纤激光器。该激光器中使用的两个三端口环行器组成的环腔产生一阶Stokes光,四端口环行器组成的环腔产生与入射进腔内的BP光相隔双倍布里渊频移的Stokes光。实验测试得到:当BP为3 dBm、980 nm泵浦功率为27.78 dBm时,可得到波长间隔为0.256 nm的6个波长的激光输出,同时也讨论了Stokes光的数量与BP光功率和980 nm泵浦光功率之间的变化关系。     

Optimization of the multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser in a unidirectional cavity without isolator

Highly uniform multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser with an intra-cavity sine phase modulator is demonstrated. The flat output spectrum is achieved by optimizing the cavity structure, modulation amplitude and frequency of the sine phase modulator. 15 lasing lines with wavelength spacing of 0.9 nm appear simultaneously and stably in power differences less than 2 dB and the side mode suppression ratio higher than 32 dB. In addition, the proposed cavity can support unidirectional operation without optical isolators. The output power difference of about 20 dB is realized between counterclockwise and clockwise direction, which is almost independent of the pump power and lasing wavelengths.     

间隔双倍频移的可调谐多波长布里渊/铒光纤激光器

设计了一种结构简单的波长间隔双倍布里渊频移的可调谐多波长布里渊/铒光纤激光器。利用一个3 dB耦合器形成复合环形腔结构,使奇数阶斯托克斯信号被局限在一个腔内循环,仅有初始布里渊抽运信号和偶数阶的斯托克斯信号能够耦合输出,实现了波长间隔双倍布里渊频移的多波长输出。分析了不同布里渊抽运功率、不同980 nm抽运功率下激光器的输出特性。在布里渊抽运信号功率10 dBm,980 nm抽运功率110 mW的情况下,激光器在1555~1565 nm范围内获得了波长间隔0.176 nm的6个波长输出。     

基于光纤光栅谐振腔的双包层光纤激光器

理论分析了线型腔双包层光纤激光器的输出特性,包括光纤长度、光纤损耗及后腔镜反射率对激光输出功率和阈值泵浦功率的影响.设计了基于光纤光栅谐振腔的双包层光纤激光器,采用锥度光纤实现了泵浦模块与双包层光纤之间的低损耗连接,实现了全光纤化的掺Yb3 双包层光纤激光器,其阈值泵浦功率为300 mW,在泵浦入纤功率为17 W时达到了10.5 W的最大激光输出功率,斜率效率为62%.     

一种基于光差拍技术的新型频率合成器的研究

提出了一种基于光差拍技术频率合成器的设计方案,频率合成器可以实现DC～×10^2GHz频率范围的梳状谱信号输出。利用10GHz光电探测器（PD）对一腔长为27m的环形腔掺铒光纤激光器输出的多纵模激光进行差拍,得到频率间隔为7．63MHz的梳状信号。受PD响应速率的影响,梳状谱信号的频率范围为DC～10GHz。在此基础上...     

A Monolithic MQW InP–InGaAsP-Based Optical Comb Generator

We report the first demonstration of a monolithic optical-frequency comb generator. The device is based on multisection quaternary/quaternary eight-quantum-well InP-InGaAsP material in a frequency-modulated (FM) laser design. The modulation is generated using quantum-confined Stark-effect phase-induced refractive index modulation to achieve fast modulation up to 24.4 GHz. The laser was fabricated using a single epitaxial growth step and quantum-well intermixing to realize low-loss phase adjustment and modulation sections. The output was quasicontinuous wave with intensity modulation at less than 20% for a total output power of 2 mW. The linewidth of each line was limited by the linewidth of the free running laser at an optimum of 25 MHz full-width at half-maximum. The comb generator produces a number of lines with a spacing exactly equal to the modulation frequency (or a multiple of it), differential phase noise between adjacent lines of -82 dBc/Hz at 1-kHz offset (modulation source-limited), and a potential comb spectrum width of up to 2 THz (15 nm), though the comb spectrum was not continuous across the full span.     

Multiwavelength Operation of Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers by Periodic Filtering and Phase Modulation

This paper explains the principles behind multiwavelength operation of an erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) under the combined effect of cavity phase modulation and periodic wavelength filtering. A mathematical model is developed to simulate the behaviour of the multiwavelength EDFL, both in time and frequency domains. The effects of various parameters such as pump power, filter channel spacing, modulation index and frequency are observed and explained. An all-fiber EDFL was constructed, using a piezo-transducer-based phase modulator and a Sagnac loop periodic filter, to validate the theoretical results. The effects of pump power, modulation frequency and modulation index were monitored experimentally, justifying the theoretical explanation. The multiwavelength EDFL has several potential applications in fiber sensing due to its flexible all-fiber design.     

Optical clockworks and the measurement of laser frequencies with amode-locked frequency comb

Femtosecond laser-frequency comb techniques are vastly simplifying the measurement and synthesis of optical frequencies. A single mode-locked femtosecond laser, with its spectrum broadened by self-phase modulation in a microstructured or tapered nonlinear fiber, can produce millions of sharp laser lines in a precise evenly spaced grid spanning much of the visible and near-infrared spectrum. The absolute frequency of each line is determined by two observable radio-frequency signals. The pulse repetition rate gives the spacing of the comb lines and the rate at which the phase of the lightwave slips, relative to the intensity envelope from pulse to pulse determines the offset frequency by which each line is displaced from a precise integral multiple of the repetition frequency. This offset frequency can be measured most easily if the comb spans more than an optical octave so that one can observe a radio frequency beat note between the second harmonic of the infrared comb lines with the corresponding comb lines at the blue end. Such an optical-frequency synthesizer makes optical oscillations readily countable and provides the long-awaited compact optical clockwork for an all-optical clock     

Active harmonic modelocking of an erbium fiber laser withintracavity Fabry-Perot filters

We present both experimental and theoretical investigations of the operation of a harmonically modelocked erbium fiber ring laser stabilized by an intracavity bit-rate etalon. Our model analyzes the effects of cavity components and operating parameters on laser stability and output pulse characteristics. The model predicts the output pulsewidth variation with laser cavity parameters such as cavity length, dispersion, and finesse of intracavity Fabry-Perot etalons. If the laser cavity length is not optimized, a maximum 50% increase in pulsewidth can occur at 5 Gb/s pulse rate. A repetition rate etalon with a finesse of 50 is sufficient to provide a side-mode suppression ratio of over 50 dB in the laser output. We also discuss how detuning from the optimal modulation frequency increases the excess noise that affects the laser stability. The theory predicts a maximum detuning range of ±100 kHz, which agrees with the experimental observations. These theoretical results can guide the design of similar lasers over a wide range of operating parameters     

基于1S0能级的Pr3+:ZBLAN光纤上转换紫外激光的数值模拟

在Pr3 ∶ZBLAN光纤中,运用粒子数速率方程理论,研究用586 nm和335 nm连续激光双光子激发4f组态最高能级1S0,以1S0和3F4为激光上下能级实现250 nm上转换紫外激光的动力学行为,得到阈值抽运功率、激光输出功率、斜率效率和最佳光纤长度等激光参数。结果表明,阈值抽运功率随光纤长度增加而增大,斜率效率随光纤长度增加而减小,光纤较短时,无法获得较高输出功率。掺杂浓度越大则阈值抽运功率越小,斜率效率越大。在选取的特定条件下,斜率效率最高可达16.7%。     

低掺杂铒纤上分布反馈布拉格光纤激光器的制作

采用准分子激光器成功地在低掺杂普通铒纤上制作出5 cm的光纤光栅分布反馈布拉格(DFB)激光器,铒纤的峰值吸收率为5 dB/m,在100 mW,980 nm抽运光条件下,光纤激光器的输出功率为50μW,边模抑制比为50 dB。使用耦合模理论分析了一段5 cm带相移的分布反馈布拉格光纤激光器输出光强同腔内损耗及相移量的关系,计算结果表明,光纤腔内的损耗对激光器的输出具有非常重要的影响,大的损耗对应获得最大功率的光栅耦合强度相应减小,因此,在低掺杂铒纤上制作分布反馈布拉格激光器必须正确估计光纤激光器的腔内损耗,选择合适的光栅耦合强度,可以获得较大的输出功率。     

掺镱双包层高功率光纤激光器输出特性研究

对线形腔掺镱双包层高功率光纤激光器的输出特性进行了研究 ,通过求解速率方程 ,得到了激光器泵浦阈值功率、输出光功率和斜率效率的表达式。分析了光纤长度、腔镜反射率和泵浦波长等因素对激光器阈值功率、输出光功率和斜率效率的影响 ,为高功率光纤激光器的优化设计提供了理论依据     

掺铒光纤激光器输出特性的研究

在一定的条件下,确定了掺铒光纤激光器的最佳光纤长度和激光器两个腔镜的最佳反射率,设计出的光纤激光器的输出特性可以得到优化。根据掺铒光纤激光器的速率方程,对线型腔光纤激光器的输出特性进行了理论分析,得到了光纤激光器在稳态条件下的输出功率,阈值抽运功率和斜率效率的解析表达式。对光纤激光器的输出特性进行了数值模拟,得到了泵浦功率为20mw,饵离子掺杂浓度为400 ppm,掺铒光纤长度为1.5m,光纤环形镜反射率为1,光纤光栅反射率为0.5时,光纤激光器的输出功率和斜率效率较大,阈值抽运功率较小。为光纤激光器的优化设计提供了理论依据。     

基于半导体光放大器交叉增益调制效应的主动锁模光纤激光器

提出一种腔内损耗小的基于半导体光放大器(SOA)交叉增益调制效应(XGM)的主动锁模光纤激光器结构。使用光环行器成功减小了激光器的腔内损耗,提高了激光器的输出功率。从理论上对有理数谐波锁模过程中腔内脉冲复合的物理机制进行了详细分析。利用有理数谐波锁模技术,在调制频率为10 GHz下,得到了重复频率为30 GHz的皮秒级光脉冲序列输出,其峰值功率约0.5 mW。由于半导体光放大器的宽增益谱与滤波器的较大可调谐范围,使得激光器输出可以在较大的波长可调谐范围内保持较大功率输出。成功实现了调制频率为20 GHz的谐波锁模短光脉冲输出,可调谐范围达40 nm,峰值功率大于0.65 mW。半导体光放大器和激光器的短腔长保证了激光器的长期稳定性。     

同步抽运锁模的掺镱光纤激光器

同步抽运锁模是一种调制增益的锁模技术，就是调节抽运光的调制频率使之等于激光器纵模间隔的整数倍。通过对抽运光源半导体激光器的驱动电流进行正弦调制，实现了掺镱光纤激光器(YDFL)的同步抽运锁模。通过调整抽运激光器的调制频率，在相应于二次谐波锁模，4阶有理数谐波锁模条件下分别得到了较窄的脉冲输出。对重复频率625kHz的二次谐波锁模脉冲序列，脉冲宽度小于20ns，约为抽运光宽度的1／40；平均输出功率2．34mw，能量转换效率约为5％。     

光纤激光器时域瞬态特性的理论与实验研究

对掺铒光纤激光器的时域瞬态特性进行了理论与实验研究.理论模型从激光器的基本速率方程出发,通过求解增益光纤中的功率传输方程,得到激光器的时域输出结果.数值模拟了脉冲泵浦注入后激光器的瞬态特性,分析了激光器时域输出特性随泵浦功率及腔内损耗的变化规律.实验中采用上下沿功率均可调的方波泵浦掺铒光纤,通过可变光衰减器调解腔内损耗,观察激光器驰豫振荡特性,研究了激光建立的延迟时间与泵浦功率及腔损耗的关系.数值模拟与实验结果一致.     

环形掺Er3+光纤激光器输出特性分析与实验研究

理论分析了掺Er^3＋光纤环形腔激光器的输出特性,获得了稳态条件下激光器输出功率、阔值泵浦功率和斜率效率的解析表达式．分析了泵浦光波长、泵浦功率、Er^3＋光纤掺杂浓度、输出端耦合器分光比等的影响,推导了在特定输出波长处获得最大输出功率所需最佳掺Er^3＋光纤长度的解析表达式。进行了LD泵浦掺Er^3＋光纤环形腔激光器的实验工作,获得了斜率效率10％以上的激光输出。