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.     

1.5μm光纤气体拉曼激光光源EI北大核心CSCD

报道了基于空芯光纤中气体受激拉曼散射效应的1.5μm波段光纤激光实验.利用高峰值功率、窄线宽、亚纳秒量级的1064nm微芯激光抽运一段充高压乙烷气体的空芯光纤.通过乙烷气体分子的受激拉曼散射,获得了1553nm的激光输出,峰值功率达到16.6kW,线宽小于0.2nm,脉宽约为435ps.该功率水平是目前在掺铒光纤中获得的最高峰值功率的4倍以上.该研究为同时实现高峰值功率和窄线宽的1.5μm波段光纤激光提供了一条新的技术途径.