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。     

布里渊-掺铒光纤随机光纤激光器输出特性分析

设计了一种基于受激布里渊散射和掺铒光纤混合增益的随机光纤激光器,该激光器选用两段长为20km的单模光纤组成全开放腔结构,利用单模光纤的瑞利散射提供随机光反馈.研究表明,固定布里渊泵浦波长和泵浦功率分别为1 550.00nm和2.19mW时,增加掺铒光纤泵浦功率,可以实现两个波长的随机激光输出,一阶和二阶受激布里渊散射光与布里渊泵浦光波长间隔分别约为0.088nm和0.174nm,产生一阶和二阶受激布里渊散射对应的掺铒光纤泵浦功率分别为190mW和370mW;当掺铒光纤泵浦功率为433mW时,激光器两端的最大输出功率为1.60mW和1.68mW.当掺铒光纤泵浦功率明显高于阈值功率时,获得的一阶和二阶随机激光输出稳定,3dB线宽约为0.022nm,峰值强度和位置基本不随时间而变化.     

可用于产生微波信号的间隔可调双波长光纤激光器

为了获得不同间隔双波长信号输出,提出一种基于受激布里渊效应产生双波长激光的实验装置,利用不同间隔双波长输出信号进行拍频实验可获得可调的微波信号输出;利用一段10 km长普通单模光纤（SMF）作为布里渊增益介质,一个线宽为5 kHz分布反馈激光器（DFB）作为布里渊抽运源,一段未泵浦的保偏掺铒光纤用作饱和吸收体抑制边模,通过改变未泵浦保偏掺铒光纤的长度,可获得不同间隔输出的双波长光纤激光器,实验获得波长间隔为0.170 nm和0.085 nm的激光信号输出,分别对应20 GHz和10 GHz的微波信号。     

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。     

间隔0.173nm的可调谐多波长布里渊掺铒光纤激光器

使用四端口环行器和可调谐滤波器,设计了一种间隔为双倍布里渊频移的多波长布里渊掺铒光纤激光器.该光纤激光器中使用的四端口环形器可以限制奇次阶斯托克斯光在腔内循环并耦合输出初始泵浦光和偶次阶斯托克斯光,而可调滤波器抑制环形腔所形成的自激振荡模,增加了激发多波长激光的功率,从而增加多波长输出个数及其调谐范围.在布里渊泵浦功率为8dBm、980nm泵浦功率为279mW时,实验获得波长间隔为0.173nm的6个波长的激光输出,输出激光的可调谐范围为28nm.     

宽带可调谐单频窄线宽光纤激光器

设计出一种集可调谐带通滤波器、高精度环形滤波器和光纤环形镜于一体的全光纤复合腔结构可调谐单频窄线宽光纤激光器。采用980 nm半导体激光器作为抽运源,掺镱光纤在谐振腔内分别作为增益介质和可饱和吸收体,成功实现波长为1030～1090 nm稳定的宽谱可调谐单频窄线宽激光输出。当抽运光的抽运功率为300 mW时,在波长为1070 nm处得到的输出功率最大,为18.5 mW,斜率效率达到7.95%,持续1 h内没有出现跳模现象,功率不稳定性小于1%;当抽运功率为200 mW时,利用延迟自外差法测量线宽,得到波长调谐范围内的平均线宽为8.7 kHz,弛豫振荡频率为64 kHz。     

基于受激布里渊散射的波长间隔可变多波长光纤激光器

提出了一个基于自激发受激布里渊散射的波长间隔可变多波长光纤激光器.利用单模光纤中自激发产生的非线性布里渊增益和掺铒光纤的线性增益组成混合增益光纤激光器,从而使光纤激光器在室温下产生稳定的多波长输出.改变双折射光纤环镜滤波器中保偏光纤的长度,可以实现波长间隔可变多波长激光产生,提高了多波长光纤激光器操作的灵活性和实用性.实验实现了波长间隔从0.8 nm至0.076 nm可变的多波长激光产生,波长数随波长间隔减小而增加,间隔为0.08 nm的激光波长数达86.     

基于受激布里渊散射的波长间隔可变多波长光纤激光器

提出了一个基于自激发受激布里渊散射的波长间隔可变多波长光纤激光器.利用单模光纤中自激发产生的非线性布里渊增益和掺铒光纤的线性增益组成混合增益光纤激光器,从而使光纤激光器在室温下产生稳定的多波长输出.改变双折射光纤环镜滤波器中保偏光纤的长度,可以实现波长间隔可变多波长激光产生,提高了多波长光纤激光器操作的灵活性和实用性.实验实现了波长间隔从0.8nm至0.076nm可变的多波长激光产生,波长数随波长间隔减小而增加,间隔为0.08nm的激光波长数达86.     

四波混频增强多波长布里渊掺铒光纤激光器的实验研究

提出一种利用四波混频增强多波长布里渊掺铒光纤激光器的方法,在激光器中使用色散位移光纤作为布里渊增益介质,通过布里渊多波长之间四波混频效应提供的参变增益展宽激光器的有效增益谱,产生高阶斯托克斯光和反斯托克斯光,增加多波长的数目并改善输出功率.分析了激光器中掺铒光纤放大器功率和布里渊抽运功率对四波混频增强效果的影响,在98...     

自调Q、自锁模铒/镱共掺光纤激光器

研究了结构新颖的环形腔铒/镱（Er/Yb）共掺双包层光纤激光器.为了获得高功率激光输出，使用6个激光二极管（LD）同时抽运Er/Yb共掺光纤，采用光纤光栅（FBG）Sagnac环作为波长选择器，得到了中心波长为1548.11 nm、谱线宽度为0.06 nm的窄线宽激光输出；并利用增益光纤作为可饱和吸收体，实现了自调Q、自锁模脉冲输出.当抽运功率为719 mW时，激光器输出自调Q脉冲，脉冲周期为20μs，脉冲宽度为2.8μs，脉冲的平均功率为38.4mW，峰值功率为274.3mW；当抽运功率为3.6 W时，激光器输出自锁模脉冲，脉冲宽度为4ns，平均功率为319 mW，脉冲峰值功率大于10 W，重复频率为7.937 MHz.     

Effects of output coupler reflectivity on the performance of a linear cavity Brillouin/erbium fiber laser

The effect of output coupler reflectivity (or output coupling ratio) on the performance of a linear cavity Brillouin/erbium fiber laser (BEFL) is demonstrated. The operating wavelength, output laser power and number of channels vary with changes in the coupling ratio in the linear cavity system. The optimum BEFL operation is obtained with an output coupling of 40%, i.e., 60% of the laser power is allowed to oscillate in the cavity. A stable laser comb consisting of up to 40 channels with line spacings of approximately 0.09 nm are obtained at the Brillouin pump and 980 nm pump with powers of 2.5 mW and 100 mW, respectively. The linear cavity BEFL has the potential to be used in inexpensive wavelength division multiplexing system.      

A tunable multi-wavelength Brillouin–erbium fiber laser with fourfold Brillouin frequency spacing

We have experimentally demonstrated a tunable multi-wavelength Brillouin–erbium fiber laser with over 40 GHz spacing utilizing two cascaded double Brillouin-frequency-spacing cavities. In this laser configuration, two segments of 25 km-long single-mode fibers are used as Brillouin gain medium in each ring cavity, and a segment of 8 m-long erbium-doped fiber with 980 nm pump is employed to amplify Brillouin pump (BP). At BP wavelength of 1550 nm, BP power of 8.3 dBm (6.8 mW) and the maximum 980 nm pump power of 27.78 dBm (600 mW), seven output channels with fourfold Brillouin-frequency spacing, and the tuning range of 15 nm from 1545 to 1560 nm are achieved. The proposed multi-wavelength Brillouin–erbium fiber laser has wide applications, such as in microwave signal generation and optical communications.     

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.     

Multi-wavelength generation using a bismuth-based EDF and Brillouin effect in a linear cavity configuration

The generation of a multiple wavelength source using a bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber (Bi-EDF) in a linear cavity configuration is demonstrated. The configuration uses a pair of optical circulators at the input and output ends of the cavity to form a resonator for multi-wavelength generation in conjunction with optical couplers to inject the Brillouin pump (BP) and to tap the output at the two ends. The Brillouin erbium fiber laser (BEFL) comb with a 2.15 m of Bi-EDF has a wavelength spacing of 0.09 nm and operates in long-wavelength (L-) band region. A stable output laser comb of 50 lines is obtained at a BP of 1568.2 nm and 5 dBm and two 1480 nm pumps at 120 mW. The injected BP wavelength and power as well as the 1480 nm pump powers have a great effect on the number of lines and output power of the BEFL. This configuration is compact due to the use of the significantly shorter Bi-EDF as the linear gain medium, and can be made more compact by replacing the single-mode fiber with highly non-linear fibers such as holey fibers.     

An Efficient Photonic Crystal Fiber-Based Brillouin Erbium Fiber Laser Using a Fiber Bragg Grating for Multi-Wavelength Generation

Abstract

An efficient multi-wavelength Brillouin erbium fiber laser is demonstrated using an improved configuration with a broadband fiber Bragg grating and a piece of photonic crystal fiber. The laser generates more than 55 lines of optical comb with a line spacing of approximately 0.09 nm in a 1,565-5 nm region using pump powers of 3 dBm and 150 mW for the Brillouin and 980-nm pumps, respectively. The Brillouin erbium fiber laser with a fiber Bragg grating's reflectivity of 50% obtained a higher number of comb lines compared to that of 99% reflectivity.     

掺铒光纤环形激光器输出特性的研究

根据掺铒光纤激光器的速率方程，对环形腔光纤激光器的输出特性进行了理论分析，得到了光纤激光器在稳态条件下阈值抽运功率、激光输出功率和斜率效率的解析表达式。利用数值模拟结果对光纤激光器的这些基本特性参量进行了分析和讨论，为光纤环形激光器的优化设计提供了依据。并进行了980nm抽运的掺铒光纤激光器的实验，实验证明理论分析得到的基本特性是合理的。     

Pump-Induced Lasing Wavelength Shift in Er/Yb Codoped Fiber Grating Lasers

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