基于多波长类噪声脉冲的掺铒光纤激光器

报道了一种基于多波长类噪声脉冲的被动锁模掺铒光纤激光器。采用980 nm半导体激光器作为泵浦源，2.5 m长的掺铒光纤作为增益介质。锁模机制为非线性放大环形镜(NALM)。通过自相关迹证明输出脉冲为类噪声脉冲。该类噪声脉冲的光谱3 dB带宽可达17.2 nm，边模抑制比为47.7 dB，重复频率为5.434 MHz，单脉冲能量为7.9 nJ。为了实现平坦的多波长输出，在NALM结构中加入Sagnac环干涉仪，获得了最大波长数为5的平坦多波长类噪声脉冲，平坦度为1.995。     

掺铒光纤Sagnac环掺铒光纤放大器增益平坦特性

在通信领域,特别是波分复用方面,为了同时调整多通道增益和实现多波长光纤激光器大范围稳定的光波输出,本文提出了一种未泵浦掺铒光纤Sagnac环透射端掺铒光纤放大器增益平坦特性研究方案,其由Sagnac环自身谐振模式、未泵浦掺铒光纤的吸收特性和由环中双折射拍长引起的谐振模式3者共同作用。通过调节Sagnac环中的偏振控制器,使得掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)增益光谱在非泵浦掺铒光纤Sagnac环透射端可以被部分或者全部平坦化。实验结果表明:在透射端14 nm的波长范围内,部分增益光谱的平坦度为±0.145 dB;整个C波段光谱36.5 nm的波长范围内,增益光谱的完全平坦度为±1.225 dB。该增益谱平坦方案结构简单,输出光谱平坦度好,有望用于波分复用系统和多波长激光器中。     

利用对称非线性光纤环镜产生多波长激光的研究

利用非线性偏振旋转效应可在能量对称的非线性光纤环镜中获得强度相关损耗输出,具有该特性的非线性光纤环镜可作为强度均衡器来抑制室温条件下的掺铒光纤中的模式竞争。对这种环镜在多波长掺铒光纤激光器中的应用进行了研究,分析了入射偏振态和环镜内双折射对非线性光纤环镜输出特性的影响,研究了激光腔内光场的偏振条件以及对多波长激光系统的作用,并在L波段获得了3 dB范围内13条波长输出,波长间隔为1 nm,单波长半个小时内的功率波动小于0.6 dB。通过调整非线性光纤环镜引入的强度相关损耗的大小可以控制多波长的数目和频谱位置。     

基于类噪声脉冲抽运的平坦超连续谱光源

设计了一种由类噪声脉冲抽运的全光纤结构平坦超连续谱光源。在色散管理掺铒光纤激光器中通过调节腔内偏振态,在泵浦功率为450 mW时,实现了稳定的类噪声脉冲锁模,锁模脉冲的中心波长为1 600 nm,脉冲宽度为303 fs。在最大泵浦功率为1 W时,谐振腔直接输出功率为8.6 mW。较低的功率无法有效拓展超连续谱宽度,为此设计一种掺铒光纤放大器进行功率放大,放大器最大输出功率为338 mW,将功率放大后的类噪声脉冲耦合进高非线性光纤以产生超连续谱,超连续谱的20 dB光谱范围为1 530 nm～2 300 nm,在1 736 nm～2 134 nm范围内,光谱的平坦度优于0.5 dB。     

基于高浓度掺铒光纤的平坦宽带光源设计

为了实现高平坦的自发辐射输出,提出并设计了一种基于974nm泵浦源和高掺杂浓度掺铒光纤的平坦宽带光源。系统以泵浦波长974nm的激光二极管作为泵浦源,先将泵浦光分为两路对掺铒光纤分级泵浦,再将铒离子产生的自发辐射光合并输出,并调节铒纤长度和泵浦功率对输出光谱进行优化。仿真结果表明：泵浦功率为160mW,两段掺铒光纤长度分别为7m和2m时,可以在1530～1610nm得到带宽为80nm,功率为20.348mW,平坦度为±1.268dB的光谱输出。该系统在不额外增加滤波器且光纤总长小于10m的前提下,实现平坦宽带输出,有望在光纤传感系统中得到应用。     

L波段线型腔波长可调谐掺铒光纤激光器

报道了工作波长在L波段的由两个光纤环境构成线型谐振腔的掺铒光纤激光器，通过调整环境中偏振控制器的状态来改变环境对不同波长的反射率以实现某些波长的激光输出。线型腔内的激光工作介质为两段不同掺杂浓度的掺铒光纤，其中一段铒光纤由一980nm激光器抽运，其产生的放大自发辐射谱在腔内再同时对两段掺铒光纤进行抽运，使它们的增益谱移位到L波段。实验中观察到了波长从1566．4nm到1592.4nm范围内可调的稳定的连续激光输出，其波长调谐范围达26nm。     

基于高双折射Sagnac环的可调环形腔掺铒光纤激光器理论与实验研究

报道了一种利用偏振控制器（PC）和保偏光纤（PMF）组成的高双折射Sagnac干涉环实现选频和调谐的环形腔掺铒光纤激光器.理论模拟了PMF和PC对波长的控制作用.实验中调节PC得到了单波长、双波长和多波长激光;并验证了滤波间隔随PMF长度的变化规律.实验中得到了斜率效率20%,3 dB线宽0.016 nm,30 dB线宽0.097 nm,边模抑制比（SMSR）40 dB左右的稳定激光输出. 关键词： 光纤激光器 Sagnac干涉环 环形腔 掺铒光纤     

结构紧凑的双波长连续波掺铒光纤激光器

多波长掺铒光纤激光器在波分复用光学通信等领域具有广阔的应用前景,引起了大量关注。为了满足不同场合的应用需求,本文报道了一种结构紧凑、基于非线性放大光纤环镜的双波长连续运转掺铒光纤激光器。该激光器采用全保偏光纤结构。除了光纤外,激光腔内只含有波分复用器、2×2光纤耦合器和光纤反射镜3个器件。非线性放大光纤环镜在腔内引入强度相关损耗,当腔内损耗随着入射光强增加而增加时,可以有效抑制腔内激光模式竞争。当强度相关损耗的抑制作用和激光模式竞争达到平衡时,激光器即可实现稳定的多波长输出。在260 mW泵浦功率下,激光器运转在双波长振荡状态,输出波长分别为1 560. 5 nm和1 563. 2 nm,边模抑制比达到46. 8 dB。随着泵浦功率的提高,激光器依次工作在单波长、双波长和三波长运转状态。该激光器结构简单,操作方便,具有很好的应用前景。     

布里渊-掺铒光纤随机光纤激光器输出特性分析

设计了一种基于受激布里渊散射和掺铒光纤混合增益的随机光纤激光器,该激光器选用两段长为20km的单模光纤组成全开放腔结构,利用单模光纤的瑞利散射提供随机光反馈.研究表明,固定布里渊泵浦波长和泵浦功率分别为1 550.00nm和2.19mW时,增加掺铒光纤泵浦功率,可以实现两个波长的随机激光输出,一阶和二阶受激布里渊散射光与布里渊泵浦光波长间隔分别约为0.088nm和0.174nm,产生一阶和二阶受激布里渊散射对应的掺铒光纤泵浦功率分别为190mW和370mW;当掺铒光纤泵浦功率为433mW时,激光器两端的最大输出功率为1.60mW和1.68mW.当掺铒光纤泵浦功率明显高于阈值功率时,获得的一阶和二阶随机激光输出稳定,3dB线宽约为0.022nm,峰值强度和位置基本不随时间而变化.     

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.     

Multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser based on wavelength-dependent polarization rotation with a phase modulator and an in-line comb filter

A stable room-temperature multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser has been proposed and investigated experimentally. A phase modulator composed of a piece of fiber wrapped around a cylindrical piezoelectric transducer is used to suppress the mode competition. And the combined action between optical fiber and polarization-dependent isolator provides the wavelength-dependent loss induced by wavelength-dependent polarization rotation mechanism to flatten the output spectrum, tune the locations and improve the number of the lasing lines. Stable multi-wavelength lasing with wavelengths up to 23 and the wavelength spacing of 0.4 nm is demonstrated. Moreover, the pulse train output was also observed.     

Stable room-temperature multi-wavelength lasing oscillations in a Brillouin–Raman fiber ring laser

A stable room-temperature multi-wavelength Brillouin–Raman fiber laser with a ring cavity configuration was proposed and experimentally investigated. An obvious suppressant effect for unstable mode hopping of multi-wavelength lasing oscillations induced by deeply saturated effect was observed in the ring cavity configuration. Stable room-temperature multi-wavelength lasing oscillations with more than 30 lasing lines and wavelength spacing of 0.076 nm were obtained with only 250 mW Raman pump power and a section of high nonlinear fiber with a length of 1.5 km. The lasing output is so stable that the maximum power fluctuations for the foremost three Stokes lines over more than 20 min of observation were less than 0.30 dB. The lasing stability of the laser was also compared with a linear cavity configuration with the same gain components and pump conditions. While using the linear laser cavity configuration, obvious mode hopping was observed. The minimum value of the maximum power fluctuations at all lasing lines over more than 10 min of observation was more than 0.90 dB.     

Wavelength-spacing tunable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on four-wave mixing of dispersion-shifted fiber

We experimentally demonstrate a wavelength-spacing tunable multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on degenerate four-wave mixing in a dispersion-shifted fiber incorporating multiple-fiber Bragg gratings. We have achieved stable operation of the multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser, which has 0.8 nm spacing ten-channel lasing wavelengths and a high extinction ratio of more than approximately 45 dB, at room temperature. The output power of the multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser is stable, so the peak fluctuation is less than approximately 0.2 dB. By changing the properties such as loss and polarization state of multiple fiber Bragg grating cavities, we can exercise flexible control of the wavelength spacing of the multiwavelength output. We can also obtain switchable multiwavelength lasing operation by elimination of the effects of alternate single-fiber Bragg gratings.     

Multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser using four-wave mixing effect in doped fiber

We demonstrate a multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) using erbium gain and four-wave mixing (FWM) effect in a piece of erbium-doped fiber (EDF) with high erbium ion concentration. The EDF has a pump absorption rate of 24.6 dB/m at 979 nm and is bi-directionally pumped by 980-nm laser diodes. FWM effect redistributes the energy of different oscillating lines and causes multi-wavelength operation. The laser generates more than 22 lines of optical comb with a line spacing of approximately 0.10 nm at the 1569-nm region using only 1.5-m-long EDF.     

An Enhanced Bismuth-Based Brillouin/Erbium Fiber Laser with Linear Cavity Configuration

A multi-wavelength Brillouin/erbium-doped fiber laser (BEFL) which operates in 1594 nm region is demonstrated using a 215 cm long Bismuth-based EDF and SMF. Two optical circulators were used at the output ends of the system to form a linear cavity to produce a cascaded Brillouin Stokes and anti-Stokes. A stable output laser comb of more than 20 lines was obtained with a spacing of approximately 0.089 nm at a Brillouin pump power of 4 dBm and two 1,480-nm pumps at powers of 100 mW. The number of lines is relatively higher compared with the ring cavity BEFL.     

一种新型自激发布里渊掺铒光纤激光器

利用级联的受激布里渊效应,自激发布里渊掺铒光纤激光器可以实现常温下的多波长激光输出。通过在自激发掺铒光纤激光器中引入一个高双折射萨尼亚克(Sagnac)环形滤波器,调节萨尼亚克环形滤波器的偏振控制器(PC),实现了可调谐多波长输出,同时在实验中观测到双布里渊多波长带的现象。研究了这种光纤激光器中萨尼亚克环形滤波器的带宽和980 nm抽运光功率对输出波长数的影响,在萨尼亚克环形滤波器的带宽为83.3 nm以及980 nm抽运光功率为260 mW时,得到了52个间隔为0.088 nm的多波长激光输出。     

Dual-cavity dual-output multi-wavelength fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation effect

We demonstrate a multi-wavelength fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) in dual-cavity configuration with two output ports. The laser employs a piece of erbium doped fiber (EDF) and semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) as the gain medium in a separate cavity. By incorporating PCF in the dual cavity the non-linear polarization rotation (NPR) effect is enhanced and thus higher output and more oscillating lasing can be achieved. The laser produces three strong lines with a spacing of 2.40 nm and side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of more than 10 dB at 1535 nm region. Another output produces 8 lines of optical comb with a spacing of 0.54 at 1570 nm region.     

Multi-wavelength fiber ring laser based on a sampled chirped fiber Bragg grating with a hybrid gain medium

The novel multi-wavelength fiber ring laser based on a sampled chirped fiber Bragg grating with a single SOA or a hybrid gain medium is demonstrated, respectively. In case of a hybrid gain medium, the SMSR improvement of ~ 5 dB was obtained when compared with the system with a single SOA. The proposed fiber laser offers advantages such as simple structure, low loss, multi-wavelength lasing lines with moderate output power.     

Wavelength-spacing tunable multi-wavelength fiber optical parametric oscillator based on multiple four-wave mixing

We propose a wavelength-spacing tunable multi-wavelength fiber optical parametric oscillator (MW-FOPO) with a simple line cavity and one pump source based on multiple four-wave mixing (MFWM). Stable multi-wavelength lasing at room temperature is achieved due to the four-wave mixing effect and the broadband gain of the fiber optical parametric amplifier based on a highly nonlinear fiber. The wavelength spacing of the proposed MW-FOPO can be tuned by adjusting the wavelength of the pump light or the central wavelength of the fiber Bragg grating. Seventeen lasing lines with a wavelength spacing of 2.89 nm and an extinction ratio larger than 10 dB, which covers the wavelength region from 1540 to 1568 nm is demonstrated.