Mode-Locked Bi-Doped All-Fiber Laser With Chirped Fiber Bragg Grating

We demonstrate a bi-doped fiber laser with dispersion compensation provided by a linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating. Reliable self-starting mode-locking was achieved by using an InGaAsN semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. The all-fiber laser generated short optical pulses with a duration of 1.9 ps at ~ 1165 nm. The large anomalous dispersion of the fiber grating ensured operation in the soliton pulse regime. This in turn enabled us to increase the repetition rate of the output pulse train up to 100.6 MHz via harmonic mode-locking.     

用大模场光子晶体光纤获得高功率飞秒激光

最近许多实验结果表明掺Yb光纤在提高输出功率方面还有很大潜力,而且由于大模面积光子晶体光纤的使用,飞秒光纤激光器的输出已经可以与传统飞秒固体激光器相比拟。报道了利用掺Yb的保偏型大模面积光子晶体光纤进行锁模和放大方面取得的实验结果,光子晶体光纤振荡级输出重复频率为51 MHz,脉冲宽度为450 fs,平均功率为2 W的飞秒激光,对应单脉冲能量40 nJ;同时利用国产双包层大模面积光纤进行了放大实验,在平均功率为毫瓦量级的种子光脉冲输入情况下,获得了103增益。     

Environmentally Stable, High Pulse Energy Yb-Doped Large-Mode-Area Photonic Crystal Fiber Laser Operating in the Soliton-Like Regime

A high pulse energy passively mode-locking fiber laser operating in the soliton-like regime is demonstrated. The laser is based on a linear cavity design. A segment of Yb-doped single-polarization large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber serves as the gain medium, and the self-starting mode-locking is achieved by a high contrast semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. The laser directly generates 600-fs pulses with 900 mW of average power at a repetition rate of 47.3 MHz, corresponding to a single pulse energy of 19 nJ. Furthermore, this fiber laser is directly used for pumping ZnTe to generate broadband terahertz radiation, resulting in a compact terahertz source.     

Soliton fiber ring laser stabilization and tuning with a broadintracavity filter

The periodic perturbations to the soliton in passively mode-locked fiber soliton lasers cause dispersive wave shedding, which lead to sharp spectral sidebands that limit pulse duration. By using a broad intracavity birefringent plate filter, the side-bands are greatly reduced, and the pulse duration is shortened. The filter also allows wavelength tuning, and a 43 nm continuous tuning range is demonstrated for pulses of 311-357 is duration in a fully self-starting diode pumped system     

非线性偏振旋转光纤环形孤子激光器的分析

详细分析了非线性偏振旋转被动锁模光纤环形孤子激光器的自起动过程、孤子脉宽及稳定性与各激光参数的关系.通过孤子参量演化方程的求解.获得了激光器稳定运行后脉宽的解析表达式以及激光器的稳定运行条件.     

Electronically controlled high-speed wavelength-tunable femtosecondsoliton pulse generation using acoustooptic modulator

The compact system of electronically controlled high-speed wavelength-tunable femtosecond (fs) soliton pulse generation is realized for the first time using a passively mode-locked fs fiber laser, a polarization maintaining optical fiber, and an acoustooptic (A-O) modulator. The wavelength of the output pulses can be continuously tuned simply by controlling the input voltage into the A-O modulator. The wavelength of the soliton pulses can be changed at 2.5-μs intervals. Wavelength stabilization, time division wavelength multiplexed soliton pulse generation, and a wavelength scanner have been demonstrated     

Analysis of a passively mode-locked self-starting all-fiber solitonlaser

Modeling results are presented for a passively mode-locked figure-eight laser (F8L) supporting a linear polarization state. Starting from amplified spontaneous emission, the model produces soliton, chirped, red-shifted, ultra-short pulses. The self-starting conditions of the laser are investigated, and the erbium-doped fiber amplifier gain threshold to passively mode-lock the laser is determined as a function of the center coupler splitting ratio (C_r). The influence of C_r, as well as the effects of the cavity length (L_c), first- and second-order group velocity dispersion to the F8L operating, parameters, and output pulse characteristics such as width, peak power, chirp, self-frequency shift and envelope distortion, are studied     

The dynamics of pulse compression in synchronously pumped fiberRaman lasers

Dynamical equations describing the amplification and propagation of an initial Stokes seed pulse in a synchronously pumped fiber Raman laser configuration are formulated, and analytic solutions are derived. A train of Stokes shifted pulses is produced. Their individual characteristics eventually evolve on successive round trips through the fiber into subpicosecond pulses having constant fluence and decreasing temporal duration. Raman pulse compression stops when it is counterbalanced by the effects of group velocity dispersion and phase modulation in the normal dispersion regime. Pulse breakup due to soliton formation can occur in the anomalous dispersion regime. Simple expressions for the rate of pulse compression, the steady-state pulse fluence, and the minimum steady-state pulse duration are obtained     

基于交叉相位调制的孤子脉冲压缩效应研究

在负色散区 ,基本孤子在光纤中传输时其波形与脉宽保持不变。提出一种在负色散区利用交叉相位调制效应压缩基本孤子脉冲的新方法。采用分步傅里叶方法对非线性耦合方程进行了数值计算与模拟。研究了不同抽运功率、不同抽运脉冲啁啾参数以及不同脉宽对基本孤子脉冲压缩的影响。发现基本孤子脉冲不仅能够被压缩 ,而且光纤存在最佳压缩长度。在抽运功率一定的条件下 ,选取负啁啾的抽运脉冲 ,可获得更高压缩比的压缩光脉冲。另外 ,不同的脉冲宽度对孤子脉冲的压缩产生较大的影响 ,一般情况下 ,选用较窄的抽运脉冲易于产生较短的压缩光脉冲     

Noise characteristics of femtosecond fiber Raman soliton laser withhigh-Q cavity

The amplitude noise characteristics of femtosecond optical pulses generated from a synchronously pumped all-fiber Raman soliton laser with high-Q cavity are investigated under different operation states of the laser. By suppressing the soliton self-frequency shift (SSFS) effect in the high-Q fiber cavity, real femtosecond soliton oscillation can be obtained in the laser. Low-noise 400 fs optical pulses with a white amplitude noise level of -120 dBc/Hz have been generated from the laser operating in such an SSFS-free state     

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。     

Tunable modelocked bismuth-doped soliton fibre laser

A modelocked bismuth-doped soliton fibre laser is reported. A stable passively modelocked operation in an anomalous dispersion regime is achieved using a dilute nitride (GaInNAs)-based semiconductor saturable absorber mirror and a transmission grating pair for dispersion compensation. The laser generated 0.9 ps soliton pulses with a repetition rate of 7.5 MHz and wavelength tunable from 1153? 1170 nm. These are the shortest pulses obtained so far from Bidoped fibre lasers.     

Génération ďimpulsions picosecondes avec des lasers à semiconducteur pour les transmissions par soliton sur fibre optique

Recent developments in soliton transmission on optical fiber require picosecond pulses at 1.5 μm which are as close as possible to the Fourier transform limit. In the present paper, semiconductor lasers in pulsed regime are studied for this purpose. Thus, performances achievable by using the most usual methods, mode-locking and gain-switching, are evaluated. The aim of the last part is to discuss the design and performances of sources dedicated to soliton transmission as well as to present the principle of operation of a monolithic source based on a two- or three-section laser. The first results obtained with a three sections dbr laser are given.     

Compact system of wavelength-tunable femtosecond soliton pulsegeneration using optical fibers

Using passively mode-locked femtosecond (fs) fiber laser and polarization maintaining fibers, the compact system of wavelength-tunable femtosecond (fs) fundamental soliton pulse generation is realized. The monocolored soliton pulse, not multicolored ones, with the ideal sech² shape is generated, and its wavelength can be linearly shifted by varying merely the fiber-input power in the wide wavelength region of 1.56-1.78 μm for a 75-m fiber. The soliton pulses of less than 200 fs are generated with the high conversion efficiency of 75%-85%. This system can be widely used as a portable and practical wavelength-tunable fs optical pulse sources     

Novel Ring Cavity for Ytterbium-Doped Mode-Locked Fiber Laser Incorporated With Both SESAM and Grating Pair

A novel ring cavity incorporated with both semiconductor saturable absorber mirror and grating pair is proposed and demonstrated in a Yb-doped fiber laser. The laser proves self-starting and delivers 84-fs pulses at 1038 nm with a spectral bandwidth of 22 nm. The pulse energy is 0.55 nJ.      

Simultaneous generation of wavelength tunable two-coloredfemtosecond soliton pulses using optical fibers

Wavelength tunable two-colored femtosecond (fs) soliton pulse generation is proposed and demonstrated for the first time, using passively mode-locked fs fiber laser and polarization maintaining fibers. The wavelengths of the two soliton pulses can be changed arbitrarily by varying the power and polarization direction of the fiber-input pulse. Ideal two colored soliton pulses in which the pulsewidths are about 200 fs are generated in the wavelength region of 1.56-1.70 μm for 110-m fiber. The generated pulses are almost transform-limited ones     

Highly stable 68-fs pulse generation from a stretched-pulse Yb/sup 3+/-doped fiber laser with frequency shifted feedback

We report on the development of a passively mode-locked and highly-stable stretched pulse laser based on Yb/sup 3+/-doped silica fiber. Mode-locking is achieved by nonlinear polarization evolution coupled with the frequency-shifted feedback technique for ensuring robust self-starting. The Fabry-Perot (F-P) cavity incorporates also a diffraction grating pair to compensate for the normal dispersion of the fiber. The laser generates chirped pulses with energies of 100 pJ at a repetition rate of 23 MHz (2.3 mW average power) around 1055 nm which were subsequently compressed to near-bandwidth-limited pulses of 68 fs duration.     

高能量飞秒脉冲掺Er3 光纤激光器

为了从反常色散光纤构成的飞秒锁模掺Er^3＋光纤（EDF）激光器获得高能量锁模脉冲，提出了采用集总放大器和高损耗耦合输出器有机组合的办法来设计激光器腔体。实验结果表明，该方法能有效地减小降低腔内脉冲能量周期性波动，抑制频谱边带幅度，提高飞秒脉冲高能量及其频谱宽度。采用非线性偏振旋转机制进行锁模，成功获得谱线宽度为18．0nm、重复速率为14．0MHz、脉冲宽度约200fs、单脉冲能量超过1nJ稳定锁模光脉冲，并且激光器自启动锁模泵浦阈值小于20mW。     

Stability and compression of pulses in the soliton laser

We present a theory of the soliton laser which examines how an external optical fiber enables a laser to produce shorter pulses than it could produce alone. We begin by discussing a phenomenological laser model which shows how the lower limit to the mode-locked pulse width can arise. This model is coupled to an external optical fiber cavity, into which a part of the output beam is launched. The returning pulse from the fiber cavity is then mixed with a circulating pulse in the laser at the output mirror. We have found stable solutions which are nearly periodic in the external cavity. We also find more than one solution for a given set of model parameters, depending on the initial conditions. The radiation (non-soliton) part of the propagation in the optical fiber cannot be ignored. It acts as a buffer between the tendency of the fiber to produce solitons, and the fact that a pure soliton is not an exact fixed point of the laser model.     

线性源啁啾对孤子脉冲压缩的影响

通过线性源啁啾对孤子脉冲压缩影响的研究,发现泵浦脉冲和孤子脉冲的源啁啾参量地脉冲压缩产生重要影响,且孤子脉冲压缩存在最佳光纤长度。在泵浦功率一定的条件下,选取负啁啾的泵浦脉冲正啁啾的孤子脉冲可以获得高压缩因子的光脉冲;同时选取负啁啾的泵浦脉冲和正啁啾的孤子脉冲易于产生更短的压缩光脉冲。