基于双增益芯片合束的超宽带可调谐中红外激光器

设计了一种基于双增益芯片合束的超宽带可调谐中红外激光器,该激光器以Littrow结构为基础,采用中心波长分别为4.0μm和4.6μm的两个量子级联增益芯片提供光增益,通过4.2μm低通高反分束片合束后,将增益光入射到300 lines/mm的闪耀光栅形成光反馈,两个量子级联增益芯片通过交替互补的工作方式实现了3～5μm的超宽谱调谐。在25℃温控和303 mA注入电流下,该激光器在34.54°～46.50°的闪耀光栅旋转角度下工作,波长调谐范围为3779～4836 nm（包括179 nm波长调谐空白区间）,最大输出光功率为14.12 mW,边模抑制比为20 dB。该激光器具有结构紧凑、调谐范围超宽的优点,可为研制便携式模块化的中红外激光器提供参考。     

970 nm高功率光栅外腔可调谐半导体激光器

宽条形半导体激光器广泛应用于激光泵浦、激光加工等领域。针对宽条型半导体激光器输出光谱宽、调谐范围小的问题,采用衍射效率分别为28%和55%的反射式衍射光栅作为反馈元件构建了宽条形970 nm波长光栅外腔半导体激光器。研究了Littrow结构激光器参数对其性能（调谐范围、功率、阈值电流、线宽）的影响。实验结果表明,通过结构优化可得到窄线宽可调谐激光输出,适当地提高温度和使用较高衍射效率的光栅可增加激光器调谐范围,并且较高衍射效率的光栅可降低激光器的阈值电流。基于S偏振入射方式的光栅外腔激光器最大可实现27.87 nm的波长调谐范围,光谱线宽压窄至0.2 nm,输出功率可达1.11 W。     

基于光纤光栅的可调谐半导体激光器

本文利用光纤光栅(FBG)形成外腔反馈及F-P半导体激光器的多模特性,得到波长稳定、可调谐的半导体激光光源,系统研究了不同反馈比率对激光器光谱特性的影响.通过向FBG施加轴向拉力和压力可实现10nm的波长调谐,得到一系列波长间隔0.94nm的激光输出,边模抑制比达35dB,光谱线宽小于0.2nm.     

基于体光栅的被动锁模可调谐线型腔掺镱光纤激光器

搭建了基于反射型体光栅和半导体可饱和吸收镜的线型腔全正色散掺镱光纤激光器,室温下实现了稳定的波长可连续调谐的连续被动锁模脉冲输出.重复频率16.42 MHz,锁模脉冲中心波长1030 nm时,脉冲光潜带宽0.32 nm,最大平均输出功率10.2 mW,单脉冲能量0.63 nJ.转动体光栅角度,利用其分光谱和选波长的特性,可使锁模脉冲的中心波长在约1011.9一1050.6 nm的范围内调谐,调谐范围约38.7 nm.实验中亦可观察到调Q锁模、二次谐波锁模、双波长和三波长输出现象.输出单波长锁模脉冲时,由于其波长可调谐的特性,该激光器可用作波分复用/光时分复用通信系统的光源和光学相干层析的调谐光源.     

中红外可调谐大能量飞秒脉冲激光产生

可调谐中红外飞秒光纤激光器具有非常普遍的应用,从而引起了人们的广泛关注。目前,非线性光纤中的拉曼孤子自频移效应是实现大范围可调谐飞秒脉冲激光的理想方法之一。然而,非线性光纤中其他高阶非线性效应的产生通常会限制拉曼孤子脉冲的能量提升。本文提出了利用有源掺杂光纤作为非线性介质和增益介质实现可调谐大能量中红外飞秒激光脉冲的方法。在理论上研究了有源掺杂非线性光纤中高阶孤子劈裂和孤子自频移效应的产生,以及线性增益对波长移动拉曼孤子能量、脉宽、光谱的影响。结果表明,通过为波长红移的低能量拉曼孤子提供线性增益,孤子脉冲的能量得到了显著提升且保持了其单脉冲特性,脉冲宽度为45 fs,且孤子脉冲的波长可通过所提供的增益进行大范围调谐。因此,利用有源掺杂光纤作为非线性介质是实现大能量可调谐中红外飞秒脉冲激光的一种有效方法。     

高速宽波长范围可调谐光纤激光器

研制了一台高速波长连续扫描光纤激光器。使用SOA作为增益介质,用高速可调谐法珀滤波器作为波长调谐器件,构成的环形腔激光器。测量结果表明,激光器的平均输出功率2.6mW,波长扫描范围40nm,波长扫描范围内功率波动范围小于±0.4dBm,线宽小于0.01nm,扫描速度达到2kHz。     

波长无啁啾调谐窄线宽掺Yb3+双包层光纤激光器

用相位掩模法, 在圆形掺Yb3+双包层光纤上制作了Bragg光纤光栅,并用它作为双包层光纤激光器的输出腔镜, 在光栅反射中心波长1055.2 nm位置得到了窄线宽的激光输出, FWHM为0.271 nm, 信噪比约为40 dB.这种结构的双包层光纤激光器, 在双包层增益光纤和后腔镜间没有连接损耗, 减小了双包层光纤激光器体积. 用自行制作的等强度梁对作为输出腔镜的光纤光栅做双向应力调谐, 实现了激光波长无啁啾调谐输出, 调谐范围1051.1~1060.04nm,调谐量达8.9nm, 调谐过程中激光3 dB线宽基本无变化.     

用外腔半导体激光获取强荧光物质的拉曼特征峰位

利用外腔半导体激光器为激发光源,采用移频激发法测量了强荧光物质三环唑的拉曼特征峰位.实验结果显示:在783.2nm和785.7nm激发波长下采集的三环唑样品拉曼光谱信号严格重合,400~1 500cm-1拉曼差分光谱在596,1 319,1 373cm-1有明显的拉曼特征峰,与文献报道一致.     

基于可调谐半导体激光器的高分辨率多路复用光纤光栅波长解调系统

构建了一套高分辨率的可复用光纤光栅波长解调系统.采用波长调谐范围为1 546nm至1 558nm的紧凑型可调谐半导体激光器作为光源,来提高系统的紧凑性、波长分辨率以及响应速度,加入标准气室作为波长基准以提高系统的长期稳定性.使用多个电极电流共同调谐的办法,实现了在12nm范围内半导体激光器波长分辨率高达1pm的准连续波长扫描.利用重心算法提高光纤光栅中心波长的解调精确度和稳定性,并对解调过程进行模拟.解调系统的波长分辨率优于1pm,精确度接近2pm.整个光纤布拉格光栅温度传感系统在1 550nm附近实现了0.1℃的温度分辨率.     

光梳主动滤波放大实现锶原子光钟二级冷却光源

提出一种结合注入锁定技术的主动滤波放大方法,将光梳直接注入锁定至光栅外腔半导体激光器,产生窄线宽激光光源,该光源可以用于锶原子光钟二级冷却.实验中,将中心波长为689 nm,带宽为10 nm的光梳种子光源注入689 nm光栅式外腔半导体激光器,通过半导体增益光谱与半导体光栅外腔,从飞秒光梳的多个纵模梳齿中挑选出一个纵模模式来进行增益放大,再通过模式竞争,实现单纵模连续光输出;同时,光梳的重复频率锁定在线宽为赫兹量级的698 nm超稳激光光源上,因此,注入锁定后输出的窄线宽激光也继承了超稳激光光源的光谱特性.利用得到的输出功率为12 mW的689 nm窄线宽激光光源实现了88Sr原子光钟的二级冷却过程,最终获得温度为3μK,原子数约为5×10~6的冷原子团.该方法可拓展至原子光钟其他光源的获得,从而实现原子光钟的集成化和小型化.     

Broadband tunable external cavity laser using a bent-waveguide quantum-dot superluminescent diode as gain device

A broadband tunable grating-coupled external cavity laser is realized by employing a self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum-dot (QD) superluminescent diode (SLD) as the gain device. The SLD device is processed with a bent-waveguide structure and facet antireflection (AR) coating. Tuning bandwidths of 106 nm and 117 nm are achieved under 3-A and 3.5-A injection currents, respectively. The large tuning range originates essentially from the broad gain spectrum of self-assembled QDs. The bent waveguide structure combined with the facet AR coating plays a role in suppressing the inner-cavity lasing under a large injection current.     

A grating-coupled external cavity InAs/InP quantum dot laser with 85-nm tuning range

The optical performance of a grating-coupled external Continuous tuning from 1391 nm to 1468 nm is realized at cavity laser based on InAs/InP quantum dots is investigated. an injection current of 1900 mA. With the injection current increasing to 2300 mA, the tuning is blue shifted to some extent to the range from 1383 nm to 1461 nm. By combining the effect of the injection current with the grating tuning, the total tuning bandwidth of the external cavity quantum-dot laser can reach up to 85 nm. The dependence of the threshold current on the tuning wavelength is also presented.     

A broadband external cavity tunable InAs/GaAs quantum dot laser by utilizing only the ground state emission

A broadband external cavity tunable laser is realized by using a broad-emitting spectral InAs/GaAs quantum dot (QD) gain device. A tuning range of 69 nm with a central wavelength of 1056 nm, is achieved at a bias of 1.25 kA/cm2 only by utilizing the light emission from the ground state of QDs. This large tunable range only covers the QD ground-state emission and is related to the inhomogeneous size distribution of QDs. No excited state contributes to the tuning bandwidth. The application of the QD gain device to the external cavity tunable laser shows its immense potential in broadening the tuning bandwidth. By the external cavity feedback, the threshold current density can be reduced remarkably compared with the free-running QD gain device.     

宽范围可调谐内腔液晶垂直腔面发射激光器设计与研究

为增加可调谐激光器的波长调谐范围,提高系统的可靠性和稳定性,基于液晶的电控双折射特性,设计了一种中心波长为852 nm的内腔液晶可调谐垂直腔面发射激光器结构。分析了该结构获得宽范围波长调谐和单偏振稳定输出的物理原理,利用传输矩阵法进一步计算整个器件下不同液晶层厚度所对应的反射谱,得出不同液晶厚度和折射率下激光器的激射波长。结果表明,液晶可调谐激光器单偏振波长调谐范围达到31 nm,调谐效率大于10 nm/V。     

A portable shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy system: device and field demonstration

In this paper, we present a portable shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy (SERDS) system applied in outdoor experiments. A dual‐wavelength diode laser emitting at 785 nm is used as excitation light source. The diode laser provides two individually controllable excitation lines at 785 nm with a spectral distance of about 10 cm⁻¹ for SERDS. This monolithic light source is implemented into a compact handheld Raman probe. Both components were developed and fabricated in‐house. SERDS measurements are performed in an apple orchard, and apples and green apple leafs are used as test samples. For each excitation wavelength, a single Raman spectrum is measured with 50 mW at the sample. Strong background interference from ambient daylight and laser‐induced fluorescence obscure the Raman signals. SERDS efficiently separates the wanted Raman signals from the disturbing background signals. For the Raman spectroscopic investigations of green leafs, one accumulation with an exposure time of 0.2 s was used for each excitation wavelength to avoid detector saturation. An 11‐fold improvement of the signal‐to‐background noise is achieved using SERDS. The results demonstrate the suitability of the portable SERDS system for rapid outdoor Raman investigations. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

100nm宽光谱可调谐掺饵光纤激光器

采用1480 nm大功率激光二极管双向抽运，新型铋基掺饵光纤做增益介质，基于旋转法布里-珀罗腔的可调谐滤波器和带通滤波器做选频装置的宽光谱环形腔可调谐光纤激光器，可实现100 nm（1523~1623 nm）激光波长程控连续可调谐输出，激光输出功率大于1.58 mW，3 dB带宽小于0.1 nm，波长重复性准确度小于0.01 nm.     

Rapid shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy with a distributed feedback diode laser emitting at 785 nm

A distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode emitting at 785 nm was tested and applied as a light source for shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy (SERDS). Due to the physical properties of the laser diode, it was possible to shift the emission wavelength by 8 cm^-1 (0.5 nm) required for our SERDS measurements by simply changing the injection current. The internal grating ensured single mode operation at both wavelength with the frequency stability of ±0.06 cm^-1 (0.004 nm) required for high resolution Raman spectroscopic applications. The shifted spectra were used for calculating enhanced Raman spectra being obscured by a strong scattering background. A 16 dB (≈38 fold) improvement of the signal-to-background noise S̄/σ_B was demonstrated using blackboard chalk as a sample. The tunable DFB laser is a versatile excitation source for SERDS, which could be used in any dispersive Raman system to subtract fluorescence contributions and scattering background. PACS 82.80.Gk; 42.55.-f; 42.64.Fi     

Dual‐wavelength monolithic Y‐branch distributed Bragg reflection diode laser at 671 nm suitable for shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy

A dual‐wavelength monolithic Y‐branch distributed Bragg reflection (DBR) diode laser at 671 nm is presented. The device is realized with deeply etched surface DBR gratings by one‐step epitaxy. A maximum optical output power of 110 mW is obtained in cw‐operation for each laser cavity. The emission wavelengths of the device are 670.5 nm and 671.0 nm with a spectral width of 13 pm (0.3 cm⁻¹) and a mean spectral distance of 0.46 nm (10.2 cm⁻¹) over the whole operating range. Together with a free running power stability of ± 1.1% this most compact diode laser is ideally suited as an excitation light source for portable shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy (SERDS).     

金纳米空心半球壳膜的可调谐光学性质研究

以单层聚苯乙烯微球阵列为模板,通过控制其表面金膜蒸镀时间,制备了具有不同厚度的空心半球壳结构的金纳米膜.利用扫描电子显微镜和自制光谱仪分别测量了金膜表面形貌和其透射光谱,并分析了金膜形貌与其光学性质间的关系,同时以4-巯基苯胺为探针分子测定了金膜的表面增强喇曼散射效应.结果表明,该金纳米膜的表面等离子体共振波长随膜厚度增大而发生红移,在可见与近红外波段较宽范围内可调谐,并且,当金膜共振波长与入射激发光波长较近时,探针分子可产生出较强的表面增强喇曼信号.同时,对该现象的产生机制也进行了理论解释.     

Tunable fiber Bragg gratings for application in tunable fiber lasers

The resonance wavelength of the fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) is tuned using two methods. Tunable FBGs are used as the selecting elements in the cavities of tunable lasers. An ytterbium-doped fiber laser with a wavelength tuning range of 1063–1108 nm and an output power of 6 W, a Raman fiber laser with a wavelength tuning range of 1252–1303 nm and an output power of 3 W, and an erbium-doped fiber laser with a wavelength tuning range of 1530–1580 nm are realized, and their characteristics are studied.