掺Tm3+石英光纤中频率上转换产生可见光的实验研究

报道了实验研究连续锁模1053nmNd:YLF激光泵浦的掺Tm³⁺石英光纤中可见光区的频率上转换过程.测量了可见荧光光谱,并用Tm离子的分步三光子吸收过程解释了可见光频率上转换现象.     

原子核与激光的相互作用(一)——激光引起的同质异能态衰变和γ Laser

用参量化的方法推导了激光引起的原子核同质异能态共振跃迁的几率,并考虑了激光频率宽度的效应.进而研究了基于以下概念发展γ激光器的可能性:即用强的可见光激光将长寿命的同质异能素转换到能量上近似兼并的短寿命同质异能素,并使后者达到粒子数反转.在分析了同质异能态的粒子占有数随时间变化的基础上,数值计算了这一途径所需要的激光强度.     

原子核与激光的相互作用(一)——激光引起的同质异能态衰变和γLaser

用参量化的方法推导了激光引起的原子核同质异能态共振跃迁的几率,并考虑了激光频率宽度的效应.进而研究了基于以下概念发展γ激光器的可能性:即用强的可见光激光将长寿命的同质异能素转换到能量上近似兼并的短寿命同质异能素,并使后者达到粒子数反转.在分析了同质异能态的粒子占有数随时间变化的基础上,数值计算了这一途径所需要的激光强度.     

光子加速器的理论研究

研究了光子加速器(即利用等离子体中的朗谬尔波实现光脉冲频率上转换)所涉及的基本物理问题.文中导出了在存在朗谬尔波的条件下,光脉冲频率对于等离子体本底密度及电子密度扰动的依赖关系,并就最大频率转换、光脉冲俘获、波的加速位相(accelerating phase)以及位相滑动(phase slippage)效应进行讨论.     

热注射法合成用于生物成像的核壳上转换纳米晶

近几年来,稀土上转换发光纳米材料凭借其生物组织穿透深度大、无组织损伤、无背景荧光干扰和成像灵敏度高等诸多优点,在生物体荧光成像领域展现了巨大的潜在应用价值.本文采用"一次热注射"高温溶剂热法制备不同壳层厚度的NaYF_4:Yb, Tm@NaYF_4上转换发光材料.利用透射电子显微镜、粒径分析、荧光光谱等对产物进行表征,探讨壳层厚度对纳米粒子上转换发光强度的影响.结果表明,在980 nm近红外光照射下,上转换纳米材料能够发出紫外-可见光.而且,由于壳层包覆有效抑制了上转换发光的表面猝灭效应,核壳结构的NaYF_4:Yb, Tm@NaYF_4纳米粒子发光强度比NaYF_4:Yb, Tm提高了数十倍;当壳层厚度为22.7 nm时,上转换发光强度最强.此外,通过对上转换发光颗粒进行酸洗和聚乙二醇(PEG)修饰,提高了纳米材料的生物相容性,并成功将其应用于细胞的上转换荧光成像.     

转换屏背底散射对图像对比度的影响

在X光图像探测系统中，通常采用把X光转换为可见光、对可见光进行探测的方法来完成对X光的探测。在转换过程中，一般采用各种类型、结构的荧光屏来完成将X光转换为可见光的过程，而在高能X光的探测系统中，则常采用量子效率高、原子序数大的材料如CsI：T1晶体作为转换屏。由于转换屏存在一定的厚度，所发出的可见光将会在转换屏内部进行全方位的传播，一部分照射到转换屏背底的可见光被散射后进入图像记录系统，     

普通单模石英光纤中频率上转换过程的研究

介绍了在普通通讯用单模ＧｅＯ２／ＳｉＯ２石英光纤中从近红外到可见光的频率上转换过程。利用１．３１３μｍ的调Ｑ锁模Ｎｄ：ＹＬＦ激光脉冲泵浦单模石英光纤，产生了５８８ｎｍ的黄光，峰值功率达２０Ｗ，对应０．０９％的转换效率。     

TiO_2/Sm~(3+)下转换薄膜的制备及其在染料敏化太阳能电池中的应用

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了TiO2/Sm3+下转换薄膜,利用其下转换特性将紫外光转换为可见光,提高了可见光光照强度。利用X射线衍射和荧光光谱对TiO2/Sm3+粉体进行了表征,并对TiO2/Sm3+下转换薄膜进行了荧光光谱测试和紫外-可见分光光度计测试。荧光光谱显示,TiO2/Sm3+薄膜在受到395 nm紫外光照射时可发射出540~600 nm连续波长的可见光,具有下转换特性。二层TiO2/Sm3+下转换薄膜的可见光透过率与单纯的TiO2薄膜基本相同,利用其下转换特性使电池短路电流提高了13.2%,光电转换率提高了16.2%。     

TiO_2/Eu~(3+),Y~(3+)下转换薄膜的制备及其在染料敏化太阳能电池中的应用

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了TiO2/Eu3+,Y3+下转换薄膜,将其应用到染料敏化太阳能电池中,利用其下转换特性将紫外光转换为可见光,提高了电池的可见光照强度.利用X射线衍射和荧光光谱对TiO2/Eu3+,Y3+粉体进行表征,利用荧光光谱和紫外-可见分光光度计对TiO2/Eu3+,Y3+下转换薄膜进行测试,荧光光谱显示,下转换薄膜受到396nm紫外光照射时可发射出535~620nm连续波长的可见光,具有下转换功能特性.与TiO2薄膜相比,二层下转换薄膜仍能保持较高的可见光透过率.当稀土元素总掺量为4%时,利用下转换特性使短路电流提高了21.5%,光电转换效率提高了14.1%.     

钠铝氟化物包覆BaF2材料上转换发光性能

采用水热法合成了一种非稀土上转换发光材料,由钠铝氟化物和BaF2组成。采用X射线衍射(XRD)、傅里叶红外光谱(FTIR)和扫描电镜(SEM)对其进行了表征,分析表明,钠铝氟化物主要以NaF和Na3AlF6两种晶态存在于BaF2晶体表面,形成化学复合,呈现包覆结构。荧光光谱测试表明,样品在583nm可见光和863nm近红外光室温激发下,均能产生304和324nm的宽波段紫外光发射。时间分辨光谱表明,发光均有一个上升和衰减过程,衰减大约自15ms开始,磷光寿命大于18.4ms。借助上转换发光能量转换过程对发光机理进行了研究,分析表明,发光源于量子限制效应的带间光吸收和界面缺陷的光吸收,发光机制属于量子限制效应-界面发光中心复合发光。     

400 mW ultrashort cavity low-noise single-frequency Yb³⁺-doped phosphate fiber laser

A compact, low-noise, single-frequency fiber laser by using a newly developed Yb3? heavily doped single-mode phosphate glass fiber has been demonstrated. Over 400 mW stable continuous wave single transverse and longitudinal mode laser at 1.06 μm was achieved from a 0.8 cm long active fiber. The measured slope efficiency and estimated quantum efficiency of laser emission are 72.7% and 93%, respectively. The signal-to-noise ratio is higher than 72 dB, and the linewidth of the fiber laser is less than 7 kHz, while the measured relative intensity noise is less than -130 dB/Hz at frequencies of over 1.5 MHz.     

Simple and highly accurate technique for time delay measurement in optical fibers by free-running laser configuration

A novel and simple technique for the measurement of time delay in the optical fiber by a free-running laser is proposed and demonstrated. The fiber to be measured was spliced to an erbium-doped fiber so as to form a ring-cavity laser. The mode beating frequency of the laser was measured to determine the round-trip time delay. This precise and efficient technique has an accuracy of 10(-8) for a fiber length of 100 km and of 10(-6) for a several-meters-long one.     

高功率掺镱光纤放大器中频率上转换发光现象的研究

建立了半导体抽运的高功率掺镱双包层光纤放大器实验系统,对放大器中的频率上转换发光现象进行了理论和实验研究,分析认为实验中由光纤侧面和两端观测到的绿色荧光是处于激发态的Yb2 相互作用,同时湮没而产生的合作荧光.分别对光纤放大器信号端和抽运端输出的荧光谱进行了测量.将实验谱线与理论计算得到的合作发光谱进行了对比分析.研究了信号光和放大自发辐射对上转换发光的影响,根据速率方程推导出荧光强度与抽运功率之问的理论关系表达式,同时通过实验获得了荧光强度与抽运功率的关系曲线.     

Broad-spectrum frequency comb generation and carrier-envelope offset frequency measurement by second-harmonic generation of a mode-locked fiber laser

A frequency comb spanning more than one octave has been achieved by injecting the second-harmonic generation (780 nm) of a mode-locked fiber laser (1.56 microm) into a photonic crystal fiber. We propose and realize a novel interferometric scheme for observing the carrier-envelope offset frequency of the frequency comb. Frequency noise has been observed on the measured carrier-envelope offset frequency, which has been confirmed to be generated in the photonic crystal fiber by comparing the measured beat frequencies between cw lasers and frequency combs before and after the photonic crystal fiber. The mode-locked fiber laser is considered to be an important candidate for the light source used in realizing a compact optical frequency measurement system including applications in the telecommunication bands.     

Laser amplification in an optical fiber by evanescent field coupling

A laser signal propagating in an optical fiber is amplified by the evanescent field interacting with the excited Rhodamine 6 G solution surrounding the fiber. A small signal gain of 430 at 600 nm has been measured in a long fiber with a 2 cm long fiber optic amplifier.     

All-fiber eye-safe pulsed laser with Er-Yb Co-doped multi-stage amplifier

We report an all-fiber pulsed laser with multistage fiber amplifier which was suitable for high power eye-safe free space optical communications. Tapered structure has been utilized between booster and final amplifiers, which could increase the power coupling from the former fiber into the core of the latter fiber, and the beam quality of the output laser could be improved simultaneously. A maximum output power over 6 W has been achieved from the master-oscillator-power-amplifier system. With the multi-stage configuration and forward pumping, the optical signal to noise ratio was measured to be better than 50 dB.     

利用光纤激光器光谱边带效应测量光纤色散

基于被动锁模光纤激光器中色散波与孤子波的相瓦干涉产生的光谱边带效应,提出了一种测量单模光纤色散系数的方法.测量了各级边带中心波长的偏移量,利用边带偏移量与腔内总色散之间的关系,得到腔内总色散值.不同长度的同种光纤构成的环形腔,其总色散值不同,它与光纤长度的变化斜率即是待测光纤的色散系数.搭建了被动锁模掺铒光纤激光器平台,在1560 mm波段测量了G.652常规单模光纤的色散系数,实验值为16 ps/(mm·km),与典型值17 ps/(nm·km)符合得很好.     

High-resolution measurement of fiber length by using a mode-locked fiber laser configuration

A simple method to precisely measure fiber length has been experimentally demonstrated by using a mode-locked fiber laser configuration. Since the transit time in a cavity is exactly proportional to the cavity length, it is easy to obtain the fiber length from the generation of mode-locked pulses in the fiber laser with a long-range nonlinear optical loop mirror that includes the measured fiber. Our new method has a large measurement range, over hundreds of kilometers, and a high resolution, of the order of centimeters, as well as no measurement dead zone.     

光纤复合环形腔单模激光器的研究

单模光纤激光器在光通讯和光传感中具有广阔的应用前景。分析了复合腔光纤激光器的构成及单模的实现特点,提出了一种新颖的光纤复合环形腔激光器结构,并对其进行了实验研究。该激光器使用了波长为980nm的半导体激光器作为泵浦源。三个腔长均为2m,彼此之间的腔长差为1～2mm的光纤环形滤波器与主谐振腔构成复合腔。此激光器在波长为1562nm处得到了线宽小于0.1nm的单模激光输出,输出的光功率可达到1mW。该激光器的阈值为5mW,斜率效率为4%。     

Volume Bragg grating stabilized spectrally narrow Tm fiber laser

A Tm-doped large mode area (LMA) silica fiber laser has been locked to a stable wavelength of 2,053.9 nm using a volume Bragg grating (VBG). The measured spectral width of the laser output was <300 pm, limited by the spectrometer resolution. Although this laser had modest output (approximately 5W) and slope efficiency (41%), this new approach to spectrally limiting the output of LMA fiber lasers is inherently extendable to kilowatt powers, opening up several applications including high-power pulsed fiber lasers and spectral beam combining. Performance characteristics of the laser compared to one using a dielectric mirror as a high reflector are described, and the results imply low VBG losses.