外部光注入的光泵浦自旋垂直腔表面发射激光器中的两个混沌偏振分量对两个复杂形状目标中的多区域精确测距

基于外部光注入的光泵浦自旋垂直腔表面发射激光器(vertical cavity surface-emitting laser,VCSEL)的两个混沌偏振分量,提出了对两个复杂形状目标中的多区域精确测距方案.这里,两个混沌偏振探测波具有飞秒量级快速动态并且被双极性sinc波形调制,使它们具有时空不相关特性.利用这些特性,通过计算多束延时反馈混沌偏振探测波形和与之相对应的参考波形的相关性,实现了对两个复杂形状目标多区域位置矢量精确测量.研究结果表明,对多区域小目标的测距具有非常低的相对误差(低于0.94%).当光电探测器的带宽足够大时,其测距的分辨率达到0.4 mm,并具有很强的抗噪声能力.本文的研究结果在复杂形状目标的精确测距方面具有潜在应用.     

半导体激光器混沌输出的延时特征和带宽

外腔延时特征和带宽是影响混沌激光应用的两个重要参量.本文将一个单路光反馈的半导体激光器输出的激光部分地注入到另一个双路滤波光反馈的半导体激光器中,从而构成一个具有外光注入的双路滤波光反馈半导体激光器系统,即主从激光器系统,用于抑制混沌激光的延时特征并研究其带宽.数值研究了外光注入系数、反馈强度、抽运因子和滤波器带宽对系统输出混沌激光的延时特征的影响,然后将该系统对延时特征的抑制效果和具有外光注入的单路光反馈半导体激光器系统、具有外光注入的双路光反馈半导体激光器系统、具有外光注入的单路滤波光反馈半导体激光器系统以及无光注入双路滤波光反馈半导体激光器系统进行对比和分析,结果表明本文提出的方案对延时特征的抑制效果最好.然后在本文提出的具有外光注入的双路滤波光反馈半导体激光器系统中,延时特征被有效抑制的参数条件下研究系统输出混沌激光的带宽,结果表明,通过适当选择参数的取值,本文提出的方案可以提高系统输出混沌激光的带宽.     

分布反馈光纤激光器阵列中外腔反馈特性研究

以半导体激光器中的复合腔模型和实测的分布反馈光纤激光器的外腔端面反射率为基础,对不同反射率条件下分布反馈光纤激光器的输出功率进行了仿真,同时搭建了二基元分布反馈光纤激光器阵列实验平台,对仿真结果进行了验证.仿真与实验结果表明:外腔反馈光重新注入分布反馈光纤激光器会增加激光器的输出功率,降低了阵列的输出功率平坦性.并且外腔端面反射率越大,这种平坦性降低的效果越明显.在构建分布反馈光纤激光器阵列时,应考虑外腔反馈对阵列输出功率平坦性造成的影响,尽量选择外腔端面反射率较小的激光器进行组阵.     

半导体激光器输出混沌光的延时特性和带宽

提出一个新的方案用于抑制半导体激光器输出混沌光的延时特性并研究其带宽.在该方案中,将由伪随机信号驱动的相位调制器加到具有双路光反馈的半导体激光器的两个反馈腔中,从而构成具有双路相位调制光反馈的分布反馈半导体激光器系统.数值研究了延迟时间和反馈系数等参数对该系统输出混沌光的延时特性的影响,用自相关函数曲线中的延时特征峰的最大值表示延时特性.然后将该系统对延时特性的抑制效果和具有双路光反馈的分布反馈半导体激光器系统以及具有单路相位调制光反馈的分布反馈半导体激光器系统进行比较,结果表明本文所提出方案的抑制效果最好.进而基于能有效抑制延时特性的参数条件研究了具有双路相位调制光反馈的分布反馈半导体激光器输出混沌光的带宽,结果表明,抽运因子的增大和反馈系数的增加都能使系统输出混沌光的带宽变大.     

Bandwidth-enhanced chaos synchronization in strongly injection-locked semiconductor lasers with optical feedback

Bandwidth-enhanced chaos synchronization in strongly injection-locked semiconductor lasers with optical feedback is numerically studied based on laser rate equations. The bandwidth of the chaotic carrier frequency in a semiconductor laser with optical feedback is expanded roughly three times by strong optical injection compared with the bandwidth when there is no optical injection. Using a bandwidth-enhanced semiconductor laser as a chaotic transmitter and receiver, we synchronized transmitter and the receiver lasers in a complete chaos synchronization scheme.     

多调制延时耦合半导体激光器的混沌同步与编码

数值研究了非相干光反馈与非相干光注入半导体激光器的多调制延时混沌同步,由于该系统是基于非相干注入的,所以不需要接收激光器的频率与发送激光器频率完全匹配。通过对非相干光反馈半导体激光器输出自相关函数的研究,发现在多调制延时系统中,延时标识可以被隐藏,这一特性可以提高系统的安全性,非常适用于混沌保密通信系统。分别利用混沌移位键控(CSK)及混沌隐藏(CMS)编码方法考查了单向耦合和双向耦合系统的通信性能。     

Episodic synchronization via dynamic injection

We report the occurrence of spontaneous synchronizing events between two semiconductor lasers, when the emission of a frequency- and intensity-chaotic driving laser is unidirectionally coupled into a second stable response laser. The driving laser is driven chaotic by delayed optical feedback, the response laser is a device-identical solitary laser. We demonstrate the onset of an episodic synchronization regime when the two lasers are spectrally detuned with respect to each other. By a joint experimental and modeling analysis we can attribute the onset and the duration of the episodes to properties of spectral overlap of both lasers. This effect can even give rise to seemingly anticorrelated intensity behavior. We expect episodic synchronization to be a generic scenario for the loss of synchronization of chaotic oscillators exhibiting frequency cycles.     

基于DFB激光器的光学微波信号的产生

采用量子阱混杂的材料集成技术制备并联分布反馈激光器和Y形波导耦合器集成的新型光电器件.两个并联分布反馈激光器的激射模式在频率上稍有差别,这两束不同频率的激光在Y形波导耦合器拍频产生光学微波信号.分别独立调节注入到两个激光器的电流大小,可以得到从13 GHz到42 GHz连续可调的光学微波信号. 关键词： 光学微波信号生成 分布反馈激光器 Y形波导 拍频     

利用可调谐的混沌Fabry-Perot激光器实现波分复用无源光网络的断点检测

波分复用无源光网络具有支路多、节点密的特征,为精确定位各支路的断点,提出了一种基于可调谐混沌Fabry-Perot激光器的检测方法.将光反馈多纵模Fabry-Perot半导体激光器作为混沌光源,在改变反馈光光波模式的条件下输出波长可调谐的混沌激光.以探测光的波长标记各被测支路,将探测信号和携带延时信息的回波信号进行互相关运算,根据相关曲线峰值的位置即可完成定位.分析了可调谐混沌源的特性,并以1×4的波分复用无源光网络为例,进行了初步的实验验证,结果表明该方法可以精确定位光网络支路中连接点及断点的位置,空间分辨率达4 cm,且与探测距离无关.     

Novel photonic applications of nonlinear semiconductor laser dynamics

With a proper perturbation, even a single-mode semiconductor laser can exhibit highly complex dynamical characteristics ranging from stable, narrow-linewidth oscillation to broadband chaos. In recent years, three approaches to invoke complex nonlinear dynamical states in a single-mode semiconductor laser have been thoroughly studied: optical injection, optical feedback, and optoelectronic feedback. In each case, the nonlinear dynamics of the semiconductor laser depends on five intrinsic laser parameters and three operational parameters. The dynamical state of a given laser can be precisely controlled by properly adjusting the three operational parameters. This ability to control the dynamical behavior of a laser, combined with the understanding of its characteristics, opens up the opportunity for a wide range of novel applications. This paper illustrates the utilization of the rich nonlinear dynamics of single-mode semiconductor lasers by focusing on the period-one oscillation for its applications in tunable photonic microwave generation, AM-to-FM conversion, and dual-frequency precision Doppler lidar.     

利用可调谐的混沌Fabry-Perot激光器实现波分复用无源光网络的断点检测

波分复用无源光网络具有支路多、节点密的特征,为精确定位各支路的断点,提出了一种基于可调谐混沌Fabry-Perot激光器的检测方法.将光反馈多纵模Fabry-Perot半导体激光器作为混沌光源,在改变反馈光光波模式的条件下输出波长可调谐的混沌激光.以探测光的波长标记各被测支路,将探测信号和携带延时信息的回波信号进行互相关运算,根据相关曲线峰值的位置即可完成定位.分析了可调谐混沌源的特性,并以1×4的波分复用无源光网络为例,进行了初步的实验验证,结果表明该方法可以精确定位光网络支路中连接点及断点的位置,空间分辨率达4 cm,且与探测距离无关.     

基于1 654 nm分布反馈激光器的甲烷检测系统

基于可调谐半导体激光吸收光谱技术及波长调制技术,采用波长为1 654 nm的分布反馈激光器,结合开放式光学探头以及高灵敏度的铟镓砷光电探测器,研制了近红外甲烷气体检测系统。自主设计研发了分布反馈激光器驱动电路,主要包括模拟PID温度控制电路与电流驱动电路。其中,温度控制电路具有较高的控制精度及稳定性,长时间工作时激光器温度波动小于±0.02 ℃,温度与激光器波长呈线性变化。温度不变时,改变驱动电流可以使激光器中心波长线性变化,同时还提供了5 kHz正弦波和10 Hz锯齿波的调制信号,用于谐波检测。为了提取差分信号的一次谐波及二次谐波,研制了正交锁相放大器,一次谐波和二次谐波的提取误差分别为3.5%和5%。系统中采用的开放式光电探头通过一次反射,使有效吸收光程增加了一倍,达到了40 cm。通过对1%～5%的甲烷气体进行检测,成功提取了一次及二次谐波,得到了气体浓度与谐波信号幅值的拟合关系曲线。在更换不同输出波长的激光器后,该系统还具有检测其他气体的能力。     

线宽增强因子对光反馈半导体激光器混沌信号生成随机数性能的影响

基于光反馈半导体激光器产生的宽带混沌信号作为物理熵源生成物理随机数已得到广泛研究.线宽增强因子的存在会导致半导体激光器出现大量不稳定动态特性,因此,本文着重研究半导体激光器的线宽增强因子对生成随机数性能的影响.数值仿真结果表明:随着线宽增强因子的增加,光反馈半导体激光器输出混沌信号的延时峰值逐渐减小、最大李雅普诺夫指数逐渐增大.基于不同线宽增强因子下产生的混沌信号提取随机数,并利用NIST SP 800-22软件对生成随机数的性能进行测试.测试结果表明,选取线宽增强因子较大的半导体激光器产生混沌信号作为物理熵源易于生成性能良好的随机数.     

光学线性调频步进信号合成与高分辨测距演示

利用分立激光器合成大带宽线性调频步进信号(FSCS)激光信号源以实现高分辨测距。依据FSCS信号测距原理,数值计算了激光器各参数对合成FSCS信号的影响及其误差容限。计算表明,在各激光器参数误差中,起始频率和起始时间误差是引起合成FSCS信号测距分辨力恶化的最主要因素。另外,利用一台中心波长1550nm、线宽为150kHz的线性调波长激光器,通过光学斩波方式,模拟产生了合成FSCS信号,进行了高分辨力的测距演示。理论分析与实验结果表明,采用分立激光器合成高分辨力测距FSCS信号是可行的。     

Instantaneous frequency measurement applied to semiconductor laser relaxation oscillations

The frequency of relaxation oscillations in the output power of lasers, particularly semiconductor lasers, is an important parameter which can be used to inform other fundamental laser variables, for comparison with expected theory, and to show the effect of external influences, such as optical feedback, by a change in value. Thus, precision measurement of the relaxation frequency is important. Instantaneous frequency measurement algorithms are applied to experimental semiconductor laser relaxation-oscillation signals to determine whether reliable values can be extracted, for an extended range of injection current, as compared to direct measurement and fast Fourier transform techniques. Improvement is achieved but, more importantly, the technique clearly shows when other oscillations, such as those due to packaging, connectorization and power supply, dominate the oscillatory component of the output power, at low injection currents. The work further supports the finding that only mid-range injection currents can be used for reliable precision relaxation oscillation frequency measurement.     

距离无关的高精度混沌激光测距

研究了利用类噪声混沌激光的相关特性实现目标距离的测定方法.数值分析了混沌激光自相关曲线的半峰全宽和旁瓣水平与表征其混沌状态的最大李雅普诺夫指数及关联维数的关系.同时,模拟研究了波形误差对混沌激光测距的影响,并分析了不同混沌态的波形误差的临界值.结果表明,具有窄半峰全宽和低旁瓣水平的自相关曲线的高维混沌激光序列是理想的测距激光,其测量分辨率可达1.5 cm以下,且波形误差容忍度大,测量范围大.在测量范围内,精度与距离无关.     

基于外光注入互耦合垂直腔面发射激光器的混沌随机特性研究

通过在互耦合垂直腔面发射激光器(VCSELs)系统中增加外光注入, 建立了一种基于偏振可调光反馈VCSEL驱动互耦合VCSELs混沌系统模型, 分析了增加外光驱动对互耦合激光器随机特性的影响. 以不可预测度作为随机特性的评价指标, 采用信息论中的排列熵作为相应量化工具, 对系统输出混沌信号的不可预测性进行定量分析.数值研究了光强度、时延、偏振旋转角度以及驱动激光器与耦合激光器间的频率失谐对输出信号随机特性的影响.结果表明: 外光注入能够增大互耦合VCSELs输出混沌信号的排列熵, 即外光注入能够有效提高耦合系统的随机特性; 驱动激光器可调偏振片偏转角度调节到45° 附近, 注入强度适中, 满足耦合强度大于驱动激光器自反馈强度条件, 系统输出信号的排列熵较大; 在耦合时延与驱动激光器反馈时延不相等的同时, 增加驱动激光器与耦合激光器频率失谐, 外光注入互耦合VCSELs的随机特性能够得到进一步提高.     

Efficient noise suppression of an amplified diode-laser by optical filtering and resonant optical feedback

We present the noise suppression of an amplified diode laser by using an optical filter and resonant optical feedback. The intensity noise of the amplified diode laser has been significantly decreased by using the optical filter cavity. It was further suppressed and reached the shot noise limit at 15 MHz by introducing resonant optical feedback from the transmission of the filter cavity. The filter cavity transmits 53% of injection power, and the output power of the filter cavity is more than 200 mW. The observed frequency fluctuations were less than 100 kHz in one minute. This level of noise suppression and output power may allow diode lasers to be utilized in many quantum-optics experiments. PACS 42.55-f; 42.55-Px; 42.50.-p     

Diode lasers coupled to external resonators

This tutorial revíew is concerned with the properties of injection lasers operated with passive optical feedback. Thep-n junction laser characteristics relevant for operation in external cavities are summarized. The properties of diode lasers coupled to different types of external resonators are reviewed as well as experiments that incorporate passive feedback in monolithic integrated optical structures.