Highly dynamic and versatile pulsed fiber amplifier seeded?by?a?superluminescence diode

We propose and investigate a high power superluminescence diode (SLD) as a pulsed seed source for a highly dynamic and versatile pulse fiber amplifier system. The SLD provides, contrary to conventional Fabry?CPérot laser diodes, a smooth and broad output spectrum which is independent of the input pulse parameters. The output pulses from the SLD are as short as 10?ns with up to 150?mW peak power. Moreover, the pulses can be directly shaped by modulating the injection current of the SLD. Pulse shaping in an amplifier configuration is demonstrated without the observation of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) due to the provided spectral bandwidth of 10?nm FWHM. Further spectral shaping was realized with a band pass filter in the amplifier chain.     

大功率、宽光谱超辐射发光管的温度稳定性研究

超辐射发光管（SLD）的温度稳定性是通过芯片制作、耦合封装和应用控制三个环节实现控制. 在一定的驱动电流下,通过提高耦合效率、改善温控器件的几何参数以及器件整体的热分布参数,实现SLD大功率、宽光谱的光功率输出,出纤光功率达到750μW／100mA,光谱宽度大于40nm. 工作温度范围为－40～＋70℃,功率波动小于2 ％.     

锥形太赫兹量子级联激光器输出功率与光束特性研究

针对锥形太赫兹量子级联激光器, 利用有限差分波束传播法和速率方程法, 建立了准三维的太赫兹有源器件仿真模型, 能够对具有轴向非线性波导结构的激光器进行模拟. 利用此模型, 研究了锥角大小对激光器输出光功率及光束质量的影响. 仿真结果表明, 考虑到器件之间的光耦合效率, 为了达到最大的有效输出光功率, 锥形太赫兹量子级联激光器的锥角存在一个最优值.     

Broadband tunable external cavity laser using a bent-waveguide quantum-dot superluminescent diode as gain device

A broadband tunable grating-coupled external cavity laser is realized by employing a self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum-dot (QD) superluminescent diode (SLD) as the gain device. The SLD device is processed with a bent-waveguide structure and facet antireflection (AR) coating. Tuning bandwidths of 106 nm and 117 nm are achieved under 3-A and 3.5-A injection currents, respectively. The large tuning range originates essentially from the broad gain spectrum of self-assembled QDs. The bent waveguide structure combined with the facet AR coating plays a role in suppressing the inner-cavity lasing under a large injection current.     

全腔输出相对论磁控管输出模式转换结构的理论设计和数值模拟

采用全腔输出结构后,相对论磁控管径向尺寸显著减小,轴向长度也有较大幅度的缩短.但是,由于输出结构为三个相对独立的扇形波导,实际应用时,一般需要对微波输出模式进行转换.针对全腔输出相对论磁控管,本文研究了两种输出模式转换结构并利用三维全电磁粒子模拟程序对其进行了研究.首先研究了将三个扇形波导角向增宽从而渐变或者突变为一个同轴波导的情况,研究结果表明,两种情况下输出微波功率均大于采用传统三个独立扇形波导输出时的90%,输出模式主要是TEM模.其次研究了输出区由三个扇形输出波导分别变换为三个截面大小与之接近的矩形输出波导的可行性,研究结果表明,注入扇形波导中的TE₁₁模式几乎全部转换为矩形波导中的TE₁₀模式.实际应用时,可根据需要选择上述输出模式转换结构.     

Single mode lasers based on monolithic integration of ridge waveguides with 2D photonic crystal waveguides

The monolithic combination of active light sources with photonic crystal (PC) waveguide components is a key building block for future highly integrated photonic circuits. We demonstrate the coupling of light from an InGaAs/AlGaAs ridge waveguide laser to a monolithically integrated 2D PC waveguide. The PC guide is formed by removing three or five rows in a triangular lattice of air rods etched into the semiconductor. A tapered ridge waveguide geometry is demonstrated to improve coupling efficiency, so that maximum output powers of up to 10 mW from the PC waveguide are achieved. The resulting coupled cavity laser shows single mode emission with side mode suppression ratios > 35 dB over a broad range of injection currents.     

Mode conversion in a Gyrotron at a waveguide-taper junction

The output power levels of Gyrotron II are very much higher than those predicted when one assumes that a single waveguide mode exists throughout the cavity and output section. In this paper we demonstrate the importance of mode conversion at the point where the uniform waveguide meets the first down-taper.The method of calculating the mode conversion used here is superior to many that appear in the literature. It uses the correct boundary conditions, it treats the wave magnetic field fully and, especially important in relation to cavities, it is applicable to waveguide modes near cutoff.     

High power 1.5 μm integrated superluminescent light source with tilted ridge waveguide

In order to further suppress the F–P lasing and increase the superluminescent power, the tilted ridge waveguide was introduced to the integrated superluminescent device [monolithic integration of the superluminescent diode (SLD) with semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)[. By this means, high power 1.5 m integrated superluminescent light source has been fabricated without anti-reflection (AR) coating. The F–P oscillations between the two cleaved facets were suppressed successfully compared with the device without ridge waveguide. More than 200 mW peak pulsed power was obtained under quasi-CW condition (0.1 ms pulse width, 10% duty cycle) by co-operation of the two integrated sections. The spectral FWHM is 25 nm.     

S波段相对论速调管放大器相位稳定性的优化设计及实验研究北大核心CSCD

为了有效提高器件输出微波相位的稳定性,对S波段强流相对论速调管放大器输出微波相位特性开展了理论研究和优化设计。理论分析结果表明,束流发射和传输均匀性、腔内杂频和强流脉冲电压波动是影响器件输出微波相位稳定性的重要原因,通过优化二极管结构,增加吸波材料以及优化腔体结构和参数等手段可以有效地减小上述因素对输出微波相位稳定性的影响,提高器件工作的稳定性。对优化后的器件开展了实验研究,得到单台单次输出功率GW量级基础上,100 ns内相位标准差约10°,单台重频5 Hz工作输出微波相位标准差约20°,两台同时工作输出微波相位差抖动约20°的结果,满足了实际应用的需求。     

Gyrotron Backward Wave Oscillator Experiments with a Relativistic Electron Beam Using an X-Band Rectangular Waveguide

A mildly relativistic electron beam (500keV, 200A, 10ns) injected into an X-band rectangular waveguide immersed in a uniform axial magnetic field (4-10kG) produced magnetically tunable microwave radiation in the 9-13 GHz frequency range with an estimated output power of 1MW. The frequency range and tunability of the radiated microwave agreed with a theoretical model for a gyrotron backward wave oscillator taking into account the low energy component of the beam electron.     

End-pumped, passively Q-switched Yb:YAG double-clad waveguide laser

We present a diode-pumped, double-clad Yb:YAG waveguide laser that contains an integrated section of a Cr(4+): YAG saturable absorber for passive Q switching. Using two 4-W polarization-coupled, broad-striped diode-pumped lasers, we obtained 30-microJ pulses of 1.6-ns duration at repetition rates of as much as 77 kHz. The slope efficiency was ~50% with respect to absorbed pump power, with a maximum output average power of 2.3 W and a peak power of ~18 kW . The output beam was single lobed, with M(2) values as great as 1.5x1.3 . We also demonstrate a passively Q -switched Nd:YAG waveguide laser of similar design, operating at 1.064 microm and 946 nm.     

GaAlAs/GaAs非均匀阱宽多量子阱超辐射发光管材料制备及表征

超辐射发光二极管(SLD)具有不同于半导体激光器和普通发光二极管的优异性能。为了制备高功率半导体超辐射发光管,并且得到比较大的光谱宽度、大的单程增益和抑制电流饱和,我们研究设计了具有850nm辐射波长的GaAlAs/GaAs非均匀阱宽多量子阱超辐射发光二极管结构,采用分子束外延(MBE)方法进行了材料制备。同时利用X射线双晶衍射,变温(10～300K)光致发光(PL)等方法检测分析了外延薄膜的结构和光电特性。在光致发光谱线中我们得到了发射波长850nm的谱峰,谱峰范围跨跃800～880nm,双晶回摆曲线结果显示了设计的结构得到实现。在注入电流140mA时,器件输出光谱的半峰全宽可以达到26nm,室温下连续输出功率达到6mW。     

Intensity dynamics in a waveguide array laser

We consider experimentally and theoretically the optical field dynamics of a five-emitter laser array subject to a ramped injection current. We have achieved experimentally an array that produces a robust oscillatory power output with a nearly constant π phase shift between the oscillations from each waveguide. The output power also decreases linearly as a function of waveguide number. Those behaviors persisted for pump currents varying between 380 and 500 mA with only a slight change in phase. Of note is the fact that the fundamental frequency of oscillation increases with injection current, and higher harmonics are produced above a threshold current of approximately 380 mA. Experimental observations and theoretical predictions are in agreement. A low dimensional model was also developed and the impact of the nonuniform injection current studied. A nonuniform injection current is capable of shifting the bifurcations of the waveguide array providing a valuable method of array tuning without additional gain or structural alterations to the array.     

Coaxial Relativistic Backward Wave Oscillator and Coaxial Master Oscillator-Power Amplifier

A two and one half dimensional particle-in-cell code MAGIC has been used to investigate the nonlinear beam-wave interaction in a coaxial relativistic backward wave oscillator(RBWO) and optimize the dependence of the output power on electron beam nature parameter, slow wave structure geometry and magnetic guide field. The optimum conditions for the coaxial RBWO were obtained. The simulation results show: the coaxial RBWO can generate 3.2GW peak output power at 10.2GHz in the TM₀₂ made when an annular electron beam of 20KA is accelerated across a diode potential of 600KV and guided through a section of uniform coaxial corrugated waveguide by an axial magnetic field of 25KG, the peak efficiency is about 27% . A novel coaxial master oscillator–power amplifier was presented in this paper.     

1.55 μm InGaAsP/InP tapered stripe superluminescent diodes with potential optical sensor system applications

We proposed a structure of a 1.55 μm InGaAsP/InP superluminescent diode (SLD) to suppress the lasing action and fabricated laterally tilted multi-quantum well planar buried heterostructure separate confinement heterostructure SLD by using MOCVD and LPE equipments. The fabricated SLD is laterally tilted by 15°. The output power of SLD was 11 mW for 200 mA under pulse driving. The full-width at half-maximum was 42 nm at 200 mA.     

基于双光注入锁定1550 nm垂直腔表面发射半导体激光器产生可调谐毫米波

基于自旋反转模型, 对双光注入下1550 nm 垂直腔表面发射半导体激光器(1550 nm-VCSEL)的非线性动力学行为进行了理论分析和数值仿真研究. 结果表明: 当一个中心波长位于1550 nm 的副VCSEL(S-VCSEL)同时受到来自两个主VCSELs (M-VCSELs)的光注入时, 在适当的注入条件下, S-VCSEL可处于双光注入锁定态. 此时, S-VCSEL中的两偏振模式均呈现频率为两注入光频率之差的周期性振荡, 输出的光谱仅包含两个主频率部分, 即光谱具有单边带特征. 因此, 基于双光注入下S-VCSEL的周期性振荡可以获得两个相互正交的光毫米波. 通过调节两个M-VCSELs之间的频率差异可使毫米波频率在较大范围内连续可调, 通过调节系统参量可以控制毫米波功率以及调制深度. 关键词： 垂直腔表面发射激光器 双光注入 毫米波 调制深度     

Tapered fiber amplifier with high gain and output power

We present a high-power ytterbium fiber amplifier based on active tapered double-clad fiber (T-DCF) and capable of high single-pass gain. The T-DCF power amplifier seeded with a 320 mW narrow-band signal generates up to 110 W of average output power corresponding to more than 25 dB gain. The amplifier exhibits near-diffraction-limited beam quality (M ² = 1.06) at the highest output power, which was limited by the available pump power. With a broadband seed source, the amplifier produced a gain of nearly 40 dB obtained for low-signal limit of the seed. The high output power combined with high gain is achieved owing to amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) filtering and increased stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) threshold inherent to the axially non-uniform geometry. The amplifier operates efficiently with a wide range of input seed powers thus providing the basis for one-stage tapered amplifier which combines the functions of preamplifier and power amplifier and can be a competitive alternative to multi-stage design.     

利用耦合波导列提高光子晶体波导辐射

将耦合波导列应用于光子晶体单模波导,提出一种提高光辐射的光子晶体结构. 基于时域有限差分方法的理论研究表明,当将耦合波导列附加到单模光子晶体波导出口端的适当位置,使出射光分成若干强弱不一的光束,这些光束在传播空间通过干涉形成一定程度的汇聚,大大提高了光子晶体波导在水平方向的光辐射效率. 另外,当耦合波导列的行数大于某固定值(2N=8)时,辐射质量基本保持不变,由此可获得最紧凑的器件结构. 这种类型光子晶体在近场光学和集成光学等诸多方面有潜在的应用价值. 关键词： 光子晶体波导 光辐射 波导列 耦合波导     

Electromagnetic transition in waveguide with application to lasers

The electromagnetic transition of two-level atomic systems in a waveguide is calculated. Compared with the result in free space, the spontaneous emission rate decrease because the phase space is smaller, and meanwhile, some resonance appears in some cases. Moreover, the influence of non-uniform electromagnetic field in a waveguide on absorption and stimulated emission is considered. Applying the results to lasers, a method to enhance the laser power is proposed. Received 29 May 2001 and Received in final form 25 October 2001