掺Yb3+光纤F-P腔被动锁模激光器的实验研究

掺镱(Yb3+光纤被动锁模激光器谐振腔采用线性腔结构,腔内插入二分之一波片和偏振分束器引入偏振旋转,结合半导体可饱和吸收镜的自起动,实现稳定的被动锁模运转。腔内插入光栅对,提供负的群速度色散,以补偿光纤所带来的正色散,达到压缩脉宽的目的。当泵浦功率为300 mW、光栅对的距离为10 cm时,获得稳定的锁模运转,锁模输出功率28 mW,脉冲重复频率20 MHz,输出光谱宽度达15 nm,按脉冲变换极限公式,其脉冲时间宽度与频带宽度的乘积为0.315计算,脉宽可达100 fs以下。     

亚10 fs激光脉冲产生中的受激拉曼散射与四波混频效应

自行搭建的自锁模钛宝石激光器工作在下稳区的上边界附近,采用熔融石英棱镜对在激光器谐振腔的腔内和腔外同时进行群速度色散补偿.随着腔内棱镜对提供色散补偿的变化,输出激光脉冲的频谱会突然展宽至664—840nm,其空间模式也由基横模变化至衍射环状结构,这是受激拉曼散射和四波混频效应导致锁模激光脉冲频谱进一步展宽的结果.在此状态下自锁模钛宝石激光器可实现670—865nm范围的波长调谐.如此宽的频谱为钛宝石激光器产生亚10fs激光脉冲提供了必要的条件. 关键词： 飞秒激光脉冲 受激拉曼散射 四波混频 群速度色散     

掺Yb3+光纤F-P腔被动锁模激光器的实验研究

 掺镱(Yb³⁺光纤被动锁模激光器谐振腔采用线性腔结构，腔内插入二分之一波片和偏振分束器引入偏振旋转，结合半导体可饱和吸收镜的自起动，实现稳定的被动锁模运转。腔内插入光栅对，提供负的群速度色散，以补偿光纤所带来的正色散，达到压缩脉宽的目的。当泵浦功率为300 mW、光栅对的距离为10 cm时，获得稳定的锁模运转，锁模输出功率28 mW，脉冲重复频率20 MHz，输出光谱宽度达15 nm，按脉冲变换极限公式，其脉冲时间宽度与频带宽度的乘积为0.315计算，脉宽可达100 fs以下。     

基于国产啁啾镜色散补偿的近10fs钛宝石激光器锁模特性的研究

报道了一种基于国产非成对设计的啁啾镜作为腔内色散补偿的钛宝石激光器,在93.7 MHz的重复频率下,得到了平均功率为120 mW的稳定的锁模脉冲输出,经腔外色散补偿,得到了最窄9.7 fs的脉冲宽度。通过调节腔内光楔的插入量,研究了锁模光谱与自相关曲线随腔内净色散的演化过程。基于非线性薛定谔方程的分步傅里叶算法对激光器建立了数值模型,数值模拟的参数选取均与实验中完全一致,利用10阶泰勒展开模拟啁啾镜的色散曲线振荡,获得了谐振腔零色散点附近锁模的动力学过程,并分析了啁啾镜的高阶色散对脉冲宽度压缩的限制。     

输出近百纳焦耳脉冲能量的光子晶体光纤锁模激光器

设计并搭建了一种支持百纳焦耳量级的单脉冲能量输出的锁模光纤激光器.激光器基于σ型腔结构,采用掺Yb偏振型大模场面积光子晶体光纤作为增益介质,利用半导体可饱和吸收镜实现自启动锁模.激光器内没有色散补偿机理,使其工作在全正色散锁模状态.通过在谐振腔内引入多通长腔使激光器的重复频率降低至11.1 MHz,直接获得了平均功率为1.08 W,单脉冲能量为 97 nJ,脉冲宽度为4.17 ps的稳定锁模脉冲输出,经腔外色散补偿,脉冲宽度压缩至740 fs.     

半导体抽运Yb∶YAG 五镜腔KLM激光器理论分析计算

对半导体抽运的Yb∶YAG克尔透镜锁模激光器进行理论分析计算,分析五镜谐振腔和四镜谐振腔的稳区不同,利用稳区范围变化对五镜谐振腔稳定锁模机理做出合理解释.详细计算分析Yb∶YAG激光器内克尔调制效应对锁模的影响,获得最佳腔参量.在腔内没有插入硬光阑的情况下,利用五镜腔实现了Yb∶YAG晶体克尔透镜锁模运转.理论分析和实验结果相符.     

半导体抽运Yb：YAG五镜腔KLM激光器理论分析计算

对半导体抽运的Yb∶YAG克尔透镜锁模激光器进行理论分析计算,分析五镜谐振腔和四镜谐振腔的稳区不同,利用稳区范围变化对五镜谐振腔稳定锁模机理做出合理解释.详细计算分析Yb∶YAG激光器内克尔调制效应对锁模的影响,获得最佳腔参量.在腔内没有插入硬光阑的情况下,利用五镜腔实现了Yb∶YAG晶体克尔透镜锁模运转.理论分析和实验结果相符.     

正色散激光器中的增益导引孤子

采用非线性薛定谔方程模拟了全正色散介质激光器中实现脉冲锁模输出的动态过程,理论表明,不同于工作于净色散为负的孤子锁模激光器以及腔内具有色散延迟线净色散为正的色散管理孤子和自相似脉冲锁模激光器,在纯正色散介质构成的锁模激光器中,增益饱和和增益窄化对形成稳定的锁模脉冲起重要的作用,在两者的作用下脉冲形成增益导引孤子.采用不同的锁模方式在纯正色散光纤锁模激光器中得到了稳定的增益导引孤子锁模,实验结果与理论模拟一致. 关键词： 锁模 正色散 增益导引孤子     

激光二极管侧面抽运Nd:YAG锁模激光器的研究

利用谐振腔的稳定条件对激光二极管侧面抽运的Nd：YAG锁模直腔的稳区特性和谐振腔内的光斑分布进行了分析。根据对腔参量的分析，选取合适的腔参量设计了一个简单的侧面抽运直腔，该谐振腔腔形简单，没有像散，振荡光模式好，有利于激光器的锁模运转。实验中采用国内自行研制的半导体可饱和吸收镜，实现了激光二极管侧面抽运半导体可饱和吸收镜锁模Nd：YAG激光器的连续锁模运转，平均输出功率为2W，锁模脉冲宽度为10ps，重复频率为100MHz。结合实验结果进一步讨论了半导体可饱和吸收镜的一些参量如饱和恢复时间、调制深度等对实现稳定连续锁模的影响。     

基于腔内色散补偿的保偏飞秒光纤激光器

目前,在被动锁模掺铒光纤激光器中,进行腔内色散补偿的方法主要包括:在激光谐振腔内熔接一段具有正常色散的光子晶体光纤、插入具有正常色散的光栅对,以及利用具有正常色散的啁啾光纤光栅等。针对目前腔内色散补偿方法存在的耦合效率低、环境稳定性差、色散量不易调节等不足,设计了一种由偏振合束器、色散补偿光纤和法拉第旋转镜构成的线形支路进行腔内色散精确补偿,采用透射式可饱和吸收体实现自启动锁模,并结合混合光器件,实验获得了重复频率为82.84 MHz、平均功率为10mW、脉冲宽度为381fs的飞秒脉冲保偏输出,作为种子源,可广泛应用于太赫兹产生、生物医学成像、超快光谱学等领域。     

Analytical theory for pulse broadening induced by all-order polarization mode dispersion combined with frequency chirp and group-velocity dispersion

We derive an analytical expression for the expected root-mean-square (rms) pulse broadening with considering the combined effects of all-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD), group velocity dispersion (GVD) and frequency chirp. It is shown that two commonly used first-order PMD compensators lose their efficiency quickly with chirp parameter increasing if GVD is ignored. When GVD is added, prechirp technique is helpful for the enhancement of PMD tolerance for both uncompensated case and first-order compensators when GVD and PMD coefficient satisfy some special relationship.     

Applying a Mode Selector to Improve the Pulse-Compression Performance of Asymmetric-Coupled-Waveguide-Based Dispersion Compensators

An InGaAsP slab-type asymmetric-coupled-waveguide-based dispersion compensator with a mode selector has been designed and fabricated. The mode selector is necessary to select either a symmetric [with a positive group-velocity dispersion (GVD)] or antisymmetric (with a negative GVD) supermode. These supermodes exist simultaneously in the dispersion-compensation region of the device. Pulse-compression experiments were used to test the dispersion compensator, evaluating the function of the mode selector. A theoretical study of the experimental results shows that the mode selector obtains a very strong selectivity (nearly 100%) for the antisymmetric supermode.     

GVD compensation schemes with considering PMD

Three group velocity dispersion (GVD) compensation schemes, i.e., the post-compensation, pre-compensation and hybrid-compensation schemes, are discussed with considering polarization mode dispersion (PMD). In the 10- and 40-Gbit/s non-return-zero (NRZ) on-off-key (OOK) systems, three physical factors, Kerr effect, GVD and PMD are considered. The numerical results show that, when the impact of PMD is taken into account, the GVD pre-compensation scheme performs best with more than 1 dB better of average eye-opening penalty (EOP) when input power is up to 10 dBm in the 10-Gbit/s system. However the GVD post-compensation scheme performs best for the case of 40 Gbit/s with input power less than 13 dBm, and GVD pre-compensation will be better if the input power increased beyond this range. The results are different from those already reported under the assumption that the impact of PMD is neglected. Therefore, the research in this paper provide a different insight into the system optimization when PMD, Kerr e     

Kerr-lens mode-locking of Nd:glass laser

We report what is to our best knowledge the first Kerr-lens mode-locking of a Nd:silicate glass laser. Pulses as short as 64 fs were generated. For a broadband inhomogeneously broadened laser, the formation of the soliton-like pulses requires a minimum amount of negative group velocity dispersion (GVD), and more negative GVD is needed to have stable, self-sustained mode locking.     

Impacts of polarization mode dispersion on the pulse-width with considering initial pulse chirp and fiber GVD

The impacts of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) on the pulse-width in linear systems have been investigated. The analytical solutions, including the effects of initial frequency chirp and group velocity dispersion (GVD), are derived. Analyses show that the pulse broadening effects induced by the second-order PMD depend on GVD and chirp parameter, which are different from those induced by the first-order PMD. An initially chirped Gaussian pulse is taken as an example, upon which analytical solutions of rms pulse-width are derived before and after the first-order PMD compensation. The first-order PMD compensator is also evaluated based on these solutions. The results show that the pulse broadening effects will be resisted efficiently by choosing appropriate GVD and chirp parameter; in general, the post-transmission compensation method will be less efficient than the PSP-transmission method.     

A study on asymmetric coupled waveguides ascompact dispersion compensators

A strong polarization dependence of pulse compression was experimentally observed using an InGaAsP/InP slab-type coupled waveguide structure consisting of two dissimilar waveguides. This polarization dependence strongly demonstrated that the observed pulse compression results from dispersion compensation due to group velocity dispersion (GVD) associated with supermodes. High mode-conversion efficiency over a wide spectral band in mode converters and the possibility of continuous control of supermode GVD by current injection were demonstrated by numerical simulation.     

Optimization of NRZ Data Transmission at 10 Gbit/s over G.652 Without In-Line DFAs

Performance limits of NRZ data transmission at 10 Gbit/s over standard single mode fiber (SSMF, G.652) without the deployment of in-line erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) are evaluated by means of numerical simulation. The fiber system was modeled using the standard split-step Fourier algorithm for the solution of nonlinear Schroedinger equation. The effect of group velocity dispersion (GVD) compensation scheme, degree of GVD compensation of the SSMF, and input optical powers to SSMF and to the dispersion compensating fiber (DCF) have been investigated with the aim to maximize the distance between transmitter and receiver. We have found that a post-compensation scheme performs better than the pre-compensation scheme and that, by careful selection of input powers and degree of GVD compensation, it should be possible to keep the bit-error-ratio (BER) below 10 upper index = 15 for an SSMF length of 270 km.     

Optimization of NRZ Data Transmission at 10 Gbit/s over G.652 Without In-Line DFAs

Performance limits of NRZ data transmission at 10 Gbit/s over standard single mode fiber (SSMF, G.652) without the deployment of in-line erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) are evaluated by means of numerical simulation. The fiber system was modeled using the standard split-step Fourier algorithm for the solution of nonlinear Schroedinger equation. The effect of group velocity dispersion (GVD) compensation scheme, degree of GVD compensation of the SSMF, and input optical powers to SSMF and to the dispersion compensating fiber (DCF) have been investigated with the aim to maximize the distance between transmitter and receiver. We have found that a post-compensation scheme performs better than the pre-compensation scheme and that, by careful selection of input powers and degree of GVD compensation, it should be possible to keep the bit-error-ratio (BER) below 10 upper index = 15 for an SSMF length of 270 km.     

主动锁模光纤激光器的孤子理论分析

系统考虑了光纤激光器腔构参数与锁模脉冲参数的制约关系,建立了完整形式的振幅调制主动锁模光纤激光器的稳态方程;据此方程分析了主动锁模光纤激光器腔参数对锁模孤子脉冲参数的影响;分析了无啁啾孤子脉冲形成条件。     

高速光纤通信系统中抑制偏振模色散的新机制

重点研究了偏振模色散、群速度色散、自相位调制三者之间在高速光纤通信系统中的相互作用，从时域角度分析脉冲的演变，从频域角度分析频谱的变化，提出一定条件下，啁啾、色散、自相位调制可以部分补偿偏振模色散的思想。通过对40Gbit／s系统进行偏振模色散、群速度色散和自相位调制共同作用的仿真，从统计意义上验证了它们之间的相互影响，并找到最佳传输方案，对系统设计提供了参考。