基于啁啾光纤光栅的被动锁模掺Yb~(3+)激光器

基于啁啾光纤布拉格光栅(C-FBG)与半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)相结合实现了光纤掺Yb3+线型锁模激光器。采用976nm半导体激光器,以高掺杂浓度的掺Yb3+光纤作为增益介质,以SESAM作一端的反射镜,以C-FBG引入大的负色散,并作为另一端反射镜,最终获得了稳定皮秒脉冲序列的输出。其中心波长为1045nm,平均功率为12mW,基频重复频率为17.07MHz,脉宽约为3ps。详细讨论了高阶锁模光脉冲的演化方式。该锁模光纤激光器可以完全自启动,可以长时间稳定工作,有望成为高功率超短脉冲激光器的种子源。     

用可饱和布喇格反射器对固体激光器锁模

用可饱和布喇格反射器对固体激光器锁模半导体可饱和吸收体已成功地用於被动锁模固体激光器，产生了稳定的超短光脉冲。其方法包括用单片反共振法－珀可饱和吸收体或内腔多量子阱器件以及用共振可饱和吸收体进行共振被动锁模。某些损耗与所用具体方法有关。由于固体激光器...     

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...     

国外信息

国外信息可饱和布喇格反射器锁模的固态激光器半导体可饱和吸收体已经被成功地用于被动锁模固体激光器，以产生稳定的超短光脉冲．锁模方法有：用单片反共振Ｆ－Ｐ可他和吸收体或者腔内多量子阱装置和用腔外可饱和吸收体进行的共振被动锁模．每种方法的损耗各不相同．由于...     

超短脉冲掺Yb3 光纤激光器的多脉冲运转

报道了一种由偏振敏感的光隔离器(ISO)和偏振控制器(PC)构成的掺Yb3 光纤超短脉冲环形激光器,其在没有进行色散补偿的情况下,通过调节PC的方向,实现了稳定的锁模多脉冲运转.在偏振状态一定的情况下,随着抽运源功率的增加,光纤激光器输出经历单脉冲到多脉冲的改变,通过改变PC和抽运源的抽运电流,可实现不同的多脉冲输出.分析表明,多脉冲的产生主要是可饱和吸收体的过驱动引起的.     

高平均功率连续锁模中红外光纤激光器

正中红外3μm波段被动锁模超短脉冲光纤激光光源在军事和民用方面都有潜在应用,如激光医疗、激光光谱学、材料处理及产生中红外超连续谱的抽运源等。基于掺钬或钬谱共掺、掺铒或铒镨共掺的ZBLAN光纤的中红外被动锁模光纤激光器成为国内外研究热点。已有报道中中红外被动锁模光纤激光器连续锁模时最高输出平均功率为1.05 W。本课题组利用半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)作为锁模元件,在对光纤端面进行有效防护和进一步优化     

半导体可饱和吸收镜实现高频脉冲激光研究进展

介绍了作为固体激光器、半导体激光器和光纤激光器被动锁模吸收体的半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)的基本原理和制作方法。详细阐述了利用半导体可饱和吸收镜对同体激光器和光泵垂直外腔面发射半导体激光器进行被动锁模，获得重复率为几吉赫到几百吉赫的超短脉冲激光的方法。     

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。     

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WS_2可饱和吸收体的窄线宽皮秒脉冲光纤激光器

针对超短脉冲光纤激光器光谱线宽较大的问题进行研究,利用RP Fiber软件对激光器腔内脉冲演化过程进行模拟计算,分析了几种可饱和吸收体对激光器输出脉冲宽度和线宽的影响,并对激光器的腔长和光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)参数进行了优化。最终,根据优化结果,搭建了一种基于WS_2可饱和吸收体的环形腔被动锁模皮秒脉冲掺铒光纤激光器,并利用窄带FBG对输出脉冲的光谱线宽进行压缩,获得了中心波长为1549.4nm、脉冲宽度为171ps的窄线宽超短脉冲输出,其3dB光谱线宽为0.02nm。     

Joint time-frequency measurements of modelocked semiconductor diodelasers and dynamics using frequency-resolved optical gating

Joint time-frequency ultrafast measurements using frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) have been used to provide a fundamental understanding of: (1) ultrashort pulse propagation in semiconductor optical amplifiers; (2) the modelocking dynamics in external cavity semiconductor diode lasers; and (3) correlated multiple-wavelength generation from mode locked semiconductor lasers. The pulse shaping and chirping effects measured by FROG are shown to be attributed to intracavity gain and saturable absorbing dynamics, as well as group velocity dispersion. In addition, the intracavity gain dynamics show a regime of transient unsaturated gain, which can be exploited to allow phase-correlated multiple-wavelength modelocked operation from a single-stripe external-cavity semiconductor diode laser. In this case, FROG techniques are used to understand the underlying mechanisms involved in the phase correlation process     

Microstructure Fiber Soliton Laser

We demonstrate femtosecond pulse operation of a soliton fiber laser at 1.06-mum wavelength. This laser makes use of a single piece of microstructure fiber that has been designed to simultaneously provide anomalous dispersion and laser gain. Using a saturable absorber mirror with deep modulation depth to initiate and sustain mode-locking, this fiber provides clean and nearly transform-limited pulses down to a pulse duration of 180 fs. To the best of our knowledge, this constitutes the first demonstration of a pure soliton fiber laser in the neodymium gain band     

被动调Q腔内单共振光参变振荡器和Cr4+:YAG激光器

分析了以Cr4+:YAG作为饱和吸收体和激光增益介质的被动Q开关Cr4+:YAG激光器腔内抽运的Cr4+:YAG激光器和单共振光学参变振荡器(SRO)的特性.建立了描述这类激光器和单共振光学参变振荡器的动力学特性的速率方程.结果表明,适当条件下作为激光增益介质的Cr4+:YAG同时具有对二阶非线性作用过程产生的处于Cr4+:YAG激光增益谱范围内的SRO信号波的放大作用.分析中考虑了Cr4+:YAG较高激发态和激光上能级之间的弛豫时间约为100ns的中间能级对Cr4+:YAG饱和吸收体和激光器以及ICSRO的影响.     

Colliding pulse mode-locked laser

The fabrication and performance of a colliding pulse-mode locked laser with an intracavity saturable absorber is described. The laser has a threshold current of 65 mA and differential efficiency of 0.04 mW/mA when coupled into a single-mode fiber. Mode-locked pulses with ~1 ps pulse width at ~10 GHz has been obtained     

Relaxation Oscillations and Pulse Stability in Harmonically Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers

In this paper, we discuss pulse dynamics in harmonically mode-locked semiconductor lasers and present the conditions necessary for stability. In a laser mode-locked at the Nth harmonic, the pulse energy fluctuations have (N+1) different modes of relaxation oscillations. Different modes correspond to different patterns for the energy fluctuations in the N different pulses inside the laser cavity. In the higher order relaxation oscillation modes, the energy fluctuations are negatively correlated in different pulses inside the laser cavity, and these modes can cause instability. Gain saturation on time scales of the order of the pulse width (dynamic gain saturation) stabilizes pulse energy fluctuations with respect to relaxation oscillations. The precise limits on the stable operating regime depend on the gain dynamics at both slow and fast time scales. We also discuss harmonic mode-locking in the presence of a slow saturable absorber. Dynamic loss saturation in a saturable absorber can work against dynamic gain saturation and limit the stability range for harmonic mode-locking.     

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。     

Experimental study of sideband generation in femtosecond fiberlasers

We present a thorough experimental investigation of the phenomenon of soliton resonance sideband generation in femtosecond fiber lasers. The dependence of the sideband wavelengths on the dispersion and pulse length is confirmed. Third order dispersion is found to play a significant role in determining the sideband spectrum. We show that the minimum pulse length obtained in a fiber laser is determined by the cavity dispersion and relate this to loss into the sidebands. We show how the sideband spectrum can be used as a diagnostic of the fiber parameters and of the formation of ultrashort pulses in the laser     

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.     

内腔倍频被动调Q Nd:YVO4/KTP绿光的脉宽控制

分别改变饱和吸收体在激光腔内的位置及抽运光的束腰在激光晶体中的位置，实现了对激光二极管（LD）抽运Nd：Nd：YVO4／KTP腔内倍频Cr^4＋：YAG被动调Q绿光的脉宽控制。在抽运功率1．52w的条件下，脉冲宽度可以控制在388～616ns之间，同时获得了激光脉冲的重复频率、单脉冲能量及峰值功率的变化范围分别为4．4～26．3kHz，0．52～4．19μJ和1．0～7．2w。考虑腔内光子数密度的高斯空间分布以及抽运光的空间分布，给出了描述调Q激光器工作原理的耦合速率方程组，其数值解与实验结果相符。