拉曼效应对低双折射光纤偏振特性的影响

在低双折射光纤中,利用线偏振光满足的包含拉曼效应的非线性耦合模传输方程,通过引入斯托克斯参量,导出了斯托克斯参量所满足的耦合模传输方程.利用庞加莱球图示法,描述了拉曼增益效应作用下光波偏振态的演化,研究分析了拉曼效应对低双折射光纤中光波偏振态演化规律的影响.结果表明,当输入功率与运动常量满足一定关系时,拉曼增益效应改变了光波传输时其偏振态演化周期和偏振态的椭圆率.     

Femtosecond nonlinear polarization evolution based on cascade quadratic nonlinearities

We experimentally demonstrate that one can exploit nonlinear phase shifts produced in type I phase-mismatched second-harmonic generation to produce intensity-dependent polarization evolution with 100-fs pulses. An amplitude modulator based on nonlinear polarization rotation provides passive amplitude-modulation depth of up to ~50%. Applications of the amplitude and phase modulations to mode locking of femtosecond bulk and fiber lasers are promising and are discussed.     

Toward passive mode locking by nonlinear polarization evolution in a cascaded Raman fiber ring laser

We demonstrate a cascaded Raman fiber ring laser delivering a pulsed fourth-order Stokes component. Periodic emission of subnanosecond pulses is achieved from the interplay between nonlinear polarization evolution and Raman cascade process.     

Polarization mode dispersion and vectorial modulational instability in air-silica microstructure fiber

The birefringence of an air-silica microstructure fiber has been studied by measurement of the fiber polarization mode dispersion (PMD) over the wavelength range 545-640 nm. The experimental results are shown to be in good agreement with vectorial numerical calculations, assuming an elliptical core with an eccentricity of 7%. We also report controlled experiments studying nonlinear vectorial modulation instability in the fiber, yielding 3.9-THz modulational instability sideband shifts that are in good agreement with theoretical predictions based on the calculated fiber dispersion and PMD characteristics.     

All-fiber passively mode-locked thulium-doped fiber ring oscillator operated at solitary and noiselike modes

This Letter presents an all-fiber mode-locked thulium-doped fiber ring oscillator based on nonlinear polarization evolution (NPE). Pumped by an erbium-doped fiber amplified spontaneous emission source, the construction of the laser cavity consisting of only fiber optic components can operate under two different regimes of solitary and noiselike (NL) pulses. Autocorrelation measurements are performed to extract features of these two regimes.     

拉曼效应对低双折射光纤的偏振态演化分析

在准连续情况下, 通过求解低双折射光纤中含有拉曼效应的右旋与左旋圆偏振光所满足的耦合非线性薛定谔方程, 得到了归一化功率以及相位差的解析解. 利用解析解,推导出了椭圆率和方位角的表达式, 研究了拉曼效应和传输距离对偏振态演化的影响, 并用相平面法对椭圆率和方位角随着输入功率的变化进行了直观描述. 结果表明: 低双折射光纤在传输的过程中, 拉曼效应和传输距离都是影响其偏振态稳定性的因素, 均改变了椭圆率和方位角的演变周期以及振荡幅度.     

Analysis on the effect of nonlinear polarization evolution in nonlinear amplifying loop mirror

By considering the cross phase modulation (XPM) between the two orthogonal poparization components,the nonlinear birefringence and nonlinear polarization evolution (NPE) in highly-nonlinear fiber (HNLF),as well as the unequal evolutions of the state of polarization (SOP) between the clockwise (CW) and counter-clockwise (CCW) waves in a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror (NALM) are analyzed. It is pointed out that the traditional cosine expression is no longer valid for the power transmission of NALM due to uncompleted interference under the high power condition. The analytical expression considering NPE effect is derived, and the experimental result is presented.     

低双折射光纤中拉曼增益对光偏振态的影响

利用包含拉曼增益的耦合非线性薛定谔方程, 导出了斯托克斯参量表示的含拉曼增益的杜芬方程, 通过椭圆积分求出了杜芬方程的解析解, 重点分析了光波在低双折射光纤中传播时, 拉曼增益对其偏振态演化的影响结果表明当输入功率与运动常量满足一定关系时, 拉曼增益改变了光波传输时其偏振态演化周期.     

Short optical pulse polarization dynamics in a nonlinear birefringent doped fiber

Numerical solutions are obtained of the full self-consistent system of equations for the counter, rotating polarization components of the field of a short optical pulse propagating in a nonlinear birefringent fiber and in the ensemble of the energy-level degenerate doped resonance atoms implanted in the fiber material. In every cross section of the fiber, the ellipticity of the polarized wave experiences a complex evolution in time accompanied by rapid changes of the azimuthal angle due to the interplay of the dispersion and the Kerr nonlinear self-and cross-phase modulation. The reciprocal effect of the impurities on the traveling pulse causes oscillations of the pulse envelope that can completely distort the shape of the input signal, while the resonance absorption can drive the birefringence process from the nonlinear regime back to the linear one.     

超短脉冲掺Yb3+光纤激光器实验研究

报道了掺Yb3+光纤激光器产生超短脉冲的实验研究超短脉冲激光器抽运源采用波长为976 nm的半导体激光器,采用非线性偏振旋转相加脉冲锁模技术,通过调节偏振控制器的方向,实现了掺Yb3+光纤激光器的稳定锁模输出,获得了最大输出功率为7.02 mW,脉冲激光光谱宽度为6 nm,重复频率为13.7 MHz.     

双包层掺Yb3+光纤环形脉冲激光形成研究

对采用环形腔结构,由偏振敏感的光隔离器构成超短脉冲掺Yb³⁺光纤激光器输出的动力学特性进行了数值模拟.模拟表明:在没有进行色散补偿的掺Yb³⁺光纤环形激光器中,采用非线性偏振旋转的附加脉冲锁模技术,通过改变偏振控制器的方向,可以使激光器工作在不同的区域.实验用976 nm的半导体激光器作为泵浦源,通过调整偏振控制器,实验观测到掺Yb³⁺环形激光器工作在稳态和自脉动状态,其脉动的周期由光纤激光器腔长决定.     

Coherent soliton pattern formation in a fiber laser

We report the observation of bound states of 350 pulses in a ring fiber laser mode locked by nonlinear rotation of the polarization. The phenomenon is described theoretically using a multiscale approach to the gain dynamics; the fast evolution of a small excess of gain is responsible for the stabilization of a periodic pattern, while the slow evolution of the mean value of gain explains the finite length of the quasiperiodic soliton train.     

High energy giant chirped passively mode-locked Yb3+-doped fiber laser with nanoseconds to picoseconds pulses

We report an all normal dispersion low repetition rate high energy passive mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser with output pulses duration ranging from nanoseconds to picoseconds. The mode-locking mechanism of the laser is based on nonlinear polarization evolution and strong pulses shaping with a cascade long-period fiber grating bandpass filtering in highly chirped pulses. The laser generates highly stable pulses duration from 2.62 ns to 315 ps with a maximum pulse energy of 49.5 nJ and 2.5435 MHz repetition rate.     

Numerical investigation of soliton molecules with variable separation in passively mode-locked fiber lasers

Soliton molecules evolution is numerically investigated in a passively mode-locked fiber laser based on the nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) technique. Peak-to-peak separation of soliton molecules can be controlled by changing either pump strength or cavity linear phase delay appropriately. Moreover, soliton molecules with intensity-independent evolution, separation-independent evolution and large intensity-vibrating evolution are numerically found, respectively. The characteristics of soliton molecules evolution versus linear phase delay or pump strength are given. Periodic stable evolution regimes are found. The separation-controllable soliton molecules can be attributed to the mutual effects of phase delay, Kerr nonlinearity and other parameters of the cavity.     

Fiber lasers mode-locked due to nonlinear polarization evolution: Golden mean of cavity length

Recent results on the pulsed generation in high-energy fiber lasers that are passively mode-locked owing to the nonlinear polarization evolution are generalized for the first time. The first analysis of the cavity length that is optimized with respect to practical applications is presented. The analysis is based on the concordant experimental results and the results of numerical simulation.     

Impacts of operational parameters on nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser

The operational parameters including the polarization controlling and the pump power in a nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser are studied in this paper.The carrier rate equations of the activated erbium-doped fiber are first employed together with the nonlinear Shro¨dinger equations to reveal the relation between the operational parameters and the output state of the passively mode-locked fiber laser.The numerical and experimental results demonstrate that the output state of the mode-locked laser varies with the polarization controlling and the pump power.The periodicity of the polarization controlling is observed.With given pump power,there exists a set of polarization controlling under which the ultra-short pulse can be generated.With given polarization controlling,the mode-locked state can be maintained generally except for some particular values of pump power.Three shapes of the output optical spectra from the fiber cavity can be identified when the pump power changes.The results in this paper provide a comprehensive insight into the operation of the nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser.     

超短光脉冲在双折射光子晶体光纤中产生超连续谱的偏振特性数值分析

采用矢量耦合非线性薛定谔方程描述了超短光脉冲在双折射光子晶体光纤中的传输过程,并利用分步傅里叶方法求解该方程。数值模拟了中心波长为1550nm的超短光脉冲在不同色散参量的双折射光子晶体光纤中超连续谱的产生及其偏振特性。分析了光纤在不同色散区时,高阶色散和非线性效应对超连续谱及其偏振态的影响。结果表明,当超短光脉冲波长位于近光纤零色散点的反常色散区时,比其在光纤正常色散区和远离光纤零色散点的反常色散区更容易产生宽且平坦的超连续谱,所得到的光谱显示出了复杂的偏振态特性。     

掺Yb3+双包层大模场面积光纤锁模激光器

报道了一种结构简单、运转稳定并可以输出高脉冲能量的被动锁模光纤激光器.激光器的增益介质为掺Yb³⁺双包层大模场面积光纤,具有非常低的非线性系数.利用非线性偏振旋转效应和半导体可饱和吸收镜结合实现自启动锁模,获得了平均功率为160mW、重复频率为55.9MHz(对应于3nJ的单脉冲能量)、脉冲宽度为10.6ps的激光脉冲输出. 关键词： 大模场面积光纤 光纤激光器 锁模     

拉曼效应对低双折射光纤偏振态的影响

在准连续情况下, 通过求解低双折射光纤中含有拉曼效应的右旋与左旋圆偏振光所满足的耦合非线性薛定谔方程,着重研究了低输入功率和高输入功率情形在加入拉曼效应前后, 有效偏振拍长和输入功率的变化关系. 结果表明: 无论入射光的偏振是沿着慢轴或沿着快轴, 拉曼效应均改变了入射光偏振态演变的周期, 同时改变了入射光的传输距离.     

Similariton fiber laser with a hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber for dispersion control

We report on an ytterbium-doped similariton fiber ring laser with a hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber for intracavity dispersion control. The oscillator is hybrid mode locked with a saturable Bragg reflector and by nonlinear polarization evolution. This scheme allows for an exact adjustment of the transmission characteristic to avoid the formation of bunched noiselike pulses while the self-starting characteristic is preserved. The oscillator generates highly stretched similaritons at 1025 nm with a pulse energy above 1n J at a repetition rate of 21.9 MHz.