低阈值高稳定性的全保偏锁模光纤激光器

报道了一种基于色散补偿的低阈值自启动的全保偏“9”字腔光纤激光器。在谐振腔结构中加入一段色散补偿光纤进行色散补偿,同时加入相移器提供非线性相移,产生超短脉冲输出。当泵浦功率达到80mW时,可实现自启动的孤子锁模,重复频率为2218 MHz,中心波长为1557nm,脉冲宽度为536 fs,信噪比为73dB。在该稳定锁模状态下的激光器输出平均功率为104mW,对应脉冲能量为0046nJ。该激光器结构简单,具有低阈值、自启动的优势,可作为种子源,广泛应用于太赫兹产生、生物医学成像、超快光谱学等领域。     

高功率飞秒自相似光纤激光放大系统

基于自相似光纤激光放大技术,通过非线性光谱展宽突破光纤增益带宽的限制,结合高效色散补偿以获得高功率超短脉冲放大输出,最终得到中心波长1030 nm、重复频率40 MHz、平均功率34 W、脉冲宽度50 fs的高质量脉冲输出,对应峰值功率17 MW。该系统采用可饱和吸收体锁模,采用啁啾光纤布拉格光栅补偿腔内色散,相对于啁啾脉冲放大技术具有结构简单、集成度高等优点。实验结合光纤热管理技术和数字测控技术(FPGA),显著提升了系统的稳定性和鲁棒性,极大推动了高功率飞秒光纤激光在下游诸多科学与技术领域的应用。     

呼吸脉冲锁模的光子晶体光纤飞秒激光器

报道了一种掺Yb偏振型大模场面积光子晶体光纤(LMA-PCF)飞秒激光器。作为增益介质的光子晶体光纤的单模场面积比传统光纤高一个数量级,有效地降低了非线性系数,使激光器获得高能量输出。激光器基于线形腔结构,利用半导体可饱和吸收镜实现自启动锁模。光纤激光器利用光栅对进行腔内色散补偿,使其运转在呼吸脉冲锁模状态,即在谐振腔的零色散点附近实现锁模。当腔内净色散呈反常色散时,激光器获得了平均功率为400mW,重复频率为47MHz(对应于8.5nJ的单脉冲能量),脉冲宽度为500fs的稳定的锁模脉冲输出,经腔外色散补偿,脉冲压缩至98fs。当腔内净色散呈正常色散时,激光器输出的单脉冲能量为10.6nJ,脉冲宽度为1.76ps,经腔外色散补偿,脉冲压缩至160fs。     

超短脉冲掺Yb3+光纤激光器实验研究

报道了使用976nm半导体激光器作为抽运源。以掺Yb^3 光纤作增益介质构成环形腔激光器产生超短脉冲的实验研究。在腔体净群速度色散为正的掺Yb^3 光纤环形腔激光器中，采用非线性偏振旋转的相加脉冲锁模技术。通过调节偏振控制器的方向和减少腔内损耗，实现稳定的锁模运转。用示波器观察光纤激光器在时域的输出特性，在抽运光一定的情况下，随着光偏振状态的变化，光纤激光器锁模激光的变化呈现稳定和不稳定两个区域。在不稳定锁模区域，激光为不规则的脉冲。通过仔细调节光纤偏振控制器的位置，当光纤偏振控制器在某一适当位置时。激光器工作在稳定的锁模区域。获得最大功率为9．46mW，脉冲激光光谱宽度为10nm．脉冲的重复频率为15．4MHz。     

被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器理论研究

根据非线性薛定谔方程建立了基于可饱和吸收体被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器的理论模型,研究了中红外超短脉冲在掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器中形成的物理机制,数值模拟了被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器中中红外超短脉冲的演化过程,重点分析了掺Er3+增益光纤长度,可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗对被动锁模掺Er3+氟化物光纤激光器产生中红外超短脉冲的影响,并给出了参数设置范围。研究发现:当小信号增益系数、可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗、腔内净色散量为一定值,掺Er3+氟化物光纤长度在一定范围时,才会出现稳定的锁模脉冲,且随着掺Er3+氟化物光纤长度增加脉冲宽度变窄、光谱变宽、峰值功率增高;当掺Er3+氟化物光纤长度、腔内净色散量、小信号增益系数为一定值时,可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗在一定的范围时可以得到稳定的锁模脉冲,且随着可饱和吸收体不饱和损耗的增加脉冲宽度变窄,光谱先变宽后变窄变化范围不大,峰值功率增加。     

基于被动锁模光纤激光器的光子超宽带脉冲源

超宽带(UWB)无线通信的关键技术之一是UWB窄脉冲产生技术.为简化光子超宽带脉冲源的设计,提出采用基于光纤可饱和吸收体效应的环形腔被动锁模光纤激光器来设计光子UWB脉冲源.为了获得满足UWB室内无线通信频谱范围的脉冲,利用色散和啁啾效应展宽脉宽的原理,在激光器环形腔内使用较长的增益光纤引入大量色散效应,将光脉冲展宽以符合美国通信委员会(FCC)规定的室内UWB通信频谱范围(3.1～10.6 GHz).并根据光纤激光器谐波锁模的原理,通过控制偏振态调制输出脉冲的周期以提高脉冲重复频率.实验中,展宽的光脉冲经光电转换器转换成UWB电脉冲序列后,由宽带数字示波器进行波形观测和测量.通过调节偏振控制器,获得了可输出8种不同脉冲重复频率的光子超宽带脉冲源.     

1.06 μm结构参数最优化非保偏锁模光纤激光器（英文）

采用半导体可饱和吸收镜的锁模光纤激光器是构建皮秒脉冲光纤放大器的热门候选种子光源之一。本文利用非线性薛定谔方程从理论上分析了单模传输光纤和单模增益光纤的模场半径、增益光纤的光纤长度、光纤布拉格光栅的反射率、半导体可饱和吸收镜的调制深度、非饱和损耗和饱和通量对输出脉冲特性的影响。对输出激光的脉冲和光谱特性也进行了理论研究。根据仿真结果,搭建了基于非保偏线型腔和SESAM的掺镱锁模光纤激光器系统。在没有任何腔内色散补偿和外部偏振控制的情况下,获得了中心波长为1.06μm、脉冲宽度小于12.51 ps、光谱宽度为0.32 nm、重复频率为37 MHz、输出功率为2 mW的稳定锁模脉冲激光输出。在我们的实验中,激光脉冲的光谱边缘平滑,光谱分布非常接近高斯线型。最后,通过系统的仿真,近红外锁模光纤激光器的整体结构得到了优化。本文介绍的锁模光纤激光器具有紧凑的非保偏光纤结构、精简的腔内配置和较少的元器件、高质量的输出脉冲相关特性,有望为下一代皮秒脉冲光纤激光器提供性能优异的实用化种子光源。     

孤子激光器动态分析

孤子激光器可以产生优良形状的超短光脉冲,一般的孤子激光器是含有均匀线宽增益介质的主激光腔与含非线性介质的光纤附加腔构成。理论分析以此三项为依据;①激光锁模,②光孤子演化,③两腔耦合。先从主腔的主动锁模激光系统获得超短脉冲,然后进入附加腔,利用光纤中相位调制与色敬互相补偿作用形成孤子。这种光孤子脉冲比主腔锁模     

光谱边带测量法实现的色散匹配光纤激光器

在基于非线性偏振旋转效应的被动锁模光纤激光器中,利用测量脉冲光谱边带的方法计算腔内总色散,通过改变腔内普通单模光纤(SMF)的长度实现色散匹配,从而获得了重复频率为25 MHz、脉宽为520.5 fs、中心波长为1558.4 nm和3 dB带宽为29.5 nm的超短脉冲,输出功率为1.81 mW.在实现最佳色散匹配的条件下,对锁模脉冲的分裂、连续光波与孤子脉冲共存以及稳定的谐波锁模现象进行了实验研究和分析.     

全固态被动锁模Nd:YAG激光器的啁啾特性

不论是对固体锁模激光器,还是目前用以实现飞秒脉冲的CPM染料激光器而言,了解由于自相位调制和群速度色散等因素引起的脉冲啁啾特性,并采用诸如腔内色散补偿等方法是获取超短脉冲的有效途径。本文研究了以GaAs为锁模功能元件的被动锁模Nd:YAG激光器中脉冲啁啾行为,给出了GaAs对脉冲啁啾产生的独特作用。     

非线性放大复合环形镜及被动锁模掺铒光纤激光器的研究

提出采用两个光纤耦合器构成具有复合环的非线性放大环形镜。分析表明，改变构成非线性放大复合环形镜的光纤耦合器的耦合系数可以改变非线性复合光纤环形镜的非线性传输特性，调节非线性光反射和透射率。采用非线性放大复合环形镜与半导体饱和吸收体组成复合腔掺铒光纤激光器，获得了十分稳定的被动锁模脉冲输出，得到了重复频率为２４８ＭＨｚ的谐频锁模脉冲序列。实验表明，采用非线性放大复合环形镜构成复合腔光纤激光器，有可能获得高重复频率的锁模脉冲。     

All-Fiber Picosecond Laser System at 1.5 $mu$m Based on Amplification in Short and Heavily Doped Phosphate-Glass Fiber

Amplification of ultrashort pulses in doped fibers is limited by an onset of nonlinear effects in the fiber. At the 1.5-mum wavelength, single-mode fibers typically have anomalous dispersion. The self-phase modulation combined with dispersion leads to instability of multinanojoule pulses in such fibers. Various techniques developed to amplify pulses beyond the nonlinearity limit typically rely on a delicate balance between dispersive and nonlinear effects in different parts of the laser system. We report a simple all-fiber alternative to these complex techniques that utilizes a rapid amplification of pulses in a short and heavily doped phosphate-glass active fiber. In our preliminary experiments, picosecond pulses at 1.5 mum generated by a passively mode-locked fiber oscillator at a repetition rate of 70 MHz are amplified in a 15-cm-long heavily Er-Yb codoped fiber amplifier to the average output power of 1.425 W. The pulse energy and peak power reach 20.4 nJ and 16.6 kW, respectively, while the pulse distortion is minimal in both temporal and spectral domains. Further power up-scaling is possible by using active phosphate fiber with a large mode area, in the amplifier stage     

一种新型的高功率双波长自相似抛物线脉冲激光器

基于正色散单模光纤、掺Yb3+增益光纤和多模光纤光栅,提出了一种可调高功率双波长自相似抛物线脉冲激光器。采用非线性薛定谔方程描述双波长自相似抛物线脉冲的传输和演化过程,并利用分步傅里叶方法进行数值模拟。输入脉冲在正色散单模光纤与掺镱增益光纤中产生自相似抛物线脉冲,多模光纤布拉格光栅对激光器进行双波长选择,通过调节偏振控制器实现双波长稳定运行。数值模拟分析结果表明该激光器的运行是可行且有效的。     

低重复频率脉冲掺镱光纤放大器

为了研究低重复频率两级脉冲掺Yb3+光纤放大器,采用脉冲信号驱动的半导体激光器作为种子光源,产生重频100Hz、半峰全宽100ns、能量30nJ的矩形光脉冲。第1级放大采用单模掺Yb3+光纤放大器,双程放大方案有效地抑制了放大自发辐射,放大后的脉冲能量达到了8.2μJ。第2级放大采用纤芯直径15μm的双包层掺Yb3+光纤放大器,大功率多模半导体激光器连续抽运。结果在抽运功率为7.3W时,放大输出脉冲能量达到了242μJ,放大输出半峰全宽压缩为29ns。输出的光束质量较好,为准单模输出。结果表明,该光纤放大器输出脉冲能量高,具有全光纤化、结构简单的特点。     

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。     

Numerical study on a frequency-tunable actively mode-locked fiber laser

We have numerically presented an actively mode-locked fiber laser with tunable repetition rate based on phase modulator. By finely optimizing intra-cavity parameters, the ultrashort pulses with tunable repetitive frequency at giga hertz level can be easily generated due to the balance between dispersion and nonlinearity in the fiber laser cavity. When the pulse frequency is changed from 1.0 GHz to 4.2 GHz, the spectral width increases from ~15.65 nm to ~27.25 nm. In addition, the corresponding pulse duration decreases from ~81.59 ps to ~31.57 ps. Moreover, these output pulses with giga hertz repetitive rates and the picosecond widths can be further compressed by using the reasonable dispersion medium. For the pulse regime with repetition frequency at giga hertz level, the obtained smallest pulse duration is about ~62 fs based on chirp pulse compression. We hope that these simulation results can promote further research and application in the ultrashort pulse lasers with high repetition rate.     

Characterization of ultrashort pulse formation in passivelymode-locked fiber lasers

Pulse formation in an all-solid-state passively mode-locked neodymium glass fiber laser is investigated by employing characterization techniques in the time, optical, and radio-frequency domains. The pulses are generated by a combination of passive amplitude modulation arising from nonlinear polarization evolution and passive frequency modulation due to quasi-soliton-like pulse shaping. Several distinct operation modes for ultrashort pulse generation are described and pulses as short as 38 fs are directly generated in the cavity     

Pedestal suppression from compressed femtosecond pulses using anonlinear fiber loop mirror

The compression of higher order soliton pulses in dispersion decreasing fibers (DDF's) generates ultrashort fundamental soliton-like pulses accompanied by a broad low-intensity pedestal component. In this paper, we investigate the subsequent removal of the pedestal using a nonlinear optical fiber loop mirror (NOLM) to produce high-quality pulses. The influence of higher order effects such as stimulated Raman scattering and third-order fiber dispersion on the pedestal removal from ultrashort pulses are considered, and the effectiveness of using dispersion-flattened fiber within the loop is shown. The technique is experimentally demonstrated for 540-fs pulses generated by compression in DDF. In this case, high-quality pulses are produced by pedestal removal using a NOLM constructed from dispersion-shifted fiber     

基于啁啾补偿技术的自相似脉冲压缩光纤设计

为了获得高功率优质的超短脉冲光源,利用色散渐增光纤产生的强线性啁啾对自相似脉冲进行了啁啾补偿光纤设计.首先利用色散补偿光纤得到了半峰全宽为52.6fs、峰值功率为684.5W的超短脉冲输出.在此基础上研究了色散渐增的补偿光纤设计,讨论了色散线性渐增光纤和色散指数渐增光纤对自相似脉冲的压缩影响.当色散渐增系数取1km-1...     

Generation of pedestal-free 22-fs ultrashort pulse using highly nonlinear fiber and reverse-dispersion fiber

We present an all-fiber system for generating pedestal-free 22-fs ultrashort pulses with a single-peak spectrum. High-power Raman soliton pulses and a normally dispersive highly nonlinear fiber are used to generate a smooth, broadened single-peak spectrum. Then, the higher order dispersion is compensated for using a hybrid fiber composed of a reverse-dispersion fiber and a standard single-mode fiber, which allows pedestal-free ultrashort pulses to be successfully generated. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of pedestal-free 20-fs-class ultrashort pulse generation without spectral distortion using an all-fiber configuration.