大功率波长可调谐包层泵浦稀土掺杂石英光纤激光器

叙述了具有高连续波输出功率以及在1、1．5和2μm光谱范围内具有宽波长调谐能力的包层泵浦石英光纤激光器的寺设计和性能。在多瓦功率电平下，经由包含衍射光栅的外腔提供的波长相关反馈，将Yb掺杂光纤激光器从1027nm调谐至1105nm。同样，在多瓦输出功率电平下，分别在Er-Yb共掺杂和Tm掺杂石英光纤激光器中获得高输出功率以及1540～1600nm和1860-2090nm的宽波长可调谐能力。在较低功率电平下，将Nd掺杂光纤激光器从1057nm调谐至1118nm。考虑了限制因素和未来性能改进的前景。     

双光栅外腔可调谐掺Yb3+双包层光纤激光器

采用一种新颖的双光栅装置作为外腔调谐结构 ,实现了掺Yb3+ 双包层光纤激光器的调谐输出 ,调谐范围10 37～ 110 6nm。双光栅结构的应用 ,使调谐输出的激光光谱的线宽大大变窄 ,小于 0 1nm。检偏器测量结果表明 ,整个调谐范围内的激光输出均为线偏振光。     

L波段可调谐Er/Yb共掺环形腔光纤激光器

报道了一种工作在L波段波长可调的环形腔Er／Yb共掺双包层光纤激光器。利用两段高双折射光纤和两个偏振控制器组成的环形镜作波长选择器件，通过调整环形镜中偏振控制器的状态来改变环形镜对不同波长的反射率以实现某波长的激光输出，使波长调节范围达到60nm，不同波长处激光输出功率的起伏小于0．7dB；采用较长的Er／Yb共掺双包层光纤(EYDF)作增益介质，利用6个976nm激光二极管同时抽运前段Er／Yb共掺双包层光纤所产生的放大自发辐射谱作为二次抽运源，对腔内未被抽运的一段Er／Yb共掺双包层光纤进行抽运，使增益谱移到L波段，实现了L波段可调谐激光器的稳定输出。在最大抽运功率为3594．5mW时，测得抽运入纤功率为2737．37mW，得到最大输出功率300mW，斜率效率为11％的激光输出，所形成激光光谱的3dB带宽为1．8nm，边模抑制比大于38dB。     

掺Yb3+光纤环形激光器特性研究

本文利用国产半导体激光器泵浦掺Yb3+光纤环形激光器获得成功．掺Yb3+光纤长3 m,与1053 nm／980 nm波分复用器(WDM)构成交叉耦合型全光纤环形腔．总腔长为4 m,泵浦波长980 nm,激光波长为1042．3 nm,斜率效率9．6％,激光阈值低于0．5 mW,利用可调谐钛宝石激光器泵浦,得到该光纤激光器的最佳泵浦波长为978 nm．     

基于闪耀光栅的可调谐Er3+/Yb3+共掺光纤激光器

报道了一种结构简单、调谐方便的宽带可调谐Er3+/Yb3+共掺光纤激光器.采用半导体激光二极管(LD)作为抽运源,以大模面积Er+/Yb3+共掺双包层光纤为增益介质,利用闪耀光栅作为波长选择器件,实现了1550 nm波段稳定的可调谐激光输出,调谐范围达36 nm,几乎覆盖了整个荧光谱宽度.整个调谐范围内,输出激光线宽小于0.08 nm.输出功率随波长的变化而变化,在25 nm调谐范围内激光功率不低于400 mw.波长为1543.86 nm时获得最大输出功率510 mW,斜率效率为26%.这种光纤激光器具有效率高、线宽窄、调谐范围大、输出稳定等优点,可用于密集波分复用(DWDM)光纤通信系统和高精度光纤传感系统.     

1053nm超短脉冲光纤激光的产生

为了研究环形腔掺Yb3+光纤激光器的输出特性,采用两个波长为976nm的半导体激光器作为超短脉冲激光器的抽运源,利用非线性偏振旋转锁模技术,实现了激光器的自起振锁模运转.实验中通过调节掺杂光纤的长度和偏振控制器波片的位置实现了锁模脉冲的波长调谐,在掺杂光纤长度为1.6m时,获得了波长为1053nm、最大输出功率为9.5mW、光谱宽度为6nm、重复频率为23.7MHz的超短光脉冲输出.实验结果与分析表明,采用调节光纤的长度和偏振控制器可实现超短脉冲光纤激光器的波长调谐.     

宽带可调谐掺Yb3 光纤环形腔激光器

讨论了利用腔内偏振控制器(PC)在掺Yb^3 光纤激光器中实现连续可调谐激光输出的机理,采用976nm半导体激光器(LD)作为抽运源,高掺杂浓度掺Yb^3 光纤作为增益介质,调整腔内PC,得到连续调谐宽度达20nm(1030～1050nm)、线宽小于0．2nm的输出光脉冲,激光阈值为40mw。在输入功率为110mw、输出耦合比为90：10时,最大输出功率为6．5mw,斜率效率为10％。与其他结构光纤激光器相比,这种全光纤结构具有更高的效率和更好的稳定性,且在整个调谐宽度范围内,激光输出功率具有很好的平坦度。     

宽带可调谐掺镱双包层光纤激光器

采用高功率975 nm多模半导体激光器(LD)作为抽运源,以大模场掺Yb3+双包层光纤(YDCF)作为激光增益介质,运用能够承受较高功率运行的利特罗(Littrow)光栅外腔调谐结构,实现了宽带可调谐激光输出.实验中,双包层光纤采用最优光纤长度14 m,光栅经仔细调整后有效入纤反馈效率约20%,当入纤抽运功率约1.3 W时,激光器达到阈值并开始振荡.通过连续旋转光栅,激光输出波长能在1046～1121 nm之间实现可调谐,可调范围达75 nm.当入纤抽运功率为48 W时,在1089 nm波长处获得最大输出功率23.7 W,相应斜率效率为53%.最后,基于数值模拟简单地分析了激光输出特性,实验结果与数值模拟结果基本保持一致.     

工作在L-波段的可调谐环形腔掺铒光纤激光器

报道了一种波长调谐范围达 4 5nm的L 波段环形腔掺铒光纤激光器。利用偏振调谐的方法 ,可以使该激光器的工作波长在 15 6 0nm到 16 0 5nm范围内调谐 ,调谐范围几乎覆盖了整个L 波段。环形腔内用两段铒光纤作为增益介质 ,采用二次抽运方式 ,由一 980nm激光器抽运其中一段铒光纤产生的放大自发辐射作二次抽运源 ,再对腔内的两段铒光纤进行抽运 ,使它们的增益谱位移到L 波段 ,获得稳定的激光输出。实验中还对环形腔输出耦合器的输出耦合比对激光功率的影响作了研究     

掺铥光纤激光器的波长调谐特性研究

基于简化的二能级激光系统和均匀展宽理论模型,利用原子速率方程和功率传输方程建立了掺铥光纤激光器的理论模型,并以环形腔掺铥光纤激光器为例,通过Matlab编程数值模拟研究了其出射功率和波长调谐范围与腔内损耗、掺铥光纤长度、输出耦合比、泵浦波长和泵浦功率等激光器参量的关系。数值模拟结果表明,降低激光器腔内损耗、提高泵浦激光功率和优化掺铥光纤长度可以提高掺铥光纤激光器的出射功率和增加波长调谐范围,而增加输出耦合比虽能提高激光功率,却减小了波长调谐范围。经过参数优化,在腔内总损耗为3dB、输出耦合比为10%的情况下,通过提高泵浦激光功率和优化掺铥光纤长度,掺铥光纤激光器的波长调谐范围可达528nm(1660~2188nm),高于目前已报道的实验结果。将部分模拟结果与文献报道的实验结果进行对比,较好地证实了模型的准确性。研究工作对于掺铥光纤激光器的设计和发展具有重要的理论参考价值和指导意义。     

High-Power and Widely Tunable All-Fiber Raman Laser

A high-power and widely tunable all-fiber Raman laser is demonstrated. The Raman fiber laser has been tuned over a range of 60 nm from 1075 to 1135 nm and delivers up to 5.0 W of Stokes output power for 6.5 W of launched pump power. Efficiencies ranging from 76.1 to 93.1% and laser thresholds from 0.78 to 2.59 W have been measured. The spectrum of the depolarized Raman gain coefficient of the germanosilicate fiber has also been inferred from our experimental measurements.     

High-power and tunable operation of erbium-ytterbium Co-doped cladding-pumped fiber lasers

We describe erbium-ytterbium co-doped fiber lasers in different free-running and tunable configurations. The lasers were cladding-pumped by high-power multimode diode sources. We compare pumping at 915 and 980 nm. With a free-running laser, we obtained slope efficiencies of up to 50% with 915-nm pumping and 38% with 980-nm pumping, with respect to absorbed pump power. We reached a double-ended output power of 16.8 W from the free-running laser. Thanks to a high rare-earth concentration and a small inner cladding area (possible with the high-brightness pump sources we used), the operating pump absorption of the fiber reached 8 dB/m. With such high absorption, short fibers with high nonlinear thresholds are possible even with cladding pumping. The tunable fiber laser had a tuning range from 1533 to 1600 nm and emitted 6.7 W of output power at 1550nm in a high-brightness, single-polarization, narrow linewidth beam.     

Neodymium-doped cladding-pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9-/spl mu/m wavelength range

A tunable high-power cladding-pumped neodymium-doped aluminosilicate fiber laser is demonstrated. The maximum power reached was 2.4 W with a slope efficiency of 41% and a threshold pump power of 1.68 W, both with respect to launched pump power, when cladding pumped by two 808-nm diode pump sources at both fiber ends. The dependence of the tuning range on the fiber length is investigated. The tuning range changed from 922 to 942 nm for a 25-m-long fiber to 908-938 nm with a 14-m-long fiber, because of reabsorption effects. The output linewidth was 0.26 nm in a diffraction-limited beam. Operation on the challenging 0.9-/spl mu/m three-level transition in neodymium-doped double-clad fiber laser was facilitated by a W-type core refractive index profile. This filtered out the unwanted and competing strong transition at 1.06 /spl mu/m while guidance of 0.9 /spl mu/m remained intact.     

5-W Yellow Laser by Intracavity Frequency Doubling of High-Power Vertical-External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser

We report on the development of a high-power tunable yellow–orange laser. It is based on intracavity frequency doubling of a widely tunable, highly strained InGaAs–GaAs vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser operating near 1175 nm. Over 5 W of continuous-wave output power is achieved and is tunable over a 15-nm band centered at 587 nm. This compact low-cost high-power yellow–orange laser provides an innovative alternative for sodium guidestar lasers, medical and communication applications.      

A widely tunable erbium-doped fiber laser pumped at 532 nm

A tunable erbium-doped fiber laser with a very wide continuous-tuning range (1522-1567 nm) is discussed. The wide tuning range was achieved using an aluminum/erbium-doped fiber; the aluminum codoping is known to broaden the gain spectrum substantially. The tunable fiber laser has a ring laser configuration utilizing an inline tunable etalon as the tuning element. Continuous tuning over 45 nm in the spectral range of 1522-1567 nm was achieved with 80 nW of pumping at 532 nm, using the second harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser as the pump source     

掺铥光纤激光器波长可调谐输出特性

利用1 550 nm光纤激光器搭建了一个同带泵浦环形腔掺铥光纤激光器,并对其光谱输出特性进行了研究。在1 550 nm激光泵浦下,1.6 m掺铥光纤自发辐射谱覆盖1 800~1 900 nm范围,3 dB带宽大于60 nm;通过在腔内插入隔离器,获得了线宽小于0.2 nm的激光输出,中心波长在1900 nm附近;进一步在腔内加入FP腔,获得了可调谐的窄线宽输出,光谱调谐范围达60 nm,覆盖从1 840~1 900 nm的光谱范围,激光线宽仅为0.07 nm。另外,在腔内使用通信波段用FP腔,同样获得了较宽调谐范围的窄线宽输出。输出光谱分为1 820~1 850 nm和1 865~1 915 nm两个区域,调谐范围共达80 nm。结合使用2 000 nm FP腔的可调谐光谱范围,该激光器在1 820~1 915 nm的范围都可以获得激光输出,与掺铥光线的自发辐射谱基本相符。     

High power cladding-pumped tunable Er, Yb-doped fibre laser

Efficient high-power operation of a tunable erbium-ytterbium codoped fibre laser end-pumped by two beam-shaped diode-stacks at 940 nm is reported. A maximum output power of 30 W at 1570 nm for 83 W of absorbed pump power with operating wavelength tunable from 1562 to 1627 nm was demonstrated.     

Compact high-power tunable three-level operation of double cladding Nd-doped fiber laser

We present a compact high-power continuous-wave tunable neodymium-doped double cladding fiber laser operating on three-level /sup 4/F/sub 3/2/-I/sub 9/2/ transition with a maximum output power up to 810 mW. At 926.7 nm, it has a maximum slope efficiency of 49.3% against absorbed 808-nm pump. By compressing the fiber Bragg grating, 15-nm tuning range is achieved.     

宽调谐光纤激光器在温度传感中的应用

设计实现了一种编程扫描宽调谐掺铒光纤激光器,波长扫描调谐范围超过51nm(1516.83—1568.31nm),调谐步长最小可达0.01nm,通过编程控制波长重复扫描调谐。将该激光器应用于光纤光栅组成准分布式温度传感系统,初步实验实现了对16路共48个点的实时温度监测。     

偏振控制C波段波长可调谐掺铒光纤激光器

报道了一种结构简单的波长可调谐掺铒光纤激光器。该光纤激光器由增益平坦型掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)、偏振相关光隔离器、光纤偏振控制器及输出耦合器组成。利用光纤偏振控制器和偏振相关光隔离器作为波长调谐器件,实现了光纤激光器的波长可调谐输出及双波长输出。利用琼斯矩阵理论分析了光纤激光器腔内不同波长的损耗与偏振控制器状态的关系,指出通过调节光纤偏振控制器,光纤激光器可以实现波长可调谐输出,同时阐述了光纤激光器双波长输出的机制。实验上获得了中心波长在1542~1564nm连续可调,平均功率大于2.6mW,边模抑制比大于35dB的连续激光输出。同时获得了波长为1549nm和1564nm的双波长连续激光输出。