高功率GTWave光纤激光器研究进展

高功率GTWave光纤激光器是目前光纤激光器研究的一个热点。介绍了GTWave光纤的结构,并回顾了国内外高功率GTWave光纤激光器的研究成果,可以看出,国内外GTWave光纤激光器的发展极其迅猛,其功率扩展能力非常强、结构设计非常灵活,输出功率远高于其他光纤激光器;同时,对比分析了高功率GTWave光纤激光器的特点和优势,并对今后的研究进行了展望。     

Novel fiber alignment method using a partially metal-coated fiberin a silicon V-groove

We propose a novel fiber alignment method using a partially metal-coated (PMC) fiber. A PMC fiber is a fiber whose side is partially metal coated, and a core of PMC fiber can be regarded as eccentric with respect to the outside of PMC fiber. Rotating the PMC fiber in a silicon V-groove, the core position can be aligned. Using this method, laser diode modules with high coupling efficiency were obtained     

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。     

双程前向掺铒光子晶体光纤超荧光光源

为了获得高稳定光纤陀螺掺铒光纤光源和改进传统掺铒光纤超荧光光源的输出稳定性,提出和使用掺铒光子晶体光纤作为超荧光光源的增益媒介。构建了双程前向结构掺铒光子晶体光纤超荧光光源, 研究了这种新型光源的输出特性。分析了掺铒光子晶体光纤长度和泵浦功率对光源输出功率、光谱谱宽和平均波长的影响。结果表明,通过选取光纤长度为10 m 和泵浦功率为220 mW,获得了双程前向结构掺铒光子晶体光纤超荧光光源。输出功率为35.4 mW,光光转换效率约16.09%,谱宽为30.9 nm,平均波长为1 548.3 nm。该结果为进一步研究掺铒光子晶体光纤超荧光光源的环境温度稳定性和适应性奠定基础。     

光纤包层中的弱光探测技术

设计了一种用于探测光纤激光器系统中有源光纤中残余的弱泵浦光的方法。采用两种光纤探针对剥离涂覆层的有源光纤以及保留涂覆层的光纤进行了包层泄漏光的测试,优选出锥形探针作为弱光探测的光纤探针,并用该探针测得泄漏光与包层残余泵浦光的功率关系,发现二者呈线性关系并有对应的比例系数。通过该光纤探针的方法可实现快速确定有源光纤在激光器中的使用最佳长度,避免传统方法中对有源光纤进行多次切割、熔接再测试等操作,极大地提高了测试效率并降低了测试成本。试验同时发现,光纤探针在剥离涂覆层光纤上的探测效果优于未剥离涂覆层的光纤探测效果。     

大功率光纤激光器研究进展

对当前大功率光纤激光器的研究进展作对比分析,以期得出一些研究方向及方法的借鉴.以连续波与脉冲光纤激光器作为区分标准,对于国内外的大功率光纤激光器报道中所提到的大模场面积光纤激光器、离子掺杂方式、调Q光纤激光器、锁模光纤激光器,以及锥形光纤的泵浦方式等做了相关介绍.     

光纤—光纤光栅脉冲压缩器的研究

本文提出了利用正常色散光纤加线性啁啾光纤光栅组成全光纤光脉冲压缩器方案,理论和数值分析了压缩器的压缩特性,给出光纤－光纤栅压缩器的设计规则,指出了有关文献压缩器设计规则的局限性,提出了新结论。     

基于高精细度光纤滤波器的双波长光纤激光器

提出了基于高精细度光纤环形滤波器的双波长窄线宽光纤激光器结构.在单波长光纤激光器的基础上,增加保偏光纤布拉格光栅(PM-FBG)和高精细度的光纤滤波器.其中保偏光纤布拉格光栅作为激光器的波长选择元件,可产生两个波长的激光输出.高精细度的光纤滤波器由两个光耦合器和一段弱抽运的掺铒光纤构成,掺铒光纤产生的增益和光纤时延使滤...     

大模场掺铥光纤增益特性研究

为了进一步提升光纤激光器的输出功率,采用大模场面积掺铥光纤来抑制非线性效应,利用非均匀布喇格掺铥光纤结构,通过优化参量,在满足单模传输条件下获得模场面积为719μm2的大模场面积光纤。基于此光纤建立了793nm波长抽运下大模场掺铥光纤放大器理论模型。由于大模场面积光纤能降低光功率密度,抑制Stokes光功率,因此该种光纤放大器在高抽运功率下相比普通单模光纤放大器能够得到更大的输出功率。结果表明,当抽运光功率为100W时,所设计大模场面积光纤与普通单模光纤相比,转换效率提高5%,达到40%,输出功率达到41.01W。以上研究对于实际掺铥光纤放大器的设计有重要应用价值。     

布里渊光纤激光器的研究及发展前景

介绍了布里渊光纤激光器的原理、研究进展,并讨论了其发展前景:光子晶体光纤由于特殊的光纤结构和应力,可以同时产生具有不同Stokes频移的多种模式SBS,在设计多波长布里渊光纤激光器上颇具优势;高重复频率的多波长超短光脉冲光纤激光器和高功率单频光纤激光器,是布里渊光纤激光器的发展方向;利用各种特种光纤的SBS效应,是制作高稳定的布里渊光纤激光器的有效方法之一。     

Limitations in 10 Gb/s WDM optical-fiber transmission when using avariety of fiber types to manage dispersion and nonlinearities

We analyze the system limitations of WDM transmission when using various types of optical fiber to manage dispersion and nonlinearities. In our model, from two to eight 10 Gb/s WDM channels are transmitted through a cascade of EDFA's experiencing dispersion, stimulated Raman scattering, and self- and cross-phase modulation. The fiber types modeled include: conventional single-mode fiber, dispersion shifted fiber, and dispersion-compensating fiber. These fibers have different dispersion spectral profiles and are combined to manage dispersion to produce a total zero dispersion for a certain fiber span while eliminating four-wave mixing. We find that a system using dispersion-shifted fiber and conventional single-mode fiber exhibits the best performance, with the combination of dispersion and cross-phase modulation as the dominant effects. Furthermore, conventional single-mode fiber combined with dispersion-compensating fiber system exhibits the worst performance, with the combination of dispersion and self-phase modulation as the dominant effects     

光纤陀螺用光纤环的应力分布实验研究

阐述了光纤陀螺中光纤环的的作用和绕制技术，介绍了布里渊光时域反射计(BOTDR)的工作原理和性能。利用一种BOTDR首次对不同情况下保偏光纤环的应力分布进行了测试和分析，揭示了光纤环中出现的工艺缺陷并进行了定位和分析。结果表明，利用BOTDR对光纤和光纤环进行应力分布测试，可有效的发现和控制这些缺陷的影响。     

光纤光栅在高功率连续光纤激光器中的发展及展望

目前光纤光栅在高功率连续光纤激光器中的应用主要有两个方面,一是作为谐振腔腔镜,二是用来抑制激光器的非线性效应。首先论述了光纤光栅作为腔镜技术的发展现状,然后着重论述了能够抑制光纤激光器中非线性效应的特殊光纤光栅的发展状况。并详细描述了倾斜布拉格光纤光栅抑制受激拉曼散射和受激布里渊散射、长周期光纤光栅抑制受激拉曼散射以及相移长周期光纤光栅抑制自相位调制或四波混频等非线性效应引起的光谱展宽的研究进展。最后展望了光纤光栅在高功率光纤激光器领域的发展趋势,认为光纤光栅将朝着更高承载功率与长波长方向发展,同时认为基于飞秒激光刻写的光纤光栅技术、能够同时抑制多种非线性效应的光纤光栅技术、以及基于光纤光栅的光纤激光器激光偏振控制技术等将成为新的研究热点。     

Influence of fiber nonlinearity on the fiber transfer function:theoretical and experimental analysis

The influence of fiber nonlinearity on the fiber transfer function is investigated theoretically and experimentally. A rigorous expression for the fiber transfer function using a directly modulated semiconductor laser as an optical transmitter is presented. Very good agreement of fiber transfer function between experimental data and theoretical predictions is achieved. Furthermore, the fiber parameter values extracted from fitting are the same as those obtained from relative intensity noise measurements, and the fiber nonlinearity coefficient value is compared with other published results. A thorough physical explanation for the effect of fiber nonlinearity on the fiber transfer function at low-medium frequencies is provided. Results reveal that in the anomalous dispersion regime the fiber nonlinearity enhances the high-pass behavior typical of the fiber transfer function using a directly modulated laser operating at high bias current, shifts the transfer function dips toward higher frequency, and consequently leads to a larger bandwidth. Furthermore, it is shown that the fiber nonlinearity can provide partial or total compensation of the nonuniform frequency response at low-medium frequencies resulting from a directly modulated laser operated at low bias current     

多模与单模光纤级联系统对激光束的传输

分析了激光束在光纤中的非线性传输损耗,理论上证明了受激布里渊散射(SBS)是光纤传输能力的主要限制因素;实验上在532nm波段对长度为5m,纤芯半径为1.75μm,数值孔径(NA)为0.11的单模光纤的传输能力进行了测定,结果与理论一致。采用模场耦合理论,推导出多模光纤与单模光纤的直接耦合效率表达式,计算得到耦合效率与所选用的多模光纤和单模光纤的纤芯芯径之间的模拟关系。激光器输出波长为532nm;多模光纤的数值孔径为0.11,纤芯半径为12.5μm;单模光纤的数值孔径为0.11,纤芯半径为1.75μm,实验结果与理论基本吻合。根据理论和实验结果,设计出多模光纤与单模光纤混合传输方案,在柔性传输较高激光功率的同时可以得到高光束质量。     

Effects of thermally induced optical fiber shifts in V-groove arrays for optical MEMS

Thermally induced optical fiber shifts in the joints consisting of an optical fiber, epoxy adhesive and silicon substrate were simulated using a FEA (finite element analysis) package. Experiments using a real-time micro-moiré system were also performed at temperatures of 25, 40, 60, 85 and 100 °C for confirmation of the FEA results. The optical coupling loss, caused by the fiber shifts, of a single-mode fiber to fiber and a laser diode to a fiber was studied. The results revealed that thermally induced fiber shifts increased with the number of V-groove channels. The optical coupling loss is the greatest during thermal loading for the outer fiber in the four channels V-groove array. Optical losses of 0.334 and 0.346 dB for fiber-to-fiber coupling and 1.54 and 1.56 dB for laser diode to fiber coupling were calculated using the fiber shift values obtained from the FEA and experiments, respectively, for the outermost fiber joint in the four channels V-groove array at 100 °C. The effects of fiber shifts especially the shift of the fiber that is positioned at the outermost V-groove in the array cannot be ignored.     

双包层光子晶体光纤激光器研究进展

光子晶体光纤(PCF)具有许多传统光纤难以实现的诸多优良特性,以光子晶体光纤为增益介质的高功率光纤激光器受到了普遍关注.介绍了光子晶体光纤及由其构成的光子晶体激光器的原理,重点介绍了双包层光子晶体光纤激光器国内外的最新研究进展.     

基于侧面抛磨锗芯光纤的折射率传感器

通过抛磨单模-多模-单模(Single mode-Multimode-Single mode,SMS)光纤结构,设计制作一种光纤折射率传感器。多模光纤选用的是纤芯直径为16μm的锗芯光纤,纤芯直径较小,使制作的传感器尺寸较小,从而在传感应用中具有较高的样品利用率。单模光纤纤芯直径为8.4μm,可确保抛磨至多模光纤纤芯附近时单模光纤的纤芯不被破坏。SMS被AB胶固定在玻璃槽内,使得侧面抛磨光纤具有很好的鲁棒性,可重复使用性。制备并侧面抛磨了锗芯光纤长度分别为0μm、23μm、70μm、690μm、2 mm的SMS光纤结构。对产生的传输光谱进行测量,发现前4个样品随着周围环境折射率的增加,谐振波长向长波长处偏移;而前3个样品的折射率测量灵敏度随着锗芯光纤长度的增加而提高。当锗芯光纤长度为70μm时,在1.333~1.367折射率区间内,灵敏度可以达到623.5 nm/RIU。然而,过长的锗芯光纤导致折射率测量灵敏度降低。当锗芯光纤长度为2 mm时,抛磨过程中激发产生了包层模,导致传输光谱复杂、不稳定,而且长波处产生了较大的插入损耗。     

低掺杂铒纤上分布反馈布拉格光纤激光器的制作

采用准分子激光器成功地在低掺杂普通铒纤上制作出5 cm的光纤光栅分布反馈布拉格(DFB)激光器,铒纤的峰值吸收率为5 dB/m,在100 mW,980 nm抽运光条件下,光纤激光器的输出功率为50μW,边模抑制比为50 dB。使用耦合模理论分析了一段5 cm带相移的分布反馈布拉格光纤激光器输出光强同腔内损耗及相移量的关系,计算结果表明,光纤腔内的损耗对激光器的输出具有非常重要的影响,大的损耗对应获得最大功率的光栅耦合强度相应减小,因此,在低掺杂铒纤上制作分布反馈布拉格激光器必须正确估计光纤激光器的腔内损耗,选择合适的光栅耦合强度,可以获得较大的输出功率。     

A single-mode fiber with chromatic dispersion varying along thelength

A method for fabrication of a novel type of optical fiber with dispersion varying along the fiber length is described. The method takes into account the calculated dependence of fiber dispersion on fiber core diameter for the measured profile of the preform and the desirable dispersion dependence on the fiber length. The main optical parameters of the drawn fiber are theoretically studied and experimentally measured. The fibers are of great interest for nonlinear fiber optics. Such applications of the fibers, such as high-quality soliton pulse compression, soliton pulsewidth stabilization through compensation of losses, and generation of a high-repetition-rate train of practically uninteracting solitons, are considered