高能量掺Yb偏振型大模场面积光子晶体光纤孤子锁模飞秒激光器

实验研究了基于掺Yb偏振型大模场面积光子晶体光纤的孤子锁模激光器,获得了高脉冲能量的飞秒激光输出. 激光器基于线形腔结构,利用光栅对补偿腔内色散,并通过半导体可饱和吸收镜实现锁模的自启动. 实验中从振荡级直接获得了平均功率为700mW, 重复频率为47.3MHz(对应于14.8 nJ的单脉冲能量),脉冲宽度为518 fs的稳定锁模脉冲输出. 与普通孤子锁模飞秒光纤激光器相比,输出的单脉冲能量提高了两个数量级. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 飞秒 光纤激光器 孤子锁模     

亚百飞秒高功率掺镱大模面积光子晶体光纤飞秒激光放大器的实验研究

实验研究了掺镱双包层保偏大模面积光子晶体光纤飞秒激光放大器. 获得了平均功率达16W的飞秒激光放大输出,在50MHz重复频率下,对应的单脉冲能量达到320nJ. 增益光纤长3.5m,由于自相位调制效应,种子光脉冲光谱在放大过程中同时展宽,从而支持更窄的脉冲宽度. 经过光栅后,脉冲宽度压缩到了85fs. 系统中的振荡器和放大器基于同一种具有偏振结构的大模面积光子晶体光纤,具有很好的环境稳定性和进一步集成的可能. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 大模场面积光纤 飞秒激光 光纤放大器     

利用Kagome光纤实现多芯光子晶体光纤的输出合束

多芯光纤的输出光束只能在远场和焦点附近实现良好的同相位超模合束,这种超模传输特性大大影响了多芯光纤的应用范围.一种新型中空Kagome光纤为解决这一难题提供了可行的方案,利用中空Kagome光纤可以实现七芯光纤输出模式的整形合束.本文利用中心波长800 nm的钛宝石飞秒激光作为激光源,耦合入七芯非线性光子晶体光纤,得到700 nm至1050 nm的展宽光谱,并实现同相位超模输出.随后,将非线性展宽之后的宽谱七芯光束耦合至Kagome光子晶体光纤中,从Kagome光纤输出光斑呈高斯分布的模式传输,不再演变回七芯模式,耦合效率71%.实验还进一步验证此方法适用于不同结构的多芯光纤,为多芯光纤在高功率激光等领域的应用提供了参考.     

多色脉冲激光光源研究

采用钛宝石锁模飞秒激光器作为泵浦光源,利用1.8 μm纤芯的保偏光子晶体光纤的高非线性特性产生超连续谱,通过调节泵浦光源和光子晶体光纤之间的耦合,在可见光区,获得了中心波长分别在431 nm, 497 nm, 520 nm, 575 nm的mW量级的不同颜色的激光输出,并且测量输出的脉冲序列重复频率与泵浦光的一致,具有良好的稳定性.     

高非线性光子晶体光纤中飞秒脉冲的传输特性和超连续谱产生机制的实验研究及模拟分析

用实验和数值模拟两种方法研究了高非线性光子晶体光纤中飞秒激光脉冲的传输特性和超连续谱的产生机理，给出了抽运脉冲在三种不同中心波长情况下输出光谱展宽并形成超连续谱的实际测量及理论模拟结果.研究表明：在零色散波长抽运时，光谱展宽以自相位调制为主，同时三阶色散的影响明显，传输脉冲在时域内出现振荡次峰.而在反常色散区抽运时，光谱展宽的初期以自相位调制为主，随后根据抽运功率的不同孤子自频移、高阶光孤子的裂变和四波混频效应会逐渐增强，进而成为光谱展宽的主要原因.与此相应，在时域中能明显看到孤子的形成和红移，飞秒传输脉 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 高非线性光子晶体光纤 飞秒脉冲激光 超连续谱     

高功率高重复频率多波长飞秒激光系统的研究

以大模场面积光子晶体光纤飞秒激光系统为基频光源,利用非线性频率上转换的方法,获得了高功率高重复频率多波长的飞秒激光脉冲.理论分析并实验验证了聚焦透镜的焦距对倍频光横向模场分布的影响,透镜焦距越长,模场质量越好.在基频光平均功率为218 W,脉冲宽度为110 fs,重复频率为50 MHz的条件下,经过二倍频、三倍频和四倍频获得波长分别为520,347和261 nm的飞秒激光,其平均功率分别达105,47和214 W.二倍频和三倍频的转换效率分别为482%和216%,二倍频到四倍频的转换效率为20 关键词： 超快光学 紫外飞秒激光 频率上转换 光子晶体光纤激光器     

双折射光子晶体光纤中基于孤子分裂的超连续光谱产生

利用亚纳焦量级、脉冲宽度为100 fs的激光脉冲在双折射光子晶体光纤中获得了450—1050 nm 的超连续光谱,且超连续光谱具有明显的分立峰状结构.分析了光谱中分立峰状结构产生的物理机制,抽运光波长处于接近零色散波长的反常色散区,形成高阶光孤子,由于高阶非线性和高阶色散的影响,高阶孤子分裂成多个基孤子,使初始光谱上演化出红移的光孤子成分和蓝移的色散波成分.理论模拟了飞秒激光脉冲在光纤中的色散特性和传输特性,较好地解释了实验结果. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 超连续光谱产生 孤子分裂 脉冲俘获     

自由耦合输出的大模场面积光子晶体光纤锁模激光器

对一种基于高增益掺Yb³⁺大模场面积光子晶体光纤（PCF）的锁模激光器进行了简化线型腔结构的实验和理论研究.实验中直接使用塌陷打磨为0°角的光纤端面作为一端腔镜,利用其端面反馈获得了激光振荡,并进一步利用半导体可饱和吸收镜（SESAM）和光栅对的滤波作用实现了稳定的锁模运转.通过调节滤波程度,使激光器实现了从宽带滤波锁模到窄带滤波锁模的连续可调谐.在宽带滤波锁模的条件下,得到了最大平均输出功率2.2 W,单脉冲能量29.3 nJ,脉冲宽度367 fs的锁模脉冲输出;在窄带滤波锁模的条 关键词： 飞秒激光 光纤激光器 光子晶体光纤 大模场面积光纤     

面向Li原子D1线频率测量应用的掺铒飞秒光纤光梳系统

报道了自主研制的面向Li原子D1线频率测量应用的掺铒飞秒光纤光学频率梳,包括飞秒激光源,频率探测及控制单元,光谱展宽及拍频单元.光纤光梳系统中飞秒激光光源是一套基于非线性偏振旋转锁模机制的掺铒飞秒光纤激光器,重复频率为196.5MHz,中心波长为1 572nm.利用f-2f法探测载波包络相移频率,获得信噪比约为40dB的信号(分辨率带宽300kHz).改变飞秒激光光源泵浦控制载波包络相移频率、频率稳定度是3.74×10-18/τ1/2;通过电光晶体和压电陶瓷改变飞秒激光光源腔长来控制重复频率frep、频率稳定度是1.75×10-13/τ1/2.利用高非线性光纤和倍频晶体将光纤光梳直接输出光谱由1 520～1 607nm扩展到671nm,获得了单模功率为208nW的光信号.与671nm单频激光拍频产生约为60dB(分辨率带宽1Hz)信号,满足Li原子D1线频率测量实验的需求.     

高非线性光子晶体光纤中优化产生宽带紫外三次谐波

通过非线性光学频率转换技术产生不同频率的脉冲辐射是实现具有短波波长的激光光源的有效手段.近年来,光子晶体光纤技术的发展为解决传统的基于非线性晶体的频率转换系统面临的难以维护、转换效率低、不易推广等问题带来了新的解决思路.在频率转换研究领域中,紫外光波段的脉冲辐射产生一直以来都受到学者的广泛关注.国外已报道过利用超短脉冲抽运光子晶体光纤实现三次谐波产生,从而输出具有高灵敏度和高分辨率的窄带紫外脉冲辐射,但其紫外光转换效率较低,且光谱的可调谐能力有限,而这些缺陷恰恰可以由宽带紫外脉冲辐射的获得来改善.宽带紫外脉冲辐射的有效获得不仅意味着紫外光转换效率可大幅提高,并且若加以合适的滤波手段,还可获得内任意波长下的窄带宽的脉冲辐射,从而增加窄带紫外脉冲辐射的可调谐度,但目前相关报道较为有限.本文将中心波长为1035 nm,脉冲重复频率为50 MHz的飞秒激光耦合至一定长度的高非线性光子晶体光纤中,将其产生的拉曼自频移孤子作为三次谐波产生的抽运源,通过相位匹配作用,在深紫外波段产生高阶模式传导下的三次谐波.随后让超短脉冲以偏离光纤轴心一定角度入射,可进一步激发出具有更短波长的超高阶紫外光模式.通过激发多个邻近的超高阶紫外光模式,在一定连续范围内实现相位匹配,获得超高阶紫外光模式传输下紫外光转换效率为3.6%的宽带(32—360 nm)深紫外脉冲激光.实验结果与理论模拟结果相一致.     

Acousto-optic generation of orbital angular momentum states of light in a tapered optical fiber

We demonstrate an acousto-optic mode converter based on a tapered optical fiber to efficiently generate orbital angular momentum states of light. In our scheme an acoustic wave is deployed to the waist of tapered optical fiber where two degenerate HE₂₁ modes leading to +1 and −1 orbital angular momentum eigen-modes are resonantly excited. The excitation of TM₀₁ and TE₀₁ modes is suppressed by enlarging the intermodal index difference between near-degenerate spatial modes. Numerical calculation for optimization of the taper diameter is provided. The experimental characterization of generated states is performed by analyzing the output far-field pattern and the spatial interference fringes with a uniform reference beam.     

Coherent coupling between vibrational modes of C-H bonds at different positions studied by femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering

We performed femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering(fs-CARS) measurements on liquid toluene and PVK film.For both samples,we selectively excited the CH stretching vibrational modes and observed the expected quantum beat signals.The frequency of the well-defined beats is in good agreement with the energy difference between the two simultaneously excited modes,which demonstrates that a coherent coupling between the vibrational modes of the C-H chemical bonds exists at the different positions of the molecules.The dephasing times of the excited modes are obtained simultaneously.     

Coherent coupling between vibrational modes of Cben H bonds at different positions studied by femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering

We performed femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (fs-CARS) measurements on liquid toluene and PVK film. For both samples, we selectively excited the CH stretching vibrational modes and observed the expected quantum beat signals. The frequency of the well-defined beats is in good agreement with the energy difference between the two simultaneously excited modes, which demonstrates that a coherent coupling between the vibrational modes of the C-H chemical bonds exists at the different positions of the molecules. The dephasing times of the excited modes are obtained simultaneously.     

Coherent acousto-optic mode coupling in dispersion-compensating fiber by two acoustic gratings with orthogonal vibration directions

The acousto-optic mode coupling from core to LP11(cl) mode of a dispersion-compensating fiber excited by two acoustic waves with orthogonal perturbations is studied by use of a novel composite piezoelectric transducer. Highly polarization-dependent mode-selective spectra are observed that are due to coherent acousto-optic coupling between the core and various constituent cladding modes. Potential applications for implementing an all-fiber wavelength-tunable polarization analyzer are also discussed.     

白光干涉偏振模耦合分布式光纤传感器分析

分布式光纤传感器能够测量沿光纤长度上连续分布的外界量。用保偏光纤作为传感光纤的分布式光纤传感器,被测外界量引起保偏光纤中传播的两正交偏振模的相互耦合。用迈克尔逊干涉仪两臂光程差来补偿两个偏振模的光程差的方法探测传感信号。为了设计白光干涉偏振模耦合分布式传感器,根据统计光学原理分析了传感器的互相干特性。在此基础上分析了传感器的空间分辨力、光纤耦合点分辨力、最大传感光纤长度。波长1310nm、谱宽36nm的超辐射发光二极管(SLD)作光源．用色散参量为600ps／km,拍长3mm的保偏光纤的分布传感器空间分辨力和光纤耦合点分辨力分别为6cm和3mm。     

Self-induced oscillations in an optomechanical system driven by bolometric backaction

We have explored the nonlinear dynamics of an optomechanical system consisting of an illuminated Fabry-Perot cavity, one of whose end mirrors is attached to a vibrating cantilever. The backaction induced by the bolometric light force produces negative damping such that the system enters a regime of nonlinear oscillations. We study the ensuing attractor diagram describing the nonlinear dynamics. A theory is presented that yields quantitative agreement with experimental results. This includes the observation of a regime where two mechanical modes of the cantilever are excited simultaneously.     

Nonlinearly induced relaxation to the ground state in a two-level system

We report the experimental demonstration of a nonlinear process in a two-level system, in which the amplitude of the excited state decays, transferring irreversibly a large fraction of its energy to the ground state, while shedding a part of it into radiation states. The experiments where preformed in a nonlinear optical waveguide, supporting two or three modes. The process is general, and is expected to occur in other nonlinear few level systems such as nonlinear quantum wells and Bose-Einstein condensates.     

Study of the amplification characteristics of a coaxial EDF with varying coupling conditions

A coaxial erbium doped fiber (EDF) designed to show inherent gain flattening for one of its propagating modes in general supports two or more modes with different gains. In this paper, we show that when such an amplifying coaxial EDF is spliced to a single mode transmission fiber carrying the signal, in general, more than one mode is excited each with its excitation coefficient strongly dependent on wavelength. Due to the interference between these modes, the amplified output coupled to an output single core transmission fiber can be a very sensitive function of the coaxial EDF length, especially around the phase matching wavelength (PMW), and does not show inherent gain flattening. However, due to interference between the two modes, the coaxial fiber acts as a band reject filter at the phase matching wavelength with attenuation and bandwidth depending on fiber parameters. This property can be employed for inherent gain flattening when both modes are excited.     

Time-domain multimode dispersion measurement in a higher-order-mode fiber

We present a new multimode dispersion measurement technique based on the time-of-flight method. The modal delay and group velocity dispersion of all excited modes in a few-mode fiber can be measured simultaneously by a tunable pulsed laser and a high speed sampling oscilloscope. A newly designed higher-order-mode fiber with large anomalous dispersion in the LP(02) mode has been characterized using this method, and experimental results are in good agreement with the designed dispersion values. The demonstrated technique is significantly simpler to implement than the existing frequency-domain or interferometry-based methods.     

Characterization of specially designed polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber from far field radiation patterns

We report the development of theory and experiment for the characterization of polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PM PCF) from far field intensity measurements. In this specially designed photonic crystal fiber, the air hole diameters along orthogonal axes adjacent to the core region are different, and hence create an effective index difference between the two orthogonal polarization modes. From the experimental measurements of the far field radiation pattern, we obtain transmission characteristics of PM PCF in terms of mode field diameters (MFD), V-values along major and minor axes, mode field area, birefringence, core radius, effective refractive index of cladding and numerical apertures along major and minor axes of PM PCFs. It is shown that the experimentally obtained geometrical and wave guiding parameters of the PM PCF match with the manufacturer/simulation/scanning electron microscope (SEM) data within the experimental limits.