930nm被动锁模掺钕全光纤激光器的研制

报道了一种紧凑型930nm被动锁模掺钕全光纤激光器,该激光器由掺钕全光纤振荡器和一级掺钕全光纤放大器构成。振荡器采用线型腔结构,增益介质为长度8cm的高掺杂掺钕石英光纤,抽运源为一个最大功率为200mW的808nm单模半导体激光器,利用半导体可饱和吸收镜实现被动锁模,获得超短脉冲激光输出。振荡器输出平均功率为1mW,重复频率为28.2MHz,脉冲宽度为8.8ps,3dB光谱宽度为0.37nm。为抑制掺钕光纤放大器中1060nm波段激光的竞争,采用长度为10m的W型掺钕光纤作为增益介质进行功率放大,很好地抑制了1060nm波段激光,最终实现了平均功率为117 mW,中心波长为930nm,单脉冲能量为4.15nJ,重复频率为28.2 MHz,脉冲宽度为8.8ps,10dB光谱宽度为2.98nm的脉冲激光输出。     

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。     

光纤光栅选频掺Yb3+光纤激光器

以波分复用器(WDM),光纤光栅和自行研制的掺Yb~(3+)单模光纤,采用新颖的全光纤连接方案,实现了1060nm窄线宽、线形腔激光器的成功运转。对不同长度掺镱光纤(YDF)所构成的激光器进行了实验研究,发现9m为最佳长度。入纤抽运阈值功率约为30mW,当入纤功率达到最大值42.8mW时,得到最大激光输出8.8mW,半宽<0.5nm,相对于入纤抽运功率的斜率效率为70.4％。     

基于高精细度光纤滤波器的双波长光纤激光器

提出了基于高精细度光纤环形滤波器的双波长窄线宽光纤激光器结构.在单波长光纤激光器的基础上,增加保偏光纤布拉格光栅(PM-FBG)和高精细度的光纤滤波器.其中保偏光纤布拉格光栅作为激光器的波长选择元件,可产生两个波长的激光输出.高精细度的光纤滤波器由两个光耦合器和一段弱抽运的掺铒光纤构成,掺铒光纤产生的增益和光纤时延使滤...     

掺钕双包层大模场保偏光子晶体光纤激光器

采用掺钕双包层大模场保偏光子晶体光纤(PCF)作为增益介质,实现了1.06μm连续激光运转。实验采用线型谐振腔,光纤一端研磨成0°角作为自由耦合输出端,并提供4%的反馈光用于维持谐振腔内的激光振荡。激光器阈值为2.4 W,斜效率为18.8%。当抽运功率达到30 W时,最大输出功率为4.94 W,光束质量因子为1.30,偏振串音为-7.9dB,输出激光的中心波长为1062.7nm。实验结果表明,掺钕双包层大模场PCF具有良好的单模传输特性和保偏性能,有利于激光器实现高功率高光束质量的激光输出。     

掺钕保偏光纤激光器腔内倍频实验研究

从双包层光纤激光器的速率方程和光传输方程出发,数值模拟得到泵浦功率20 W时最佳增益光纤长度。在此基础上,采用线型直腔结构,通过透镜耦合的方式,用808 nm半导体激光器对掺Nd3+熊猫型保偏双包层光纤进行端面泵浦,获得1060 nm连续偏振的基频光输出,其线宽小于5 nm,光-光转换效率达到50%;之后,采用腔内插入KTP晶体的方式对基频光进行倍频获得530 nm的绿光输出,其线宽小于3 nm,倍频效率达到20%。在20 W的入纤功率泵浦下,得到2 W的530 nm连续绿光输出。     

1120nm窄线宽掺镱光纤激光器

为了获得窄线宽、高功率、长波长(相对于1030nm~1080nm)的1120nm光纤激光器,采用普通单模掺镱光纤和一对光纤布喇格光栅构建了该光纤激光器的谐振腔,为保证抽运光的完全吸收和避免非线性效应,对有源光纤的最佳长度进行了理论分析和实验验证。结果表明,激光器的阈值抽运功率为40mW、注入抽运功率为265mW时,激光器输出信号光功率35mW,光光转换效率为13.2%,激光器中心波长为1120.9nm,输出激光的谱线宽度为0.03nm。这种激光器的获得是因为采用了高反射率耦合输出光纤布喇格光栅、短谐振腔结构和低功率运转状态。该激光器可作为种子光注入光纤放大器。     

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.     

双波长光纤激光器的保偏光纤功率放大特性研究

对功率比可调谐的双波长光纤激光器及其保偏光纤功率放大器特性进行研究。以中心波长分别为1030nm和1035nm的两对光纤光栅作为谐振腔镜,通过引入1035nm波长激光可调节的腔内损耗,实现了功率比可调的双波长光纤激光器。以双波长光纤激光器为种子光源,建立了二级保偏光纤功率放大系统,通过控制双波长信号的功率比,研究了种子光特性对双波长功率放大的影响,获得了功率比可调的1035nm和1030nm双波长激光的放大输出,在双波长等幅输出情况下,最高功率达7.77 W。通过增大抽运功率或增加放大级数,可以获得更高功率的可调双波长激光输出,为今后应用于非线性光学差频产生太赫兹波提供了可能。     

980nm光纤激光器发展现状与展望

980nm波段的掺镱光纤激光器因有望获得高亮度激光输出,代替980nm波段的半导体激光器成为掺铒/镱光纤激光器高亮度的抽运源而备受关注。从980nm波段光纤激光器广泛使用的4类增益光纤——单模单包层掺镱光纤、常规双包层掺镱光纤、JAC(Jacketed air-clad)掺镱光纤以及超大纤芯掺镱光子晶体光纤出发,对国际上各研究机构所做的工作进行了综述,介绍了其实验进展和存在的问题。最后就980nm波段光纤激光器的未来发展方向进行了探讨。     

基于光纤光栅法布里-珀罗腔的高效窄线宽光纤激光器

报道了采用双光纤光栅(FBG)法布里-珀罗(F-P)腔选模的线形腔结构窄线宽光纤激光器。激光器以高掺杂Er~(3 )光纤为增益介质,利用全光纤型法拉第旋转器(FR)抑制空间烧孔效应,通过两个短光纤光栅法布里-珀罗腔选模,产生了稳定的1534．83 nm单频激光输出。激光器采用两支976 nm单模激光二极管(LD)抽运,两端输出。激光器阈值抽运光功率为12 mW,在总抽运光功率为145 mW时总输出信号光功率为39．5 mW,单端最高输出信号光功率为22 mW。光-光转换效率为27％,斜率效率为29．7％。随着抽运功率的增加,激光器输出功率趋于饱和。采用延迟自外差方法精确测量光纤激光器线宽,实验中使用了15 km单模光纤延迟线,由于测量精度的限制,得到激光器的线宽小于7kHz。这种光纤激光器具有输出功率高、线宽窄、信噪比高的特点,可用于高精度的光纤传感系统。     

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.     

800/1060 nm dual-wavelength pumped TDFA using single active pump source

Novel 800/1060 nm dual-wavelength pumping sources for Tm/sup 3+/-doped fibre amplifiers (TDFAs) are reported: a Nd/sup 3+/-doped silica fibre laser or a Nd/sup 3+/-doped microstructured silica fibre laser, both pumped near 800 nm and emitting near 1060 nm, providing the two required TDFA pump wavelengths. A new regime of pump power ratios is explored, in which the 800 nm power is comparable to the 1060 nm power. Gain and noise figure are comparable with those obtained using individual pump modules at the two wavelengths.     

879nm直接抽运提高Nd∶GdVO_4激光器性能

激光二极管(LD)大功率端面抽运固体激光器(DPSSL)中的热效应会影响到激光器的各个方面,使得激光输出效率下降,光束质量变坏、谐振腔的稳定性变差等。采用新波段879 nm取代808 nm,将粒子直接激励到激光发射上能级,降低无辐射弛豫过程产生的热量,有效地减少热的产生,降低激光二极管端面抽运Nd∶GdVO4晶体的热效应,获得更高性能的激光输出。在相同条件下通过879 nm激光二极管直接端面抽运及808 nm激光二极管间接端面抽运Nd∶GdVO4激光器的实验比较,结果表明,在较高抽运功率下采用879 nm抽运提高了Nd∶GdVO4激光器的激光输出性能。最后采用879 nm激光二极管端面抽运Nd∶GdVO4晶体棒直线腔方案,在16.3 W的吸收抽运功率下,获得最大连续输出功率9.8 W的TEM00模1063 nm激光输出,对吸收抽运光的光-光转换效率高达60.1%,斜率效率达68.4%。     

窄线宽光纤激光器

为满足传感系统的需求,研制了1 550nm单频窄线宽光纤激光器,采用环形腔结构,利用976nm激光器作为泵浦源,高掺杂掺铒光纤作为增益介质,以低掺杂掺铒光纤作为饱和吸收体,得到稳定的窄线宽激光输出。泵浦功率为200mW时,得到输出功率为21mW,线宽为7.2kHz,波长稳定度为1.26pm,相对强度噪声≤-102dB/Hz1/2。     

双端抽运的30 W光纤激光器实验研究

报道了双端抽运连续输出的掺Yb^3 双包层高功率光纤激光器。实验采用了中心波长在975nm附近的两种输出形式的半导体激光器(LD)作为抽运源，测量了不同抽运条件下的输出功率特性和光谱特性。在仅尾纤输出的半导体激光器抽运下获得了斜率效率为42％，峰值波长为1103．8nm的9．2W激光输出；在仅准直输出的半导体激光器抽运下获得了斜率效率为57％，峰值波长为1104．4nm的20．0W激光输出；当两个半导体激光器在双端同时抽运时，获得光纤激光最大输出功率为30．6W，输出峰值波长为1108．4nm，以及49％的总体光一光转换效率。     

Multiwavelength diode-cladding-pumped Nd/sup 3+/-doped germano-aluminosilicate fiber laser

Simultaneous multiwavelength oscillation at 1060 and 1090 nm has been produced from a free-running Nd/sup 3+/-doped multicomponent silica fiber laser. As a result of co-doping with both Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ and GeO/sub 2/, the Nd/sup 3+/ ions are situated at separate sites relating to either Al/sup 3+/-rich or Ge/sup 4+/-rich regions of the germano-aluminosilicate glass. The slope efficiency of the combined /spl sim/1-/spl mu/m output was /spl sim/52% (56%) with respect to the launched (absorbed) pump power. The 1060-nm emission reaches threshold first because of the greater number of Nd/sup 3+/ ions that are located at Al/sup 3+/-rich sites. On chopping the pump light the relaxation oscillations relating to the 1090-nm emission are antiphase with the oscillations observed with the 1060-nm emission. A degree of spectral overlap exists between the fluorescence emitted from Nd/sup 3+/ ions located at each site. Power equalization (to /spl sim/1 W each) of the 1060- and 1090-nm emissions was carried out by way of Raman amplification that occurred either internally or externally to the Nd/sup 3+/-doped silica fiber laser.     

Simultaneous operation of a Raman fiber amplifier and laser pumped by a dual-wavelength Nd/sup 3+/-doped fiber laser

This paper presents an experimental study on the dynamics of Raman fiber lasers that use highly GeO/sub 2/-doped fibers as an active medium and a dual-wavelength (1060 and 1090 nm) Nd/sup 3+/-doped fiber laser as a pump source. The 1090-nm pump wavelength is located within the SiO/sub 2/ Raman gain spectrum relating to the 1060-nm pump wavelength, and competition is observed between Raman amplification of the 1090-nm emission with the 1060-nm emission used as the pump source and Raman lasing, which is independent of the 1090-nm amplification and which is also uses the 1060-nm emission as the pump source. Several pump configurations have been demonstrated to generate specific Stokes emissions generated through Raman lasing or amplification. Changing the gain-to-loss ratio by introducing intracavity loss of Raman emissions or increasing the Raman fiber length within each configuration can force either Raman amplification or lasing to dominate. The maximum slope efficiency as a function of the launched pump power was /spl sim/55% with a total output power of 1.6 W produced. A red shift of both the pump and the Stokes wavelengths is experimentally observed when the launched diode pump power is scaled up.     

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.