Theoretical analysis of the effects of frequency detuning dependence of photorefractive two- beam coupling coefficient on gain and phase-shifts of the signal beam for a coupled unidirectional photorefractive ring resonators

Dependence of two-beam coupling gain and phase-shift of the signal beams on the frequency detuning for a coupled unidirectional ring resonators based on non-degenerate two-wave mixing in the photorefractive crystals have been investigated in details. The effects of various parameters characterizing the photorefractive medium such as frequency detuning, absorption strength, two-beam energy coupling strength and pump intensity of the external laser beams, on the two-beam coupling gain and phase-shift of the signal beams for a coupled UPRR have also been studied in details. It has been found that the photorefractive gain of the signal beam in the primary cavity of the coupled UPRR can be enhanced to the higher order by taking the lower value of the frequency detuning of the primary cavity which could exist at much lower value of the absorption strength of the crystal B. This higher value of photorefractive gains in the cavities are responsible for the strong coupling between the modes of the oscillations of the coupled UPRR.     

激光模简并解除及频差理论分析

本文介绍了激光模简并解除的实验观察和模简并解除的原因。利用激光器的兰姆理论详细分析和计算了单模和多模运转时模简并解除后的频差,并给出了频差随腔调谐频率变化的曲线。 关键词：     

Experimental studies of microwave amplification in the ion-focusedregime

Studies of microwave amplification with an in-focused electron beam drawn from an induction injector are reported. A free-electron laser (FEL) operating at 9.4 GHz and employing ion-focusing within the interaction region has achieved power in excess of 30 MW at 9.4 GHz, with a beam energy of 0.8 MeV and current of 0.7 kA. Peak gain is 20 dB/m, with no saturation after 15 wiggler periods. Also reported are the first evolution and detuning data for an ion-channel laser/maser (ICL). Two shortcomings of the prematurely halted ICL studies are poor frequency discrimination and a large axial plasma gradient. Prospects for operation with an upgraded 1.6 MeV accelerator are discussed     

A self-consistent model for a SOA-based fiber ring laser including the mode-locked pulse properties

In this paper, we present a self-consistent model of an optically mode-locked semiconductor fiber ring laser. The fiber laser uses a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) as the gain medium, while mode-locking is achieved by its gain modulation, via an external optical pulsed signal. We solved the model analytically developing a novel technique, where we have assumed double saturation of the SOA by both the mode-locked and the externally introduced pulsed signal. The study revealed the locus of the laser parameters to achieve mode-locking. In particular, it was found that SOA gain and energy of the externally introduced signal are two critical parameters that must simultaneously set properly for exact mode-locking. Another outcome of our analysis is that the study of the chirp parameter should be carried out keeping the nonlinear terms of the SOA gain. We have also investigated a slightly detuning regime of operation that revealed a fast change of the mode-locking process.     

曙光一号自由电子激光器的理论计算

系统总结曙光一号自由电子激光器理论计算的主要结果:包括曙光一号装置主要参数的选取和理解;磁场失谐曲线的计算;常参数摇摆器和变参数摇摆器的主要结果;高阶波导模的贡献;电子束参数扰动对激光性能的影响;空间电荷效应等。计算结果表明,常参数摇摆器激光输出功率可达80MW,效率约50％;变参数摇摆器激光输出功率可达250MW左右,效率约16％。     

Collective modes — An analytical model for active mode locking in the transient case

A novel concept is presented for the pulse generation in the linear regime of an actively loss modulated laser. Introducing collective laser modes, the frequency detuning of the modulator and the statistical initial situation of the laser starting from spontaneous emission become tractable. Formation of a mode-locked pulse is described by the selection of collective modes. Perfect mode locking corresponds to the survival of a single mode in the build-up process. A variety of laser properties is derived from the solution and compared with experiment. The model predicts imperfect mode locking (with a finite number of collective modes) in the transient case in agreement with experimental findings.     

Nonlinear dynamics of a directly modulated semiconductor laser with cavity detuning

A detailed numerical study of dynamical behavior of a semiconductor laser under current modulation and cavity detuning has been performed on the base of four different models of the active medium which take into account direct transitions between ground subbands, transitions with no k-selection rule between ground subbands and contribution of excited subbands in each of the above-mentioned cases. We have shown that different nonlinear regimes (period doubling, chaos, generalized bistability) can be obtained either with cavity detuning from the gain band maximum or near the laser threshold.It has been established that the shape and principal peculiarities of amplitude detuning characteristics are determined by the relation between the current modulation frequency and maximum resonance frequency of the laser.PACS numbers: 05.45.Pq, 42.55.Px, 42.65.Sf     

Ultrafast mode switching based on a micro-ring laser

Injection locking and multi-mode switching characteristics of a semiconductor ring laser with the radius of 10 μm are investigated based on a nonlinear time domain multimode rate-equation model. The stable injection locking regions for different target modes are studied as the function of detuning frequency and injection power ratio. The results show that ultra-wide detuning range of ∼100 GHz wide at 5 dB injection power ratio and ultra-low switching power ratio of −27 dB can be realized for this micro-ring laser device. Optimal detuning value and high injection power lead to the minimal switching time. An ultrafast response time of 10 ps indicates that a 10 μm-radius SRL can be utilized for ultrafast all-optical scenarios and high-speed tunable lasers.     

Continuous-Variable Entanglement Generation from a Four-State Atom under Raman Excitation

We investigate the generation and the evolution of continuous-variable (CV) entanglement from a laser-driven four-state atom inside a doubly resonant cavity under Raman excitation. Two transitions in the four-state atom independently interact with the two cavity modes, while two other transitions are driven by coupling laser fields. By including the atomic relaxation as well as cavity losses, we show that the CV entanglement with large mean number of
photons can be generated in our scheme. We also show that the intensity of the coupling laser fields can influence effectively the entanglement period of the cavity field. Different from the conventional resonant excitation scheme where zero one-photon detuning are required, it is found that the intensity and period of entanglement between the two cavity modes as well as the total mean photon number of the cavity field can be adjusted by properly
modulating the frequency detuning.     

Radiative corrections in laser-dressed atoms: formalism and applications

The dressing of atomic states in a strong laser field modifies the structure of the incoherently scattered fraction of the laser intensity, which is described to a good approximation by the Mollow spectrum. The incoherent spectrum is generated by the fluctuations of the atomic dipole moment about its expectation value, and the positions of the peaks are approximately given by the energy differences between the dressed atomic energy levels. In this paper, we investigate radiative corrections received by the dressed states. Our calculations are motivated by the quest to understand in detail the interplay of a bound electron dressed by the highly populated laser mode and its interaction with the vacuum modes. Alternatively, this may be seen as an electron experiencing modified stimulated and spontaneous radiative corrections in a vacuum tailored by the laser field. We obtain dressed self-energy shifts that depend on the Rabi flopping frequency (and in turn on the laser intensity) and on the detuning of the laser field relative to the atomic resonance frequency. We find that the dressed radiative corrections differ in a nontrivial manner from the radiative shifts of the ‘bare’ atomic states.     

Study of photoconductive and dielectric dependence of gain and phase-shift in the coupled unidirectional ring resonators based on non-degenerate wave-mixing in photorefractive materials

Photoconductive and dielectric dependence of gain and phase-shift in the coupled unidirectional photorefractive ring resonators (UPRR) have been analyzed for the case of non-degenerate two-wave mixing in photorefractive materials by employing the plane-wave approximation method. The effect of photoconductivity and dielectric constant of the coupled photorefractive crystals (A and B) on the gain and phase-shift in the coupled UPRR have also been studied in details. It has been found that for a given value of the photoconductivity of crystal B, the gain in the primary resonator can be enhanced by selecting lower value of frequency detuning of the same resonator and PR crystal A of higher photoconductivity in the coupled UPRR. But reverse of the case is found for the enhancement of phase-shift. Such enhancement of the gain and phase-shift in the primary resonator are responsible for build-up and non-reciprocal energy transfer between the modes of the internal oscillations, which greatly improves the performance of the coupled UPRR.     

稳定波长反馈引起的失谐对自由电子激光的影响

 利用修改的一维非定态程序,基于美国杰弗逊实验室（JLab）Demo自由电子激光装置的参数,对高功率自由电子激光振荡器稳定波长的反馈系统进行了数值模拟。电子微脉冲为高斯型分布,每个纵向网格中取16个模拟宏电子,不考虑电子束的能散度。结果表明：当无反馈时,腔内光功率和波长都可以在一定范围内稳定;加入反馈后,由于电子束能量的变化所引起的等效失谐对整个系统有着重要的影响,甚至可能导致电子和光场失去相互作用,从而使得装置不能工作。提出应该在光场达到饱和以后再启动稳定波长反馈系统。模拟结果证明,该实施方案是合理有效的,可以避免其对FEL运行的严重影响。     

Strong signal suppression in single-pump optical parametric amplifiers

We show that the combined action of parametric gain and Raman scattering can lead to the complete suppression of an input optical signal in a single-pump parametric amplifier. This suppression is due to an interference between the two parametric gain modes. The interference occurs only at a set of discrete combinations of pump power, phase mismatch, and frequency detuning. Experimentally we are able to demonstrate over 95% (13 dB) suppression of an input signal in an amplifier with a peak parametric gain of only 6 dB.     

Broadband gain-clamped linear quantum dash optical amplifiers

The linear optical gain of gain-clamped quantum dash semiconductor optical amplifiers (GCSOAs) has been investigated using the rate equation model. The gain spectrum of GCSOA for different wavelength detuning and different doping has been studied. Our analysis shows that the linear gain can be increased as the laser wavelength is detuned to high wavelength where the peak of the optical gain, which is found at wavelengths below the ground state wavelength, is shifted to lower wavelength as the laser wavelength is increased. We find that doping the dashes by either N-type or P-type enhances the linear optical gain and shifts the gain peak to lower wavelength. Moreover, we found that GCSOA with lightly N-type doping demonstrates large separation between the laser and the amplifier wavelength. Also we find that small inhomogeneous line broadening enhances the linear gain peak, shifts the gain peak to wavelength lower than the GS wavelength and widens the gain spectrum.     

稳态V型和Λ型无粒子数反转激光增益的比较研究

在相应参量取值相同的情况下,利用数值模拟的方法对比研究了封闭的V型和Λ型原子系统稳态增益随相干光场失谐量的变化规律.研究发现,这两种系统的稳态探测激光增益随探测激光场失谐量的变化曲线具有相似的形状,但数值上存在差异.这一现象与两种系统的原子相干性与粒子数分布的特点直接相关.另外,还发现驱动激光失谐及由于自发辐射诱导相干导致的原子相干性的增强能显著影响探测激光增益. 关键词： 无粒子数反转激光 失谐 原子相干性 粒子数分布     

Spectral analysis of a laser beam

The formulas of the dependence of the spectral laser power distribution and its spectral half-width on the physical parameters of its laser active medium are derived. In addition it is found that, if the gain line profile has a Lorentzian or Gaussian distribution, the spectral laser power distribution is of a Lorentzian profile. The spectral halfwidth of the laser beam in both cases are slightly different form each other. For a general gain line profile, the spectral laser power distribution behaves as a differential form like that of the gain line profile.The spectral halfwidth of He/Ne laser beam having powers (0·5 mW, 1·0 mW, 3·0 mW and 50 mW) and that of their longitudinal modes, the laser gain factor and the difference between the population atomic densities of the upper and lower energy levels for the laser line transition are experimentally determined.     

Multi-transverse Mode Operation in Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers: Effects of Wideband Modelling on Spectral Characteristics and Noise

A dynamic model for the vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser aimed to study the precise oscillation frequencies of the transverse modes is presented. The model performs the computation of the longitudinal distribution of the field inside the laser cavity, to take account of distributed boundary conditions at the Bragg reflectors. The latter are approximated by means of autoregressive moving-average (ARMA) digital filters, in order to reduce the computational load without loss of precision in wideband scenarios. With the aid of the developed model, a detailed analysis of the frequency and relative intensity noise spectra is carried out, thus allowing to evaluate the spectral quality of the laser emission. Particularly, the results reveal that each of the transverse modes oscillates with a frequency detuning from the central design wavelength, which is in good agreement with experimental observation.     

Ideal homoatomic and heteroatomic photonic crystal molecules

A local tuning of the modes of photonic crystal systems both to blue and to red sides of the resonance is implemented by nano-infiltration/evaporation of water and laser micro-oxidation. This technology is used to completely control coupled photonic nanocavities (photonic crystal molecules). Beside the standard condition of zero detuning between identical modes of the two cavities (homoatomic molecule), we are also able to produce coupling between two modes of different polarization and spatial distribution (heteroatomic molecule).     

同步泵浦飞秒激光锁模理论研究

考虑到饱和增益、饱和吸收、群速弥散和自相位调制等效应对光脉冲的作用,我们给出了一个适用于飞秒脉冲激光系统的锁模方程。并且用这个方程初步地研究了同步泵浦被动锁模的染料激光器。结果表明,染料光脉冲的输出特性将极大地取决于腔内色散、S参数、饱和吸收体的浓度、腔长失谐量等因素。     

Dynamics of symmetrical mode beating in complex coupling two-section DFB lasers

The effect of gain/loss coupling on the modal dynamics of weakly-coupled self-pulsating two section DFB lasers is studied in detail. A purely symmetrical mode-beating regime exists for imaginary coupling values between  ? 5% and 12.5%. The minimum required static detuning, the modulation index, and the tuning range of the predicted self-pulsations are sensitive to the magnitude of the gain/loss coupling. For the 10% gain-coupled DFB laser above 90% modulation index is predicted for self-pulsations between 34% and 123 GHz. For the 5% loss-coupled DFB laser above 50% modulation index is predicted for self-pulsations between 27 and 155 GHz.