Investigation on switchable operation states in a Tm/Ho co-doped fiber laser based on nonlinear optical loop mirror

The nonlinear pulse dynamics have been studied in a thulium/holmium co-doped passively mode-locked fiber laser based on nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM). By enhancing the nonlinear effect of the cavity and without changing the polarization state of the cavity, four types of operation states that switch between each other, including the basic mode-locking pulse, the two solitons pulse, the bright-dark pulse, and the harmonic mode-locking pulse, can be obtained. Compared with the laser of single mode-locking state, passively mode-locked fiber lasers (PMLFLs) with switchable operation states can be used in a wide range of applications, such as optical communication, material processing and optical fiber sensing technology.     

哑铃形高功率全保偏大模场掺镱锁模光纤激光器

采用基于非线性光纤环形镜的哑铃形结构搭建了全光纤全保偏掺镱锁模激光器。通过使用全保偏大模场光纤、高功率光纤器件和优化的腔结构,实现了脉冲宽度在156 ps到8.1 ns范围内可调的高功率、大能量矩形耗散孤子共振脉冲输出,在最大泵浦功率22.7 W下激光器直接输出功率达到5.5 W,脉冲能量达到0.68μJ,峰值功率为84 W。得益于全保偏光纤结构,所设计的激光器具有出色的抗干扰性和稳定性。     

波长可调谐被动锁模光纤激光器

为在光纤激光器中获得特定中心波长的锁模激光,进行了采用非线性光纤环形镜锁模的掺Yb3+光纤激光器的波长可调谐实验研究。获得了自启动锁模、中心波长在1030nm~1081nm范围内连续调谐的锁模脉冲输出;在中心波长1053nm时,测得光谱带宽6nm、脉冲宽度234.375ps、输出功率2.05mW、重复频率3.842MHz。这种被动锁模光纤激光器的锁模过程可以完全自启动,几乎不受外界环境变化的影响,可以长时间稳定工作,不仅可以提供特定中心波长的锁模激光,而且有望成为其它科学研究工作的中心波长可调谐的宽带锁模光纤激光种子源。     

8字形腔锁模掺Yb3+光纤激光器

报道了利用非线性光纤环形镜（NOLM）锁模运行的掺Yb^3＋光纤激光器的实验研究。获得了脉冲宽度234ps。中心波长1053nm的锁模脉冲激光输出。光谱带宽6nm。输出功率2.05mW，重复频率3.842MHz。该锁模光纤激光器的工作中心波长可在1030～1081nm范围内调谐，锁模过程可以完全自启动，几乎不受外界环境变化的影响。可长时间稳定锁模工作，完全可以作为微焦耳级单脉冲能量光纤激光放大系统前端种子源使用，而且有望成为其他科学研究工作的中心波长可调谐的宽带锁模光纤激光光源。     

一种新型的全光纤超短光脉冲压缩方案

文章提出了一种基于正常色散递减光纤（ND—DDF）、单模光纤（SMF）和非线性环镜（NOLM）组成的全光纤超短脉冲压缩方案。利用光脉冲在正常色散区的色散递减光纤（ND-DDF）中传输时,在脉冲的中心部分将带上较大线性正啁啾（和普通光纤相比）,当脉冲在SMF中传输时色散致啁啾对其进行补偿从而有一个脉冲压缩的过程,最后利用NOLM对压缩后的脉冲进行进一步的压缩和消基座处理。数值模拟的结果表明：半峰全宽为10ps、能量为74pJ的高斯脉冲经过1km的DDF、79m的SMF和20m的NOLM后,可以获得峰值功率为210W,半峰全宽为120fs且几乎无基座的超短脉冲。     

Generation of a 4 /spl times/ 100 GHz pulse-train from a single-wavelength 10-GHz mode-locked laser using superimposed fiber Bragg gratings and nonlinear conversion

In this paper, the design of a simple and practical repetition-rate multiplier based on superimposed-chirped fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) is presented. A tenfold increase in the repetition rate of a mode-locked fiber source, by generating a 100-GHz optical pulse train from a 10-GHz train, is demonstrated experimentally. As compared with previous demonstrations, the superimposed FBG filter was specifically designed to decrease the duty cycle of the generated pulse train or, in other words, decrease the pulsewidth. In addition, a fiber nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) is used to eliminate the pulse-to-pulse phase fluctuations in the output high-repetition-rate train and to achieve a wavelength-tunable transform-limited pulse sequence. Moreover, it is shown that nonlinear conversion using the NOLM can be used to simultaneously generate multiwavelength high-repetition-rate optical pulse trains (4 /spl times/ 100 GHz in the example shown here).     

High-quality pulse compression in a novel architecture based on a single-mode fiber cascading a nonlinear optical loop mirror

A novel all-fiber low-pedestal pulse compression scheme is proposed and investigated. The scheme is based on an anomalously dispersive single-mode fiber(SMF) cascading a nonlinear optical loop mirror(NOLM) with another anomalously dispersive SMF in the loop. Numerical results show that excellent pulse compression and pedestal reduction can be achieved by using the proposed scheme.     

Multirate and Dual-Wavelength Semiconductor Fiber Laser

We demonstrate the successful operation of a multirate and dual-wavelength mode-locked semiconductor fiber laser that incorporates a multichannel nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) functioning as a multichannel all-optical modulator. Each channel of the NOLM incorporates its own length of highly nonlinear fiber and can be driven by independent pump signals. Thus, the single NOLM is capable of processing multiple wavelength channels independently and simultaneously. We obtain mode-locked operation at different frequencies (5 and 10 GHz) for two wavelengths with spacing as narrow as 0.8 nm.      

长腔被动锁模掺镱光纤激光器的方波脉冲产生

报道了一种基于非线性光纤环形镜(NOLM)、工作在耗散孤子共振(DSR)区的长腔被动锁模掺镱光纤激光器,该激光器谐振腔的总长度约为1502 m,可以输出重复频率为133.18 kHz的高能量方波脉冲,且输出脉冲的宽度和单脉冲能量均随泵浦功率的增大而呈线性增大。当泵浦功率增大到414.47 mW时,输出的方波脉冲具有最大宽度(761.6 ns),同时单脉冲能量达到了最大值(60.2 nJ)。通过改变NOLM中单模光纤的长度,进一步研究了谐振腔长度对输出方波脉冲特性的影响,结果表明:谐振腔越长,所得DSR方波脉冲越宽,脉冲峰值功率越低。     

超低重复频率全光纤被动锁模掺铒光纤激光器

报道了一种新颖的全光纤超长环形腔掺铒光纤激光器。该激光器采用非线性偏振旋转(NPR)技术实现自启动锁模,除了NPR元件外,其余全部由单模光纤(SMF)元件组成。通过加入4km的SMF构成长达4.046km的环形腔,产生了重复频率为50.92kHz的稳定锁模脉冲,最大平均输出功率为2.73mW,对应的单脉冲能量为53.61nJ。     

光纤中超连续脉冲的频谱展宽

为了产生高重复频率的多波长短光脉冲,利用锁模掺铒光纤激光器作为抽运光源,对色散位移光纤中的超连续脉冲进行了实验研究,成功实现了输出脉冲的频谱展宽.实验也发现,制约这个实验结果的主要因素是光纤激光器的输出脉冲的稳定性不够和功率不高.     

输出大啁啾脉冲的展宽脉冲锁模光纤激光器

报道了一种大啁啾脉冲输出的全光纤展宽脉冲锁模激光器,以非线性偏振旋转(NPR)实现自启动锁模。激光器其余部分为全单模光纤(SMF)结构,提供很大的正色散,光栅对提供色散补偿,输出展宽脉冲。实验中得到了重复频率36.96MHz,单脉冲能量1.81nJ的稳定锁模脉冲序列,使用频谱分析仪观测得到脉冲序列一次谐波信噪比(SNR)达到80dB。直接输出脉冲有很大的正啁啾,脉宽为2.17ps,经过腔外压缩可获得70fs的脉冲。这种能压缩到百飞秒量级的大啁啾脉冲非常适用于光纤啁啾脉冲放大(CPA)系统。     

Optical Pulse Compression Based on High-doped Erbium Fiber Amplifier and Standard Single-mode Fiber

Proposed is a novel optical pulse compression technique based on high-doped erbium fiber amplifier and standard single-mode fiber（SMF）. We used the amplifier with the erbium ion concentration of 6.3）〈 10^-3 to amplify a hyperbolic secant pulse from a regeneratively mode-locked fiber laser. The central wavelength, pulsewidth and peak power of the pulse are 1 550 nm, 12. 5 ps and 3 mW, respectively. Then the amplified pulse with peak power level corresponding to a higher-order soliton is compressed when it propagates through a 3-km-long single-mode fiber. Studied are the compressed pulses under different pump powers and fiber lengths. The results show that it can get a narrower pulse, and solve the difficulty that pulses at low power can not be compressed directly in the fiber. And the construct is compact.     

1.7 μm全光纤锁模脉冲掺铥光纤激光器研究

1.7 μm超短脉冲光纤激光器在生物成像和材料加工等领域具有重要的应用前景,受到了科学家们的极大关注。基于非线性偏振旋转锁模技术,实验搭建了全光纤结构的1.7 μm锁模脉冲掺铥光纤激光器。通过在激光器内加入光纤滤波器抑制掺铥光纤中的长波激光发射,同时采用纤芯泵浦的方式有效获得了1.7 μm波段的增益。激光器输出脉冲的光谱中心波长为1733 nm,3 dB带宽为6.3 nm。锁模脉冲的重复频率为19.56 MHz,平均功率为1.4 mW。同时,数值模拟了脉冲在激光器的腔内演化。文中提出的1.7 μm全光纤锁模激光器有利于进一步提高1.7 μm激光源的稳定性和集成度,在生物成像等领域具有重要的应用价值。     

基于全固型掺镱光子带隙光纤的被动锁模全光纤环形孤子激光器

采用全固型掺镱光子带隙光纤(AS-Yb-PBGF)作增益介质并提供反常群速色散(GVD),设计了一种被动锁模全光纤环形孤子激光器。没有使用任何块状色散补偿元件。因此,该激光器腔型结构简单、紧凑、环境稳定性高,更容易实现全光纤结构。脉冲在激光腔内的传输用广义非线性薛定谔方程描述,并采用分步傅里叶方法数值模拟了该激光器的单孤子运转的动力学过程。计算时,将AS-Yb-PBGF的长度选取为0.4m,改变激光腔内单模光纤(SMF)的长度,得出了最佳运转参数:当AS-Yb-PBGF固定为0.4 m时,选择单模光纤等于0.4 m,就可以实现脉冲宽度为244 fs,脉冲能量为14 pJ和时间带宽乘积为0.32,即接近傅里叶变换极限的单孤子运转。     

高吸收调制下掺铥锁模光纤激光器的数值研究

为了验证饱和吸收体参量对被动锁模掺铥光纤激光器的输出特性的影响,基于耦合Ginzburg-Landau方程进行了数值研究,阐明了掺铥锁模光纤激光器在高调制深度饱和吸收体调制下的时域和频域特性。结果表明,优化选择的高调制深度可饱和吸收体可以有效缩短脉宽,减小时间带宽积。此研究结果对发展稳定、超快中红外超快激光具有指导意义。     

SOA反射率对谐波锁模光纤激光器的影响

基于半导体光放大器(SOA)的锁模光纤环行激光器因其能得到高质量、高重复率的光脉冲而受到人们的广泛关注。计及SOA端面剩余反射率,建立了基于SOA的谐波锁模光纤环行激光器的理论模型。利用该模型研究了SOA的端面剩余反射率对输出脉冲的波形、峰值功率及其脉冲宽度的影响。结果表明,SOA的端面剩余反射率对锁模脉冲影响较大;随着端面剩余反射率的增大,峰值功率逐渐增加,脉冲宽度逐渐变宽。     

高次谐波锁模飞秒掺镱光纤激光器的噪声情况

高重复频率的飞秒激光在高速激光测距和三维成像等领域有着非常重要的作用。其中基于飞秒光纤激光器的高次谐波锁模是获得GHz量级以上高重复频率脉冲的重要手段之一。基于含腔内光栅对色散补偿的非线性偏振旋转（NPR）锁模的掺镱（Yb）光纤激光器,在180 mW泵浦光时获得了稳定的143 MHz基频锁模脉冲序列,当泵浦光功率升至1 W时获得了最高20次谐波（2.86 GHz）锁模脉冲序列输出。系统地对比研究了基频锁模与高次谐锁模状态下,脉冲重复频率精密锁定后的艾伦偏差和相位噪声,7次谐波锁模状态下重复频率锁定精度能够保持在10?13 Hz@1 s的稳定度,为高次谐波锁模飞秒激光脉冲序列用于精密测量提供了实验依据。     

Influences of finite gain bandwidth on dissipative solitons in passively mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser

Dissipative solitons in the passively mode-locked fiber lasers based on the gain medium of erbium-doped (Er-doped) fiber have attracted a lot of interest in recent years. In this paper, we study the influences of finite gain bandwidth on dissipative solitons in passively mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser. We investigate the influences of the finite gain bandwidth on pulse duration, pulse peak power and single pulse energy of dissipative solitons. The results show that gain bandwidth of the gain medium has influence on dissipative soliton characteristics in passively mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser. The research in this paper has important theoretical and practical significance.     

UWB over Fiber室内无线传输的实验研究

采用被动谐波锁模环形光纤激光器作为超宽带(UWB)光脉冲源,进行了UWB over Fiber室内无线传输的实验研究。利用啁啾脉冲补偿无线信道的色散效应的原理,减小脉冲的宽度,降低符号间干扰。基于被动谐波锁模、光脉冲展宽原理以及UWB光电转换、UWB脉冲放大和Bowtie孔径UWB天线技术,将光纤激光器的光脉冲转换为满足FCC(US federal communications commission)规定的UWB微波脉冲序列进行传输。使用光纤激光器、宽带光电转换器、宽带脉冲放大器和Bowtie孔径UWB天线搭建UWB无线通信系统,实现了约1.2m的UWB室内无线传输。并通过研究天线的间距,电磁干扰,光脉冲源以及衰减器和放大器对UWB室内无线传输的影响,得出了这种系统的最佳结构。对应无线传输发射端前加和不加电脉冲放大的两种情况,经过UWB室内无线传输后分别探测到高斯单周脉冲(FWHM约150ps)和高斯偶脉冲(FWHM约120ps)。