High-power single-wavelength SOA-based fiber-ring laser with an optical modulator

A semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) fiber-ring laser (SOAFRL) utilizing a fiber-Bragg grating (FBG) and lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) modulator is demonstrated. The laser operates at a wavelength of 1547.64 nm, which is equal to the Bragg wavelength in the saturation region. By removing the LiNbO₃ modulator in the ring, the laser shows a single-wavelength output, which has a lower peak power. The experimental results show that when reaching the saturation level, the system with the LiNbO₃ modulator shows a higher saturation current and peak power compared to that of the system without the modulator. The effect of varying the modulation frequency on the laser output power is investigated. By incorporating the LiNbO₃ modulator in the laser cavity, the side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of the laser is significantly improved and a higher peak power can be obtained at a higher current.     

一种新型TEA CO2激光器的实验研究

设计了一种新型结构的激光器———双通道放电激励折叠腔TEA CO2激光器。该激光器通过提高脉冲能量输出水平来增加激光输出谱线数目和激光差分吸收雷达可探测的气体种类。它在增大激光器放电时间长度的同时保证了较小的激光器体积,更好地满足了激光差分吸收雷达光源体积小,重量轻,输出能量高的要求。得到激光器输出能量与气体工作气压的关系曲线,获得了激光器内工作气压与输出脉宽关系曲线,发现脉冲宽度大约在50~70ns之间变化,研究了气体压强对激光器输出脉冲峰值功率的影响。     

Efficient technique for intracavity loss optimization in a dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser

An efficient technique to improve the quality of a tunable dual-wavelength fiber laser is reported. The power of both channels can be equalized with efficient intracavity loss optimization. The maximum power difference between the two wavelengths is less than ±0.37 dB and the output power is approximately flat within C-band.     

Optimization of Brillouin pump wavelength location on tunable multiwavelength BEFL

Optimization of Brillouin pump (BP) wavelength location on tunable multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser (BEFL) with BP pre-amplified technique is experimentally investigated. The tunable multiwavelength BEFL is achieved by utilization a tunable band-pass filter in a laser cavity. The optimum BP power and BP wavelength location within the filter bandwidth is determined in order to obtain the maximum stable output channels. Optimum distance of launching the BP wavelength is found at 0.80 nm shorter from the center wavelength of the filter bandwidth. 15 stable output channels are achieved from the tunable fiber laser system within the optimum range of BP power which is found to be between 5.2 to 5.7 dBm.     

Monolithic Integration of Sampled Grating DBR with Electroabsorption Modulator by Combining Selective-Area-Growth MOCVD and Quantum-Well Intermixing

We present the monolithic integration of a sampled-grating distributed Bragg reflector （SG-DBR） laser with a quantum-well electroabsorption modulator （QW-EAM） by combining ultra-low-pressure （55 mbar） selectivearea-growth （SAG） metal-organic chemical vapour deposition （MOCVD） and quantum-well intermixing （QWI） for the first time. The QW-EAM and the gain section can be grown simultaneously by using SAG MOCVD technology. Meanwhile, the Q WI technology offers an abrupt band-gap change between two functional sections, which reduces internal absorption loss. The experimental results show that the threshold current Ith = 62 mA, and output power reaches 3.6roW. The wavelength tuning range covers 3Ohm, and all the corresponding side mode suppression ratios are over 30dB. The extinction ratios at available wavelength channels can reach more than 14dB with bias of-5 V.     

Compact waveguide CO2 laser excited by a RF power supply

The design and performance of radio frequency (RF) excited partial Z-fold waveguide CO2 laser with two channels are exposed. The length of the partial Z-fold channel is 3×460 mm and that of the single channel is 460 mm. The electrodes for the two channels are common and excited by a same RF source. According to our analysis, this kind of structure can greatly improve the laser offset frequency stability. In the experiments, we studied the variation of laser output power with gas pressure for two different channels.The maximum laser output power is about 23 W for the partial Z-fold channel and about 6 W for the single channel.     

High power single-longitudinal-mode Ho:YLF unidirectional ring laser based on a composite structure of acousto-optic device and wave plate

We report a unidirectional single-longitudinal-mode Ho:YLF ring laser. An acousto-optic modulator and two half-wave plates were used to enforce the Ho:YLF ring laser in a unidirectional operation. The single-longitudinal-mode output power could reach 3.73 W successfully when the incident pump power was 16.4 W. The corresponding slope efficiency was 27.1%. The wavelength of the single-longitudinal-mode Ho:YLF ring laser was 2063.8 nm. The M² factor was 1.12. The results illustrated that the single-longitudinal-mode output power could be further enhanced by increasing the radio frequency power of the acousto-optic modulator.     

32 W百兆赫兹高重频可调谐单频激光光源

通过对连续种子光源的光强调制,并利用光纤放大器和固体介质放大器结合的混合放大方式,实现了百兆赫兹高重频可调谐单频激光光源。系统在基模输出条件下的最大输出功率为31.9 W,光束质量因子小于1.5,脉冲重复频率达到100 MHz,脉宽1 ns,测量得到的光束线宽小于0.8 GHz。实验结果验证了通过对连续光源进行光强调制获得高重频脉冲光源的可行性,并验证了混合放大方式是获得功率放大的一种有效手段。     

Tunable 19 × 10 GHz L-band FP-SOA based multi-wavelength mode-locked fiber laser

We present a multi-wavelength mode-locked fiber ring laser incorporating a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and a Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifier (FP-SOA). Because the gain of the SOA is depleted by an external injection optical signal, the SOA acts as a loss modulator. The FP-SOA serves as a tunable comb filter. The presented laser source can generate 19 synchronized wavelength channels with the extinction ratio of about 21 dB, each mode-locked at 10 GHz, and mode-locked pulse width is about 40 ps. Oscillation wavelengths band can be tuned by adjusting the bias current of the SOA, and wavelength spacing also can be changed by using a tunable optical delay line (ODL) or a temperature controller. The polarization-insensitive devices ensure that the output power is rather stable. This fiber laser has potential applications in longer waveband (L-band) within the low-attenuation window.     

Orthogonal-Polarization Diode Ring Laser and Its Gain Modulation

A diode ring cavity incorporating Faraday rotators and a variable phase retarder has been constructed aiming at achieving dual-frequency lasing operation with orthogonal linear polarizations. The orthogonal-polarization oscillations were observed in the 0.8-μm region with various operation wavelengths by changing the applied retardation. Furthermore the output power definitely depended on the applied retardation. Its dependence was theoretically studied, and the gain analysis taking into consideration the reflection at the laser diode amplifier facets was in good accordance with the experimental results.     

Single-frequency linearly-polarized 1083?nm all fiber nanosecond laser

Single-frequency linearly-polarized 1083?nm all fiber nanosecond master-oscillator power amplifier laser system is demonstrated. A ring laser, whose key components are one saturable absorber and two polarization controllers, delivers a single-frequency continuous wave laser. Using an electro-optic modulator as the modulator, the pulse laser seed is obtained by modulating the CW laser. By amplifying the pulse seed to the average power of 61.6?W in three stages, a single-frequency linearly-polarized laser with pulse duration of 16?ns, repetition rate of 10?MHz and pulse energy of 6.16???J is obtained. No nonlinear effect is observed in our experiment. Higher output power can be obtained by increasing LDs of the main amplifier.     

单元红外成像探测器的激光干扰实验研究

 针对单元红外成像探测器的特点，利用激光的高亮度，对激光干扰单元红外成像探测器进行了理论分析和实验研究，研究了激光的功率参数和脉冲频率参数对单元红外成像探测器输出特性的影响，得到了具体的实验结果。并利用调制盘对激光脉冲的反射信号初步确定了单元红外成像探测器调制盘的旋转速度。     

激光二极管端面抽运室温Tm,Ho:YLF连续固体激光器

报道了激光二极管端面抽运Tm，Ho：YLF固体激光器的输出特性.室温下，选用不同透过率的输出耦合镜进行了实验研究，确定了最佳输出耦合镜透过率为2%. 利用小孔扫描的方法，得到了激光远场的光强分布，证明激光为基横模输出，并且给出了热焦距随抽运功率的变化关系.通过在激光谐振腔内插入两个固体Fabry-Perot标准具的方法，获得了2μm激光的单频输出，阈值功率为250mW，在抽运功率为2.8W时，单频输出功率为118mW.此单频激光器可用作激光振荡器和激光放大器的种子源. 关键词： 激光光学 激光二极管 Tm Ho:YLF固体激光器 单频     

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。     

两个光纤激光器的相干合成及其闭环控制

 采用了并联主振荡-功率放大的相干合成方案，实现了光纤激光器的相干叠加。主振荡的输出光通过保偏光纤分束器分为两路，其中一路加入保偏光纤相位调制器以实现闭环控制，两个保偏光纤放大器分别对两路输出光进行放大，放大后的输出光再由一个2×2的保偏光纤耦合器会聚相干。合成输出光的一部分通过光电转换后进入数据采集卡，采集卡将采集到的数据送入计算机进行实时处理并将得到的反馈信号作用于相位调制器，相位调制器实时控制两路信号的相位差，从而实现整个实验系统的相干合成输出。系统实现闭环控制后，两路光纤放大器的相位差为2π的整数倍，输出光强始终保持最强。该相干合成方案简单易行，性能稳定。     

Effects of output coupler reflectivity on the performance of a linear cavity Brillouin/erbium fiber laser

The effect of output coupler reflectivity (or output coupling ratio) on the performance of a linear cavity Brillouin/erbium fiber laser (BEFL) is demonstrated. The operating wavelength, output laser power and number of channels vary with changes in the coupling ratio in the linear cavity system. The optimum BEFL operation is obtained with an output coupling of 40%, i.e., 60% of the laser power is allowed to oscillate in the cavity. A stable laser comb consisting of up to 40 channels with line spacings of approximately 0.09 nm are obtained at the Brillouin pump and 980 nm pump with powers of 2.5 mW and 100 mW, respectively. The linear cavity BEFL has the potential to be used in inexpensive wavelength division multiplexing system.      

Directivity influence of signals propagation through EDFA gain medium of Brillouin-erbium fiber laser

We experimentally demonstrate a multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser in two configurations; uni-directional and bi-directional propagation of Brillouin pump and Brillouin Stokes signals through an Erbium-doped fiber gain. The influence of these configurations on the performance of the output parameters in terms of lasing threshold, output channel generation and tuning range of the generated output channels are investigated. We discovered that there is a trade-off between these two fiber laser configurations. The uni-directional amplifier configuration provides greater tuning range of 46.8 nm against 23 nm at maximum Brillouin pump power of 2 mW and 1480-nm pump power of 130 mW. On the other hand, the bi-directional amplifier configuration provides 13 output channels against 6 output channels obtained from the uni-directional amplifier configuration at the same pumping powers. Nevertheless, the bi-directional amplifier configuration requires much lower pump power to initiate lasing.     

掺Yb3+双包层光纤激光器的数值分析

 对掺Yb³⁺双包层光纤激光器不同参数情况下的输出功率和增益分布进行了数值模拟，分析了一端泵浦和双端泵浦方式下输出特性的差异，激光沿光纤长度方向的分布，输出功率与光纤长度、腔镜反射率及泵浦功率的关系。结果显示：两端泵浦较一端泵浦增益更加平坦，输出功率也稍高；当泵浦光波长为975nm时，输出激光功率对光纤长度更为敏感，最佳光纤长度相对于泵浦光波长为915nm时短且转化效率高；在大功率长光纤的情况下，光纤有损耗时输出功率随输出腔镜反射率的增加单调地减小，无损耗时输出功率不随输出腔镜反射率变化。     

基于空间光调制器的MIMO大气传输特性研究

大气湍流对无线光通信系统的影响不可忽视,为了更准确地反映实验室模拟多输入、多输出(MIMO)大气湍流信道的实际特征,提出了一种利用相位屏来模拟MIMO大气湍流信道的方法,并针对基于液晶空间光调制器（LC-SLM）的液晶调制法展开研究,通过实验验证该方法的可行性。实验结果表明：通过相位屏模拟MIMO大气湍流信道的激光光斑发生不同程度的畸变,湍流环境下两路激光发射系统比单路发射激光系统功率稳定性好,在前向纠错误差极限（3.8×10-3）下,单个发射单个接收系统的链路代价为10.5 dB,2个发射2个接收的MIMO系统的链路代价为9.3 dB。该项研究对于实验室模拟MIMO大气湍流信道实验方法提供一种新思路。     

Compact and efficient Kerr-lens mode-locked diode-pumped actively Q-switched YVO4-Nd:YVO4 laser

By using a simple linear configuration, a stable and efficient YVO₄-Nd:YVO₄ laser, actively Q-switched by an acousto-optic modulator and passively mode-locked by KLM is realized, from which the great average output power, the high efficiency are obtained and the mode-locked pulse inside the Q-switched pulse has a repetition rate of 470 MHz. The nearly 100% modulation depth of the Q-switched mode-locked pulses can be obtained at any pump power over the threshold. Considering the Kerr-lens effect of laser medium and Q-switching by an acousto-optic modulator, we have analyzed the self-mode-locked YVO₄-Nd:YVO₄ laser by using the nonlinear ABCD propagation matrix and the hyperbolic fluctuation mechanism. The numerical solutions are in good agreement with the experimental results.