飞秒锁模光纤激光器及倍频程超连续谱试验研究

介绍了一种可应用于星载光学频率梳的自锁定全光纤飞秒激光器.该激光器采用非线性偏振旋转(NPR)方式,利用电控偏振控制器(EPC)实现自动锁模.当泵浦功率为420 mW时,通过电控偏振控制器的自动调节来改变腔内偏振态,从而达到稳定的锁模状态.在稳定锁模状态下,激光器输出脉冲的中心波长为1560 nm,输出功率为30 mW...     

可调谐纳秒脉冲锁模光纤激光器

采用非线性放大环形镜的被动锁模机制,通过加入手动可调滤波器及光纤光栅等实现单波长光谱输出,设计出一种可调谐纳秒脉冲光纤激光器.纳秒矩形脉冲由被动锁模掺铒光纤激光器产生,激光器的腔长为430 m,脉冲的重复频率为465 kHz.被动锁模光纤激光器中实现可调谐脉冲输出的关键器件包括宽带锁模器件和可调谐滤波器,其中宽带锁模器...     

光纤饱和吸收体稳频窄线宽光纤激光器

结合光纤饱和吸收体与光纤光栅法布里-珀罗标准具,研制出了全光纤结构1550nm单频窄线宽掺铒光纤环形激光器.采用两个976nm激光二极管双向抽运作为抽运源,高掺杂浓度铒光纤作为增益介质,以行波腔消除空间烧孔效应,利用光纤光栅法布里-珀罗标准具窄带选模特性,以10m长低掺铒光纤饱和吸收体稳频,得到了十分稳定的窄线宽激光输出.激光器抽运阈值功率21mW,在抽运光功率为145mW时输出光功率39mW,斜率效率30%,信噪比大于50dB.采用延迟自外差方法精确测量光纤激光器线宽小于10kHz.     

干扰吸收峰影响下TDLAS温度测量方法研究

固体飞秒激光器以其体积小、成本低、使用寿命长、稳定性高、技术较为成熟等特点,受到市场的广泛青睐。重复频率是飞秒激光器的一个重要参数,在实际应用中,高重复频率能带来高效率、高精度等诸多重要优势。本文介绍了SESAM锁模、KLM锁模、高次谐波锁模等常用的GHz固体飞秒激光器锁模技术及发展情况,阐述了GHz飞秒光源在激光加工、距离测量、光谱测量等应用场景中突出的性能优势,并对GHz重复频率固体飞秒激光技术的发展方向进行了预测,为推动GHz重复频率固体激光器技术的完善与提升提供借鉴。     

非对称光纤反射镜的可调谐光纤激光器

提出一种非对称窄带光纤环形反射镜结构的可调谐掺铒光纤激光器。980nm泵浦光对掺铒有源光纤进行抽运,高双折射光纤、偏振控制器（PC）和光纤耦合器构成窄带光纤反射镜,窄带光纤反射镜和普通光纤反射镜组成激光谐振腔,利用窄带光纤反射镜工作带宽纳米量级的特性得到单纵模激光。调整偏振控制器改变反射镜对不同波长的反射率,实现可变波长的激光输出。实验表明,该激光器的工作带宽为8nm,120mW泵浦光条件下最大输出功率为4mW,3dB带宽（脉冲的半高宽度）小于0．2nm,边模抑制比为20dB以上,在1527nm～1535nm的波长范围内观察到稳定激光输出。     

全光纤结构超短脉冲光纤放大器

本文利用掺Yb光纤的非线性偏振旋转效应搭建了光纤环形腔激光器,通过改变增益光纤的长度和耦合器输入输出的比例,对其进行优化,获得了稳定的自启动锁模脉冲,并以此作为种子源,采用主振荡功率放大MOPA全光纤结构,以双包层掺Yb光纤为增益介质实现了对种子源信号光的放大,获得了平均功率2.042W、中心波长1063.8 nm、重...     

2.07μm光纤激光在弱湍流条件下的传输特性研究

本文报道了一种2.07μm波段可调谐主动锁模光纤激光并在室内模拟大气湍流条件下进行传输特性研究。增益介质为1.5 m长的掺钬光纤,主动锁模通过LiNbO3强度调制器在腔内引入周期强度调制实现。腔内引入非线性偏振旋转效应实现波长2058.4nm^2078.6nm可调谐。实验获得了稳定的基频锁模脉冲和10阶,24阶,48阶谐波锁模脉冲,对应频谱信噪比为66.79 dB、61.37 dB、54.82 dB和49.66 dB。锁模脉冲经过数字调制后在实验室内大气湍流模拟池中进行传输,分别获得了?T为70℃,140℃和210℃时三种湍流强度和背对背条件下的眼图;与背对背条件相比,在?T=210℃时光信噪比降低了9.14 dB。     

全保偏掺Er光纤激光器重复频率锁定技术的研究

介绍了δ腔型SESAM启动锁模的全保偏掺Er光纤激光器重复频率锁定技术的原理和应用背景,并设计了一套可以快速实现SESAM锁模全保偏掺Er光纤激光器重复频率锁定的实验装置,最终将激光器的重复频率锁定到氢原子钟上,使得SESAM锁模全保偏掺Er光纤激光器的重复频率具有和氢原子钟同样的稳定度;对锁定前和锁定后重复频率进行了一定时长的数据采集,使用计算重复频率Allan方差的方法对全保偏掺Er光纤激光器的重复频率稳定度进行了量化,并对激光器锁定前后的重复频率进行了对比。通过比较可知,锁定后重复频率的稳定度比锁定前至少提高四个数量级。     

阿秒时间抖动的全保偏掺铒光纤激光器

近年来，超稳光生微波和远距离时频同步等高精度、高速科学研究对低噪声飞秒光纤激光器具有迫切的需求。为实现低时间抖动噪声的激光种子源，基于“光积木”结构，设计并搭建了一台重复频率为100 MHz的全保偏掺铒锁模光纤激光器，“光积木”结构可以有效地抑制激光器的机械噪声和重频漂移。采用平衡光学互相关技术，首次从全保偏锁模光纤激光器的出射脉冲中直接进行了高精度的时间抖动测量。该激光器在傅里叶频率10 kHz至1 MHz的积分区间内，积分均方根时间抖动仅为98.36 as。     

TiCN作为可饱和吸收体的2.8μm被动调Q锁模光纤激光器

本文报道了一种基于材料可饱和吸收的2.8μm被动调Q锁模掺铒氟化物光纤激光器。通过将TiCN颗粒作为可饱和吸收体直接涂覆于反射腔镜,并结合氟化物光纤垂直端面的输出耦合,实现了具有较低激光阈值和紧凑腔结构的2.8μm脉冲光纤激光器。该激光器在泵浦功率达到330 mW时,开始出现调Q锁模脉冲。随着泵浦功率持续增大,调Q脉冲包络重复频率从14.34 kHz增加至32.57 kHz,对应的脉冲宽度从10.51μs减小至5.40μs。在650 mW的泵浦功率下,获得最大平均输出功率25.83 mW,斜率效率为7.2%。     

MEH-PPV organic material as saturable absorber for Q-switching and mode-locking applications

ABSTRACT

Q-switched and mode-locked pulse generation in Erbium-doped fiber lasers (EDFLs) are demonstrated using Poly [2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) organic semiconductor material as a saturable absorber (SA) for the first time. The MEH-PPV was prepared in the form of a thin film having a modulation depth of 12% and saturation intensity of 40?MW/cm². The SA was placed in a laser cavity to produce a stable Q-switched operating at 1564.0?nm. The maximum repetition rate of 78.62?kHz, minimum pulse width of 3.54?µs and maximum pulse energy of 59.45?nJ were attained at 125.2?mW pump power. On the other hand, by incorporating an additional 100?m long single mode fiber, the mode locked EDFL self-started as the pump power was raised above 125.2?mW. The soliton pulse was obtained due to the enhancement of the nonlinearity in the cavity. The mode-locked laser operated at 1568.5?nm with a fixed repetition rate of 1.859?MHz and pulse width of 2.97?ps.     

Switchable dual-wavelength fiber laser mode-locked by carbon nanotubes

We have proposed a switchable mode-locked fiber laser by means of carbon nanotube saturable absorber and fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). The single-wavelength mode-locking operation can be switched between 1549.5 and 1559.5 nm, respectively, which correspond to the central wavelengths of two FBGs. With the appropriate setting of polarization controller, the stable dual-wavelength operation can be achieved due to the high stability of saturable absorber based on carbon nanotubes. Our method provides a simple, stable, low-cost, dual-wavelength ultrafast-pulsed source.     

Mode-locked thulium doped fibre laser with copper thin film saturable absorber

We demonstrate the generation of mode-locked Thulium-Doped Fibre Laser by employing a newly developed saturable absorber (SA) based on copper (Cu) thin film. The SA was prepared by depositing nano-sized particles of Cu onto the surface of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film through the E-Beam evaporation process. A stable mode-locking pulse train operating at 1951?nm was successfully generated by introducing the Cu PVA SA into a laser cavity. The laser generated a pulse train at the fundamental frequency of 8.5?MHz with a calculated minimum pulse width of 14.8?ps. This demonstration proves that the Cu PVA based SA is suitable for generating mode-locked fibre laser at 2?µm region.     

Effect of birefringence on the bandwidth of noise-like pulse in an erbium-doped fiber laser

We report on the generation of superbroad spectrum bunched noise-like pulses from a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser, in which the cavity is made of purely anomalous dispersion fibers. The maximum 3 dB spectral bandwidth of the pulse is about 98 nm. We show numerically that the superbroad spectrum of the pulse is caused by the fiber birefringence.     

SOA-based multi-wavelength source

A simple fiber laser configuration based on a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is proposed for obtaining multi-wavelength oscillation at room temperature, in which a Sagnac loop mirror is used as the wavelength selective component. The SOA has a flat gain of approximately 23dB within a bandwidth of 12 nm at a small input signal power. The loop mirror was constructed using a 3dB coupler and polarization maintaining fiber (PMF). The output spectrum of the proposed laser can be adjusted by controlling the bias current of the SOA and is quite stable at room temperature. At a bias current of 150 mA, six lines are obtained with at least ?40 dBm output power and 25dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The channel spacing and number of lines is determined by the length of polarization maintaining fiber (PMF) used in the loop mirror. The channel spacing of the proposed laser is 1.49 nm with a PMF 3 m. The multi-wavelength comb output can also be tuned by adjusting the operating temperature of the SOA. The multi-wavelength laser has the advantage of a simple configuration, stability at room temperature, a broad wavelength band, and no need for optical pump lasers.     

Dual wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser using a tapered fiber

A tapered fiber is fabricated by heating and stretching a piece of optical fiber after the polymer protective cladding has been removed. An equidistant comb-like transmission spectrum, with a spacing of 1.6?nm and an extinction ratio of more than 5?dB, was obtained by the tapered fiber due to the multibeam interferences of the cladding modes. The tapered fiber was applied in a ring erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) to generate dual-wavelength lasing oscillations. The EDFL operates at wavelengths of 1557.0?nm and 1558.6?nm with a stable peak power and a signal-to-noise ratio of more than 40?dB.     

多波长掺镱光纤激光器实验研究

为了产生室温下掺镱光纤激光器稳定的多波长激光振荡,采用两个光纤环镜作为线形腔掺镱光纤激光器的端镜,在其中一个环镜中熔接一段保偏光纤构成梳状滤波器,通过优化掺镱光纤长度和腔损耗,实现了室温下1060nm附近稳定的多波长振荡.实验结果表明,在室温下,掺镱光纤存在比较明显的非均匀加宽效应,从而使得激光器的振荡波长数随泵浦功率的增加而增加.