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。     

新颖的双通道输出高功率掺铒光纤宽带光源

在分析L波段放大自发辐射(ASE)谱产生原理的基础上,设计出一种新颖的双级结构掺铒光纤ASE宽带光源,该光源可在两个端口分别输出高功率的C波段和L波段的ASE谱.设计将C波段ASE谱注入到掺铒光纤中作为L波段ASE谱的二次抽运源,使得L波段ASE谱功率得到了有效提高.优化光源结构参量后从两个端口分别获得了12.97 dBm和12.81 dBm的C波段和L波段ASE宽带谱.将两个输出端口组合得到了功率为15.9 dBm,泵浦转换效率达到21.6%的C+L波段超宽带ASE光源.     

基于铋基和硅基掺铒光纤联合的超宽带ASE光源

提出了并实验演示了利用247 cm新型铋基掺铒光纤和10 m传统硅基掺铒光纤联合作为增益介质、采用双向泵浦结构的超宽带放大自发辐射光源.分析了其物理机理,并与其它不同形式的结构,包括已报道的类似结构,做了实验比较和理论分析.在低于240 mW的总泵浦功率和没有使用任何外部谱平坦滤波器的情况下,通过优化传统硅基掺铒光纤长度和两泵浦源的功率,获得了96 nm（1 522 nm～1 618 nm）的波长范围（大于－20dBm/2nm功率密度时）和超过11dBm的总输出功率,该ASE光源的－10dB带宽超过了87nm,其谱的峰值功率密度达到了－2.5 dBm/2 nm.     

基于铋基和硅基掺铒光纤联合的超宽带ASE光源

提出了并实验演示了利用247 cm新型铋基掺铒光纤和10 m传统硅基掺铒光纤联合作为增益介质、采用双向泵浦结构的超宽带放大自发辐射光源.分析了其物理机理,并与其它不同形式的结构,包括已报道的类似结构,做了实验比较和理论分析.在低于240 mW的总泵浦功率和没有使用任何外部谱平坦滤波器的情况下,通过优化传统硅基掺铒光纤长度和两泵浦源的功率,获得了96 nm(1 522 nm～1 618 nm)的波长范围(大于-20 dBm/2 nm功率密度时)和超过11dBm的总输出功率,该ASE光源的-10 dB带宽超过了87 nm,其谱的峰值功率密度达到了-2.5 dBm/2 nm.     

石英基L波段扩展掺铒光纤及其放大性能

掺铒光纤放大器的增益带宽是限制光纤通信系统传输容量提升的重要因素.受铒离子激发态吸收所限,常规L波段掺铒光纤难以实现更长波段的带宽扩展.本文基于改进的化学气相沉积工艺成功制备了P/Al共掺石英基L波段扩展掺铒光纤,研究了共掺离子对于铒离子4I13/2能级到4I9/2能级激发态吸收的影响.通过分别搭建单级前向泵浦和多级的放大结构,测试了其宽带放大性能.基于前向980 nm泵浦的单级结构,当输入信号功率为–9 dBm,泵浦功率为530 mW时,该光纤在1625.3 nm处增益达10.5 dB,最大噪声指数为5.9 dB.多级放大结构下,该光纤在1625.3 nm处增益可达23.4 dB.实验结果表明P/Al共掺石英基掺铒光纤可以有效抑制铒离子的激发态吸收,为进一步扩展L波段增益带宽提供了强有力的可行方案.     

新颖的高功率L-波段掺铒光纤超荧光光源

研究了L-波段超荧光在光纤中的产生机理,设计了一种带光纤圈反射器的双级双程前向输出L-波段光源结构,通过对两级采用掺铒浓度不同的光纤并优化其长度及两级泵浦光功率,实验中获得了功率高达19.86mW(12.98dBm)、中心波长为1577.421nm的L-波段(1555-1620nm)超荧光光源。实现了低浓度掺铒光纤起诱导光及改善光谱的作用,高浓度光纤为主要发光源,采用光纤圈反射器提高了泵浦光的利用效率、光源的平坦度及稳定性。同时分析了结构中各个参量对光源各方面性能的影响,对光源的设计具有指导意义。     

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。     

辅腔泵浦高功率铒镱共掺光纤激光器实验研究

铒镱共掺光纤激光器的功率提高主要受热效应和镱波段放大的自发辐射的限制。为了提高铒镱共掺光纤激光器的输出功率,设计了液冷散热结构并采用辅腔泵浦法进行实验研究。结果表明,采用2.1 m长的大模面积铒镱共掺双包层光纤时,在47.5 W的泵浦功率下得到了波长为1 548.9 nm、最高功率为21.6 W的输出,综合泵浦转化效率为45.7%;辅助腔中镱波段振荡建立前后的斜率效率分别为48.4%和56.2%。     

一种高功率掺铒光纤超荧光光源

通过优化掺铒光纤各种参量,用一个980 nm激光二极管作抽运源,采用单程结构,在一根光纤后向获得功率高达31.74 mW(15.02 dBm)的C-波段ASE输出的同时,其前向得到了功率为10.14 mW(10.06 dBm)的L-波段ASE输出.通过简单连接组合可得到输出覆盖C＋L波段(1525~1620 nm)功率＞36 mW的掺铒光纤宽带光源.     

一种结构新颖的L波段掺铒光纤激光器

提出了一种结构新颖的L波段环形腔掺铒光纤激光器。用掺铒光纤作为增益介,采用980nm激光器作为前向抽运源,利用起偏器和偏振控制器获得L波段激光,利用光环形器将后向的放大自发辐射再引入铒光纤的前端,重复利用。当抽运功率为103mW时得到了阈值功率约为23．87mW,输出功率达6．34mW的激光输出,斜率效率约为8．05％,与没有重复利用后向放大自发辐射谱的掺铒光纤激光器做比较,该结构对L波段掺铒光纤激光器的性能有明显的提升作用。对于长度不合适的铒纤,在没有重复利用后向放大自发辐射谱时没有获得激光输出;而在利用后向放大自发辐射后,在阈值功率约为88mW时得到了激光输出,从而很好地证明了上述结论。     

Enhancement of pump conversion efficiency in preamplified L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

A new configuration of L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) is presented here. The system contains a double-pass L-band EDFA and an optical preamplifier. Different from conventional preamplified double-pass L-band EDFA systems in which only the forward ASE of the preamplifier is re-used as an auxiliary pump, the new system recycles the backward ASE of the preamplifier as well. Two kinds of main L-band EDFAs are studied, both of which include a section of un-pumped erbium-doped fiber placed in a loop reflector. An improvement of up to 110% in pump conversion efficiency is demonstrated with the proposed recycling of the backward ASE, with respect to the system without recycling.     

低噪声、高增益的L -band EDFA的实验研究

针对传统的L-band EDFA的工作效率低,提出了一种基于单根光纤光栅、泵浦分配、两段级联的EDFA的新结构,其中的光纤光栅用来反射无用的后向C-band ASE.系统地研究了泵浦比例和光纤光栅波长对增益噪声指数的影响关系.最后经实验验证,得到了低噪声、高增益的L-band的EDFA.其在输入信号光（1570 nm）功率为-30 dBm及泵浦功率为70 mW时,增益为22.26 dB,增益噪声指数为4.96 dB.     

Characteristic comparison of single-pumped L-band erbium-doped fiber amplified spontaneous emission sources

We experimentally investigate the single-pumped L-band (1570–1610 nm) erbium-doped fiber amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) source in four configurations with single-pass forward, single-pass backward, double-pass forward (DPF), and double-pass backward structures. The characteristics are examined and compared in terms of the output power, mean wavelength, spectral linewidth, and pumping conversion efficiency. Among them, only DPF configuration is satisfied, and other configurations are intrinsically hard to be an L-band ASE source for applications. Such results are significantly different as compared with their corresponding C-band counterparts.     

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...     

A dual pumped double-pass L-band EDFA with high gain and low noise

This paper presents an efficient pumping scheme for L-band erbium-doped fiber (EDFA) amplifier to reach high gain and low noise performance in a double-pass configuration. The main L-band amplifier is composed of two sections of EDFs. A 980 nm and a 1480 nm pump lasers are used to pump the first section of EDF bi-directionally. The generated backward C-band amplified spontaneous emission noise from this EDF is used to pump a subsequent un-pumped section of EDF. In the double-pass scheme, a narrow-band fiber Bragg grating at each channel wavelength is used to back-reflect the L-band signal to make it amplified twice by the pair of EDFs. Compared with its conventional counterpart, this new double-pass configuration provides a lower noise figure and a higher gain. The pump conversion efficiency can be improved by more than 50% in a 3-channel demonstration by using the proposed configuration.     

High-power flat L-band erbium-doped fiber ASE source using dual forward-pumping scheme

We experimentally investigate a high output power L-band (1565–1605 nm) erbium-doped fiber amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) source using dual forward-pumping configuration. Such configuration allows high pumping-power operation and enhances the pumping efficiency. The high pumping efficiency of 36.1% is achieved for such ASE source with a mirror reflectance of 30%. The output power of about 72.2 mW and a linewidth of 40.8 nm with a power ripple of 0.7 dB are obtained without using any external spectral filters.     

High gain double-pass L-band EDFA with dispersion compensation as feedback loop

We demonstrate an efficient double-pass L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) incorporating chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG). The amplifier structure exploits the characteristics of CFBG to reflect the amplified signal back into the gain medium, filter out the recycled forward amplified spontaneous emission and block the residual 1480 nm pump power. The amplifier configuration has high gain and low noise figures as compared to double-pass EDFA using broadband mirror. The demonstrated amplifier has gain of more than 48 dB and low noise figure of less than 4 dB at low input signal power of −40 dBm.