可调谐单纵模多波长光纤激光器的研究

为了实现对台阶高度和绝对距离等物理量的高精度干涉测量,采用在一个光纤激光器中构建多个激光谐振腔的方法,构建了能同时发出多波长激光的光纤激光器。每个激光谐振腔都利用掺铒光纤作为增益介质,利用光纤光栅作为波长选择元件,改变光纤光栅的布喇格波长,即可改变对应谐振腔的激光波长。各个激光谐振腔独立但部分重叠,在重叠区域利用光纤耦合器构成复合子腔,使每个激光谐振腔都是复合激光谐振腔,从而使每个激光谐振腔都发出单纵模激光。结果表明,该光纤激光器能同时发出功率和频率都稳定的多波长激光,且每个波长都是单纵模激光;在4h内,每个波长的波长稳定性优于0.01nm。该设计对可调谐单纵模多波长光纤激光器的研究是有帮助的。     

双波长单纵模掺铒光纤环形激光器设计及实验研究

为了实现1550nm正交线偏振双频激光输出,设计了一种复合环形腔双波长单纵模掺铒光纤(EDF)激光器,以保偏光纤Bragg光栅作为波长选择元件,并采用未抽运掺铒光纤饱和吸收体作为激光单纵模选择元件,从而实现正交线偏振1550nm双波长单纵模激光稳定振荡输出。简要介绍了复合环形腔选模及未抽运掺铒光纤饱和吸收体选模的基本原理,理论分析了未抽运掺铒光纤长度对单纵模选择的影响,实验研究了不同选模情况下双波长激光的振荡特性。实验结果表明:腔内含有保偏光纤Bragg光栅和未抽运掺铒光纤饱和吸收体的复合环形腔。掺铒光纤激光器能够稳定输出1550nm正交线偏振双波长单纵模激光,其波长间隔约为0.344nm。这种双波长单纵模光纤激光器可广泛应用于激光传感与测量以及密集波分复用(DWDM)光纤通信等领域。     

用于毫米波产生的平衡输出单纵模双波长光纤激光器

报道了一种可用于生成毫米波源的单纵模双波长光纤激光器。该激光器采用保偏光纤布拉格光栅作为波长选择器件,其选出的两个波长是正交偏振态的,增强了偏振烧孔效应,有效减少了不同波长之间的竞争,得到稳定的双波长输出.利用复合腔的游标效应抑制多模振荡,实现激光器单纵模运转。双波长间隔约0.318 nm(39.8 GHz),边模抑制比(SMSR)大于50 dB.     

可调双频光纤环形腔激光器

提出了一种新型双波长掺铒光纤环形腔激光器.使用可调滤波器改变两束激光的波长差,采用由窄带滤波器和Mach-Zehnder梳状滤波器组成的多重滤波的方式来选择工作频率或者工作模式,有效地抑制相邻纵模之间的跳模现象.利用偏振烧孔效应和激光反向传播的特点大大增强了增益介质的非均匀加宽特性.实验结果表明,得到的单频单纵模双波长激光器的波长间隔可调谐范围为0.019～15 nm;两束激光的拍频信号的频率差调节至472.5 MHz时,在100 Hz～3 GHz范围内只有一个拍频信号.     

低阈值光纤激光器稳频特性研究

为了实现低阈值光纤激光器的频率稳定输出,设计了环形腔光纤激光器,以光纤光栅作为波长选择元件,在未泵浦光纤饱和吸收体和其锥形化结构的协同作用下实现激光纵模选择,获得了短光纤饱和吸收体长度下的单纵模激光稳定输出。介绍了未泵浦光纤饱和吸收体选频原理和锥形结构滤波原理,实验研究了不同光纤饱和吸收体长度下激光纵模特性和波长稳定性,以及锥形化光纤饱和吸收体的激光输出特性。实验表明,引入锥形化结构的饱和吸收体后,激光器能够稳定输出1545 nm波长的单纵模激光,并有效降低光纤激光器阈值至7.58 mW,采用延迟自外差方法测得该光纤激光器的线宽小于8 kHz。     

运行于1053nm的单纵模掺Yb光纤激光器研究

研究了运行于 10 5 3nm波长的光纤光栅单纵模掺Yb光纤激光器的特性。其中 ,采用F P腔结构获得 18mW的单纵模激光输出 ,相移分布反馈 (DFB)结构获得 1 3mW稳定的单纵模激光输出。     

可调谐单纵模光纤激光器模式特性研究

为了实现光纤激光的单纵模,提出了一种环形腔结构,采用可调谐光纤Bragg光栅(FBG)作为波长选择器件,与2 m未抽运掺Er光纤(EDF)产生驻波饱和效应,在1.55 μm波长处形成42 nm激光输出,输出功率大于3.5 dBm,功率稳定性优于±0.005 dB.扫描Fabry-Porot(F-P)干涉仪观测到2个正交的偏振模,在环形腔内加入偏振器后可抑制强度较低的偏振模式,测量到清晰的单纵模激光,纵模线宽为20 MHz.由于饱和吸收效应,导致了激光输出斜率曲线表现出光学双稳态现象.     

基于扭绞保偏光纤光栅的单纵模单偏振掺铒光纤激光器（英文）

提出并实现了一种基于扭绞保偏光纤光栅的单纵模单偏振掺铒光纤激光器。光纤激光器的线型激光谐振腔由两个均匀保偏光纤光栅构成并作为激射波长和纵模模式选择器件,均匀保偏光纤光栅采用248 nm KrF准分子激光直接刻写在不需要氢载的自制保偏光敏掺铒光纤上。利用保偏光纤光栅引起的偏振依赖损耗效应,通过对光纤激光器谐振腔进行适当扭绞,成功实现了稳定输出的单纵模单偏振掺铒光纤激光器。     

DBR单纵模光纤激光器波长温度调谐

报道了采用DBR方式,利用8 mm的高浓度掺Yb3+单模光纤,实现了波长为1 064 nm的单纵模调谐激光稳定输出的实验结果。该DBR谐振腔有效腔长为16 mm,输出最大功率为7.4 mW,通过半导体制冷器温控改变谐振腔的温度,实现了0.824 nm的单纵模无跳模调谐。采用光纤外差法,并利用低损耗环形器和光纤反射镜倍增延迟线长度提升测量精度的方式,测量得到激光最大线宽为4.4 kHz。单纵模激光的弛豫震荡峰位于900 kHz处,其相对强度噪声为-110 dB/Hz,当频率大于1.5 MHz时相对强度噪声为-145 dB/Hz。     

单FBG双波长掺铒光纤激光器的设计与实验研究

为给密集波分复用(DWDM)光纤通信及光纤传感系统提供理想光源,设计了一种双波长环形腔掺铒光纤激光器。该激光器采用单支光纤光栅(FBG)和2个3dB耦合器构成可调谐光滤波器,结合多模光纤的偏振烧孔效应,通过改变系统的偏振态来获得波长可调谐的双波长激光输出。实验结果表明:改变系统的偏振态时,可分别获得单波长和双波长激光输出,双波长光纤激光器的最大波长差为4.692nm。引入多模光纤后,激光跳模现象得到明显抑制。     

Stable single-mode compound-ring erbium-doped fiber laser

In this paper we report the fabrication of a robust, tunable single-longitudinal-mode compound-ring Er³⁺-doped fiber laser. The laser is fundamentally structured on an all-fiber compound-ring resonator in which a dual-coupler fiber ring is inserted into the main cavity. When combined in tandem with a mode-restricting intracavity tunable bandpass filter, the compound-ring resonator ensures single-longitudinal-mode laser oscillation. The laser can provide up to 20 mW output power over much of its 1525 to 1570 nm wavelength tuning range. The short-term linewidth of the laser output measured is less than 5 kHz. The laser frequency is actively stabilized for a long time by exploiting the inherent filter nature of the compound-ring resonator. The reduction of an associated frequency modulation is also discussed in detail     

Characterization of wavelength-tunable single-frequency fiber laser employing acoustooptic tunable filter

This paper demonstrates and characterizes a novel wavelength-tunable single-frequency erbium-doped fiber ring laser incorporating an all-fiber acoustooptic tunable bandpass filter and a self-constructed saturable absorption grating (SAG). Stable single-longitudinal-mode operation was achieved over the wavelength range of 48 nm with a sidemode suppression ratio higher than 50 dB. The wavelength tuning characteristics, and the laser dynamics in wavelength switching and sweeping are analyzed in detail. A theoretical analysis on the effect of the SAG is also described.     

Single-/dual-wavelength switchable and tunable compound-cavity erbium-doped fiber laser with super-narrow linewidth

A single-/dual-wavelength switchable and tunable erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) with super-narrow linewidth has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated at room temperature. The fiber laser is based on a compound cavity simply composed of a ring main cavity and a two-ring subring cavity (TR-SC). Regardless of single- or dual-wavelength operation, the EDFL could always work well in single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) state at every oscillating wavelength. In dual-wavelength operation, the spacing could be tuned from 0 nm to 4.83 nm. In single-wavelength operation, the EDFL could lase at a fixed wavelength of 1 543.65 nm or another wavelength with a tunable range of 4.83 nm. The super-narrow linewidths of 550 Hz and 600 Hz for two wavelengths are obtained. The proposed EDFL has potential applications in microwave/terahertz-wave generation and high-precision distributed fiber optical sensing.     

Single-longitudinal-mode fiber ring laser employing an equivalent phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating

A novel single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) fiber ring laser that incorporates an equivalent phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating acting as an ultra-narrow bandpass filter in the laser cavity is proposed. The equivalent phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating has an ultra-narrow transmission bandwidth which ensures an SLM lasing. Stable SLM operation without mode hopping is demonstrated.     

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。     

波长间隔为20 GHz的多波长布里渊光纤激光器

设计了一种基于环形腔的双倍布里渊频移间隔的可调谐光纤激光器实验装置。 该实验装置由一个3 dB耦合器、一台可调谐激光源(TLS)、一台980 nm泵浦和一个实现双倍布里渊频移环形腔构成。该结构耦合输出偶数阶Stokes光,从而实现间隔约为20 GHz或0.16 nm的多波长输出。并研究了980 nm泵浦光和BP光功率对输出偶数阶Stokes光波数的影响。当980 nm 泵浦功率固定为26 dBm(400 mW),BP功率为10 dBm时,获得了间隔为0.16 nm的11个稳定激光输出以及36 nm(1530~1566 nm)的可调谐范围。     

L-band tunable erbium doped fiber ring laser using fiber loop mirror filters

We present a novel and efficient L-band wavelength-tunable Er^3＋ doped fiber laser of ring structure. In the cavity two segments of Er^3＋ doped fiber and a fiber Bragg grating are used to improve pump efficiency. Tunable filters based on fiber loop mirrors are also applied inside the cavity to act as both a wavelength selector and a line-width compressor. Using these techniques, a tunable laser with tuning range up to 42 nm, output power larger than 1 mW, power uniformity controlled within 1.75 dB and side mode suppression ratio about 40 dB is achieved.     

Tunable dual-wavelength all-PM fiber ring laser

A multisegment all-PM fiber ring laser is constructed to demonstrate a tunable dual-wavelength laser source with continuous tuning in absolute wavelength and discrete tuning in wavelength spacing. The tuning method is based on birefringence filtering properties of a segmented all-PM fiber ring resonator. Using this method, we show a discrete wavelength spacing of dual-wavelength output from 0.9 to 2.5 nm, and continuous wavelength tuning over a few nanometers. The demonstrated dual-wavelength laser can be easily modified to tune over a greater wavelength spacing and absolute wavelength range     

Single-longitudinal-mode multiwavelength fiber ring laser

A single-longitudinal-mode multiwavelength fiber ring laser is proposed and demonstrated. The single-longitudinal-mode operation is realized using a fiber loop mirror with a saturable absorber. The fiber loop mirror acts as a passive self-tracking narrow multiband optical filter. Single-longitudinal-mode multiwavelength lasing is generated by using either a Lyot-Sagnac filter or a fiber grating array.