多芯光子晶体光纤锁模激光器

实验研究了基于掺Yb多芯大模场面积光子晶体光纤的全正色散锁模激光器.增益光纤的18个纤芯呈六角阵列排布,等效的模场直径约为52 μm.激光器基于σ腔结构,腔内没有色散补偿元件,通过半导体可饱和吸收镜实现锁模的自启动.实验获得了平均功率为3.3 W,脉冲宽度为4.92 ps,重复频率为44.68 MHz的锁模脉冲输出,对应的单脉冲能量为74 nJ,脉冲经腔外光栅对压缩为780 fs. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 多芯 光纤激光器 全正色散     

大模场面积光子晶体光纤耗散孤子锁模激光器

研制了一种基于掺Yb3+的双包层大模场面积偏振光子晶体光纤的耗散孤子锁模激光器.利用数值模拟分析了光纤激光器中耗散孤子动力学过程,与全正色散锁模激光器相比,脉冲窄化机理更加丰富,半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)的非线性吸收,啁啾脉冲的光谱滤波以及光纤的增益色散同时起作用,这些因素使耗散孤子锁模更加容易实现,并且稳定运行.其中,光谱滤波的耗散过程是稳定锁模机制的主导因素,滤波片能够在频域和时域同时窄化脉冲,并且去除脉冲啁啾,限制脉冲在腔内始终小于1ps.在实验上实现了无色散补偿腔中直接输出脉冲宽度777fs,最高平均功率达到1W,重复频率48·27MHz,对应单脉冲能量20nJ的飞秒激光.     

自由耦合输出的大模场面积光子晶体光纤锁模激光器

对一种基于高增益掺Yb³⁺大模场面积光子晶体光纤（PCF）的锁模激光器进行了简化线型腔结构的实验和理论研究.实验中直接使用塌陷打磨为0°角的光纤端面作为一端腔镜,利用其端面反馈获得了激光振荡,并进一步利用半导体可饱和吸收镜（SESAM）和光栅对的滤波作用实现了稳定的锁模运转.通过调节滤波程度,使激光器实现了从宽带滤波锁模到窄带滤波锁模的连续可调谐.在宽带滤波锁模的条件下,得到了最大平均输出功率2.2 W,单脉冲能量29.3 nJ,脉冲宽度367 fs的锁模脉冲输出;在窄带滤波锁模的条 关键词： 飞秒激光 光纤激光器 光子晶体光纤 大模场面积光纤     

大模场面积光子晶体光纤激光器展宽脉冲锁模域的束缚态运转

实验研究了大模面积光子晶体光纤飞秒激光器在近零色散点展宽脉冲锁模的束缚态运转.获得了双脉冲束缚态锁模,以及脉冲间隔不相等的多脉冲束缚态锁模,实验发现束缚态的子脉冲间距具有随机性.通过建立光纤锁模激光器的数值模型,分析了激光器束缚态锁模建立的动力学过程,在一定抽运强度下,激光器存在多个稳态,或者单脉冲运转,或者子脉冲间隔不相等的束缚态运转,这取决于锁模建立阶段半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)对噪声信号的随机提取.并提出了抑制束缚态的方法,模拟得出此项技术可直接获得的最大单脉冲能量为19.6 nJ,考虑到40%左右的压缩损耗,可得到压缩至76 fs的最短脉冲,单脉冲能量为11.8 nJ.数值模拟结果能很好的与实验相符合.     

大色散稳定腔长的光纤锁模激光器的锁模特性研究

报道了一种新型的采用大色散腔结构的光纤锁模激光器,它可以有效地克服激光器腔长抖动对锁模的不良影响,同时,实验中发现,该结构对超模噪声也有很好的抑制作用。完成了大色散控制,电光调制器调制的,稳定的光纤锁模激光器实验,得到形状为sech^2的光脉冲输出,脉冲宽度为7.6ps,脉冲带宽积为0．335。     

光子晶体光纤的基模分析

简化了光子晶体光纤的模式计算公式，计算了六角晶格光子晶体光纤的色散关系，对不同空气柱半径的色散作了比较，发现随着空气柱半径的增加，模式折射率变小，波导模式色散的零色散点向长波方向移动。     

高能量掺Yb偏振型大模场面积光子晶体光纤孤子锁模飞秒激光器

实验研究了基于掺Yb偏振型大模场面积光子晶体光纤的孤子锁模激光器,获得了高脉冲能量的飞秒激光输出. 激光器基于线形腔结构,利用光栅对补偿腔内色散,并通过半导体可饱和吸收镜实现锁模的自启动. 实验中从振荡级直接获得了平均功率为700mW, 重复频率为47.3MHz(对应于14.8 nJ的单脉冲能量),脉冲宽度为518 fs的稳定锁模脉冲输出. 与普通孤子锁模飞秒光纤激光器相比,输出的单脉冲能量提高了两个数量级. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 飞秒 光纤激光器 孤子锁模     

基于非线性偏振旋转的全正色散锁模光纤激光器偏振特性的研究

基于耦合的Ginzburg-Landau方程和各器件的琼斯矩阵,建立了全正色散锁模光纤激光器的数值模型,计算了腔内各点脉冲不同部分的偏振态。计算结果表明,当线性双折射较强时,光纤中脉冲的偏振态近似以拍长为周期变化,一个拍长内的演化过程为右旋椭圆偏振光-线偏振光-左旋椭圆偏振光-线偏振光-右旋椭圆偏振光。与一般的饱和吸收体不同,非线性偏振旋转等效饱和吸收体的调制深度随波片角度变化。计算了波片方位角改变时,调制深度的变化情况。相比于偏振分束器之前的1/2波片及1/4波片,偏振分束器之后的波片对调制深度的影响更大。     

连续调谐多波长主动锁模光纤激光器

利用色散补偿法纤增加腔内色散和改变调制频率,在主动锁模光纤环形激光器实验中,得到了可连续调谐的双波长激光脉冲,冷却掺铒光纤,实现了17波长的激光。     

基于全正色散光子晶体光纤的超连续谱光源

利用预估校正分步傅里叶法数值求解非线性薛定谔方程, 模拟超短激光脉冲在全正色散光子晶体光纤中传输时的演化情况, 分析了不同脉宽和能量的脉冲对产生的超连续谱的影响. 结果表明: 无啁啾高斯脉冲在此全正色散光子晶体光纤中传输时, 始终保持单个脉冲特性, 提高脉冲峰值功率可进一步展宽获得的超连续谱.模拟结果同时表明, 利用中心波长为1060 nm, 脉宽和能量分别为50 fs, 15 nJ的脉冲抽运此光纤, 当传输12 cm 后便可获得具有较好的光谱连续性和光谱平坦度的超连续谱. 进一步模拟结果表明, 采用棱镜对对其进行脉冲压缩, 可获得脉宽约15 fs, 谱宽约700 nm的理想超连续谱光源. 关键词： 超连续谱 光子晶体光纤 全正色散     

Fiber optical parametric oscillator based on photonic crystal fiber pumped with all-normal-dispersion mode-locked Yb:fiber laser

We demonstrate a cost effective, linearly tunable fiber optical parametric oscillator based on a home-made photonic crystal fiber pumped with a mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser, providing linely tuning ranges from 1018 nm to 1038 nm for the idler wavelength and from 1097 nm to 1117 nm for the signal wavelength by tuning the pump wavelength and the cavity length. In order to obtain the desired fiber with a zero dispersion wavelength around 1060 rim, eight sam- ples of photonic crystal fibers with gradually changed structural parameters are fabricated for the reason that it is difficult to accurately customize the structural dimensions during fabrication. We verify the usability of the fabricated fiber experimen- tally via optical parametric generation and conclude a successful procedure of design, fabirication, and verification. A seed source of home-made all-normal-dispersion mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser with 38.57 ps pulsewidth around the 1064 nm wavelength is used to pump the fiber optical parametric oscillator. The wide picosecond pulse pump laser enables a larger walk-off tolerance between the pump light and the oscillating light as well as a longer photonic crystal fiber of 20 m superior to the femtosecond pulse lasers, resulting in a larger parametric amplification and a lower threshold pump power of 15.8 dBm of the fiber optical parametric oscillator.     

全波段正常色散光子晶体光纤中超连续谱的产生

设计了一种铅硅酸盐SF57 材料的光子晶体光纤, 利用有限元法数值模拟了该光纤的 色散特性. 研究结果显示在整个透明波段光纤具有正常色散. 利用自适应分布傅里叶法求解非线性薛定谔方程, 对中心波长为1550 nm, 初始脉宽为150 fs 的脉冲在该光纤中传输进行了模拟, 获得了关于入射脉冲中心波长对称的展宽范围超过了600 nm 的超平坦连续光谱, 并且光谱具有极其稳定和 相干的特性. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 超连续谱产生 正常色散     

Tunable and switchable multi-wavelength Erbium-doped photonic crystal fiber ring laser incorporating a length of highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber

A tunable and switchable multi-wavelength Erbium-doped photonic crystal fiber ring laser incorporating a length of single-mode highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. Stable dual-wavelength and triple-wavelength operations at room temperature are achieved by employing the highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber to induce four-wave mixing effect and a polarization controller to vary the polarization states of propagation lights in the laser cavity. The laser cavity is free from any wavelength selection components. The laser obtains maximal 30 dB signal-to-noise ratio and the peak power fluctuations of lasing lines are less than 1.39 dB.     

High pulse energy mode-locked multicore photonic crystal fiber laser

A high pulse energy passively mode-locked fiber laser operating in the all-normal dispersion regime is demonstrated. The gain material is an Yb-doped multicore photonic crystal fiber with 18 cores in array-type geometry. Robust and self-starting mode locking is achieved using a fast semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. The laser generates 180?nJ chirped pulses at a 14.48?MHz repetition rate for an average power of 2.6?W. The 1.15?ps output pulses are compressed to 690?fs outside the cavity.     

Generation of a compact high-power high-efficiency normal-dispersion pumping supercontinuum in silica photonic crystal fiber pumped with a 1064-nm picosecond pulse

Broadband normal dispersion pumping supercontinuum （SC） generation in silica photonic crystal fiber （PCF） is investigated in this paper. A 1064-nm picosecond fiber laser is used to pump silica PCF for the SC generation. The length of PCF is optimized for the most efficient stimulated Raman scattering process in the picosecond pump pulse region. The first stimulated Raman Stokes peak is located in the anomalous dispersion regime of the PCF and near the zero dispersion wavelength; thus the SC generation process can benefit from both a normal dispersion pumping scheme and an anomalous dispersion pumping scheme. The 51.7-W SC spanning from about 700 nm to beyond 1700 nm is generated with an all-fiber configuration, and the pump-to-SC conversion efficiency is up to 90%. In order to avoid the output fiber end face damage and increase the stability of the system, an improved output solution for the high power SC is proposed in our experiment. This high-efficiency near-infrared SC source is very suitable for applications in which average output power and spectral power density are firstly desirable.