掺Yb相移分布反馈光纤激光器的后期制作与研究

采用二次曝光法先在一根10cm长的掺Yb光纤上制作出近似λ/4相移分布反馈(DFB)掺Yb光纤激光器。再利用紫外修整的方法,同时通过F-P扫描干涉仪及示波器实时监控激光运行模式,获得了阈值低而单纵模运行特性好的λ/4相移DFB掺Yb光纤激光器。所制作的激光器阈值为20mW。当抽运功率为130mW时,获得了25mW的1053um单纵模激光。     

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。     

Performance limitations of high-power DFB fiber lasers

In this letter, we experimentally study several different configurations of high-power single-frequency sources based on distributed-feedback fiber laser (DFB FL). In particular, we have compared two schemes in terms of pumping efficiency, relative intensity noise (RIN) and optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR): directly pumped DFB FLs pumped by a high-power fiber-based pump source (stand-alone DFB FL) and a combination of a DFB FL and a power amplifier (amplified DFB FL). At the output powers below 40 mW, a stand-alone DFB FL has the highest OSNR (> 63 dB) and the lowest RIN (< -165 dB/Hz). The net efficiency of a stand-alone DFB FL can be doubled by using an amplified DFB FL at the expense of degraded OSNR and RIN. It is also shown that RIN below -160 dB/Hz and OSNR > 60 dB can be achieved by an amplified DFB with output power greater than 1 W.     

977-nm all-fiber DFB laser

Three-level operation of a fiber distributed feedback (DFB) laser operating around 980 nm is demonstrated for the first time. The ytterbium-doped DFB laser shows a maximum slope efficiency of 61% and output power of 38.2 mW under a launched single-mode pump power of 150 mW at 910 nm. The efficiency of lasers with different coupling strengths and at different pump wavelengths is also investigated.     

1550 nm全光纤单频脉冲光纤激光器

设计并实现了一种基于人眼安全波段的1550 nm全光纤化结构单频脉冲光纤激光器。激光器采用外腔稳频技术的单频半导体激光器作为种子源,其线宽1.8 kHz,功率20 mW。通过预放大器和声光调制器获得单频脉冲激光,并运用两级光纤放大器实现了线宽1.9 kHz、平均功率521 mW、脉冲宽度200 ns、重复频率10 kHz的单频脉冲光纤激光输出。输出脉冲峰值功率达260 W。输出端采用了双包层单模光纤,保证了输出激光的光束质量。整个激光器通过对种子光级联放大,结合放大器的增益控制,成功抑制了受激布里渊散射(Stimulated Brillouin Scattering,SBS)效应,消除了放大过程中噪声对线宽的影响,获得了线宽稳定的单频脉冲激光。     

可调谐单频掺镱光纤DBR激光器

对分布布拉格反射(DBR)的透射特性进行了分析,制作了一个单频窄线宽掺镱光纤DBR激光器.在977 nm半导体激光器泵浦下,在1052.5 nm波长处输出功率可达4 mW,线宽小于8 MHz(受测量仪器分辨率限制).采用弧形梁调谐光纤光栅,实现了DBR光纤激光器在单纵模工作状态下的连续调谐,调谐范围可达20.4 nm(1036.1～1056.5 nm),并研究了调谐对激光器的泵浦阈值和斜率效率的影响.     

High efficient and narrow linewidth fiber laser based on fiber grating Fabry-Perot cavity

A high Er3+-doped narrow linewidth fiber laser based on fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot cavity was demonstrated. The spatial hole burning effect was restrained by a fiber Faraday rotator. Two short fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot cavities as narrow bandwidth filters discriminated and selected laser longitudinal modes efficiently. A stable single-frequency 1534.83 nm laser was acquired. Pumped by two 976 nm laser diodes and two-ended output, the fiber laser exhibited a 12 mW threshold. Total 39.5 mW output power and one end 22 mW output power were obtained at the maximum 145 mW pump power. Optical-optical efficiency was 27% and slope efficiency was 29.7%. The output power seemed to be saturated when pump power increased. The 3 dB linewidth of the laser was less than 7.5 kHz, measured by the delayed self-heterodyne method with 15 km monomode fiber. The high power narrow linewidth fiber laser can be used in high resolution fiber sensor systems.     

Single-frequency fiber laser from linear cavity with loop mirror filter and dual-cascaded FBGs

A single-frequency ytterbium fiber laser was demonstrated by introducing a loop mirror filter, a polarization controller (PC), and dual-cascaded fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) in linear laser cavity. The loop mirror with unpumped ytterbium fiber as a narrow bandwidth filter discriminated and selected laser longitudinal modes efficiently. The spatial hole burning effect was restrained by adjusting PC appropriately. Dual closely cascaded FBGs as the output coupler, acting as an etalon, expanded the operation range of single frequency. Output power up to 18 mW at 1064 nm were obtained under the launched pump power of 107 mW at 976 nm, the optical-optical conversion efficiency was about 16.8%; the slope efficiency was about 20%.     

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。     

LD泵浦单频Nd:YVO4绿光激光器

采用复合腔与布氏片相结合的方式实现单纵模的有效选取,LD采用紧贴式端面泵浦,通过精密调控Nd:YVO4、KTP及泵浦源LD的温度以达到有关参数的最佳匹配,从而实现了稳定的单频绿光输出.在抽运功率为500mW时,获得38mW的单频连续稳定运转的532nm的绿光输出,其光-光转换效率为7.6%.     

Single-frequency Ti:Al2O3 ring laser

Over 500 mW of single-frequency power has been obtained from a Ti:Al₂O₃ ring laser pumped by 10 W (all lines) from an argon ion laser. The ring laser can be tuned from 750 to 850 nm while maintaining more than 100 mW in single-frequency operation without realignment or a change of optics. The free-running frequency stability of the laser is 3 MHz. Thermal effects cause changes in the ring cavity parameters, limiting the output power. This ring laser has also been operated with an acoustooptic mode locker to obtain 200-ps mode-locked pulses at 250 MHz with nearly the same average power as in single-mode operation     

LD抽运的Nd:YAG单频倍频激光器

在20mm激光腔内,Nd:YAG一端切成布氏角,与倍频晶体KTP组合构成双折射滤波片选择单纵模.用国产激光二极管(LD)纵向抽运,在会聚抽运光功率为500mW时,获得4mW单频连续运转的532nm绿光输出,同时获得约50mW的单频连续1064nm红外输出.     

Evaluation of 4-Gbit/s optical fiber transmission distance with direct and external modulation

Transmission characteristics for a recently modulated measured distributed-feedbacked (DFB) laser and an externally modulated DFB laser using a Ti:LiNbO/sub 3/, Mach-Zehnder modulator at 4 Gb/s are discussed. The transmission characteristics are estimated by an advanced eye-pattern analysis method. The maximum measured fiber dispersion with a directly modulated laser is 100 to 140 ps/nm when the chirp power penalty is 1 dB. However, for external modulation, there is no power penalty after transmission over a 2220-ps/nm dispersive fiber. This confirms that external modulation has superior transmission characteristics. The modulation scheme for 4-Gb/s systems in terms of these results is discussed.<>     

运行于1053nm的单纵模掺Yb光纤激光器研究

研究了运行于 10 5 3nm波长的光纤光栅单纵模掺Yb光纤激光器的特性。其中 ,采用F P腔结构获得 18mW的单纵模激光输出 ,相移分布反馈 (DFB)结构获得 1 3mW稳定的单纵模激光输出。     

Highly stable low-noise Brillouin fiber laser with ultranarrow spectral linewidth

We demonstrate an all-fiber high-power single-frequency Brillouin fiber ring laser with maximum power of 100 mW at 1.55 /spl mu/m, which is actively stabilized by using the Pound-Drever-Hall frequency-locking scheme. Significant reduction (/spl sim/20dB) of both relative intensity noise and frequency noise was observed in the Brillouin Stokes radiation as compared with those noises of its pump source, a narrow-linewidth Er-doped fiber laser. Ultranarrow spectral linewidth of the Brillouin fiber lasers was investigated by both delayed self-heterodyne technique and heterodyne beat technique between two independent Brillouin fiber lasers.     

Demonstration of saturation spectra of caesium D/sub 2/line with a low linewidth distributed feedback laser diode

Low linewidths for Al-free active region distributed feedback lasers using a self-heterodyne measurement method (minimum beat width of 0.8 MHz at 20 mW and 12 C, 1.2 MHz at 852.12 nm 35 mW and 36 C) are demonstrated. Singlemode emission was achieved at 852.12 nm corresponding to the D₂ caesium transition, with an optical output power of 35 mW at 140 mA under CW operation. Finally, the saturation spectra of caesium atoms with the DFB laser diode was recorded with a resolution close to the natural linewidth.     

Tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser precisely locked to the 50-GHz ITU frequency grid

A discretely tunable, single-frequency erbium-doped fiber ring laser demonstrates frequency locking to the 50-GHz ITU frequency grid with an accuracy of /spl plusmn/0.3 GHz and stability of /spl plusmn/0.05 GHz over a 50-nm tuning range. An output power of 7 mW and an extinction ratio of 45 dB make this single-frequency laser useful for a variety of DWDM applications.     

1064-nm DFB laser diode modules applicable to seeder for pulse-on-demand fiber laser systems

Semiconductor DFB (Distributed feedback) laser diodes with an operating wavelength of 1064 nm, which is suitable for pulse-on-demand fiber laser, have been developed. The stable performance of CW and nanosecond/picosecond pulsed operation is reviewed. By applying gain-switching operation with a simple direct modulation technique, 50-ps pulse generation with a stable spectral single-mode property was obtained. For the efficient amplification of the obtained 50-ps pulse, a monolithic semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) was integrated into the DFB lasers. An improved peak power of 300 mW at 50-ps pulse was observed with limited optical noise injection when the synchronous modulation technique of the DFB and the SOA was employed. Short cavity lasers showed a high-frequency response compared to the original DFB lasers and achieved a short pulse width of 13 ps by standard gain-switched operation.     

外腔反馈式单频掺Er3 光纤激光器的优化设计

设计了以光纤Bragg光栅(FBG)作为外腔反馈元件的单频Er^3 光纤激光器，并对其进行了数值模拟。分析表明，采用FBG外腔结构可以实现稳定、无跳模的单频运转，且在一定范围内外腔越长、激光线宽越窄。为了获得较高的单频激光输出功率，将输出的信号光继续通过一段Er^3 光纤，利用剩余泵浦光对其放大。理论模拟得到单频输出功率为0．373mW，比放大前提高了7dB，斜率效率0．75％。     

光孤子源的研制

报道了利用增益开关分布反馈半导体激光器，Ｆ－Ｐ光学滤波器及掺饵光纤放大顺研制成光孤子源的研究工作。光孤子源性能稳定，输出的超短光脉冲重复频率为２．５ＧＨｚ脉宽２４，谱宽０．１４ｎｍ，时间带宽积０．４１９，平均输出光功率２．４ｍＷ。