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.     

980nm半导体激光器输出光谱特性的改善

为了改善980nm半导体激光器的输出光谱特性,采用传输矩阵分析法推导了双布喇格光纤光栅谐振腔的传输表达式,对布喇格光纤光栅长度和谐振腔腔长对输出光谱的影响进行模拟仿真,结果表明布喇格光纤光栅长度对输出光谱的影响大于谐振腔腔长对输出光谱的影响,加长布喇格光纤光栅长度能压缩输出光谱线宽.在980nm半导体激光器尾纤上写入不同布喇格光纤光栅长度的双布喇格光纤光栅谐振腔,验证了引入双布喇格光纤光栅谐振腔在压缩980nm半导体激光器输出光谱线宽的同时改善了其输出光谱的稳定性.当环境温度在0~75℃范围内变化时,980nm半导体激光器输出中心波长仅变化0.06nm.     

一种新型可调谐环型腔掺饵光纤激光器输出特性的研究

理论分析了光纤光栅调谐量与光纤应力和拉伸系数间的关系,实验研究了环行腔掺铒光纤激光器的最佳输出耦合比、调谐波长与新型可调谐光纤光栅挤压长度的关系以及不同耦合比对激光线宽和调谐范围的影响。在最佳输出耦合比为9:1时得到3.8mW最大激光输出功率,在耦合比为7:3时最大调谐范围为7.85nm。     

1150nm掺镱光纤激光器输出特性实验研究

以光纤光栅对为激光腔、双包层掺镱光纤为增益介质、976nm半导体激光器为泵浦源,研制全光纤化的1 150nm波段长波光纤激光振荡器.在室温下实现了最大平均输出功率为12.7 W的1 150nm波段单模光纤激光输出,激光振荡器的光光转换效率为42.33%.最大功率输出时,激光中心波长为1 150.48nm,光谱的3dB线宽为0.45nm,边模抑制比达38dB.该研究对研制1 150nm波段高功率光纤激光振荡器具有一定的参考价值.     

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.     

飞秒级联啁啾倾斜光纤光栅用于拉曼滤除

啁啾倾斜光纤光栅（CTFBG）是高功率光纤激光系统中拉曼光滤除的重要器件。采用飞秒激光级联刻写的方式，在大模场面积双包层光纤（LMA-DCF）中制备了一个带宽约为15.2 nm、滤除深度大于20 dB的CTFBG，将其置于1080 nm高功率光纤激光长距离传输系统的输出端，实现了光谱无拉曼输出，明显提高了输出激光纯度，插入损耗约为0.3 dB，光束质量无明显变化。所提出的利用飞秒激光制备宽带CTFBG的方法可有效滤除光谱中的拉曼光，对CTFBG的研制与应用有重要意义。     

高频CO2激光脉冲写入的相移长周期光纤光栅

运用矩阵传输法，并结合长周期光纤光栅的模式耦合理论，阐述了相移长周期光纤光栅传输光谱的形成原理.利用高频CO2激光脉冲制作出相移长周期光纤光栅.该方法仅需用计算机绘制光栅结构图形，再由计算机依照此图形控制CO2激光器对普通光纤曝光，就可自动完成光纤光栅的制作.实际制造出一条相移长周期光纤光栅，在1520~1570 nm和1610~1670 nm波长范围内分别呈现出相移图样，相移波段的通带中心波长分别为1546 nm和1640 nm.对光栅进行温度测试，观测1610~1670 nm范围内相移光谱的变化，发现相移光栅的通带及阻带中心波长具有相同的温度变化系数，其数值为0.064 nm/℃，另外又测试了光栅的应变特性，灵敏度约为－0.51 nm/mε.因此在利用光栅温度特性或应变特性做传感的过程中，可以仅测试通带中心波长的变化，实现低成本多样化的测量手段.     

双包层光纤光栅选频双包层光纤激光器

双包层光纤激光器中多采用法布里珀罗(F-P)线形腔结构,谐振腔为一只二向色镜和光纤端面菲涅耳反射镜(反射率约为4％)构成,这属于一种有缺陷的腔结构,其稳定性不好,产生激光的波长很难得到有效控制,后腔镜不能精确选择激光器的输出波长,激光器的输出谱线较宽。在某些对激光波长有明确要求的应用中,该结构会受到限制。采用布拉格光纤光栅作腔镜,利用其窄带滤波特性,可以得到窄线宽的激光输出,目前报道的作为腔镜的布拉格光纤光栅为在单包层光敏光纤上制作而成,然后分别将不同反射率的光纤光栅与双包层增益光纤熔接,这给腔镜与双包层光纤之间带来很大的耦合损耗,影响了激光器的功率输出。该文报道了用相位掩模法在双包层光纤芯上写入了布拉格光纤光栅,并把此光纤光栅做为后腔镜．对长度为10m、20m的D形掺Yb^3 双包层光纤激光器进行实验研究,在1058nm附近得到稳定的窄线宽激光输出,3dB带宽为0．329nm。激光器最大输出功率为570mW。最后对实验结果进行了理论分析。     

基于光纤光栅谐振腔的掺镱全光纤激光器设计(英文)

采用数值分析方法分析了光纤长度、后腔镜反射率等因素对激光器输出阈值泵浦功率、输出功率的影响,为全光纤激光器的优化设计提供了理论基础.在设计过程中采用光纤光栅作为光纤激光器的反馈与选频腔镜,通过锥度光纤实现了泵浦模块与掺镱双包层光纤之间的低损耗连接以及高效率的泵浦激光功率传输,成功研制了具备稳定窄化线宽激光输出的掺镱全光纤激光器.实验得到了波长峰值在1 082 .50 nm,谱线宽度0 .113 nm,最大输出功率8 .5 W,泵浦阈值功率0 .8 W,斜率效率为70 .8 %的稳定激光输出.     

光纤激光器中激光波长相对于光纤光栅反射中心的偏移

在用光纤布拉格光栅作为反射器的掺镱光纤激光器的输出光谱中发现激光波长相对于光纤光栅反射中心偏移的现象，偏移量相当于光纤光栅反射带宽的一半。通过实验证明偏移现象与光纤光栅的反射特性和热效应无关，并且在不同的温度和不同的光纤光栅反射波长的情况下都得到了同样的结果。采用激光增益线形的有关理论，对这一现象进行了分析，实验结果与理论分析相一致。     

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.     

Tunable writing Tm-doped intracore fiber Bragg gratings using 800 nm femtosecond laser and phase mask

The intracore fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) were successfully written into the non-photosensitive multi-mode Tm-doped fiber core by the 800 nm fs laser and a phase mask. Using the varied focal length lens, the tunable writing was realized, and the tunable wavelength band was over 84 nm. A geometrical optics imaging model and numerical calculation were described to explain the tunable writing mechanism. The interference modulation intensity characteristics were also theoretically investigated considering the beam incident angle variation. Based on the intracore FBGs, the all-fiber Tm-doped fiber laser had a maximal output power of 15.8 W with a slope efficiency of 30% and threshold of 5.1 W.     

Wideband wavelength tunable fiber ring laser with flattened output power spectrum

A wavelength tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser with flattened output power spectrum over a broadband is proposed and demonstrated. The power flattening is achieved using a high-birefringence fiber loop mirror, in which a number of high-birefringence fiber sections and polarization controllers are used to get a reflection spectrum that can compensate for the output power spectrum. The wavelength tuning is realized by compressing or stretching the FBGs in the laser cavity. A 1×3 switchable fiber Bragg grating array is incorporated into the fiber ring to get a wideband tuning range of 38 nm, from 1527 to 1565 nm. Within this range, the output power uniformity is controlled within ±0.8 dB. The total output power is about 4 dBm, the 3-dB linewidth is 0.01 nm, and the side mode suppression ratio is more than 48 dB.     

Single-longitudinal-mode erbium-doped fiber laser based on a fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot filter

A novel single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) erbium-doped fiber laser with a simple linear cavity based on a fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot filter (FBG-FPF) and a narrowband (～0.06 nm) FBG is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. Two uniform FBGs form the FBG-FPF, which has two ultranarrow transmission bands with a bandwidth of 0.12 pm and a wavelength spacing of 0.095 nm. By slightly tuning the central wavelength of the narrowband FBG, SLM lasing at 1549.658 or 1549.563 nm (corresponding to the two transmission peaks of the FBG-FPF) is achieved with a laser output power of ～4 mW, when the pump power is ～75 mW.     

Cavity-enhanced spectroscopy in optical fibers

Cavity-enhanced methods have been extended to fiber optics by use of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) as reflectors. High-finesse fiber cavities were fabricated from FBGs made in both germanium/boron-co-doped photosensitive fiber and hydrogen-loaded Corning SMF-28 fiber. Optical losses in these cavities were determined from the measured Fabry-Perot transmission spectra and cavity ring-down spectroscopy. For a 10-m-long single-mode fiber cavity, ring-down times in excess of 2 ms were observed at 1563.6 nm, and individual laser pulses were resolved. An evanescent-wave access block was produced within a fiber cavity, and an enhanced sensitivity to optical loss was observed as the external medium's refractive index was altered.     

Yb3+-doped double-clad fiber laser with all fiber cavity

A novel all fiber cavity Yb3+-doped double-clad fiber laser (DCFL) based on two double-clad fiber (DCF)Bragg grating is presented. The fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) as the input and output mirrors have been formed in Yb3+-doped DCF with the phase-mask method, and their reflectivities are 99% and 22%,respectively. When the input pump power is 417 mW, the maximum output power is 144 mW with linewidth ＜0.1 nm at the wavelength of 1.057μm, over 40-dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and 50.8% slope efficiency.     

High power wavelength-defined all-fiber Yb3+-doped double clad fiber laser

An all-fiber Yb3+-doped double-clad fiber laser using FBGs as cavity mirrors is investigated in this paper. Continuous-wave (CW) output power of 1.18 W with defined wavelength at 1.06 um and narrow line-width of less than 0.1 nm is obtained. The slope efficiency and the maximum optical-to-optical efficiency of laser output are 68% and 51%, respectively, with respect to absorbed pump power.     

Stable single longitudinal mode erbium-doped silica fiber laser based on asymmetric linear three-cavity structure

We present a stable linear-cavity single longitudinal mode (SLM) erbium-doped silica fiber laser. It consists of four fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) directly written in a section of photosensitive erbium-doped fiber (EDF) to form asymmetric three-cavity structure. The stable SLM operation at a wavelength of 1545.112 nm with a 3-dB bandwidth of 0.012 nm and an optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) of about 60 dB is verified experimentally. In laboratory condition, the performance of power fluctuation of less than 0.05 dB observed from the power meter for 6 h and wavelength variation of less than 0.01 nm obtained from the optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) for about 1.5 h are demonstrated. The gain fiber length is no longer limited to only several centimeters for SLM operation because of the excellent mode-selecting ability of the asymmetric three-cavity structure. The proposed scheme provides a simple and cost-effective approach to realizing a stable SLM fiber laser.     

Stable single longitudinal mode erbium-doped silica fiber laser based on an asymmetric linear three-cavity structure

We present a stable linear-cavity single longitudinal mode (SLM) erbium-doped silica fiber laser. It consists of four fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) directly written in a section of photosensitive erbium-doped fiber (EDF) to form an asymmetric three-cavity structure. The stable SLM operation at a wavelength of 1545.112 nm with a 3-dB bandwidth of 0.012 nm and an optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) of about 60 dB is verified experimentally. Under laboratory conditions, the performance of a power fluctuation of less than 0.05 dB observed from the power meter for 6 h and a wavelength variation of less than 0.01 nm obtained from the optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) for about 1.5 h are demonstrated. The gain fiber length is no longer limited to only several centimeters for SLM operation because of the excellent mode-selecting ability of the asymmetric three-cavity structure. The proposed scheme provides a simple and cost-effective approach to realizing a stable SLM fiber laser.