Spectral characteristics for a fiber grating external cavity laser

A numerical investigation has been carried out on the influence of the antireflection (AR) coating of laser, the coupling efficiency of laser and fiber (), and the reflectivity of fiber grating (R _g) on the side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of the fiber grating external cavity laser (FGECL). The FGECL was fabricated by the assembly of the multimode Fabry–Perot (FP) laser chip and fiber grating. The results showed that the FGECL with a lower AR coating, higher and R _g exhibited a better SMSR. A comparison of the SMSR dependence on the and R _g showed that SMSR increased more rapidly with increasing than SMSR for R _g. These spectral characteristic studies of the SMSR dependence on the device parameters of the AR coating, , and R _g may provide useful device designs for the practical fabrication of a FGECL for use in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) applications.     

Spectral characteristics of subcritical carbon dioxide in nanopores

Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering spectra measured within the Q-branch of the vibrational transition ν₁ are used to gain insights into the state of carbon dioxide molecules in nanopores of Vycor™ glass at room temperature (20.5°C) and a subcritical temperature of 30.5°C and gas pressures up to the saturation point P _sat for each temperature. Along with the main spectral component, belonging to gaseous CO₂ molecules, the spectra recorded at pressures close to P _sat feature a second (low-frequency) component. The second component is associated with the contribution from the CO₂ molecules trapped inside pores. A spectral deconvolution with account for the interference of these two bands makes it possible to estimate the spectral characteristics of the second (low-frequency) component at each temperature. At 20.5°C, the bandwidth of the low-frequency component decreases with CO₂ pressure, a behavior that can be explained by the transition of CO₂ from the adsorbed to the condensed state in the pore. At the subcritical temperature of 30.5°C, the spectral width of the second component is pressure-independent and close to the value measured in the bulk of the supercritical fluid, a result likely associated with a low-temperature shift of the critical point of the substance trapped in nanopores.     

Quartz CO2 waveguide laser with a separated diffraction grating

A quartz CO₂ waveguide laser with external totally reflecting mirrors and a NaCl plate for the output power coupling is described. The output power was measured as a function of the distance of the mirrors from the waveguide aperture. Using a diffraction grating instead of one of the mirrors the output power at the 10 P(20) line was measured as a function of the mirror position. The results sustain the assumption of a multimode waveguide structure.     

反射式单级衍射光栅

介绍了单级衍射光栅的发展趋势, 从理论上论证了单级衍射光栅的可行性, 引入了一种新型衍射光学元件—-准正弦反射式单级衍射光栅(QSRG). 它能有效抑制高级衍射, 可用于提高光谱系统的信噪比和精度. 而通过QSRG的实验结果也验证了此新型色散元件确实具有良好的单级衍射特性, 二级及以上的高级衍射被有效地抑制, 与理论预测几乎一致. 本文的结果可望在反射式光谱测量系统中得到广泛应用.     

Spectral focusing characteristics of a grazing-incidence flat-field grating spectrometer

The spectral focusing characteristics of a grazing-incidence flat-field spectrometer with a spherical variable-line-spacing grating in the 5－40nm spectral range are presented. The spectrometer can be used for any object at a distance in the 50mm－infinity range from the grating apex with a diffracted spectrum sharply focused on an almost flat focal plane at a constant distance from the grating apex.     

Echelle diffraction grating demultiplexers with a single diffraction passband

Planar multiplexers based on echelle gratings are very popular devices for optical communication applications. However, the available channel number is restricted by the concept of free spectral range (FSR) due to their high operating diffraction order. Now, we can break the restriction of the FSR concept, and most of wavelengths in the operating passband of echelle grating multiplexers can be used based on a variable diffraction order design. We present the design, fabrication, and characterization of the echelle grating multiplexer with a single diffraction passband based on silica platform.     

Focusing characteristics of a diffraction grating in an open resonator

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics -     

Spectral characteristics of a two-section multilayer long-period fiber grating sensor

A novel long period fiber grating (LPFG) sensor structure is proposed in this paper. It is constituted by coating an over-layer partially on the fiber grating. Then the LPFG has a two-section multilayer transversely distributed refractive index structure. Using coupling mode theory and transfer matrix method, the influences of refractive index, thickness and length of the coating layer on the spectral characteristics of the new type LPFG were analyzed. The simulation results show that the resonant band is split due to the particularity of the LPFG structure, and the wavelength splitting is strongly dependent on the parameters of the coating layer. This LPFG designing may solve the cross sensitive problem and then realize synchronous measurement of temperature, strain and other physical quantities.     

Optimizing the spectral and energy characteristics of an instrument fitted with a stigmatic diffraction grating

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 112–116, July, 1988.     

Study of a carbon dioxide ring laser gyroscope

We have experimentally investigated a basic ring laser gyroscope (RLG) with carbon dioxide gain, and studied the prospects of developing a practical CO₂ RLG. Rotation sensing was demonstrated on a number of transitions in the 9.4 m and 10.4 m vibration-rotation bands. Gyro response is discussed with regard to lock-in, bias, homogeneous broadening effects, and high power operation. We show that such a system may offer important advantages over standard helium-neon RLGs, including reduced quantum limit and backscattering. The prospects and possible approaches for developing a practical high power CO₂ RLG are discussed, and a method of eliminating cross-saturation at high pressure is proposed and analyzed.     

双光栅实现半导体激光阵列波长组束

在波长光束组合基础上,用一个光栅和一个准直透镜代替传输透镜,可以有效地减小单个发光单元光束质量的退化,明显地克服相邻发光单元的反馈串扰,实现了较窄线宽的光谱组束输出。采用标准的半导体激光阵列,连续输出激光功率44.8 W,电光转换效率最高38.9%,光谱线宽为4.1nm。光束慢轴方向光束质量因子为11.7,快轴方向光束质量因子为1.37,快慢轴两个方向都接近单个发光单元光束质量。     

双光栅实现半导体激光阵列波长组束

在波长光束组合基础上,用一个光栅和一个准直透镜代替传输透镜,可以有效地减小单个发光单元光束质量的退化,明显地克服相邻发光单元的反馈串扰,实现了较窄线宽的光谱组束输出。采用标准的半导体激光阵列,连续输出激光功率44.8 W,电光转换效率最高38.9%,光谱线宽为4.1 nm。光束慢轴方向光束质量因子为11.7,快轴方向光束质量因子为1.37,快慢轴两个方向都接近单个发光单元光束质量。     

Dual-functional diffraction grating based on selective metal deposition of photochromic diarylethene

Dual-functional diffraction gratings, which show different diffractions in transmission and reflection, are proposed as an essential optical element. We utilize a flattening effect of photochromic diarylethene (DAE) in the low glass transition temperature state and selective metal deposition to prepare the gratings. The uncolored lines of the colored DAE layer on a grating substrate with grooves were formed by red-laser scanning, and Mg evaporation onto the substrate without a shadow mask enabled Mg-line formation at right angles to the grooves. After being stored at 27 °C for 500 min, the sample showed two-dimensional diffraction in reflection but one-dimensional diffraction in transmission, meaning that a dual-functional grating was achieved. This result shows great potential as a key element for various future optical devices and systems.     

The use of a diffraction grating as a beam expander in a dye laser cavity

The use of a diffraction grating as a dispersive one-dimensional beam expander with variable expansion ratio is described. The idea is applied to intracavity beam expansion in a dye laser cavity containing two gratings in a tandem configuration. By varying the beam expansion ratio up to 60 the laser linewidth may be reduced continously down to 0.1 cm^-1. Linewidth calculations based on single pass estimates are presented and found to agree with experimental results.     

Spectral narrowing and continuous tuning of a cw dye laser by grating beam-expansion

A resonator arrangement for a cw-dye laser with a holographic grating for spectral narrowing and spectral variation is described. The grating is used at the grazing incidence. With this simple design we have got linewidth smaller than 0.01 nm.     

多缝衍射的计算机模拟与演示

利用一个多缝衍射模型模拟光和微观粒子的干涉衍射现象。该模型可演示光的双干涉、ｎ缝衍射及色散现象;也可演示微观粒子的单、双缝衍射,物质波的概率特性及粒子从量行为到经典行为的过渡。     

Coupling efficiency in grating tuned carbon dioxide waveguide lasers

The coupling efficiency in typical CO₂ waveguide lasers when the feedback element is a diffraction grating is investigated theoretically. A scalar diffraction integral approach is adopted, and the laser is assumed to operate on its lowest loss waveguide mode.     

Design of a low pressure CW carbon dioxide laser

The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and the construction of a continuous wave CO₂ laser for single line operation. This laser operates in a single axial mode with a frequency stabilization, at the maximum of the power profile, of better than 100 KHz. The output power is in the 0.1–5 W range. A variable coupling experiment is also described. This was used to obtain the gain of the amplifying medium and the optimum coupling for the maximum output power.