被动锁模光纤激光器中泵浦滞后现象的研究

研究了基于非线性偏振旋转技术的被动锁模光纤激光器中的泵浦滞后现象.用非线性传输模型对泵浦功率滞后的机理进行了分析,发现此激光器中的泵浦滞后现象起因于光纤双折射与偏振选择共同作用引起的激光腔内非线性损耗特性.对泵浦滞后现象进行数值模拟和实验验证,结果与非线性传输模型分析的结论一致,并进一步证实了泵浦滞后现象不仅在连续光锁模产生孤子时存在,在锁模态下孤子的产生和泯灭过程中仍然存在.此外,随着激光腔内孤子数目的增多泵浦滞后现象愈加明显.     

基于非线性放大环镜锁模铥钬共掺光纤激光器的多孤子脉冲现象实验

利用非线性放大环镜作为人工可饱和吸收体,在铥钬共掺光纤激光器中研究了多孤子脉冲现象.在同一泵浦功率不同偏振状态下,实验不仅获得了稳定的单个孤子脉冲,还观察到由单个孤子脉冲演化为2至4个孤子的锁模脉冲现象;在保偏光运行条件下增加泵浦功率,获得了孤子能量量化的演化过程.所得结果主要源于腔内弱的双折射效应等效的滤波器具有限制增益带宽和诱导多脉冲产生的作用.而调节偏振控制器对腔内增益的改变,是不同类型多脉冲现象出现的主要原因.研究结果对2μm波段非线性放大环镜光纤激光器多孤子锁模脉冲动力学特性的研究具有一定参考价值.     

全正色散耗散孤子掺镱光纤激光器

研究了一种基于非线性偏振旋转被动锁模没有进行色散管理的全正色散掺镱光纤激光器,在无外加滤波器的情况下实验产生了锁模耗散孤子脉冲.耗散孤子的形成是激光器中正光纤色散、非线性效应、腔传输、增益饱和和滤波效应综合作用的结果.实验产生的锁模耗散孤子脉冲能量达1.1nJ.此外,对激光器的数值模拟结果与实验结果相一致,证实了全正色...     

位于第三近红外窗口的平坦光纤超连续谱产生

报道了一种基于非线性偏振旋转效应的被动锁模光纤激光器。采用980 nm分布式反馈激光器作为泵浦源,0.5 m长的高掺杂掺铒光纤作为增益介质。实现了脉冲宽度为822 fs的传统孤子锁模脉冲,输出脉冲的平均功率为2.8 mW,信噪比为55.8 dB。通过微调腔内的偏振控制器,实现了传统孤子脉冲和孤子分子脉冲间的切换,孤子分子的脉冲宽度为312 fs,信噪比为53.86 dB。孤子分子脉冲经掺铒光纤放大器放大后泵浦一段57 m长的高非线性光纤,产生了位于第三近红外窗口（1600 nm～1870 nm）的超连续谱,其20 dB谱宽为355.8 nm。     

宽光谱全正色散锁模掺镱光纤激光器

介绍了一种全正色散宽光谱被动锁模掺镱光纤激光器,利用非线性偏振旋转技术实现全正色散掺镱光纤激光器的被动锁模.当泵浦功率输出为500mW时,激光脉冲输出功率大于139mW,重复频率约为28.1MHz,脉冲宽度为3.8ps.为了进一步研究全正色散光纤激光器的宽光谱输出特性,在腔内熔接50m单模光纤,同时去除双折射滤波片,在泵浦功率为500mW时,观察到稳定锁模单脉冲耗散孤子,光谱范围为1 005~1 140nm,输出激光脉冲最大平均功率为90mW,重复频率为3.58MHz,脉冲宽度为519ps.     

基于单壁碳纳米管的双向锁模掺铒光纤激光器

设计了一种没有隔离器的单壁碳纳米管双向被动锁模光纤孤子激光器.该光纤激光器由波分复用器、掺铒光纤、光耦合器、碳纳米管、单模光纤和偏振控制器组成.在环形腔的两个相反方向上,同时实现基于碳纳米管饱和吸收体的被动锁模,得到两个反向稳定脉冲序列.调节激光腔中的偏振控制器以及泵浦激光源,分析该实验装置在不同泵浦功率下的输出特性.结果表明,中心波长变化范围为1 558~1 560nm,顺时针脉冲宽度变化范围为854~959ps,逆时针脉冲宽度变化范围为247~624ps.此外,泵浦功率较大时,逆时针方向上脉冲序列分裂.     

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     

耗散孤子分裂过程的实时测量研究

色散傅里叶变换技术为研究被动锁模光纤激光器中孤子各种瞬时、复杂、非重复的非线性过程提供了一种强有力的实时测量手段。利用色散傅里叶变换技术研究了基于非线性偏振旋转技术的被动锁模光纤激光器中耗散孤子分裂的整个实时动态过程。研究发现,当泵浦功率为280 mW时耗散孤子发生分裂,耗散孤子分裂前首先由噪声背景脉冲产生单孤子脉冲。与泵浦功率为180 mW时的单孤子锁模状态不同的是,分裂前的单孤子的光谱上有新的光谱成分产生。这个新的频率成分会随着孤子脉冲在谐振腔中循环的圈数不断放大和展宽,并最终演化为一个新的耗散孤子脉冲。本研究对明确被动锁模光纤激光器中耗散孤子的产生和分裂机理有着重要的意义。     

基于非线性偏振旋转效应的多波长掺铥锁模光纤激光器

运用非线性偏振旋转效应实现了一种掺铥锁模多波长光纤激光器.采用环形腔结构,以1 565nm半导体光源为泵浦源,3m长掺铥光纤为增益介质.利用非线性偏振旋转效应进行滤波.当泵浦功率在800mW时,通过调节光纤偏振控制器,激光器出现了被动锁模状态的脉冲输出,脉冲重复频率为3.178MHz,脉冲宽度为617ps.进一步增加泵浦功率,激光器进入多波长输出的工作状态.调节偏振控制器在室温下得到1~5个稳定的波长激光输出,边摸抑制比为40~60dB.     

氧化石墨烯被动锁模掺镱光纤激光器多脉冲现象的实验研究

利用氧化石墨烯作为可饱和吸收体,在被动锁模全正常色散掺镱光纤激光器中研究了多脉冲的现象,在同一抽运功率不同偏振态下,实验获得了矩形脉冲谐波锁模、耗散孤子谐波锁模、准谐波锁模,脉冲峰值周期性调制,脉冲簇、脉冲束、混沌多重脉冲的多脉冲现象,插入激光腔内的2nm窄带滤波器具有限制增益带宽、对脉冲塑形、诱导多脉冲产生的作用,调节偏振控制器相当于改变腔内增益,是实现不同类型多脉冲现象的主要原因,本实验研究有利于加深对多脉冲动力学行为在正常色散区域氧化石墨烯锁模掺镱光纤激光器中的理解。     

Properties of a vector soliton laser passively mode-locked by a fiber-based semiconductor saturable absorber operating in transmission

We experimentally demonstrate a passively mode-locked fiber laser employing a fiber-based semiconductor saturable absorber (SSA) operating in transmission. Polarization rotation locked vector solitons are observed in the laser. Due to the intrinsic dynamic feature of the laser, period-doubling of these vector solitons has also been observed. Furthermore, extra spectral sidebands are formed on the optical spectrum, caused by the energy exchange between the two orthogonal polarization components of the vector solitons. By careful reduction of the pump power together with fine adjustment to the cavity birefringence, period-one state can further be obtained. Additionally, the phase noise properties of the vector soliton fiber laser have also been characterized experimentally and analytically.     

Vector dissipative solitons in graphene mode locked fiber lasers

Vector soliton operation of erbium-doped fiber lasers mode locked with atomic layer graphene was experimentally investigated. Either the polarization rotation or polarization locked vector dissipative solitons were experimentally obtained in a dispersion-managed cavity fiber laser with large net cavity dispersion, while in the anomalous dispersion cavity fiber laser, the phase locked nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) solitons and induced NLSE soliton were experimentally observed. The vector soliton operation of the fiber lasers unambiguously confirms the polarization insensitive saturable absorption of the atomic layer graphene when the light is incident perpendicular to its 2-dimentional (2D) atomic layer.     

Impacts of operational parameters on nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser

The operational parameters including the polarization controlling and the pump power in a nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser are studied in this paper.The carrier rate equations of the activated erbium-doped fiber are first employed together with the nonlinear Shro¨dinger equations to reveal the relation between the operational parameters and the output state of the passively mode-locked fiber laser.The numerical and experimental results demonstrate that the output state of the mode-locked laser varies with the polarization controlling and the pump power.The periodicity of the polarization controlling is observed.With given pump power,there exists a set of polarization controlling under which the ultra-short pulse can be generated.With given polarization controlling,the mode-locked state can be maintained generally except for some particular values of pump power.Three shapes of the output optical spectra from the fiber cavity can be identified when the pump power changes.The results in this paper provide a comprehensive insight into the operation of the nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser.     

Switchable mode-locking states in an all-fiber all-normal-dispersion ytterbium-doped laser

Multi-operation state in an all-normal-dispersion ytterbium-doped fiber laser is obtained by introducing nonlinear polarization or hybrid mode-locking mechanism in the laser cavity. In addition to operating the laser at continuous-wave mode-locking, various operation states including continuous-wave, Q-switched mode-locking, pulse-splitting, and harmonic mode-locking can be achieved by tuning the laser pump power or an intracavity polarization controller. Insertion of a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror in the cavity helps to shorten the output pulsewidth of the hybrid mode-locked laser. When the pump power is rapidly adjusted, a strong asymmetric hysteresis behavior can be observed during the manipulation between different orders of harmonic mode-locking.     

双折射光子晶体光纤中超连续谱产生的实验研究

研究了30 fs激光在双折射光子晶体光纤中传输时,泵浦光功率和偏振态对超连续谱产生的影响。实验结果表明:随着泵浦光功率增加,光谱宽度显著增加,出现红移的光孤子和蓝移的色散波;当泵浦光的偏振态分别平行于光子晶体光纤长轴和短轴时,二者都有红移的光孤子和蓝移的色散波,但前者色散波波长更短;当泵浦光偏振态介于长轴与短轴之间,可能在色散波之外出现了交叉相位波,产生的超连续谱最强,且其近场光斑最大且最亮。     

Polarization locked vector solitons and axis instability in optical fiber

We experimentally observe polarization-locked vector solitons in optical fiber. Polarization locked-vector solitons use nonlinearity to preserve their polarization state despite the presence of birefringence. To achieve conditions where the delicate balance between nonlinearity and birefringence can survive, we studied the polarization evolution of the pulses circulating in a laser constructed entirely of optical fiber. We observe two distinct states with fixed polarization. This first state occurs for very small values birefringence and is elliptically polarized. We measure the relative phase between orthogonal components along the two principal axes to be +/-pi/2. The relative amplitude varies linearly with the magnitude of the birefringence. This state is a polarization locked vector soliton. The second, linearly polarized, state occurs for larger values of birefringence. The second state is due to the fast axis instability. We provide complete characterization of these states, and present a physical explanation of both of these states and the stability of the polarization locked vector solitons. (c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.     

Chaotic dynamics of erbium-doped fiber laser with nonlinear optical loop mirror

We experimentally and numerically demonstrate the chaotic dynamics of the erbium-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear optical loop mirror. When the polarization controllers are fixed at an appropriate orientation, we observe that the fiber laser exhibits a period-doubling route to chaos with increasing the pump power in the experiment and simulation. The numerical simulation shows a good agreement with the experimental results. The results show experimentally and numerically that the chaotic dynamics of the erbium-doped fiber laser is related to the polarization state and the pump power of light in the cavity.     

Generation of domain-wall solitons in an anomalous dispersion fiber ring laser

We report experimental observations performed using a net anomalous dispersion Er-doped fiber ring laser without polarization-selective elements, highlighting the domain-wall solitary pulses generated under the incoherent polarization coupling. By adjusting the pump power and the polarization state appropriately, bright and dark solitons can stably co-exist in the cavity, both centered at 1562.16 nm with a 3-dB spectral width of ～ 0.15 nm and a repetition rate of 3.83 MHz. Moreover, the 0.8 mm long thulium-doped fiber (TDF) facilitated the mode-locking and self-starting of the laser. This is the first demonstration of a laser being used to generate bright and dark solitons synchronously while using TDF as the saturable absorber (SA). Except possessing the all-fiber structure, the laser exhibits good stability, which may have a significant influence on improvement of the pulse-laser design, and may broaden practical applications in optical sensing, optical communication, and soliton multiplexed systems.