转镜式快速扫描自相关器的研究

本文描述一种用于飞秒激光脉冲宽度测量的自相关装置。它可令光脉冲产生周期性的时间延迟。借助于示波器,可以显示出激光脉冲强度的二次相关曲线,从而实现对周期性飞秒脉冲宽度的实时快速监测。     

Real-time oscilloscope observation of an ultrafast photodiode response to mode-locked laser pulses

Pulses of 100 ps full width at half maximum (FWHM) have been displayed on a direct current to 5-GHz real-time oscilloscope. The 100-ps duration includes contributions from the oscilloscope, the photodetector, and the laser pulse,Maximum current in the linear regime of the photodiode is ≈3 amperes so that electric pulses of ≈70 ps FWHM and ≈150 volts can be obtained with the laser-detector combination. Results of a simple optical method for determining the exposure time of high-speed electronic cameras are also briefly given.     

Characterization of 1.55-μm pulses from a self-seededgain-switched Fabry-Perot laser diode using frequency-resolved opticalgating

The intensity and frequency chirp of picosecond pulses from a self-seeded gain-switched Fabry-Perot laser diode have been directly measured using the technique of frequency-resolved optical gating. Measurements over an output sidemode suppression ratio (SMSR) range of 15-35 dB show that higher SMSR's are associated with an increasingly linear frequency chirp across the output pulses. This complete pulse characterization allows the conditions for optimum pulse compression to be determined accurately, and indicates that transform-limited, pedestal free pulses can be obtained at an SMSR of 35 dB     

Complete characterization of ultrashort pulse sources at 1550 nm

This paper reviews the use of frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) to characterize mode-locked lasers producing ultrashort pulses suitable for high-capacity optical communications systems at wavelengths around 1550 nm, Second harmonic generation (SHG) FROG is used to characterize pulses from a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser, and both single-mode and dual-mode gain-switched semiconductor lasers. The compression of gain-switched pulses in dispersion compensating fiber is also studied using SHG-FROG, allowing optimal compression conditions to be determined without a priori assumptions about pulse characteristics. We also describe a fiber-based FROG geometry exploiting cross-phase modulation and show that it is ideally suited to pulse characterization at optical communications wavelengths. This technique has been used to characterize picosecond pulses with energy as low as 24 pJ, giving results in excellent agreement with SHG-FROG characterization, and without any temporal ambiguity in the retrieved pulse     

Multi-WDM-channel, Gbit/s pulse generation from a single lasersource utilizing LD-pumped supercontinuum in optical fibers

More than 40 wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) channels of 5-10 ps pulse streams are generated over 1530-1570 nm at 6.3 Gbit/s from a single laser source utilizing laser-diode (LD)-pumped supercontinuum in optical fibers for the first time. The time-bandwidth products of the generated pulses are within the range of 0.3-0.6, and it has been verified that the generated WDM picosecond pulses are capable of being interleaved to produce up to 40 WDM channels, each consisting of 50 Gbit/s time-division-multiplexed (TDM) pulse streams, in one optical fiber     

More than 100-wavelength-channel picosecond optical pulse generation from single laser source using supercontinuum in optical fibres

A novel method for generating multiwavelength-channel picosecond optical pulses from a single laser source is proposed using supercontinuum in optical fibres combined with an all-fibre birefringent periodic filter. More than 100-wavelength-channel, 10 ps optical pulses are generated simultaneously over a 1.224-1.394 mu m spectral range with a 1.9 nm spacing using a 7.6 ps Nd:YLF laser pulse source.<>     

Picosecond optical sampling

A high speed sampling technique is proposed using a cascade of optical waveguide interferometers driven by CW sinusoidal traveling or standing microwaves. Each interferometer multiplies the optical signal by a function closely approximated bycos^{4} omegat, where ω is the frequency of its microwave drive. A cascade of four interferometers with 2.6 V microwave drives at 10, 20, 40, and 80 GHz and a total length of 2 cm can sample an optical signal with 2 ps resolution and 50 ps between samples. The sampler might be used in a picosecond sampling oscilloscope or in experiments requiring a jitter-free train of identical pulses.     

Simple autocorrelation technique based on degree-of-polarization measurement

We demonstrate a simple optical-fiber-based autocorrelator for picosecond short pulses based on degree-of-polarization measurement while tuning the relative delay of the two orthogonal polarization states of the pulse. The pulsewidths of 20-, 40-, and 80-GHz pulse trains and 2-ps pulses generated by a mode-locked laser are measured. The <-10-dBm optical powers are used in the experiment. The measurement results agree well with the measurements using conventional techniques. Compared with conventional autocorrelators, this technique has the advantages of 1) wavelength independent, 2) significant less alignment, and 3) no high power required.     

纳秒整形激光脉冲波形的高对比度诊断

激光脉冲波形的精密诊断是大型激光装置运行控制和精密物理实验的前提,而动态范围的大小是衡量诊断系统的关键指标之一。为了满足高功率激光装置对纳秒级整形激光脉冲对比度控制及精密诊断的需求,采用双探测器与数字示波器四通道分组并行取样的诊断方法,通过将整形激光脉冲分解为不同的幅值区域并送入示波器的不同输入通道,每个通道采用不同的垂直灵敏度档位进行探测,最后利用共同的时基完成波形的对接重构。研究结果表明,采用的方法可以实现2 500:1的动态范围,在偏差为2%的测量精度内,可以实现对比度高达100:1的多台阶整形脉冲的全波形测量。     

Interview

Laser diodes producing picosecond pulses ten times higher in power than today?s commercial single pulse laser diodes have been demonstrated by researchers in Finland. Professor Juha Kostamovaara, head of the Electronics Laboratory at the University of Oulu tells us more.     

Subnanosecond multi-gigawatt CO2 laser

A semiconductor switching technique has been utilized to produce 30-300 ps variable duration CO₂ laser pulses of 0.5-MW peak power. Eight passes through a 1.2-m long, UV-preionized, 3-atm TE CO₂ amplifier raise the output laser peak power to the 10¹⁰ W level. Sampling the amplifier gain in linear and saturated regimes using CO₂ laser radiation ranging from CW to 30 ps pulse length permits comparison with computer modeling of picosecond CO₂ pulse amplification. The potential for further peak power scaling of picosecond molecular lasers is discussed     

Repetition rate, using a mode-locked hybrid distributed Braggreflector (ML-HDBR) laser source

In the present paper we report the realization of a mode-locked hybrid distributed Bragg reflector (HDBR) laser for picosecond optical pulse generation at 10-GHz repetition rate, 12.7-ps 2-mW optical pulses, with 400-MHz locking bandwidth have been obtained by using a saturated (95% of peak reflectivity) Gaussian Bragg grating. Linear phase gratings have shown even better results in terms of stability and output power (7 mW), whereas so far 15 ps of pulsewidth has been achieved, mainly limited by the spectral bandwidth of the grating. Key features of this realization are the intrinsic simplicity and the compactness of the laser source     

高能量低重复频率超短激光脉冲的测量

利用非线性晶体 (BBO)的非共线匹配倍频效应 ,研制了实时测量高能量低重复频率超短激光脉冲宽度的单脉冲自相关仪 ,并对飞秒 (fs)参量放大器的输出脉冲宽度进行了测量 ,测得了 10 3fs的超短激光脉冲宽度。     

Investigation of the characterstics of a mode-locked Nd:Glass laser with the aid of a picosecond streak camera

An infrared-sensitive streak camera, capable of resolving optical pulses of durations of ∼3 ps, has been used to analyze the temporal development of the individual picosecond pulses in a mode-locked pulse train. A progressive increase in the duration of the individual pulses throughout the pulse train is observed, the rate of increase in the pulse duration being an approximate quadratic function of the optical field. In addition, temporal analysis of the laser output signal, dispersively delayed with the aid of a grating pair, confirms the existence of phase-modulation effects during the development of the mode-locked pulse train.     

Dispersion Measurement in Optical Fibers Using Supercontinuum Pulses

The chromatic dispersion of an optical fiber is measured using a time-of-flight technique, based on temporally and spectrally resolving a dispersed broadband pulse, on which a spectral fringe pattern has been imposed using an etalon. The technique employs broadband supercontinuum radiation, generated by launching picosecond pulses from a fiber laser into a photonic- crystal fiber. It allows the dispersion of highly dispersive optical fibers and components to be measured with a high spectral resolution over a wide wavelength region. The technique is demonstrated by measuring the dispersion of a dispersion-compensating module over its entire 400-nm transmission band with a subnanometer spectral resolution.     

Tunable dual-wavelength picosecond optical pulses generated from aself-injection seeded gain-switched laser diode

A novel scheme to generate dual-wavelength picosecond optical pulses has been demonstrated. The pulses are obtained by self-injection seeding of a gain-switched laser diode simultaneously at two different wavelengths. Optical feedback is provided by a partially reflecting fiber mirror. Single-mode pulses at alternate wavelengths around 1.3 μm have been generated. The pulse width varies from about 40 to 50 ps. The output wavelengths can be tuned by changing the electrical modulation frequency. Spacing between the wavelengths can also be controlled by adjusting the length of the dispersive fiber cavity. Our experimental data are in good agreement with the calculated results     

Generation of short optical pulses in semiconductor lasers by combined dc and microwave current injection

We report picosecond pulse generation in low threshold buried optical guide lasers using combined direct and microwave current excitation. The pulse widths were obtained as a function of direct current for several levels of RF excitation using lasers 125 and 380 μm long. The pulses have a Gaussian shape with full widths at half maximum intensity ranging from 19 to 57 ps. The pulse widths were obtained from the second harmonic autocorrelation. The experimental results are in reasonable agreement with the theory of short pulse formation in sinusoidally modulated lasers. The pulse width decreases with increasing dc and microwave current, and decreasing laser length. The shortest pulses were obtained with a 125μm long laser using 0.25 W RF at 1 GHz and 35 mA de bias. Multiple pulses are emitted at high dc excitation levels. Using the above laser at the indicated current levels the emission consists of a burst of ∼10 pulses which are separated by 30 ps, and has an approximately exponentially decaying amplitude. Saturable absorption was introduced in the lasers by degradation and results in shortening the pulses. A comparison is made of the pulse widths obtained for sinusoidal microwave current modulation and for pulsed excitation where the excitation is obtained from a step recovery diode. Reduced pulse widths are obtained for short current pulse excitation.     

Generation and kilohertz rate amplification of synchronizedfemtosecond and picosecond laser pulses

Synchronized femtosecond and tunable picosecond laser pulses have been generated using a linear cavity configuration in both lasers. The long-term stability of the synchronization, as well as the frequency of the synchronously pumped femtosecond dye laser, is assured by active stabilization of the cavity length. Additionally, the picosecond and femtosecond pulses have been amplified in dual amplifier chains to pulse energies in the microjoule range at a 1 kHz repetition rate. The total peak intensity available for two-photon, nonlinear excitations is on the order of 10⁹ times greater than that available from unamplified beams     

硝基苯超快非线性折射效应及机理研究

利用Z扫描测量技术研究了飞秒和皮秒激光脉冲激发下液体硝基苯的三阶非线性折射率n2。Z扫描实验的结果表明:液体硝基苯在20 ps、532 nm波长激发下的非线性折射率n2是300 fs,800 nm波长激发下的n2值的11倍。利用带相位物体的飞秒泵浦探测方法研究了液体硝基苯的非线性折射动力学机理。基于泵浦探测实验结果确定了液体硝基苯在超快激光激发后的非线性折射响应函数。测量结果可为基于硝基苯液体的集成光子学器件设计和溶液非线性测量提供有益参考     

Picosecond pulse generation in CW semiconductor lasers using anovel regenerative gain-switching technique

The authors demonstrate a technique for regeneratively gain-switching semiconductor laser diodes to generate picosecond pulses with tunable repetition rates. The technique is applied to several semiconductor laser diodes, and pulse widths of the order of 35 ps and tuning of the repetition rate from ~200-500 MHz were obtained in preliminary experiments. With further refinements, such as the use of higher bandwidth diode lasers (including surface emitting lasers), special saturable absorbers (e.g. a dual segment laser with one segment biased below transparency) and broadband RF harmonic generators (including step recovery diodes, nonlinear transmission lines, and pulse forming networks), pulse widths as short as ~10 ps are anticipated