High-gain and low-distortion Brillouin amplification based on pump multi-frequency intensity modulation

Using a pump with a multi-line spectrum to broaden the Brillouin gain bandwidth is an effective way to achieve lowdistortion amplification with high gain. Here, we theoretically and experimentally investigate the generation of a broadband Brillouin gain spectrum based on multi-frequency intensity modulation in an optical fiber. The arbitrary bandwidth of the Brillouin gain spectrum of stimulated Brillouin scattering(SBS) can be obtained as expected. In our experiment, a broadband Brillouin gain spectrum with a bandwidth of about 200 MHz is demonstrated. We also achieve a low-distortion amplification of a weak signal, whose maximum magnification is 65 d B for a-68-dBm input power signal.     

Effects of group-delay difference on ultrashort pulse propagation in an active nonlinear LPFG

The effects of group-delay difference in an active nonlinear long-period fiber grating (LPFG) made in an erbium-doped amplifying fiber (EDF) are investigated by proposing a general model that include the effects of detuning, group-delay difference, gain saturation, gain bandwidth and Kerr nonlinearity. In particular, we observe a new feature caused by the interaction between the group-delay difference and the gain bandwidth: the pulse breakup effect due to the group-delay difference can be suppressed by the finite bandwidth of the linear gain.     

Guided entropy mode Rayleigh scattering in optical fibers

Rayleigh scattering in optical fibers has the potential to degrade the performance of low-noise opto-electronic systems. In this Letter, we measure the Rayleigh gain spectrum of optical fibers. Our data show the gain bandwidth and the offset frequency of the Rayleigh gain peak. Both the gain bandwidth and the peak frequency are 3 orders of magnitude lower than the corresponding values for bulk silica. Our data suggest that the narrower gain bandwidth and frequency shift that we observe are due to guided entropy modes in the fiber. This effect is fundamental and will be present in any medium in which light is guided so that transverse intensity gradients exist.     

非单色光抽运的光参量啁啾脉冲放大的带宽及增益特性研究

采用傅里叶变换的方法将脉冲光分解成不同的频率成分,建立了非单色光抽运的光参量放大耦合方程组的数值求解模型.研究了非单色抽运光对光参量啁啾脉冲放大的小信号增益、大信号增益以及增益带宽的影响.非单色抽运光降低参量放大的增益水平,但同时可提高增益带宽,且抽运光谱宽越宽,对增益带宽的提高作用越大.还进一步从相位失配和参量带宽的角度分析了非单色抽运光使参量放大的增益降低、带宽增大的原因. 关键词： 光参量啁啾脉冲放大 非单色光 增益带宽 飞秒激光     

多束速调管的增益带宽

 研究了M个束、N个共振腔的多束速调管(MBK)的增益和带宽，得到了描述小信号增益和带宽与器件结构参数和电子束参数关系的公式，给出了在不同参数下增益随频率的变化曲线。分析了多腔对增益，多束对带宽的影响。计算结果表明：多腔可以提高增益；多束可以降低Q值，从而可以增中带宽，带宽增加工了3.6%，还可以提高增益；对于MBK，频率交叉调谐对增加带宽不如频率调谐好；空间电荷波只对增益有影响，对带宽没有影响。最后，预估一种L带多束速调管的增益带宽为8.1%。     

基于垂直谐振腔结构的半导体光放大器理论分析

由新型垂直腔半导体光放大器（VCSOAs）器件结构出发,在反射模式和透射模式两种 情况下,计算了VCSOAs的分布布拉格反射堆（DBR）反射率、单程增益与增益、带宽的关系 ,其中DBR反射率的增大伴随着增益的上升,但也伴随着带宽的减小.通过引入增益-带宽 积的概念,以均衡增益与带宽.计算中表明:10 dB以上增益,50 GHz以上带宽可以实现. 计算结果与文献实验相吻合,对优化VCSOAs的结构设计和性能有所裨益.     

Ultrabroad bandwidth solitons in fiber amplifier

The amplification of an ultrabroad bandwidth pulse in an Erbium-doped fiber amplifier in the case where the spectral bandwidth of pulse is comparable to the gain bandwidth of the amplifier is investigated. Based on the numerical simulation of a modified nonlinear Schrödinger equation, it is shown that the amplifier limits the efficiency of amplification. However, the limitation can be minimized by choosing the corresponding optimal fiber length for different gain bandwidths. In addition, the effect of gain bandwidth on the amplification of a soliton with initial chirp depends on the sign of the chirp.     

Continuous-wave mode-locked solid-state lasers with enhanced spatial hole burning

In Part I of this paper [1] experimental results were presented and discussed. In this part, we investigate theoretically the dynamics of end-pumped solid-state lasers due to enhanced spatial hole burning. This becomes possible by a fast numerical implementation of the saturated gain in the presence of strong spatial hole burning that allows to treat the multimode case for an arbitrary pumping level. We find for a wide range of laser parameters that the mode spacing of the cw running modes is essentially determined by the length of the gain medium and only weakly depends on the absorption depth of the pump transition. It is shown that spatial hole burning can lead to a completely flat saturated gain profile over half of the gain bandwidth. In mode-locked lasers, the flat gain due to spatial hole burning results in shorter pulses. But the pulses are neither Gaussian-nor sech-shaped as they are in actively or passively mode-locked lasers without spatial hole burning. Further, we show that soliton-like pulse shaping can be used to restore a transform-limited sech-shaped pulse in an end-pumped solid-state laser while exploiting the full gain bandwidth of the laser material.     

Investigation of spectral bandwidth of optical parametric amplification

The spectral bandwidth of three-wave-mixing optical parametric amplification has been investigated. A general mathematical model for evaluating the spectral bandwidth of optical parametric amplification is developed with parametric bandwidth and gain bandwidth via three-wave noncollinear interactions. The spectral bandwidth is determined by expanding the wave-vector mismatch in a Taylor series and retaining terms through second order. The model takes into account the effects of crystal length, noncollinear angle, group velocity, group-velocity dispersion and gain coefficient. The relation between parametric bandwidth and gain bandwidth is clearly defined. The model is applied to a BBO OPA, a LBO OPA and a CLBO OPA. PACS 42.65.Yj; 42.65.Lm; 42.65.Ky; 42.60.By     

Numerical study on multiple-pulse operation of passively modelocked stretched pulse fiber ring laser

We numerically study a stable multiple-pulse operation of passively modelocked stretched pulse fiber ring laser. The simulation results show that multiple pulses are formed with being triggered by radiation from a single pulse in a restricted parameter range. In order to obtain a better understanding of the effect of gain bandwidth and nonlinear gain on harmonic modelocking process of multiple-pulse operation, we analyze those effects in detail.     

横向受激布里渊散射的抑制

 从非线性光学的耦合波理论出发，结合流体力学的连续性方程，建立了光学元件中窄带泵浦的横向受激布里渊散射的二维理论模型，并在此基础上，利用数值模拟考察泵浦光带宽增加对受激散射过程的影响。研究表明:在一定的条件下，当泵浦光带宽略大于布里渊线宽时，受激散射过程的Stokes增益将显著降低；带宽越大，Stokes增益降低得越多；当带宽大于20GHz时，可以抑制横向受激布里渊散射带来的不良影响。另外，当带宽一定时，调制频率的改变也会影响受激散射过程，可以通过数值模拟确定最佳的调制频率。     

Gyrotron travelling wave amplifier: II. Effects of velocity spread and wall resistivity

The small signal gain and bandwidth of the gyrotron travelling-wave amplifier (gyro-TWA) operating at the fundamental cyclotron harmonic are examined. The analytical and numerical studies focus on the effects of velocity spread in the electron beam and of a distributed wall resistivity in the waveguide. It is found that wall resistivity reduces the forward gain of the amplifier only by an amount approximately equal to 1/3 of the corresponding cold tube loss. Significant increase in bandwidth may result, under certain conditions, from the presence of wall resistivity. A moderate amount (5–10%) of velocity spread does not reduce the peak gain significantly in general, but may reduce the bandwidth by an amount depending on the applied magnetic field. Based on considerations of such factors as power, stability, gain, bandwidth, and efficiency, operating parameters for the gyro-TWA are suggested.     

Pressure dependent modulation instability in photonic crystal fiber filled with argon gas

By using the designed photonic crystal fiber filled with argon gas, the effect of gas pressure on modulation instability(MI) gain is analyzed in detail. The MI gain bandwidth increases gradually as the argon gas pressure rises from 1 P_0 to 400 P_0(P_0 is one standard atmosphere), while its gain amplitude slightly decreases. Moreover, the increase of the incident light power also results in the increase of MI gain bandwidth in the Stokes or anti-Stokes region when the incident power increases from 1 W to 200 W. Making use of the optimal parameters including the higher argon gas pressure(400 P_0) and the incident light power(200 W), we finally obtain a 100 nm broadband MI gain. These results indicate that controlling the MI gain characteristic by changing the argon gas pressure in PCF is an effective way when the incident light source is not easy to satisfy the requirement of practical application. This method of controlling MI gain can be used in optical communication and laser shaping.     

Gain and gain-flatness improved photonic crystal fiber Raman amplifier based on a dual-pass amplification configuration with single pump laser

A gain and gain-flatness improved L-band dual-pass Raman fiber amplifier (RFA) utilizing a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) as gain medium is demonstrated. By introducing complementary gain spectra of typical forward and backward pumping single-pass RFA using the same PCF, we finally achieve average net gain level of 22.5 dB with a ±0.8 dB flattening gain in 20-nm bandwidth from 1595 nm to 1615 nm, which is rare in RFAs with only one single pump and no flattening filter. Compared with the single-pass pump configurations, gain level, flatness and bandwidth are greatly improved by using the dual-pass amplification configuration. The limitation of this configuration caused by multi-path interference (MPI) noise and stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is also discussed.     

超薄宽带平面聚焦超表面及其在高增益天线中的应用

针对相位梯度超表面在灵活操控电磁波与提高天线增益中的潜在应用,提出一种新型的宽带超表面单元,实现了在较宽频带范围内操控电磁波波前与提高天线增益.本文首先设计了一种圆环十字形对称单元来控制反射波的相移量,单元厚度为1 mm,尺寸为0.3λ_0(λ_0=20 mm),工作频段15—18 GHz,而后验证了由该单元组成的相位梯度超表面在15—18 GHz范围内对电磁波的奇异反射与聚焦特性.最后将设计的反射聚焦超表面应用于提高天线增益中,仿真与测试结果均表明,天线最高增益在15—18 GHz内平均增加了11 d B且-1 dB增益带宽为15—18 GHz(相对带宽为18.2%).由于厚度薄、重量轻、频带宽,设计的该单元拓展了相位梯度超表面在微波领域的应用,有望为高增益天线的实现提供新的方法.     

Spectral dynamics of an all solid-state frequency-shifted feedback laser

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.     

Optimized design of two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier and its noise characteristics

In the paper, based on the pump depleted model of two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier (FOPA), the simulations are done to indicate the effect of amplifier parameters on gain characteristics, such as the input signal power, the wavelength separation between the two pumps, the fiber length, the nonlinear coefficient and the fourth-order dispersion of fiber. By optimizing the amplifier parameters, when FOPA attains low gain-saturation, the FOPA has a higher gain, a broader flat gain bandwidth and a lower noise figure. However, with the enhancement of gain-saturation the parametric gain decreases, the flat gain bandwidth becomes narrow and the noise figure also increases.     

Impact of gain compression on modulation response and dynamic properties of three state lasing InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot lasers

In this paper, we have theoretically studied dynamics of a semiconductor quantum dot (QD) laser for enhancing its small signal and large signal modulation as a function of compression gain. We have considered InGaAs/GaAs QD laser rate equations and solved this equation system numerically. We have revealed that a diminution in compression gain leads to an improvement in frequency bandwidth for this three state lasing system. We also have calculated turn on delay and output power that obviously indicates the effect of compression gain on relaxation oscillations.     

Optimization of gain flattened C-band EDFA using macro-bending

Optimization of gain flattened C-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) using a macrobending method with an improved gain flatness and bandwidth is demonstrated. The optimization for gain flatness and bandwidth was achieved by varying the bending radius and the length of the doped fiber. In the optimized condition, the gain saturation effect as well as the energy transfer from shorter wavelengths to longer wavelengths resulted in a flattened and broadened gain profile in the C-band region. The amplifier was optimized to a 9 m long erbium-doped fiber (EDF) with erbium ion concentration of 1100 ppm and bending radius of 6.5 mm. The gain variation of the EDFA is obtained within ±1 dB over 25 nm bandwidth of C-band region.