高功率光纤端帽实现6 kW激光输出

高功率光纤端帽是kW级光纤激光器必不可少的器件,而实现光纤端帽的低损耗高强度熔接是其关键技术。由于光纤和大尺寸光纤端帽在直径上的巨大差异,二者的熔接不能通过传统熔接机实现。设计并搭建了光纤端帽熔接系统,掌握了多种尺寸的光纤端帽的熔接工艺,成功用于光纤激光器及光纤合束器的高功率输出。实验上利用单模光端帽实现了3.01 kW的激光输出,在未进行主动制冷的情况下温升为7 ℃/kW。利用多模光纤端帽实现了6.08 kW的激光输出,在未进行主动制冷的情况下温升为6 ℃/kW。     

高能量全光纤2 μm掺铥脉冲光纤激光器

基于增益开关技术获得了稳定的高能量全光纤结构2 m脉冲光纤激光器,脉冲重复频率在10~50 kHz之间可调,输出激光中心波长为1958 nm,输出脉冲宽度随着泵浦功率的增加不断减小,其变化范围为1.2~1.7 s。采用两级掺铥光纤放大器对种子激光进行放大,当脉冲重复频率为10 kHz时,获得了5.18 W的输出平均功率,输出脉冲宽度为1.6 s,单脉冲能量为0.518 mJ。     

光子晶体光纤模场直径增加方法

通过加热光子晶体光纤,其包层中空气孔由于表面张力的作用而塌缩减小。理论和实验结果表明,空气孔的塌缩在满足波导的渐变条件下,引入的能量损耗非常小。空气孔的塌缩减小,可以有效地增加光子晶体光纤的模场直径,从而不仅可以提高光耦合的效率和光纤端面的损伤阈值,而且可以降低与其它模场直径不匹配的普通光纤的熔接损耗。     

长脉冲抽运光子晶体光纤四波混频和超连续谱的理论研究

本文数值研究了长脉冲抽运光子晶体光纤四波混频和超连续谱的产生.依据准连续波近似下的相位匹配条件和能量守恒定律,能够理论上确定在光子晶体光纤正常色散区抽运时,四波混频效应产生的信号光和空闲光波长;以及在光纤反常色散区抽运时,调制不稳现象产生的两个对称旁瓣波长.利用自适应分步傅里叶法,定量地模拟了利用波长为1064 nm的亚纳秒激光器抽运两种不同色散特性的光子晶体光纤四波混频效应和超连续谱的产生,模拟结果与实验结果符合非常好. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 超连续谱 四波混频 自适应分步傅里叶法     

双波长抽运拉锥光子晶体光纤产生超连续谱研究

利用1064 nm抽运光在总长度为1 m的光子晶体光纤(PCF)的前半段(77 cm)通过四波混频产生747 nm短波信号光,并对光纤的后半段进行拉锥处理,拉锥光纤具有707 nm和1177 nm两个零色散点(ZDW).利用1064 nm抽运光和产生的747 nm信号光共同在两个零色散点之间的反常色散区抽运拉锥光子晶体...     

Different supercontinuum generation processes in photonic crystal fibers pumped with a 1064-nm picosecond pulse

Picosecond pulse pumped supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber is investigated by performing a series of comparative experiments. The main purpose is to investigate the supercontinuum generation processes excited by a given pump source through the experimental study of some specific fibers. A 20-W all-fiber picosecond master oscillator-power amplifier （MOPA） laser is used to pump three different kinds of photonic crystal fibers for supercontinuum generation. Three diverse supercontinuum formation processes are observed to correspond to photonie crystal fibers with distinct dis- persion properties. The experimental results are consistent with the relevant theoretical results. Based on the above analyses, a watt-level broadband white light supercontinuum source spanning from 500 nm to beyond 1700 nm is demonstrated by using a picosecond fiber laser in combination with the matched photonic crystal fiber. The limitation of the group velocity matching curve of the photonic crystal fiber is also discussed in the paper.     

Effect of initial chirp on near-infrared supercontinuum generation by a nanosecond pulse in a nonlinear fiber amplifier

Theoretical and experimental research on the effect of initial chirp on near-infrared supercontinuum generation by a nanosecond pulse in a nonlinear fiber amplifier is carded out. The complex Ginzburg-Landau equation is used to simulate the propagation of the pulse in the fiber amplifier and the results show that pulses with negative initial chirp produce the widest supercontinuum and pulses with positive initial chirp produce the narrowest supercontinuum when the central wavelength of the pump lies in the normal dispersion region of the gain fiber. A self-made line width narrowing system is utilized to control the initial chirp of the nanosecond pump pulse and a four-stage master oscillator power amplifier configuration is adopted to produce a high power near-infrared suppercontinuum. The experimental results are in good agreement with simulations which can provide some guidance on further optimization of the system in future work.     

双纵模窄线宽光纤拉曼放大器

 报道了一台实现了双纵模窄线宽激光输出的光纤拉曼放大器。利用中心波长1 079.7 nm的双纵模窄线宽种子激光器获得了频率间隔1.4 GHz、功率比约3∶1的双纵模输出,各纵模的线宽约为10 MHz;再利用1 031 nm泵浦光对双纵模种子光进行拉曼放大,实现了1.07 W双纵模激光输出。拉曼放大过程中,两个纵模的线宽、频率间隔及功率比保持得很好。     

偏差与斯特列耳比的极限曲线

通过建立离散波面像差函数与斯特列耳比的最优化问题数学模型,分析了二者的关系,利用最优化方法数值求解得到波面像差峰谷值与斯特列耳比最小值以及波面像差均方根值与斯特列耳比最小值的极限曲线。