基于掺铥光纤激光器的内腔气体传感系统研究

为拓展可检测范围,利用掺铥光纤激光器产生的2μm波段激光进行呼吸气中水蒸气的内腔气体传感研究.首先,对直接吸收式气体传感技术进行了理论分析.其次,研究了1570 nm激光泵浦下的掺铥光纤特性,其自发辐射谱主要分布在1.85～2.05μm波段;搭建了全光纤掺铥光纤环形激光器,并采用可调谐滤波器实现了1927.5～1985...     

内腔级联拉曼光纤激光器输出特性的实验研究

采用标准单模石英光纤作为拉曼增益介质，光纤布拉格光栅作为谐振腔镜，研制了一台内腔级联拉曼光纤激光器。利用掺Yb双包层光纤激光器作为抽运源，实现了二级拉曼转换，在波长1176.8nm获得了309mW的最大输出功率，斜率效率接近51.5％。在小抽运功率下，发现拉曼光纤激光器的输出中存在重复周期约为2.9μs的脉冲序列；当抽运功率大于某一值时，上述脉冲消失，获得了十分稳定的连续输出。     

基于可调谐光纤激光器的C2H2气体光声光谱检测

研制了基于可调谐掺Er光纤激光器的共振式光声光谱乙炔气体检测系统,结合波长调制和锁相放大器的二次谐波信号检测技术,有效地消除了光声池窗片和池壁吸收入射光而引起的背景噪声,通过对该系统的光学、声学和电子检测系统的优化,实现了低浓度乙炔气体的流动式检测.实验结果证明,当气体浓度较低时,二次谐波振幅与气体浓度成正比,其线性响应相关度达到0.999 53.在常温常压和3.5 mW平均光功率以及100 ms锁相积分时间条件下,乙炔气体的极限检测灵敏度达到了0.3 ppm(1 ppm=1μg·mL-1)(SNR=1时),系统用可调谐掺Er光纤激光器代替半导体激光器作光源,降低了成本,为发展低成本、实用、便携式微量气体光谱榆测仪器奠定了基础.若采用多光程光声池,或者采用EDFA提高激光功率,可大幅度提高信噪比,将极限检测灵敏度提高至ppb(1 ppb=1 ng·mL-1)量级.     

基于扫描光纤激光器的光纤传感解调仪研究

介绍了一种基于扫描光纤激光器的光纤传感解调系统.采用氰化氢（HCN）气体吸收池作为波长参考基准,采用三次多项式拟合的方法来确定光纤F- P可调谐滤波器的波长与驱动电压的对应关系,可调谐滤波器扫描过程中对扫描电压、多路光谱信号进行同步采样,实时标定.实验结果表明,该解调系统在1 510 nm到1 590 nm波长范围内对FBG反射峰值波长的分辨率为1.4 pm,长期波长重复性达到3.2 pm.利用该系统实现了对FBG反射峰值波长和光纤EFPI传感器腔长的高准确度解调.     

半导体抽运的单程中红外光纤气体激光器

报道了半导体抽运的单程中红外光纤气体激光器。用一个被调制放大的可调谐1.5μm半导体激光器抽运一段长为2.3m、充低压乙炔气体的低损耗负曲率空心光子晶体光纤(HC-PCF),实现了单程有效的中红外(3.1~3.2μm)激光输出,气压为200Pa时光-光转换效率大于14.5%,100Pa时激光阈值小于100nJ。为实现高效紧凑的大功率中红外光纤激光器提供了一条可能的技术途径。     

基于DFB激光器的光纤光栅温度检测

波长解调技术是光纤光栅传感技术的关键,提出了一种建立在波长可调谐DFB激光器技术上的波长解调方法,通过线性控制DFB激光器管芯温度达到调谐DFB激光器输出波长。通过实验和分析,得出了激光器调谐波长与管芯温度的对应关系,在此基础上,建立了光纤光栅温度检测系统,系统温度检测误差在1℃范围内,实验结果表明,采用波长调谐进行光纤光栅温度检测的方法,在一定的温度检测范围内具有良好的应用效果。     

基于空芯光纤的光泵浦4μm连续波HBr气体激光器

报道了一种基于空芯光纤的光泵浦中红外HBr气体激光器。用一台可调谐的窄线宽2μm连续波掺铥光纤放大器泵浦一段充低压HBr气体的4.4 m反共振空芯光纤,通过将种子激光的波长精确调谐到HBr(同位素H⁷⁹Br)气体R(2)吸收线1971.7 nm附近,使得处于振动基态v₀的H⁷⁹Br分子跃迁至振动激发态v₂,并在振动态v₂与v₁之间形成粒子数反转,通过跃迁选择定律同时激射出两条谱线R(2)和P(4),波长分别为3977.2 nm和4165.3 nm。当HBr气压为6.2 mbar时,4μm激光最大输出功率为125 mW,相对于耦合进空芯光纤的泵浦光功率转换效率约为10%。通过进一步改善空芯光纤的传输损耗谱,提高泵浦光耦合效率,可大幅提升激光效率和输出功率,并且利用HBr分子的能级特性,将来有望实现大范围调谐的中红外激光输出。     

基于光纤光声传感的多组分痕量气体检测技术

为进一步提升多组分痕量气体检测灵敏度,设计了一套光纤光声传感系统。系统主要集成了2个近红外DFB激光器、近红外宽带光源、高速光谱模块、现场可编程逻辑门阵列信号采集与处理电路,具有激光调制控制、光声信号解调和数字锁相放大等功能。利用声学共振腔和干涉型光纤声波传感器对光声信号进行激发增强和探测增强,实现了乙炔和甲烷气体的高灵敏度检测。光纤声波传感器中以微机电系统悬臂梁作为声学敏感元件,设计了光纤法布里-珀罗干涉结构,将悬臂梁偏转位移转换为F-P腔长的变化。采用高分辨率光谱解调技术,实现了基于光纤F-P传感器的超高灵敏度光声信号检测。系统对乙炔和甲烷的检测极限分别达到2×10^-9和3×10^-9,归一化噪声等效吸收系数为8×10^-10cm^-1W Hz^-1/2。     

基于相位采样光栅的双波长光纤激光器

提出一种基于相位采样的分布反馈式双波长光纤激光器,在不同的空间化置同时引入相位和采样周期的突变.通过理论分析,这种结构能够实现谐振腔的分离,使不同波长的光波利用不同空间位置的增益介质,克服增益介质均匀加宽引起的模式竞争,实现双波长激射.采用准分子激光器和均匀相位模板,在掺铒光纤上制作波长差为0.46 nm的舣波长光纤激光器,能够实现舣波长激射.通过实验,对激光器输出功率和光栅强度的关系进行研究,表明输出功率和光栅强度成反比.     

Mode locking of an erbium-doped fiber laser with intra-cavity polarization modulation

Erbium-doped fiber lasers are normally actively mode-locked through amplitude modulation or phase modulation. In this paper, we demonstrate that the laser can also be mode-locked by employing polarization modulation with a polarization-dependent cavity loss. We obtain a nearly transform-limited mode-locked pulse train at 10 GHz repetition rate with timing jitter as low as 164 fs. The timing jitter is only limited by the timing jitter of the driving signal.     

Tunable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on intensity-dependent loss and intra-cavity loss modulation

A tunable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser is proposed and experimentally studied. The intensity-dependent loss (IDL) in a nonlinear optical loop mirror is utilized for stable multiwavelength lasing output. The accurate switch operation, i.e., the lasing lines emerge/disappear one by one at the longer wavelength side of the initial one, is achieved by adjusting the intra-cavity loss using a variable attenuator. The effect of the intra-cavity loss on the lasing characteristics is theoretically analyzed. Numerical results confirm the experiment measurements and suggest that both the IDL and the gain spectrum, which vary with the intra-cavity loss, lead to the observed tunable lasing behavior.     

Single laser beam fiber optic trap

Optical forces acting on a sphere were experimentally analyzed to investigate the single-beam fiber optic trap using a cleaved optical fiber or a lensed optical fiber. A stable optical trap could be created at the point where the x-directed (horizontal) optical forces were precisely balanced, and the vector sum of axial and transverse forces acting on a sphere gave a restoring force directed back to the stable point. As compared with other embodiments, such as a single-beam gradient trap (optical tweezers) and dual-beam fiber optical traps, this single-beam fiber optic trapping was most economical, much simpler to operate, and required relatively low optical power to capture an object. Furthermore, a lensed optical fiber could easily trap and manipulate a micro object in comparison with a cleaved optical fiber because of the strong transverse optical confinement.     

光纤Sagnac温度传感器

介绍了一种新型的基于光纤Sagnac干涉仪的高精度光纤温度传感器———光纤Sagnac温度传感器。讨论了此传感器的测温原理,推导了被测温度与传感器输出之间的关系,设计并调测了一个具体传感器系统。实验结果表明,此温度传感器具有很高的精度和大的测量范围。     

Shock measurement with non-contacting fiber optic levers

The displacement, velocity, and acceleration performance limits of a non-contacting fiber optic lever vibration transducer are quantified. Performance characteristics are experimentally verified and measurements of displacement, velocity, and acceleration obtained from impacted plates are compared with those obtained by using conventional accelerometers. It is shown that all relevant transducer quantities, i.e., absolute maximum and minimum levels, dynamic range, and frequency response, lend themselves to quantification (or optimization) on a single graphic representation. The transducer is particularly useful for measuring high frequency shock parameters.     

Broadband spectrum generation with compact Yb-doped fiber laser by intra-cavity cascaded Raman scattering

We experimentally demonstrate a cascaded Raman scattering continuum, utilizing a compact mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser based on a nonlinear polarization rotation technique in the all normal dispersion regime.There is no physical filter or polarization controller in the oscillator, and a different mode-locked operation is achieved, corresponding to the extra fiber location in the oscillator. The broadband spectrum generation owes to the enhanced stimulated Raman scattering progress. The maximum output average power and peak power are14.75 n J and 18.0 W, and the short coherence light is suited for optical coherence tomography.     

基于菲涅尔反射的光纤激光器功率测量方法

分析了光纤熔接点处的菲涅尔散射光模型,得出熔接点散射光功率与输出光功率成线性关系的结论。利用该结论设计了kW级光纤激光器的振荡器、泵浦源输出功率检测装置,并安装在某kW级光纤激光器上进行了实验。通过建立线性估计函数,利用最小二乘法对光纤熔接点的散射光功率与光纤激光器的振荡器、泵浦源输出功率的关系进行了拟合。通过实验验证了熔接点散射功率与光纤输出功率的线性关系。实验表明利用熔接点散射光功率间接测量光纤激光器输出功率的方法线性度优于4%。     

基于菲涅尔反射的光纤激光器功率测量方法

分析了光纤熔接点处的菲涅尔散射光模型,得出熔接点散射光功率与输出光功率成线性关系的结论。利用该结论设计了kW级光纤激光器的振荡器、泵浦源输出功率检测装置,并安装在某kW级光纤激光器上进行了实验。通过建立线性估计函数,利用最小二乘法对光纤熔接点的散射光功率与光纤激光器的振荡器、泵浦源输出功率的关系进行了拟合。通过实验验证了熔接点散射功率与光纤输出功率的线性关系。实验表明利用熔接点散射光功率间接测量光纤激光器输出功率的方法线性度优于4%。     

Injection laser sources for fiber optic communications

This paper describes some of the laser designs and GaAs and GaAlAs epitaxial and wafer-processing technology currently used in the fabrication of laser diodes intended for incorporation into fiber optic communication or data link systems. Two classes of laser diodes are described: cw laser diodes emitting up to 75 mW and devices emitting in excess of 200 mW peak pulsed power at 27°C at duty cycles up to 10%. The fabrication and assembly of these devices is presented in detail, and the problems encountered in the transfer of these processes from a research environment to a manufacturing operation are discussed. Data are presented showing laser-emitted power, both pulsed and continuous, the angular distribution of emitted power, emission wavelength and bandwidth, optical coupling efficiency to various fibers, and laser lifetimes. In addition, the interaction between laser threshold current density, thermal impedance, emitted beam distribution, and fiber optic coupling is described. Several fiber optic laser coupling schemes are described. Finally, the results of testing pulsed laser diodes to see if they meet military environmental and performance test requirements are described with specific data presented showing the value of burn-in testing to eliminate lasers that exhibit abnormally short lifetimes from test lots.     

Injection laser sources for fiber optic communications

Abstract

This paper describes some of the laser designs and GaAs and GaAlAs epitaxial and wafer-processing technology currently used in the fabrication of laser diodes intended for incorporation into fiber optic communication or data link systems. Two classes of laser diodes are described: cw laser diodes emitting up to 75 mW and devices emitting in excess of 200 mW peak pulsed power at 27°C at duty cycles up to 10%. The fabrication and assembly of these devices is presented in detail, and the problems encountered in the transfer of these processes from a research environment to a manufacturing operation are discussed. Data are presented showing laser-emitted power, both pulsed and continuous, the angular distribution of emitted power, emission wavelength and bandwidth, optical coupling efficiency to various fibers, and laser lifetimes. In addition, the interaction between laser threshold current density, thermal impedance, emitted beam distribution, and fiber optic coupling is described. Several fiber optic laser coupling schemes are described. Finally, the results of testing pulsed laser diodes to see if they meet military environmental and performance test requirements are described with specific data presented showing the value of burn-in testing to eliminate lasers that exhibit abnormally short lifetimes from test lots.