单片集成两段式双波长分布反馈半导体激光器

双波长激光器腔内模式竞争激烈，因此输出模式的稳定性是双波长激光器的关键参数。从降低双波长激光器中两个主模之间的功率差、提高边模抑制比出发，设计了集成反射区的两段式双波长分布反馈半导体激光器。利用传输矩阵法对激光器的光栅结构进行仿真，分析了反射区光栅对激光器的阈值、主模功率差等参数的影响。根据仿真优化的结果，制作了单片集成两段式双波长分布反馈半导体激光器芯片并进行了测试。测试结果表明两段式结构能够提高双波长激光器的稳定性和边模抑制比，减小两个主模的功率差。在稳定工作的情况下，两个主模功率差可达0.3 dB，边模抑制比大于35 dB。     

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：     

弱耦合光纤光栅外腔半导体激光器

报道作者对单频窄宽光纤光栅外腔半导体激光器的一些研究结果。理论上分析了外腔的引入对激光器的阈值增益和光谱线宽的影响，实验上用自行研制的光纤布拉格反射滤波器（ＦＢＲ）与普通多纵模半导体激光耦合，在１．５５μｍ波段，得到边模抑制比大于２５ｄＢ，线宽小于６０ｋＨｚ的激光输出。     

含负克尔效应半导体可饱和吸收镜的五镜腔飞秒钛宝石激光器的理论分析

基于半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)的负克尔效应，对含SESAM的五镜腔进行了理论计算和分析.结果表明，由于SESAM的负克尔效应，与没有SESAM的相比，锁模激光器的稳区在上稳区的内边缘有明显扩展，这使得激光器锁模启动的工作点更加靠近直流运转时的稳区边缘，从而获得更大的非线性因子.这说明SESAM的可饱和吸收机理具有锁模自启动效应外，其负克尔效应也有助于锁模的自启动. 关键词： 半导体可饱和吸收镜 负克尔效应 五镜腔     

光注入半导体激光器产生可调谐高频微波

利用光注入半导体激光器产生的单周期振荡,实验获得了61—129 GHz范围内频率连续可调的微波光信号.同时利用半导体激光器速率方程,对光注入半导体激光器产生高频微波进行了数值模拟.模拟和实验结果均表明微波信号产生于注入光和激光器腔模之间的拍频现象,其频率随着注入光强度和波长失谐的增大而增大,模拟结果预测该方法可以产生频率大于40 GHz的高频微波. 关键词： 光通信 光生微波 拍频 半导体激光器     

低温下半导体激光器注入锁定产生的可调谐压缩光

利用钛宝石激光器注入锁定低温（80K）下的半导体激光器获得了低于散粒噪声极声1.1dB、调谐范围为13GHz的强度压缩光,并且在实验上与光栅反馈所产生的强度压缩光进行了比较。     

激光自混频干涉效应中相位噪声的测量

本文研究了半导体激光器的自混频干涉效应,使用法布里-珀罗腔将输入场的相位噪声转换为强度噪声,完成了不同反馈以及不同外部距离下相位噪声的测量,并与自由运转时量子阱半导体激光器的相位噪声进行了比较.理论与实验基本一致.     

半导体激光器低频噪声的Lyapunov指数计算和混沌状态判定

根据小波变换和混沌噪声理论,对半导体激光器低频噪声进行了实验和理论分析.应用相轨迹、功率谱、Lyapunov指数、关联维等方法,探讨了噪声混沌模型的可行性.实验证明半导体激光器低频噪声具有混沌特性.在理论上分析了产生混沌的原因,为研究其可靠性提供了理论基础. 关键词： 混沌 Lyapunov指数 小波变换 低频噪声     

980nm单模运转未镀增透膜光纤光栅激光器

提出了一种工艺简单的980nm未镀增透膜的光纤光栅外腔半导体激光器。首先从理论上分析了边模抑制比(SMSR)与激光二极管前表面反射率R2、外腔长Lext和激光二极管一光纤耦合效率之间的关系,得出边模抑制比随R2和Lext的增大而减小,而随着激光二极管一光纤的耦合效率的提高而增大。从计算结果中还可以看出,即使半导体激光器不镀增透膜(R2=0．3时)。在其它参量合适的情况下,边模抑制比仍可大于40dB。然后,对其进行实验验证。在半导体激光器未镀模的情况下,选择光纤光栅发射率为0．5,外腔长为12．5cm,输人电流为28．8mA(约为阈值电流的2．4倍)时,通过仔细调节恒温、恒流电路,实现了边模抑制比高于40dB的稳定的单纵模输出,外腔激光器的线宽优于1．6MHz。     

减反膜外腔半导体激光器特性的研究

研究了镀减反膜GaAs半导体激光器在Littrow 式外腔结构中的输出特性.采用电流补偿技术,得到了约30 GHz的连续无跳模调谐范围.利用外差拍探测技术获得激光器输出线宽约为120 kHz.还研究了激光器的强度噪声分别随着电流与波长变化的特点并对此进行了分析.该类激光器可以广泛应用在冷原子物理、激光光谱以及量子光学等许多领域. 关键词： 减反膜 半导体激光器 线宽 强度噪声     

High frequency intensity noise spectra of axial mode groups in the radiation from CW GaAIAs diode lasers

The dependence of the intrinsic random intensity noise spectrum of the radiation from CW DH GaAIAs diode multimode lasers on optical wavelength has been investigated for the first time in a wide frequency range 30 MHz to 3 GHz. It was generally observed, that a lasing mode which is optically isolated from the rest of the radiation, shows much stronger intensity fluctuations as compared to the fluctuations of the total output, particularly in the frequency range below the intrinsic natural resonance frequency of the laser. The magnitude of the fluctuations decreases when the number of modes in the detected radiation increases. Our experimental results are compared to computer solutions which were obtained with a simple, analytical laser noise model. Good qualitative agreement between theory and experiment is demonstrated.     

Dynamics of lateral modes in broad aperture injection lasers

The dynamics of optical filaments in broad aperture semiconductor lasers was studied. We use the model where one longitudinal mode is taken into account. The spectrum and the instabilities of lateral modes joined with the above mentioned longitudinal mode were investigated. The structures arise due to instability of various number of lateral modes. On the background of these modes we found a new type of modulation with a frequency depending on the laser aperture width. This frequency is smaller than the electron-photon resonance one. The existence of the modulation was confirmed by experimental investigations of broad aperture laser noise spectra.     

Polarization switching in a quasi-isotropic microchip Nd:YAG laser induced by optical feedback

This paper demonstrates the influence of external optical feedback on the polarization state of longitudinal modes in quasi-isotropic microchip Nd:YAG lasers. Under optical feedback, the polarization state of longitudinal modes in quasi-isotropic lasers relies strongly on the intracavity anisotropy loss and mode competition. When the intracavity anisotropy loss is small, external optical feedback can cause polarization switching and strong mode competition between two orthogonal linearly polarized eigenstates of one laser longitudinal mode, which leads to the distortion of laser intensity modulation waveform. The polarization switching is independent of the initial external cavity length. By increasing the intracavity anisotropy loss, one polarization eigenstate can be suppressed and the laser works in single-polarization state. A theoretical analysis based on the compound cavity model is presented, which is in good agreement with the experimental results. The results offer guidance to the development of laser feedback interferometers.     

Analysis on DFB laser diode with main and multiple side modes injection-locked

One distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode with main and multiple side modes injection-locked is proposed and demonstrated. DFB laser diode can be successfully injection-locked not only in the main mode but also in the side modes. The side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) value of each injection-locked mode is enhanced, thereby, it can be a promising candidate for the use of multiple optical sources. Our proposed scheme has the potential to be used as optical sources for radio-on-wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transport systems to provide multiple services.     

Line shapes of near-infrared DFB and VCSEL diode lasers under the influence of system back reflections

Laser diode line widths and line shapes are experimentally investigated in dependence on the diode current and on back reflections from an optical system. Four distributed-feedback (DFB)-type diode lasers and two vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) have been tested within the same optical setup and using the same fitting methods. System back reflection ratios of light reflected back to the laser have been varied between ?1?dB and ?45?dB and were below ?60?dB when all reflections were blocked. The background of this investigation is the evaluation of different laser types with respect to their suitability for sensor applications in which optical back reflections may occur, for example tunable diode-laser spectroscopy (TDLS). While DFB-type lasers showed almost pure Lorentzian line shapes and line widths of a few MHz, the tested VCSELs had a strong Gaussian contribution to the line shape, indicating stronger 1/f noise, which was also observed in the relative intensity noise of these particular lasers. System reflection ratios above ?25?dB had strong effects on the line width in both DFB diode lasers and VCSELs, while some influences have been observed at even lower reflection ratios for DFB diode lasers. As much smaller reflection ratios are typically required in TDLS systems to avoid etalon-like fringes and self-mixing interference effects, we conclude that the influence on the line width is not the most important reason to minimize back reflections in practical TDLS systems or to choose one type of diode laser over the other.     

Effect of optical feedback noise on tunable diode laser spectroscopy

The effect of optical feedback noise of a laser diode on the stability of gas-absorption spectra was investigated by monitoring the optical absorption of CO₂ gas. Lasing longitudinal mode instability greatly degraded the shape of the absorption spectra, and coherence collapse in the laser diode greatly broadened the spectra. The correlation between the optical feedback noise of the laser diode and the shape of the gas-absorption spectra was clarified on the basis of these spectral behaviors. PACS 42.62.Fi; 42.55.Px; 42.68.Ca     

Vectorial electromagnetic modes in V-shaped dielectric waveguides with application to quantum wire devices

The properties of V-shaped optical dielectric waveguides are investigated in detail using a vectorial finite element method. The fundamental modes exhibit extremely tight, heart shaped near field patterns. The maximum intensity of the fundamental mode is found to be vertically shifted with respect to the geometrical center of the waveguide. Fundamental and higher order mode properties are extensively studied, including mode patterns, dispersion curves and polarization properties. The local mode polarization of the two fundamental modes varies from a horizontal (vertical) orientation at the groove center to TM (or TE respectively) far in the side wings. The optimal design of waveguides for GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wire diode lasers and Quantum Confined Stark Effect modulators grown on V-grooved substrates is discussed.     

Influence of spatial mode matching in end-pumped solid state lasers

We present investigations on the influence of mode matching on the efficiency of longitudinally pumped solid state lasers. In a theoretical part we enhance an existing model for four level lasers from idealized cylindrical modes to arbitary pump and laser modes in a random relative position thereby neglecting beam deformation due to thermal effects. The theoretical predictions were confirmed experimentally with an end-pumped Nd:YAG rod operated at 1064 nm. To investigate the effect of misalignment on the efficiency we used a Ti-Sapphire pump laser which was displaced relative to the laser beam. To establish the influence of arbitary pump modes on laser performance a diode laser equipped with coupling optics served as pump source for the same resonator. The resulting decrease in slope efficiency compared to the Ti-Sapphire pumped system could be explained in terms of limited mode overlap due to the characteristic pump field distribution produced by the diode coupling optics.     

半外腔Nd:YAG和Nd:YVO4微片固体激光器的腔调谐特性研究

微片固体激光器具有体积小、寿命长等优点,是精密测量仪器的重要光源。构建了平-平、半外腔的Nd:YAG和Nd:YVO₄微片激光器,通过控制压电陶瓷伸缩改变激光器的谐振腔长,同时使用F-P扫描干涉仪和波长计观察纵模和波长。研究了这2种微片固体激光器的腔调谐特性,包括腔长与光功率的关系,激光纵模扫过出光带宽过程的光功率和单、双纵模变化的规律。实验结果表明：腔调谐过程中单、双纵模交替出现,腔长和泵浦电流共同影响激光器的输出模式和光功率。