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.     

1018 nm短波长掺镱光纤激光高功率自组织相干合成

搭建了两台高功率、低量子损耗的1018 nm短波长掺镱光纤激光器,进行了全光纤结构下两路光纤激光器的相干合成实验。获得了功率为55 W、合成效率为90.2%的相干输出,这是当前严格单模1018 nm光纤激光器的最高功率水平。同时,验证了Michelson腔自组织相干合成技术能够实现光纤激光器的高功率单模输出。     

基于光纤光栅的高功率光纤激光器

分析了光纤光栅的选频原理以及光纤光栅基高功率光纤激光器的阈值特性和输出特性.采用紫外写入的光纤光栅做谐振腔,研制了全光纤结构的高功率光纤激光器,泵浦阈值为186 mW, 最大输出功率1.78 W,斜率效率59%,实验结果与理论分析基本吻合.     

高功率全光纤激光器特性

介绍了采用国产光纤光栅研制的全光纤激光器,单端泵浦获得468 W的连续激光输出。从理论上分析了光纤光栅的反射率与波长的关系,计算了输出谱宽值,与实验测得的数据相符。全光纤激光器的光-光转换效率达到70%,且随着功率的增加,光纤光栅的中心波长有向长波方向漂移的趋势。在最高输出功率下180 s之内输出功率波动在0.04%以内。     

强泵浦下掺Yb3+双包层光纤激光器输出特性数值分析和实验研究

对强泵浦下线形腔掺Yb3+双包层光纤激光器输出特性进行了理论和实验研究。通过数值模拟,分析了泵浦光及激光在光纤中的分布、输出功率与泵浦功率的关系、光纤长度及腔镜反射率对激光输出功率的影响。在实验中,利用D型掺Yb3+双包层光纤获得了输出功率10 6W的光纤激光输出,斜率效率达86%。测量了在不同输出耦合条件下的输出功率、阈值泵浦功率和斜率效率,理论分析与实验结果基本一致,为进一步提高光纤激光器功率提供了理论和实验依据。     

国产大功率全光纤主振荡功率放大器

 以国产掺Yb光纤为增益介质,利用国产泵浦源和光纤器件,构建了主振荡功率放大结构的全国产大功率全光纤激光器。在注入的最大泵浦功率为75 W时,获得了52.5 W,1 080 nm激光的稳定输出,光-光效率为70%。实验结果表明,提高泵浦功率可获得更高的输出功率。     

高能掺镱离子光纤激光器的研究

从激光器的速率方程出发,对光纤激光器的工作原理以及输出特性进行了研究,得到了光纤激光器在稳态条件下阈值条件和激光器输出功率的表达式.利用数值模拟结果对光纤激光器基本参量进行分析和论证.为光纤激光器的优化设计提供理论依据.并提出了全光纤型光纤激光器的实验方法.获得了最大功率7.5 W、波长1080 nm、峰值半宽0.11 nm的连续单模激光输出.     

国产光纤实现直接抽运全光纤化3000 W级激光输出

基于国产光纤构建了直接抽运全光纤化主控振荡器功率放大器结构光纤激光器, 放大级分别采用武汉烽火锐光科技有限公司和中国电子科技集团公司第四十六研究所提供的国产20/400 μm掺镱双包层光纤作为增益光纤, 通过全国产化放大级实现了3050和3092 W的1080 nm激光输出. 放大级提取效率分别为67.3%和68.2%, 光-光效率分别为63.0%和63.9%. 据可查询资料, 这是公开报道的直接抽运全光纤激光输出的最高水平, 同时由于采用了国产光纤作为放大级增益光纤, 表明国产光纤具备了3 kW级光纤激光器输出能力. 通过国产光纤横截端面以及光纤熔接显微镜图像实验分析知, 光纤制造工艺的不足是导致国产光纤激光器效率低的主要原因. 继续改进光纤工艺, 提升抽运功率, 优化光纤长度, 有望实现更高功率的全国产化光纤激光器输出.     

国产全光纤结构激光器实现245 W高功率激光输出

 以国产掺镱光纤为增益介质,利用国产泵浦源和光纤器件,构建了主振荡功率放大（MOPA）结构的全国产大功率全光纤激光器。激光器包括10 W种子激光器和高功率放大器两部分。在注入最大泵浦功率为356 W时,获得了245 W波长1 080 nm激光的稳定输出,光-光效率为69%。激光器单次连续出光时间约30 min,功率稳定性在1%以内。目前激光器输出功率受限于泵浦功率,增加泵浦源的数目有望进一步提高输出功率。     

端面泵浦掺Yb3+双包层光纤激光器

从双包层光纤激光器的速率方程出发，得到了光纤中泵浦光与激光的功率分布、输出功率与泵浦功率的关系、腔镜反射率及光纤长度对输出功率的影响。研究结果表明：输出激光功率与光纤长度及后腔镜反射率有很强的依赖关系，存在一个输出功率最大的最佳光纤长度。后腔镜反射率越大，输出激光功率越小；当光纤长度较短时，在输出端放置反射镜使泵浦光高反射，可以提高输出功率和效率。通过对端面泵浦掺Yb3+双包层光纤激光器进行理论分析和实验研究，得到输出激光的中心波长为1088.3nm，斜率效率为33.7%，最大输出功率为1.75W。     

双包层光纤激光器最大输出功率的估算

 通过热传导方程和边界条件得到高功率双包层光纤激光器温度分布的简化解析解，利用ANSYS模拟验证了简化的合理性，并以双包层的掺镱光纤激光器为例，把外包层的临界温度设定为80 ℃，计算了光纤激光器在自然对流、风扇制冷和水制冷条件下最大输出功率。计算结果表明：自然对流的情况下，对流传热系数为10 W·m^-2·Ｋ^-1时，光纤激光器的最大输出功率为105 W；风扇制冷的情况下，对流传热系数为80 Ｗ·m^-2·Ｋ^-1时，光纤激光器的最大输出功率820 W；要达到kW以上功率输出，必须对光纤进行主动水冷。     

High power CW laser operation with a Nd:YAG single-crystal fiber grown by LHPG method

We report a high power continuous wave laser operation with a Nd:YAG single crystal fiber. A piece of high quality Nd:YAG single crystal fiber was prepared by means of laser heated pedestal growth method and was then applied as the laser gain medium. The crystal fiber laser was end-pumped by a fiber pig-tailed laser diode working around 808 nm. A maximum output power of 13 W was obtained at a pump power of 60 W. To our knowledge, it was the highest laser power ever achieved with a piece of single crystal fiber.     

掺钕保偏光纤激光器的研究

对掺钕光纤激光器输出功率沿光纤的分布以及不同光纤长度下抽运功率和输出功率沿光纤的分布进行了数值模拟.以808nm半导体激光器为抽运源，掺钕双包层保偏光纤为增益介质，对保偏光纤激光器进行了探索性的实验研究.分别就光纤不同弯曲形状和弯曲半径对激光器输出功率指标和偏振特性的影响进行了研究，实验中发现在1060nm和1092nm处有两个峰值.在波长1060nm处得到了7.35W的连续偏振激光输出，斜率效率为58.3％. 关键词： 激光技术 光纤激光器 掺钕保偏光纤 偏振     

基于曲面空间合束的多单管半导体激光光纤耦合

随着单管半导体激光器光纤耦合技术的不断发展,为了进一步提高多单管半导体激光器的输出功率,本文采用曲面空间排列方式对多个单管半导体激光器进行合束研究,使更多数量的单管半导体激光器耦合进入同一光纤中,获得更高的输出功率。文中利用ZEMAX光学设计软件进行仿真模拟,将34只波长为975 nm、输出功率为10 W的单管半导体激光器合束聚焦后耦合进芯径200 μm、数值孔径0.22的光纤中,获得耦合效率91.76%、输出功率312.03 W的激光系统。实验中,将17只单管半导体激光器耦合进芯径200 μm、数值孔径0.22的光纤中,在10.5 A的驱动电流下,输出功率为100.5 W,系统耦合效率为68.46%。     

All-fiber single polarized Yb-doped fiber laser with a high extinction ratio

We present an all-fiber design for a single polarization Yb-doped fiber laser with all-fiber connections spliced. Single polarization with a high extinction ratio was achieved by the design of a laser cavity consisting of a fiber Bragg grating inscribed on a single-polarization fiber as a high reflective mirror and a piece of end-cleaved single-polarization fiber as an output coupler. The fiber laser operates at 1063.25 nm with an output power of 1.7 W, an optical signal- to-noise ratio of 70 dB and a narrow bandwidth of 54 pm. The laser output has a polarization extinction ratio of 700:1 or 28 dB, and a very stable power output.     

High-power Tm-doped fiber distributed-feedback laser at 1943 nm

We report on high-power operation of a fiber distributed-feedback (DFB) laser fabricated from Tm-doped photosensitive alumino-silicate fiber and in-band pumped by an Er/Yb fiber laser at 1565 nm. The fiber DFB laser yielded up to 875 mW of single-ended output at 1943 nm on two orthogonally polarized modes for 3.5 W of absorbed pump power. Further scaling of the DFB laser output power was achieved with the aid of a simple Tm-doped fiber amplifier stage spliced directly to the DFB fiber without the need of an optical isolator. The maximum output power from the DFB laser and fiber amplifier was >3 W for a combined absorbed pump power of 8.1 W. The influence of thermal loading, owing to quantum defect heating in the Tm-doped core, on the output power and longitudinal mode behavior is discussed, and the prospects for further improvement in performance are considered.     

High efficient Tm3+ doped double cladding silica fiber laser with an intracavity biconical taper

A high efficient LD (laser diode) pumped Tm³⁺ doped double clad silica fiber laser with an intravacity biconical taper was reported. A biconical taper located ～3 cm from the output end of the fiber laser was fabricated by heating and stretching method with a length 1.5 cm and waist diameter ～20 µm. The slope efficiency was 49.8% with respected to the launched pump power, and the maximum output power was 1.97 W. Pre and post output laser power ratio was ～10. This fiber laser was compared with other three biconical tapered fiber lasers (the same fiber with different tapers) and a uniform geometry fiber laser. With intracavity biconical tapers, fiber lasers’ thresholds were ～1 W higher than the fiber laser without the taper (1.97 W). The pump end’s slope efficiencies of fiber lasers with tapers were 3–5% in contrast with 37.6% of the uniform one. After tapered, the pre and post laser power ratios were much higher than the un-tapered one’s, but not changed much with the launched pump power.     

10-W-level diode-pumped compact 2.78 microm ZBLAN fiber laser

We report on >9W transverse-fundamental-mode CW output near 3 mum from a 4m heavily erbium-doped ZBLAN double-clad fiber laser pumped by a collimated 100 W 975 nm laser diode array. The pump threshold of the fiber laser was about 1W, and the slope efficiency was 21.3%. The peak wavelength of free running was about 2708 nm at low pump power and moved to around 2785 nm at high pump power. Output of 9W was obtained when the launched pump power was 42.8W. The output, however, fluctuated intensively like a pulsed laser, and the operation broke down with optical damage of the pumping end facet when the pump was increased beyond 42.8 W. Therefore, alleviation of the operation fluctuation, heat management, and strengthening the pumping fiber are crucial considerations for the stable operation of 10-W-level mid-IR ZBLAN fiber lasers.