空气中飞秒脉冲激光器互相关信号的理论研究

利用色散脉冲传播理论和空气折射率Ciddor公式,推导了空气中飞秒脉冲激光器的互相关函数;根据互相关函数结果表达式取决于激光器光源的光谱分布,建立了在空气中不同光程路径差及环境参量变化下,不同光谱分布的飞秒脉冲激光器的脉冲之间互相关模式的数值模型.结果表明:随着传播距离的增大,互相关模型具有稳定啁啾及线性加宽;环境参量的变化只引起互相关图案的移动,并不产生任何额外线性加宽或啁啾.     

Impacts of polarization mode dispersion on the pulse-width with considering initial pulse chirp and fiber GVD

The impacts of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) on the pulse-width in linear systems have been investigated. The analytical solutions, including the effects of initial frequency chirp and group velocity dispersion (GVD), are derived. Analyses show that the pulse broadening effects induced by the second-order PMD depend on GVD and chirp parameter, which are different from those induced by the first-order PMD. An initially chirped Gaussian pulse is taken as an example, upon which analytical solutions of rms pulse-width are derived before and after the first-order PMD compensation. The first-order PMD compensator is also evaluated based on these solutions. The results show that the pulse broadening effects will be resisted efficiently by choosing appropriate GVD and chirp parameter; in general, the post-transmission compensation method will be less efficient than the PSP-transmission method.     

三五阶非线性下啁啾超高斯脉冲的啁啾和频谱

利用三五阶非线性效应下的扩展非线性薛定谔方程,在忽略光纤色散的情况下,计算模拟了以二阶情形为例的啁啾超高斯光脉冲的啁啾和频谱。结果表明,脉冲无预啁啾时,正五阶非线性增大啁啾量,负五阶非线性在减小啁啾量的同时还改变啁啾曲线的形状。当预啁啾与五阶非线性系数同(异)号时,总啁啾增加(减小)。随着超高斯脉冲阶次的增大,总啁啾量增大,脉冲中心附近无啁啾的范围变宽,整个有啁啾的范围变小,总啁啾中预啁啾所占比重增大。脉冲无预啁啾时,正负五阶非线性分别可以增大和减小频谱展宽。预啁啾若增强非线性所致啁啾,则可能使频谱峰值结构加强,谱峰数目增多。当超高斯光脉冲的阶次或最大非线性相移增大时,在某些宽大的频谱峰上还可能出现许多精细谱峰。     

Analytical theory for pulse broadening induced by all-order polarization mode dispersion combined with frequency chirp and group-velocity dispersion

We derive an analytical expression for the expected root-mean-square (rms) pulse broadening with considering the combined effects of all-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD), group velocity dispersion (GVD) and frequency chirp. It is shown that two commonly used first-order PMD compensators lose their efficiency quickly with chirp parameter increasing if GVD is ignored. When GVD is added, prechirp technique is helpful for the enhancement of PMD tolerance for both uncompensated case and first-order compensators when GVD and PMD coefficient satisfy some special relationship.     

正切平方势阱中线性与非线性光学折射率变化的研究

利用正切平方势把电子的Schrodinger方程化为了超几何方程，并用超几何函数严格求解了电子的本征值和本征函数利用量子力学中的密度矩阵算符理论导出了正切平方势阱中的线性与三阶非线性光学折射率的解析表达式计算了该系统中的线性与非线性光学折射率变化的大小，讨论了影响折射率变化因素文章以典型的GaAs/AlGaAs势阱为例作了数值计算,数值计算结果表明，势阱的形状和入射光强对光学折射率的变化有着重要的影响.     

Combined self-phase modulation and amplification of femtosecond light pulses

The influence of depletable amplification, group velocity dispersion and self-phase modulation due to Kerr-type nonlinearity on pulse shaping in femtosecond pulse amplification has been calculated. With gain depletion which is typical for the last stage of multi-stage amplifiers, spectral broadening occurs which, under certain conditions, can be utilized for pulse compression. This spectral broadening as well as a predicted spectral shift is compared with experimental results.     

Formation of parabolic pulses in inhomogeneous fiber optical amplifiers

The conditions for forming pulses with parabolic envelope asymptotics in inhomogeneous fiber optical amplifiers are investigated. The profile of normal group-velocity dispersion, which ensures formation of parabolic pulses with a reduced rate of frequency modulation, is determined. It is shown by numerical simulation that the presence of chirp in the input pulse may cause narrowing of the spectrum at a certain energy.     

Lasing spectra of 1.55 μm InAs/InP quantum dot lasers: theoretical analysis and comparison with the experiments

In this paper, a theoretical model is used to investigate the lasing spectrum properties of InAs/InP (113)B quantum dot (QD) lasers emitting at 1.55 μm. The numerical model used is based on a multi-population rate equation (MPRE) analysis. It takes into account the effect of the competition between the inhomogeneous broadening (due to the QD size dispersion) and the homogenous broadening as well as a nonlinear gain variation associated to a multimode laser emission. The double laser emission and the temperature dependence of lasing spectra of self-assembled InAs/InP quantum dot lasers is studied both experimentally and theoretically.     

色散介质中啁啾高斯脉冲的时间和光谱特性

对啁啾高斯脉冲光束在色散介质中的时间和光谱特性作了研究.给出了远场光谱蓝移和脉冲展宽的解析式.结果表明：通过选择适当的啁啾参量,啁啾高斯脉冲光束沿轴上传输色散长度时,脉冲可恢复到初始值.随啁啾参量增加,谱线宽度展宽,轴上光谱蓝移增加,在远场蓝移趋于一渐近值.随啁啾参量增加,离轴光谱红移增加.     

重复脉冲注入下半导体光放大器皮秒增益和折射率非线性的数值模拟

对重复周期小于载流子寿命的重复脉冲注入的情况，从速率方程出发，用分段模型对半导体光放大器的皮秒增益和折射率非线性进行了数值模拟，给出了重复脉冲注入下输出光脉冲时域波形的畸变、注入光脉冲引起的增益和相位变化，输出光脉冲上的频率啁啾随注入脉冲数增加的变化，以及归零光信号码流引起的增益和相位变化。     

高阶色散效应常系数Ginzburg-Landau方程自相似脉冲演化的解析分析

采用自相似分析方法,基于常系数高阶色散的Ginzburg-Landau方程,通过分离变量法得出了高阶色散效应自相似脉冲演化的解析解,给出了自相似脉冲的振幅、相位、啁啾以及脉冲宽度的一般表达式.研究表明,在增益光纤的二阶正常色散区域,同时考虑高阶色散和增益色散双重效应影响下演化的自相似孤子脉冲仍然保持线性啁啾;振幅解析解的三阶色散效应显著.这与数值计算的结果非常一致. 关键词： 三阶色散 Ginzburg-Landau方程 自相似脉冲 二阶正常色散     

Spectral and temporal changes of optical pulses propagating through time-varying linear media

We present universal formulas for the spectral and temporal output optical fields from a linear traveling-wave medium whose refractive index changes during its propagation within the medium. These formulas agree with known changes in central wavelength and energy that are associated with adiabatic wavelength conversion (AWC). Moreover, they reveal new changes to the optical pulses that have not been noticed, such as pulse compression and spectral broadening. Most significantly, we find that AWC alters the pulse power, pulse chirp, and pulse delay. All of these effects depend on whether the central wavelength is blueshifted or redshifted, the first sign of asymmetry to be reported for AWC. These findings impact the applications of AWC to optical signal processing in microphotonic and nanophotonic structures as well as in lightwave systems.     

啁啾脉冲在正常色散光纤中频域特性实验研究

对负啁啾脉冲在正常色散光纤中的频域特性进行了实验研究,并对实验结果进行了数值分析,实验和数值分析结果基本一致．     

Quantum dot laser with 75 nm broad spectrum of emission

We report on a quantum dot laser having an emission spectrum as broad as 74.9 nm at 25 degrees C in the 1.2-1.28 wavelength interval with a total pulsed output power of 750 mW in single lateral mode regime and the average spectral power density of >10 mW/nm. A significant overlap and approximate equalization of the ground-state and the excited-state emission bands in the laser's spectrum is achieved by means of intentional inhomogeneous broadening of the quantum dot energy levels.     

Broadband gain-clamped linear quantum dash optical amplifiers

The linear optical gain of gain-clamped quantum dash semiconductor optical amplifiers (GCSOAs) has been investigated using the rate equation model. The gain spectrum of GCSOA for different wavelength detuning and different doping has been studied. Our analysis shows that the linear gain can be increased as the laser wavelength is detuned to high wavelength where the peak of the optical gain, which is found at wavelengths below the ground state wavelength, is shifted to lower wavelength as the laser wavelength is increased. We find that doping the dashes by either N-type or P-type enhances the linear optical gain and shifts the gain peak to lower wavelength. Moreover, we found that GCSOA with lightly N-type doping demonstrates large separation between the laser and the amplifier wavelength. Also we find that small inhomogeneous line broadening enhances the linear gain peak, shifts the gain peak to wavelength lower than the GS wavelength and widens the gain spectrum.     

Influences of finite gain bandwidth on pulse propagation in parabolic fiber amplifiers with distributed gain profiles

The evolutions of the pulses propagating in decreasing and increasing gain distributed fiber amplifiers with finite gain bandwidths are investigated by simulations with the nonlinear Schr¨odinger equation. The results show that the parabolic pulse propagations in both the decreasing and the increasing gain amplifiers are restricted by the finite gain bandwidth. For a given input pulse, by choosing a small initial gain coefficient and gain variation rate, the whole gain for the pulse amplification limited by the gain bandwidth may be higher, which is helpful for the enhancement of the output linearly chirped pulse energy. Compared to the decreasing gain distributed fiber amplifier, the increasing gain distributed amplifier may be more conducive to suppress the pulse spectral broadening and increase the critical amplifier length for achieving a larger output linearly chirped pulse energy.     

Effects of initial frequency chirp on the linear propagation characteristics of the exponential optical pulse

In this paper, the linear propagation characteristics of the exponential optical pulse with initial linear and nonlinear frequency chirp are numerically studied in a single mode fibre for \be₂<0. It can be found that the temporal full width at half maximum and time-bandwidth product of exponential pulse monotonically increase with the increase of propagation distance and decrease with the increase of linear chirp C for C<0.5, go through an initial decreasing stage near \zeta=1, then increase with the increase of propagation distance and linear chirp C for C\geq0.5. The broadening of pulses with negative chirp is faster than that with positive chirp. The exponential pulse with linear chirp gradually evolves into a near-Gaussian pulse. The effect of nonlinear chirp on waveform of the pulse is much greater than that of linear chirp. The temporal waveform breaking of exponential pulse with nonlinear chirp is first observed in linear propagation. Furthermore, the expressions of the spectral width and time-bandwidth product of the exponential optical pulse with the frequency chirp are given by use of the numerical analysis method.     

Influences of finite gain bandwidth on pulse propagating in parabolic fiber amplifiers with distributed gain profiles

The evolutions of the pulses propagating in decreasing and increasing gain distributed fiber amplifiers with finite gain bandwidths are investigated by simulating with the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The results show that the parabolic pulse propagations in both the decreasing and the increasing gain amplifiers are restricted by the finite gain bandwidth. For a given input pulse, by choosing small initial gain coefficient and gain variation rate, the whole gain for the pulse amplification limited by the gain bandwidth may be higher, which is helpful to the enhancement of the output linearly chirped pulse energy. Compared to the decreasing gain distributed fiber amplifier, the increasing gain distributed amplifier may be more conducive to suppress the pulse spectral broadening and increase the critical amplifier length for achieving a larger output linearly chirped pulse energy.     

负啁啾脉冲在正负色散光纤中传输特性研究

对负啁啾脉冲在正常色散光纤中传输特性进行了数值分析和实验研究，数值分析与实验结果基本一致。数值分析和实验证明正常色散光纤不仅能压窄负啁啾的脉宽而且能压窄频谱，采用正常色散光纤消啁啾后用色散位移光纤为传输媒质成功地进行了一阶和高阶孤子传输。     

Minimization of dispersion in an ultrafast chirped pulse amplifier using adaptive learning

Minimizing residual frequency dispersion that accompanies pulse stretching, amplification, and recompression is an important consideration in ultrashort chirped-pulse amplifiers. Here we show how an adaptive learning algorithm can be used in conjunction with a pulse shaper to compensate for higher-order and nonlinear dispersion in a chirped-pulse amplifier. Using spectral blueshifting as a sensitive diagnostic for pulse shape, we implement a 'learning loop' comprised of the pulse shaper, strong field laser ionization, and a genetic algorithm to minimize dispersion through the amplifier. We verify our optimization results using frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) measurements and also show theoretically and experimentally that spectral blueshifting is indeed a sensitive diagnostic for pulse shape, and specifically, for higher-order dispersion.