自锁模激光器

概述了自锁模激光器的新成就（包括我们自已的工作）。在实验上，自锁模钛宝石激光器可以输出１３ｆｓ的短激光脉冲，这是直接从激光器中获得的最短脉冲；自锁模溴化亚铜激光器可以输出高稳定性的激光脉冲，从而彻底否定了自锁模没有实用价值的传统认识。在理论上，自克尔镜模型解释了自聚焦激光介质引起的锁模现象；增益凹陷模型解释了宽带激光介质自吸收起的锁模现象和窄带激光介质增益谱线分裂引起的锁模现象。最后，对它们的输出     

环形腔自锁模渗钛蓝宝石激光器

实现了环形腔掺钛蓝宝石激光器的自锁模运转，在双向同时锁模时获得宽为３６ｆｓ的我没模脉冲，在单向锁模时得到脉宽为３２ｆｓ的锁模脉冲，并对激光器的运转特性进行了分析。     

主动锁模光纤激光器的孤子理论分析

系统考虑了光纤激光器腔构参数与锁模脉冲参数的制约关系,建立了完整形式的振幅调制主动锁模光纤激光器的稳态方程;据此方程分析了主动锁模光纤激光器腔参数对锁模孤子脉冲参数的影响;分析了无啁啾孤子脉冲形成条件。     

环形腔自锁模掺钛蓝宝石激光器

实现了环形腔掺钛蓝宝石激光器的自锁模运转。在双向同时锁模时获得脉宽为３６ｆｓ的锁模脉冲；在单向锁模时得到脉宽为３２ｆｓ的锁模脉冲。并对激光器的运转特性进行了分析。     

相干叠加脉冲锁模激光器调制特性的研究

本文在理论上发现了相干叠加脉冲锁模激光器的调制特性,并对其进行了全面的分析和计算.对于相干叠加脉冲锁模激光器的脉冲压缩及调制特性给予了详尽的数值计算结果和清晰的物理图象的解释,并提出利用相干叠加脉冲锁模激光器的调制特性产生更短脉冲的可能性.     

隧道结级联量子阱锁模激光器

采用两段式被动锁模激光器结构,利用隧道结级联两组量子阱有源区,实现了一种工作在近红外波段的单片集成大功率量子阱被动锁模激光器。对该锁模激光器的锁模特性进行了表征,测试得到该锁锁模激光器工作中心波长为1038nm,激光脉冲重复频率为24.37 GHz,改变激光器的工作条件,其脉冲宽度变化范围为2.19~9.27ps,峰值功率变化范围为76~308mW,表明该锁模激光器具有单片集成、体积小、功率大、重复频率高等优良特性。同时,在一定的反向偏压条件下,该锁模激光器呈现出功率双稳态的特性,扩大了有效锁模范围。     

注入噪声对光纤激光器锁模启动的影响

 从掺镱光纤激光器腔内的激光场出发，讨论了掺镱光纤激光器腔内的噪声信号对锁模启动的影响，并针对我们设计的8字腔超短脉冲光纤激光器进行了研究。通过对激光器腔内锁模过程的分析发现：在泵浦功率为214.75 mW时，自行研制的8字形腔掺Yb³⁺光纤激光器在未注入噪声信号时，输出端在30～50 s内获得稳定的锁模脉冲激光输出；在腔内注入脉宽30 ns，频率10 kHz，平均功率0.2 mW的脉冲噪声后，输出端在1~2 s内获得同样稳定的锁模脉冲激光输出。实验结果表明，注入激光器谐振腔内一定的噪声信号，可加速锁模的启动。     

飞秒被动锁模环形腔掺Er3＋光纤激光器

在考虑增益、损耗、群速度色散、自相位调制、快速可饱和吸收体等各种参数同时作用情况下，分析了非线性偏振旋转效应自启动锁模机理，研究了腔体参数与锁模脉冲之间的关系，并给出飞秒被动锁模环形腔掺Er3＋光纤激光器实验原理。实验采用性能稳定的980nm半导体激光器作为抽运源，高掺杂短长度掺Er3＋光纤作为增益介质，利用非线性偏振旋转锁模技术，得到了稳定的飞秒自起振锁模光脉冲。抽运功率为23mW时，激光器输出锁模脉冲中心波长1552nm，3dB带宽为7.6nm，重复频率14.0MHz，平均输出功率0.43mW，自起振锁模泵浦阈值功率11.5mW,并观测到了稳定的高阶锁模脉冲输出。该激光器与报道过的相同结构光纤激光器相比,自起振泵浦阈值低、脉冲能量高、稳定性好，且频谱边带幅度小。     

大模场面积光子晶体光纤激光器展宽脉冲锁模域的束缚态运转

实验研究了大模面积光子晶体光纤飞秒激光器在近零色散点展宽脉冲锁模的束缚态运转.获得了双脉冲束缚态锁模,以及脉冲间隔不相等的多脉冲束缚态锁模,实验发现束缚态的子脉冲间距具有随机性.通过建立光纤锁模激光器的数值模型,分析了激光器束缚态锁模建立的动力学过程,在一定抽运强度下,激光器存在多个稳态,或者单脉冲运转,或者子脉冲间隔不相等的束缚态运转,这取决于锁模建立阶段半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)对噪声信号的随机提取.并提出了抑制束缚态的方法,模拟得出此项技术可直接获得的最大单脉冲能量为19.6 nJ,考虑到40%左右的压缩损耗,可得到压缩至76 fs的最短脉冲,单脉冲能量为11.8 nJ.数值模拟结果能很好的与实验相符合.     

非腔长匹配相干叠加脉冲锁模激光器的实验研究

实现了一种新型的非腔长匹配相干叠加脉冲锁模Ｎｄ：ＹＡＧ激光器的锁模运转。锁模脉冲宽度为６０ｐｓ．给出该种新型锁模激光器的运转特性以及锁模状态与各种实验参数之间的关系。对于该种激光器的各种实验现象给出了简明清晰的物理解释。     

Kerr lens effects in a folded-cavity four-mirror linear resonator

The Kerr-lens model locking of a folded-cavity four-mirror linear Ti: sapphire laser is simulated by applying the ABCD ray-tracing technique for a Gaussian beam. The intensity dependent Kerr-lens ABCD matrix of the Brewster-plate shaped active medium is derived. A split-step parabolic refractive index model is used. the astigmatism compensation condition is derived from the ABCD ray-tracing. Simulations are carried out for a symmetric resonator and an asymmetric resonator design. Hard-aperture loss mode locking and soft-aperture gain mode locking are discussed. The optimum design parameters (slit position for hard-aperture loss mode locking, pump beam focusing for soft-aperture gain mode locking, gain cavity spacing, gain medium position) for Kerr-lens mode locking are determined.     

Critical behavior of a passively mode-locked laser: rational harmonic mode locking

The critical behavior of passive mode locking has been demonstrated in a figure-eight fiber laser that performs rational harmonic mode locking (RHML). On both the repetition rate and the pulse amplitude distribution, the observed pulse trains near the threshold exhibit the same regulations as the rational harmonic mode-locked ones. The theory also shows that there should be a middle status of RHML before achieving normal mode locking. It is important to note that the results provide what we believe to be the first confirmed attempt to address a fundamental question: how does a laser become mode locking with an increase of pump power?     

Passive mode locking of a diode-end-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

We report an end-pumped and passive mode-locking all-solid-state laser. The laser consists of a Nd:GdVO4 crystal and a linear resonator with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror that yield mode locking. We achieved stable continuous-wave mode locking with an 8-ps pulse duration at a 154-MHz repetition rate. The average output power was 600 mW with 4 W of pump power. To our knowledge this is the first report of the use of a Nd:GdVO4 crystal for mode locking with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror.     

Passive stabilization of a passively mode-locked laser by nonlinear absorption in indium phosphide

A diode-pumped Nd:KGd(WO4)2 laser mode locked by a saturable Bragg reflector (SBR) is passively stabilized to suppress Q-switched mode locking and to extend the parameter range of continuous-wave mode locking. An indium phosphide plate exhibiting two-photon absorption and free-carrier absorption is used for passive stabilization. The intracavity pulse energy for the onset of stable continuous-wave mode locking is reduced by a factor of 4 compared with the laser without stabilization. By increasing the modulation depth of the SBR, pulse shortening by 30% is achieved and bandwidth-limited 6.2-ps pulses are measured.     

用腔内半导体可饱和吸收镜钛宝石激光器中自锁模状态的实验研究

用可饱和吸收体镜(SESAM)的掺钛蓝宝石激光器能够稳定运转在三种不同的锁模状态,即可饱和吸收体被动锁模、孤子锁模加被动锁模和KLM锁模.分析了三种自锁模的机理和SESAM的作用.对SESAM实现KLM锁模的自启动机制进行了实验观察和讨论.从该激光器的KLM锁模状态,获得了小于18飞秒的锁模脉冲序列. 关键词： 半导体可饱和吸收镜 自锁模 钛宝石激光器     

Frequency locking a laser to an optical cavity by use of spatial mode interference

We present a novel technique to frequency lock a laser to an optical cavity. This technique, tilt locking, utilizes a misalignment of the laser with respect to the cavity to produce a nonresonant spatial mode. By observing the interference between the carrier and the spatial mode one can obtain a quantum-noise-limited frequency discriminator. Tilt locking offers a number of potential benefits over existing locking schemes, including low cost, high sensitivity, and simple implementation.     

注入锁定改善大口径稳定腔CuBr激光器的输出特性

报道了在稳定腔中采用注入锁定技术，钭自锁模ＣｕＢｒ激光脉冲成功地进行了注入锁定放大，得到了高平均功率的锁模铜激光脉冲，并且通过这种注入锁定，首次在稳定腔中得到了在２０ｍｍ光斑内空间高度相干的高功率铜激光辐射。     

Investigation of viscosity dependent fluorescence lifetime using a synchronously operated picosecond streak camera

Exciting with picosecond pulses from a mode locked cw dye laser and using the Synchroscan continuously operating streak camera, the variation in the fluorescence lifetime with viscosity over the range 0.5 cp–250 cp of some mode locking and potential mode locking polymethine dyes of the cyanine family were investigated. The measured lifetimes were found to follow a ∼2/3 or 1/3 power dependence of the viscosity η.     

用于激光冷却的半导体激光器大频差边模注入锁定的理论及实验研究

利用注入锁定技术实现了与自由运转频率相差1300?GHz的大功率半导体激光器的边模注入 锁定.实验上利用饱和吸收谱和光学外差拍方法详细研究了锁定后主从激光器之间的相干转 移特性,并测量了注入光功率与锁频范围的关系和注入锁定模式建立过程,与利用带注入项 的多模速率方程得到的边模注入锁定的范围相吻合.理论上计算了实现边模注入锁定所满足 的注入光阈值条件,并作了实验验证. 关键词：     

The effect of hard mode locking in a dye laser

The influence of the relaxation time of a saturable absorber on the dynamics of a quasi-continuous ring laser is investigated. It is shown that in a dye laser with a fast absorber, bistability arises; thus two multimode regimes coexist. The regime of shallow stochastic modulation is established spontaneously. Transition to the mode-locking regime accompanied by a sharp increase in the number of generated modes is feasible only under the action of an initiating pulse (hard mode locking). The analytical criterion for hard locking has been obtained. If the criterion is not satisfied, the only stable regime of a laser is mode locking. In this case the transient process is the longer the smaller the relaxation time of a saturable absorber.