中子辐照对掺镱光纤材料光学特性的影响

采用改进型化学气相沉积法结合稀土螯合物掺杂制备了系列掺镱光纤预制棒及光纤,并测试了光纤(预制棒)辐照、退火前后的光学性能.结果表明:中子辐照后掺镱光纤材料中与Al相关的缺陷浓度增多,导致光纤材料在可见光区域吸收损耗增加.Ce离子的掺杂可缓减铝氧空位中心(Al-OHC)等色心缺陷的增加,从而有效抑制掺镱光纤的辐致暗化效应.热退火可降低中子辐致色心缺陷的浓度从而降低光纤材料的吸收,在一定程度上消除暗化效应.     

γ射线辐照对掺Yb光纤材料性能的影响

采用改进的化学气相沉积法制备掺Yb石英光纤预制棒,以该预制棒制备了尺寸为10/130μm的双包层掺Yb光纤,将这些光纤分成若干组,在不同剂量的60Coγ辐射源下辐照,测试了光纤在辐射前后的吸收谱和激光性能以及光纤预制棒切片辐照后的吸收.实验结果表明:光纤中已存在的色心缺陷(如氧空位(II))和辐照引起的色心缺陷(如E’心、过氧基以及Yb2+离子)等因素的叠加作用可能导致辐照后的光纤在可见光区域的吸收显著增大;与辐照前相比,辐照后光纤的斜率效率、光-光效率显著下降,剂量越大激光性能下降得越厉害;基于Power-Law定理拟合了光纤辐致损耗与所受剂量的关系曲线,定量分析了不同剂量辐照后光纤激光性能下降的原因.研究结果将为进一步发展抗辐照光纤提供理论和实验依据.     

Yb/P/Al共掺双包层光纤的制备与激光性能

采用改进化学汽相沉积结合溶液掺杂法制备了Yb/P/Al共掺的石英光纤预制棒,通过光纤芯层的组份和制备工艺的优化,实现了Yb3+的高浓度掺杂和均匀掺杂.预制棒芯层Yb2O3掺杂浓度达到～4wt.％,Yb3+在1 080 nm处荧光寿命为1 780μs.成功拉制出内包层截面形状为八边形的双包层光纤,纤芯直径为7.5 μm,包层吸收系数达到～5 dB/m@976 nm.利用拉制的掺镱双包层光纤开展了全光纤结构的掺镱光纤激光器性能测试实验,实现了5.15W的激光输出,斜率效率达到76％.     

高功率掺镱光纤激光器的辐照影响分析及研究进展

高功率掺镱光纤激光器在空间环境中的应用日益增多,但掺镱光纤材料在空间辐照条件下会产生色心效应,导致损耗增加,影响光纤器件以及激光器整机的性能,从而给高功率光纤激光器在空间环境的长期稳定工作带来隐患。从空间辐照对高功率光纤激光器性能的影响机理、抑制方法和研究进展等3个方面进行介绍。首先介绍了空间辐照对高功率掺镱光纤激光器中关键光学器件、放大级热负载、非线性效应等方面的影响分析,其次介绍了抑制辐照效应的典型方法及其在高功率掺镱光纤激光器中的可行性分析,最后介绍了国内外典型的高功率掺镱光纤激光器的辐照影响及抑制的研究成果,并展望了未来发展趋势。     

空气包层大模场面积掺镱光子晶体光纤研究

采用改进的化学气相沉积法和气相液相混合掺杂技术制备大芯径掺镱石英光纤预制棒, 以此作为有源纤芯制备了纤芯直径约90 μm的掺镱双包层光子晶体光纤, 纤芯组分为镱铝磷共掺.双包层光子晶体光纤的模场面积约1330 μm², 纤芯数值孔径0.065,包层数值孔径0.5.首次实现了国产掺镱光子晶体光纤的高功率高效率激光输出, 1 m长的光子晶体光纤激光器实现102 W 激光输出,斜率效率76%.     

掺镱石英光纤预制棒的制备与表征

采用改进化学汽相沉积结合溶液掺杂法制备了掺镱石英光纤预制棒,并研究了不同镱掺杂浓度下的吸收光谱和发光光谱.吸收光谱和发光光谱的强度随着YbCl3溶液浓度的增大而增强.在不产生失透的前提下,得到预制棒芯层能够掺杂的YbCl3溶液最大浓度为0.057mol/L.     

高性能1018 nm光纤及激光器实验研究

对光纤预制棒制备过程中沉积的气体流量、管内压强等参数和光纤掺杂组分进行了研究. 研究发现通过共掺其他元素, 可以使掺镱光纤的荧光谱发生移动. 基于此, 制备了有利于1018 nm激光输出的掺镱双包层光纤. 在增益光纤长度为7 m时, 实现了22.8 W的1018 nm激光输出, 光-光效率接近70%, 并且没有观察到明显的自发辐射和饱和现象. 关键词： 光纤激光器 双包层掺镱光纤 1018 nm     

掺镱石英光纤预制棒的制备与表征

采用改进化学汽相沉积结合溶液掺杂法制备了掺镱石英光纤预制棒,并研究了不同镱掺杂浓度下的吸收光谱和发光光谱.吸收光谱和发光光谱的强度随着YbCl₃溶液浓度的增大而增强.在不产生失透的前提下,得到预制棒芯层能够掺杂的YbCl₃溶液最大浓度为0.057 mol/L.     

Yb∶Er共掺杂对掺铒光纤激光器中自脉冲行为的抑制作用

为了进一步提高镱铒共掺杂光纤激光器的实用性 ,对镱铒掺杂光纤激光器的自脉冲现象进行了理论分析。利用掺杂光纤中铒离子对的可饱和吸收的作用而引起自脉冲运转及离子对互作用模型作为理论基础建立系统模型 ,通过理论计算分析了共掺杂镱后掺铒光纤的有效抽运速率 ,证明了镱铒共掺杂可以提高有效抽运速率。使用这种光纤 ,可以使抑制光纤激光器中离子对导致的自脉冲效应所需的抽运功率水平大大降低。半导体激光器输出的抽运功率足以抑制由离子对导致的自脉冲 ,提供稳定激光运转。在研制稳定单频或高重复频率锁模光纤激光器方面 ,这种可用激光二极管抽运的镱铒共掺光纤具有很大的潜力。     

La掺杂对用于空间激光通信的掺铒光纤辐射损伤效应的影响

为验证La掺杂对于掺铒光纤抗辐照性能的影响，采用La掺杂光纤与无La掺杂光纤进行光纤辐照实验。使用⁶⁰Co辐照源在常温下对光纤进行累积剂量100 krad，剂量率6.17 rad/s的辐照实验。结果发现，La掺杂光纤在1 200 nm处损耗为0.030 67 dB(km·krad)，相比于无La掺杂光纤0.039 53 dB(km·krad)更低，且La掺杂光纤在辐照环境下的增益变化更小。通过光纤吸收谱和EPR谱辐照前后的对比，确定了Al-OHC缺陷为影响光纤辐致损耗的关键因素。La掺杂可以在一定程度上代替Al作为Er离子的分散剂从而增强光纤的抗辐照能力，且La掺杂对光纤的增益性能不会产生负面影响。该研究可为后续特种光纤在空间应用中的抗辐射加固设计提供参考。     

Photodarkening in Yb-doped aluminosilicate fibers induced by 488 nm irradiation

Photodarkening of Yb-doped aluminosilicate fibers by continuous wave 488 nm irradiation was investigated. The irradiation induced significant excess loss in the UV-visible spectroscopy (VIS) region in Yb-doped aluminosilicate fibers while pure aluminosilicate fibers showed negligible induced loss. Ultraviolet-VIS-near-infrared spectroscopy revealed an absorption peak at 220 nm in unexposed Yb-doped aluminosilicate fiber preforms. The observed peak was attributed to Yb-associated oxygen deficiency centers (ODCs) and proposed as a precursor of the photodarkening. The proposed model was supported by measurements on oxygen-loaded Yb-doped aluminosilicate fibers. In these, the photodarkening could be significantly reduced, which we attribute to a smaller number of ODCs following oxygen loading.     

High-power continuous-wave output of master oscillator power amplifier system at 1053 and 1083 nm

We report the efficient generation of high-power laser radiation at 1053 and 1083 nm wavelength by using of a hybrid master oscillator fiber power amplifier system, consisting of a diode-pumped Yb-doped oxyorthosilicate solid state laser as the master oscillator and an Yb-doped large-mode-area fiber as the power amplifier. Efficient tunable diode-pumped Yb-doped oxyorthosilicate lasers at 1053 and 1083 nm have been constructed, which was scaled up to a maximum output power of 34.5 W at 1053 nm and 30.2 W at 1083 nm by a fiber power amplifier, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 93.9 and 87.8%, respectively.     

Random distributed feedback fiber laser pumped by an ytterbium doped fiber laser

A random distributed feedback fiber laser operating at 1115 nm has been demonstrated experimentally in standard communication optical fibers by using a LD-pumped Yb-doped fiber laser as the pump source. We have studied the effect of different fiber spans on this new type of random fiber laser output power. It is shown that the generation power is the highest up to 198 mW in a 50 km fiber span. The slope efficiency is more than 28.7%. Stable, high-power continuous-wave (CW) lasing can be generated when the pump power is 3.6 W. The threshold power has also been calculated which well proves a random fiber laser operating via Rayleigh scattering, amplified through the Raman scattering.     

掺Er3+光纤的γ射线辐射特性

本文研究掺Er³⁺光纤的γ射线辐射特性,发现在800到1600nm之间损耗都有显著的增加,有的增加800倍之多。光纤的γ射线辐照损耗特性具有β射线辐照类似的规律性。用γ射线的康普顿效应半定量地解释了这种类似性。对γ射线辐照损耗进行紫外线UV漂白,表明比热退火有更好的效果,能使损耗恢复50%。指出选用原子序数小的元素作光纤掺杂剂会有利于光纤抗辐照性能的提高。 关键词：     

Self-pulsing characteristics of a high-power single transverse mode Yb-doped CW fiber laser

We present an experimental study of self-pulsing characteristics of a high-power single transverse mode Yb-doped double-clad continuous wave (CW) fiber laser. The self-pulsing features under high-power single-end pumping and double-end pumping configurations have been shown to be distinct. Our experimental observation indicates that in single-end pumping configuration, self-pulsing is predominant due to saturable absorption effect, caused by the weakly pumped portion of the fiber at the farther end. However, in double-end pumping configuration, uniform pumping and hence gain uniformity along the fiber length avoids the onset of saturable absorption of signal along the fiber length and thereby reduces self-pulsing, which finally results in a much more stable output.     

聚合物光纤辐照特性的实验研究

分析了聚合物受辐照后发生物理化学变化的机理,实验研究了聚苯乙烯（PS）、聚碳酸脂（PC）、聚甲级丙烯酸甲脂（PMMA）三种聚合物光纤在不同辐照剂量下光传输性能的变化以及其恢复特性.在各种辐照剂量下,光透过率有不同程度的下降,经过一段时间后也有不同程度的回复,并且恢复主要发生在停止辐照后的较短时间内.在102 Gy以下,辐照造成的光损伤经过一段时间基本可以恢复,在更高剂量的辐照下(超过5*10³ Gy),辐照对光纤造成了永久损伤,经过很长时间也只能恢复一部分.实验结果表明,PS光纤的抗辐照特性最好,PC光纤优于PMMA光纤.     

Photoinduced optical absorption and 400-nm luminescence in low-germanium-content optical f iber preforms irradiated with ArF and KrF excimer-laser light

The optical absorption spectrum and the 400-nm photoluminescence (PL) of a 1.4-mol. % Ge photosensitive optical fiber preform subjected to high fluence of 193-nm ArF and 248-nm KrF excimer-laser irradiation are measured. The largest absorption increases occur near 200 nm in both cases, but a small net bleaching of absorption is obtained near the laser wavelength for KrF irradiations. The blue PL decreases during ArF exposure but increases with the KrF laser. In similarly excited 9-mol. % Ge fiber preforms the blue PL always decreases. A study of the PL intensity as a function of irradiating laser light intensity shows no evidence of multiple photon absorption effects.     

Output power improvement in an Yb-doped fiber laser with an additional unpumped Yb-doped fiber

Master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) technology has been widely used in high-power or ultrashort-pulse fiber laser systems because the shape of the laser pulse can be easily adjusted. Usually, the first amplification stage of a 1064 nm fiber laser uses the core-pumped Yb-doped fiber amplifier (YDFA); however, the gain or output power is limited owing to the strong amplifier spontaneous emission (ASE) in the 1030 nm band. This paper presents the improved output power in an YDFA by inserting an additional unpumped Yb-doped fiber, which absorbs the lost backward ASE emitted from the pump end. We achieved an output power increase of more than 10% in a low-power signal, and the increase in output power decreased as the signal power increased. Moreover, the insertion of an additional unpumped Yb-doped fiber restricted the unwanted 1030 nm lasing in a low-power signal.