Highly stable tunable dual-wavelength Q-switched fiber laser for DIAL applications

We demonstrate a stable dual-wavelength Q-switched fiber laser for applications in differential absorption Lidar with tunability in absolute wavelength over several nanometers and discrete tuning in wavelength spacing from 1.1 to 3.3 nm. Single longitudinal-mode operation is also achieved by employing Sagnac loop saturable absorber filter. The delayed self homodyne linewidth measurement of the dual-wavelength continuous-wave laser shows a very narrow spectral linewidth and frequency jitter (<40 kHz). The advantages of tunable wavelengths, narrow linewidth, temperature insensitivity, and high stability in an efficient, cost effective, rugged, compact and light system make it a promising technology for airborne Lidar systems.     

基于DMD滤波器的波长间隔可调谐的双波长单纵模光纤环形激光器

提出一种稳定的波长间隔可调谐的双波长单纵模环形光纤激光器。在复合环形谐振腔中,采用由数字微镜装置（DMD）滤波器和两个不同长度的次级环形谐振腔组成的多重滤波的方式来选择激光器的工作模式。其中,DMD滤波器可以从掺铒光纤的自发增益谱中任意选择两个波长并将它们耦合进光路中;次级环形谐振腔作为模式滤波器,可以保证激光器输出单纵模激射;利用非线性光子晶体光纤（HN-PCF）的四波混频（FWM）效应,使激光器输出均衡平稳的双波长激射。在室温条件下,不用移动实验装置中的任何器件,通过将位置不同的光栅映射在DMD滤波器上来实现双波长间隔可调谐,调谐范围为0.165nm到1.08nm,调谐步长为0.055nm。     

Widely tunable wavelength spacing dual-wavelength single longitudinal mode erbium doped fiber laser

A simple widely tunable wavelength spacing dual-wavelength single longitudinal mode (SLM) erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) based on cascaded fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and birefringent fiber filter is proposed and demonstrated. Experimental results show that the lasing wavelength spacing is widely tunable in a range from 2 nm to 18 nm, which has potential to generate frequency tunable terahertz (THz) waves by beating the lasing dual-wavelength in a high speed photodetector. The birefringent fiber filter acts as an ultra-narrow bandpass filter and benefits the simultaneous oscillation of dual-wavelength in a single laser cavity. The output peak power of the lasing dual-wavelength is approximately equalized at room temperature, and a high optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) is realized in the whole tuning range. The SLM operation of dual-wavelength fiber laser is verified by Fabry–Perot (F–P) scanning interferometer, and the clear eye diagram proves that the proposed fiber laser is effective in the application of fiber optic communication system.     

单FBG双波长掺铒光纤激光器的设计与实验研究

为给密集波分复用(DWDM)光纤通信及光纤传感系统提供理想光源,设计了一种双波长环形腔掺铒光纤激光器。该激光器采用单支光纤光栅(FBG)和2个3dB耦合器构成可调谐光滤波器,结合多模光纤的偏振烧孔效应,通过改变系统的偏振态来获得波长可调谐的双波长激光输出。实验结果表明:改变系统的偏振态时,可分别获得单波长和双波长激光输出,双波长光纤激光器的最大波长差为4.692nm。引入多模光纤后,激光跳模现象得到明显抑制。     

Alternate and simultaneous generation of 1-GHz dual-wavelengthpulses from an electrically tunable harmonically mode-locked fiber laser

A new scheme of producing dual-wavelength mode-locked pulses from a fiber laser is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. In addition to the simultaneous generation of two selected wavelength components, the scheme also allows the alternate generation of mode-locked pulses at different wavelengths. The alternate switching of wavelengths is demonstrated at 1 GHz, and has been achieved over an electrical tuning range of 13.1 nm using the dispersion-tuning approach. A constant mode spacing of 7.1 nm is maintained during the tuning process     

半导体激光器生成双波长超窄脉冲的实验研究

描述了一种用腔外注入方式调制增益的法布里珀罗半导体激光器产生双波长超窄脉冲的简单方法，腔外注入功能部分包含一个直流工作的法面里珀罗半导体激光器，一个3dB光耦合器和两个布喇格型光纤光栅。双波长的选择和间距通过调节光栅为实现，文中描述的系统实现了在10nm的调节范围内边模压制率优于17dB的理想结果。整个系统简单、成本低。     

Tunable dual-wavelength actively mode-locked fiber laser with anF-P semiconductor modulator

A novel actively mode-locked fiber laser for generating dual-wavelength picosecond pulses is proposed by using a Fabry-Perot laser diode as the modulator in the ring cavity. A linear chirped fiber grating was used as a wavelength selector and produces temporal-spectral multiplexing of the pulses in the gain medium to reduce gain cross-saturation effects. About 2-GHz stable dual-wavelength pulses with a wavelength spacing of 0.92 nm at room temperature were experimentally demonstrated and the wavelengths could be tuned in a range of about 3 nm     

Single-/dual-wavelength switchable and tunable compound-cavity erbium-doped fiber laser with super-narrow linewidth

A single-/dual-wavelength switchable and tunable erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) with super-narrow linewidth has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated at room temperature. The fiber laser is based on a compound cavity simply composed of a ring main cavity and a two-ring subring cavity (TR-SC). Regardless of single- or dual-wavelength operation, the EDFL could always work well in single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) state at every oscillating wavelength. In dual-wavelength operation, the spacing could be tuned from 0 nm to 4.83 nm. In single-wavelength operation, the EDFL could lase at a fixed wavelength of 1 543.65 nm or another wavelength with a tunable range of 4.83 nm. The super-narrow linewidths of 550 Hz and 600 Hz for two wavelengths are obtained. The proposed EDFL has potential applications in microwave/terahertz-wave generation and high-precision distributed fiber optical sensing.     

Beating frequency tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with one fiber Bragg grating

A tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) is proposed and demonstrated. By applying axial and lateral strain simultaneously on the fiber Bragg grating (FBG), the absolute wavelength and wavelength spacing of the EDFL can be tuned continuously. The FBG used included not only the FBG fabricated in standard single-mode fiber, but also the FBG in polarization-maintaining fiber. The experiment results are similar.     

A dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser with widely tunable wavelength spacing

A stable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser （EDFL） with tunable wavelength spacing and equalized output power is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The fiber laser uses two fiber Fabry-Perot tunable filters （FFP- TFs） as the wavelength filter. The main cavity is divided into two sub-cavities with imbalance cavity losses through a 30/70 optical coupler. The tunable wavelength spacing can be achieved by changing the center wavelength of the filters and the equalized dual-wavelength output power can be achieved by properly controlling the variable optical attenuator （VOA） inserted in the lower-loss cavity.     

基于游标原理的可调谐分布反射全光纤激光器

报道了一种新型全光纤离散可调谐分布反射(DBR)光纤激光器。光纤激光器为短腔结构,其有源区采用Er-Yb共掺单模光纤,有源光纤长度为6 cm。激光器采用两组级联光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)为反射腔镜,前腔镜各级联光纤布拉格光栅的布拉格波长间隔为1 nm,后腔镜为0.8 nm,利用游标原理,通过对前腔镜级联光纤布拉格光栅进行机械调谐,使前后腔镜各反射波长分别对准,实现了四个固定波长间隔为0.8 nm的离散调谐。这种光纤激光器具有波长调节准确,调谐速度快,成本低的优点,可用于作为多波长光纤传输系统的发射光源或系统检测光源,进一步增加级联光栅的组数可实现更大调谐范围。     

Multiwavelength tunable fiber ring laser based on sampled chirp fiber Bragg grating

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel configuration of a multiwavelength tunable fiber ring laser with equally increased or decreased wavelength spacing. Wavelength tuning is achieved by tuning the strain gradient of a sampled chirp fiber Bragg grating (SCFBG), which is integrated in the laser cavity. To achieve equally increased or decreased wavelength spacing, the SCFBG is surface-mounted at a slant onto one lateral side of a plate so that each wavelength-selective element of the SCFBG will experience an equal strain increment when an external force is applied to the plate. We experimentally obtain seven lasing wavelengths with equally increased or decreased wavelength spacing.     

Stable and widely tunable wavelength-spacing single longitudinal mode dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser

In this paper, a novel and simple widely tunable wavelength-spacing single longitudinal mode (SLM) dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) based on the tunable filter group, a passive feedback fiber ring (FFR) and saturable absorber (SA), is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. Experiment results show that the wavelength spacing can tune from 0.8 nm up to 17 nm, which has potential to generate terahertz (THz) waves by photo-mixing the lasing wavelengths in a high-speed photo-detector, and the maximum fluctuation of peak power of EDFL is less than 0.37 dB within 75 min and the optical signal-to-noise ratio is more than 30 dB at room temperature. In the absence of high-speed photo-detector, THz beat-note is also successively observed with the help of an autocorrelator. Moreover, dual-wavelength fiber laser can selectively realize one wavelength lasing by simply tuning filters.     

Multiwavelength pulse generation using an actively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on distributed dispersion cavity

A simple design of a stable multiwavelength pulse generator was demonstrated using a dispersion-tuned actively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber (EDF) ring laser with distributed dispersion cavity. The distributed dispersion cavity in the fiber laser successfully reduced the cross-gain saturation in EDF, and thus, enabled multiwavelength operation. Simultaneous generation of wavelength-tunable 10-GHz pulses up to four different wavelengths was achieved with the same wavelength space of 2.94 nm. The extinction ratio of all wavelengths was above 30 dB. In addition, smooth wavelength tuning was achieved over more than 41 nm when the laser was working at dual-wavelength mode. The super mode noise was /spl sim/60 dB below the signal level at both wavelengths. The laser state was found to be very stable.     

一种频率可调的光学生成微波毫米波源

实现了一种频率可调的光纤微波毫米波信号源.利用掺饵光纤(EDF)环形腔中的偏振烧孔(PHB)效应和激光反向传播的特点,在室温下得到了波长间隔可调的稳定的单频单纵模双波长激光器,将两束激光在PIN光电二极管中拍频得到了频率在472.5MHz~26.5GHz间变化的毫米波信号,输出功率不小于0.015mW,3dB带宽约为3...     

Tunable Dual-Wavelength Fiber Laser Using Optical-Injection Fabry–PÉrot Laser

In this investigation, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a dual-wavelength fiber laser based on a self-injected Fabry–PÉrot laser diode and an erbium-doped fiber. The dual-wavelength tuning range is 39.49 nm, from 1526.27 to 1565.76 nm, and the mode spacing of the dual-wavelength can be tuned from 1.32 to 39.49 nm. In addition, the output power difference of the dual-wavelength can be controlled and smaller than 1 dB.      

复合滤波结构的窄线宽高频微波信号产生装置

为了在较低泵浦功率下实现单纵模双波长激光信号的输出,进而获得窄线宽的高频微波信号,设计并实验了一种基于复合滤波结构的窄线宽高频微波信号产生装置。通过8字腔结构布里渊增益腔和反射式光纤光栅构成的波长选择滤波器实现了4倍布里渊频移间隔的双波长斯托克斯光信号输出,采用200 m长单模光纤作为增益介质,同时与50 m长单模光纤构成级联光纤环结构,采用三端口耦合器与2 m长未泵浦的保偏掺铒光纤构成萨格纳克环结构,利用级联光纤环结构和萨格纳克环结构的复合滤波作用实现了斯托克斯光信号模式的选择,使输出的斯托克斯光信号由多纵模运行状态变为单纵模运行状态。实验证明:通过对输出的单纵模双波长斯托克斯光信号进行拍频检测可得42.85 GHz的高频微波信号产生,线宽为38 kHz;通过改变可调谐泵浦激光器的输出波长,可实现42.25~43.51 GHz范围内的频率调谐;通过稳定性测试,产生的42.85 GHz高频微波信号的频率变化在0.83 MHz内,峰值功率变化在±0.8 dB内,稳定性良好,满足实际应用需求。     

Tunable and Switchable Fiber Ring Laser Among Four Wavelengths With Ultranarrow Wavelength Spacing Using a Quadruple-Transmission-Band Fiber Bragg Grating Filter

Four$pi$-phase shifts are introduced in a uniform fiber Bragg grating (FBG) structure to realize a quadruple-transmission-band filter with ultranarrow 40-pm wavelength spacing. Four separate single-wavelength lasings at 1552.60, 1552.63, 1552.67, and 1552.71 nm, and three pairs of dual-wavelength lasings among above four wavelengths, are achieved stably by incorporating the quadruple-transmission-band FBG filter in a fiber ring cavity with a tunable uniform FBG acting as coarse frequency selection. This new kind of laser will be very useful in applications requiring closely spaced and tunable single- or dual-wavelength components.     

基于CFG的连续TTD系统研究

提出并实验验证了一个四通道的基于啁啾光栅的连续可调光控延时系统,该系统适合于频率达10 GHz的相控阵天线的波束形成及扫描,使用一种基于啁啾光栅的延时网络和一种新型的波长等间隔增大或减小的多波长可调谐线性腔光纤激光器.光纤激光器的等波长间隔,通过相等增量的作用力挤压或拉伸激光谐振器中固定在一个有机塑料盘上成一定的角度相邻的布拉格光栅来调谐.光控延时是通过被调制光在一个线性啁啾光栅的不同位置反射而实现,波长等间隔激光可获得等间隔的延时.     

Generation of wavelength-switched optical pulse from a fiber ringlaser with an F-P semiconductor modulator and a HiBi fiber loop mirror

A simple configuration to perform wavelength switching in an actively mode-locked fiber ring laser is demonstrated. A Fabry-Perot laser diode was used as a modulator and a HiBi fiber loop mirror was used as a periodic multichannel wavelength filter in the cavity. By setting the channel spacing of nm can be achieved by tuning the fiber loop mirror filter. In the wavelength-switched process, the modulation frequency was not required to be changed