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。     

一体化光纤滤除器和端帽实现20 kW激光输出北大核心CSCD

在高功率光纤激光系统中,包层光滤除器能将光纤中包层光滤除以保证输出激光光束质量,光纤端帽通过对输出激光扩束降低输出光纤端面的光功率密度,从而保护光纤端面不受损坏,两者都是高功率光纤激光系统稳定运行的重要核心器件。将包层光滤除器和光纤端帽进行一体化设计,制备了一体化高功率光纤包层光滤除器和光纤端帽并分别应用于20 kW合束系统和单纤系统中,输出功率达到20 kW时,端帽的最高温度约为40℃,温升速率约为0.8℃/kW。     

简单MOPA结构窄线宽激光突破5 kW近单模输出

高功率窄线宽光纤激光器在非线性频率转换、光谱合成以及相干合成等领域有着重要的应用前景。本文基于自研的复合腔结构窄线宽振荡器作为种子,采用单级主振荡功率放大技术（MOPA）,实现了5 kW高效率的近单模窄谱激光输出。通过优化振荡器的时序特性和放大级结构,受激拉曼散射、光谱展宽和热致模式不稳定效应得到综合抑制。在最高功率时,信号光的3 dB和20 dB线宽分别为0.48 nm和2.1 nm,放大器的斜率效率约为86.1%,拉曼抑制比为28.3 dB,光束质量M2约1.35。本研究工作对于高功率窄线宽光纤激光的发展和研究具有重要的指导意义。     

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.