飞秒钛宝石光学频率梳的精密锁定

经相位锁定后的飞秒钛宝石光学频率梳已经广泛用于绝对光频的测量，这是光频标领域一个革命性的突破.在自建的90MHz飞秒钛宝石激光器的基础上首先采用光子晶体光纤将其光谱展宽到一个光倍频程，接着利用锁相环技术分别将重复频率和载波包络频移同时高精度地锁定到一台稳定度为6×10^－14的Cs钟上，进而得到了稳定度相同的飞秒光学频率梳.     

基于飞秒光学频率梳的大尺寸精密测距综述

飞秒光学频率梳的出现对时间频率技术和光谱学技术产生了深远重大的影响,由此衍生的飞秒光学频率梳绝对测距技术以其快速、大尺寸、高精度等优点已成为国际研究热点,并有望直接应用于大装备制造、激光雷达和卫星编队飞行等大尺寸精密测距。在简要阐述飞秒光学频率梳的原理特性及主要应用的基础上,围绕光梳测距的发展历程及前沿方向,着重介绍了飞秒光梳精密测距近两年来的最新研究进展,并对该技术进行了总结和展望。     

单腔双光梳激光器及其光谱学应用研究进展

光频梳因频率等间隔、波长稳定、谱线线宽窄以及谱宽大等特性,在高精度测量和计量中具有广泛的应用。其中,双光梳快速测量包括光谱测量、绝对测距、三维成像和超快异步光学采样等已成为研究热点之一。近年来,基于自由运行的单腔双光梳激光器的双梳光谱学系统由于具有结构简单、测量范围大和精度高等优点而备受关注。首先从时域和频域介绍了光频梳的特性和应用,尤其介绍了双光梳测量的优势,相较目前主流的稳频稳相锁模激光器、电光调制等双光梳光源实现方案,单腔双光梳激光器方案有望避免采用复杂的电子控制系统,简化双光梳光源的结构、体积和成本。因此,重点介绍了波长复用、偏振复用、空间复用和脉冲波形复用的单腔双光梳光纤激光器实现技术,并对其基本原理、性能参数和当前研究的进展以及目前发展中仍然存在的问题进行了分析;同时对保偏光纤双光梳激光器的研究现状及其性能进行了总结。接着,重点介绍了双梳光谱学的测量原理,回顾了现有光谱扩展技术,并详细介绍了基于自由运行的单腔双光梳激光器的双梳光谱学应用案例,包括掺铒光纤激光器所在的近红外波段以及其扩展到中红外和太赫兹波段的光谱探测。最后,总结了目前的单腔双光梳激光器的主要发展趋势,包括进一步提高单腔型双光梳激光腔的重频稳定性、降低共模噪声、探索单腔双光梳系统在中红外以及太赫兹波段的应用,推动单腔双光梳锁模光纤激光器的实用化。     

双路光谱展宽的钛宝石飞秒光学频率梳系统

对中国计量科学研究院研制的第一代基于钛宝石飞秒激光器的光学频率梳系统进行了改进和优化. 通过对激光器重复频率、光谱展宽以及拍频信号探测等方面的改进,有效地降低了光谱展宽的复杂性,提高了飞秒光学频率梳系统的稳定性和激光频率测量的便捷性. 采用该光学频率梳系统对碘稳频532 nm和碘稳频633 nm激光绝对频率进行了测量,测量结果在国际推荐值的不确定度范围之内. 关键词： 光学频率计量 飞秒光学频率梳 光谱展宽     

基于色散调控氟碲酸盐玻璃光纤的O-U波段平坦光频梳产生

光学频率梳（简称光频梳）作为一种优秀的多波长光源在通信领域具有巨大的应用潜力。通过将光频梳光源与波分复用技术（WDM）、空分复用技术结合（SDM）,通信系统可以具有百Tbit/s量级的传输速率,在5G/6G通信、物联网、自动驾驶等方面具有重要的应用价值。目前实现光频梳的方法主要有以下四种,分别为基于锁模激光器产生飞秒光频梳、基于光学微腔产生光频梳、基于电光调制器产生光频梳以及基于行波四波混频产生光频梳。它们各具特点,但均很难同时实现宽光谱、高信噪比、高平坦度、高的单梳齿功率以及梳齿频率间隔大范围可调,这在一定程度上影响了光频梳在光通信领域的应用。本文提出基于受激布里渊激光腔产生种子梳,采用腔外负色散光纤进行脉冲压缩,进一步利用色散调控的高非线性氟碲酸盐光纤进行扩谱,从而实现光频梳产生。数值计算结果表明,通过该系统,我们可以得到重复频率大范围可调、光谱覆盖整个O-U波段且在O-U波段梳齿强度标准差小于5 dB的平坦光频梳,证明了通过基于布里渊激光腔与色散调控高非线性氟碲酸盐光纤的光学系统产生可用于光通信的平坦光频梳的可行性。     

微腔光频梳研究进展

光频梳由一系列离散且等距分布的相干激光组成,可作为高精度光学频率标尺,对时间和频率进行精确测量。微腔产生的光频梳具有小尺寸、低功耗、可单片集成等优势,成为近年来的研究热点。孤子的出现极大提升了微腔光频梳的相干性,其产生过程包含着丰富的非线性物理动态,且在光钟、超快测量、相干通信等多个领域具有很好的应用前景。回顾了微腔光频梳的研究进展,全面综述了微腔光频梳的理论模型、产生方法、物理机理及表征、应用,并对其未来发展趋势进行了分析和展望。孤子微腔光频梳有望作为下一代集成光源,为各个领域带来革命性发展。     

空间走离对量子光学频率梳压缩特性的影响

量子光学频率梳在量子计算、量子信息以及高精度量子测量等领域都有重要的价值,同步泵浦光学参量振荡器是制备量子光频梳最主要的手段.本文采用中心波长为815 nm、脉冲宽度为130 fs的锁模飞秒脉冲激光二次谐波泵浦Ⅰ类共线BiB₃O₆晶体以制备真空压缩态量子光频梳,给出了同步泵浦光学参量振荡器中空间走离效应对获得量子光频梳压缩度的影响.研究表明,随着晶体长度的增加,压缩度的增长会受到空间走离效应限制,经计算在晶体长度为1.49 mm时压缩达到最大.在此基础上,本文实验研究了在四种晶体长度下获得的真空压缩态量子光频梳的压缩特性,当BiB₃O₆长度为1.5 mm时获得了(3.6±0.2) dB的最大真空压缩,考虑损耗后为(7.0±0.2) dB,实验结果与理论分析相符.该研究揭示了飞秒脉冲光在非线性晶体中存在的空间走离效应是影响量子光频梳压缩特性的重要因素,为优化量子光频梳的实验测量提供了指导.     

飞秒频率梳和单频激光干涉光谱的实验研究

本文研究了光学频率梳输出的整形后飞秒脉冲激光和单频激光的干涉光谱。实验中光学频率梳和单频激光干涉的信号包括直流项、光学频率梳输出的脉冲激光相邻模式之间的干涉项和光学频率梳脉冲激光与单频激光之间的干涉项。实验上研究了光学频率梳脉冲激光与单频激光干涉信号间距和单频激光频率的关系,提供了一种快速直接测量单频激光频率的有效方法。研究了光学频率梳输出的飞秒脉冲光经过铷泡后与单频激光干涉信号和单频激光频率的关系,获得铷原子吸收光谱。该研究工作对于原子分子高精密光谱测量具有一定的意义。     

级联掺Yb增益光纤提高拍频信号信噪比的实验研究

飞秒光学频率梳的出现使对未知激光的绝对频率测量成为可能,极大地简化了激光绝对频率的量值溯源和比对工作.为了保证测量数值的准确性,飞秒光学频率梳与未知激光的拍频信号fb的信噪比要求大于30 d B.针对碘稳频532 nm激光绝对频率测量的特定需求,以532 nm激光的基频光1064 nm激光的绝对频率测量为着眼点,本文采用303 MHz重复频率的掺Er光纤光学频率梳,首先通过激光放大和光谱展宽技术使光谱覆盖到1μm波段,然后采用级联掺Yb增益光纤技术,将扩谱后1μm波段的激光功率进行放大,提高了掺Er光纤光学频率梳扩谱后1μm波长附近的激光强度.采用碘稳频532 nm激光的基频光作为待测光源与飞秒光学频率梳进行拍频.实验表明,与未经过光谱增强的激光相比,光谱增强后的激光与1064 nm激光拍频信号的信噪比提高了5 d B,保持在35 d B附近.该技术有效地缓解了采用掺Er光纤光梳测量1064 nm激光绝对频率时对直接扩谱所获得的1μm波长激光的强度要求.     

光纤飞秒光学频率梳的研制及绝对光学频率测量

实验利用商品光纤飞秒激光器,自行构建了一套完整的光学频率梳系统,并获得了约30 dB信噪比的系统频移(f_ceo)信号.实现了光频梳重复频率(f_rep)信号及系统频移(f_ceo)信号的高稳定度锁定,并通过实验验证了光频梳锁定的跟踪精度.基于此稳定光频梳完成了对1064 nm碘稳频Nd:YAG固体激光器的绝对频率测量.实验结果表明,f_rep的跟踪精度在100 s取样时间时优于3.7×10^-14,测量得到的1064 nm激光器绝对频率为:281630111757362 Hz.这一测量结果与国际计量委员会(CIPM)给出的国际推荐值符合到不确定度之内. 关键词： 光纤光频梳 稳频 锁相技术 光学频率计量     

Cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy

Cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy combines broad spectral bandwidth, high spectral resolution, precise frequency calibration, and ultrahigh detection sensitivity, all in one experimental platform based on an optical frequency comb interacting with a high-finesse optical cavity. Precise control of the optical frequency comb allows highly efficient, coherent coupling of individual comb components with corresponding resonant modes of the high-finesse cavity. The long cavity lifetime dramatically enhances the effective interaction between the light field and intracavity matter, increasing the sensitivity for measurement of optical losses by a factor that is on the order of the cavity finesse. The use of low-dispersion mirrors permits almost the entire spectral bandwidth of the frequency comb to be employed for detection, covering a range of ～?10% of the actual optical frequency. The light transmitted from the cavity is spectrally resolved to provide a multitude of detection channels with spectral resolutions ranging from several gigahertz to hundreds of kilohertz. In this review we will discuss the principle of cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy and the various implementations of such systems. In particular, we discuss several types of UV, optical, and IR frequency comb sources and optical cavity designs that can be used for specific spectroscopic applications. We present several cavity-comb coupling methods to take advantage of the broad spectral bandwidth and narrow spectral components of a frequency comb. Finally, we present a series of experimental measurements on trace gas detections, human breath analysis, and characterization of cold molecular beams. These results demonstrate clearly that the wide bandwidth and ultrasensitive nature of the femtosecond enhancement cavity enables powerful real-time detection and identification of many molecular species in a massively parallel fashion.     

利用非锁定飞秒激光实现太赫兹频率的精密测量

频率是电磁波最重要的一个基本物理量,随着THz技术的发展,在光源研制、宽带通信、超精细光谱测量等领域都对THz频率的高精度侧量提出了要求.传统的Fabry-Perot干涉法与外差探测法难以实现THz频率的高精度测量,频率梳方法虽然测量精度很高,但测量系统复杂.本文提出一种利用重复频率自由漂移的飞秒激光器实现太赫兹频率精密测量的新方法.通过对非锁定的飞秒激光器的重复频率和THz拍频频率进行同时连续采集与计算,得到被测THz频率,测量精度可以达到10~(-10)量级无需对飞秒激光重复频率进行复杂的锁定控制,测量系统大大简化.     

一种双光梳多外差大尺寸高精度绝对测距新方法的理论分析

本文提出了一种双光梳多外差大尺寸高精度绝对测距的新方法, 结合基于双光梳互相关的多外差距离测量和基于重复频率的梳间拍频距离测量, 在不需要依靠脉冲飞行时间先验判断以及扫描重复频率或扫描参考光路的前提下实现km量程高精度绝对测距. 文章在光梳基本原理和测距方案的基础上, 建立了基于双光梳的大尺寸距离测量链理论模型, 讨论了多外差最低谱线和光梳重复频率稳定度对测量结果的影响, 并进行了大量仿真计算; 仿真结果表明, 在理想相位解调精度的前提下, 该方法的测距误差优于± 50 pm, 且多外差最低谱线的频率偏差对测距造成的影响远低于多外差测量的测距分辨力, 验证了该方法能够用于开展大尺寸高精度绝对测距研究. 关键词： 激光测距 飞秒光梳 重复频率 多外差干涉     

基于瞬态光栅频率分辨光学开关法测量飞秒脉冲的研究

超宽光谱的飞秒脉冲测量一直是超快激光领域的重要研究方向之一.常规的飞秒脉冲自相关方法是通过测量自相关倍频信号来获得,而倍频信号具有波长选择性,不同中心波长的飞秒脉冲测量需要更换不同的倍频晶体,十分不方便.因此,提出了一种改进型的瞬态光栅频率分辨光学开关(TG-FROG)方法用于测量飞秒脉冲.该方法结合四波混频和频率分辨光学开关方法,其基本过程是将待测脉冲分为三束,其中两束脉冲经过精密的延时控制并聚焦在光学介质上达到时空重合,利用三阶非线性效应产生稳定的瞬态光栅作为开关光;另一束脉冲作为探测光与产生的瞬态光栅进行相互作用产生一个信号光,使用光谱仪对该信号光的光谱与延迟时间进行测量,并通过反演迭代算法处理而获取待测飞秒脉冲的光谱与电场信息.该方法只需要待测光的功率密度达到三阶非线性效应就可以实现测量,因此可以应用于任意中心波长的飞秒脉冲测量.利用该方法对中心波长分别为800 nm, 400 nm的飞秒脉冲,以及超连续亚10 fs的周期量级超宽光谱飞秒脉冲进行了测量,并与常规的干涉自相关仪器测量结果进行了比较,所得测量结果基本一致.实验结果表明,建立的基于TG-FROG方法对不同中心波长,不同脉冲宽度的飞秒脉冲测量是十分有效的.     

Measurement of reactive atmospheric species by ultraviolet cavity-enhanced spectroscopy with a mode-locked femtosecond laser

We demonstrate the possibility of measuring parts in 10(12) by volume concentrations of radicals of high atmospheric interest, such as IO or BrO, as needed for monitoring these species in the environment. We apply cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy in the near UV range using a frequency-doubled Ti:Sa mode-locked femtosecond laser. Efficient broadband injection of a high-finesse cavity is obtained by matching this optical frequency-comb source to the comb of cavity transmission resonances. A grating spectrograph and a detector array disperse and detect the spectrum transmitted by the cavity carrying the absorption features of intracavity molecules. Spectra recorded over ~4 nm with 10 s averaging display a noise level of 8 x 10(-10)/cm.     

Precise determination of characteristic laser frequencies by an Er-doped fiber optical frequency comb

Femtosecond optical frequency combs correlate the microwave and optical frequencies accurately and coherently. Therefore, any optical frequency in visible to near-infrared region can be directly traced to a microwave frequency. As a result, the length unit "meter" is directly related to the time unit "second". This paper validates the capability of the national wavelength standards based on a home-made Er-doped fiber femtosecond optical frequency comb to measure the laser frequencies ranging from visible to near-infrared region. Optical frequency conversion in the femtosecond optical frequency comb is achieved by combining spectral broadening in a highly nonlinear fiber with a single-point frequency-doubling scheme. The signal-to-noise ratio of the beat notes between the femtosecond optical frequency comb and the lasers at 633, 698, 729, 780, 1064, and 1542 nm is better than 30 dB. The frequency instability of the above lasers is evaluated by using a hydrogen clock signal with a instability of better than 1×10^-13 at 1-s averaging time. The measurement is further validated by measuring the absolute optical frequency of an iodine-stabilized 532-nm laser and an acetylene-stabilized 1542-nm laser. The results are within the uncertainty range of the international recommended values. Our results demonstrate the accurate optical frequency measurement of lasers at different frequencies using the femtosecond optical frequency comb, which is not only important for the precise and accurate traceability and calibration of the laser frequencies, but also provides technical support for establishing the national wavelength standards based on the femtosecond optical frequency comb.     

Frequency comb velocity-modulation spectroscopy

We have demonstrated a new technique that provides massively parallel comb spectroscopy sensitive specifically to ions through the combination of cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy with velocity-modulation spectroscopy. Using this novel system, we have measured electronic transitions of HfF? and achieved a fractional absorption sensitivity of 3×10?? recorded over 1500 simultaneous channels spanning 150 cm?1 around 800 nm with an absolute frequency accuracy of 30 MHz (0.001 cm?1). A fully sampled spectrum consisting of interleaved measurements is acquired in 30 min.     

Kilohertz-resolution spectroscopy of cold atoms with an optical frequency comb

We have performed sub-Doppler spectroscopy on the narrow intercombination line of cold calcium atoms using the amplified output of a femtosecond laser frequency comb. Injection locking of a 657-nm diode laser with a femtosecond comb allows for two regimes of amplification, one in which many lines of the comb are amplified, and one where a single line is predominantly amplified. The output of the laser in both regimes was used to perform kilohertz-level spectroscopy. This experiment demonstrates the potential for high-resolution absolute-frequency spectroscopy over the entire spectrum of the frequency comb output using a single high-finesse optical reference cavity.