基于微纳光纤-单壁碳纳米管可饱和吸收体的被动调Q掺镱光纤激光器

为实现具有高脉冲能量的调Q脉冲激光输出,利用微纳光纤-单壁碳纳米管复合的方法制备可饱和吸收体,并对基于该类型可饱和吸收体器件的被动调Q掺镱光纤激光器进行研究。采用拉伸法将普通单模石英光纤拉制成微纳光纤,将其与单壁碳纳米管溶液复合,进一步制备成全光纤集成型器件。将该器件置于环形腔掺镱光纤激光器中,利用976 nm半导体激光器作为抽运源。当抽运功率为53 mW时,实现了调Q脉冲激光输出,激光中心波长为1 039 nm。进一步提升抽运功率至76 mW,可获得脉冲宽度为3.1μs、重复频率为25.5 kHz、单脉冲能量为941nJ的调Q脉冲激光输出。研究表明,利用微纳光纤制备的可饱和吸收体器件具有较高的损伤阈值,可用于实现高脉冲能量的激光输出。     

石墨烯可调谐被动调Q掺铒光纤激光器

基于光学沉积方法,制备了石墨烯可饱和吸收体,并利用此可饱和吸收体搭建了环形腔结构的被动调Q掺铒光纤激光器,实现了稳定的调Q激光脉冲输出,其重复频率为5.1~14.2 kHz,最窄激光脉冲宽度为8 s,最大平均功率为162.3 W,且通过调节偏振控制器,中心波长在1556~1558 nm可调。     

基于金纳米棒可饱和吸收体的被动调Q掺铒光纤激光器

利用种子诱导生长法制备了长径比为5的金纳米棒,测量了它的吸收谱,结果表明该纳米棒具有较宽的吸收带（800~1 600 nm）。进一步测量了它的非线性吸收性质,结果表明它在1.56 μm波长处具有可饱和吸收特性,有望被用于实现被动调Q脉冲激光的输出。将该可饱和吸收体置于掺铒光纤激光器腔内,当泵浦功率增至30 mW时开始有稳定的调Q脉冲激光输出,输出激光的工作波长为1.56 μm。当泵浦功率为205 mW时,可获得的最大输出功率约6.9 mW,脉冲能量达219 nJ。研究结果表明,这种新型可饱和吸收体在脉冲激光领域具有广阔的应用前景。     

基于β相硒化铟的被动调Q及锁模掺镱光纤激光器（特邀）（英文）

利用层状半导体β相硒化铟作为可饱和吸收体,在掺镱光纤激光器中实现稳定的调Q及锁模运转。经测量该可饱和吸收体在1μm波段调制深度及非饱和损耗分别为47%及20%。将可饱和吸收体插入掺镱光纤激光器中,可获得53.42 kHz到217 kHz重频可调的调Q脉冲。其最窄脉冲宽度为630 ns,最大单脉冲能量为47.9 nJ。优化激光谐振腔后可进一步实现稳定的锁模输出,其重频为10.82 MHz,最大输出功率为51.2 mW,最大单脉冲能量为4.7 nJ。实验证明了β相硒化铟作为可饱和吸收体在近红外超快非线性光学方面的潜力。     

基于铋纳米片可饱和吸收被动调Q中红外单晶光纤激光器

铋纳米片作为一种新型二维材料,具有合适的带隙、较高的载流子迁移率和较好的室温稳定性,加上优异的电学和光学特性,是实现中红外脉冲激光的有效调制器件.中红外单晶光纤兼备晶体和光纤的优势,是实现高功率激光的首选增益介质.本文采用超声波法成功制备了铋纳米片可饱和吸收体,并首次将其用于二极管抽运Er:CaF_2单晶光纤中红外被动调Q脉冲激光器中.在吸收抽运功率为1.52 W时,获得平均输出功率为190 mW的脉冲激光,最窄脉冲宽度为607 ns,重复频率为58.51 kHz,对应的单脉冲能量和峰值功率分别为3.25μJ和5.35 W.结果表明,使用铋纳米片作为可饱和吸收体,是实现结构紧凑的小型中红外单晶光纤脉冲激光的有效技术途径.     

双包层掺镱光纤激光器连续和调Q运转的实验研究

采用布拉格光纤光栅作为谐振腔,实现了980 nm半导体激光器端面泵浦下的双包层掺镱光纤激光器的连续和调Q运转.连续激光实验结果表明,在泵浦功率固定时,增益光纤存在激光输出功率最大情况下的最佳长度,当泵浦功率增大时,最佳增益光纤长度也随之增加.采用石墨烯分散液作为可饱和吸收体,插入增益光纤与布拉格光纤光栅之间,实现了光纤激光器的稳定被动调Q运转.当泵浦功率为2.87W时,得到了最小脉冲宽度33 ns、重复率38.5 kHz的脉冲序列;随着泵浦功率进一步增大,出现不稳定的调Q锁模现象.     

氧化石墨烯被动调Q掺铒光纤激光器

报道了基于氧化石墨烯的被动调Q掺铒光纤激光器。激光器采用环形腔结构,调Q器件为自制的氧化石墨烯可饱和吸收镜。泵浦功率在81~505 mW范围内时,得到了重复频率68~124 kHz的稳定的调Q脉冲输出,脉宽为0.47~1.60 s。由于泵浦功率限制,激光器最大输出功率为10 mW, 相应单脉冲能量为80.6 nJ。此种基于氧化石墨烯可饱和吸收体的被动调Q光纤激光器体积小、成本低廉、结构简单、稳定性高、光束质量高,具有广阔的应用前景。     

全光纤化2.8μm中红外被动调Q激光器数值分析

提出了一种实现全光纤中红外激光器脉冲运转的方法。利用氟化物玻璃中镝离子(Dy³⁺)的2.8μm波段的吸收截面与铒离子(Er³⁺)发射截面重合的特性,将掺镝氟化物光纤作为中红外波段的可饱和吸收体,实现2.8μm掺铒氟化物光纤激光器全光纤结构的被动调Q脉冲运转;通过在可饱和吸收体两端引入中心波长为3.1μm的光纤光栅,解决Dy³⁺上能级寿命较长所导致的高泵浦功率下Dy³⁺吸收饱和、进而导致被动调Q失效的问题。基于该结构建立了2.8μm被动调Q掺铒光纤激光器的速率方程模型,计算了可饱和吸收体的参数及其两端的谐振腔反馈条件对2.8μm激光器的脉冲运转功率和时间特性的影响。计算结果表明,通过在可饱和吸收体两端引入光纤光栅可以加快可饱和吸收体的恢复过程,使激光器能够在高泵浦功率下保持调Q脉冲运转。     

基于马来酸掺杂聚苯胺被动调Q的掺铒光纤激光器（特邀）（英文）

使用一种新型有机材料马来酸掺杂聚苯胺作为可饱和吸收体,在掺铒全光纤激光振荡器中实现稳定的调Q运转。实验中,采用双臂探测法测得该材料的调制深度和可饱和吸收强度分别为13.9%和0.336 MW/cm~2,将其以薄膜三明治形式插入到光纤谐振腔中,最终获得了重复频率从33.78 kHz到87.01 kHz的范围内可调,最窄脉冲宽度为2.29μs,最大单脉冲能量为54.64 nJ的稳定调Q脉冲输出。马来酸掺杂聚苯胺可以被认为是脉冲光纤激光器应用及其它光电器件的良好候选者。     

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.     

Passively Q-switched cylindrical vector laser based on a black phosphorus saturable absorber

We demonstrate an all-fiber Q-switched cylindrical vector laser based on a black phosphorus saturable absorber and a transverse mode converter. The saturable absorber is prepared by incorporating the polyvinyl alcohol with anti-oxidized black phosphorus nanosheets exfoliated in aqueous poly(dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride)solution. The mode converter is composed of a tapered two-mode fiber and a single-mode fiber, and it can excite switchable azimuthally and radially polarized beams by modulating the input polarization. By enhancing the pump power from 64.68 to 174.82 mW, the repetition rate of the Q-switched azimuthally/radially polarized laser enlarges from 16.72/19.25 to 30.71/37.82 kHz.     

Q-Switched Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Using Cadmium Selenide Coated onto Side-Polished D-Shape Fiber as Saturable Absorber

A stable Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser emitting at 1558 nm is demonstrated using a cadmium selenide(CdSe) material coated onto a side-polished D-shape fiber as the saturable absorber(SA). By elevating the input pump power from the threshold of 91 mW to the maximum available power of 136 mW, a pulse train with a maximum repetition rate of 57.44 kHz, minimum pulse width of 3.76 us, maximum average output power of7.99 mW, maximum pulse energy of 0.1391 uJ, and maximum peak power of 36.99 mW are obtained. The signalto-noise ratio of the spectrum is measured to be around 75 dB. This CdSe based SA is simple, robust, and reliable,and thus suitable for making a portable pulse laser source.     

Stable nanosecond pulse generation from a graphene-based passively Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser

We demonstrate stable 70?ns pulse generation from a Yb-doped fiber laser passively Q-switched by a graphene-based saturable absorber mirror in a short linear cavity. The maximum output power was 12?mW and the highest single pulse energy was 46?nJ. The repetition rate of the fiber laser can be widely tuned from 140 to 257?kHz along with the increase of the pump power. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report for passively Q-switched sub-100-ns pulse operation of a graphene-based saturable absorber in a Yb-doped fiber laser.     

A Single-Longitudinal-Mode Passively Q-Switched Nd:YVO_4 Laser Using Black Phosphorus Saturable Absorber

A black phosphorus(BP) saturable absorber(SA) solution with different concentrations(1.0 and 0.5 mg/ml) is fabricated with the liquid-phase exfoliation method. By using the BP-SA, a compact diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YVO_4 laser is demonstrated. One reflecting Bragg gratings is used as the output coupler for mode selection. By inserting those BP-SA solutions in the laser cavity, the maximum single longitude mode,Q-switched output powers of 126 mW at 692.5 kHz and 149 mW at 630.3 kHz are achieved at the pump power of 8.0 W, corresponding to the pulse durations of 144 ns and 196 ns, respectively. Moreover, longitudinal-mode characteristics of Q-switched output laser in different optical cavity lengths based on two-kind BP-SA solution concentrations are investigated. Our results show that BP-SA could also be developed as an effective SA for the Q-switched, single longitudinal mode pulse laser.     

Diode-pumped passively Q-switched mode-locked Nd:YLF laser with uncoated GaAs saturable absorber

We have demonstrated passively Q-switched mode-locked all-solid-state Nd:YLF laser with an uncoated GaAs wafer as saturable absorber and output mirror simultaneously. Q-switched mode-locking pulses laser with about 100% modulation depth were obtained. The average output power is 890 mW at the incident pump power of 5.76 W, corresponding to an optical slop efficiency of 20%. The temporal duration of mode-locked pulses was about 21 ps. At the Q-switched repetition rate of 30 kHz, the energy and peak power of a single pulse near the maximum of the Q-switched envelope was estimated to be about 1.6 μJ and 76 kW.     

Optimization of GaAs semiconductor saturable absorber Q-switched lasers

The expressions of pulse characteristics such as output energy, peak power, and pulse width are obtained by solving the coupled rate equations describing the operation of GaAs semiconductor saturable absorber Q-switched lasers. The key parameters of an optimally coupled GaAs saturable absorber Q-switched laser are determined and several design curves are generated from these expressions for the first time. These key parameters include the optimal normalized coupling parameters and the optimal normalized saturable absorber parameters that maximize the output energy or maximize the peak power, and the corresponding normalized energy, normalized peak power, and normalized pulse width. Using the expressions and design curves, one can predict the pulse characteristics and perform the design of an optimally coupled GaAs saturable absorber Q-switched laser.     

基于SESAM的3μm波段被动调Q光纤激光器

基于半导体可饱和吸收镜,实现了3μm波段被动调Q光纤激光器平均功率瓦级输出。激光器最大平均功率为1.0 W,对应的最大脉冲能量及最大峰值功率分别为6.9μJ和21.7 W。激光器斜效率为17.8%,最高重复频率为146.3kHz,最小脉宽为315.0ns。