高效率纤芯同带抽运铒镱共掺光纤放大器

搭建了输出1535nm激光的铒镱共掺光纤放大器,通过注入1064nm信号光以抑制Yb离子波段处的放大自发辐射光,放大后的1535nm最大功率为3.2W。然后利用1535nm激光进行了1570nm种子光纤芯同带抽运铒镱共掺光纤放大实验,研究了在不同功率的抽运光时放大器的输出功率和光谱。当种子光功率为80mW,铒镱共掺光纤长度为5m,1535nm抽运光为2.1W时,放大器最大输出功率为1.22W,斜率效率为58.4%。同时进行了常规的976nm包层抽运1570nm种子光的对比实验。基于同一种子光和相同长度的增益光纤,常规抽运方式的斜率效率为23.7%。实验结果证明了同带抽运方式具有更高的转换效率。     

双包层Yb/Er共掺光纤激光器的特性研究

对980nm抽运的双包层Yb/Er共掺光纤激光器进行了数值模拟,分析了稳态情况下光纤中上能级粒子数,抽运光功率,信号光功率沿光纤轴向的分布.计算了激光器输出功率与光纤长度的关系,激光器输出腔镜反射率与输出功率的关系.根据数值模拟的结果,采用4m长的铒镱共掺双包层光纤作为增益介质,反射率为15%的双包层光纤光栅作输出腔镜组建了全光纤激光器,其斜率效率为40%.在3.4W的最大抽运功率下,得到了1.25W的激光输出,输出光谱宽度为0.49nm.     

基于MOPA结构的1550 nm单频脉冲光纤激光器

人眼安全的1550 nm全光纤单频脉冲激光器具有广泛且诱人的应用前景。本文所研制的激光器采用全光纤主振荡功率放大(MOPA)结构和腔外声光调制的方法,一级预放大级采用1.5 m单模保偏掺铒光纤,输出功率21.45 mW;二级预放大级采用1.5 m双包层保偏铒镱共掺光纤,输出功率253.6 mW;功率放大级采用1 m双包层保偏大芯径铒镱共掺光纤,泵浦功率15.9 W时,最终实现了输出功率2.6 W、脉宽260 ns、重复频率10 kHz的单频脉冲激光输出。通过对各级增益光纤和无源光纤的长度优化,成功抑制了放大自发辐射(ASE)和受激布里渊散射(SBS),消除了放大过程中噪声的影响,得到了峰值功率1 KW的稳定单频脉冲特性。     

掺镱双包层光纤放大器的放大特性

从掺镱(Yb)光纤放大器的功率传输方程出发,利用有限差分法对小模场面积(SMA)和大模场面积(LMA)掺镱双包层光纤放大器的放大特性进行了分析比较.采用模场直径(MFD)6.5μm和20μm的双包层掺镱光纤作为放大器增益介质进行窄线宽连续信号的放大,在915 nm激光抽运下模拟计算了大、小模场面积输出功率随输入信号功率、抽运光功率和光纤长度的变化特性,特别是对于大模场面积光纤放大器,最优光纤长度的选择至关重要;讨论了模场直径不同时的最优抽运功率和光纤长度的选择,得出4 m光纤放大时的临界抽运功率为4 W,理论与实验结果基本一致.为实际应用中根据信号光、抽运光、增益和模式等要求而选择光纤长度和类型等优化设计提供了理论依据.     

高功率多模铒镱共掺双包层光纤激光器的研究

为了获得尽可能高的输出功率以满足应用需求,分别以实验和数值分析的方法对铒镱共掺双包层光纤激光器的性能进行了进一步研究.实验上,采用加拿大国家光学研究所生产的EY805型铒镱共掺双包层多模光纤作为增益介质,描述了输出功率随入纤抽运功率以及光纤长度的变化,在光纤长度为1.8m的情况下,获得了3.5W的最大输出功率,光-光转换效率达31.8%.基于速率和传输方程,对该铒镱共掺双包层光纤激光器进行了数值模拟,在相同光纤长度下,计算的最大输出功率约.W,光-光转换效率0%,比实验结果要高.讨论了进一步对该光纤激光器性能进行优化的措施.该结果对于促进铒镱共掺双包层光纤激光器的实用化及其性能改进具有重要意义.     

多波长掺铒光纤激光放大器的放大特性研究

为了研究多波长掺铒光纤激光放大器的放大特性,在单频放大器的基础上,忽略放大自发辐射,推导了描述多波长掺铒双包层光纤放大器的稳态速率方程组,建立了多波长掺铒光纤放大器的理论模型。利用该模型对单波长放大、双波长放大、四波长放大的特性,进行了数值模拟和理论分析;以四波长的激光信号放大为例,对多波长掺铒光纤放大器的放大特性,均衡增益特性进行了研究。结果表明,在单波长注入情况下,光纤放大器的掺杂光纤存在最佳光纤长度为8m;与小信号放大不同,大功率掺铒光纤放大器在1530nm~1560nm之间增益谱趋于平坦;双波长放大输出功率差随着波长间隔的增加线性增大波长间隔为20nm时,通过调节输入信号功率比可以实现最大功率差6.855W的功率均衡补偿;四波长放大时,通过信号功率配比之后的四波长激光输出功率最大偏差为0.28W,在一定范围内实现了均衡增益。这一结果对于掺铒光纤激光的多波长激光输出以及在激光多普勒测风雷达中的应用具有一定帮助。     

全光纤结构的两级分布式窄线宽双包层光纤放大器

利用主振荡一功率放大(MOPA)技术,实验研究了两级级联、全光纤结构的窄线宽连续激光放大器.其中,以20dB光谱线宽0.078nm的窄线光纤激光器为信号光源,两个放大级中分别采用光纤侧面耦合器,(6+1)X1光纤合束器实现抽运光功率的耦合.以及使用1053nm单模纤芯的双包层掺镱光纤、大模场面积的掺镱双包层光纤作为增益光纤.在伞光纤结构放大器中,对第二级放大级中(6+1)X1抽运光注入端的反向传输光的光谱和功率进行了监测和分析.通过优化增益光纤的长度,抑制了掺镱光纤中自发辐射光的自牛激光振荡.在窄线宽激光放大过程中实现了中心波长1053 nm.总放大增益27.6 dB,功率16.09 W的稳定激光输出,没有发现受激布里渊散射和受激拉曼散射等非线性效应.     

Er3+/Yb3+共掺双包层光纤放大器实验研究

对1550nm高功率窄线宽光纤放大器进行了实验研究。该放大器采用双级放大(MOPA)结构, 其中第一级预放采用5 m长的掺Er3+光纤, 将种子光信号放大到约90 mW; 采用15 m长的Er3+/Yb3+共掺双包层光纤放大器作为二级放大, 抽运源采用2支工作波长为980 nm的大功率激光二极管(LD), 抽运阈值功率约1.3 W。 当抽运功率为10.8 W时, 得到放大激光输出功率为1.97 W, 光-光转换效率为18 %, 斜率效率为21%, 增益大于13 dB。所采用的种子光源为1550 nm单频窄线宽(DFB)LD, 输出功率为10 mW; 采用延迟自外差方法对种子源及放大器输出的线宽进行测量, 测量结果显示该种子源及放大后的激光输出的3 dB线宽均约为220 kHz, 在目前的实验条件下, 没有观察到放大后的激光线宽展宽现象。     

高功率光纤放大器的实验

文章首先介绍了包层泵浦的基本原理和采用大功率多模泵浦激光器泵浦镱铒共掺双包层光纤实现高功率放大器的技术方案,并与传统掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)的技术方案进行了比较.随后,作者在文章中提出了创新的光学结构,即在第1级采用传统EDFA技术优化噪声指数,第2级采用镱铒共掺双包层光纤和高功率多模泵浦激光器以提升输出功率.采用此结构的光放大器获得了30.9 dBm的输出功率和5.2 dB的噪声指数.     

全光纤高功率1091nm MOPA激光器

搭建了一台基于双包层掺镱光纤的全光纤结构1091 nm主振荡功率放大(MOPA)激光器.种子源为自行搭建的线形驻波腔掺镱光纤振荡器,最大输出功率为56 mW,放大的自发辐射(ASE)抑制比大于35 dB.通过两级预放结构放大后,种子功率达到3W.主放级为一个大模场双包层掺镱光纤放大器,最大输出功率达到41.6W,斜率效...     

Erbium-doped optical fiber amplifiers pumped in the 660- and 820-nmbands

State-of-the-art erbium (Er)-doped optical fiber amplifiers (EDFA's) pumped in the 660- and 820-nm bands are described. We have demonstrated highly efficient EDFA's incorporating optimized 664- and 827-nm pump wavelengths and an Er-doped high numerical aperture (NA) fiber with thermally diffused expanded core (TEC) fiber ends. Gain coefficients of 3.8 and 1.3 dB/mW at respective wavelengths of 664 and 827 nm were achieved at a signal wavelength of 1535 nm. Noise figures of 3.1 and 4.1 dB at respective pump wavelengths of 670 and 827 nm were obtained at a signal wavelength of 1535 nm. A highly efficient Er-doped fiber amplifier module, in which an AlGaInP visible laser diode (LD) was used as the pump source, was successfully developed as a practical application of this technology. A maximum overall gain coefficient of 3.0 dB/mW was achieved at a signal wavelength of 1535 nm. The EDFA module realized a maximum overall signal gain of 33 dB at 1535 nm with a saturated output power of -1 dBm. A maximum saturated output power of 3.9 dBm was obtained at a signal wavelength of 1552 nm. The present EDFA design using a low-cost laser diode for optical disk memory use and a high NA Er-doped fiber has great potential for providing inexpensive, high-performance EDFA's     

Er^3＋/Yb^3＋共掺光纤放大器小信号放大特性

基于速率方程,文中研究了双包层Er^3＋/Yb^3＋共掺光纤放大器小信号放大时的放大特性和噪声特性。结果表明：双包层Er3＋/Yb3＋共掺光纤放大器对波长为1550nm的小信号具有良好的放大特性,反向泵浦,当泵浦功率超过2W时,放大增益可超过60dB;同时,该放大器对C波段的小信号亦具有良好的放大特性,其3dB增益带宽达到54nm。该研究进一步表明双包层Er^3＋/Yb^3＋共掺光纤放大器在C波段具有良好的噪声特性,小信号放大时,噪声系数接近于EDFA的噪声极限。     

High-power EDFA applied in distributed optical fiber Raman temperature sensor system

In this paper, a high-power erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) for the temperature sensor system is theoretically designed and experimentally demonstrated. It consists of an erbium-doped fiber that is pumped bidirectionally with two 980-nm high-power laser diodes (LDs). At the EDFA input, an optical isolator (ISO) is used to ensure that the signal pulse transmits forward only. After that, a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) is employed to combine the forward pump laser (980 nm) and incident optical pulse (1550nm) into the erbium-doped fiber for direct amplification in the optical domain. At the EDFA output, another WDM couples the backward pump laser (980 nm) into the erbium-doped fiber and outputs the amplified optical pulse (1550 nm) with an ISO followed to isolate the backscattering light. According to this structure, we carried out the experiment in the condition as follows. For 980 nm pump LD, the operating current is 590 mA, and the setting temperature is 25℃. For EDFA, the length of erbium-doped fiber is 12.5 m, and the power of 1550 nm input signal is 1.5 mW. As a result, the power of pump LD is 330 mW, and the power uncertainty is 0.5%. The power of EDFA output at 1550 nm is 300 mW, and the power uncertainty is ±3 mW.     

Er3+-doped fiber amplifier pumped by 0.98 μm laserdiodes

The performance of an Er³⁺-doped fiber amplifier pumped by 0.98 μm InGaAs laser diodes (LDs) is reported. By using a fiber with low Er³⁺ content and optimizing the fiber length, a maximum signal gain of 37.8 dB at 30-mW pump power was realized at a signal wavelength of 1.536 μm. A maximum gain coefficient of 1.9 dB/mW at 14 mW pump power was achieved. It was found that the fiber amplifier pumped by the 0.98-μm LDs is twice as efficient as that pumped by 1.48-μm LDs, from the viewpoint of both required fiber length and the attained gain     

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。     

Tunable microwave photonic filter based on a fiber ring and erbium-doped fiber amplifier

The tunable microwave photonic filter based on a fiber ring and erbium-doped fiber amplifier （EDFA） was proposed. By introducing a section of erbium-doped fiber （EDF） into the fiber ring, the loss of the signal can be compensated by the EDFA gain through adjusting the pump power. This can largely increase the number of the effective sampling taps, and then improve the performance of the microwave photonic filter notably. When the pump power was set to be 42.7 roW, a microwave bandpass filter with the 3-dB bandwidth of 0.15 MHz, the Q factor up to 100 and extinction ratio up to 20 dB was achieved. By employing a tunable optical delay line in the above fiber ring, a tunable microwave photonic filter has been realized through tuning the length of the optical delay line. The proposed tunable microwave photonic filter can fred great applications in microwave signal processing and ROF system.     

铒铥共掺碲基质宽带光纤放大器研究

文章作者分析了铒铥共掺碲基质光纤放大器在980 nm泵浦下Er~(3+)-Tm~(3+)离子之间的能量转移过程,建立了速率方程和功率传输方程,并通过仿真得出了其放大增益随光纤长度和泵浦功率的变化规律.仿真结果表明:通过优化光纤长度和泵浦功率,该放大器可以在1 440～1 540 nm波段得到高达50 dB的平坦增益.     

Second-order harmonic distortion and optimal fiber length in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

The gain of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) operating in the kHz regimes and its second-order harmonic distortion (SBD) are studied. Using the rate and beam-propagation equations, we have shown the dependences of the distortion on the pump power, the modulation frequency, and the position along the fiber. Moreover, it is found that the SHD is the smallest when the fiber has an optimal length for the maximum gain. A relation between the optimal length and fiber parameters is presented for calculating easily the optimal fiber length in an EDFA.