基于气压控制的单谱线4.3 μm空芯光纤HBr激光器

基于空芯光纤（HCF）的气体激光器是实现中红外激光输出的一种有效手段,一般情况下,跃迁选择定则决定一条泵浦吸收谱线对应两条激射跃迁谱线。通过气压控制的方法实现了单一谱线的4.3μm单程结构HCF HBr激光器。以自研的1958 nm连续波高功率窄线宽掺铥光纤放大器为泵浦源,泵浦一段5 m长、充低压HBr气体的反共振HCF,通过气压控制分别实现了同位素H⁷⁹Br和H⁸¹Br单一谱线4.3μm的激光输出,最大激光功率为350 mW,总的光光转换效率约为8%。利用自行搭建的光纤扫描装置测量了输出激光光斑,结果表明其是一种基模。     

Towards all-fiber structure pulsed mid-infrared laser by gas-filled hollow-core fibers

We report here on a diode-pumped pulsed mid-infrared laser source based on gas-filled hollow-core fibers(HCFs)towards an all-fiber structure by the tapering method. The pump laser is coupled into an acetylene-filled HCF through a tapered single-mode fiber. By precisely tuning the wavelength of the diode to match different absorption lines of acetylene near 1.5 μm, mid-infrared emission around 3.1–3.2 μm is generated. With 2 m HCFs and3 mbar acetylene gas, a maximum average power of 130 m W is obtained with a laser slope efficiency of ～24%.This work provides a potential scheme for all-fiber mid-infrared fiber gas lasers.     

中红外光纤激光技术研究进展与展望

中红外激光在通信、遥感、安检和光电对抗等许多领域中都有重要的应用价值,一直以来都是激光领域研究的热点。中红外激光的产生方法有很多,其中光纤中红外激光器具有结构紧凑、光束质量好和转换效率高等特点,故被认为最有希望实现便携、稳定、高效和高功率的中红外激光输出。随着软玻璃光纤制备工艺水平的提升,中红外光纤激光技术获得了快速发展,输出功率水平也得到了很大提升。然而,受限于稀土离子种类、软玻璃光纤制备工艺和软玻璃光纤化学稳定性,基于软玻璃光纤的中红外激光器在功率进一步提升和波长拓展方面存在技术瓶颈,近年出现的中红外光纤气体激光器为此提供了有效的解决方案。详细综述了中红外光纤激光技术的研究现状,包括基于气体填充空芯光纤的新型中红外光纤激光器,并简要展望了中红外光纤激光技术的发展趋势。     

1.56 μm and 2.86 μm Raman lasers based on gas-filled anti-resonance hollow-core fiber

We report here a single-pass 1.56 μm fiber gas Raman laser in a deuterium-filled hollow-core fiber and a 2.86 μm cascade fiber gas Raman laser with methane in the second stage. The maximum output powers at 1.56 and 2.86 μm are 27 and 8.5 m W with Raman conversion efficiency of 30% and 42%, respectively. The results offer a new method to produce a 1.5 μm fiber source and prove the potential of the cascade fiber gas Raman laser in extending the available wavelength.