基于光子晶体光纤的全光纤脉冲放大器

大型激光驱动器装置对光纤前端系统的输出脉冲能力提出了更高的要求,基于大模场光子晶体光纤的mJ级脉冲放大器技术是首先需要解决的关键技术问题。研究了大模场光子晶体的切割和熔接工艺,实现了全光纤结构集成。对1~10kHz重复频率、10ns脉宽、0.3nm线宽的方波脉冲进行了放大实验研究,对比研究了反向和正向泵浦方式对自发辐射放大的抑制效果,在1kHz获得0.6mJ,单横模脉冲输出,初步验证了基于此类系统获得大能量、高品质脉冲输出的能力。     

基于光子晶体光纤的全光纤脉冲放大器

大型激光驱动器装置对光纤前端系统的输出脉冲能力提出了更高的要求,基于大模场光子晶体光纤的mJ级脉冲放大器技术是首先需要解决的关键技术问题。研究了大模场光子晶体的切割和熔接工艺,实现了全光纤结构集成。对1~10 kHz重复频率、10 ns脉宽、0.3 nm线宽的方波脉冲进行了放大实验研究,对比研究了反向和正向泵浦方式对自发辐射放大的抑制效果,在1 kHz获得0.6 mJ,单横模脉冲输出,初步验证了基于此类系统获得大能量、高品质脉冲输出的能力。     

高功率光子晶体光纤放大器实验研究

利用掺Yb³⁺的光子晶体光纤作为光纤放大器的增益介质,采用反向抽运方式,分别从理论和实验方面研究了不同信号的增益特性,在信号光功率为6W,抽运光功率为160W时,获得了104W的输出功率.实验发现,当抽运功率大于一定值时,放大器输出会有一定的不稳定性,并影响输出功率的进一步提高. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 光纤放大器 反向抽运 高功率     

高功率高光束质量带内泵浦皮秒放大激光系统

利用片状Nd:YVO4晶体为增益介质,研究了部分端面泵浦板条带内泵浦皮秒放大激光系统。发展了部分端面泵浦板条放大器的模式匹配方式,充分结合了带内泵浦和部分端面泵浦板条放大器二者的优势,最终实现了平均功率60.7W、脉冲宽度16.8ps、重复频率20MHz的皮秒激光放大输出,光-光转换效率达到25.3%,当放大输出功率50 W时,光束质量因子(M2)为1.55。     

高功率高光束质量带内泵浦皮秒放大激光系统

利用片状Nd:YVO4晶体为增益介质,研究了部分端面泵浦板条带内泵浦皮秒放大激光系统。发展了部分端面泵浦板条放大器的模式匹配方式,充分结合了带内泵浦和部分端面泵浦板条放大器二者的优势,最终实现了平均功率60.7 W、脉冲宽度16.8 ps、重复频率20 MHz的皮秒激光放大输出,光-光转换效率达到25.3%,当放大输出功率50 W时,光束质量因子(M2)为1.55。     

一种增益平坦的光子晶体拉曼光纤放大器

为解决传统拉曼放大器增益系数低和增益不平坦的问题,采用级联光子晶体光纤的设计方法设计了一种增益平坦的拉曼光纤放大器.采用受激拉曼散射效应的稳态分析理论,分析了光子晶体光纤的拉曼增益谱,建立了拉曼放大器的理论模型.通过解耦合方程,推导了实现增益平坦的约束条件,发现光纤长度和泵浦功率是影响拉曼光纤放大器增益平坦度的两个参数.仿真结果表明,在1 508～1 544 nm的带宽范围内,实现了一个增益高达21 dB,增益平坦度仅为0.14 dB的光子晶体拉曼光纤放大器,可在光纤通信系统应用中发挥重要作用.     

一种高双折射光子晶体光纤中的脉冲俘获分析

数值模拟分析了一种新型高双折射光子晶体光纤中的脉冲俘获现象,以及泵浦脉冲入射条件对脉冲俘获效果的影响机理.结果表明：泵浦脉冲和信号脉冲处于零色散点附近,且分别处于光子晶体光纤的反常和正常色散区,其走离参量的数值小于10－12 s/m时,可以实现脉冲俘获|泵浦脉冲和信号脉冲的时域中心延迟对泵浦脉冲光谱红移量和信号脉冲光谱蓝移量影响很小,但时域中心延迟越大,信号脉冲的输出频谱越窄,俘获效果越差|提高泵浦脉冲峰值功率,可明显增大泵浦脉冲光谱红移量和信号脉冲光谱蓝移量,为实现不同波长范围的全光开关提供了条件|泵浦脉冲半宽度越大,泵浦脉冲频谱越宽,信号脉冲频谱越窄,俘获效果越不明显.     

一种高双折射光子晶体光纤中的脉冲俘获分析

数值模拟分析了一种新型高双折射光子晶体光纤中的脉冲俘获现象,以及泵浦脉冲入射条件对脉冲俘获效果的影响机理.结果表明:泵浦脉冲和信号脉冲处于零色散点附近,且分别处于光子晶体光纤的反常和正常色散区,其走离参量的数值小于10-12 s/m时,可以实现脉冲俘获;泵浦脉冲和信号脉冲的时域中心延迟对泵浦脉冲光谱红移量和信号脉冲光谱...     

高非线性光子晶体光纤色散特性的研究

采用矢量光束传输法对不同结构参量的高非线性光子晶体光纤的非线性特性和色散特性进行了数值分析,计算得出高非线性光子晶体光纤的物理参量基模有效面积Aeff 、非线性系数γ和色散系数D.分析了Aeff 、γ和D与高非线性光子晶体光纤结构参量空气孔间距Λ、空气孔直径d之间的关系.分析结果表明,通过调节光子晶体光纤的结构参量可以灵活地调整高非线性光子晶体光纤的非线性特性和色散特性.     

高双折射光子晶体光纤研究

设计了一种高双折射光子晶体光纤(Photonic Crystal Fiber,PCF),即增大两个与纤芯相邻的空气孔直径,使光纤只具有二重对称性,呈现出较高的双折射.通过压缩x轴方向孔间距,进一步增大双折射度.采用全矢量有限单元法(Finite-element Method,FEM),研究了该光子晶体光纤基模对应的相双折射和群双折射,给出了该高双折射PCF双折射随输入光波长的变化曲线.结果获得了10－3量级的高双折射.具有设计参量的该光子晶体光纤结构的相双折射在1 550 nm处可以达到5.0×10－3,在更长的波长处,这一值会更高.     

Supercontinuum generation from dispersion-flattened photonic crystal fiber using picosecond pulses

We present the all-fiber system for supercontiuum (SC) generation with picosecond pulses. By launching1.6-ps pulses from pulsed erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) into a section of photonic crystal fiber (PCF),the spectral broadening is observed. The bandwidth of 237 nm (at 20 dB level) is achieved.     

20 W all fiber supercontinuum generation from picosecond MOPA pumped photonic crystal fiber

An all fiber high power supercontinuum (SC) source is demonstrated by pumping a section of photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with a picosecond MOPA laser. The core of the PCF is enlarged at the input end through a serious of PCF post processing method to match the output fiber of the picosecond laser, to ensure low loss splicing, hence high power operation of the whole system. The supercontinuum output spectrum covers the wavelength range from 650 nm to beyond 1700 nm. Limited by available pump power, 20 W super-continuum output power is obtained under 29.5 W picosecond pump power, giving a high optical to optical conversion efficiency of 67.8%.     

亚百飞秒高功率掺镱大模面积光子晶体光纤飞秒激光放大器的实验研究

实验研究了掺镱双包层保偏大模面积光子晶体光纤飞秒激光放大器. 获得了平均功率达16W的飞秒激光放大输出,在50MHz重复频率下,对应的单脉冲能量达到320nJ. 增益光纤长3.5m,由于自相位调制效应,种子光脉冲光谱在放大过程中同时展宽,从而支持更窄的脉冲宽度. 经过光栅后,脉冲宽度压缩到了85fs. 系统中的振荡器和放大器基于同一种具有偏振结构的大模面积光子晶体光纤,具有很好的环境稳定性和进一步集成的可能. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 大模场面积光纤 飞秒激光 光纤放大器     

Supercontinuum generation in seven-core photonic crystal fiber pumped by a broadband picosecond pulsed fiber amplifier

We report a supercontinuum source generated in seven-core photonic crystal fibers(PCFs) pumped by a self-made all-fiber picosecond pulsed broadband fiber amplifier. The amplifier's output average power is 60 W at 1150 nm with spectral width of 260 nm, and its repetition rate is 8.47 MHz with pulse width of 221 ps. With two different lengths of seven-core PCF, different output powers and spectra are obtained. When a 10 m long seven-core PCF is chosen, the output supercontinuum covers the wavelength range from 620 nm to 1700 nm, with the output power of 11.7 W. With only 2 m long seven-core PCF used in the same experiment, the wavelength of the supercontinuum spans from 680 nm to 1700 nm,with the output power of 20.4 W. The results show that the pulse width is 385 ps in the 10 m long seven-core PCF and 255 ps in the 2 m long one, respectively, due to the normal dispersion of the PCF.     

272 W quasi-single-mode picosecond pulse laser of ytterbium-doped large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber

A large-mode-area(LMA) ytterbium-doped photonic crystal fiber(PCF) with core NA of 0.034 and core diameter of 50 μm was made by the stack-and-draw technique. The core is formed by Yb~(3+)/Al~(3+)/F-/P~(5+) co-doped silica glass containing 0.09 mol% Yb_2O_3 with an absorption coefficient at 976 nm up to 3.2 d B/m. The core glass with homogeneous distribution of Yb~(3+) ions and refractive index difference of 4 × 10~(-4) compared with pure silica was prepared by the sol-gel method and heat homogenization at 2000°C. Laser power amplification of this LMA PCF was studied using a seed source of 21 ps pulse duration and 48.7 MHz repetition rate at 1030 nm wavelength. With pump power of 520 W, a maximum 272 W(266 k W peak power) quasi-single-mode laser output with M~2 of 2.2 was achieved in a 4.7 m fiber length bent at a diameter of 47 cm with slope efficiency of 52%, and no obvious mode instability, stimulated Raman scattering, or thermal damage on the end facet of the fiber were observed.     

Er-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifier with 70 W of output power

We report for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, on a large mode area Er-doped photonic crystal fiber laser system. The fiber core had a diameter of 40 μm and NA of <0.04 leading to a mode field diameter of about 31 μm around 1550 nm wavelength. More than 70 W of single-frequency output power at 1556 nm could be extracted using a master-oscillator power-amplifier scheme. Near diffraction limited output beam quality has been verified by measuring the TEM(00) content with a nonconfocal scanning ring cavity.     

1.1 MW peak-power, 7 W average-power, high-spectral-brightness, diffraction-limited pulses from a photonic crystal fiber amplifier

We report a large-core, Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifier generating diffraction-limited (M2 = 1.04), approximately 0.45 ns, approximately 8 GHz linewidth pulses with energies of 540 microJ, peak power in excess of 1.1 MW, and average power of approximately 7.2 W at a repetition rate of 13.4 kHz. The pulse peak spectral brightness exceeds 10 kW/(sr Hz cm2) and is the highest generated by a fiber source, to our knowledge.     

光子晶体光纤放大器增益特性的实验研究

 采用掺Yb³⁺双包层光子晶体光纤作为放大器的增益介质,在双端泵浦方式下,理论并实验研究了不同信号光时放大器的增益特性。在双端泵浦方式下,泵浦总功率为150.2 W、信号光功率为6 W时,获得了72 W的功率输出,斜率效率达到了60%。实验发现当泵浦总功率超过一定值时,由光纤端面反射形成的振荡腔引起放大器寄生振荡,并由于各种非线性效应出现了自脉动现象,影响了输出功率的进一步提高。