Amplification of spontaneous emission in Nd~(3 )-doped fiber pumped by Ti: Al_2O_3 tunable laser

Amplification of spontaneous emission(ASE) in 4m Nd~(3 )-doped fiber pumped by Ti : Al~2O_3 tunable laser is studied theoretically and experimentally. The output of 2.64mW from ASE source pumped at 833 nm is obtained and the experimental results of ASE source are compared with that of Nd~(3 )-doped fiber ring laser.     

Thermal characteristics of Nd~(3 )-doped fiber ring laser pumped by Ti:sapphire tunable laser

A Nd(3 )-doped fiber ring laser pumped by a CW Ti:sapphire tunable laser is reported. The characteristics of the system are studied for the first time at 77K and 300K. The results show a lower threshold and a higher slope efficiency at 77K than that at 300K. Applications of the Nd~(3 )-doped fiber ring laser in a multiplexing fiber sensor system and a fiber-ring-laser type temperature sensor are discussed.     

Thermal characteristics of Nd3+-doped fiber ring laser pumped by Ti:sapphire tunable laser

A Nd(3+)-doped fiber ring laser pumped by a CW Ti:sapphire tunable laser is reported. The characteristics of the system are studied for the first time at 77K and 300K. The results show a lower threshold and a higher slope efficiency at 77K than that at 300K. Applications of the Nd~(3+)-doped fiber ring laser in a multiplexing fiber sensor system and a fiber-ring-laser type temperature sensor are discussed.     

倍频YAG泵浦脉冲钛宝石激光器设计与激光运转

用10ns倍频YAG激光泵浦实现了Ti~(3+):Al_2O_3激光运转,最大输出能量可达37mJ,能量转换效率40%,斜率效率59%,量子效率80%,泵浦阈值0.5～1.2J/cm~2,在662～938nm波长范围内实现了连续调谐.     

Random distributed feedback fiber laser pumped by an ytterbium doped fiber laser

A random distributed feedback fiber laser operating at 1115 nm has been demonstrated experimentally in standard communication optical fibers by using a LD-pumped Yb-doped fiber laser as the pump source. We have studied the effect of different fiber spans on this new type of random fiber laser output power. It is shown that the generation power is the highest up to 198 mW in a 50 km fiber span. The slope efficiency is more than 28.7%. Stable, high-power continuous-wave (CW) lasing can be generated when the pump power is 3.6 W. The threshold power has also been calculated which well proves a random fiber laser operating via Rayleigh scattering, amplified through the Raman scattering.     

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.     

Continuous-wave broadly tunable Cr:ZnSe laser pumped by a thulium fiber laser

We describe a compact, broadly tunable, continuous-wave (cw) Cr²⁺:ZnSe laser pumped by a thulium fiber laser at 1800 nm. In the experiments, a polycrystalline ZnSe sample with a chromium concentration of 9.5 × 10¹⁸ cm⁻³ was used. Free-running laser output was around 2500 nm. Output couplers with transmissions of 3%, 6%, and 15% were used to characterize the power performance of the laser. Best power performance was obtained with a 15% transmitting output coupler. In this case, as high as 640 mW of output power was obtained with 2.5 W of pump power at a wavelength of 2480 nm. The stimulated emission cross-section values determined from laser threshold data and emission measurements were in good agreement. Finally, broad, continuous tuning of the laser was demonstrated between 2240 and 2900 nm by using an intracavity Brewster cut MgF₂ prism and a single set of optics.     

Picosecond Self-modelocked Wavelength Tunable Ti:Al_2O_3 Laser

1.IntroductionTi:Alzoscrystalasabroadtunablesolid--statelasermaterialbasedonvibronicallybroadenedtransitionsinmetalions,hasseenaresurgenceofresearchanddevelopmentrecently.TheadvantagesofTi:A12O3crystalincludebroadabsorptionandemissionspectrumbandwidth,highbeamqualityandcapabilityofallsolid--stateoperation.KerrlensmodelockedTi:sapphirelaserspumpedbyCWargon--ionlasersarewidelyusedasasourceoffemtosecondopticalpulsesll~'j.KerrlensmodelockingutlizestheorstiealKerreffecttoproduceafastpulse--shor…     

5-W repetitively Q-switched Er:LuAG laser resonantly pumped by an erbium fiber laser

We report a high-average-power, near-diffraction-limited Er:LuAG laser generating 5 W of power at 1.648 microm in either cw or repetitively Q-switched operation. When the laser is Q switched at 9 kHz, we measure 0.52 mJ/pulse. The laser is end pumped by a 20-W erbium fiber laser and achieves >30% optical conversion efficiency and >40% incident slope efficiency. This is, to our knowledge, the highest performance (average power and conversion efficiency) obtained from a bulk solid-state erbium laser.     

Ti：Al2O3晶体的电子自旋共振谱研究

Ｔｉ：Ａｌ２Ｏ３晶体中的顺磁中心Ｔｉ＾３＋由于强烈的晶格自旋耦合而使其电子自旋共振吸收只有在液拟温度附近才能看到，本实验在液氮温度附近记录到由许多强的的吸收峰迭加于Ｔｉ＾３＋宽吸收线所组成的电子自旋共振谱，这些吸吸收峰被认为是Ａｌ２Ｏ３基质中的Ｆｅ＾３＋，Ｍｎ＾２＋，Ｃｒ＾３＋，Ｍｏ＾３＋，Ｆｅ＾２＋，Ｃｏ＾２＋等杂质的共振吸收及Ｔｉ＾２＋３Ａ２ｇ基态的双量子跃迁造成的。     

Temporal characteristics of Ti: sapphire laser pumped synchronously by bounded pulse train

A Ti: sapphire laser pumped synchronously by a bounded frequency-doubled pulse train of a pulsed mode-locked Nd : YAG laser was presented. The temporal characteristics of the laser and optimal conditions of generating stable ultrashort pulses are also given.     

Generation of broadly tunable picosecond mid-infrared laser and sensitive detection of a mid-infrared signal by parametric frequency up-conversion in MgO:LiNbO₃ optical parametric amplifiers

Picosecond optical parametric generation and amplification in the near-infrared region within 1.361-1.656 μm and the mid-infrared region within 2.976-4.875 μm is constructed on the basis of bulk MgO:LiNbO 3 crystals pumped at 1.064 μm.The maximum pulse energy reaches 1.3 mJ at 1.464 μm and 0.47 mJ at 3.894 μm,corresponding to a pumpto-idler photon conversion efficiency of 25%.By seeding the hard-to-measure mid-infrared radiation as the idler in the optical parametric amplification and measuring the amplified and frequency up-converted signal in the near-infrared or even visible region,one can measure very week mid-infrared radiation with ordinary detectors,which are insensitive to mid-infrared radiation,with a very high gain.A maximum gain factor of about 7 × 10 7 is achieved at the mid-infrared wavelength of 3.374 μm and the corresponding energy detection limit is as low as about 390 aJ per pulse.     

915nm泵浦混合掺铒/铒镱共掺双包层光纤放大器

研究了一种混合掺铒/铒镱共掺光纤放大器,用掺铒光纤放大器作为输入信号的预放大器,用铒镱共掺双包层光纤放大器作为主放大器。掺铒光纤放大器采用20m长掺铒光纤作为增益介质,采用最大输出功率318mW的单模半导体激光器二极管作为泵浦源,预放大器获得的最大输出功率是113mW。铒镱共掺光纤放大器采用14m长铒镱共掺双包层光纤作为增益介质,采用2个915nm多模半导体激光二极管作为泵浦源,在输入信号功率为10mW、信号波长1555nm时,混合光纤放大器获得了最大输出功率为32.04dBm,即1.6W,与此相应的混合光纤放大器的光-光转换效率为18.5%。     

Upconversion in YAlO3:Er pumped at 800 nm

Fluorescence at 3 m and 545 nm in a YAlO₃:Er (30 at.%) crystal has been measured as a function of wavelength, intensity and polarization for the excitation in the 800 nm wavelength region. Emission at 545 nm is an indicator of losses for 3 m emission due to excited-state absorption and upconversion. The experimental results allow to determine the excitation mechanisms, the upconversion coefficient W ₂ and the optimum pump wavelengths to generate 3 m radiation.     

Construction and characterization of interferometric fiber optic gyroscope (IFOG) with erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA)

Gyroscopes, which sense changes on absolute angular rate and are classified into Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscopes (IFOG), Ring Laser Gyroscopes (RLG) and Micro- Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Gyroscopes, are critical components of the navigation systems together with accelerometers. Being dominant over other types of gyroscopes in terms of performance and cost, IFOGs have widely been used in metrology and in particular defense/aerospace industry. This paper covers the design details of both optical and electronic components of IFOG prototype, the sensing mechanism of which is based on Sagnac Phase Shift, constructed in Optics Laboratory of National Metrology Institute of TURKEY as absolute angular rate sensor. In the prototype IFOG, open-loop configuration was applied, a single mode telecommunication optical fiber and an EDFA pumped by DFB laser emitting at 1549.0 nm were used as sensing coil and broadband source, respectively. The voltage data carrying Sagnac Phase Shift was extracted by a phase tracking circuit consisting of an active RC band pass filter, an amplifier with adjustable gain and an AD630 balanced modulator chip which was operated as lock-in. For the prototype IFOG, peak to peak noise of 8 (°/h) and bias stability of 1.57 (°/h) were attained respectively. Moreover the scale factor of 13.83 (°/h)/mV was derived with deviation of 0.73%.     

Ti：Al2O3晶体紫外及可见光谱的浓度效应研究

通过对不同浓度的Ｔｉ：Ａｌ２Ｏ３晶体紫外吸收光谱，可见偏振荧光光谱及其激发光谱的研究，发现峰值４２０ｎｍ的宽带可见荧光，室温下较强的σ偏振光在低温（７７Ｋ）下变得比π偏振光弱。在液氮温度下π偏振光谱分裂成３３０ｎｍ，４２０ｎｍ，４６０ｎｍ，５６０ｎｍ等离荧光带。研究认为，这些发光带分别与色心（Ｆ＾＋，Ｆ心）及Ｔｉ＾４＾＋离子的电荷转移跃适有关。并且室温下可见荧光具有的较强的浓度猝灭及现象来源于Ｔｉ     

双包层掺Yb3+光纤激光器的关键技术

大功率光纤激光器作为第三代激光器的代表,在激光加工和激光武器方面有着重要应用.介绍了掺Yb3+光纤激光器的发展历程,理论上分析了光纤激光器的泵浦阈值和输出功率,讨论了实验过程中涉及到的大功率LD泵浦、光纤耦合和双包层光纤等关键技术,为同类激光器的改进设计和深入研究提供参考.     

Laser diode-array pumped Nd:YAlO_3 CW laser at 1079.5nm and 1341.4nm

Two key problems,spectral matching and spatial overlap between pumpingbeam and the laser mode in the active material,of diode-laser-arrays(LD)end-pumped solid-state laser have been discussed.Initial experimental results were given for LD end-pumpedTEM_(00) CW Nd:YAlO_3 laser at the wavelength of 1079.5nm and 1341.4nm.The outputpower at 1079.5nm is 24.4mW with 14.5％ slope efficiency,and the output power is 1.2mW at 1341.4nm.     

Continuous-wave Ho:GdVO4 laser pumped by Tm-doped fiber laser with a fiber Bragg grating at room temperature

We reported the Ho:GdVO₄ laser pumped by Tm-doped laser with a fiber Bragg grating. 2.03 W continuous-wave Ho:GdVO₄ laser output power is obtained under 10.5 W incident pump power, with the optical-to-optical conversion efficiency and slope efficiency of 19.3% and 32.3%, respectively, at 7 °C. We can see that, the lower the temperature is, the better the laser output character is. The beam quality factor is M² ∼ 1.29 measured by the traveling knife-edge method.     

Efficient quasi-three-level Nd:YAG laser at 946 nm pumped by a tunable external cavity tapered diode laser

Using a tunable external cavity tapered diode laser (ECDL) pumped quasi-three-level Nd:YAG laser, a fivefold reduction in threshold and twofold increase in slope efficiency is demonstrated when compared to a traditional broad area diode laser pump source. A TEM₀₀ power of 800 mW with 65% slope efficiency is obtained, the highest reported TEM₀₀ power from any 946 nm Nd:YAG laser pumped by a single emitter diode laser pump source. A quantum efficiency of 0.85 has been estimated from experimental data using a simple quasi-three-level model. The reported value is in good agreement with published values, suggesting that the model is adequate. Improvement of the 946 nm laser due to the ECDL's narrow spectrum proves to be less significant when compared to its spatial quality, inferring a broad spectrum tapered diode laser pump source may be most practical. Experimental confirmation of such setup is given.