调Q及连续掺Yb光纤激光器中的自锁模研究

在用半导体激光器抽运的单包层掺Yb调Q光纤激光器中观察到了清晰稳定的自锁模脉冲序列。脉冲包络形状为调Q脉冲。每个锁模脉冲的幅值由其在调Q脉冲中的相应位置决定。经过分析，认为自相位调制是调Q光纤激光器中产生锁模的主要原因。自相位调制的存在使得光脉冲的频谱被展宽，当这种展宽和腔的模式间隔相差不多时，腔内的模式便能相互作用，直到它们之间产生一个固定的相位关系。也即形成锁模。在此基础上。去掉声光晶体，并用两个光栅作为腔镜，实现了全光纤法布里-珀罗(F-P)腔锁模光纤激光器。改变腔结构，分别采用光栅和光纤反射圈作为前后腔镜，同样观察到了锁模脉冲。经过观察发现，锁模脉冲的产生和掺Yb光纤的浓度、长度、抽运功率的大小有着密切的关系。这为锁模脉冲的产生提供了一种新的方法。     

1.7 μm全光纤锁模脉冲掺铥光纤激光器研究

1.7 μm超短脉冲光纤激光器在生物成像和材料加工等领域具有重要的应用前景,受到了科学家们的极大关注。基于非线性偏振旋转锁模技术,实验搭建了全光纤结构的1.7 μm锁模脉冲掺铥光纤激光器。通过在激光器内加入光纤滤波器抑制掺铥光纤中的长波激光发射,同时采用纤芯泵浦的方式有效获得了1.7 μm波段的增益。激光器输出脉冲的光谱中心波长为1733 nm,3 dB带宽为6.3 nm。锁模脉冲的重复频率为19.56 MHz,平均功率为1.4 mW。同时,数值模拟了脉冲在激光器的腔内演化。文中提出的1.7 μm全光纤锁模激光器有利于进一步提高1.7 μm激光源的稳定性和集成度,在生物成像等领域具有重要的应用价值。     

基于SESAM的全光纤被动锁模光纤激光器

研究实现了一种主振荡功率放大（MOPA）结构的高功率全光纤皮秒级被动锁模掺镱（Yb3+）光纤激光器。种子源为基于半导体可饱和吸收镜（SESAM）的锁模光纤激光器,其为线性腔结构,输出功率为5.97 mW;预放大级采用单模掺镱光纤进行放大,之后经过4倍重复频率倍增系统和两级双包层掺镱光纤放大器,最终实现了平均功率74.3 W,中心波长1063.4 nm,脉冲宽度7.0 ps,重复频率68 MHz的锁模脉冲激光输出。实验中通过对种子光的处理和光纤长度的控制,未出现受激布里渊散射（SBS）、受激拉曼散射（SRS）等非线性效应。     

Fiber-grating-based self-matched additive-pulse mode-locked fiberlasers

Fiber-grating-based self-matched additive-pulse mode-locked (APM) fiber lasers were investigated both theoretically and experimentally. With three fiber gratings to form the linearly coupled cavities, such a fiber laser system could generate stable mode-locked output without critical cavity length control. It was shown that the wavelength dependence of the effective penetration length of a fiber grating led to the self-matching of the cavity lengths of the coupled cavities. A millimeter-order cavity-length mismatch could be tolerated. In a similar laser structure using chirped fiber gratings with a designated arrangement of the grating polarities, the APM fiber laser could have the advantages of higher tolerance of cavity-length mismatch and stretched-pulse amplification. After pulse compression with a piece of single-mode fiber, output pulses with full-width at half-maximum pulsewidths of 930 fs were obtained     

基于全固型掺镱光子带隙光纤的被动锁模全光纤环形孤子激光器

采用全固型掺镱光子带隙光纤(AS-Yb-PBGF)作增益介质并提供反常群速色散(GVD),设计了一种被动锁模全光纤环形孤子激光器。没有使用任何块状色散补偿元件。因此,该激光器腔型结构简单、紧凑、环境稳定性高,更容易实现全光纤结构。脉冲在激光腔内的传输用广义非线性薛定谔方程描述,并采用分步傅里叶方法数值模拟了该激光器的单孤子运转的动力学过程。计算时,将AS-Yb-PBGF的长度选取为0.4m,改变激光腔内单模光纤(SMF)的长度,得出了最佳运转参数:当AS-Yb-PBGF固定为0.4 m时,选择单模光纤等于0.4 m,就可以实现脉冲宽度为244 fs,脉冲能量为14 pJ和时间带宽乘积为0.32,即接近傅里叶变换极限的单孤子运转。     

哑铃形高功率全保偏大模场掺镱锁模光纤激光器

采用基于非线性光纤环形镜的哑铃形结构搭建了全光纤全保偏掺镱锁模激光器。通过使用全保偏大模场光纤、高功率光纤器件和优化的腔结构,实现了脉冲宽度在156 ps到8.1 ns范围内可调的高功率、大能量矩形耗散孤子共振脉冲输出,在最大泵浦功率22.7 W下激光器直接输出功率达到5.5 W,脉冲能量达到0.68μJ,峰值功率为84 W。得益于全保偏光纤结构,所设计的激光器具有出色的抗干扰性和稳定性。     

单端光纤耦合的声光调Q全光纤化光纤激光器

实现了一种单端光纤耦合的高重复频率、窄脉冲、窄线宽及高效率的主动声光调Q全光纤脉冲光纤激光器。该光纤激光器基于光纤光栅与平面镜组合而成的线性法布里-珀罗(F-P)腔结构,采用激光二极管与(2+1)×1抽运耦合器形成后向抽运,并利用单端光纤耦合声光调制器(AOM)实现了全光纤化结构的脉冲掺镱双包层光纤激光器。调Q声光开关工作在一级方向,反向输出调Q脉冲,重复频率20～100kHz可调。在重复频率50kHz、抽运功率5.7W下系统获得了输出激光功率2.64W、单脉冲能量528μJ、脉宽56ns、峰值功率943W的稳定的高效率、窄线宽的窄脉冲,中心波长在1080nm左右,线宽为0.06nm,光-光转换效率高达46%。     

色散管理光纤锁模激光器在近零色散域的非线性优化

目前,飞秒激光脉冲因脉冲宽度窄和峰值功率高的特点被广泛运用在多种领域中。其中,色散管理光纤锁模激光器因其特有的腔内呼吸机制使输出的激光脉冲能量更高,光谱更宽、脉宽更窄。使用啁啾布拉格光纤光栅进行色散管理的光纤锁模激光器能够实现真正的全光纤结构,提升激光器的紧凑性和稳定性,因此基于啁啾布拉格光纤光栅进行色散管理的光纤锁模激光器具有更加实际的应用意义。采用数值模拟的方法,研究了基于啁啾布拉格光纤光栅进行色散管理的掺镱光纤锁模激光器中单模光纤在腔内的不同分布对脉冲动力学过程和输出脉冲参数的影响。系统分析了谐振腔内净色散值不同时,腔内单模光纤的分布对脉冲在腔内的动力学过程的影响。模拟结果表明,在腔内净色散值为负时,啁啾布拉格光纤光栅与增益光纤间的单模光纤越短,光纤激光器维持稳定单脉冲运行的最大泵浦强度更高且输出光谱更宽,从而能够获得脉宽更窄的去啁啾脉冲;腔内净色散值越接近零时,啁啾布拉格光纤光栅与增益光纤间的单模光纤长度对输出脉冲参数作用的影响越显著;腔内净色散值为正时,单模光纤在腔内的分布对输出脉冲影响逐渐减弱,优化单模光纤分布提升锁模激光器性能并不明显。最后,提出了一种通过改变单模光纤在腔内的分布来提高激光器输出性能的优化方法。     

超宽光谱类噪声脉冲光纤激光器

报道了一种全光纤超宽带光谱的类噪声脉冲锁模光纤激光器。为了加宽锁模光谱,利用腔内色散管理和非线性技术,使在58m腔内具有小的反常色散,平均色散系数为0.12 ps/nm/km。实验获得了超过1300nm--1750nm超宽带光谱锁模类噪声脉冲,光谱20-dB带宽达到362nm,3-dB带宽达到102nm。类噪声脉冲的光谱宽度远超过掺铒光纤的增益带宽。     

Highly stable 68-fs pulse generation from a stretched-pulse Yb/sup 3+/-doped fiber laser with frequency shifted feedback

We report on the development of a passively mode-locked and highly-stable stretched pulse laser based on Yb/sup 3+/-doped silica fiber. Mode-locking is achieved by nonlinear polarization evolution coupled with the frequency-shifted feedback technique for ensuring robust self-starting. The Fabry-Perot (F-P) cavity incorporates also a diffraction grating pair to compensate for the normal dispersion of the fiber. The laser generates chirped pulses with energies of 100 pJ at a repetition rate of 23 MHz (2.3 mW average power) around 1055 nm which were subsequently compressed to near-bandwidth-limited pulses of 68 fs duration.     

可调谐全正色散掺镱光纤激光器

利用相位长周期光纤光栅作为光谱滤波器,熔接于全正色散掺镱光纤激光系统中,从而实现了具有波长可调谐的连续激光输出和被动锁模激光脉冲输出,可调谐激光波长范围分别为11.4 nm和10.5 nm.通过调节偏振片改变激光腔内的偏振状态,输出锁模脉冲实现脉冲宽度的可调谐,其调谐范围为3.6~1.2 ns.在530 mW的最大泵浦功率下,得到了重复频率为2.5 MHz、最大单脉冲能量为38.9 nJ的锁模脉冲输出和最大输出功率为124 mW的连续激光输出.     

Short pulse generation by use of an active multipass interferometer

The operation of a simple device that converts continuous-wave (CW) laser light into a short-pulse train is reported. The setup is based on a passive ring cavity in which an acoustooptic frequency shifter takes the place of one of the mirrors. Temporal filtering and pulse compression of laser light was demonstrated. The experimental results obtained by injecting a CW CO₂ laser light in such a device are in agreement with the theoretical analysis. The device's application in external pulse compression of mode-locked pulses is also demonstrated     

Er-Yb femtosecond ring fiber oscillator with 1.1-W average power and GHz repetition rates

We report an all-fiber passively mode-locked femtosecond laser oscillator based on the heavily doped Er-Yb phosphate-glass active fiber. Only 20 cm of the gain fiber is sufficient to produce as much as 1.1 W of average output power at 1.5 /spl mu/m directly from the oscillator. The laser can be harmonically mode-locked at repetition rates ranging from 1.7 to 7.2 GHz by adjusting the polarization bias in the cavity. The pulsewidth varies from 300 to 570 fs at the lowest and the highest repetition rate, respectively, and the maximum peak pulse power exceeds 1 kW.     

高功率被动锁模2.0μm掺铥飞秒脉冲光纤激光器

报道了高功率半导体可饱和吸收镜被动锁模的2.0μm掺铥飞秒脉冲光纤激光器的实验结果。该光纤激光器利用半导体可饱和吸收镜与宽带全反射镜来构成线型法布里-珀罗腔,自制的1550nm连续掺铒光纤激光器作为激光抽运源。当抽运功率为312mW时,开始得到稳定的重复频率为53MHz的锁模激光脉冲串。当抽运功率增加到472mW时,得到的最大平均输出功率为50mW,相应的最高单脉冲能量为0.94nJ;此时测得锁模激光脉冲的宽度为907fs,激光的中心波长为1939.5nm,3dB光谱带宽为4.6nm。     

熔锥光纤倏逝场作用石墨烯双波长锁模掺镱光纤激光器

报道了利用熔锥光纤石墨烯饱和吸收体实现1μm波段的双波长锁模掺镱光纤激光器(YDFL)。利用光学诱导沉积法,将水溶液中的石墨烯纳米复合物在光倏逝场的作用下沉积至熔锥光纤的锥腰部位。该石墨烯熔锥光纤器件作为可饱和吸收锁模部件具有制作灵活、全光纤结构以及高损伤阈值等优点。基于该器件的可饱和吸收及腔内双折射滤波特性,通过调节偏振控制器优化激光腔内偏振特性,实现了稳定的YDFL双波长锁模。该激光器的两个锁模波长分别为1034.77nm和1038.85nm,二次谐波锁模重复频率为1.09MHz,腔内单脉冲能量最大可达35nJ。     

瓦级输出全光纤结构2.0μm掺铥皮秒脉冲光纤激光器

研制了高功率全光纤结构2μm波段掺铥皮秒脉冲光纤激光器。该激光器采用了主振荡功率放大(MOPA)结构设计,种子源采用790nm的多模半导体激光器作为抽运源、双包层掺铥光纤作为激光增益介质、半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)作为锁模器件,从而实现了重复频率为10.4MHz的皮秒激光脉冲输出,其最大平均输出功率为15mW。种子源经过一级掺铥光纤放大器后,获得了1.1W高平均功率输出,相应的单脉冲能量高达105nJ,激光脉冲宽度为9ps,峰值功率为11.6kW。此时测得激光脉冲的中心波长为1963nm,3dB光谱带宽为0.5nm。     

高能量全光纤结构被动锁模2.0μm掺铥超短脉冲光纤激光器

报道了高脉冲能量全光纤结构半导体可饱和吸收镜锁模的2.0μm波段掺铥超短脉冲光纤激光器。在抽运功率为1.8W时,开始得到稳定的重复频率为14.3MHz的锁模激光脉冲,平均输出功率为5mW;当抽运功率增加到3.8W时,最大平均输出功率达到59mW,相应的最高单脉冲能量为4.1nJ。此时测得锁模激光脉冲的脉宽为2.2ps,中心波长为2015nm,3dB光谱带宽为2.9nm。     

单透镜望远镜腔型连续锁模倍频Nd:YAG飞秒激光泵浦源

本文着重介绍了具有单透镜望远镜腔的CW(连续)锁模倍频Nd∶YAG飞秒激光泵浦源的腔型设计和动态稳定性能实验研究。在单灯3.5kW连续激励下,获得了脉宽约100ps,平均功率约1.7W的CW锁模倍频绿光输出,其稳定度优于3％。     

非腔长匹配APM激光器的实验研究

本文在一新的非腔长匹配APM激光器中,首次实现连续Nd:YAG激光器的锁模运转,获得了频率200MHz、功率0.5W、脉冲宽度88ps的锁模脉冲输出,并分析了腔长对锁模运转的影响。     

Multimode effects on the evolution and long-term stability of apassively mode-locked laser under pulsed injection locking

A multidimensional extension of the injection locking of CW lasers has been recently presented and experimentally verified when both a passively and an actively mode-locked laser were locked to injected coherent pulse trains. Harmonic injection locking of a passively mode-locked laser, where a subset of the laser cavity modes were locked to the injected signal, was also recently realized in a fiber laser to yield trains of 6-ps pulses at rates of up to 40 GHz. In this paper, the multimode injection-locking process is addressed with an emphasis on the long-term dynamics of the laser, pulse buildup under injection locking, memory effects, noise mechanism as well as potential applications, e.g., optical signal regeneration. Using a recently introduced formalism for describing passively mode-locked lasers, the experimental results are compared to numerical simulations