双光梳光谱学研究进展

双光梳光谱仪具有超高光谱分辨率、超快采样时间的特性,是研究分子吸收光谱的有力工具。文章介绍了双光梳光谱仪的基本原理以及它与传统傅里叶光谱仪的区别,叙述了几种典型的双光梳光谱仪构成及其用于测量分子吸收光谱的实验结果,并对双光梳光谱学做了详细说明。随着中红外光梳和中红外探测器技术的进一步发展,双光梳光谱学将会在大气污染监测、呼吸气体检测等重要的国计民生领域得到越来越广泛的应用。     

Monolithic CEO-stabilization scheme-based frequency comb from an octave-spanning laser

We demonstrate a carrier-envelope phase-stabilized octave-spanning oscillator based on the monolithic scheme. A wide output spectrum extending from 480 nm to 1050 nm was generated directly from an all-chirped mirror Ti:sapphire laser. After several improvements, the carrier-envelope offset(CEO) beat frequency accessed nearly 60 d B under a resolution of 100 k Hz. Using a feedback system with 50-k Hz bandwidth, we compressed the residual phase noise to 55 mrad(integrated from 1 Hz to 1 MHz) for the stabilized CEO, corresponding to 23-as timing jitter at the central wavelength of790 nm. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the smallest timing jitter achieved among the existing octave-spanning laser based frequency combs.     

Frequency doubled femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser with an assisted enhancement cavity

We report an enhancement cavity for femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser at the repetition rate of 170 MHz. An enhancement factor of 24 is obtained when the injecting pulses have an average power of 1 W and a pulse duration of 80 fs. By placing a BBO crystal at the focus of the cavity, we obtain a 392-m W intracavity doubled-frequency laser, corresponding to a conversion efficiency of 43%. The output power has a long-term stability with a root mean square(RMS) of 0.036%.     

基于光子晶体光纤和拉锥式单模光纤的超连续光谱产生的实验研究

本文使用重复频率为250 MHz、脉冲宽度为135 fs、最大功率为2.2 W的锁模掺镱光纤激光作为种子源,利用光子晶体光纤和自制的拉锥式单模光纤两种高非线性光纤研究了超连续光谱的产生特性,通过对比两种光纤的结构、色散等特性,分析了拉曼孤子、色散波及其他非线性效应对产生的超连续谱形状的影响,并均得到了大于一个倍频程的超连续光谱,特别是拉锥式单模光纤产生的超连续光谱,耦合效率达到60%,这为众多研究领域,尤其是光学频率梳的建立提供了实用的超连续光源.     

Frequency-stabilized Yb:fiber comb with a tapered single-mode fiber

We demonstrate a stable Yb:fiber frequency comb with supercontinuum generation by using a specially designed tapered single-mode fiber, in which a spectrum spanning from 500 nm to 1500 nm is produced. The carrier-envelope offset signal of the Yb:fiber comb is measured with a signal-to-noise ratio of more than 40 dB and a linewidth narrower than120 k Hz. The repetition rate and carrier-envelope offset signals are simultaneously phase locked to a microwave reference frequency.