Simulation analysis of one-stage C+L-band erbium-doped fiber ASE source with double-pass bi-directional pumping configuration

A new technique to generate a C+L-band flat amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) source in one-stage erbium-doped fiber (EDF) using bi-directional pumping configuration is analyzed. The simulation results show that the key point of obtaining flat C+L-band ASE spectrum in one-stage EDF is using a laser diode operated at 980 nm as backward pump source. ASE source with nearly 80-nm bandwidth can be obtained by means of selecting suitable fiber length and properly adjusting the ratio of forward to backward pump power.     

芯泵浦高功率宽带谱平坦长波段光纤光源

为了获得高功率、宽带宽及谱平坦的长波段掺铒光纤光源,基于2级双程芯泵浦,应用偏振复用技术实现泵浦瓦级供给,在泵浦总功率和光纤总长度都不变的情况下,数值分析了4种光源结构的输出特性受泵浦和光纤分配比例的影响。结果表明,4种结构基本都能工作于L波段（1 565 nm~1 610 nm）,带宽受结构影响较小,但只有双程后向+双程后向结构可同时拥有高输出功率和高平坦度。其在总泵浦功率750 mW,第一级泵浦功率为300 mW,第二级泵浦功率为450 mW时,和光纤总长度21 m,第一级光纤长度为18 m,第二级光纤长度为3 m时,可实现输出功率314 mW,带宽32.41 nm,中心波长1 584.84 nm,平坦度2.23 dB的L波段超荧光光源。     

L波段高掺铒光纤超荧光光源

采用半导体激光二极管泵浦12cm长高掺铒光纤,在双程前向装置中,获得了10.8mW最大超荧光输出功率,斜率效率10.6%,在1553.1~1588.6nm接近36nm的范围内,功率抖动小于0.2dBm。作为比较,在相同实验条件下泵浦10cm长的高掺铒光纤,结果显示输出光谱带宽明显下降,C波段的放大自发辐射远大于L波段的,由此也证明了L波段的放大自发辐射是由C波段的放大自发辐射泵浦产生的。     

基于掺铒光子晶体光纤超荧光光源的实验研究

为了改进传统掺铒光纤超荧光光源的输出稳定性,提出基于掺铒光子晶体光纤的超荧光光源。构建了单程后向结构掺铒光子晶体光纤超荧光光源,研究了这种新型光源的输出特性。分析了掺铒光子晶平均波长体光纤长度和抽运功率对光源输出功率、光谱谱宽和平均波长的影响。结果表明,通过优化选取光纤长度28m和抽运功率220mW,获得了单程后向结构超荧光光源输出如下:输出功率45.74mW、光-光转换效率20.79%、谱宽31.5nm和平均波长1548.003nm。该实验结果为进一步研究掺铒光子晶体光纤超荧光光源在不同环境下的稳定性奠定了基础。     

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。     

Single-transverse-mode 2.5-W holmium-doped fluoride fiber laser operating at 2.86 microm

A high-power tandem-pumped Ho3+, Pr3+-doped ZBLAN fiber laser is demonstrated. Using the free-running 1100-nm output from a diode-cladding-pumped Yb3+-doped silica fiber laser as the pump source, a maximum output power of 2.5 W was generated at a slope efficiency of 29% after the threshold of approximately 30 mW was reached. Saturation of the output is avoided with Pr3+ codoping, which allows single-transition output. The center wavelength of the output was 2.86 microm and the bandwidth at maximum power was approximately 15 nm.     

掺铒光纤超荧光光源平均波长温度稳定性实验研究

研究了掺铒光纤超荧光光源平均波长温度稳定性与光源结构和泵浦功率的关系,分析了不同结构和泵浦功率情况下平均波长随温度变化的原因.通过改变光源的结构和泵浦功率,改善了光源的输出光谱形状和吸收发射特性,从而改善了平均波长的温度稳定性.满足一定参量条件的双程后向结构光源,平均波长全温稳定性可达到1 ppm/℃,比目前实测的10 ppm/℃高将近10倍,且输出功率高而稳定.     

双后向结构的线宽拓展L波段超荧光光源

报道了采用两级级联双后向抽运的光源结构,实现高效率和线宽拓展的L波段掺铒光纤超荧光光源.通过数值模拟,研究了两级光纤长度分配和抽运功率比例对光源输出特性的影响.模拟表明,该结构可获得线宽拓展的平坦L波段光谱,相比常规L波段光谱线宽拓展了15 nm,达近60 nm.此外,抽运功率比例为1∶1时该结构的抽运转换效率最高.利...     

Broadband Light Source for Wavelength-Division Multiple Access Passive Optical Network

We demonstrated a unified two-band broadband light source based on erbium-doped fiber. The proposed scheme generates high output power at both bands and saves doped-fiber and pump lasers.     

Self-excited brillouin–erbium fiber laser for DWDM applications

The operation of the self-excited Brillouin/erbium fiber laser (BEFL) is experimentally demonstrated. It uses a forward pumped erbium-doped fiber (EDF) as a gain medium to generate a Brillouin-pump (BP) and amplify the Stokes frequency signals generated in a single-mode fiber (SMF). The operating wavelength varies with changes of coupling ratio of the looping arm. The optimum BEFL operation is obtained with a center wavelength at 1567.5 nm by looping back 20% of BEFL output into the other end of the SMF. The BEFL output power and number of lines increases gradually as 980-nm pump power increases. At the maximum 980-nm pump power of 118 mW, a stable and strong BEFL comb of up to 16 lines with 11 GHz spacing is demonstrated. The self-excited BEFL has the potential to be used in the future dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) communication system.     

大功率高效率掺铒超荧光光纤光源及其应用

采用光纤反射环镜和双程后向结构,得到了最大输出功率30.6 mW、光光转换效率42.0%的大功率、高效率全光纤掺铒超荧光光源（SFS）.利用串接光纤光栅（FBG）和光纤型F-P腔,对其进行光谱分割,得到了稳定的多波长输出.实验结果和探讨对光谱分割多波长光源的研制具有指导意义.     

Mid-IR Dual-Wavelength Difference Frequency Generation Using Fiber Lasers as Pump and Signal Light Sources

A continuous-wave mid-IR difference frequency laser source, which respectively uses an ytterbium-doped fiber laser as the pump source and a multiwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser cascaded with an erbium-doped fiber amplifier as the signal source, is demonstrated. Our experimental results show that two stable mid-IR radiation lines with a spacing of about 5.4nm may be simultaneously emitted by a suitable setting the pump and signal polarization orientations. The number of the mid-IR radiation lines is limited by the quasi-phase-matching acceptance bandwidth. By changing the PPMgLN temperature the two mid-IR radiation lines may be synchronously tuned in the mid-IR range between 3295 and 3356.3nm.     

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.     

Characteristics of stable L-band SFS using dual-forward synchronous pumping technique

We investigate the characteristics of the dual-forward synchronously pumped L-band erbium-doped su- perfiuorescent fiber source （SFS）. The effects of pump ratio and fiber length arrangements on the output characteristics of the L-band SFS in terms of mean wavelength, spectral linewidth, and output power are analyzed. It is shown that the optimized pump ratio and fiber length arrangements provide broadening spectral linewidth and enhanced pumping efficiency, while the synchronous pump ensures stable mean wavelength operation. A new single-forward pumping scheme with a section of unpumped fiber is pro- posed to achieve a mean wavelength stable L-band SFS with a broadening linewidth of 50.4 nm and a pumping efficiency of 33.5%.     

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。     

中红外超连续谱在氟化物光纤中的产生

为获得高功率全光纤中红外超连续谱,采用自制的掺Er锁模光纤激光器作为种子源,激光经过两级放大至1.67W,泵浦氟化物光纤,获得光谱覆盖1000~2400nm的超连续光谱;光谱宽度随着泵浦功率的增加而展宽,当输出功率达到1.21W时,转换效率为72%,并且产生的超连续谱被强烈的调制,在多个波长点处谱功率密度调制到0mW/nm,但调制波长与泵浦功率无关。     

Emission Dependence on Length in a 1.48-mum Pumped Erbium-Doped Laser with an All-Fiber Configuration

We report a study on the main features of a 1.48-mum pumped erbium-doped fiber laser, such as threshold pump power, output power, and slope efficiency. In particular we have focused on its dependence on active fiber length. We employed an all-fiber laser configuration, which included mirrors directly coated onto the polished fiber endfaces. Launched pump power and laser output power were introduced and extracted, respectively, from the laser cavity by means of couplers. Our measure ments show the existence of an optimum erbium-doped fiber length, where threshold power reaches minimum and output power maximum.     

Demonstration of multi-Watt all-fiber superfluorescent source operating near 980 nm

The superfluorescent Yb-doped fiber source operating near 980 nm is studied. The design requirement is theoretically discussed aiming to suppress the amplified spontaneous emission around 1030 nm in the 980-nm superfluorescent fiber source. Based on the theoretical study, a multi-Watt, all-fiber, bi-directional, pumped, superfluorescent source operating near 980 nm is designed and experimentally demonstrated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. The recorded 8.38-W combined output power is obtained with a 3-dB bandwidth about 3.5 nm. The power scaling of the 980-nm superfluorescent fiber source is limited by the parasitic laser oscillation.     

Single-longitudinal-mode erbium-doped fiber laser based on a fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot filter

A novel single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) erbium-doped fiber laser with a simple linear cavity based on a fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot filter (FBG-FPF) and a narrowband (～0.06 nm) FBG is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. Two uniform FBGs form the FBG-FPF, which has two ultranarrow transmission bands with a bandwidth of 0.12 pm and a wavelength spacing of 0.095 nm. By slightly tuning the central wavelength of the narrowband FBG, SLM lasing at 1549.658 or 1549.563 nm (corresponding to the two transmission peaks of the FBG-FPF) is achieved with a laser output power of ～4 mW, when the pump power is ～75 mW.     

Amplified spontaneous emission properties of a single mode Er3+-doped tellurite fiber

Spectral characteristics of the amplified spontaneous emission(ASE)from a novel single mode Er3+ doped tellurite fiber with D-type cladding is reported in this letter.When pumped at 980 nm,an ASE source that has nearly a 100-nm flat FWHM bandwidth is obtained with a fiber length of 30-60 cm. Variation of ASE spectra with pump powers and fiber lengths are measured.Output power up to 2.0 mW is obtained with a launched pump power of 660 mW.