48-波长线形腔多波长掺铒光纤激光器

采用两个光纤环镜作为腔镜构成线形腔可调谐多波长掺铒光纤激光器.将铒光纤浸入77 K的液氮中,选择可调谐光纤环镜作为输出腔镜,利用Mach-Zehnder干涉仪的滤波特性和输出端光纤环镜反射率的宽带可调特性,获得了波长间隔～0.4 nm、最大波长数目48个的多波长激光的稳定输出,同时实现了在1525～1555 nm范围内,多波长激光运转区域的灵活调节.     

可调谐光纤环形腔激光器输出特性的理论与实验研究

提出一种简单的理论模型,并通过数值模拟详细研究了可调谐光纤环形腔激光器的输出特性随掺铒光纤长度、输出耦合比、抽运功率、腔内损耗等参量的变化关系.理论分析得到,通过参量优化可以实现在铒离子增益范围内超过130nm带宽(1500—1630nm)的激光输出.实验获得了100nm带宽(15185—16185nm)的可调谐激光输出,激光器输出功率高,信噪比在大部分可调范围内高于60dB,实验结果与理论分析符合得较好 关键词： 掺铒光纤 光纤环形腔激光器 可调谐 光纤珐布里珀罗滤波器     

Transverse grating-assisted narrow-bandwidth acousto-optic tunable filter

An experimental acousto-optic tunable filter that has a narrow spectral bandwidth (0.2 nm at 1550 nm) and a fast (10-micros) tuning capability with a continuous tuning range of approximately 50 nm is described. The tunable filter consists of an acousto-optic beam deflector with a diffraction grating whose grating vector is transverse to the direction of light propagation.     

Tunable second harmonic generation from a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:YCa_4O(BO_3)_3 femtosecond laser

We experimentally demonstrated a diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond(fs) laser with a self-frequency doubling Yb:YCa_4O(BO_3)_3 crystal.Sub-40 fs laser pulses were directly generated from the oscillator without extracavity compression.The central wavelength was tunable from 1039 nm to 1049 nm with a typical bandwidth of 35 nm and an average output power of 53 mW.For the first time,a self-frequency doubled second harmonic green laser with tunable range from 519 nm to 525 nm was observed.     

Widely tunable ring-cavity tellurite fiber Raman laser

We report a widely tunable ring-cavity tellurite fiber Raman laser covering the S+C+L+U band. A tunable range (1495-1600 nm, limited by the tunable optical bandpass filter) over 100 nm is obtained by using a single-mode tellurite fiber with high Raman gain coefficients (55 W(-1)km(-1)) and large Raman shift (~22.3 THz) as the gain medium. Furthermore, the free-running 1665 nm Raman fiber laser is achieved from the ring cavity by removing the tunable optical bandpass filter, which shows that such a tellurite fiber has potential for constructing a widely tunable fiber Raman laser covering the S+C+L+U band. A high optical signal-to-noise ratio of over 60 dB for almost all of the tunable range is also demonstrated.     

Bi(2)O(3)-based erbium-doped fiber laser with a tunable range over 130 nm

A Bi(2)O(3)-based erbium-doped fiber (BIEDF) ring laser with a 134 nm tunable range is demonstrated with only 0.2 m of BIEDF as a gain media. The widely tunable range corresponds to the broad amplified spontaneous emission spectrum obtained from BIEDF. The pump power dependence and BIEDF length dependence of fiber laser properties are investigated. The tunable range varies depending on both pump power and BIEDF lengths. A high optical signal-to-noise ratio of over 70 dB for a 120 nm tunable range is also shown.     

基于光纤平移的窄线宽可调谐Er3+/Yb3+共掺光纤激光器

针对输出耦合镜旋转调谐时输出光束方向变化问题,设计了一种光纤位置平移、而调谐输出光束方向不变的光纤激光器系统。运用光栅方程,分析了光纤平移的调谐机理;采用输出与反馈光束耦合模型,分析了输出增益线宽随光纤位置、光束半径的变化。理论分析表明:该光纤激光器可获得线宽小于0.2 nm的调谐激光输出。实验结果表明,该激光器在波长为1543.446 nm处获得的调谐输出功率最大,达到470 mW,计算的斜率效率为23.9 %;整个调谐区域达到36 nm,调谐范围内激光的3 dB线宽小于0.08 nm。     

Compact interrogator for fiber optic Bragg sensors based on an acousto-optic filter formed by photonic crystal rows of air holes

Fiber optic sensors are typically used with expensive tunable lasers or optical spectrum analyzers for wavelength interrogation. We propose to replace the tunable laser by a broadband optical source incorporated with a novel thin linewidth acousto-optic tunable filter. It utilizes optical beam expanders constituted by photonic crystal rows of air holes in LiNbO(3) waveguide. A new design is numerically studied for a short structure (with 32 photonic crystal rows) by a two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method. Extrapolation of these results to larger structure sizes (about 1 cm) demonstrates the possibility to develop compact interrogators with 0.4 pm wavelength resolution and 40 nm tunable range around 1550 nm.     

不同谐振腔分步合成法制备的固态染料P567可调谐激光器

利用新型分步合成法制备的激光染料P567掺杂有机改性凝胶玻璃,建立了基于全息光栅的两种不同腔型可调谐激光器.采用光栅零级作为输出的激光器,调谐范围近70nm (543～610nm), 获得的最高斜效率为17%;采用腔镜耦合输出方式,调谐范围超过30 nm (553～585 nm),获得的最高斜效率为9.7%.并对激光器的可调谐范围、阈值、斜效率及线宽等参数进行了深入的分析比较.     

Observation of 280 nm and 298 nm ultraviolet emissions in sodium vapor

Dye laser output around 578 nm is utilized to pump sodium vapor confined in a heatpipe. Fixed wavelength ultraviolet emissions at 280 nm and 298 nm are observed for the first time and can be explained by anti-Stokes Raman scattering and two photon emission respectively. In addition, there are tunable emission lines around 280 nm and 298 nm, the frequencies of which vary with pump laser wavelength. These tunable lines can be explained by four-wave mixing schemes.     

C-band continuously tunable lasers using tunable fiber Bragg gratings

We report the development of a ring tunable fiber laser based on tunable fiber Bragg gratings (TFBG) integrated with an optical circulator. The TFBG is embedded inside a 3-piont bending device for wavelength tuning. The tunable laser operating in the C-band has power variation, tuning resolution, tuning range and laser line width of ±0.5 dB, 0.5 nm, 25.0 nm and less than 0.05 nm, respectively. As 40 mW of pump power is used, the ring tunable laser has a side mode suppression ratio of 60 dB and a power conversion efficiency of 25%. These specifications ensure the high-quality operation of a tunable laser.     

Discretely tunable and multiwavelength erbium doped fibre lasers with Fabry-Perot etalon

Modern WDM telecommunication systems require stable and calibrated laser sources. In this paper, we present examples of such lasers based on erbium doped fibres, i.e., discretely tunable and multiwavelength ring lasers. For the first case, tuning is possible due to a tunable Bragg grating overlapping spectrally the third telecommunication window (1550 nm). When a Fabry-Perot etalon is inserted into the cavity, discrete tunable operation with appropriate spacing between operating wavelengths is possible. Different free spectral ranges (FSR) of applied etalons ensured operation at a wavelength spacing 0.4 nm, 0.8 nm or 1.6 nm, respectively. When an acoustooptical Bragg frequency shifter was inserted together with the Fabry-Perot etalon, the stable simultaneous multiwavelength operation covering the erbium doped gain range was achieved.     

基于多模光纤滤波器的可调谐掺铒光纤激光器

研究了一种新型、全光纤、宽带可调谐环形腔掺铒光纤激光器。该激光器利用由单模-多模-单模光纤组成的滤波器实现波长可调谐及激光器的全光纤结构。该滤波器将多模光纤缠绕在偏振控制器上,两端分别与一段单模光纤相连,通过调整偏振控制器的状态,实现了中心波长1542～1560nm的不同激光输出。单波长连续可调谐激光器的波长可调范围为18nm,边模抑制比大于40dB,3dB线宽为0.096nm;进一步调整偏振控制器的状态和抽运功率,实验同时得到了连续可调谐的双波长、三波长等多波长激光输出。对于可调谐的多波长激光器,通过调整偏振控制器的状态,可实现波长间隔及输出中心波长两者可调。     

可调谐环形腔光纤光栅激光器

采用新颖的调谐方式,实现了可调谐光纤光栅环形腔激光器的运转,得到了稳定的可调谐,窄线宽激光输出,调谐范围为５．７ｎｍ,线宽小于０．１ｎｍ。     

Tunable ultraviolet source from fifth and seventh harmonic generated by mid-infrared pulses filamentation in air

The seventh harmonic generation by tunable mid-infrared femtosecond pulses filamentation in air is observed first time. Pumped by a focused mid-infrared pulses, which pulse duration is ～50 fs and wavelength is tunable from 1300 to 2000 nm, the tunable region of the fifth and seventh harmonic generation can cover the near ultraviolet region from 180 to 400 nm.     

A tunable,frequency-doubled,continuous-wave dye laser using ADA

A tunable, continuous-wave, frequency-doubled, rhodamine 6G dye laser has been developed using an ADA crystal placed in an astigmatic and coma compensated cavity. Generated UV powers of the order of 30mW cw in a single direction in gaussian form over the range 292–302 nm have been obtained by temperature phase matching, and with a 4.5 W pump. Power output is affected by thermal phase mismatching, and is ultimately limited by thermal lensing. Two scanning systems have been developed; a broadband arrangement of linewidth 0.02 nm continuously tunable over a range of 2 nm, and a narrowband system of linewidth 0.002 nm continuously tunable over a range of 1 nm. The laser has been used to detect the Rydberg states of Rb up to a principal quantum of n = 74.     

高功率宽调谐范围掺Yb3+光子晶体光纤激光器

采用闪耀光栅作为色散元件,构建了前向、后向输出两种结构的可调谐掺Yb3 光子晶体光纤激光器,并对其输出特性进行了分析研究.在抽运功率5.75W时,前向输出结构实现了1050.6～1110.2 nm的连续调谐输出,光谱线宽约0.1 nm,边模抑制比大于44 dB.在调谐激光波长为1085 nm时,得到最高输出功率677 mW.结构改进的后向输出结构的可调谐输出结构在抽运功率4.43 W,调谐波长1075 nm,实现了2.21 W的功率输出,斜率效率为73%;调谐范围50.9 nm(1042.1～1093 nm),光谱线宽小于0.08 nm,边模抑制比大于50 dB.两种结构的可调谐激光器输出均为线偏振光,偏振度大于89.5%.     

光子晶体多通道可调谐滤波器的理论研究

为了实现光子晶体的多通道滤波,对设计出的一维掺杂光子晶体进行了数值计算和理论分析。结果表明：多通道透射峰的波长与空气膜厚度呈线性变化,不同厚度的空气膜可以截到数目不同的透射峰,多通道透射峰的半高宽随光子晶体折射率n₂的增加而减小。以此为基础,设计出滤波通道波长的可调范围达60nm,滤波通道半高宽的可调范围为1nm～5nm,滤波通道透射峰值大于0.98的一维光子晶体三通道可调谐滤波器。     

基于法布里-珀罗滤波片的宽光谱可调谐滤波器

分析了基于F-P滤波器原理的可调谐滤波器的原理,设计并实现了覆盖C L带的光谱连续可调的宽光谱可调谐滤波器,插入损耗小于2 dB,波长精度及温度稳定性均小于0.01 nm.     

Design of tunable wavelength microcavity organic electroluminescent diode with liquid crystal

A novel designed method for tunable wavelength microcavity organic electroluminescent diode (MOLED) based on the birefringence of liquid crystal was presented. By modulated the refractive index of liquid crystal, the device could radiate with different wavelength continuously. The simulated result showed that the tunable range could reach to 60 nm and the full width of half maximum is 5.5 nm. The device could be applied to wavelength converter and tunable light source.