基于压电陶瓷的激光频率调谐技术

在充分研究各种激光调谐方法优缺点的基础上,针对其调谐范围、调谐速率、调谐线性等方面存在的不足,提出一种基于压电陶瓷的激光频率调谐技术。该方法将压电陶瓷与光纤光栅激光器的布拉格光栅进行粘结,通过调整压电陶瓷的驱动电压来带动布拉格光栅的伸缩,实现波长（即频率）的调谐。同时,利用虚拟仪器中的计算机软件拟合技术,校正压电陶瓷输入电压与输出位移之间的非线性,使系统呈线性频率调谐,以提高测量精度。实验结果表明,当压电陶瓷的驱动电压变化126 V时,可实现0.8 nm（即100 GHz）的调谐范围。     

73-nm tuning of a double-clad Yb<Superscript>3+</Superscript>-doped fiber laser based on a hybrid array

We report on a wide wavelength tuning in a double-clad ytterbium-doped fiber laser. The laser cavity consists of an array of broadband high-reflection fiber Bragg gratings and a bulk grating as the output coupler and wavelength selection element. The proposed fiber laser configuration combines a low intracavity loss of the fiber Bragg grating mirrors with a wide wavelength tuning of the bulk gratings. We demonstrate a >70-nm wavelength tuning range, limited only by the available fiber Bragg gratings.     

Stable, continuously tunable operation of a diode-pumped doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator

We demonstrate, for what is the first time to our knowledge, long-term stable, continuously tunable operation of a doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped by a single-stripe diode laser without the use of an external semiconductor amplifier. The OPO is based on periodically poled lithium niobate and is pumped by a 150-mW distributed Bragg grating diode laser. 18-mW total output power is generated at 1.3- and 2.3-mum wavelengths. A cavity-length servo system allows continuous signal tuning of 17 GHz and idler tuning of 10 GHz, limited only by the range of a piezoelectric cavity mirror mount. OPO tuning is demonstrated from 1.1 to 1.4 mum and from 2.2 to 3.7 mum.     

External-cavity lasers based on a volume holographic grating at normal incidence for spectroscopy in the visible range

We present two external-cavity diode lasers that utilize a volume holographic grating as the frequency selective feedback element. By using the grating at normal incidence, it is possible to design simple and compact external-cavity diode lasers that have sufficient tunability for molecular spectroscopy. The first design utilizes a long-cavity designed for narrow linewidth and good long-term stability. The laser operates near 635 nm and it has a PZT-controlled tuning range of 28 GHz and a 1-s linewidth of 900 kHz. The second design utilizes a grating attached very close to the laser diode, making the laser compact, robust and easy to operate. The short external-cavity laser operates near 658 nm and it has a linewidth of 30 MHz. Continuous and mode-hop free tuning range of 145 GHz can be obtained by using a simple temperature tuning method.     

Highly reliable strain-tuning of an Erbium-doped fiber laser for the interrogation of multiplexed Bragg grating sensors

The authors implemented a tunable linear cavity Erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser for the interrogation of multiplexed fiber Bragg grating sensors (BGS). A high-strength single-pulse draw-tower fiber Bragg grating (FBG) was used as the mechanically tunable element enabling the rapid wavelength sweeping of the laser center wavelength. A simple algorithm to process the noisy acquired data and identify the peak of the BGS spectra was employed. For the first time, this type of configuration was used to reliably interrogate at least three fiber Bragg grating sensors with a standard wavelength spacing between the Bragg wavelengths of 3 nm, without risk of breaking the stretched fiber, using an FBG with a simple PZT driven mount as the tuning elements.     

选频元件谱线宽度对可调谐外腔半导体激光器的影响

在可调频外腔半导体激光器（ＥＣＬＤ）中，选频元件的响应函数具有一定的频谱宽度，本文研究了该宽度对外腔半导体体激光器的影响，导出了为实现外腔半导体激光器的连续调谐所需的该宽度上限的表达式，求得了该响应的峰值频率与振荡频率之间的差别。     

小型多功能CO2激光器

研制了一种小型多功能CO2激光器。该激光器可以单脉冲、重频或连续方式输出,并可实现输出脉冲频率的编码及波长调谐。激光器谐振腔采用光栅一级振荡,零级输出的工作方式,分别利用声光调Q技术和脉冲放电技术实现了百ns至亚ms量级的脉冲激光输出。详细介绍了该激光器中基于光学角反射器原理设计的光栅调谐定向输出装置,并对其进行了理论计算和论证,实现了不同波长激光的定向、定位输出,获得调谐激光输出谱线超过60条,谱线分辨率优于0.01μm。激光器脉冲重复频率1Hz～10KHz连续可调,输出波长调谐范围9.2μm～10.8μm,激光器连续输出最大功率8W,重复频率1KHz时最小激光脉宽180ns,峰值功率4062W。该激光器在激光与物质相互作用科学领域,特别是激光对物质作用与破坏机理的研究方面具有重要的应用价值。     

Tunable Bragg gratings for fiber lasers

A tuning method of a fiber Bragg grating by the bending compression-tension is considered. With this method, a relative tuning range of the resonance wavelength of the grating of about 5% has been obtained. The changes in the shape of the spectrum and in the grating reflectivity during the tuning process are studied. The reflectivity of the fiber Bragg grating has been found to considerably increase with increasing degree of compression. It is shown that such an increase is caused by compression-induced changes in the refractive index modulation amplitude in the grating. The fiber Bragg grating developed has been applied for tuning the radiation wavelength of an ytterbium fiber laser. The tuning range of the laser has been found to be 45 nm around the central wavelength 1080 nm.     

Stable and widely tunable all-fiber Pr(3+)-doped cw laser system using fiber Bragg gratings

A simple and strictly all-fiber 1300-nm cw laser is presented. It is tunable over 16 nm with 0.5-nm linewidth and several milliwatts of output power in the whole tuning range from 1292 to 1308 nm. The setup uses a fiber Bragg grating as a combined tuning element and narrow-band output mirror. The simplicity and stability of this system are due to the following two characteristics: First, polarization control is not necessary anywhere in the system, and second, a wavelength-selective system and a narrow-band mirror are combined into one novel fiber-optic element.     

单片集成微环反射器可调谐半导体环形激光器理论和数值模型(英)

设计了一种新颖的快速可调谐激光器。这种激光器在恒定电流泵浦的有源微环组成的半导体环形激光器腔外部集成一个可调谐的无源微环反射器,其结构将决定激光器激射腔模的有源腔和无源可调谐部分分离,有助于提高调谐速度。与光栅结构的激光器相比,该激光器结构简单,具有强烈的选模功能,不需要相位匹配部分,输出波长不受调谐部分热效应的影响。基于多模速率方程建立了激光器的理论和数值模型,数值仿真结果表明该激光器能在选取的15个腔模范围内完成数字调谐,且具有40 mA的较低阈值电流和适中的边模抑制比。     

Improvement of efficiency of piezoelectric element attached to beam based on mechanical impedance matching

This paper describes new methods that improve the efficiency of a piezoelectric element attached to a beam based on mechanical impedance matching. Piezoelectric elements are often used to suppress bending vibration. They are also used as sensors or energy-harvesting sources. In such cases, the piezoelectric element is usually bonded onto the host structure by an adhesive bond. The efficiency of the piezoelectric element depends on the bonding location. When the efficiency is insufficient despite a good location, the size or number of piezoelectric elements is increased. However, the efficiency of the piezoelectric element is usually insufficient even if these methods are applied. In order to enhance the efficiency of the piezoelectric elements without using active methods, this paper proposes a mechanical impedance matching method that uses spacers or tuning for the size of the piezoelectric element. Because the attached piezoelectric element and host structure in this region behave as springs in parallel to the bending deformation, the stored strain energy in the piezoelectric element is maximized under the condition that their spring constants match. The proposed methods were theoretically investigated with consideration for the effects of the bonding layer, spacers, and host structure. The optimum conditions for the proposed methods were theoretically formulated, and the effectiveness of the proposed methods and theoretical analysis was verified through simulations and experiments.     

高功率宽调谐范围掺Yb3+光子晶体光纤激光器

采用闪耀光栅作为色散元件,构建了前向、后向输出两种结构的可调谐掺Yb3 光子晶体光纤激光器,并对其输出特性进行了分析研究.在抽运功率5.75W时,前向输出结构实现了1050.6～1110.2 nm的连续调谐输出,光谱线宽约0.1 nm,边模抑制比大于44 dB.在调谐激光波长为1085 nm时,得到最高输出功率677 mW.结构改进的后向输出结构的可调谐输出结构在抽运功率4.43 W,调谐波长1075 nm,实现了2.21 W的功率输出,斜率效率为73%;调谐范围50.9 nm(1042.1～1093 nm),光谱线宽小于0.08 nm,边模抑制比大于50 dB.两种结构的可调谐激光器输出均为线偏振光,偏振度大于89.5%.     

Dual-wavelength distributed Bragg reflector semiconductor laser based on composite resonant cavity

We report a monolithic integrated dual-wavelength laser diode based on a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) composite resonant cavity. The device consists of three sections, a DBR grating section, a passive phase section, and an active gain section. The gain section facet is cleaved to work as a laser cavity mirror. The other laser mirror is the DBR grating, which also functions as a wavelength filter and can control the number of wavelengths involved in the laser action. The reflection bandwidth of the DBR grating is fabricated to have an appropriate value to make the device work at the dual-wavelength lasing state. We adopt the quantum well intermixing (QWI) technique to provide low-absorption loss grating and passive phase section in the fabrication process. By tuning the injection currents on the DBR and the gain sections, the device can generate 0.596 nm-spaced dual-wavelength lasing at room temperature.     

Wavelength-flexible all-polarization-maintaining self-sweeping fiber laser based on intracavity loss tuning

We reported a wavelength-flexible all-polarization-maintaining self-sweeping fiber laser based on the intracavity loss tuning brought by the bent optical fiber. The bidirectional cavity structure achieved the self-sweeping effect due to the appearance of the dynamic grating in the active fiber with the spatial hole burning effect. Under this, a section of fiber was bent into a circle for adjusting the loss of the cavity. With a descending diameter of bent fiber circle, the sweeping range moves to the shorter wavelength and covers a wide range from 1055.6 to 1034.6 nm eventually. Both the initial wavelength of self-sweeping regime and the threshold of the fiber laser show exponential correlation with the diameter of the circular fiber. Our work provides a compact and low-cost way to achieve the broad wavelength-flexible self-sweeping operation.     

Dual-wavelength distributed Bragg reflector semiconductor laser based on a composite resonant cavity

We report a monolithic integrated dual-wavelength laser diode based on a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) composite resonant cavity. The device consists of three sections, a DBR grating section, a passive phase section, and an active gain section. The gain section facet is cleaved to work as a laser cavity mirror. The other laser mirror is the DBR grating, which also functions as a wavelength filter and can control the number of wavelengths involved in the laser action. The reflection bandwidth of the DBR grating is fabricated to have an appropriate value to make the device work at the dual-wavelength lasing state. We adopt the quantum well intermixing (QWI) technique to provide low-absorption loss grating and passive phase section in the fabrication process. By tuning the injection currents on the DBR and the gain sections, the device can generate 0.596 nm-spaced dual-wavelength lasing at room temperature.     

High power TEA CO2 laser tuned by a holographic grating

Wavelength tuning of a TEA CO₂ laser by means of a holographic grating with sinusoidal profile is reported for the first time. The grating with 136 lines/mm had an optimized efficiency according to the gain of the laser. The laser beam was coupled out through the zeroth grating order.     

A grating-coupled external cavity InAs/InP quantum dot laser with 85-nm tuning range

The optical performance of a grating-coupled external Continuous tuning from 1391 nm to 1468 nm is realized at cavity laser based on InAs/InP quantum dots is investigated. an injection current of 1900 mA. With the injection current increasing to 2300 mA, the tuning is blue shifted to some extent to the range from 1383 nm to 1461 nm. By combining the effect of the injection current with the grating tuning, the total tuning bandwidth of the external cavity quantum-dot laser can reach up to 85 nm. The dependence of the threshold current on the tuning wavelength is also presented.     

Sub-5-pm linewidth, 130-nm-tuning of a coupled-cavity Ti:sapphire oscillator via volume Bragg grating-based feedback

A novel coupled-cavity Ti:sapphire oscillator architecture featuring a volume Bragg grating as a feedback element is presented. The oscillator provides continuous wave lasing within a spectral linewidth as narrow as 5 pm. The output can be wavelength-tuned over an ultrabroad spectral range of 130 nm, extending from 714 to 842 nm. This unique combination of narrow spectral linewidth and wide tuning range makes the laser suitable for applications such as sensing and Raman and absorption spectroscopy. The laser also displays ideal TEM₀₀ mode operation throughout its tuning range with output powers beyond 300 mW. Detailed studies of the cw lasing dynamics across the wide tuning range are described. The general architecture of this design can be implemented for high resolution tuning across the broad spectral emission bands of other solid state lasers with single mode operation.     

一种新颖的光纤光栅温度调谐装置的原理与实验研究

提出了一种新颖的光纤光栅温度调谐方案，并将按此方案制作的调谐装置命名为双肩梁，详细分析了其原理.设计制作了一套双肩梁调谐装置，并对其进行了实验研究.实验中得到了0.436nm/℃的温度调谐效率，把所用光纤光栅的温度灵敏度提高了50倍之多.调谐具有很好的线性和可重复性.该装置最大的优点在于它突破了以往热调谐方法中驱动材料热膨胀系数的限制，使得温度调谐效率可以根据实际需要进行灵活设计，从而具有很大的灵活性.该装置在激光器调谐、高灵敏度温度传感以及传感解调等领域有着很大的潜在应用价值. 关键词： 光纤光栅 调谐 双肩梁 温度调谐     

Design and optimization of frequency tunable semiconductor laser used in resonator integrated optic gyro

Frequency tunable semiconductor laser has potential applications in resonator integrated optic gyro (RIOG) for its small size and easy to be integrated. An alternative construction of frequency tunable semiconductor laser with planar waveguide external cavity is proposed in this paper. The frequency tuning section, which is placed between the active section and Bragg grating section, is designed to be one part of the waveguide external cavity. The slab etched grating, based on the silicon-on-isolator ridge waveguide, is adopted to narrow the width of reflectivity spectrum. After the theoretical analysis and simulations, the frequency modulation coefficient of 2.1 MHz/mA is obtained, and the power change is less than 3.6 × 10⁻⁴ dB/1.6 GHz. The proposed configuration combines the advantages of wavelength tunable laser and external cavity laser, and it can realize precision frequency tuning, ignored power fluctuation and narrow linewidth, which contribute much to RIOG.