基于饱和吸收镜的被动锁模掺铒光纤激光器

为了研究基于半导体可饱和吸收镜的被动锁模光纤激光器的输出特性,采用1480nm的半导体激光器作为抽运源,利用掺铒光纤作为增益介质,以及光纤环行器、偏振控制器、波分复用器和耦合器等构成了环形腔结构的被动锁模光纤激光器。实验中获得了峰值波长1586nm、光谱宽度4.8nm、重复频率11.2MHz、最大平均输出功率8.4mW的稳定锁模激光脉冲输出。结果表明,调整光纤偏振控制器会使光纤激光器输出脉冲的时域波形略微发生变化,在实际应用中需要注意偏振态变化对锁模光纤激光器输出脉冲时域特性的影响。这一结果对于半导体可饱和吸收镜在被动锁模光纤激光器中的应用及其特性具有一定帮助。     

基于石墨烯可饱和吸收的锁模光纤激光器研究

报道了一种基于单层石墨烯可饱和吸收体调Q锁模的全保偏结构掺铒光纤激光器。研究了单层石墨烯作为可饱和吸收体实现调Q锁模后的激光特征,获得了中心波长1557.69 nm的激光输出。调Q锁模脉冲包络重复频率11.49~40.41 kHz范围变化,包络宽度在10.1~3.62 μs范围变化。在泵浦功率为191.3 mW时,激光器最大输出平均功率9.354 mW,最大光-光转换效率为4.89 %。     

基于石墨烯的掺铒光纤锁模激光波长切换技术

报道了一种基于石墨烯锁模的全保偏掺铒光纤环形短腔实现锁模激光波长切换技术。利用多层石墨烯可饱和吸收镜不仅可实现被动锁模脉冲序列的稳定输出,并可通过三维精密调节,调制腔内信号损耗,有效控制不同波长激光的增益与损耗。实验表明,通过精密调制10层石墨烯膜可饱和吸收镜,在全保偏光纤激光短腔可实现波长1532 nm和1558 nm 处的锁模激光切换输出,并可实现这两波长附近的双波长锁模激光输出,线偏振度可达18 dB。     

高吸收调制下掺铥锁模光纤激光器的数值研究

为了验证饱和吸收体参量对被动锁模掺铥光纤激光器的输出特性的影响,基于耦合Ginzburg-Landau方程进行了数值研究,阐明了掺铥锁模光纤激光器在高调制深度饱和吸收体调制下的时域和频域特性。结果表明,优化选择的高调制深度可饱和吸收体可以有效缩短脉宽,减小时间带宽积。此研究结果对发展稳定、超快中红外超快激光具有指导意义。     

用叶绿素d染料的锁模红宝石激光器

介绍了用叶绿素d作为红宝石激光器的可饱和吸收体的锁模试验装置和实验结果。用TPF法测得的最短脉宽～1.5ps。     

Erbium-ytterbium waveguide laser mode-locked with a semiconductorsaturable absorber mirror

Picosecond pulses are produced using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror in a laser based on an Er-Yb codoped planar waveguide amplifier. Continuous-wave mode-locking (CWML) with 9.8-ps pulses is obtained at repetition rates up to 100 MHz. With intracavity spectral filtering, saturable pulsewidths of 1 ps are achieved, and tunable picosecond pulses are obtained from 1534 to 1553 nm. Absorber characterization suggests that two-photon absorption within the saturable absorber mirror influences the CWML stability     

光纤饱和吸收体掺镱全光纤化激光器

报道了一种基于光纤饱和吸收体的掺镱全光纤调Q激光器,为了获得较高峰值功率较窄脉宽的激光脉冲输出,利用掺镱光纤的可饱和吸收效应,以20/130 μm规格的大模场双包层掺镱光纤作为增益光纤,以10/130 μm规格的单模双包层掺镱光纤作为可饱和吸收体来实现被动调Q。该激光器采用全光纤化的结构,结构紧凑,以较低的成本获得了较为高效的脉冲输出。最终获得了平均功率最高为3 W,直线效率约为30%,重复频率为10~100 kHz可调,脉宽最窄为344 ns,光谱宽度为0.05 nm、中心波长为1 064 nm的激光输出。     

保偏光纤饱和吸收体单频窄线宽光纤激光器

研制了一种基于保偏(PM)光纤可饱和吸收体结合光纤光栅Fabry-Perot(FBG F-P)标准具的单频窄线宽光纤激光器.该激光器以高增益掺Er3+光纤(EDF)作为增益介质,采用行波环形腔消除空间烧空效应,并结合FBG F-P标准具选模,实现激光器单频运转.用一段PM EDF作为可饱和吸收体抑制跳模,以获得高效、稳...     

Dual-wavelength all-fiber Q-switched fiber laser using bismuth-doped fiber as saturable absorber

A passively Q-switched all-fiber laser is demonstrated using a 10-cm-long bismuth-doped fiber (BDF) as a saturable absorber (SA). The dual-wavelength operation was obtained due to the nonlinear effect inside the fabricated BDF, which has a high germanium content. Stable Q-switched pulses were obtained at the dual synchronous wavelengths of 1 530.1 nm and 1 531.1 nm. When the pump power is tuned from 105.3 mW to 191.0 mW, the repetition rate can be varied from 82.6 kMz to 117.6 kHz. The maximum pulse energy and average output power were 83.4 nJ and 9.8 mW, respectively while the minimum pulse width was 8.5 μs at the maximum pump power of 191.0 mW. Our results indicate that BDF could be a promising alternative optical modulator for pulsed fiber laser application.     

基于光纤环镜的被动锁模飞秒脉冲光纤激光器

在当前的高速光通信系统中,光源的选择至关重要。文章分析了光纤环镜的非线性传输特性,论述了利用光纤环激光器锁模产生超短脉冲的原理。     

A temperature sensor based on switchable dual- wavelength fiber Bragg grating laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

A temperature sensor based on a switchable dual-wavelength fiber Bragg grating (FBG) laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) is presented and demonstrated experimentally. The repetition rate of Q-switched pulses is ~17 kHz. The results demonstrate that the measured temperature has good linearity to the wavelength spacing of the two lasing wavelengths and has a temperature sensitivity of 21 pm/ºC covering a range of -10—22 °C. The experimental results prove the feasibility of the proposed temperature sensor.     

800nm布拉格反射镜型半导体可饱和吸收镜

我们在国内首先研制成功波长为800nm附近布拉格反射镜型半导体可饱和吸收镜。用布拉格反射镜型半导体可饱和吸收镜作为自启动装置，我们实现了氩离子激光器泵浦的钛宝石激光器被动连续锁模，获得了连续锁模脉冲序列，重复频率在100MHz到200MHz。     

Theory of mode-locked lasers containing a reverse saturable absorber

An analytic solution is presented for mode-locking a laser using a saturable absorber and reverse saturable absorber with long relaxation times compared to the temporal pulse widths. A reverse saturable absorber is a material with an excited-state absorption cross section larger than the ground-state absorption cross section, where increasing the incident light intensity increases the absorption. The reverse saturable absorber plays an important role in mode-locking laser materials where individual pulses cannot saturate the gain. A numerical example of mode-locking a CW alexandrite laser with a reverse saturable absorber and a saturable absorber is presented.     

Ultra-low repetition rate linear-cavity erbium-doped fibre laser modelocked with semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

Reported is an ultra-long linear-cavity erbium-doped fibre laser modelocked by a high modulation depth hybrid mirror-based semiconductor saturable absorber mirror with ultra-low repetition rate and highlychirped output pulses of high energy. With a repetition rate of 250.7 kHz, the laser delivers the single pulse energy of 14 nJ at a pump power of 430 mW. The minimum achievable repetition rate was as low as 25.4 kHz.     

230 fs, 25 W pulses from conventional mode-locked laser diodes with saturable absorber created by ion implantation

230 fs, 25 W pulses are obtained from conventional mode-locked AlGaAs laser diodes with highly-reflecting external cavities. Uncoated commercial diodes are used with a region of saturable absorption created by ion implantation. The overall pulse performances are believed to be among the best reported from simple electrically-pumped laser diodes without using additional amplifier sections.<>     

A switchable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on saturable absorber and active optical fiber ring filter

We propose a specific aspheric cylindrical optical system to transform Gaussian beam to flat-top and rectangular beam. The Gaussian beam shaping system is composed of dual orthogonal aspheric cylindrical lenses. The principle of shaping Gaussian beam is studied theoretically. The mapping function of arbitrary rays in an incident plane and an image plane is deduced based on the law of energy conservation, and the real ray tracing method is adopted to design the shaping system. Finally, the lens system is processed by single point diamond turning techniques. Testing results indicate that the system achieves the theoretical expectation, and the uniformity of flat-top and rectangular beam is 88.2%. The method is not only simple but also practical.     

石墨烯锁模的全保偏光纤激光器

报道了一种基于反射式石墨烯可饱和吸收镜锁模的全保偏掺铒光纤激光器。分别使用单层和十层石墨烯作为可饱和吸收器件,通过全保偏结构,避免了外界环境对腔内偏振态的影响,获得了高稳定性、高偏振度、易自启动的锁模脉冲输出,脉冲宽度分别为697 fs和502 fs。实验表明,十层石墨烯相比于单层石墨烯能够获得更窄的脉冲宽度,更高的峰值功率,具有好的锁模效果。研究同时发现,经十层石墨烯锁模,进一步提高泵浦功率,可在全保偏光纤腔中获得重复频率62.94 MHz的二阶谐波锁模脉冲输出。并通过非线性薛定谔方程对谐波锁模产生的机理进行了分析。这种基于反射式可饱和吸收镜的全保偏锁模光纤激光器有望成为实现基频锁模与谐波锁模可切换的单偏振激光源。     

基于单壁碳纳米管可饱和吸收体的被动锁模光纤激光器研究

基于单壁碳纳米管(SWCNTs)作为光学可饱和吸收体(SA)的恢复时间快(<1ps)、饱和光强低、锁模自启动、工作光谱范围宽且制备方法简单、成本低、化学稳定性好、易与光纤兼容等优点,利用SWCNTs-SA实现了稳定脉冲序列输出的实验结果。利用聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)易成膜且机械性能良好的特点,将SWCNTs与PMMA一起分散在二氯化苯(DCB)溶液中,运用光学诱导作用将SWCNTs吸附在单模光纤(SMF)端面,并加热固化成膜。在光纤激光器环形腔结构中引入SWCNT/PMMA薄膜作为SA,获得了具有稳定的重复频率为8.366MHz的基频锁模脉冲序列,其中心波长在1 562nm,脉冲宽度为1.2ps。     

Tunable dual-wavelength ring fiber laser with stable output based on saturable absorber and thin core passive fiber

A dual-wavelength erbium-doped ring fiber laser is proposed and experimentally demonstrated though a detailed theoretical analysis and experimental verification. The proposed dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser, which is based on a ring fiber laser structure, is fabricated using two fiber Bragg gratings. By adjusting the gains and losses of the fiber laser structure, the laser can be switched between single- and double-wavelength modes. A saturable absorber (SA) is used to improve the output laser stability, which is further enhanced by splicing a thin core passive fiber (TCPF) into the laser cavity to produce a Mach–Zehnder filter effect. Optimizing the lengths of the SA and TCPF results in the adoption of a 1-m EDF and a 4-m passive fiber. On the basis of these enhancements and optimizations, a fiber laser with stable output is constructed that incurs single- or dual-wavelength laser shifts of less than 3 pm at room temperature over a period of 250 s.