基于空间结构内部锁相的光纤激光相干合成技术

介绍了本课题组近年来在基于空间结构内部锁相的光纤激光相干合成方面的研究工作,给出了空间结构内部锁相相干合成的基本原理,搭建了七路低功率光纤激光阵列实验系统,结果表明在内部相位噪声校正基础之上,可以稳定补偿外部相位差进而实现激光阵列同相位输出,验证了内部锁相方法的可行性。进一步介绍了空间结构内部锁相技术在目标在回路相干合成、阵列光束光场调控等方面的拓展应用,通过实验论证了空间结构内部锁相技术能够有效提升目标在回路相干合成系统的相位控制带宽,并在远场有效生成轨道角动量光束阵列,其拓扑荷数可从-1到+1切换。     

光纤激光阵列目标在回路自适应光学系统的数值模拟

研究了光纤激光阵列目标在回路自适应光学系统在实际大气环境中的传输.从光纤激光阵列、激光在大气中的传输、目标和优化算法四个方面,建立了光纤激光阵列目标在回路自适应光学系统的理论模型.在不同强度大气湍流下,对系统补偿大气湍流影响的效果进行了研究,并对系统控制参数优化进行了简单探讨.结果表明,目标在回路闭环控制结构能够有效补...     

Coherent Beam Combination of Eight Watt-Level Polarization-Maintained Fiber Amplifiers

We demonstrate the coherent beam combination of eight Watt-level polarization-maintained fiber amplifiers. The phase control signal of each amplifier is generated by running a stochastic parallel gradient descent algorithm on a digital signal processor （DSP）. The experimental result shows that the whole system in close-loop performs well for long-time observation. Energy encircled in the target pinhole is 6.68 times more than that in open-loop. The combination efficiency is as high as 84.5%.     

Propagation of high-power partially coherent fibre laser beams in a real environment

The propagation performance of high-power partially coherent fibre laser beams in a real environment is investigated and the theoretical model of a high-power fibre laser propagating in a real environment is established. The influence of a collimating system and thermal blooming is considered together with atmospheric turbulence and mechanical jitter. The laser energy concentration of partially coherent beams in the far field is calculated and analysed based on the theoretical model. It is shown that the propagation performance of partially coherent beams depends on the collimating system, atmospheric turbulence, mechanical jitter and thermal blooming. The propagation performance of partially coherent beams and fully coherent beams is studied and the results show that partially coherent beams are less sensitive to the influence of thermal blooming, which results in that the energy degeneration for partially coherent beams is only 50% of that for fully coherent beams. Both partially coherent beams and fully coherent beams become less sensitive to thermal blooming when the average structural constant of the refraction index fluctuations increases to 1.7 × 10^-14 m^-2/3. The investigation presents a reference for applications of a high-power fibre laser system.     

5 kW全光纤结构1018 nm激光合成

光纤激光同带抽运方案具有泵浦亮度高、量子亏损小等优势,有着巨大的功率提升潜力,是近年来国际上的研究热点。1018 nm光纤激光可作为高功率掺镱光纤激光器的高效同带抽运源,但是单个1018 nm光纤激光器输出功率有限,光束合成是突破这一局限的重要方案。基于19台单模1018 nm光纤激光器和一个191光纤功率合束器,搭建了一套全光纤结构激光合成系统,实现了5 kW的1018 nm合成激光输出。     

Hundred-watt-level linearly polarized tunable Raman random fiber laser

A high power linearly polarized tunable Raman random fiber laser(RFL) was studied theoretically and experimentally. The parameters required for the system design were obtained through numerical simulation, based on which a hundred-watt-level linearly polarized tunable RFL was successfully demonstrated. The central wavelength can be continuously tuned from 1113.76 to 1137.44 nm, and the output power exceeds 100 W for all of the lasing wavelengths with the polarization extinction ratio(PER) exceeding 20 d B at the maximum output power.Besides, the linewidth, spectral evolution, and temporal dynamics of a specified wavelength(1124.72 nm) were investigated in detail. Moreover, the theoretical results and the experimental results fit well. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time for a hundred-watt-level linearly polarized tunable RFL ever reported.     

Coherent beam combination of adaptive fiber laser array with tilt-tip and phase-locking control

We present an experimental study on tilt-tip(TT) and phase-locking(PL) control in a coherent beam combination(CBC) system of adaptive fiber laser array.The TT control is performed using the adaptive fiber-optics collimator(AFOC),and the PL control is realized by the phase modulator(PM).Cascaded and simultaneous controls of TT and PL using stochastic parallel gradient descent(SPGD) algorithm are investigated in this paper.Two-fiber-laser-,four-fiber-laser-,and six-fiber-laser-arrays are employed to study the TT and PL control.In the cascaded control system,only one high-speed CMOS camera is used to collect beam data and a computer is used as the controller.In a simultaneous control system one high-speed CMOS camera and one photonic detector(PD) are employed,and a computer and a control circuit based on field programmable gate array(FPGA) are used as the controllers.Experimental results reveal that both cascaded and simultaneous controls of TT using AFOC and PL using PM in fiber laser array are feasible and effective.Cascaded control is more effective in static control situation and simultaneous control can be applied to the dynamic control system directly.The control signals of simultaneous PL and TT disturb each other obviously and TT and PL control may compete with each other,so the control effect is limited.     

高功率梯度掺杂增益光纤温度特性理论研究

在高功率光纤激光器中, 增益光纤的热效应是限制激光功率进一步提高的重要因素之一. 为了降低增益光纤的最高温度, 提出了一种通过改变增益光纤的掺杂浓度分布, 分散光纤激光的热效应, 从而提高激光输出功率的方法. 基于速率方程模型和热传导模型, 在光纤激光放大器输出功率大致相当的情况下, 对几种不同掺杂方式下增益光纤中的热分布和放大器的输出功率进行了数值模拟. 研究结果表明: 增益光纤的梯度掺杂可以优化光纤中的温度分布并提高光纤熔接点的稳定性; 同时兼具提高输出光束的光束质量、抑制光纤中非线性效应和模式不稳定的效果, 是提高光纤激光放大器输出功率切实可行的办法. 研究结果可以为高功率光纤激光器中增益光纤的设计提供一定的参考.     

300W线偏振飞秒全光纤啁啾脉冲放大系统北大核心CSCD

报道了高平均功率的线偏振啁啾脉冲放大系统。该系统包括全光纤结构的多级放大器以及透射光栅脉冲压缩器。压缩前,实现了近衍射极限光束输出,平均功率425 W,光光效率81%,消光比约13dB;压缩后,获得了平均功率300 W、脉宽315fs、峰值功率12 MW的激光脉冲,为目前报道的最高平均功率的线偏振光纤啁啾脉冲放大系统。     

光纤放大器受激布里渊散射效应抑制

提出了一种多波长窄线宽光纤放大器,其种子光由多个单频激光耦合而成,所有单频激光波长几乎相等（波长间隔小于1 nm）,频率间隔大于两倍布里渊频移。建立了此类多波长窄线宽光纤放大器的完整理论模型,分析了放大器中受激布里渊散射（SBS）与种子数目的关系。搭建了双波长和三波长窄线宽光纤放大器,进行SBS阈值输出功率测定实验。实验结果与理论模拟结果基本一致,验证了理论模型的合理性;双波长和三波长放大可以有效抑制SBS效应,大幅提高放大器输出功率。