Instability of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in a Fiber Ring Resonator

We investigate theoretically the instability of transient stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in a high- finesse fiber ring resonator consisting of a fiber ring and directional coupler. Unlike many reports to date, the linear phase detuning of the cavity is taken into account. It is found that SBS instabilities including the self-pulsing and chaotic behavior can occur even if the length of the fiber resonator is very short. SBS instabilities depend strongly on the linear phase detuning, the input power, and the coupling coefficient of the coupler.     

Two-Frequency Brillouin Fiber Laser Based on Bragg Grating Fabry-Perot Cavity

A novel and simple two-frequency Brillouin fiber laser is presented. It is based on a fiber Fabry-Perot cavity with fiber Bragg gratings as reflectors. The model of stimulated Brillouin scattering in fiber grating-based Fabry-Perot resonator is investigated. The laser allows conversion efficiency of close to 100% and suppresses the higher-order Stokes waves. The theoretical prediction is presented and the experimental demonstration is realized.     

Two-Frequency Brillouin Fiber Laser Based on Bragg Grating Fabry-Perot Cavity

Abstract

A novel and simple two-frequency Brillouin fiber laser is presented. It is based on a fiber Fabry-Perot cavity with fiber Bragg gratings as reflectors. The model of stimulated Brillouin scattering in fiber grating–based Fabry-Perot resonator is investigated. The laser allows conversion efficiency of close to 100% and suppresses the higher-order Stokes waves. The theoretical prediction is presented and the experimental demonstration is realized.     

Dynamics of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in a Short and High-Finesse Fiber Fabry-Perot Resonator

We theoretically investigate the dynamics of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in a short fiber Fabry-Perot resonator with reflection mirrors. The analysis is based on the coherent six-wave model including an optical Kerr effect and the linear cavity detunings for the pump and created Stokes waves are taken into account in the formulation. The instabilities including periodic, quasi-periodic and chaotic oscillations can occur owing to the Kerr effect even if the fiber resonator is so short as to ensure a single longitudinal-mode operation. The threshold power for SBS and the boundary power between the stable and unstable regions are numerically calculated as a function of the amplitude reflectance of mirrors for different cavity detunings. The dynamics of SBS and these two critical powers depend on the amplitude reflectance and the cavity detuning. Although an increase in the mirror reflectance decreases the threshold power for SBS, it may limit the utility of SBS since the stable region is narrow and the output power levels of the pump and Stokes waves are low.     

光纤光栅法布里-珀罗腔中受激布里渊散射的理论研究

对光纤光栅法布里-珀罗腔中稳态受激布里渊散射模型进行了理论分析,在其耦合强度方程组基础上,推导出仅产生一阶斯托克斯波时,耦合强度方程组的解析表达式,由此计算出光纤光栅法布里-珀罗腔中抽运波与斯托克斯波透射功率和反射功率。对于光纤光栅法布里-珀罗腔中二阶斯托克斯波的产生,推导出光纤光栅法布里-珀罗腔入射端抽运波的解析表达式和忽略光纤损耗时能量守恒方程,利用Shooting和L-M算法数值求解出耦合强度方程组。分析讨论了抽运波,一阶斯托克斯波和二阶斯托克斯波的反射与透射功率随着入射波功率变化的情况。最后,仿真出光纤光栅法布里-珀罗腔中,抽运波与斯托克斯波沿腔长分布的情况。     

一种新型自激发布里渊掺铒光纤激光器

利用级联的受激布里渊效应,自激发布里渊掺铒光纤激光器可以实现常温下的多波长激光输出。通过在自激发掺铒光纤激光器中引入一个高双折射萨尼亚克(Sagnac)环形滤波器,调节萨尼亚克环形滤波器的偏振控制器(PC),实现了可调谐多波长输出,同时在实验中观测到双布里渊多波长带的现象。研究了这种光纤激光器中萨尼亚克环形滤波器的带宽和980 nm抽运光功率对输出波长数的影响,在萨尼亚克环形滤波器的带宽为83.3 nm以及980 nm抽运光功率为260 mW时,得到了52个间隔为0.088 nm的多波长激光输出。     

Modeling of Multi-Wavelength Brillouin Fiber Laser Based on Analytical Solutions in a Linear Cavity

Abstract

In this article, an accurate model of multi-wavelength Brillouin fiber laser is developed by analytically solving cascade-stimulated Brillouin scattering equations in a linear cavity. The dependence of Stokes signal power on the incident pump power and the successive reflected transmitted powers is calculated. Furthermore, an analytical approach that can be used to predict the generated Stokes signals power is derived. Finally, this derived model is checked with experimental results that show significant agreement with the analytical solution of the model.     

15波长输出的布里渊掺铒光纤激光器

多波长布里渊掺铒光纤激光器是一种新型的多波长光纤激光器,其原理是利用受激布里渊增益和掺铒光纤的线性增益,可以在常温下得到波长间隔约为0．08nm(～10GHz)的多波长输出。报道的布里渊掺铒光纤激光器,在布里渊抽运功率为1．7mW、980nm抽运功率为300mW的情况下得到稳定的15个波长(间隔～10GHz)的输出,这种激光器用作光传感器、光谱分析仪以及密集波分复用系统的光源。实验发现,输出波长的个数随着980nm抽运功率的增大而增加。另外,布里渊掺铒光纤激光器的信号功率主要来自于掺铒光纤的增益,而布里渊增益对它的影响不大。     

An Efficient Photonic Crystal Fiber-Based Brillouin Erbium Fiber Laser Using a Fiber Bragg Grating for Multi-Wavelength Generation

Abstract

An efficient multi-wavelength Brillouin erbium fiber laser is demonstrated using an improved configuration with a broadband fiber Bragg grating and a piece of photonic crystal fiber. The laser generates more than 55 lines of optical comb with a line spacing of approximately 0.09 nm in a 1,565-5 nm region using pump powers of 3 dBm and 150 mW for the Brillouin and 980-nm pumps, respectively. The Brillouin erbium fiber laser with a fiber Bragg grating's reflectivity of 50% obtained a higher number of comb lines compared to that of 99% reflectivity.     

单纵模布里渊掺铒光纤激光器的实验研究

提出了一种具有多环形腔(MRC)和光纤布拉格光栅可调谐滤波器(FBG-TF)相结合的单纵模布里渊掺铒光纤激光器(BEDFL).实验中通过观察激光器输出光的拍频信号分析其光谱精细结构,分别讨论了布里渊增益、FBG-TF、MRC对BEDFL单模输出的贡献,给出了激光器的功率特性曲线和波长稳定性测试图.实验得到了在1550 nm处功率为4 dBm,信噪比(SNR)>60 dB,线宽小于1.5 kHz的稳定单纵模输出光.     

Chaos in Fiber-Optic Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Dependent on Pump Power, Nonlinear Refractive Index, Feedback Power, and Fiber Length

Dependence of Stokes dynamics in stimulated Brillouin scattering generated in optical fibers on the pump power, the nonlinear refractive index, the fiber length, and the feedback powers of the pump and the Stokes is numerically analyzed. The Stokes power fluctuation becomes complicated and chaotic as the nonlinear refractive index and the input pump power increase in a fiber of sufficient length. The Stokes dynamics is less complicated and the chaotic region decreases in a pump power-reflectivity domain in a short fiber. The chaotic behavior appears without regular tendency in relation to the feedback power. Taking into account the pump feedback, the chaotic region expands and some Stokes behaviors are different in the P_P-R domain graph, compared with the case with the Stokes feedback alone, although this feedback does play an essential role in Stokes dynamics.     

钇铝石榴石对撞增强型相位共轭腔的研究

报道了一种新型的相位共轭腔——对撞型钇铝石榴石受激布里渊散射相位共轭激光腔,实验结果发现该腔具有较低的启动阈值和100mJ以上的输出能量,它能输出稳定的20ns左右的自调Q脉冲,发散角为1．3mrad。在一定范围内,抽运电压越高,输出脉宽越窄;相位共轭腔越长,输出脉宽越宽;聚焦透镜对输出脉宽也有影响,焦距越短,脉宽越窄;焦距与介质池相对长点,输出能量相对高,远场发散角相对小些。实验给出了不同条件下的输出能量、脉冲宽度和光束发散角的情况。     

Brillouin fiber optic current sensor

A novel reciprocal Brillouin fiber optic current sensor has been developed and tested. The sensor is based on two counter-propagating Brillouin lasers circulating in a fiber ring cavity. It shows a sensitivity of 126 Hz/A that is very close to the maximum sensitivity obtained by using fibers without linear birefringence. The limitations due to the Kerr effect and optical feedbacks in the system are also investigated.     

基于受激布里渊散射的波长间隔可变多波长光纤激光器

提出了一个基于自激发受激布里渊散射的波长间隔可变多波长光纤激光器.利用单模光纤中自激发产生的非线性布里渊增益和掺铒光纤的线性增益组成混合增益光纤激光器,从而使光纤激光器在室温下产生稳定的多波长输出.改变双折射光纤环镜滤波器中保偏光纤的长度,可以实现波长间隔可变多波长激光产生,提高了多波长光纤激光器操作的灵活性和实用性.实验实现了波长间隔从0.8 nm至0.076 nm可变的多波长激光产生,波长数随波长间隔减小而增加,间隔为0.08 nm的激光波长数达86.     

Chaos in Fiber-Optic Stimulated Brillouin Scattering without External Feedback in Large Nonlinear Refractive Index Regime

Stokes dynamics in stimulated Brillouin scattering generated in optical fibers is analyzed over a wide range of nonlinear refractive indices under a no feedback condition. The Stokes fluctuation becomes complicated as the nonlinear refractive index increases. Chaotic behavior appears without external feedback at a large nonlinear refractive index of 1×10^-19 m²/V² with pump power larger than 0.3 W.     

利用受激布里渊散射效应补偿激光大气传输过程中的畸变

提出了利用受激布里渊散射的阈值效应主动在非配合,扩展目标上实现小面积信标的方法,在不同的大气扰动条件（Cn^2=10^-16--10^-12)下,对激光的远距离（10km)补偿传输过程进行了模拟计算,获得了到达目标上的相位共轭光的光强分布。分别在不同的实验环境进行了激光补偿传输实验,其中激光补偿传输距离最远达到250m。实验结果证实了利用受激布里渊散射实现激光大气传输补偿的有效性,证明利用阈值效应在目标上主动获得小面积信标的方法是可行的。     

单模光纤受激布里渊散射阈值的研究

为了研究单模光纤对城域网和接入网以及FTTH的容量与性能的提升,使用大功率、窄线宽的高性能光纤激光器作为系统光源,分别测量了3种光纤到户用单模光纤的受激布里渊散射（SBS）阁值。从理论上分析了光纤SBS阂值估算公式及影响阂值的因素,理论估算值与实验测量值吻合很好。实验发现的一种G．652D光纤具有高达12mw的SBS阈值,对此进行了分析。     

三倍频Nd∶YAG激光抽运氧气中的受激拉曼和布里渊散射

报道了三倍频脉冲Nd∶YAG激光(355 nm)在两种不同带宽模式下抽运氧气中受激拉曼散射(SRS)和受激布里渊散射(SBS)的实验研究。在宽带(约1 cm-1)抽运模式下,只测到了前向受激拉曼散射,而没有观察到后向散射,其一级和二级斯托克斯最大能量转换效率可达22%和8%。在窄带(约0.003 cm-1)模式下,前向、后向受激拉曼散射和受激布里渊散射都测量到了,但大部分抽运能量都转换到受激布里渊散射,其转换效率可达67%。测量了两种带宽模式下各散射组分在它们最佳转换时的波形;窄带情况下后向受激拉曼散射和受激布里渊散射的脉宽分别可压窄至1.5 ns和2.3 ns,不到抽运脉宽的三分之一,使得受激布里渊散射峰值功率可大大高于抽运功率。对氧气中前向、后向受激拉曼散射和受激布里渊散射之间的竞争进行了讨论。     

三倍频Nd:YAG激光抽运氧气中的受激拉曼和布里渊散射

报道了三倍频脉冲Nd：YAG激光（355nm）在两种不同带宽模式下抽运氧气中受激拉曼散射（SRS）和受激布里渊散射（SBS）的实验研究。在宽带（约1cm^-1）抽运模式下,只测到了前向受激拉曼散射,而没有观察到后向散射,其一级和二级斯托克斯最大能量转换效率可达22％和8％。在窄带（约0．003cm^-1）模式下,前向、后向受激拉曼散射和受激布里渊散射都测量到了,但大部分抽运能量都转换到受激布里渊散射,其转换效率可达67％。测量了两种带宽模式下各散射组分在它们最佳转换时的波形;窄带情况下后向受激拉曼散射和受激布里渊散射的脉宽分别可压窄至1．5ns和2．3ns,不到抽运脉宽的三分之一,使得受激布里渊散射峰值功率可大大高于抽运功率。对氧气中前向、后向受激拉曼散射和受激布里渊散射之间的竞争进行了讨论。     

光纤中的瞬态SBS过程的数值分析与探讨

 通过数值方法得到了光纤中的瞬态SBS过程中耦合波和声场的强度分布图，从而分析了光纤中瞬态SBS的发生过程以及光纤长度、泵浦脉宽等因素对SBS反射率及阈值的影响，据此提出了一种新的光纤相位共轭器。