Intermittent oscillation of 1064 nm and 1342 nm obtained in?a?diode-pumped doubly passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser

The intermittent oscillation of 1064 nm and 1342 nm was demonstrated in a diode-pumped doubly passively Q-switched Nd:YVO₄/Cr⁴⁺:YAG/V³⁺:YAG laser for the first time to our best knowledge. By exploiting a three-mirror configuration and choosing appropriate reflectivity values for the two wavelengths on the output couplers, the dual-wavelength pulsed operation was obtained. The maximum dual-wavelength average output power was 428 mW, corresponding to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 8.5%. The corresponding physical explanations for the intermittent oscillation as well as the related phenomena are also given in this paper.     

Intensity and frequency noise characteristics of two coherently-added injection-locked Nd:YAG lasers

Coherent addition of two injection-locked Nd:YAG lasers has been performed. A maximum output power of 4.4 W and addition efficiency of 0.94 was achieved, which is the highest power-coupling efficiency ever reported. It was shown experimentally that the frequency and intensity noise level of the coherently-added laser are the same as those of a single injection-locked laser. In particular, no additional intensity noise was observed above the relaxation oscillation frequency of the slave laser, which is suitable for use as the light source for a future gravitational wave detector. The frequency noise of the coherently-added laser was suppressed to 1×10^-4 Hz/ by controlling that of the master laser, and the intensity noise was also suppressed to 1×10^-8 / by controlling the intensity of pump lasers used for the slave lasers. Received: 11 April 2001 / Revised version: 20 June 2001 / Published online: 19 September 2001     

双波长数字全息相位解包裹方法研究

使用两个不同的波长分别记录数字全息图,分别由数值再现得到每个波长对应的包裹相位图,再求得两者的相位差得到等效波长的相位图,通过此双波长相位解包裹方法得到连续的相位分布以消除相位包裹。通过数值模拟研究了双波长相位解包裹方法,搭建了双波长数字全息实验系统,并利用660nm和671nm两个波长的激光对标准石英平片和平凹透镜进行了相衬成像。通过双波长相位解包裹方法得到了连续的相位分布,实验结果与数值模拟结果具有较好的一致性,证明了双波长相位解包裹方法的有效性。     

Modulation transfer characteristics of injection-locked diode lasers

In this paper, we investigate modulation transfer in an injection-locked diode laser when the master laser frequency or intensity is modulated. The modulation transfer properties of injection-locked diode lasers are shown to depend on frequency detuning between the master and slave lasers. This observation is of practical importance, since the laser frequencies are typically prone to ambient conditions. Also conversion of the master laser frequency modulation to slave laser intensity modulation is shown to be of importance if large frequency modulation amplitudes and small intensity modulation amplitudes of the master laser are used. On the other hand, the injection-locking technique is proved to be an effective way to suppress spurious intensity modulation in certain operational conditions.     

Narrow bandwidth operation of high-power broad-area diode laser using cascaded phase-conjugate injection locking

A broad-area laser is injection-locked by another broad-area laser that is also injection-locked by a single-mode diode laser. Two double-phase conjugate mirrors of photorefractive BaTaO₃ are used to couple the master laser beams to the first slave laser, and the first slave laser output to the second slave laser. One of the double-phase conjugate mirrors is built up with the beams from two broad-area lasers. Two slave lasers are oscillating in single longitudinal mode at 808.5 nm and the spectral width is the same as that of the master laser. Final single-mode output power from the second slave broad-area laser is 840 mW, which is limited by the power of the injection beam. This work verifies the possibility of the multi-stage cascaded injection locking of high-power diode lasers with phase-conjugate injection. Received: 18 November 1998 / Revised version: 29 January 1999 / Published online: 7 April 1999     

A DVD pickup based on dual-wavelength integrated laser diode

An innovative DVD pickup based on integrated dual-wavelength laser diode is developed. The dual-wavelength laser diode emits two lasers with different wavelengths. The laser with 650 nm wavelength is used for DVD, and the other with 780 nm wavelength is used for CD and CD-R/RW. Key techniques of this DVD pickup design are discussed. The feasibility of this scheme is proved by experimental results.     

波长间隔可调的可开关双波长掺铒光纤激光器

对两种波长间隔可调的可开关双波长掺铒光纤激光器结构进行了实验研究。一种结构应用保偏光纤中布拉格光栅作为波长选择器件，另一种结构则利用侧向压力下的常规单模光纤光栅作为波长选择器件。两种结构均利用了光纤光栅的双折射特性。在室温下，通过调整偏振控制器的状态可使两激光器工作在稳定的双波长状态或在两单波长之间转换。通过改变加在光纤光栅上侧向应力的大小和方向，可有效控制双波长激射的波长间隔。     

Rate-equation theory and experimental research on dual-wavelength operation of a Ti:sapphire laser

Rate-equation analysis and experiments on a pulsed dual-wavelength Ti:sapphire laser are reported in the paper. A four-energy-level system with two lower-energy levels is put forward and numerical calculations are given. A simple optical setup with two sub-resonators is constructed, which yields a total energy from dual-wavelength lasers up to 41.8 mJ. The largest tunable range is over 110 nm. Laser characteristics of dual-wavelength pulses are observed. Experimental results are in accord with rate-equation-theory results. Received: 13 July 2000 / Revised version: 18 October 2000 / Published online: 30 March 2001     

Anisotropy of laser emission in monoclinic Nd:ScYSiO_5 crystals cut along the optical indicatrix axes

In this Letter,we demonstrate the anisotropy of laser emission in disordered Nd:ScYSiO_5(Nd:SYSO) crystals cut along the optical indicatrix axes.High-powered lasers with different oscillation wavelengths and polarizations are realized by using different oriented crystals as gain media.For Y-cut crystals,the dual-wavelength laser vibration direction is found to be along the X axis and a maximum output power of 9.43 Wis obtained,giving an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 48.8% and a slope efficiency of 51.3%.For X-and Z-cut crystals,1075 and 1078 nm lasers operating orthogonally polarize oscillate with total output powers of 7.07 and 8.43 W,respectively.The experimental results reveal that the intrinsic anisotropy for the monoclinic disordered laser crystals could make laser design flexible and controllable.     

cw dual-wavelength operation of a diode-end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser

A dual-wavelength continuous wave (cw) diode-end-pumped Nd:YVO₄ laser that generates simultaneous laser action at the wavelengths 1064 nm and 1342 nm is demonstrated. The optimum oscillation condition for the simultaneous dual-wavelength operation in a diode-end-pumped solid-state laser has been derived. The relationship between the laser cavity and the output stability is also studied. Experimental results show that the stability of the output power at the two wavelengths could be enhanced by use of a three-mirror cavity. Received: 26 August 1999 / Revised version: 11 October 1999 / Published online: 23 February 2000     

Dual-wavelength continuous-wave cascade oscillation at 3 and 2 mum with a holmium-doped fluoride-glass fiber laser

We have demonstrated dual-wavelength continuous-wave oscillation at 3 and 2 mum with a Ho-doped ZrF(4)- BaF(2)- LaF(3)- AlF(3)- NaF fluoride-glass fiber laser by use of a cascade oscillation scheme. We have shown that the fiber laser operates with a high slope efficiency of 52% (at 3 and 2microm) with respect to the absorbed pump power. With a 6.5-m-long fiber we achieved an output power of 90 mW at each of the wavelengths that was limited only by the pump power, and the 3-microm output power is to our knowledge higher than any previously reported level with 3-mum Ho(3+) -doped fiber lasers.     

Switchable dual-wavelength Erbium-doped fiber ring laser with cascaded fiber Bragg gratings

We have experimentally shown wavelength mode switching in a dual-wavelength Erbium-doped single cavity fiber laser where the initial two wavelengths of 1 nm spacing are determined by the cascaded reflection type short-period fiber Bragg gratings having two different centre wavelengths of 1550.5 and 1551.5 nm. The lasing mode depends on the polarization in the ring cavity to migrate from one wavelength to another or operates in both modes in a polarization beam splitter output. To effectively control the polarization in the ring cavity, the polarization controllers were positioned before and after the polarization beam splitter. This method of wavelength switching provides a simple way of mode tuning in dual-wavelength fiber lasers.     

Dual-wavelength operation of a figure-eight fiber laser

We study numerically an erbium-doped figure-eight fiber laser including a double-band-pass optical filter for dual-wavelength pulse generation. Simulations are performed for several values of the filter band-width and wavelength separation between the transmission windows. The results show that dual-wavelength mode-locking is obtained in most cases, with a balanced energy distribution between wavelengths. Due to cavity dispersion, the pulses at each wavelength are asynchronous for a large wavelength separation, whereas they are synchronous for closely spaced wavelengths, as in this case cross-phase modulation is able to compensate for the dispersion-induced walkoff. In the asynchronous case, dual-wavelength operation is favored by the filter loss, whereas in the synchronous case it is favored by the saturable absorber action of the nonlinear optical loop mirror. Simulations also show that, thanks to those stabilization mechanisms, dual-wave-length pulsed operation does not require precise cavity loss equalization between the two oscillating wave-lengths.     

Synchronization properties and effects of parameter mismatches in unidirectionally coupled chaotic vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

We numerically investigate the effects of parameter mismatches on chaos synchronization in vertical-cavity surfaceemitting lasers (VCSELs). We assume injection-locked chaos synchronization in a unidirectionally coupled and openloop optical feedback system. The accuracy of chaos synchronization is greatly affected by the mismatches of the device parameters and operation conditions between the two lasers. In particular, the oscillation frequency of the laser is one of the important parameters in a system of injection-locked chaos synchronization. However, the variations of the device characteristics of VCSELs are very large compared with those of other types of semiconductor lasers. We study the effects of parameter mismatches related to the oscillation frequency of VCSELs on chaos synchronization. We proved that mismatches in terms of the birefringence and the injection current play crucial roles for the quality of chaos synchronization.     

脉冲CO2激光器注入锁定特性的数值模拟

扩展了脉冲CO2激光器的多频动力学理论。将多频动力学模型中的光强方程用光场方程代替,建立了脉冲CO2激光器注入锁定的理论计算模型。采用四阶经典龙格库塔(Runge-Kutta)算法,计算了不同注入信号强度和失谐频率下的激光输出功率、瞬时频率和增益系数。研究了注入锁定宽调谐横向激励大气压(TEA)CO2激光器模式锁定的稳定性问题。研究结果表明,当频率偏离谱线中心600 MHz时,为了实现稳定的模式锁定所需要的注入信号强度应比在谱线中心处高出两个数量级。理论结果和已发表的实验数据符合得很好。研究进一步预示:当激光器气压增大至10倍大气压时,对于同样调谐范围所需的注入信号强度仅比在谱线中心处高出10%左右。     

Broadly tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped ring fiber laser based on a high-birefringence fiber loop mirror

A broadly tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped ring fiber laser based on a high-birefringence fiber loop mirror (HiBi-FLM) and a polarization controller is demonstrated experimentally. The measured transmission spectrum of HiBi-FLM covers a wide range from 1525 to 1575 nm. The wavelength of proposed laser can be flexibly tunable during this range of ∼50 nm by adjusting the polarization controller. In addition, the spacing of two wavelengths is adjustable by changing the length of HiBi fiber. The dual-wavelength lasers with the HiBi fiber length of 1 and 2 m are experimentally demonstrated and compared. The experimental results show that the proposed laser can stably operate on two wavelengths simultaneously at room temperature, and the output peak power variation is about 0.5 dB during 40 min.     

Dual-wavelength external cavity laser with a sampled grating formed in a silica PLC waveguide for terahertz beat signal generation

We propose and demonstrate a dual-wavelength external cavity laser (ECL). In our design, a Fabry–Pérot laser diode (FP-LD) is hybrid-integrated with a sampled Bragg grating written in a silica planar lightwave circuit (PLC). The grating selects two laser wavelengths that share the same laser cavity. The dual-wavelength oscillation with a side mode suppression ratio >32 dB has been demonstrated experimentally. Experimental results indicate that the hybrid-integrated dual-wavelength ECL exhibits strong dual-wavelength emission corresponding to beat frequency of 1 THz. Simulations of this system also indicate good mutual coherence of the two modes and stability of the 1 THz beat signal. PACS 42.79.Dj; 42.60.By; 42.55.Px     

双Lloyd镜数字全息显微测量术

提出了一种双Lloyd镜数字全息显微测量技术.其基本思想是将Lloyd镜的共光束自干涉特性与双波长光学相位解包裹方法相结合,使用两个Lloyd镜调节参考光与物光夹角以形成共光束自干涉,从而获得一张双波长复合全息图,再通过角谱法再现得到每个波长对应的包裹相位,利用两波长的相位差求得解包裹后的相位图和三维高度分布图.采用532和632 nm两波长记录全息图,通过数值再现重构被测物体的振幅和相位信息.与标定值相比,实验值的误差小于5%,证明了该方法的有效性.     

Generation of two-color femtosecond pulses by self-synchronizing Ti:sapphire and Cr:forsterite lasers

We report a novel technique for the synchronization of two different femtosecond solid-state lasers by crossing of both laser pulses in a Kerr medium. Stable dual-wavelength femtosecond pulses at central wavelengths of 820 and 1250 nm have been obtained. The tolerance of cavity-length mismatch is ~0.6mum , where the pulse widths of the Ti:sapphire and the Cr:forsterite lasers are 18 and 40 fs, respectively, at average powers of 600 and 110 mW. The typical timing jitter derived from the cross correlation is less than 3 fs.     

Two-wavelength self-seeded pulsed tunable laser

A compact self-seeded pulsed tunable laser is described. Its optical cavity comprises a diffraction grating, operating at a grazing angle of incidence as a spectral selector and narrow-band spectral gate. The grating couples two partially overlapping laser channels: a highly selective master laser and a nonselective slave laser. Due to the implemented efficient intracavity self-seeding the laser emits spectrally pure single-longitudinal-mode radiation at two independently tunable wavelengths, with an efficiency and output energy that are typical for nonselective lasers. Results of the experimental investigation of the laser’s output characteristics are presented. Received: 12 March 2001 / Revised version: 10 December 2001 / Published online: 7 February 2002