Amplification of mode-locked semiconductor diode laser pulses in erbium-doped fibre amplifier

Amplification of picosecond pulses from an actively mode-locked semiconductor diode laser in an erbium-doped fibre amplifier pumped at 532 nm is demonstrated. Peak emission was centred on 1.536 mu m and a saturated amplifier gain of 13 dB yielded less than 10 ps pulses with a peak power of 0.58 W at 600 MHz. Optimisation of the mode-locked oscillator allowed amplified peak pulse powers greater than 3 W to be generated.<>     

输出高重复频率脉冲列的D型双包层掺Yb3+光纤放大器

利用5 m长的D型双包层掺Yb3 光纤,采用声光调制锁模信号系统,实验上成功研制出输出320 MHz的高重复频率脉冲列的光纤放大器,得到了20 dB的增益输出,输出激光波长1064 nm,输出平均功率1.02 W,该光纤放大器可作为空间激光通信系统发射源.整个实验系统装置由作为信号源的特高重频脉冲列激光器、作为放大环节的光纤放大器和绿光倍频三个部分组成,另外对光纤放大器自激振荡谱线的各影响因素做了一些相关的实验研究,并对结果进行了分析讨论,提出了改进措施.     

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 Raman Soliton Source Using Mode-Locked Tm–Ho Fiber Laser

We report a femtosecond pulse source that uses a mode-locked Tm-Ho oscillator and a self-frequency shift of Raman solitons in Tm-Ho power amplifier. The master oscillator mode-locked by an antimonide-based saturable absorber mirror produces 750-fs transform-limited soliton pulses over the tuning range from 1912 to 1972 nm. The soliton self-frequency shift in the amplifier resulted in transform-limited pulses with the wavelength adjusted by varying the amplifier pump power. We obtain ~150-fs soliton pulses at the wavelength of 2150 nm with average power up to 230 mW corresponding to the peak power of 27 kW. The efficiency of Raman conversion ranges from 47% to 62% over the tuning range     

Broad-band diode-pumped ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier with 34-dBmoutput power

We investigate a high-power diode-pumped double-clad ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier with 34-dBm average output power and 1050-1095-nm bandwidth. A multidiode concentrator pumps the amplifier at 980 nm, with ~6 W of power launched into the inner cladding. Besides CW-signals, we amplify pulses from a mode-locked laser to 1 kW of peak power with only minor nonlinear distortions as well as pulses from a Q-switched laser to 50 μJ of energy. Reflections and backscatter limit the gain of the amplifier to 40 dB for a pump power of 2.5 W. For higher pump-powers than this, the amplifier started to self-Q-switch. The results are important for the development of cladding-pumped high-power fiber amplifiers     

Mode-locked operation of a master oscillator power amplifier

We report the first mode-locked operation of a tapered amplifier MOPA to generate short optical pulses with record high average powers and pulse energies. The MOPA is constructed using a discrete semiconductor oscillator and amplifier operating at 940 mm wavelength. Pulses of 4.2 ps duration are generated with average powers of 296 mW and peak powers of 28.1 W. The energy of these pulses was 118 pJ, corresponding to energies more than an order magnitude greater than the gain saturation energy in the mode-locked laser itself, and also corresponds to energies internal in the amplifier in excess of the gain saturation energy. Although the amplifier saturation energy limits the pulse energy obtainable in a mode-locked laser, the MOPA configuration demonstrates that generation of pulses with energies in excess of the amplifier saturation energy is feasible in a post-amplification stage     

Generation of high-power femtosecond pulse and octave-spanning ultrabroad supercontinuum using all-fiber system

We present the all-fiber system for amplification of high peak power femtosecond pulses. The 260-fs pulses are generated in the passively mode-locked Er-doped fiber (EDF) laser and amplified using the EDF amplifier system. The average and peak powers of the generated pulses are 215 mW and 43.2 kW, respectively, and the pulsewidth is 42.3 fs. Then the amplified pulses are coupled into polarization-maintaining highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber and octave-spanning supercontinuum is generated. The spectral range is widely expanded from 980 to 2570 nm. To the best of our knowledge, this bandwidth is the maximum one in this wavelength region.     

全光纤结构锁模脉冲光纤放大器

随着光纤技术的不断发展,光纤激光器以其体积小、结构紧凑、高效率、光束质量好、高稳定性等优点逐渐受到重视。近些年,具有高峰值功率、高重复频率和高单脉冲能量的脉冲光纤激光器越来越成为研究和应用领域的热点。利用自行搭建的环形腔光纤激光器,获得了稳定的自启动锁模脉冲种子源,以掺Yb双包层光纤为增益介质,采用包层泵浦的方式和主振荡功率放大结构(MOPA),通过两级放大,使平均功率为70 mW的信号光得到25.2 dB的增益,获得了平均功率23.07 W,中心波长1 064 nm、重复频率41.3 MHz,脉冲宽度50 ps,单脉冲能量0.56μJ,峰值功率11.2 kW的锁模脉冲激光,光光转换效率为42.4%,实现了全光纤结构的锁模脉冲放大器。     

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。     

频率合成的声光调制电源

叙述了声光锁模组件的主要构件,激励源——声光调制电源的组成。介绍了高速中规模集成数字频率合成器、晶体管高频大功率放大器的设计。     

All-Fiber Picosecond Laser System at 1.5 $mu$m Based on Amplification in Short and Heavily Doped Phosphate-Glass Fiber

Amplification of ultrashort pulses in doped fibers is limited by an onset of nonlinear effects in the fiber. At the 1.5-mum wavelength, single-mode fibers typically have anomalous dispersion. The self-phase modulation combined with dispersion leads to instability of multinanojoule pulses in such fibers. Various techniques developed to amplify pulses beyond the nonlinearity limit typically rely on a delicate balance between dispersive and nonlinear effects in different parts of the laser system. We report a simple all-fiber alternative to these complex techniques that utilizes a rapid amplification of pulses in a short and heavily doped phosphate-glass active fiber. In our preliminary experiments, picosecond pulses at 1.5 mum generated by a passively mode-locked fiber oscillator at a repetition rate of 70 MHz are amplified in a 15-cm-long heavily Er-Yb codoped fiber amplifier to the average output power of 1.425 W. The pulse energy and peak power reach 20.4 nJ and 16.6 kW, respectively, while the pulse distortion is minimal in both temporal and spectral domains. Further power up-scaling is possible by using active phosphate fiber with a large mode area, in the amplifier stage     

非线性光纤环形镜掺铒光纤激光器的实验研究

为了研究掺铒光纤激光器超短脉冲的产生,采用增益平坦型掺铒光纤放大器、两个偏振控制器以及3个耦合器,利用非线性光纤环形镜加成脉冲锁模技术,通过改变偏振控制器的方向,获得最大输出功率为0.6mW的脉冲输出,对应的光谱宽度9nm、中心波长1561nm、脉冲宽度434ps、脉冲的重复频率为1.1MHz.该脉冲经过掺铒光纤放大器放大后,最大输出功率为10.8mW.放大后锁模脉冲的中心波长保持不变、光谱带宽稍有变窄、输出功率明显增大、脉冲宽度展宽为495ps.实验结果表明,采用商用的掺铒光纤放大器可实现结构简单、调节方便的掺铒光纤激光器超短脉冲输出,且掺铒光纤激光器可以实现自启动,并长时间稳定锁模工作.     

利用非线性偏振旋转锁模技术产生0.7nJ,1.5ps光脉冲

为了研究锁模光纤激光器以增益平坦型掺铒光纤放大器作为增益介质对输出特性的影响,采用增益平坦型掺铒光纤放大器结合光纤偏振控制器、偏振相关光隔离器组成锁模光纤激光器,基于非线性偏振旋转锁模技术,实现稳定、自起振锁模运转,得到了中心波长1560nm、重复频率6.495MHz、单脉冲能量0.7nJ、脉宽1.5ps的超短光脉冲。同时实验观察到峰值波长为1557nm和1570nm的双峰值波长锁模脉冲的产生。结果表明,采用增益平坦型掺铒光纤放大器替代普通掺铒光纤组成锁模光纤激光器,可获得较高单脉冲能量的超短光脉冲,锁模脉冲的输出光谱可能出现双峰结构,从而可为超短脉冲光纤激光器设计及实用化提供参考。     

瓦级输出全光纤结构2.0μm掺铥皮秒脉冲光纤激光器

研制了高功率全光纤结构2μm波段掺铥皮秒脉冲光纤激光器。该激光器采用了主振荡功率放大(MOPA)结构设计,种子源采用790nm的多模半导体激光器作为抽运源、双包层掺铥光纤作为激光增益介质、半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)作为锁模器件,从而实现了重复频率为10.4MHz的皮秒激光脉冲输出,其最大平均输出功率为15mW。种子源经过一级掺铥光纤放大器后,获得了1.1W高平均功率输出,相应的单脉冲能量高达105nJ,激光脉冲宽度为9ps,峰值功率为11.6kW。此时测得激光脉冲的中心波长为1963nm,3dB光谱带宽为0.5nm。     

Active mode-locking of an external cavity GaInAsP laserincorporating a fibre-grating reflector

Active mode-locking of a GaInAsP semiconductor diode amplifier, coupled to an external cavity incorporating an optical fibre grating as a bandwidth limiting and wavelength selective mirror, is reported. The grating defined the central emission wavelength to the 1.53 μm region where mode-locked pulses having durations of less than 10 ps were generated at a repetition rate of 648 MHz     

Short-Pulse Dual-Wavelength System Based on Mode-Locked Diode Lasers With a Single Polarization-Maintaining Yb:Fiber Amplifier

In this paper, we report on the development of a short-pulse dual-wavelength source consisting of mode-locked diode lasers and a single Yb-doped double-clad fiber amplifier. Two mode-locked external-cavity semiconductor oscillators operating at a repetition rate of 577 MHz with center wavelengths of 1040 nm and 1079 nm are synchronized, producing short pulses that are injected into a Yb-doped polarization-maintaining fiber for amplification. Numerical simulations are used to determine the optimal fiber length and seeding configuration for dual-wavelength amplification in the fiber. Each signal is amplified to an average power of 0.5 W with pulse durations of around 5 ps. Performance issues associated with two-signal amplification in Yb-doped fibers are discussed, as well as perspectives for increasing the wavelength separation of the seed lasers.      

High power mode-locked compound laser using a tapered semiconductoramplifier

A new type of a high power mode-locked laser, based on a tapered stripe traveling wave semiconductor amplifier and an additional separate narrow stripe gain element is described. Active mode-locking, achieved by RF modulation of the narrow stripe, resulted in pulses as short as 12 ps. Separately, maximum peak powers of 16 W and pulse energies above 0.5 nJ were observed     

1.3 μm高脉冲能量锁模皮秒再生放大器

报道了激光二极管抽运工作波长为1.3 μm的高能量皮秒再生放大器,种子源为重复频率65 MHz、平均输出功率140 mW的被动锁模皮秒激光振荡器。通过优化再生放大器,获得了重复频率为1 kHz、脉宽小于20 ps、单脉冲能量大于1 mJ的高脉冲能量皮秒脉冲激光,脉冲能量稳定性均方根值小于0.3%,其倍频光束671 nm的质量因子M2小于等于1.1,这表明再生放大器输出激光具有很好的光束质量。     

Tunable, high-power, subpicosecond blue-green dye laser system witha two-stage dye amplifier

A two-stage dye amplifier design has been developed to amplify tunable, blue-green, subpicosecond dye laser pulses which are generated from a hybrid synchronously mode-locked dye oscillator directly (800 fs) or shorter to 200 fs by a fiber compressor stage. This system has achieved single pulse energies of 2 mJ, with an amplified spontaneous emission content of less than 0.1%. Using 40 mJ of the third-harmonic output of an Nd:YAG regenerative amplifier to pump the dye amplifier system, these pulse energies represent an energy extraction efficiency of ~5%. The tunability, stability, and spatial and temporal quality of the output pulses from the system have also been characterized     

Experimental validation of an extended ABCD model for activelymode-locked fiber lasers

An extended ABCD model for actively mode-locked fiber lasers is presented. This new scheme includes the amplifier model taking into account the power evolution along the cavity fiber. The first experimental validation is reported