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We report a novel scheme to build a compact, tunable fiber laser. The tuning mechanism is based on the transmission property of a single-mode biconic fiber taper. While pulling the taper, we observe oscillations in the transmitted optical power that are due primarily to interference between a pair of excited modes within the tapered region, which are eventually coupled into the unstretched single-mode fiber at the end of the taper. A similar mechanism causes the modulation of the transmitted optical spectrum after the taper has been pulled and stabilized. It is this spectral modulation by the taper that is exploited here to control the wavelength of a fiber laser. The modulation can be adjusted by stretching the taper, thus enabling the tuning of the laser wavelength. We have built a 32 mW Er-doped tunable ring fiber laser with a continuous tuning range of over 20 nm and a signal-to-noise ratio of better than 45 dB over the entire tuning range; our output power is limited only by the available pump power. 相似文献
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Fabrication of fiber-embedded multi-core photonic crystal fibers 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
A novel fabrication method of multi-core photonic crystal fibers is proposed on the basis of a fiber-embedded technique. A taper tower is used to modify the structures of the fiber preform, and four steps of fiber fabrication and different structures of fiber samples are given. The mode structures and beating characteristics of a photonic crystal fiber sample with two successive cores are investigated in detail with the help of a supercontinuum light source, a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera, and an optical spectrum analyzer. The test results show a clear beating phenomenon between two orthotropic polarization modes with a 2.8-nm peak interval in wavelength. 相似文献
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本文利用非线性偏振锁模激光器产生的重复频率50 MHz, 脉宽为1.8 ps的脉冲分别抽运外径均匀和色散渐减两种高非线性光子晶体光纤, 在三阶非线性效应 (自相位调制、交叉相位调制、四波混频和受激拉曼散效应等) 和色散共同作用下得到扩展至蓝光部分的超连续谱. 模拟了光谱在色散渐减光纤和均匀光纤中的展宽过程, 通过对比均匀光纤发现色散渐减光纤在调控色散, 加强拉曼孤子和色散波的群速度匹配条件, 产生超带宽光谱方面具有很大优势. 实验利用20 m长的色散渐减光纤, 得到了406.1至671.8 nm的可见光波段增强的较为平坦的超连续谱.
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超连续谱
色散渐减光子晶体光纤
群速度匹配
非线性效应 相似文献
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设计了一种与高功率超短脉冲激光放大过程中获得的总增益、增益介质的带宽、激光带宽、脉冲中心波长等参数相关的调制函数,对激光放大过程中的光谱增益窄化进行补偿。此调制函数的优越性在于,对不同性能的激光系统,无需改变调制函数的形式就能适用。通过数值模拟的方法,讨论了在不同增益介质带宽、激光带宽、脉冲中心波长下的补偿效果。此调制函数在高功率超短脉冲激光系统中有良好的应用前景。 相似文献
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We report an experimental investigation of the spectro-temporal dynamics of the pulse formation in Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers and in nanosecond optical parametric oscillators (OPOs). The temporal evolution of the spectral intensity distribution of the light pulses was measured with a 1-m Czerny–Turner spectrometer in combination with a fast streak camera. This detection system allows the analysis of temporal changes in the spectrum of single nanosecond pulses. The measurements were performed for a flashlamp-pumped, Q-switched Nd:YAG laser and for an unseeded as well as for a seeded singly-resonant nanosecond OPO. The laser output spectrum varies strongly from pulse to pulse and even within a single pulse due to mode beating. In an unseeded OPO, individual spectral modes start to oscillate statistically from the parametric noise for pump powers close to the OPO threshold. With increasing pump power a strong modulation in the spectral formation of the pulse is observed, resulting from a strong interaction of parametric conversion and back conversion of signal and idler radiation into pump radiation. By means of injection seeding, the starting condition was controlled for a single mode. Due to the seed radiation, the seeded mode starts sooner than the unseeded modes. These are suppressed completely in the case of sufficient seed power and moderate pump power. The observations are in good agreement with results of corresponding numerical simulations. PACS 42.65.Sf, 42.65.Yj 相似文献
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A novel method is described for fast frequency modulation or frequency control of diode lasers that avoids problems associated with bias current modulation, namely, amplitude modulation and thermal phase delays. The method is based on amplitude-modulated, noninterfering control light with a wavelength near the transparency region of the laser diode, which specifically modifies the spectral gain profile to yield a constant gain but a controllable refractive index at the lasing wavelength. This permits amplitude-modulation-free frequency modulation at modulation frequencies up to the relaxation oscillation frequency. A phase lock between the emissions of two extended-cavity diode lasers that could not be achieved with bias current modulation was achieved by this method. 相似文献
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Different schemes of fiber ring interferometers (FRIs) with a broadband nonmonochromatic radiation source manufactured on the basis of air-silica microstructured single-mode optical fibers (SMOFs) are considered. This source is close in spectral characteristics to a white light source, because the width of its emission spectrum is comparable to the mean wavelength. It is shown that an increase in the width of the spectrum of the radiation source can lead to either a substantial decrease or an increase in the zero drift, depending on the radiation polarization at the FRI entrance. The latter fact has defied explanation within simple phenomenological models of random coupling between polarization modes in SMOFs of an FRI circuit. The observed increase in the zero drift of the FRI can be explained in terms of the dependence of the parameter of polarization conservation (the parameter h) on the light wavelength for highly anisotropic SMOFs. This dependence is weak for nonmonochromatic radiation sources with a relatively small spectral width, for example, superluminescent diodes, which are traditionally used in FRIs. In contrast, for substantially more broadband radiation sources (including air-silica SMOFs), the above dependence is well pronounced and can lead to a number of undesirable effects in FRIs. Different variants of the FRI design are analyzed. It is demonstrated that the zero drift can be noticeably decreased with an increase in the width of the spectrum of the radiation source for an arbitrary radiation polarization at the entrance of an FRI with a depolarizer of nonmonochromatic radiation and a circuit fabricated from a weakly anisotropic SMOF, for which the parameter h does not depend on the light wavelength. The numerical estimates are obtained. 相似文献
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A frequency-shifted feedback (FSF) laser has multi frequency components with simultaneous linear chirping in its oscillation
spectrum even though the gain medium is homogeneously broadened. The spectral intensity and its bandwidth were analyzed by
the proposed spectral dynamics model based on the regenerative amplification of the continuously chirped comb components with
phase shift according to each round trip in the cavity. The spectral intensity peaks at an instantaneous frequency which depends
on the net gain in the cavity and the gain bandwidth of atomic transition. The oscillation bandwidth is defined as the product
of the saturation-broadened bandwidth and the total resonant modes contributing to the FSF operation. 相似文献
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D. J. Mowbray L. Harris P. W. Fry A. D. Ashmore S. R. Parnell J. J. Finley M. S. Skolnick M. Hopkinson G. Hill J. Clark 《Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures》2000,7(3-4)
The gain characteristics of InAs–GaAs self-assembled quantum dot lasers are studied using two complementary techniques. The modal gain is derived from a measurement of the normal incidence, inter-band photoconductivity. For a device containing a single layer of dots the maximum modal gain of the ground state transition is found to be insufficient for lasing action. As a consequence lasing occurs for excited state transitions, which have a larger oscillator strength, with the precise transition being dependent upon the device cavity length. The second technique uses the Hakki–Paoli method to determine the spectral and current dependence of the gain. A quasi-periodic modulation of the below threshold gain is observed. This modulation is shown to be responsible for the form of the lasing spectra, which consist of groups of lasing modes separated by non-lasing spectral regions. Possible mechanisms for this behaviour are discussed. 相似文献
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Partial bandgap characteristics of parallelogram lattice photonic crystals are proposed to suppress the radiation modes in a compact dielectric waveguide taper so as to obtain high transmittance in a large wavelength range. Band structure of the photonic crystals shows that there exists a partial bandgap, The photonie crystals with partial bandgap are then used as the cladding of a waveguide taper to reduce the radiation loss efficiently. In comparison with the conventional dielectric taper and the complete bandgap photonic crystal taper, the partial bandgap photonic crystal taper has a high transmittance of above 85% with a wide band of 170 nm. 相似文献
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Different methods for controlling the radiation parameters of supercontinuum (SC) are analyzed. In particular, the possibility
of varying the SC spectral power density due to variations in the pulse repetition rate and radiation wavelength of the pumping
laser, the increase in the SC degree of coherence due to the choice of the optimal phase modulation of pumping pulses, and
the variations in the SC pulse repetition rate in the two-wave pumping scheme due to the variations in the frequency difference
are considered. A new method for controlling the spectrum width and the spectral power density level of the SC generated upon
continuous excitation using an additional noise pumping component is proposed. 相似文献
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The wavelength of the longitudinal modes of a stripe geometry DH laser excited by current pulses is shifted according to the variation of the optical power. The magnitude of the spectral shift and the different form of these patterns are due to the mutual influence of individual modes. The time-varying carrier concentration gives rise to a time-dependent (effective) refractive index which alters the resonance condition for the modes. The spectral broadening of the modes, spanning nearly one mode separation, is due to the spectral shift of the modes which in turn depend on the variation of the emitted power. The longitudinal modes are sequentially excited because the gain profile changes its wavelength position with varying carrier concentration. 相似文献
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We present multimode modeling of the digitalmodulation characteristics of nearly single-mode semiconductor lasers. The model takes into account the mechanisms of spectral suppression of modal gain; namely, symmetric and asymmetric gain suppressions. The digital modulation performance of the laser is quantitatively examined in terms of the turn-on jitter, on-off ratio and a Q-factor. We study the effect of the modulation parameters on the modulation characteristics of the laser. We also clarify the effect of the asymmetric gain suppression on the modulated signals of the oscillating modes. In addition, we examine the validity of modeling the digital modulation of the laser via a single-mode rate equation model. We show that the modulation characteristics improve with an increase in the bias and/or modulation current or with a decrease in the bit rate due to reduction in the bit-pattern effect. The asymmetric gain suppression does not affect the characteristics of the total laser signal, however it enhances the modulation of the nearest modes on the long-wavelength side of the gain spectrum. 相似文献
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本文在Ga N基共振腔发光二极管(RCLED)顶部设计制备了高反膜结构分布式布拉格反射镜(DBR)和滤波器结构DBR,对比分析了两种反射镜的反射率曲线特征以及对应的RCLED器件的光输出纵模模式、光谱线宽和输出光强等性能差异,详细研究了顶部反射镜的光反射特性对RCLED器件输出光谱性能的影响机理.研究结果表明,顶部反射镜是RCLED的重要组成部分,其反射率曲线特征决定器件的光输出性能.常规高反膜结构DBR顶部反射镜的反射率曲线具有较宽的高反射带,将其作为顶部反射镜可有效压窄RCLED发光纵模线宽,但是发光光谱仍呈现多纵模光输出特征.滤波器结构DBR顶部反射镜的反射率曲线在中心波长处具有较窄的透光凹带,利用透光凹带对输出光的调制作用,器件可实现单纵模光输出,在光通信、光纤传感等领域展示了广阔的应用前景.通过进一步设计RCLED顶部反射镜结构,可以改变其反射率曲线特性,进而优化RCLED器件的输出光谱特性,以满足器件在多个领域的应用需求. 相似文献
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N. M. Kozhevnikov A. E. Korolev A. V. Koklyushkin M. Yu. Lipovskaya V. N. Nazarov 《Optics and Spectroscopy》2003,94(4):620-626
The possibility of controlled energy exchange between interfering waveguide modes in a singlemode planar waveguide with a nonlinear optical coating is analyzed. As the coating, a suspension of bacteriorhodopsin D96N was used, which makes it possible to realize two spectrally separated mechanisms of recording and controlling dynamic gratings, i.e., the spatial modulation of the trans-cis excitation rate and the spatial modulation of the cis-trans relaxation rate. The method of phase-modulated beams was used to implement the energy exchange. The dynamic gratings in the coating were recorded by using both radiation with a wavelength within the absorption band of the trans state (630 nm) and radiation with a wavelength within the absorption band of the cis state (440 nm). Efficient control of the energy exchange between the waveguide modes by means of uniform exposure of their interference region to radiation with another wavelength was observed. A completely integral geometrical layout for optically controlled energy exchange was realized. The results obtained are compared with known data on energy exchange between beams in the bulk of a similar nonlinear medium. 相似文献
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Self-seeding schemes, consisting of two undulators with a monochromator in between, aim to reduce the bandwidth of SASE X-ray FELs. We recently proposed to use a new method of monochromatization exploiting a single crystal in Bragg transmission geometry for self-seeding in the hard X-ray range. The obvious and technically possible extension is to use such kind of monochromator setup with two (or more) crystals arranged in a series to spectrally filter the SASE radiation at two (or more) closely-spaced wavelengths within the FEL gain band. This allows for the production of doublet (or multiplet) spectral lines. Exploitations of such mode of operation involve any situation where there is a large change in cross-section over a narrow wavelength range. In this paper we consider the simultaneous operation of the LCLS hard X-ray FEL at two closely spaced wavelengths. We present simulation results for the LCLS baseline, and we show that this method can produce fully coherent radiation shared between two longitudinal modes. Mode spacing can be easily tuned within the FEL gain band, i.e. within 10 eV. An interesting aspect of the proposed scheme is a way of modulating the electron bunch at optical frequencies without a seed quantum laser. In fact, the XFEL output intensity contains an oscillating “mode-beat” component whose frequency is related to the frequency difference between the pair of longitudinal modes considered. Thus, at saturation one obtains FEL-induced modulations of energy loss and energy spread in the electron bunch at optical frequency. These modulations can be converted into density modulation at the same optical frequency with the help of a weak chicane installed behind the baseline undulator. Powerful coherent radiation can then be generated with the help of an optical transition radiation (OTR) station, which have important applications. In this paper we briefly consider how the doublet structure of the XFEL generation spectra can be monitored by an optical spectrometer. Furthermore, the OTR coherent radiation pulse is naturally synchronized with the X-ray pulses, and can be used for timing the XFEL to high power conventional lasers with femtosecond accuracy for pump-probe applications. 相似文献