Optimization of pumping mode for double-clad fiber lasers

A theoretical modeling of Yb-doped double-clad fiber lasers under various pumping modes including arbitrary numbers of end-pump and side-pump is introduced. Approximate analytic expressions of distributed lasers along the whole fiber are derived, and their accuracies are investigated. The effect of the pumping mode on the output performance of fiber lasers is discussed. The numerical results show that the approximate analytic solution is in excellent agreement with the exact numerical solution of the rate equations, the output power in the side-pump scheme is lower than that in end-pumping scheme, and more uniform distributions of laser and pump powers can be achieved by adopting the distributed pump mode and optimizing the arrangement of pump powers. However, further flattening the pump distribution by using more pump points can degrade the laser efficiency.     

国产光纤实现同带抽运3000W激光输出

同带抽运是目前实现高功率光纤激光器的有效手段.本文基于同带抽运方式,以国产25/250μm掺镱双包层光纤为增益光纤,构建了全光纤化的主控振荡器功率放大器.实验中采用的国产光纤是中国电子科技集团公司第四十六研究所采用化学气相沉积结合气相-液相复合掺杂工艺制备的,其Yb~(3+)离子的分布更均匀,吸收截面更大,吸收系数更高.实验中,在种子光功率为67.8 W、抽运总功率为3511 W的条件下,实现了3079 W的激光输出,斜效率为85.9%,光束质量M~2约为2.14,3dB带宽为1.4nm,这是目前基于国产光纤同带抽运方式实现的最高功率.理论和实验结果表明国产光纤制备技术不断成熟,已经具备承受高功率输出的能力.继续提高抽运功率,优化增益光纤长度,改良散热方式,国产光纤有望实现更高功率的激光输出.     

分布反馈光纤激光器阵列中外腔反馈特性研究

以半导体激光器中的复合腔模型和实测的分布反馈光纤激光器的外腔端面反射率为基础,对不同反射率条件下分布反馈光纤激光器的输出功率进行了仿真,同时搭建了二基元分布反馈光纤激光器阵列实验平台,对仿真结果进行了验证.仿真与实验结果表明:外腔反馈光重新注入分布反馈光纤激光器会增加激光器的输出功率,降低了阵列的输出功率平坦性.并且外腔端面反射率越大,这种平坦性降低的效果越明显.在构建分布反馈光纤激光器阵列时,应考虑外腔反馈对阵列输出功率平坦性造成的影响,尽量选择外腔端面反射率较小的激光器进行组阵.     

2μm泵浦中红外硫化玻璃光纤拉曼激光器的理论分析与优化

根据2μm掺铥光纤激光泵浦中红外硫化玻璃光纤拉曼激光器的模型,采用非线性耦合方程组对激光器的性能进行了研究与分析。同时,对激光器各参数包括光纤长度、输出耦合器反射率、光纤散射损耗对激光器性能的影响进行了分析并给出了优化结果。数值仿真结果表明,在一定条件下,2μm泵浦硫化玻璃光纤产生拉曼激光的斜率效率可以超过85%。另外,光纤长度和输出耦合器反射率不仅对输出激光功率的影响很大,而且是相互影响的,必须同时进行优化。结果也表明,输出激光的功率随光纤散射损耗增加急剧线性下降。以上的结果可以用于硫化玻璃光纤级联拉曼激光器的实验指导和优化设计。     

A distributed feedback dye laser based on higher order Bragg scattering

A distributed feedback dye laser based on second order Bragg scattering due to a sinusoidal susceptibility modulation is reported. Rhodamine 6G dye solution in three different solvents; methanol, ethanol and benzyl alcohol is pumped by interference fringes produced by two beams from the second harmonic of Nd:YAG laser. Output power is plotted as a function of the pump power. The spectrum of dye laser shows a new type of modulation.     

Core temperature in super-Gaussian pumped air-clad photonic crystal fiber lasers compared with double-clad fiber lasers

In this paper we investigate the core temperature of air-clad photonic crystal fiber (PCF) lasers pumped by a super-Gaussian (SG) source of order four. The results are compared with conventional double-clad fiber (DCF) lasers pumped by the same super-Gaussian and by top-hat pump profiles.      

高功率双包层光纤激光器受激拉曼散射和热效应的理论研究

 受激拉曼散射和热效应会限制光纤激光器功率的提高。利用高功率光纤激光器的速率方程和热传导方程，理论研究了双端泵浦和分布泵浦下双包层光纤激光器的受激拉曼散射和热效应，得到了光纤中的泵浦光、激光和斯托克斯光的功率分布，光纤激光器的输出特性以及光纤中的温度分布。分析表明，当泵浦功率增大到一定值时，光纤激光器中出现SRS，一部分激光功率会转移给斯托克斯光，影响激光功率进一步提高;与双端泵浦方式相比，分布泵浦下光纤激光器的斜率效率和最大输出功率相差不大，但是，光纤中的温度分布被有效地降低，因此，分布泵浦方式更为有效。     

用于光纤拉曼放大器抽运源的单级光纤拉曼激光器

抽运光源是光纤拉曼放大器应用于密集波分复用系统的关键技术,设计了一种紧凑型的808nm激光二极管抽运的基于钒酸钇（Nd^3＋：YVO4）晶体1342nm固体激光器模块,提出利用上述1342nm固体激光器抽运基于光纤光栅的单级全光纤型拉曼谐振器获得1．4μm激光输出的光纤拉曼激光器,分析了固体激光器的阈值特性、性能优化方法和单级光纤拉曼谐振器的设计方法。上述1342nm固体激光器模块在抽运功率2W时获得了最大655mW的激光输出功率和42．6％的斜率效率,单级拉曼谐振器的1342nm到1．4μm光功率转换斜率效率达75％,在1425nm、1438nm、1455nm和1490nm处的输出功率达到300mW以上。最后给出基于1．4μm光纤拉曼激光器抽运的宽带平坦放大的光纤拉曼放大器的结构参量和性能测试结果。     

双端泵浦保偏光纤激光器

 以两台808 nm半导体激光器LD1和LD2为泵浦源,对光纤激光器双端泵浦进行了研究,获得了6.5 W的激光输出。实验分别测出了LD1和LD2半导体激光器单端泵浦和双端泵浦时的输出功率,对双端泵浦输出功率与单端泵浦功率之和进行了比较,利用双端泵浦提高了泵浦效率和输出激光功率。同时测量了输出激光的偏振度,通过计算得到双端泵浦输出激光的偏振度为0.5。     

Random distributed feedback fiber laser pumped by an ytterbium doped fiber laser

A random distributed feedback fiber laser operating at 1115 nm has been demonstrated experimentally in standard communication optical fibers by using a LD-pumped Yb-doped fiber laser as the pump source. We have studied the effect of different fiber spans on this new type of random fiber laser output power. It is shown that the generation power is the highest up to 198 mW in a 50 km fiber span. The slope efficiency is more than 28.7%. Stable, high-power continuous-wave (CW) lasing can be generated when the pump power is 3.6 W. The threshold power has also been calculated which well proves a random fiber laser operating via Rayleigh scattering, amplified through the Raman scattering.     

级联掺磷光纤喇曼激光器的解析优化

讨论了二级级联喇曼光纤激光器的解析解和优化设计.通过引入几何平均功率、增益因子和归一化光纤有效长度,将描述泵浦光和斯托克斯光沿喇曼增益光纤分布的微分方程组简化成代数方程组,在对泵浦光采用线性传播近似后,获得了二级级联喇曼激光器的解析解.所获得的解析解同数值模拟结果吻合得很好.利用该解析解可方便和快速地讨论级联喇曼激光器的优化设计,计算不同泵浦功率下的最佳光纤长度、输出光纤光栅反射率和转换效率.泵谱功率越大,最佳光纤长度越短,最佳输出光纤光栅反射率越小.     

Random distributed feedback fibre lasers

The concept of random lasers exploiting multiple scattering of photons in an amplifying disordered medium in order to generate coherent light without a traditional laser resonator has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. This research area lies at the interface of the fundamental theory of disordered systems and laser science. The idea was originally proposed in the context of astrophysics in the 1960s by V.S. Letokhov, who studied scattering with “negative absorption” of the interstellar molecular clouds. Research on random lasers has since developed into a mature experimental and theoretical field. A simple design of such lasers would be promising for potential applications. However, in traditional random lasers the properties of the output radiation are typically characterized by complex features in the spatial, spectral and time domains, making them less attractive than standard laser systems in terms of practical applications. Recently, an interesting and novel type of one-dimensional random laser that operates in a conventional telecommunication fibre without any pre-designed resonator mirrors–random distributed feedback fibre laser–was demonstrated. The positive feedback required for laser generation in random fibre lasers is provided by the Rayleigh scattering from the inhomogeneities of the refractive index that are naturally present in silica glass. In the proposed laser concept, the randomly backscattered light is amplified through the Raman effect, providing distributed gain over distances up to 100 km. Although an effective reflection due to the Rayleigh scattering is extremely small (∼0.1%), the lasing threshold may be exceeded when a sufficiently large distributed Raman gain is provided. Such a random distributed feedback fibre laser has a number of interesting and attractive features. The fibre waveguide geometry provides transverse confinement, and effectively one-dimensional random distributed feedback leads to the generation of a stationary near-Gaussian beam with a narrow spectrum. A random distributed feedback fibre laser has efficiency and performance that are comparable to and even exceed those of similar conventional fibre lasers. The key features of the generated radiation of random distributed feedback fibre lasers include: a stationary narrow-band continuous modeless spectrum that is free of mode competition, nonlinear power broadening, and an output beam with a Gaussian profile in the fundamental transverse mode (generated both in single mode and multi-mode fibres).     

单频窄线宽分布布拉格反射光纤激光器研究

分析了单频窄线宽分布布拉格反射（DBR）光纤激光器的单模工作条件,在此基础上算出单模工作区域,制作了一个单频窄线宽分布布拉格反射光纤激光器。该激光器在波长为975.5nm的半导体激光器抽动下,在1556.91nm波长处。当抽运功率为55.35mW时输出功率可达1.43mW,频宽小于1.2MHz(受测量仪器分辨率限制）。经测量,该输出激光是稳定的单纵模输出。     

脉冲泵浦掺镱双包层光纤激光器的动力学研究

对脉冲泵浦的掺镱双包层光纤激光器进行了实验研究.采用重复频率1-10 kHz、脉宽100 μs的976 nmLDs泵浦,实现了脉宽小于10 ns的稳定激光脉冲输出.并对该激光器的动力学过程进行了分析,首次提出了在脉冲泵浦光纤激光器中产生ns脉冲是瑞利散射和受激布里渊散射共同作用的结果.     

Theoretical and experimental study on rare-eath element-doped silicon single-mode fiber laser with two different structures of resonators

Abstract: Laser resonator is very important in the study and fabrication of lasers. The work conditions and work parameters of rare-earth element-doped optical fiber lasers with two different structures of laser resonators, i. e., the fiber ring resonator and Fabry-Perot resonator are studied. The fineness, laser resonant conditions, laser oscillation conditions and threshold inversion of these two different cavity are deduced. A series of experiments are also given. The result is very valuable to evaluate the output of optical fiber laser and can be a foundation of device fabrication. The Nd~(3 )-doped silica single-mode fiber laser pumped by Ar~ laser with a low threshold of 1.02 mW and a maximum output of more than 1 mW are presented in this paper.     

矩形内包层掺Yb3+石英光纤的研制及其抽运性能

利用改进的化学汽相沉积工艺加溶液掺杂法,配合光学加工技术,自行设计并研制出内包层为矩形等新颖结构的掺Yb^3 双层石英光纤,实现了上述光纤的包层抽运激光器的成功运转,矩形光纤在1075．6nm波长处获得84mW的最大激光输出功率,斜率效率达77％。     

掺铒光纤环形激光器输出特性的研究

根据掺铒光纤激光器的速率方程，对环形腔光纤激光器的输出特性进行了理论分析，得到了光纤激光器在稳态条件下阈值抽运功率、激光输出功率和斜率效率的解析表达式。利用数值模拟结果对光纤激光器的这些基本特性参量进行了分析和讨论，为光纤环形激光器的优化设计提供了依据。并进行了980nm抽运的掺铒光纤激光器的实验，实验证明理论分析得到的基本特性是合理的。     

高能固态激光阵列光束合成技术浅析

建立了高能固态激光阵列合成的模型,对相干合成型和非相干合成型的高能固态激光系统进行了分析和比较.引入光束传输因子(BPF)作为评价合成光束的光束质量,对湍流大气对板条激光器和光纤激光器相干合成与非相干合成远场光束质量的影响进行了定量分析.计算模型和结果为工程实际中合成方案的选择和评估提供了参考.     

新型电光陶瓷调Q光纤激光器

报道了基于OptoCeramic(R)电光陶瓷材料的新型调Q光纤激光器.采用976 nm半导体激光器作为抽运源,电光陶瓷调制器作为Q开关,峰值吸收系数1200 Db/m的高掺杂镱纤作为增益介质构成环形腔激光器.增益光纤的高掺杂浓度使得激光器的腔长得到缩短,输出光脉冲的宽度得到压缩.通过调节电光元件的电压,控制材料的折射率,调节谐振腔的损耗,实现Q开关作用.实验中通过改变腔长、抽运功率和重复频率,研究了脉冲的输出特性.获得最窄脉宽104 ns,重复频率3～40 kHz连续可调的调Q脉冲输出.