单频单偏振窄线宽光纤激光器及其放大研究

为了获得高功率单频单偏振窄线宽激光,对一个带单级放大结构的环形腔结构掺铒光纤激光器系统进行了研究。采用作为可饱和吸收体的未抽运掺铒光纤结合作为波长选择器的高反射率光纤布喇格光栅形成超窄带滤波器,在环形腔内加入光纤偏振控制器和具有高消光比的保偏环行器获得单偏振光。环形腔输出后进行单级光放大以提高输出激光光功率。获得了206mW激光输出,输出功率长时间稳定度达到1.4%。通过光纤延迟自外差线宽测试系统得到输出激光线宽小于500Hz,光纤激光器输出光偏振度长时间稳定在99.7%。结果表明,非保偏可饱和吸收体加光纤布喇格光栅结合部分保偏结构可产生单频单偏振窄线宽激光,激光放大对线宽有明显的展宽效果。     

我国掺稀土光纤的现状分析

掺稀土光纤作为激光增益介质在光纤通信、光纤激光器和传感器等领域有着广泛的应用,国内掺铒光纤、掺镱光纤的市场曾长期被Corning、Lucent等国外光纤制造厂商所垄断,近年来我国掺铒光纤、掺镱光纤的研究取得了很大进展,已部分替代国外进口.文章主要介绍国内掺铒光纤、掺镱光纤的研究现状和发展趋势.     

双波长单纵模掺铒光纤环形激光器设计及实验研究

为了实现1550nm正交线偏振双频激光输出,设计了一种复合环形腔双波长单纵模掺铒光纤(EDF)激光器,以保偏光纤Bragg光栅作为波长选择元件,并采用未抽运掺铒光纤饱和吸收体作为激光单纵模选择元件,从而实现正交线偏振1550nm双波长单纵模激光稳定振荡输出。简要介绍了复合环形腔选模及未抽运掺铒光纤饱和吸收体选模的基本原理,理论分析了未抽运掺铒光纤长度对单纵模选择的影响,实验研究了不同选模情况下双波长激光的振荡特性。实验结果表明:腔内含有保偏光纤Bragg光栅和未抽运掺铒光纤饱和吸收体的复合环形腔。掺铒光纤激光器能够稳定输出1550nm正交线偏振双波长单纵模激光,其波长间隔约为0.344nm。这种双波长单纵模光纤激光器可广泛应用于激光传感与测量以及密集波分复用(DWDM)光纤通信等领域。     

可调谐光纤激光器及其在光纤传感中的应用

综述了可调谐掺铒光纤激光器的工作原理、研究现状,分析了调谐中有待解决的主要技术问题。介绍了可调谐掺铒光纤激光技术在光纤光栅传感中的应用,提出了一种新的基于可调谐掺铒光纤激光技术的波长检测方案,指出了该系统目前存在的问题。     

高功率单频主振荡光纤功率放大器研究进展

高功率单频主振荡光纤功率放大器在相干合束、引力波传感器、自由空间光通信、测距、激光雷达、非线性频率转换等有广泛应用。综述了高功率单频主振荡光纤功率放大器的国内外研究进展,分析了高功率单频光纤放大器关键技术,如种子激光源、受激布里渊散射与放大自发辐射噪声的抑制技术,指出了千瓦量级的主振荡光纤功率放大器未来的研究方向。     

高功率高效率掺铒光纤超荧光光源

优化设计了高功率、高效率掺铒光纤超荧光光源的参数。采用商用掺铒光纤,针对双程后向结构,首先仿真了光源输出功率和带宽随掺铒光纤长度的变化,并用对等实验验证了模拟结果,初步确定掺铒光纤长度的优化范围;理论研究了反射镜反射率对光源性能的影响,计算出最佳反射率并模拟了该反射率下光源的输出光谱;实验研究了抽运功率对光源平均波长的影响,确定了优化的抽运功率范围,并进一步确定了掺铒光纤的优化长度。实验选用110mW抽运功率,13.74m掺铒光纤,获得了输出功率为46.9mW的高功率光纤光源,其抽运转换效率可达42.6%,且光源保持了约34.54nm的宽带宽。     

基于增益开关技术的全光纤结构纳秒脉冲掺铥光纤激光器

工作在2μm波段的脉冲掺铥光纤激光器,可望在遥感探测、相干雷达、空间光通信、激光医疗和特种材料加工等领域获得重要应用。目前,利用波长在1.55μm附近的脉冲掺铒光纤激光器作泵浦源的增益开关掺铥光纤激光器是实现全光纤结构纳秒脉冲掺铥光纤激光器的理想方式之一。采用实验研发的纳秒脉冲掺铒激光器作种子源,研制了全光纤MOPA(masteroscillator power amplifier)结构的纳秒脉冲掺铒光纤激光器,输出波长1 547 nm,脉冲频率100 kHz,脉冲宽度50 ns,平均功率1 W,单脉冲能量10μJ。使用该脉冲掺铒光纤激光器抽运掺铥光纤,实现了波长1 963 nm的增益开关脉冲激光输出。该掺铥光纤激光器为全光纤结构,重复频率100 kHz,最小脉宽47 ns,最大单脉冲能量100 nJ。激光输出稳定可靠,更高的单脉冲能量,平均功率和峰值功率可由进一步级联光纤放大器实现。     

光纤激光同带级联抽运的研究进展

光纤同带级联抽运的特点是以高亮度激光作为抽运光,且抽运光与激光的波长比较接近,处于激活离子的同一能带内.它最大的优点是在光纤高功率放大时量子亏损小,可以较好地减小热效应的影响,同时能使用较短的光纤来避免非线性效应的发生.针对同带级联抽运技术在高功率光纤中的重要性,简单综述了国外掺镱、掺铒、掺铥、掺钬光纤同带级联抽运的实...     

33.8W高效率中红外2.8μm光纤激光器

为了提升中红外光纤激光器的功率和效率,基于掺铒氟化物光纤的高效热管理技术、高性能中红外光纤端帽制备技术和高功率泵浦激光的高效耦合技术,利用高功率976 nm半导体激光器,单端泵浦8 m长、掺杂铒离子的摩尔分数为7%的氟化物增益光纤,实现了33.8 W的中红外2.8μm激光输出,据我们所知,这是单端泵浦中红外光纤激光器的最高功率水平,此时激光器的光光转换效率达26.4%。     

采用双Sagnac环滤波器的可切换多波长光纤激光器

提出了一种基于双Sagnac环滤波器的可切换多波长掺铒光纤激光器,该滤波器由基于保偏光纤和少模光纤的Sagnac环并联构成,结构简单,利用其梳状滤波特性,实现了掺铒光纤激光器的多波长输出。采用传输矩阵法详细分析了双Sagnac环的传输特性,进一步搭建了线性腔掺铒光纤激光器,实验中通过调节偏振控制器,改变腔内偏振态,在室温下得到稳定可切换的单、双、三波长激光输出,且激光器输出波长的位置可调。研究结果表明,输出激光波长的边模抑制比大于34 dB,稳定性测量中波长漂移量小于0.05 nm,具有良好的稳定性,可应用于波分复用及全光通信系统等领域。     

Subpicosecond pulse compression and Raman generation using amode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser-amplifier

Pulses of 20 ps duration from a 1536-nm erbium-doped fiber laser mode-locked at 10 MHz were soliton-compressed in a 1-km fiber to 1.5 ps. The pulses were then amplified in an erbium-doped fiber amplifier and compressed in a second fiber to less than 300 fs. Pulses give rise to stimulated Raman scattering in fibers; the direct output from the erbium fiber laser-amplifier has sufficient peak power to pump fiber Raman lasers. The sources can be made very compact and, with laser diode pumping, an all-fiber design can be realized. Such sources will find use in high-speed optical and electrooptical sampling instrumentation. Peak powers are high enough to study the nonlinear fiber effects that usually require a high-power Nd:YAG or color center laser     

High-power operation of aluminum-free (κ=0.98 μm) pumplaser for erbium-doped fiber amplifier

The authors discuss the fabrication and characteristics of high-power (P_CW=430 mW) InGaAs/InGaAsP/InGaP ridge waveguide lasers emitting at λ=0.98 μm, which is the optimum wavelength for pumping erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. In the past, high-power operation of Al-free pump lasers has been limited to 150 mW because of catastrophic optical damage of the mirror facet. This problem has been largely removed by increasing the spot size of the laser with the aid of an improved waveguide design. As a result, Al-free lasers can now achieve a maximum power comparable to the conventional GaAlAs-based pump lasers for λ=0.98 μm     

Structural and compositional control of the output wavelength of very high power 0.98 mu m GaInAs lasers for pumping fiber amplifiers

The authors report on the design, fabrication, and characterization of high-power strained-layer (SL) InGaAs single-quantum-well (SQW) lasers. The lasers emit a 0.980+or-0.002 mu m. They deliver over 100 mW CW optical power at room temperature in a stable single lateral mode with a beam divergence of 15 approximately=20 degrees . The maximum CW output power measured is 265 mW. The lasers have been successfully used as pump sources for an erbium-doped fiber amplifier.<>     

高功率光纤激光器发展概况

高功率光纤激光器以其优越的性能和超值的价格,在光通信、印刷、打标、材料加工、医疗等领域有着广阔的应用,将会很大程度上替代传统激光器,并开辟一些新的激光应用领域,扩大激光产业的规模.概述国内外高功率光纤激光器的发展历史与现状.展望了高功率光纤激光器的发展前景.     

Semiconductor pump laser technology

Recent progress in high-power semiconductor lasers for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers is described, focusing on 1.48-μm InGaAsP/InP lasers and 0.98-μm InGaAs/GaAs lasers. The experimental output powers exceed 200 mW (the maximum power was 325 mW) for 1.48-μm lasers, and simulation results indicate that over 400 mW could be obtained by optimizing parameters in strained-layer (SL) multiple-quantum-well (MQW) lasers. Stable operation over a few thousand hours under 100-mW power is demonstrated for liquid-phase-epitaxy-grown lasers, MQW lasers, and SL-MQW lasers grown by all-metal organic vapor-phase epitaxy (MOVPE). For 0.98-μm lasers, improvement in the fiber coupling efficiencies and long-term reliabilities are described. Their power coupled into a single-mode fiber has reached over 100 mW, with coupling efficiencies of approximately 40%. Although reliability seems to be one of the drawbacks compared with 1.48-μm lasers, stable operation for over 10,000 h at 50°C and 30 mW has been reported     

高功率双包层光纤激光器的泵浦技术

近几年来,高功率光纤激光器发展迅速,在通信、医疗、军事等领域应用广泛。为了适应技术发展的需求,侧面泵浦技术应运而生。侧面泵浦技术解决了泵浦光进入光纤受到限制的问题,同时能使掺杂稀土光纤获得更高的耦合效率。结合实验室的课题,重点介绍了两种侧面泵浦技术的高功率光纤激光器。这两种侧面泵浦技术有更大的技术发展空间和应用前景。     

Experiments on chaos synchronization in two separate erbium-dopedfiber lasers

Chaos synchronization in two separate erbium-doped fiber lasers through a 1.5-km-long fiber is experimentally demonstrated. Two identical erbium-doped fiber lasers are fabricated and modulated by an optical modulator near the relaxation oscillation frequency of the fiber laser. At this frequency, the two fiber lasers generate chaotic carriers. When the synchronization conditions such as cavity length, modulation frequency, and laser characteristics are satisfied, the two chaotic fiber lasers are synchronized     

高功率GTWave光纤激光器研究进展

高功率GTWave光纤激光器是目前光纤激光器研究的一个热点。介绍了GTWave光纤的结构,并回顾了国内外高功率GTWave光纤激光器的研究成果,可以看出,国内外GTWave光纤激光器的发展极其迅猛,其功率扩展能力非常强、结构设计非常灵活,输出功率远高于其他光纤激光器;同时,对比分析了高功率GTWave光纤激光器的特点和优势,并对今后的研究进行了展望。     

Optimization of wavelength tuning of erbium-doped fiber ring lasers

The dynamics of erbium-doped fiber ring lasers undergoing wavelength tuning is examined. The relaxation oscillations and mode build-up time are characterized. An all-optical damping technique which is capable of complete elimination of relaxation oscillations is analyzed, and measurements on a tunable erbium-doped fiber lasers are reported. An analytical solution is derived for the mode build-up time of tunable fiber lasers. Limiting parameters for the design of a high-speed tunable fiber laser are identified. An equalization technique for obtaining uniform switching speed is described     

Self-stabilizing effect of four-wave mixing and its applications on multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber lasers

Self-stabilizing effect of four-wave mixing (FWM) is analyzed and proven in this letter by using the undepleted approximation and the perturbation method. Multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber lasers with excellent stability and uniformity are demonstrated experimentally at room temperature. The novel fiber lasers are stabilized and equalized as a result of the balance between the self-stabilizing function of FWM and the mode competition effect of erbium-doped fiber.