Practical Laser Linewidth Limit

It is theoretically proved that the Practical laser linewidth limit (PLLL) is much larger than the theoretical laasr linewidth limit (TLLL) given by Shawlow-Townes formula. PLLL depends not only on the resonator optical path length flucturation (ROPF) but also the resonator round-trip time. Therefore, the ROPF's effect on the linewidth of a semiconductor laser with short round-trip time is less than a gas or solid laser with long round-trip time.     

Generation of 25 ps pulses by self induced mode locking of a single broad area diode laser with 300 mW average output power

Detailed investigations of the spatiotemporal and spectral emission properties of a high power diode laser are presented. The AR coated laser diode with design wavelength of 940 nm is driven in an external resonator. The laser generates up to 340 mW average output power in a train of picosecond pulses with durations of 25 ps and repetition rates of 2.6 GHz. The mechanism of mode locking is discussed as self pulsation because of the strong correlation between round trip time and repetition rate. The double-sided exponential pulses suggest saturable absorber action.     

用于集成光学陀螺的波导谐振腔设计

给出了一种集成光学陀螺谐振腔的优化设计方案,在保证集成光学陀螺精度的同时更利于微型化。选用传输损耗为0.01dB/cm的硅基二氧化硅材料作基底,谐振腔内损耗仅为0.5dB,保证了谐振腔的高清晰度;采用准单模矩形波导结构,利用弯曲波导对一阶模的有效限制实现了光的基模传输,利于谐振腔的小型化;分析了波导的传输损耗、波导耦合器分光比对谐振腔性能及陀螺极限灵敏度的影响,得出波导耦合器分光比的优化参数,并仿真得到谐振腔的谐振清晰度达到70以上。在激光器线宽为30kHz,探测器响应度0.95A/W,积分时间为10s的条件下,系统的极限灵敏度为1.6°/h。     

近距离激光外差探测光学极限位移分辨率

通过统计理论和维纳-辛钦定理推导出激光外差探测系统光电流的功率谱函数,分析了光电流谱线分布与激光光源线宽、中频信号频率以及信号光相对本振光传输延迟时间的关系,修正了相关文献中光电流功率谱的理论公式.根据信号与噪声理论建立了激光线宽引起的相位噪声的一维概率分布模型,并据此得到了基于激光波长、探测距离以及激光线宽的极限位移分辨率的数学模型.对光电流的功率谱和外差光学极限位移分辨率进行了相关的数值仿真,结果表明延迟时间与相干时间的关系决定光电流谱线分布的情况.当激光波长为532 nm,激光线宽在1 kHz,探测距离为100 m时,光学极限位移分辨率为0.266 nm,相关文献中的实验数据与理论推导结果相符合.     

Influence of laser linewidth on performance of Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry

The effects of optical sources with different laser linewidths on Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry (BOTDR) are investigated numerically and experimentally. Simulation results show that the spectral linewidth of spontaneous Brillouin scattering remains almost constant when the laser linewidth is less than 1 MHz at the same pulse width; otherwise, it increases sharply. A comparison between a fiber laser (FL) with 4-kHz linewidth at 3 dB and a distributed feedback (DFB) laser with 3-MHz linewidth is made experimentally. When a constant laser power is launched into the sensing fiber, the fitting linewidths of the beat signals (backscattered Brillouin light and local oscillator (LO)) is about 5 MHz wider for the DFB laser than for the FL and the intensity of the beat signal is about a half. Furthermore, the frequency fluctuation in the long sensing fiber is lower for the FL source, yielding about 2 MHz less than that of the DFB laser, indicating higher temperature/strain resolution. The experimental results are in good agreement with the numerical simulations.     

激光器特性在痕量气体检测中的影响

研究了激光器扫描步长和线宽两种特性对可调谐半导体激光吸收光谱检测系统的影响,理论上推导出激光与气体吸收谱线的作用原理,分析出扫描信号(锯齿波)的台阶间隔和高度影响激光器中心波长的扫描原理.设定了仿真参数,仿真出锯齿波台阶数与最大扫描误差关系曲线,得出扫描信号的一个周期内具有4000个台阶时,半高全宽(FWHM)大于0.01 cm-1,误差小于1‰;仿真出激光器线宽与最大幅值、线宽误差关系曲线,给出线宽误差最大为1%,0.5%时激光器线宽对应的最小FWHM.在温度系数n取0.9,大气展宽系数γair取0.005的条件下,给出温度T,压强P与FWHM关系图,推出了适用的压强与温度范围.为指导选取激光器与气体吸收谱线、提高系统检测限提供了相关理论依据.     

To narrow laser linewidth by utilizing dispersion characteristics of Gires-Tournois etalon

A longer laser resonator length is benefit for laser linewidth, but harmful for single-frequency operation. A novel way is suggested to narrow the bandwidth of a Fabry-Perot （FP） cavity through increasing the derivative of one round-trip phase shift with respect to the frequency. It can be implemented by replacing one of two FP mirrors with a Gires-Tournois etalon （GTE）, called FPCT, as a dispersion element. FPGT resonator has additional axial modes due to the GTE reflection phase shift. Theoretical analyses show that the bandwidth of additional axial modes can be 1% of that of a conventional FP cavity. A distributed feedback （DFB） laser diode can employ FPGT resonator to achieve ultra-narrow linewidth laser. It is shown that the effect of refractivity fluctuation in the gain medium on the linewidth is little, and kilohertz linewidth is achievable for such a device.     

Single Longitudinal－mode with Pulsewidth Adjustable Ability Double Frequency Nd：YAG Laser System

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High power high beam quality diode-pumped 1319-nm Nd:YAG oscillator-amplifier laser system

This paper demonstrated a high power and high beam quality diode-pumped 1319-nm Nd:YAG master oscillator-power amplifier laser system. A thermally near-unstable resonator with four-rod birefringence compensation flat--flat cavity was adopted as the master oscillator. A solid etalon was inserted in the unidirectional ring resonator to compress the laser linewidth. Under a repetition rate of 500~Hz and pulse width of 160~\mus, the master oscillator delivers an average output power of 16.8~W at 1319~nm with linear polarisation, beam quality factor M^{2} = 1.16 and linewidth of 3.2~GHz. A double-pass power amplifier with two amplifier stages was employed for higher power scaling and the output power was amplified to be 25.9~W with M^{2} = 1.43.     

激光频宽理论极限计算方法的讨论

本文讨论了光强非均匀分布的单模激光腔的输出频宽的计算方法。并针对腔内光强分布的两种不同模型,分析了频宽修正因子。     

Experimental Study of Double XeCl Laser with a Phase-conjugate Stimulated Scattering Cavity

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基于低散射和高增益全息液晶/聚合物光栅的分布反馈式激光器

利用低官能度的丙烯酸酯单体进行全息液晶/聚合物光栅的制备, 获得了具有聚合物支撑形貌的光栅结构. 由于这种光栅内部不存在液晶微滴, 当作为分布反馈式激光器的谐振腔时, 可以有效降低光栅内部的散射损失(<4%), 降低激光腔损耗. 此外, 选用的高折射率单体提升了光栅的折射率调制量, 增强了光栅的反馈增益. 在以上两种因素的共同作用下, 采用染料DCM为激光工作物质, 以532 nm的Nd:YAG脉冲激光器作为抽运光源, 最终获得了中心波长为635 nm, 转化效率为1.2%的高性能激光, 在以阈值能量0.8 μJ/pulse抽运下获得激光线宽0.3 nm, 较之国内外同类激光器的报道, 在阈值、线宽、转化效率三方面均有不同程度提升.     

Coupling Losses and Discrimination of Annular Waveguide Laser Resonators

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碟型量子阱微腔激光器的低阈值激射

利用反应离子刻蚀(RIE)和湿法腐蚀方法在InGaAs/InGaAsP多量子阱材料上研制出直径为8μm、4.5μm和2μm的碟型半导体微腔激光器。其中2μm直径的微碟在液氮温度下其光泵浦激射阈值仅为3μW左右。对高光功率密度下泵浦时出现的多模激射、跳模和激射光谱强度饱和现象进行了研究。并对微碟激光器的激射光谱线宽特性进行了初步的分析。     

Coupling Losses and Discrimination of Annular Waveguide Laser Resonators

An approach of calculating the coupling losses in a coaxial (or annular) waveguide laser resonator is developed by which the computational time is considerably reduced. Computations of the coupling losses for some TE modes of an annular waveguide, as a function of mirror curvature and position, are presented in the limit of large mirror aperture. It is shown that there exist three special configurations to provide low coupling losses. The resonator properties are discussed. The calculating results are useful for design of annular waveguide laser resonators.     

XeF(C-A)蓝绿激光线宽压缩技术

利用表面放电光泵浦XeF(C-A)蓝绿激光器开展了激光线宽压缩技术研究,分别采用谐振腔腔镜谱带重叠法和光栅谐振腔法实现了线宽小于10 nm的窄线宽激光输出。采用谐振腔腔镜谱带重叠法,激光输出线宽约7 nm,采用光栅谐振腔法可以将激光线宽压缩到约1 nm,并实现XeF(C-A)激光的可调谐输出,调谐范围为470~495 nm。     

激光光源线宽对外差探测性能的影响

本文根据统计理论分析了激光线宽对外差探测结果的影响, 并讨论了激光线宽对杨氏干涉条纹对比度的影响. 本文基于解析结果做了数值仿真, 所得结果表明激光线宽增加时, 外差探测方式仍可以检测到中频信号, 但在线宽较大时, 受噪声影响无法准确地提取到中频频率. 为验证理论分析结果, 使用线宽为1 MHz的激光光源进行了8.1 km外场实验, 实验结果与数值分析结论一致, 即不会因为线宽增加而无法检测到中频信号. 文中所得结论对于外差探测光源的选择有重要指导意义, 因此根据测量目标的特性和测量要求, 可按照文中结论评估光源的线宽指标.     

注入控制铜蒸气激光方向性时间过程测量

实验研究了注入控制对铜蒸气激光非稳腔输出光束质量的影响，从输出光发散角时间分辨过程的测量结果说明注入加速被注入腔内激光发散角的减小过程。由于被注入腔内放大自发辐射的存在，为得到较好的注入控制效果，注入光的脉宽和进入被注入腔的延时必须恰当。     

激光调制参数对光纤环型谐振腔光谱特性影响

谐振光学环型腔作为光学陀螺的核心敏感单元,其光学调制谱和与之对应的鉴频曲线的特性成为提高光学陀螺系统检测灵敏度的关键。为了研究光学陀螺的调制和鉴频谱线特性,优化陀螺性能,设计并搭建了实验测试系统,光纤环形谐振腔采用分光比为50∶50、直径17 cm的保偏光纤,总长2.2 m。使用直流高压放大器扫描窄线宽激光器（线宽小于1 kHz）的压电转化模块,扫描频率和电压分别选取20 Hz和1 V,使用模拟比例积分电路进行锁频并反馈给激光器的压电转化模块,使激光器的输出频率跟踪谐振腔实时变化。研究分析了光纤环型谐振腔在两种情况下所对应的透射谱和鉴频曲线:第一种情况为调制电压分别为2 V和4 V,对应调制频率从100 kHz到4 MHz变化;第二种情况为当调制频率为900 kHz,调制电压从2 V到10 V变化。通过实验,得到了不同调制参数下光学陀螺谱线的谐振深度、半高全宽、线性带宽、动态范围、品质因数、标度因数以及对应的锁频精度七种物理量的详细变化情况,并进一步得到了静态测试条件下三种陀螺的最佳调制频率及与之所匹配的调制电压。为进一步研究激光调制对光纤环型谐振腔光谱的影响提供指导。     

CdSSe玻璃在环形腔中的自振荡

两表面镀有高反射膜,自身形成F-P腔的CdSSe玻璃薄片置于环形腔中.在一定的输入光强参数下,反射光信号出现其有某种规律性的振荡.实验观测了作为输入光强函数的不同振荡模式.由于所用样品的光双稳回线宽阔,上下两支有较大的倾斜度,我们观察到较大数目的输出强度上升与下降台阶.简单的绝热模拟表明,自振荡的模式遵从Farey-tree结构.