互注入锁定产生双波长可调谐光脉冲的实验研究

报道了两个增益开关调制的法布里-珀罗半导体激光器互注入锁定实验方案,可产生双波长可调谐光脉冲。该装置对两个结构基本相同的法布里珀罗半导体激光器做增益开关调制,产生多模光脉冲输出;然后利用两个光纤光栅作为滤波元件,通过调节可调谐光延迟线(VODL2),可使得双波长光脉冲在两个法布里-珀罗激光器之间相互注入锁定．从而在输出端得到高边模抑制比的双波长光脉冲输出。然后再通过应力作用在两个光纤光栅上以改变它们的反射波长和适当调整另一个可调谐光延迟线(VODLI)长度．可得到不同的双波长的光脉冲输出,而重复频率保持524．6MHz不变。在13．2nm调谐范围内边模抑制比高于25dB．系统稳定且波长调节方便。     

Nonlinear optical rectification of GaAs/Ga1-xAlxAs quantum dots with Hulthén plus Hellmann confining potential

We investigate the nonlinear optical rectification (NOR) of spherical quantum dots (QDs) under Hulthén plus Hellmann confining potential with the external tuning elements. Energy and wavefunction are determined by using the Nikiforov-Uvarov method. Expression for the NOR coefficient is derived by the density matrix theory. The results show that the applied external elements and internal parameters of this system have a strong influence on intraband nonlinear optical properties. It is hopeful that this tuning of the nonlinear optical properties of GaAs/Ga_1-xAl_xAs QDs can make a greater contribution to preparation of new functional optical devices.     

胶粘剂对石英音叉剪切力控距的影响

粘接音叉和光纤探针的胶粘剂对由石英音叉和光纤探针构成剪切力控距体系的品质因数有明显的影响。通过对比不同胶粘剂的物理特性 ,选择了适合于粘接音叉和光纤探针的胶粘剂。研究发现 ,室温快速固化环氧树脂胶粘剂HY 91 4 ,GHJ光学用环氧型胶粘剂 (Opticalepoxy)和 50 2胶能满足实验要求。理论分析指出 ,对于同样的音叉和光纤探针来说 ,胶粘剂的密度和用量是影响音叉 探针体系品质因数的主要因素     

Quasi-phase-matched generation of tunable blue light in a quasi-periodic structure

We present what is to our knowledge a new approach to generating tunable blue light by cascaded nonlinear frequency conversion in a single LiTaO3 crystal. Simultaneous quasi-phase matching of an optical parametric generation process and a sum-frequency mixing process is achieved by means of structuring the crystal with a quasi-periodic optical superlattice. The spectral (wavelength tuning and bandwidth) and power characteristics of the blue-light generation are studied with a fixed-wavelength 532-nm picosecond laser and a wavelength-tunable nanosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) as the pump sources. By tuning the OPO wavelength, we could tune the blue output over approximately 20 nm. Temperature tuning of the blue output at a fixed pump wavelength of 532 nm was limited to approximately 1.5 nm. A maximum blue power of 15 microW was generated at a pump power of 0.5 mW, corresponding to an efficiency of 3%.     

High-speed wavelength-swept semiconductor laser with a polygon-scanner-based wavelength filter

Ultrahigh-speed tuning of an extended-cavity semiconductor laser is demonstrated. The laser resonator comprises a unidirectional fiber-optic ring, a semiconductor optical amplifier as the gain medium, and a novel scanning filter based on a polygonal scanner. Variable tuning rates up to 1150 nm/ms (15.7-kHz repetition frequency) are demonstrated over a 70-nm wavelength span centered at 1.32 microm. This tuning rate is more than an order of magnitude faster than previously demonstrated and is facilitated in part by self-frequency shifting in the semiconductor optical amplifier. The instantaneous linewidth of the source is <0.1 nm for 9-mW cw output power and a low spontaneous-emission background of -80 dB.     

宽带波长可调固体染料光放大的实现

对有机染料4－Dieyanomethylene-2-methjyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran(DCM)掺杂的PMMA（聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯）以及DCM掺杂的PMMA／凝胶玻璃复合材料平面光波导中的放大自发辐射进行了研究。实验表明,通过合理地控制波导层的折射率及厚度,可以在较宽范围内选择放大自发辐射的波长,从而实现波长调谐,波长调谐范围可达30nm。该方法可应用于固体可调谐激光器及光放大器的宽带调谐。     

A high performance tunable optical filter based on cascaded polarization interference filter

A new kind of tunable optical filter is proposed for DWDM optical communication application. It is based on cascaded polarization interference filter (PIF). The period and bandpass width of each PIF are decided by its optical path difference between o-ray and e-ray (OPDOE). When their OPDOEs are proportionately designed, the tuning range and bandpass width depend on OPDOE in the first and the last PIF, respectively. The tuning range, bandpass width and crosstalk are independent each other. The crosstalk is related to the OPDOE ratios among PIFs and can be suppressed by designing the PIF's 15 × 2N-7 × l1, 10 × 2N-6 × l1 and 2N-2 × l1 from the first to the last. This suggested OPDOEs can yield -50-dB crosstalk for any tuning range and bandpass width. The insert loss is less than i dB. As its loose alignment requirement, there is no limitation on cascaded PIF number. When 11 PIFs are cascaded, it can achieve 170-nm tuning range, -50-dB crosstalk, bandpass width applicable to 25-GHz channel spacing and 1 dB insert loss.     

Electro-optic spectral tuning in a continuous-wave, asymmetric-duty-cycle, periodically poled LiNbO(3) optical parametric oscillator

We demonstrate electro-optic spectral tuning in a continuous-wave periodically poled LiNbO(3) (PPLN) optical parametric oscillator (OPO). We achieve 8.91 cm(-1) of rapid spectral tuning, with a linear tuning rate of 2.89 cm(-1) /(kV/mm), by applying electric fields up to +/-1.5 kV/mm across the crystal while it is operating within the OPO. Intentionally poling the PPLN crystal with an asymmetric domain structure enables tuning, and numerical predictions closely match the experimental observations. The tuning is considerably larger than the typical operational bandwidth of the OPO, indicating that we are in fact shifting the gain curve of the PPLN crystal.     

MEMS-based tunable terahertz wire-laser over 330 GHz

We demonstrate continuous tuning of a terahertz quantum cascade wire laser over a broad range of ～330?GHz (～8.6% of the 3.85?THz center frequency) with single-mode operation. Tuning is achieved with a narrow laser ridge (～λ(o)/8) and a moveable MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) side object (plunger) to manipulate the transverse optical mode. The frictionless MEMS plunger enables continuous and reversible tuning. We demonstrate ～30?GHz redshift tuning using a silicon plunger and ～300?GHz blueshift tuning using a metal plunger. The blueshift tuning range is limited by the bandwidth of the gain medium rather than the tuning mechanism.     

Tunable single-longitudinal-mode Ytterbium all fiber laser with saturable-absorber-based auto-tracking filter

A broadband tunable, single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) Ytterbium fiber laser with unpumped Ytterbium-doped Sagnac loop is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The unpumped Ytterbium-doped Sagnac loop is employed as a saturable absorber based auto-tracking filter to ensure single-longitudinal-mode oscillation. And a tunable band pass optical filter with large tuning range is applied to achieve broadband tuning ability. With 1-m Ytterbium-doped fiber as the gain medium, the SLM operation is achieved with over 60-nm wavelength tuning range at 160-mW pump power. The laser is very stable with output power of about 3 dBm and optical signal to noise ratio of higher than 50 dB in all the 60-nm tuning range.     

Thermal effects in singly resonant continuous-wave optical parametric oscillators

Stability and tuning characteristics of continuous-wave optical parametric oscillators (CW OPOs) are affected by various thermal effects arising from optical absorption in nonlinear crystals. In this paper, we present an experimental study of such effects in a singly resonant CW OPO. The OPO operates in the 3-μm mid-infrared region and it is based on a MgO-doped periodically poled lithium niobate crystal. We focus our study on two thermally induced phenomena that have been recently reported to exist in singly resonant CW OPOs: optical bi-stability and thermal self-locking. Thermal self-locking effect, which is known to alter the stability and tuning properties of doubly and triply resonant CW OPOs, is shown to be also of importance in singly resonant OPOs. We report the stability and tuning characteristics of a thermally loaded OPO and discuss a simple temperature-tuning method that can be used to scan the OPO idler frequency continuously over several THz.     

Widely tunable asymmetric long-period fiber grating with high sensitivity using optical polymer on laser-ablated cladding

We demonstrate high-efficiency, wideband-tunable, laser-ablated long-period fiber gratings that use an optical polymer overlay. Portions of the fiber cladding are periodically removed by CO(2) laser pulses to induce periodic index changes for coupling the core mode into cladding modes. An optical polymer with a high thermo-optic coefficient with a dispersion distinct from that of silica is used on a deep-ablated cladding structure so that the effective indices of cladding modes become dispersive and the resonant wavelengths can be efficiently tuned. The tuning efficiency can be as high as 15.8 nm/ degrees C, and the tuning range can be wider than 105 nm (1545-1650 nm).     

Transmission of 20 Gb/s PAM-4 signal over 20 km optical fiber using a directly modulated tunable DBR laser

We report 20 Gb/s transmission of four-level pulse amplitude modulation(PAM) signal using a directly modulated tunable distributed Bragg reflector(DBR) laser. Transmission distance over 20 km was achieved without using optical amplifiers and optical dispersion compensation modules. A wavelength tuning range of 11.5 nm and a 3 dB bandwidth greater than 10 GHz over the entire wavelength tuning range were obtained.     

光参量振荡过程的物理图象及BBO参量振荡器

本文采用折射率面来描述光参量振荡过程的物理图象,获得了光参量振荡过程的相位匹配图象和频率调谐的简单的数学表达式,直观简洁地说明了光参量振荡器频率调谐曲线的调谐行为.我们用1.06μm和0.532μm激光泵浦β-BaB2O4(BBO)晶体,获得了角度调谐的BBO光参量振荡器的调谐范围分别为1.7～2.35μm及0.72～2.1μm,最大能量转换效率为15％,还讨论了输出能量与腔长的关系.     

High-power single-mode emission from a broad-area semiconductor laser with a pseudoexternal cavity and a Fabry Perot etalon

A simple pseudoexternal cavity with a commerically available broad-area laser diode, standard optics, and a thin FabryPerot etalon provides single-mode emission with 1-W optical power and a tuning range of ~0.5nm . The linewidth is estimated at 200MHz. Such high-power semiconductor laser systems are promising light sources for atomic physics, in which narrow-band high-power light is necessary, for example, for optical pumping of alkali metal vapor. Methods for expanding the tuning range and achieving higher narrow-band optical power are discussed.     

Tuning fork enhanced interferometric photoacoustic spectroscopy: a new method for trace gas analysis

A photoacoustic trace gas sensor based on an optical read-out method of a quartz tuning fork is shown. Instead of conventional piezoelectric signal read-out, as applied in well-known quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS), an interferometric read-out method for measurement of the tuning fork’s oscillation is presented. To demonstrate the potential of the optical read-out of tuning forks in photoacoustics, a comparison between the performances of a sensor with interferometric read-out and conventional QEPAS with piezoelectric read-out is reported. The two sensors show similar characteristics. The detection limit (L) for the optical read-out is determined to be L _opt=(2598±84) ppm (1σ) compared to L _elec=(2579±78) ppm (1σ) for piezoelectric read-out. In both cases the detection limit is defined by the thermal noise of the tuning fork.     

Active control of long-period fiber-grating-based filters made in erbium-doped optical fibers

Integrating an active medium with a filtering component can bring new functionalities compared with configurations where the two stages (units) are placed in series. We exploit this phenomenon and demonstrate all-optical tunable filters based on long-period fiber gratings written in an active optical fiber. The tuning is obtained via optical pumping at 980 nm.     

临界及非临界相位匹配KTP光学参量振荡器

报道了利用Nd:YAG激光器二次谐波532nm及基频波1064nm作抽运源,采用临界及非临界相位匹配方式抽运KTP光学参量振荡器的实验结果.实验中获得了具有实用价值的1.53-1.84um人眼安全激光,KTP光学参量振荡器输出总量最大达130mJ,最高能量转换效率64%.分析比较了调谐范围、离分角、接收角、阈值及转换效率,讨论离分角对参量输出的光束质量、转换效率的影响.     

Optoelectronic delay-time controller for laser pulses

A dc-voltage-controlled optoelectronic delay line for continuous tuning of the relative delay time of an optical pulse train generated from a gain-switched laser diode is demonstrated. A maximum tunable range delay time of 3.9 ns ( approximately 2 periods) for optical pulses at a 500-MHz repetition rate is reported, which corresponds to a phase shift of as much as 4pi. The tuning responsivity and resolution of the current apparatus are 0.54 ps/mV and <0.2 ps, respectively. The measured timing fluctuation and long-term drift at any delay time are 0.13 ps and 20 fs/min, respectively. This scheme further permits the simultaneous phase tracking of the laser pulse train to unknown signals generated from the device under test.     

An optical comb filter for the stochastic cooling system at the Nuclotron accelerator (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research,Russia)

To carry out longitudinal stochastic cooling of charge particle beams at the Nuclotron of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna), a unique optical comb filter was designed and developed. The designed filter has space-saving size, low insertion losses, and small dispersion. The comb filter tuning was automated using a specially designed software, which made it possible to reduce the tuning time and increase tuning accuracy up to several hertz. The designed filter with automatic tuning was successfully tested in an experiment on deuteron beam cooling. In this work, characteristics of the designed filter are presented and an algorithm of its automatic tuning is considered.