宽波长范围窄线宽波长连续可调的光纤激光器

研制了一种宽波长范围窄线宽波长连续可调的光纤激光器,激光器基于环形腔结构,采用980nm的半导体激光器作为泵浦源,掺铒光纤作为增益介质,使用一段未泵浦的保偏掺铒光纤作为饱和吸收体压窄线宽。使用光纤法布里-珀罗滤波器作为选频器件,通过调节光纤其驱动电压实现光纤激光器的波长扫描。利用激光器的相干长度与干涉仪干涉条纹的关系动态测量激光器的光谱线宽,最终得到了扫描范围为1515.1～1588.6nm,线宽小于0.025nm的波长连续可调的光谱输出。     

基于掺铥光纤激光器的内腔气体传感系统研究

为拓展可检测范围,利用掺铥光纤激光器产生的2μm波段激光进行呼吸气中水蒸气的内腔气体传感研究。首先,对直接吸收式气体传感技术进行了理论分析。其次,研究了1 570 nm激光泵浦下的掺铥光纤特性,其自发辐射谱主要分布在1.85～2.05μm波段;搭建了全光纤掺铥光纤环形激光器,并采用可调谐滤波器实现了1 927.5～1 985 nm范围内波长输出,激光线宽为0.05 nm,表现出单纵模窄线宽稳定输出的特点。最后,引入波长扫描技术,实现了对呼吸气中水蒸气在1 928～1 938 nm范围内光谱扫描,分辨了8条吸收谱线,与基于HITRAN光谱数据库的仿真光谱一致,波长定位的绝对误差低于0.03 nm。结果表明该内腔气体传感系统适用于2μm波段气体传感检测。     

基于MgO∶PPLN晶体差频产生的宽调谐中红外连续激光光源

分别以1 083nm和1 550nm波段的窄线宽连续光源为泵浦光和信号光,搭建基于掺MgO周期铌酸锂晶体(MgO∶PPLN)准相位匹配原理的差频非线性效应产生中红外激光实验系统.根据系统温度和信号光波长调谐特性进行实验研究.在泵浦光波长固定条件下改变信号光波长,实现了窄线宽宽调谐中红外连续闲频激光输出,波长覆盖范围为3 547.6~3 629.1nm.当波长为1 082.8nm的泵浦光和波长为1 549.7nm的信号光功率分别放大到2.8 W和3.5 W时,对波长为3 597.0nm的中红外闲频光输出进行长时间功率扫描监测,得到最大功率为3.2mW,功率抖动引起不稳定度小于±1.6%的高稳定的中红外窄线宽激光输出.该研究结果可为设计和研制多波长窄线宽中红外光源提供参考.     

基于F-P标准具的固体激光可调线宽控制技术

钠导星激光研制需激光线宽在一定范围内可调节。开展了F-P标准具压窄线宽数值模拟,设计一台高光束质量基横模线偏振激光输出全固态1064 nm激光器作为实验装置,结合激光器输出光谱特性进行计算。根据计算结果采用不同规格的单标准具、组合双标准具实现了激光线宽在0.75 ~2.83 GHz范围内的离散调节控制。在标准具未控温情况下,不同线宽时激光中心波长保持1064.58 nm,30 min内波长漂移量小于3 pm。     

大功率多波长可转换双包层光纤激光器

在多模掺镱双包层光纤上,利用相位掩模法直接写制Bragg光栅作为激光器后腔镜,得到多波长激光输出.在室温下,通过调节偏振控制器可以得到稳定的单波长及多波长的激光输出,输出波长范围在1 056～1 061 nm,线宽均小于0.02 nm.在25 W的976 nm激光泵浦下,激光器得到功率为6 W的多波长输出.     

光纤放大器受激布里渊散射效应抑制

提出了一种多波长窄线宽光纤放大器,其种子光由多个单频激光耦合而成,所有单频激光波长几乎相等（波长间隔小于1 nm）,频率间隔大于两倍布里渊频移。建立了此类多波长窄线宽光纤放大器的完整理论模型,分析了放大器中受激布里渊散射（SBS）与种子数目的关系。搭建了双波长和三波长窄线宽光纤放大器,进行SBS阈值输出功率测定实验。实验结果与理论模拟结果基本一致,验证了理论模型的合理性;双波长和三波长放大可以有效抑制SBS效应,大幅提高放大器输出功率。     

1570 nm和1548 nm双波长单频掺饵光纤激光器

针对高精度相干激光探测需求,提出了一种基于环形腔结构的双波长单频输出掺饵光纤激光器。该激光器使用未泵浦的掺饵光纤作为可饱和吸收体,结合标准具结构的光纤法布里-珀罗滤波器和光纤布拉格光栅,实现1 570 nm和1 548 nm附近的双波长单频激光输出,其中心波长分别为1 569.97 nm和1 548.06 nm,光信噪比分别达到58 dB和55 dB。通过在100 min内对输出激光光谱和功率的连续数据采集,得到输出功率波动分别为0.01 dB和0.02 dB,且光谱仪上始终未见输出激光光谱中心波长变化,表明输出激光具有良好的工作稳定性。采用延时非零自外差法测量了输出激光的线宽,测得1 570 nm处激光线宽约为230.2 Hz,1 548 nm处线宽约为223.6 Hz。     

宽带可调谐单频窄线宽光纤激光器

设计出一种集可调谐带通滤波器、高精度环形滤波器和光纤环形镜于一体的全光纤复合腔结构可调谐单频窄线宽光纤激光器。采用980 nm半导体激光器作为抽运源,掺镱光纤在谐振腔内分别作为增益介质和可饱和吸收体,成功实现波长为1030～1090 nm稳定的宽谱可调谐单频窄线宽激光输出。当抽运光的抽运功率为300 mW时,在波长为1070 nm处得到的输出功率最大,为18.5 mW,斜率效率达到7.95%,持续1 h内没有出现跳模现象,功率不稳定性小于1%;当抽运功率为200 mW时,利用延迟自外差法测量线宽,得到波长调谐范围内的平均线宽为8.7 kHz,弛豫振荡频率为64 kHz。     

基于全息聚合物分散液晶的有机二维光子晶体激光器的研究

采用一次性曝光光路制备了基于全息聚合物分散液晶的亚微米周期染料掺杂二维光子晶体,晶格常数为582nm.选取4-(二氰亚甲基)-2-甲基-6-(4-二甲氨基苯乙烯基)-4H-吡喃作为激光染料,利用输出波长为532nm的Nd:YAG倍频脉冲激光器作为抽运光源对染料掺杂二维光子晶体进行抽运,得到了中心波长为627.4nm的窄线宽、低阈值的输出激光,激光线宽为0.4nm,阈值能量约为22.7 μJ.与目前国外的报道相比,激光线宽和阈值能量都有了很大幅度的降低.将其与基于一维光栅的分布反馈式激光器相比,线宽从1.4 关键词： 全息聚合物分散液晶 二维光子晶体激光器 带隙结构 阈值能量     

双波长窄线宽光纤光栅环形腔激光器

本文报道了光纤光栅用作反射镜的双波长窄线宽掺铒光纤双端输出的环形腔激光器,其输出功率分别为3.65dBm和2.44dBm,各端口波长间的抑制比分别达到32dB和40dB,二者线宽均为0.1nm。     

A tunable picosecond IR laser generating multi-megawatt pulses in the range 3–8 m

We describe a versatile infrared laser system capable of generating picosecond pulses continuously tunable over the wavelength range 3.3–8.4 μm, with peak powers of 1–20 MW. The IR pulse duration is ～1.3 ps with a time-bandwidth product of ～0.3. The system uses stimulated electronic Raman scattering (SERS) in caesium vapour to shift the frequency of a picosecond dye laser into the infrared. The quantum efficiency of the Raman conversion process exceeds 40% over almost the entire tuning range. This technique can be extended to other tuning ranges in the IR by using different atomic vapours and SERS transitions.     

皮秒级时间分辨超快高能脉冲激光光谱

介绍了一种利用光电摄谱法和条纹管相结合测量ps级时间分辨超快高能脉冲激光光谱的方法。论述了条纹相机工作原理和平面衍射光栅的分光原理,分析指出利用介绍的装置,可以实现波长300 nm ～1 600 nm、脉宽＞2 ps超快高能脉冲激光的光谱测量。采用1 054 nm超快高能脉冲激光器,实验得到了条纹像,对条纹像进行数据处理后得到测量光谱曲线,通过能量标定后,得到了超快高能脉冲激光器实际光谱曲线,验证了ps级时间分辨超快高能脉冲激光光谱方法。讨论了系统中耦合透镜组对光谱测量和光纤色散角对条纹图像的影响,论述了ps级时间分辨超快高能脉冲激光光谱的作用。随着条纹管制造技术的飞速发展,该方法可用于fs级激光光谱的测量。     

A 45-μJ, 10-kHz,burst-mode picosecond optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped at a second harmonic cavity

A novel high-energy picosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) was realized by placing an OPO in a second-harmonic (SH) cavity. In a proof-of-principle experiment, we demonstrated excellent burst energy of 45 μJ for the OPO signal at 900 nm that operates at a pulse repetition rate of 10 kHz and a pulse width of 46.8 ps. The beam quality was measured as $M^{2}_{x} = 1.44$ and $M^{2}_{y} = 1.40$ in the orthogonal directions, corresponding to an average beam factor $M^{2} = 1.42$. So far, this study is the first to investigate high-energy ps OPO synchronously pumped in a second-harmonic cavity.     

基于MgO:QPLN的多光参量振荡器电场调谐特性理论与实验研究

报道了基于掺氧化镁准周期极化铌酸锂(MgO:QPLN)的多光参量振荡器电场调谐特性理论与实验研究. 通过对电场调谐能力与极化结构参数间关联性的理论分析, 确定了高正负晶畴比MgO:QPLN电场调谐的可行性, 并模拟得到跨周期参量光输出波长与加载电压的关系曲线. 实验中通过对MgO:QPLN有效的电场加载, 实现了3.84 μm波段参量光的电场调谐, 频谱调谐带宽约6 nm, 调谐速率接近1 nm/kV, 进一步结合温度调谐, 实现了参量光宽谱段高精度的连续调谐. 所获得实验结果与理论模拟结果基本符合, 电场调谐在精度控制、快速响应方面相比于传统温度调谐更具技术优势.     

Non-critically phase-matched,Ti:Sapphire-pumped picosecond optical parametric oscillator using LiB3O5

We report a new source of high-repetition rate and widely tunable picosecond pulses for the near infrared. A singly resonant, cw, picosecond optical parametric oscillator based on temperature-tuned LiB₃O₅ and synchronously pumped by 1.8 ps pulses from a self-mode-locked Ti:Sapphire laser is demonstrated. The oscillator can provide average output powers of up to 90 mW under non-critical type-I phase matching at a pulse repetition rate of 81 MHz. Without dispersion compensation, transform-limited signal pulses with 720 fs durations have been generated at 1.2 times threshold. With the available mirror set, signal tuning over 1.374–1.530 µm and idler tuning over 1.676–1.828 µm is demonstrated for a range of pump wavelengths and phase-matching temperatures. With additional mirrors, continuous tuning throughout 1–2.7 µm should be readily attainable with a single LiB₃O₅ crystal.     

Colliding pulse mode-locked Nd: YLF laser with negative feedback control by GaAs Photoconductive switch

A picosecond colliding pulse mode-locked Nd: YLF laser with negative feedback provided by GaAs photoconductive switch was described. Optical pulse with～4ps duration, 10μJ energy and about 7μs long pulse train were generated.     

Picosecond mid-infrared optical parametric amplifier based on the wide-bandgap GaS(0.4)Se(0.6) pumped by a Nd:YAG laser system at 1064 nm

Operation of a GaS(0.4)Se(0.6) optical parametric amplifier is demonstrated with a 5-11 μm idler tuning range, maximum energies of ～10 μJ for sub-30-ps pulse durations, and performance ～3 times better than with pure GaSe.     

Flexible pulses from carbon nanotubes mode-locked fiber laser

We demonstrate a flexible erbium-doped pulsed fiber laser which achieves the wavelength and pulse width tuning by adjusting an intracavity filter. The intracavity filter is flexible to achieve any of the different wavelengths and bandwidths in the tuning range. The wavelength and width of pulse can be tuned in a range of ~ 20 nm and from ~0.8 ps to 87 ps,respectively. The flexible pulsed fiber laser can be accurately controlled, which is insensitive to environmental disturbance.     

Widely repetition-tunable 200 fs pulse source using a Mach-Zehnder-modulator-based flat comb generator and dispersion-flattened dispersion-decreasing fiber

By combining a Mach-Zehnder-modulator-based flat comb generator (MZ-FCG) with a dispersion-flattened dispersion-decreasing fiber, femtosecond pulses have been generated from a cw light. Near-Fourier-transform-limit picosecond pulses generated from the MZ-FCG were compressed into femtosecond order by pulse compression. Our system enables flexible tuning of the repetition rate and pulse width, because those depend on the driving signal of the MZ-FCG. Pulse trains of 200 fs width were continuously and stably generated without mode hopping, with a repetition rate range from 5 to 17 GHz. Our system consists of a modulator and compression fiber; thus, the configuration is simpler and more stable.     

周期极化掺镁铌酸锂光学参量振荡器时域特性的实验研究

分别采用MOTORULA公司的硅基光电二极管探测器和JUDSON公司的InGaAs光电二极管探测器对泵浦光和信号光的脉宽进行了测量.研究了极化周期、工作温度以及抽运功率与周期极化掺镁铌酸锂光学参量振荡器输出的信号光脉冲宽度的作用关系.实验采用LD端面抽运的声光调Q Nd∶YVO4激光器作为抽运源,在晶体温度为30 ℃、极化周期为29.5 μm条件下,当抽运功率为1 008 mW时,获得了平均功率为238 mW的信号光输出,其光-光转换效率为23.6%,最窄脉冲宽度约为9.3 ns,相对抽运光脉宽被明显压窄.