随机光纤激光器中光纤与随机介质匹配问题的研究

降低阈值是随机激光实用化的前提, 随机光纤激光器是将随机增益介质填充到空芯光子晶体光纤中利 用其光子禁带来降低阈值的一种随机激光器. 理论分析表明: 在光子晶体光纤光子禁带的约束下, 随机光纤激光器中的大部分能量被集中在芯区传播, 这使局域在芯区的光与随机介质相互作用得到增强, 激发效率得以提高. 然而, 光纤填充介质后, 纤芯等效折射率发生了改变, 光子带隙也会随之移动, 因此当选用带隙光纤来降低阈值时, 只考虑光纤本身的带隙是不够的, 应考虑到介质的增益频率和填充后的光子带隙之间的匹配问题, 合理选择光纤或介质的材料, 如果匹配得当, 光子禁带对激光的调控能力会更强, 激光阈值有望得到更大程度的降低. 关键词： 随机激光 光子晶体光纤 光子禁带 阈值     

微型随机激光辐射特性的控制

为了对随机激光输出特性进行有效地控制,将随机介质纳米团簇植入到光子晶体中,利用有限时域差分法进行模拟,比较了团簇置于空气中和光子晶体中的输出特性.结果表明:当把团簇单纯地置于空气中,被激发后辐射光的能量会随时间慢慢减少,光谱呈自发辐射的特性|而当将这个团簇植入一光子晶体中,一些原始的自发辐射谱峰会逐渐消失,其中一个谱峰会快速上升,最后成为光谱中唯一的一个能量最强的谱峰.因此如果一个无序的系统置于一个匹配的有序系统中,光能被有效地限制,自发辐射能被抑制,激发模式会被调制,系统的有效增益会被提高,激光阈值能被减少.     

用于光阴极的光纤激光研制实验

为获得高亮度低发射度的电子束,研制高重复频率高平均功率的光阴极驱动激光系统非常关键。利用光纤激光技术,设计了100 MHz和1.3GHz的激光系统。激光系统为全光纤结构,采用了掺镱光子晶体光纤作为放大器增益介质。在初步验证实验中,红外激光输出27 W,倍频后绿光达到6 W。     

具有复介电常量二维光子晶体的特性研究

采用平面波展开法,通过数值模拟研究了具有复介电常量的二维光子晶体的能带结构和光传输特性,重点讨论介电常量的虚部为负值情形时对传输特性的影响。研究表明由于光子带隙的存在有效地抑制了频率位于带隙内光的自发辐射。当在介质中掺入具有增益特性的杂质时,即使两种介质的介电常量相差很小,在靠近光子带隙边缘,出现了较强的受激辐射放大。通常在带隙的边缘处,光子晶体的群速度较小,而激光阈值正比于群速度的平方,当群速度很小时,激光阈值将大大减小。这为实现零阈值激光器提供了基础,也为制作光放大微器件提供了一个有益的理论参考。     

光子晶体液晶光纤随机激光研究

将掺杂激光染料DCM的手性向列相液晶注入全反射型光子晶体光纤微孔中,研究了激光辐射行为。采用固体Nd∶YAG倍频532 nm激光作为抽运光,室温下,在各个方向上均能探测到随机激光辐射谱。当抽运光的入射方向与样品轴向成30°,光纤光谱仪沿样品轴向方向以及垂直样品轴向方向探测时,在600~650 nm范围内不同波段测得多个离散的尖锐随机激光辐射峰,其线宽约为0.2~0.3 nm。当加热样品至各向同性温度时,激光辐射峰消失。光子晶体光纤的微孔中,作为较强散射介质的手性向列相液晶在不同温度下呈现不同分子取向和折射率分布,这是随机激光产生和关闭的根本原因。     

基于光子晶体光纤中受激布里渊散射的光载波抑制

设计了一种基于光子晶体光纤中受激布里渊散射的载波滤波器.该滤波器利用两个环形器和一段光子晶体光纤构成了一个环形腔,这种腔结构有效地降低了光纤中受激布里渊散射的阈值.理论分析了光子晶体光纤载波滤波器对提高光调制深度和射频增益的影响.利用25 m的高非线性光子晶体光纤作为受激布里渊增益介质,当入射载波功率为70 mW时,微波光子信号的射频增益为5.38 dB,实验结果与理论计算相吻合.     

微型随机激光辐射特性的控制

为了对随机激光输出特性进行有效地控制,将随机介质纳米团簇植入到光子晶体中,利用有限时域差分法进行模拟,比较了团簇置于空气中和光子晶体中的输出特性.结果表明:当把团簇单纯地置于空气中,被激发后辐射光的能量会随时间慢慢减少,光谱呈自发辐射的特性;而当将这个团簇植入一光子晶体中,一些原始的自发辐射谱峰会逐渐消失,其中一个谱峰...     

光在随机增益介质中的放大

 结合环形腔理论，运用蒙特卡罗法模拟了光子在介质中的随机行走。研究了倍频Nd:YAG（脉宽6 ns，频率20 Hz）脉冲激光器作为泵浦光，在TiO₂ / 若丹明 B有机增益介质中，散射微粒的颗粒密度和泵浦光面积对随机激光器阈值强度的影响。模拟结果表明：随机激光阈值和光子在增益介质中的随机行走路程长度和光子通过边界返回增益区和非增益区的几率有关。随着泵浦光面积的增加，随机激光器阈值降低；增益介质中散射颗粒密度的增加降低了随机激光器的阈值。     

Compton散射下强激光PPCs光子带隙构新模型

应用光流线量子理论和多光子非线性Compton散射模型,研究了强激光等离子体光子晶体中光子带隙产生的机制,提出了将入射光和Compton散射光形成的耦合光流线作为在强激光等离子体光子晶体中形成光子带隙结构的新模型,给出了耦合光流线满足的基本方程.结果表明,Compton散射使强激光等离子体光子晶体中产生了较深的折射率势阱,改变了在这个势阱中运动的耦合光能量的量子化分布几率,从而改变了光子带隙的位置和结构.     

基于平面波展开法的二维光子晶体表面模式研究

采用平面波展开法研究了四种二维光子晶体结构(圆柱介质柱四方晶格、圆柱介质柱三角晶格、正方介质柱四方晶格、正方介质柱三角晶格)的带隙宽度随介质柱尺寸变化的关系.使用平面波展开法计算常规晶格和表面缺陷晶格的模式并进行结果叠加,研究了各结构的二维光子晶体在带隙宽度最大时的表面模式.结果表明,同种晶格的光子晶体带隙宽度随着介质柱的尺寸增大呈先增后减趋势,存在最大值.随着表面介质柱尺寸的增加,四种晶格表面模式曲线均呈下降趋势.四方晶格光子晶体与三角晶格相比,表面介质柱尺寸的变化范围更大,但能获取表面模式频率范围较小.     

Transition of lasing modes in disordered active photonic crystals

The transition from a photonic band-edge laser to a random laser in two-dimensional active photonic crystals is described. The lasing modes in the active photonic crystals shift from the edge of the photonic bandgap to the bulk of the gap when a certain amount of position and size disorder is introduced. The shift of lasing modes is determined with various gain profiles. The results show that the modulation of lasing modes is significant when the lasing transition wavelength overlaps the photonic bandgap.     

一维光子晶体带边激光器的阈值特性分析

采用麦克斯韦方程和速率方程相结合的模型和时域有限差分法,利用引入的有效增益分布因子概念研究了光子晶体中本征模的阈值特性。增益介质的大小以及在光子晶体中的位置直接影响光子晶体带边激光器的输出特性;有效增益分布因子描述了光子晶体中增益介质的空间分布特性。结果显示,带边本征模的激射阈值依赖于有效增益分布因子。不同的本征模具有不同的有效增益分布因子,那些有效增益分布因子较大的模式具有较低的阈值。通过调整增益介质的位置和长度,可以提高有效增益分布因子的值,从而降低激光器的阈值,这对于实现激光器的低阈值运行有指导作用。     

Low threshold laser cavities of two-dimensional photonic crystal line defect mode

Two-dimensional (2D) rod-type photonic crystal (PC) line defect waveguide (LDW) laser cavities based on three types of line defect modes with zero group velocity are studied by using finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. These laser cavities have high quality (Q) factor, better localization of light, non-uniform gain distribution and small overlap between gain medium and light field. Therefore, they have the advantages over conventional and air-bridge PC cavities with uniform gain, such as low threshold, single mode lasing and effectively avoiding thermal effect. From their comparison, one can find the mode at middle Brillouin zones (BZ) is the best one to be used as lasing mode. Its dynamic lasing process and lasing features are demonstrated by the numerical experiment where the FDTD method coupling Maxwell's equations with the rate equations of electronic population is used.     

Investigations of laser oscillation and switching using a resonance at the band edge crossover in an hetero-structure of one-dimensional photonic crystals

This paper presents a theoretical investigation of a laser oscillator and a laser switch, using a hetero-structure made of two one-dimensional photonic crystals with active materials and a period ratio of r (r > 1). Lasing is achieved near frequencies where the upper and lower band edges of the adjacent photonic crystals overlap (i.e., band edge resonance). Near the band edge resonance, two modes of laser oscillations are found; mode A – the threshold gain increases with r and mode B – the threshold gain decreases with r. By assuming a homogenously broadened gain medium at any particular r, only one of the two modes is able to participate in lasing. We also found the lasing mode is switchable upon a very small alteration in the refractive index of the materials present in the photonic crystal. The results of the paper will be very useful for designing a new class of tunable lasers and high sensitivity sensors.     

Optical excitation of optically inactive photonic band modes

At the point Γ of the Brillouin zone of photonic crystals (PCs), there are many photonic band (PB) states that do not couple to the incoming plane wave beams. This paper investigates how to excite these optically inactive PB (OIPB) modes in slab PCs by using optical means. Three methods are proposed, using a prism, traveling charges and focused laser pulses, each making use of evanescent light to excite OIPBs. It is concluded that to accumulate photons in an OIPB, sequential passing of bunched charges or intermittent irradiation of focused laser pulses is effective. The effect of the lateral size of the practical PC slabs is also discussed and it is found that the conclusions for an ideal system of infinite size still work if the lateral size is order of magnitudes larger than the PC lattice constant.     

Random lasing in ZnO nanocrystals

Nanocrystalline ZnO powders can act as gain and scattering medium in a random laser where the light emission can be strongly amplified. In this work, we compare the luminescence properties of samples with different particle sizes in the regime of linear and nonlinear optics. In the high-excitation regime random lasing is observed in all samples. Here, the lasing threshold depends strongly on the size distribution in the ensemble. Additional characterization of the samples has been done by determining the absolute quantum efficiency of the radiative processes in the powder. The values are in the 10% range and the near-edge luminescence is strongly influenced by the particle sizes. We show that by annealing the nanocrystals coalesce to larger polycrystalline grains, which results in a new emission band at 3.333 eV due to the grain boundaries. Furthermore, it is found that in the annealed samples the threshold for random lasing could be considerably decreased.     

Effect of Pump Area on Lasing Modes in Active Random Media

We investigate the effect of pump area on lasing modes in an active random medium. Considering the structure characteristics in a real experimental system, the random medium is divided into two regions, i.e. pump and non-pump areas. The dependence of lasing modes on the pump area is qualitatively explained by means of the model in which the lasing is ascribed to the interaction of the complex localized modes in the active random medium with local aperiodic quasi-structure with appropriate pump light. There exist different pump sizes for lasing with different modes. As the pump size decreases in this random system, the pump threshold of the lasing modes increases. There are different lasing modes in different excitation regions in this random system. This gives us some information about the dependence of lasing modes on pump areas in active random media.     

四能级增益介质光子晶体激光器的时域有限差分模型与模拟

基于Maxwell-Bloch方程和速率方程相结合的模型,模拟包括四能级增益介质光子晶体激光器的光学特性.根据FDTD法的基本原理,给出方程的Yee氏离散方程.通过计算电场的时域特性,模拟光子晶体激光器的频谱特性、阈值特性、动力学演化等过程,模拟结果和理论结论一致,检验了该模型的有效性.     

Self-optimization of optical confinement in an ultraviolet photonic crystal slab laser

We studied numerically and experimentally the effects of structural disorder on the performance of ultraviolet photonic crystal slab lasers. Optical gain selectively amplifies the high-quality modes of the passive system. For these modes, the in-plane and out-of-plane leakage rates may be automatically balanced in the presence of disorder. The spontaneous optimization of in-plane and out-of-plane confinement of light in a photonic crystal slab may lead to a reduction of the lasing threshold.