Nonlinear polarization rotation-induced pulse shaping in a stretched-pulse ytterbium-doped fiber laser

We report on controllable pulse shaping in a Yb-doped stretched-pulse fiber laser followed by a high-power chirped pulse amplifier. We demonstrate that the pulses after an extra-cavity grating pair change their intensity profile from Lorentz to Gaussian and then to sech2 shapes by adjusting the intra-cavity polarization through a quarter-wave plate inside the fiber laser cavity. The laser pulses with different pulse shapes exhibit pulse-to-pulse amplitude fluctuation of -- 1.02%, while the sech2-shaped pulse train is provided with a more stable free-running repetition rate as a result of the stronger self-phase modulation in the fiber laser cavity than Lorentz- and Gaussian-shaped pulse trains.     

自适应双光梳光谱原理分析与实现

采用自适应双光梳光谱检测方法对乙炔(C_2H_2)气体在ν_1+ν_3吸收带部分的P支谱线进行测量,并通过与HITRAN相应数据库的对比,验证了该方法的准确性。从采样定理出发,分析了自适应主动补偿技术的工作机理,并讨论了其高阶信号和带宽的特性。使用非线性光纤对光梳进行200nm范围的超连续谱展宽,拓展了其宽谱特性。时域信号单次采样时长为600μs,光谱分辨率达1.09GHz,光谱更新频率为180Hz。自适应补偿技术有效解决了自然室温条件下梳齿快漂引起的光谱抖动问题。同时,光梳振荡源重复频率锁定后均方差抖动控制为7.01 MHz,锁定光梳振荡源的重复频率和反馈调节控制连续激光的中心频率,可有效抑制光梳梳齿的慢漂现象,使双光梳光谱测量系统的稳定运行时间由几分钟提升至半小时量级,增强了自适应双光梳系统的长期稳定性和实用性。     

Pump-induced carrier envelope offset frequency dynamics and stabilization of an Yb-doped fiber frequency comb

In this paper, we demonstrate a carrier envelope phase-stabilized Yb-doped fiber frequency comb seeding by a nonlinear-polarization-evolution（NPE） mode-locked laser at a repetition rate of 60 MHz with a pulse duration of 191 fs.The pump-induced carrier envelope offset frequency（ f0） nonlinear tuning is discussed and further explained by the spectrum shift of the laser pulse. Through the environmental noise suppression, the drift of the free-running f0 is reduced down to less than 3 MHz within an hour. By feedback control on the pump power with a self-made phase-lock loop（PLL）electronics the carrier envelope offset frequency is well phase-locked with a frequency jitter of 85 m Hz within an hour.     

用于水分子相干拉曼散射成像的光纤光源研究

水是生物体中含量最多的一种物质，了解生物体内水的分布对于理解水的生理功能来说至关重要。相干反斯托克斯拉曼散射(CARS)作为一种非侵入的成像技术，能够对生物体内的水分子进行实时且免标记的成像。因此，设计并搭建了用于水的CARS被动同步光纤激光器系统，该被动同步系统由掺铒和掺镱锁模光纤激光器构成，通过将主脉冲注入到从激光器腔内引入非对易相移，进而实现无源同步，同步失配距离达到347μm。结合功率放大技术、倍频技术和脉冲压缩技术，双路输出平均功率分别为146 mW和2 W，脉冲宽度分别为146.0 fs和9.1 ps。使用所搭建的同步光源在3156 cm^-1处对新鲜小鼠耳朵组织进行CARS成像，成像效果良好。该同步光纤光源有望推动CARS技术在快速、实时、高效病理学检测领域的应用。