光栅外腔主动锁模半导体激光器特性研究

本文对光栅外腔主动锁模半导体激光器输出脉冲及其光谱进行了详细的实验研究.对影响完全锁模光脉冲宽度的若干因素进行优化组合,由正弦调制的普通DH-GaAlAs光栅外腔激光器得到了最短光脉冲宽度为8.2ps,重复频率为961.06MHz,峰值功率大于150mW,谱调谐范围大于10nm的锁模输出.     

同步泵浦锁模掺铒光纤激光器

通过对泵浦光源半导体激光器(LD)的驱动电源进行正弦调制,实现了掺铒光纤激光器(EDFL)的同步泵浦锁模。在相应于谐波锁模、有理数谐波锁模条件下得到了稳定的脉冲输出。对重复频率544．431。kHz的二次谐波锁模脉冲序列,脉冲宽度为420．4ns,占空比为1．0：4．4,峰值功率为3．34mW;实验中还观察到了自调Q现象,脉冲序列的重复频率为18．25MHz,脉冲半宽度为8ns,占空比为1．0：6．9,峰值功率为2．3mW。     

谐波锁模SOA光纤环形激光器的改进方案及其数值研究

对谐波锁模半导体光放大器(SOA)光纤环形激光器的工作条件提出改进,并采用自再现理论对其进行了数值研究.数值结果表明:激光器在新的工作条件下,即调制SOA被高直流偏置,对自发辐射信号进行调制并提供锁模脉冲克服腔损耗所需的增益,而此时的增益SOA被低直流偏置充当增益补偿器,输出的锁模脉冲质量显著提高.     

同步抽运锁模的掺镱光纤激光器

同步抽运锁模是一种调制增益的锁模技术，就是调节抽运光的调制频率使之等于激光器纵模间隔的整数倍。通过对抽运光源半导体激光器的驱动电流进行正弦调制，实现了掺镱光纤激光器(YDFL)的同步抽运锁模。通过调整抽运激光器的调制频率，在相应于二次谐波锁模，4阶有理数谐波锁模条件下分别得到了较窄的脉冲输出。对重复频率625kHz的二次谐波锁模脉冲序列，脉冲宽度小于20ns，约为抽运光宽度的1／40；平均输出功率2．34mw，能量转换效率约为5％。     

脉幅有序变化OTDM信号的支路及群路全光时钟提取

将含暗帧脉冲的 4× 2 .5GHz的光时分复用 (OTDM)信号注入一含半导体光放大器 (SOA)的锁模光纤激光器 ,利用SOA的交叉增益调制效应 ,提取出 2 .5GHz的支路时钟信号和 5GHz,10GHz的群路时钟信号 ;群路时钟的提取机制是有理数谐波锁模机制。光时分复用信号采用暗帧脉冲不但可以用来识别支路信号 ,而且显著提高了支路时钟信号的质量     

基于SOA非线性偏振旋转效应谐波锁模光纤激光器的数值研究

基于半导体光放大器(SOA)的锁模光纤环行激光器因其能得到高质量、高重复率的光脉冲而受到人们的广泛关注.在考虑SOA非线性偏振旋转效应下,建立了基于SOA的谐波锁模光纤激光器理论模型,利用该模型,着重研究了在不同SOA注入电流情况下,SOA非线性偏振旋转效应对谐波锁模光纤激光器输出脉冲波形、峰值功率及脉冲宽度的影响.研究结果表明:当SOA注入电流分别为102 mA和106 mA时,可以获得峰值功率为0.16 mW和0.56 mW、脉冲宽度为6 ps和19.8 ps的稳定锁模脉冲.     

半导体激光器的设计与数值研究

设计了半导体激光器的模型,它包含两个半导体光放大器(SOA),其中一个SOA充当调制器(调制SOA),另一个SOA充当增益介质(增益SOA)。对该模型进行了理论分析及数值模拟,结果表明:适当调节调制SOA的偏置电流,在增益SOA的偏置电流实现小信号净增益大于零的情况下,激光器能够输出高峰值功率、窄脉宽的锁模脉冲;调节注入脉冲,最终可以输出重复频率为25GHz的稳定光脉冲序列。     

一种新型超高速多量子阱半导体激光器

报道了一种主要用作超高速光纤通信光时分复用(OTDM)系统的新型光源,即10GHz的被动外腔式锁模多量子阱半导体激光器,其具有脉冲宽度为2.9ps,波长调谐范围为1.53～1.57μm(40nm),输出光波长可精确稳定在1.55μm,锁模光脉冲的重复频率为10GHz,平均输出光功率为1mW及较小的时间抖动性(<0.6ps)等优点。     

高次谐波混合锁模脉冲生成及其数值仿真研究

对混合锁模掺铒光纤激光器中高阶谐波锁模脉冲生成进行了试验和仿真研究。利用非线性偏振旋转技术和碳纳米管可饱和吸收体相结合的混合锁模技术，有效降低谐波脉冲锁模泵浦阈值，更加有利于锁模自启动。通过增加泵浦功率，利用峰值功率钳位和孤子能量量化效应，可实现泵浦功率和脉冲重复频率呈线性关系的谐波锁模脉冲输出。当泵浦功率调节为198.8 mW时，激光器最高输出重复频率约为1.31 GHz,约72阶谐波锁模脉冲，其超模抑制比约为35 dB。同时采用基于修正的非线性薛定谔方程进行了数值模拟，通过调节小信号增益系数为3.4和4.4时，单脉冲分裂为等周期间距的2阶和3阶谐波锁模脉冲，数值仿真结果和试验数据基本相吻合。谐波混合锁模脉冲生成的试验和理论结果有利于进一步了解光纤激光器中谐波脉冲的生成原理和方法。     

全光高速同步时钟信号的产生

采用 2 5GHz光脉冲序列作为低速时钟 ,将其注入一含半导体光放大器 (SOA)的锁模光纤激光器中 ,利用SOA的交叉增益调制效应 ,采用有理数谐波锁模技术 ,产生了 2～ 7倍同步群路时钟信号。利用这一技术可以为未来高速光时分复用 (OTDM)通信网络中心处理单元提供同步控制时钟。     

High-repetition-rate optical pulse generation using a rationalharmonic mode-locked fiber laser

Rational harmonic mode locking takes place in an actively mode-locked fiber laser when the modulation frequency f_m=(n+1/p)f_c, where n and p are both integers and f_c is the inverse of the cavity round-trip time, the 22nd order of rational harmonic mode locking has been observed when f_m ≈1 GHz. An optical pulse train with a repetition rate of 40 GHz has been obtained using a modulation frequency f_m=10 GHz. The theory of rational harmonic mode locking has also been developed. The stability of the mode-locked pulses is improved considerably when a semiconductor optical amplifier is incorporated into the fiber laser cavity. The supermode noise in the RF spectrum of a mode-locked laser is removed for a certain range of current in the semiconductor optical amplifier     

Suppression of pulse shape distortion caused by frequency drift in a harmonic mode-locked semiconductor ring laser

We propose and demonstrate a novel method to generate an optical pulse train in a harmonic mode-locked semiconductor ring laser that is not prone to the frequency drifts of locking elements. This technique is based on wavelength conversion by cross-phase modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier inside the ring laser and external filtering of the induced red-chirped frequency components. Though the pulsewidth increased from 45 to 65 ps at a repetition rate of 2.5 GHz due to the characteristics of the external optical filter, the frequency locking range was increased by a factor of 2.9 compared with that of a conventional harmonic mode-locked semiconductor ring laser. In addition, the pulse train over the frequency detuning range of -250 to +250 kHz did not show any distortion in pulse shape.     

80-160-GHz mode-locked fiber ring laser synchronized to external optical pulse stream

The authors present a novel scheme to generate ultrahigh repetition rate picosecond pulses synchronized to an optical pulse stream in an actively mode-locked fiber ring laser. A monolithic Mach-Zehnder interferometer with integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers serves as an 80-GHz optically controlled modulator. 80-GHz transform-limited 2.1-ps Gaussian pulse with low timing jitter, extinction ratios up to 25 dB, and 5 mW of average output power are demonstrated. The laser is wavelength tunable over more than 15 nm around 1555 nm. At 160 GHz, 2.5-ps pulse trains with 3-mW output power are generated by rational harmonic mode locking.     

10 GHz主动锁模光纤激光器

报道了由电吸收调制器 (EAM)和半导体光放大器 (SOA)构成的 10GHz光纤锁模激光器 ,可输出脉宽为 10ps,谱宽为 0 4nm近变换极限的锁模光脉冲序列。该激光器在未加反馈控制回路情况下 ,可稳定工作 6h以上。并对EAM和SOA工作参数对锁模脉冲性能的影响进行了分析。     

SOA反射率对谐波锁模光纤激光器的影响

基于半导体光放大器(SOA)的锁模光纤环行激光器因其能得到高质量、高重复率的光脉冲而受到人们的广泛关注。计及SOA端面剩余反射率,建立了基于SOA的谐波锁模光纤环行激光器的理论模型。利用该模型研究了SOA的端面剩余反射率对输出脉冲的波形、峰值功率及其脉冲宽度的影响。结果表明,SOA的端面剩余反射率对锁模脉冲影响较大;随着端面剩余反射率的增大,峰值功率逐渐增加,脉冲宽度逐渐变宽。     

Smoothly wavelength-tunable picosecond pulse generation using a harmonically mode-locked fiber ring laser

A simple design of a stable, smoothly wavelength-tunable picosecond pulse generator has been demonstrated using a dispersion-tuned, harmonically mode-locked fiber ring laser with a directly modulated semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). The SOA functions as both a polarization-insensitive mode locker and a supermode noise suppressor. Near-linearly chirped pulses are generated and compressed to less than 4 ps when the intracavity dispersion is anomalous while 11-ps, near-transform-limited pulses are generated without compression when the dispersion is normal. Smooth wavelength tuning is achieved over more than 11 nm by only tuning the modulation frequency and pulse characteristics are stable over the entire tuning span. A simple numerical model successively simulates the operation principle of the system. The tuning range is determined by both the gain profile and the total intracavity dispersion. The dispersion and the SOA ensure the long-term stability of the system.     

Simulation of mode-locking by nonlinear polarization rotation in a semiconductor optical amplifier

We present a theoretical investigation of a mode locked laser that has a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) in its ring cavity. A mode-locked train of narrow pulses is obtained by combining nonlinear polarization rotation in the SOA and a polarization filter whose polarization axis is set such that the tail of optical pulses is removed in each cavity round-trip. The pulse narrowing process is demonstrated numerically and good qualitative agreement with experiments in our previous work is achieved. The pulse performance is largely determined by the ultrafast SOA gain dynamics and the cavity dispersion. Our simulation shows that the laser can produce a pulse train of subpicosecond pulsewidth at a repetition rate of 28 GHz for a moderate SOA current level. We observe that the laser can switch itself on or off depending on the initial pulse.     

All-optical actively modelocked fibre ring laser based on cross-gain modulation in SOA

A novel actively modelocked fibre ring laser based on cross-gain modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) employed as both the gain medium and modelocking element has been demonstrated. Stable uniform pulse trains with pulse-widths about 21 ps at 5 GHz repetition frequency were obtained. The entire laser was operated in the optical domain with a large tuning range that could probably span the whole gain region of the gain medium employed.     

采用半导体光放大器的多波长光纤环形激光器

报道了一种插入马赫-曾德尔(M-Z)光纤干涉仪的半导体光放大器(SOA)多波长光纤环形激光器,实现了信道间隔为100 GHz的稳定的多波长连续光激射,其输出光谱3 dB带宽为19.5 nm,消光比大于30 dB.其中在17.9 nm范围内获得了22个波长的连续光,功率不平坦度为1.2 dB,总输出功率为5.1 dBm.对该结构的多波长激光器输出光谱宽,不同波长间功率波动小的特性进行了分析,提出在较低环腔损耗下,半导体光放大器的增益饱和及四波混频(FWM)效应的共同作用使环腔内多波长光功率获得自动均衡;并对实验观测到的激光器输出光谱带宽及中心波长随半导体光放大器驱动电流降低或环腔损耗增大而减小的现象进行了讨论.