大模面积双包层光纤激光频谱组束的实验效果

基于透射体布拉格光栅频谱组束的设计方案,采用半导体激光器作为泵浦源,以大模面积双包层Er3+/Yb3+共掺光纤为增益介质,报道了两束光纤激光频谱组束的实验结果。在两束光纤激光输出功率分别为0.39和0.53 W、光栅实际衍射效率不到60%的情况下,实现了组束功率为0.64 W、绝对组束效率高达69.6%的组束激光输出,并分析了实验过程中影响组束效率的因素。     

大模面积双包层光纤激光频谱组束的实验效果

基于透射体布拉格光栅频谱组束的设计方案,采用半导体激光器作为泵浦源,以大模面积双包层Er3+/Yb3+共掺光纤为增益介质,报道了两束光纤激光频谱组束的实验结果。在两束光纤激光输出功率分别为0.39和0.53 W、光栅实际衍射效率不到60%的情况下,实现了组束功率为0.64 W、绝对组束效率高达69.6%的组束激光输出,并分析了实验过程中影响组束效率的因素。     

LaB6在低压强氮气和氦气中的放电特性

研究了LaB6在1~10 Pa氮气和氦气中的直流和脉冲放电特性以及放电过程对电极的影响。结果表明，电极直径为5 mm的LaB6氦气放电管在脉冲工作状态下可以长期稳定放电。在脉冲电压为2.2 kV、脉冲宽度10 ms、频率13.3 Hz下，脉冲峰值放电电流超过120 A。氦气放电管在放电过程中，阴极表面有离子的清洗和活化作用，可以使电极的表面逸出功降低，提高放电管的发射能力和稳定性。LaB6作为气体放电电极具有寿命长、延迟时间短、放电电流大等优点，可用于重复强流脉冲气体放电的高压高速开关器件。     

三路掺镱光纤放大器的相干合成实验研究

光纤激光相干合成技术是实现高功率、高亮度光纤激光系统的重要技术途径。采用主振荡并联放大器（MOPA）方案对三路掺镱光纤放大器进行实时相位探测与校正,其中每路光纤放大器的输出功率大于等于1 W,三路总功率大于等于3 W。采用铌酸锂光纤相位调制器,外差法系统的移频量为40 MHz,相位探测与校正精度优于l/20,整个光路为全保偏光路。实验分别给出了两路和三路光纤放大器的相干合成结果。系统开环时,远场光斑为动态、模糊干涉条纹,条纹可见度为7%和6%;系统闭环运行时,远场光斑为稳定、高对比度干涉条纹,条纹可见度有大幅度提高,达到44%和48%。这表明闭环控制使两路和三路光纤激光的相位变化得到了有效补偿,系统实现了相位锁定运行和高相干度合成输出。     

Coherent beam combining of two femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers

We demonstrate coherent beam combining of two femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers seeded by a common oscillator. Using a feedback loop based on an electro-optic phase modulator, an average power of 7.2?W before compression is obtained with a combining efficiency of 90%. The spatial and temporal qualities of the oscillator are retained, with a recombined pulse width of 325?fs. This experiment opens up a way to scale the peak/average power of ultrafast fiber sources.     

Theoretical and experimental investigations on erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

A comprehensive model of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA) is proposed in this paper, taking exited-state absorption (ESA), amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), background absorption, mode field, and Erbium ion radial distribution into account. Computer programs capable of handling forward, backward, and different wavelength bidirectional pumping are developed. Among other things, it is found that under typical conditions, Gaussian field approximations may cause considerable errors. The optimum V-value for small signal gain is much smaller than that for minimum Gaussian or Desurvire spot size; ASE propagating opposite to the pimp beam can be several times higher than at propagating along the pump beam, resulting in a faster-than-linear decrease of the pump power at its beginning portion. Experimental results of domestic-made erbium-doped fibers pumped by 980 nm and 1480 nm laser diodes are also given.     

Theoretical analysis of gain characteristics of Dy-doped fiber amplifiers

The rate equations and power evolution equations of Dy³⁺-doped fiber amplifiers (DDFA) are proposed, and numerically analyzed. Based on the numerical analysis, several major characteristics of the fiber amplifier are calculated and compared with those of Pr³⁺-doped fiber amplifier (PDFA). The results show that DDFA can achieve better efficiency and wider gain bandwidth than PDFA.     

Passive coherent beam combining of two femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers

We propose and demonstrate an architecture that achieves passive coherent combination of two femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplifiers. The setup consists in the use of a well-balanced amplifying Sagnac interferometer. The experiment shows that the temporal, spectral, and spatial qualities of each beam are retained, with the generation of 250?fs pulses at 35?MHz repetition rate, an uncompressed average power of 10?W, and a combining efficiency of 96%. The behavior of this architecture in the presence of high accumulated nonlinear phase is investigated.     

Coherent beam combining and phase noise measurements of ytterbium fiber amplifiers

Phase noise characterization of a 10-W Yb fiber amplifier is presented, and we demonstrate phase locking of two fiber amplifiers with near-perfect fringe contrast at power levels of as much as 10 W per fiber. Coherent beam combining is maintained during the turn-on transient as well as in thermal steady-state operation.     

模拟退火算法光纤放大器相干合成

提出了利用模拟退火算法实现相干合成的思路。对利用模拟退火算法实现多路光纤放大器相干合成进行了数值模拟,验证了方法的有效性,并分析了算法收敛速度与合成光束数目的关系。进行了两路W量级光纤放大器相干合成的实验,结果表明,模拟退火算法能够有效控制各路光纤激光的相位,系统闭环将目标圆孔内的能量提高了1.8倍,并使得目标圆孔内能量大于理想值80 %的概率从19.4 %提升到了51.3 %,取得了较为明显的相干合成效果。     

Active coherent beam combination of two high-power single-frequency nanosecond fiber amplifiers

We report on active coherent beam combining of two single-frequency nanosecond fiber amplifiers by using stochastic parallel gradient descent algorithm. Each fiber amplifier produces an average power of more than 100 W by using three-stage cascaded amplification. The two laser beams are actively phase-locked with a total average power of 215.8 W, producing ~8 ns pulses at 10 MHz repetition rate. The contrast of the far-field intensity pattern of the coherently combined beam is more than 83%.     

模拟退火算法光纤放大器相干合成

提出了利用模拟退火算法实现相干合成的思路。对利用模拟退火算法实现多路光纤放大器相干合成进行了数值模拟,验证了方法的有效性,并分析了算法收敛速度与合成光束数目的关系。进行了两路W量级光纤放大器相干合成的实验,结果表明,模拟退火算法能够有效控制各路光纤激光的相位,系统闭环将目标圆孔内的能量提高了1.8倍,并使得目标圆孔内能量大于理想值80%的概率从19.4%提升到了51.3%,取得了较为明显的相干合成效果。     

Theoretical analysis of multimode fiber amplifiers and lasers containing spatial filters

By the use of the coupling theory of the modes and the multimode rate equations, the performances of the multimode fiber amplifiers or lasers containing a spatial filter have been discussed. After the rate equations applicable to amplifiers are solved, the beam quality factors of the output from a multimode fiber amplifier with and without a single mode filter have been evaluated and compared. By the use of the analytical expression of the threshold pump power applicable to the multimode fiber lasers with the spatial filter and doped with quasi two-energy-level ions, and two example fibers had been selected which may guide 4 and 9 transversal modes, respectively, the threshold pump power for each transversal fiber mode has been evaluated. The results indicate that the single mode filter, does introduce a very strong discrimination for the modes between the high order modes and the fundamental mode. This should considerably favor the operation of the fundamental mode in the lasers with a homogeneously broadened active medium.     

Theoretical study of gain distortions in dual-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers

We study analytically and numerically the small signal gain in dual-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers by including the phase modulation of the pump waves needed for practically increasing the stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold. As for the single-pump case, we show that large signal gain distortions are generated under co-phase modulation, which depend on the rise/fall time of the phase modulation and on the fiber dispersion slope. However, it is clearly confirmed that the counter-phase modulation scheme allows to efficiently suppress these gain distortions over the whole flat gain region. In addition, we demonstrate through realistic numerical simulations that this useful technique overcomes the additional impact of pump-phase modulation to amplitude modulation conversion and zero-dispersion wavelength variations.     

新型抗弯曲大模场面积光子晶体光纤

研制出一种新型抗弯曲大模场面积石英光子晶体光纤. 利用光子晶体光纤结构设计的灵活性, 通过规划缺陷的位置及空气孔的尺寸, 实现了大模场面积单模及低弯曲损耗特性.应用建立的实际光子晶体光纤特性分析模型, 研究了研制光纤的模式特性和弯曲特性, 在波长1064 nm处, 平直状态下光纤的模场面积可以达到2812 μm², 基模限制损耗为0.00024 dB/m, 高阶模限制损耗高于1.248 dB/m. 基模和高阶模之间的高传输损耗差, 保证了在获得大模场面积的同时实现单模传输. 弯曲半径和弯曲方向角所带来弯曲损耗变化的研究结果显示, 即使在弯曲半径小到5 cm时, 弯曲损耗也在10^-3 dB/m量级以下, 而且在弯曲半径为30 cm时光纤可承受的弯曲方向角范围扩展至-60°–60°. 研制的光纤具有良好的低弯曲损耗特性, 可有效解决非对称结构所带来的光纤弯曲特性对弯曲方向角敏感的问题. 该光纤在高功率光纤激光器、放大器及高功率传输等技术领域具有重要的应用价值. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 大模场面积 低弯曲损耗 弯曲方向角     

High-power double-clad large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber laser

A high power double-clad ytterbium-doped large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber (LMA PCF) laser was demonstrated using a unique Fabry-Perot (F-P) configuration. The pump source is a fiber coupled diode array operating at 976 nm. A continuous wave (CW) output power of 50 W at ～ 1.04 μm with a slope efficiency of 76.3% is obtained. Single transverse mode operation is achieved without any thermal-optical problems. This laser has the potential for scaling to much higher output power.     

大模场面积光纤激光器79.4 W单横模输出

 采用光纤缠绕方法,对国产大模场面积多模光纤激光器缠绕前后的输出性能进行了对比研究。将光纤激光器输出端在半径为65 mm的圆筒上缠绕两圈后,获得了单横模输出。光纤缠绕前后,激光器的光束质量因子由1.24减小为1.06,斜率效率由64.7％减小为54.3％。当泵浦功率为149 W时,缠绕前后的输出功率分别为94.7 W和79.4 W。虽然缠绕后功率有所减小,但激光亮度增加了15％。同时对实验所用光纤的缠绕损耗进行了理论计算,实验结果与理论计算值符合得较好。     

具有双模特性的大模场面积微结构光纤的设计

本文提出了一种具有双模特性大模场面积的微结构光纤,通过有限元法计算其模场分布、基模有效模场面积及弯曲损耗特性,并分析了不同结构参量对限制损耗及有效模场面积的影响.计算结果表明:通过合理地改变光纤结构参量,可以使二阶模LP11、三阶模EH11截止,实现基模LP01、三阶模HE31双模传输,其中基模的有效模场面积可达700μm2.这种结构的光纤制作简单,在大容量光纤传输系统中具有重要应用.     

Transverse-mode controlling of a large-mode-area multimode fiber laser

Coiling technique is used to control the transverse mode of a large-mode-area (LMA) multimode fiber laser. By winding the fiber to a coil with different radius, high-order modes of a multimode fiber laser are suppressed one by one and finally 15.4-W single-transverse-mode output is achieved when the coil radius is 20 mm. It is found that as the coil radius decreases, the beam quality of a multimode fiber laser gets better but the slope efficiency drops for higher-order modes are discriminated. During the experiment, as the coil radius of multimode fiber changes, output characteristic of the laser has been measured. Meanwhile,the mode loss of different modes is calculated theoretically. It is proved that the experimental measured results fit well with the theoretically calculated results.