基于1064nm光纤皮秒种子源的Nd:YAG再生放大器

利用Nd:YAG再生放大器,对1064 nm掺镱锁模全光纤激光器输出的皮秒脉冲进行了功率放大.研究分析了掺镱锁模全光纤激光器输出脉冲对Nd:YAG再生放大器能量提取效率的影响,通过对掺镱锁模全光纤激光器自相位调制的控制,减少了输出光谱的振荡结构,提高了掺镱锁模全光纤激光器对Nd:YAG再生放大器的能量提取效率,实现了对锁模全光纤激光器输出的中心波长1064.4 nm,3 dB光谱宽度0.35 nm、脉宽11 ps、单脉冲能量为3.2 nJ、频率为38 MHz的锁模脉冲的再生放大,得到输出重复频率为1 kHz,最大的单脉冲能量为1.3 mJ的皮秒脉冲.     

高重复频率短脉冲全光纤激光系统

采用时分复用技术在输出80MHz重复频率光纤锁模激光器的基础上,实现了重复频率倍增,获得了160MHz的高重复频率输出。理论和实验研究了高重复频率短脉冲在大模面积掺Yb3+光纤中的放大特性,实验上获得了输出平均功率105W,脉冲宽度12.4ps,重复频率160MHz的高重复频率短脉冲光纤激光系统。     

高重复频率全光纤被动锁模掺铒光纤激光器

报道了一种高重复频率全光纤非线性偏振旋转锁模掺铒光纤激光器, 获得了重复频率217 MHz的锁模脉冲输出. 该激光器使用一个偏振相关隔离器和一个偏振控制器即可获得稳定的锁模脉冲输出, 结构简单, 系统稳定. 激光器锁模脉冲的脉冲宽度为69 fs, 3 dB光谱宽度为56 nm, 射频频谱信噪比为76 dB.     

1.8 mJ高倍率Nd:YAG板条皮秒激光放大器

设计了一种高倍率的固体皮秒脉冲激光放大器,采用Nd:YAG板条作为激光增益介质。借助板条结构的角度选通结构,搭建了板条五通放大系统,实现了对注入皮秒脉冲激光的高倍率放大。种子源工作在脉冲模式,放大器泵浦源在连续模式工作。皮秒光纤激光器可以在不同的重复频率下工作,脉冲宽度为13.4 ps。种子光经过隔离和耦合系统之后,注入板条的单脉冲能量为25 nJ。当种子源工作重复频率为24.46 MHz时,板条放大器输出平均功率377 W,单脉冲能量15.5 μJ;当种子源工作重复频率为49.8 kHz时,板条放大器输出平均功率89 W,单脉冲能量1.8 mJ,峰值功率为134 MW,放大倍率达到7.2×104。     

高重复频率飞秒光纤激光技术进展

简要回顾了飞秒光纤激光技术的发展,并报道了高重复频率光纤激光器的最新进展.通过模拟计算,证明高重复频率下锁模脉冲有随光纤缩短而变窄的趋势.选用合理的光学元件、光纤长度和色散匹配,研制出重复频率为330 MHz的掺铒光纤激光器,490 MHz的色散控制掺镱光纤激光器和600 MHz重复频率的全正色散掺镱光纤激光器.此类光...     

全光纤高功率被动锁模掺铥光纤激光器

利用非线性光环形镜(NOLM)的可饱和吸收特性实现了可自启动的2μm全光纤高能量被动锁模掺铥光纤激光器。当泵浦功率大于3W时,激光器工作在连续或不稳定脉冲运转状态;泵浦功率达到4.69W后,输出为自启动锁模脉冲,重复频率4.26MHz,中心波长2 061.5nm,光谱半极大宽度18.1nm,平均输出功率8.8mW;继续增加泵浦功率到最大值7.56W,可以得到中心波长2 062.2nm、光谱半极大宽度17.1nm、斜率效率为6.2%、脉冲宽度和能量分别为424fs和65.6nJ的稳定锁模脉冲。这是目前已报道的在未经放大情况下脉冲能量最高的2μm锁模脉冲光纤激光器。     

全光纤主动锁模2 μm掺铥脉冲激光器

报道了全光纤结构主动锁模掺铥脉冲激光器,中心波长为1950 nm。利用电光相位调制器对光纤激光器进行腔内相位调制,获得了重复频率为11.884 MHz的主动锁模脉冲输出,脉宽为816 ps。改变泵浦功率、调制信号的频率和幅度,获得了重复频率为4~18 kHz的弛豫振荡调制稳定脉冲输出。锁模和弛豫振荡调制获得的输出脉冲能量波动低于7%。     

重复频率1.2 GHz皮秒脉冲全光纤掺镱激光器

研究实现了基于半导体可饱和吸收体被动锁模的高重频全光纤掺镱皮秒脉冲激光器.种子源采取环形腔结构,当抽运功率为112mW时,获得了稳定的锁模脉冲激光,其中心波长为1 064.1nm,3dB谱宽为3.6nm,脉冲宽度为4.2ps,重复频率为19.2MHz.受限于谐振腔长度,光纤激光器重复频率很难得到进一步提高.因此设计并搭建了一种基于分束器和延时光纤的全新低损耗高重频脉冲调制器,将种子激光重复频率提高到1.2GHz.该设计有效降低了脉冲在耦合过程中的能量损耗,为提高全光纤超短脉冲激光器重复频率提供了新途径.     

303MHz高重复频率掺Er光纤飞秒激光器

高重复频率掺Er光纤飞秒激光器在光学频率梳、超高速光学采样等领域具有很重要的作用. 本文采用非线性偏振旋转锁模机理, 在掺Er光纤飞秒激光器中实现了重复频率为303 MHz的锁模脉冲输出. 通过优化腔内色散, 激光器腔内色散在零色散附近偏负值, 锁模后工作在展宽脉冲锁模状态. 在817 mW抽运功率下, 激光器在连续光状态下可以输出125 mW的平均功率, 在锁模状态下可以输出69 mW的平均功率, 脉冲宽度为90 fs. 当抽运功率处于700-817 mW时, 激光器可以实现自启动锁模. 激光器重复频率在5 h内的漂移量为30 Hz.     

高功率线偏振皮秒脉冲簇Yb光纤激光器

以一个增益调制的分布式布喇格反射结构的半导体激光器为种子源,设计了一个高功率皮秒脉冲簇输出的线偏振掺镱光纤激光器.种子源输出脉冲宽度200ps,重复频率350MHz.在预放大中插入一个基于一级衍射透过的声光调制器实现了皮秒脉冲簇形式的激光输出,脉冲簇的重复频率在10~500kHz范围可调.皮秒脉冲簇激光通过一个基于大模场面积保偏Yb光纤的功率放大级,获得了高功率线偏振激光输出,平均功率83 W,偏振消光比优于15dB.当脉冲簇重复频率固定在100kHz,脉冲簇中同时存在350个子脉冲时,获得峰值功率12kW的皮秒激光输出.与传统连续脉冲输出的激光器相比,该系统能够实现脉冲簇的输出,有利于峰值功率的进一步提高,可应用于激光微加工领域.     

Stable mode-locked fiber laser using 49 cm long bismuth oxide based erbium doped fiber and slow saturable absorber

A stable mode-locked fiber laser employing a 49 cm long bismuth oxide based erbium doped fiber (Bi-EDF) by using a slow saturable absorber is demonstrated. Near transform limited short pulses with a repetition rate of 8.27 MHz are obtained at a wavelength of 1560 nm with a maximum spectral width of 15 nm. Results indicate that pulse characteristics are strongly dependent on pump power rather than spectral width. Moreover the Time-Bandwidth products (TBWP), pulse duration, the energy fluctuation and timing jitter decrease with increasing pump power. The pulse width is continuously varied from 1.2 ps to less than 300 fs. It produces stable mode locking with a maximum spectral width of 15 nm, minimum timing jitter of 4 ps and energy fluctuations of 2.5%. The pulse train was amplified using a two-stage amplifier up to 447 mW average power corresponding to peak powers of 177.3 kW.     

An Actively Mode-Locked Ho:YAG Solid-Laser Pumped by a Tm-Doped Fiber Laser

An actively mode-locked Ho:YAG laser pumped by a diode-pumped Tm-doped fiber laser is reported.For the cw operation,we obtain the maximum output power of 3.43 W with a central wavelength 2022.2 nm at the maximum incident pump power of 11.4 W,corresponding to a slope efficiency of 34.5%.The beam quality factor M2 is 1.16,and the output beam is close to fundamental TEM_(00) In the case of the CWML operation,a stable pulse train is generated with an average output power up to 3.41 W with a slope efficiency of 34.3%at the incident pump power of 11.4 W and a pulse duration of 294 ps at a repetition rate of 81.92 MHz.In addition,the maximum single pulse energy is 41.6 n J.     

High energy giant chirped passively mode-locked Yb3+-doped fiber laser with nanoseconds to picoseconds pulses

We report an all normal dispersion low repetition rate high energy passive mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser with output pulses duration ranging from nanoseconds to picoseconds. The mode-locking mechanism of the laser is based on nonlinear polarization evolution and strong pulses shaping with a cascade long-period fiber grating bandpass filtering in highly chirped pulses. The laser generates highly stable pulses duration from 2.62 ns to 315 ps with a maximum pulse energy of 49.5 nJ and 2.5435 MHz repetition rate.     

Micro-hot-spot model taking into account the temperature dependence of the laser pulse absorption efficiency factor

An improved model of the laser initiation of the explosive decomposition of energetic materials containing light-absorbing nanoparticles is investigated. The model takes into account how the light absorption efficiency factor changes with an increasing temperature. It is demonstrated that, as the temperature of an aluminum nanoparticle in pentaerythritol tetranitrate increases from 300 to 700 K, the light absorption efficiency factor increases by a factor of over 2. It is also shown that, for each particular nanoparticle radius in the 40–150 nm range, the temperature dependence of the light absorption efficiency factor over the relevant temperature range can be interpolated well by a second-order polynomial. Taking into account the variation of the efficiency of light absorption by the aluminum nanoparticle in the initiation of the explosive decomposition of pentaerythritol tetranitrate by a 12-ns-long neodymium laser pulse reduces the calculated critical energy density by a factor of 2.11 and decreases the optimum nanoparticle radius from 98 to 92 nm.     

312 MHz,compact all-normal-dispersion Yb:fiber ring laser with an integrated WDM-ISO

A compact and stable all-normal-dispersion mode-locked ring fiber laser with the repetition rate of 312 MHz is obtained with a wavelength-division multiplexing isolator. The compressed pulse is nearly transform-limited and the pulse width is 118 fs. It exhibits an optical efficiency of 50% and the maximum output power is about 205 m W with a 410 m W pump.     

利用光谱滤波器实现自启动的全光纤超短脉冲掺Yb3+光纤激光器

讨论了利用光谱滤波器实现自启动的被动锁模掺Yb³⁺光纤环形激光器的锁模机理,并研制出全光纤结构超短脉冲掺Yb³⁺光纤环形激光器.使用980 nm二极管激光器作为抽运源,高掺杂浓度掺Yb³⁺光纤作为增益介质.在净群速度色散为正的环形腔中加入光谱滤波器,抑制Yb³⁺离子在1030 nm强发射峰的同时,通过对啁啾脉冲的光谱滤波实现脉冲压缩.光谱滤波器与光纤非线性偏振旋转效应相结合,实现了激光器在1053 nm可自启动、十分稳定的锁模运转.激光器锁模阈值功率300 mW,平均斜率效率18.3%,最大输出功率53.07 mW,对应最大输出脉冲能量3.2 nJ.锁模光脉冲中心波长1053.6 nm,3 dB带宽10.84 nm,重复频率16.45 MHz.锁模脉冲宽度为皮秒量级,经腔外光栅对压缩至188 fs. 关键词： 3+光纤激光器')" href="#">掺Yb³⁺光纤激光器 自启动锁模 全光纤     

Toward higher-order passive harmonic mode-locking of a soliton fiber laser

We report >13 MHz/mW pump power efficiency in increasing the repetition rate of passive harmonic mode-locking by engineering the soliton pulse energy in Er fiber lasers incorporating carbon nanotube saturable absorber. Stable pulses with a ～5 GHz repetition rate and 40 dB of super-mode suppression are demonstrated with only ～400 mW pump power in a single-clad fiber laser.     

Passively mode-locked fiber ring laser using semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

We experimentally demonstrate a fiber laser passively mode-locked by a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) in a ring cavity. A pulse series with a temporal width of 1 ns is generated at a repetition rate of 12.3 MHz. With careful polarization adjustment, the pulse width decreases, the peak power increases and the spectral sidebands are formed in the optical spectrum. The reason of the phenomenon above has been analyzed. In addition, the characteristic of the pulse with different length of the Er³⁺ Doped Fiber (EDF) is studied and the results show that it is reabsorption that causes the laser to shift to longer wavelength direction when the EDF length increases.