光学频率合成器的自动化控制研究

光学频率合成器可在激光波长宽调谐范围内按指定的频率高精度地输出赫兹线宽稳频激光。在实现700～990 nm光学频率合成器原理验证的基础上,研究了光学频率合成器自动化控制的方法。通过实时比较波长计读数与目标输出光频的差别,自动设定输出激光的波长和数字可控光栅转台,自动获得输出激光与飞秒光梳之间的拍频信号并进行自动信号处理,以获得输出激光与参考激光之间的锁相控制信号。采用计算机控制后,可在1 min内获得输出激光频率控制误差信号,这为实现全自动的光学频率合成器打下基础。     

光学频率标准与光钟的实现

综述了时间频率标准的发展过程.对构成光学频率标准的四个要素,即激光冷却、激光稳频、离子捕陷和光学频率梳进行了系统的介绍.详细描述了光钟的原理与系统构成,并对光学频率标准与光钟的应用前景进行了展望.     

用于原子-光耦合系统的光学锁相环的设计

光学锁相环(OPLL)是电子学锁相环在光学领域的拓展,它是基于光电探测器、鉴相器以及配套的电路,通过反馈回路控制半导体激光器的电流模块和压电陶瓷扫描模块,以达到锁定两束激光的频率和相位的目的。介绍了光学锁相环的结构、鉴频鉴相器(PFD)的工作原理,并基于锁相环路芯片ADF41020设计了一种光学锁相电路,设计锁定两束激光的频率差的范围为4GHz-18GHz。     

飞秒频率梳和单频激光干涉光谱的实验研究

本文研究了光学频率梳输出的整形后飞秒脉冲激光和单频激光的干涉光谱。实验中光学频率梳和单频激光干涉的信号包括直流项、光学频率梳输出的脉冲激光相邻模式之间的干涉项和光学频率梳脉冲激光与单频激光之间的干涉项。实验上研究了光学频率梳脉冲激光与单频激光干涉信号间距和单频激光频率的关系,提供了一种快速直接测量单频激光频率的有效方法。研究了光学频率梳输出的飞秒脉冲光经过铷泡后与单频激光干涉信号和单频激光频率的关系,获得铷原子吸收光谱。该研究工作对于原子分子高精密光谱测量具有一定的意义。     

超稳光生微波源研究进展

随着科技的进步以及精密测量应用技术的不断提高,超稳微波源的稳定度和噪声水平等技术要求不断提高,应用范围愈加广泛,包括高性能频标研究、网络雷达研制、深空导航系统等方面.基于超稳激光和飞秒光梳的超稳光生微波源是目前频率稳定度最高的微波频率源,相对频率稳定度可达10~(16)@1 s量级.该装置也是未来频率标准(光频标)推广应用的基础,无论是时间的产生还是绝大多数的精密测量,都需要将光频标的输出激光变换为超稳的基带频率信号后才能够实现.本文介绍了超稳光生微波源技术的发展、现状和应用需求.以国家授时中心研制的国内首套超稳微波频率源技术为主线,介绍了超稳光生微波源的原理和结构以及各组成部分的技术发展情况:超稳激光方面,着重介绍超稳光学腔研究和研制的进展以及Pound-Drever-Hall锁频技术、剩余幅度调制等噪声抑制技术;飞秒光梳方面,着重介绍目前最常用的掺铒光纤光梳系统的激光锁模、频率控制等技术发展;低噪声光电探测方面,着重介绍宽带光电探测噪声抑制技术和激光幅度噪声引起微波相位噪声的抑制技术.最后对光生超稳微波技术进行了总结和展望.     

基于边缘技术的大气激光通信原理研究

介绍了利用边缘技术检测激光频率信号，实现大气激光通讯的原理。描述了利用碘分子滤波器作为边缘滤波器的原理性实验系统，并介绍和分析了实验结果。基于边缘技术的通讯系统拥有很窄的光学带宽和很高的激光频率稳定性，系统的光学信号带宽在400MHz以内，并且接收系统仅对激光信号的频率敏感，可以剔除大气中绝大部分的干扰。对于原理实验的不足之处，文中进行了初步的探讨。     

可调谐窄线宽钛宝石激光脉冲的放大和频率展宽

在频域上进行了光参变激光器对钛宝石激光脉冲作选取放大并频率扩展的理论分析和数值模拟。实验上实现了用BBO光学参变振荡器作钛宝石激光脉冲选取、频率展宽为120nm的连续可调谐窄线宽（小于0.02nm）激光输出。     

宽带低相噪频率合成器的设计与实现

介绍了一种宽带、 高分辨率和低相噪频率合成器的设计与实现方案. 该频率合成器包含3个部分：(1) STM32处理器部分,作为频率合成器的控制器并为其提供远程控制的CAN总线接口;(2) 时钟分配单元,用于产生固定频率的参考信号和输出频率的精确调整;(3) 三混频部分,以30 MHz的步进改变频率合成器的输出频率. 将该频率合成器应用在自主研发的500 MHz液体高分辨率NMR谱仪上,测试了¹H NMR标样样品的灵敏度,实验结果证明了该方案的可行性.     

光学玻璃的发展及其应用

随着光子学技术的发展，利用玻璃和光的相互作用改变光的极化态、频率、相干性和单色性，以及产生光子和探测光子的新型光功能玻璃成为光学玻璃发展的主要方向。本文针对光学玻璃及其在光学和信息技术等相关应用领域的重要性和发展作了介绍，重点阐述了非线性光学玻璃、梯度折射率光学玻璃、激光玻璃以及其他光功能玻璃的主要特性和发展状况，并对我国的光学玻璃工业发展作了回顾。     

用于神光Ⅲ原型装置精密物理实验的时标激光系统

用与大型激光装置输出主激光脉冲同步的梳状脉冲作为时间标尺,标定强激光与靶丸作用的过程,对强场物理实验测量及模拟实现精密化具有重要的意义.报道了一种电光调制结合光学方法产生与主激光精确同步的多频率时标激光脉冲的光纤系统.采用电光调制产生150 ps快光脉冲,通过光纤堆积产生1053 nm的基频梳状脉冲信号,经过放大和倍频输出527和351 nm的绿光及紫外倍频梳状脉冲激光. 系统可稳定地为神光Ⅲ原型装置提供精密物理实验所必需的各种频率的时标激光,并且可根据物理实验需要灵活地调整梳状脉冲间隔和幅度,具有很好的适应性. 关键词： 激光聚变驱动器 时标光 光纤激光系统     

Femtosecond-laser-based synthesis of ultrastable microwave signals from optical frequency references

We use femtosecond laser frequency combs to convert optical frequency references to the microwave domain, where we demonstrate the synthesis of 10-GHz signals having a fractional frequency instability of < or =3.5 x 10(-15) at a 1-s averaging time, limited by the optical reference. The residual instability and phase noise of the femtosecond-laser-based frequency synthesizers are 6.5 x 10(-16) at 1 s and -98 dBc/Hz at a 1-Hz offset from the 10-GHz carrier, respectively. The timing jitter of the microwave signals is 3.3 fs.     

Kerr-lens, mode-locked lasers as transfer oscillators for optical frequency measurements

We introduce a novel concept for optical frequency measurement and division which employs a Kerr-lens, mode-locked laser as a transfer oscillator whose noise properties do not enter the measurement process. We experimentally demonstrate that this method opens up the route to phase-link signals with arbitrary frequencies in the optical or microwave range while their frequency stability is preserved. Received: 23 July 2001 / Published online: 29 November 2001     

Microwave photonic filter’s application on the microwave signal generation based on an active mode-locked fiber laser

A novel scheme which utilizes the microwave photonic filter technique for the optical generation of a microwave signal based on an active mode-locked fiber laser is proposed. A microwave signal generator using a microwave photonic filter based on a 2: 1 optical coupler with a fiber loop which can effectively suppress a low-order frequency component of the microwave signal is demonstrated and a ～10-GHz microwave signal is achieved based on an active mode-locked fiber laser with the original pulse repetition rate of ～5 GHz.     

Ultralow-noise mode-locked laser with coupled optoelectronic oscillator configuration

We describe simultaneous generation of ultralow-noise optical pulses and microwave signal with a mode-locked fiber laser in a coupled optoelectronic oscillator configuration. We demonstrate 9.2-GHz optical and microwave signals with the measured phase noise of -140 dBc/Hz at 10-kHz offset frequency. We show that the mode-locked laser in the photonic oscillator serves as a high-Q filter and is responsible for the observed low phase noise.     

Precision phase control of an ultrawide-bandwidth femtosecond laser: a network of ultrastable frequency marks across the visible spectrum

We demonstrate that the stability of the current optical frequency comb generated by a Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond laser is limited by the microwave reference used for phase locking the comb spacing. Hence we implement precision frequency/phase control of the entire comb to the fundamental and second-harmonic frequencies of a stable cw laser without any external microwave reference. The stability of a cw iodine-stabilized laser is transferred to millions of comb lines (with an instability of 3 x 10(-13)) covering more than one octave of the optical frequency spectrum. In addition, the mode spacing of the comb can be used as a stable microwave frequency derived directly from a stable optical oscillator.     

Demonstration of microwave frequency shifting by use of a highly chirped mode-locked fiber laser

We report an experimental demonstration of a photonic microwave shifter using a highly chirped mode-locked fiber laser. The system is based on dispersive compression or expansion of highly chirped optical pulses that are amplitude modulated by the microwave signal. Using this technique, we demonstrated frequency shifting of a microwave signal from 10 GHz down to 5 GHz and up to 25 GHz.     

Ultralow phase noise microwave generation with an Er:fiber-based optical frequency divider

We present an optical frequency divider based on a 200 MHz repetition rate Er:fiber mode-locked laser that, when locked to a stable optical frequency reference, generates microwave signals with absolute phase noise that is equal to or better than cryogenic microwave oscillators. At 1 Hz offset from a 10 GHz carrier, the phase noise is below -100 dBc/Hz, limited by the optical reference. For offset frequencies >10 kHz, the phase noise is shot noise limited at -145 dBc/Hz. An analysis of the contribution of the residual noise from the Er:fiber optical frequency divider is also presented.     

Subfemtosecond synchronization of microwave oscillators with mode-locked Er-fiber lasers

We synchronize an 8.06 GHz microwave signal from a voltage-controlled oscillator with an optical pulse train from a 77.5 MHz mode-locked Er-fiber laser using a fiber-based optical-microwave phase detector. The residual phase noise between the optical pulse train and the synchronized microwave signal is -133 dBc/Hz (-154 dBc/Hz) at 1 Hz (5 kHz) offset frequency, which results in 838 as integrated rms timing jitter [1 Hz-1 MHz]. The long-term residual phase drift is 847 as (rms) measured over 2 h, which reaches 4×10(-19) fractional frequency instability at 1800 s averaging time. This method has a potential to provide both subfemtosecond-level short-term phase noise and long-term phase stability in microwave extraction from mode-locked fiber lasers.     

Synchronization of mode-locked femtosecond lasers through a fiber link

Two mode-locked femtosecond fiber lasers, connected via a 7 km fiber link, are synchronized to an rms timing jitter of 19 fs, observed over the entire Nyquist bandwidth (half of the 93 MHz repetition frequency). This result is achieved in two steps. First, active cancellation of the fiber-transmission noise reduces timing jitter caused by path length fluctuations to a record level of 16 fs. Second, using a wide bandwidth interactivity actuator, the slave laser is synchronized to the incoming stable pulse train from the reference laser to within 10 fs. These results are confirmed by an optical cross-correlation measurement performed independently of the feedback loop operated in the microwave domain.