新型高功率中红外光纤激光材料与超连续谱激光研究进展

制备出一种具有较好热稳定性和化学稳定性的氟碲酸盐玻璃光纤,并利用其作为非线性介质研制出光谱范围覆盖0.6～5.4μm的宽带超连续谱(SC)激光光源和平均功率约为20 W、光谱范围覆盖1～4μm的SC激光光源。主要对目前国内外高功率中红外SC激光光源的研究进展进行了总结,包括氟化物玻璃光纤和氟碲酸盐玻璃光纤的材料特点和以其作为非线性介质的SC激光光源,并对此类SC激光光源的进一步发展进行了展望。     

基于氟碲酸盐光纤的高功率中红外超连续光源(特邀)

高功率全光纤中红外超连续光源在基础科学研究、环境、医疗以及国防安全等领域有着重要应用。目前用于研制上述光源所用的非线性介质为氟化物玻璃光纤。但是氟化物玻璃光纤的损伤阈值低、化学稳性差,这在一定程度上影响了氟化物玻璃光纤在实用化高功率中红外光源研制中的应用。为了进一步提升中红外超连续光源的性能和研制实用化高功率中红外超连续光源,最近制备出了一种具有较好热稳定性和化学稳定性的氟碲酸盐玻璃（TeO2-BaF2-Y2O3,TBY）,并利用其作为基质材料,设计制备出了一系列氟碲酸盐玻璃光纤。利用这些光纤作为非线性介质,研制出了光谱范围覆盖1.4~4 m的高相干超连续光源,光谱范围覆盖0.4~5.14 m的宽带超连续光源和平均功率大于10 W、光谱范围覆盖947~3 934 nm的超连续光源。     

啁啾光纤布拉格光栅展宽器的设计与制作

为获得较大展宽量的光纤器件,在相位掩模版刻写技术的基础上设计并制作了两种啁啾光纤布拉格光栅(CFBG)展宽器。基于相位掩模版刻写技术的原理和CFBG的色散补偿理论,提出了两种展宽器的制作方法,并优化了刻写光路,获得了高反射率、大反射带宽的CFBG。通过拉力传感器控制CFBG的反射谐振波长,通过改进刻写方式制作了大色散量的CFBG级联展宽器和大反射带宽的CFBG串联展宽器。搭建了两种展宽器的测试光源,通过直接测量的方式得到CFBG级联展宽器所提供的展宽量约为345 ps,这与理论结果相符;通过正、反接的方式间接推算了CFBG串联展宽器所提供的展宽量约为278.7 ps,这小于理论结果。     

应用于2.1μm激光的Tm~(3+)/Ho~(3+)共掺氟碲酸盐微结构光纤研究

采用棒管法制备了低羟基含量的Tm~(3+)/Ho~(3+)共掺氟碲酸盐微结构光纤。当使用波长为1 560 nm的激光器泵浦Tm~(3+)/Ho~(3+)共掺光纤时,处于Tm~(3+)基态3H6的电子被激发至3F4能级,进一步通过Tm~(3+)和Ho~(3+)间的能量传递过程3F4→3H6(Tm~(3+)):5I8→5I7(Ho~(3+))(能量失配为745 cm-1)布居Ho~(3+)的5I7能级,5I7能级上的电子向5I8能级跃迁发射出2.1μm的光。使用1 560 nm光纤激光器作为泵浦源,18 cm长的Tm~(3+)/Ho~(3+)氟碲酸盐微结构光纤作为增益介质,获得了波长为2 063 nm的激光输出。所得激光的斜率效率为12.9%,激光阈值为163 m W,未饱和的最大输出功率为40 m W。研究结果表明,Tm~(3+)/Ho~(3+)共掺氟碲酸盐微结构光纤可用于制作2.1μm光纤激光器。     

Influence of optical nonlinearity on combining efficiency in ultrashort pulse fiber laser coherent combining system

The influence of optical nonlinearity on combining efficiency in ultrashort pulse fiber laser coherent combining system is investigated theoretically and experimentally. In the theoretical work, a new theoretical algorithm is presented for the coherent combining efficiency, which can be used to quantify the spectral coherence decay induced by optical nonlinearity imbalance between the sub-beams. The spectral information of the sub-beam is obtained by numerically solving the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) in this algorithm to ensure an accurate prediction. In the experimental work, the coherent combining of two all-fiber picosecond lasers is achieved, and the influence of imbalanced optical nonlinearity on the combining efficiency is studied, which agrees with the theoretical prediction. This paper reveals the physical mechanism for the influence of optical nonlinearity on the combining efficiency, which is valuable for the coherent combining of ultrashort pulse fiber laser beams.     

Tm3+/Ho3+共掺碲酸盐微结构光纤激光器

用棒管法拉制了Tm³⁺/Ho³⁺掺杂的碲酸盐微结构光纤,并获得了2 μm的激光输出。以1 560 nm的Er³⁺掺杂石英光纤激光器作为泵浦源,在22 cm长的微结构光纤中,得到了最大功率为8.34 mW、波长为2 065 nm的连续激光输出,泵浦光功率为507 mW,斜率效率为2.97%。研究结果表明,Tm³⁺/Ho³⁺共掺碲酸盐微结构光纤是一种用于研制2 μm激光器的理想材料。     

Tm~(3+)掺杂碲酸盐微结构光纤激光器

以1 560 nm的掺Er3+石英光纤激光器作为泵浦源,在Tm3+掺杂的碲酸盐微结构光纤中实现了2μm的激光输出。采用棒管法拉制出了纤芯由6个空气孔包围的微结构光纤,选取了2.8 cm的微结构光纤,研究了其激光性能,获得了9 mW波长为1 872 nm的激光输出,激光的斜效率为6.53%,激光阈值为200 mW。研究结果表明,所制备的Tm3+掺杂碲酸盐微结构光纤可用于制作紧凑型2μm光纤激光器。     

An All-Fiberized Chirped Pulse Amplification System Based on Chirped Fiber Bragg Grating Stretcher and Compressor

We report an all-fiberized chirped pulse amplification system without any bulk devices. The stretcher and compressor are chirped fiber Bragg gratings inscribed in a 6/125 μm single-mode fiber and a 30/250 μm largemode-area fiber. The fabrication system of chirped fiber Bragg gratings was designed and built by ourselves. The width of the linear exposure spot was controlled according to the different fiber sizes to improve the fabrication quality, and the parameters of chirped fiber Bragg gratings...     

The 266-nm ultraviolet-beam generation of all-fiberized super-large-mode-area narrow-linewidth nanosecond amplifier with tunable pulse width and repetition rate

We report on a compact, stable, all-fiberized narrow-linewidth (0.045 nm) pulsed laser source emitting laser beam with a wavelength of 266 nm, and tunable pulse width and repetition rate. The system is based on all-fiberized nanosecond amplifier architecture, which consists of Yb-doped fiber preamplifiers and a super-large-mode-area Yb-doped fiber power amplifier. The fiber amplifier with a core of 50 μ is used to raise the threshold of the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) effect and to obtain high output power and single pulse energy. Using lithium triborate (LBO) crystal and beta-barium borate (BBO) crystal for realizing the second-harmonic generation (SHG) and fourth-harmonic generation (FHG), we achieve 17 μJ (1.73 W) and 0.66 μJ (66 mW), respectively, at wavelengths of 532 nm and 266 nm and a repetition rate of 100 kHz with pulse width of 4 ns. This source has great potential applications in fluorescence research and solar-blind ultraviolet optical communication.