光学学报, 2014, 34 (8): 0814004, 网络出版: 2014-06-30
单程高增益1.9 μm光纤气体拉曼激光器 下载: 623次
Single-Pass High-Gain 1.9 μm Optical Fiber Gas Raman Laser
激光器 光纤激光器 气体分子激光器 受激拉曼散射 拉曼阈值 lasers fiber lasers molecular gas lasers stimulated Raman scattering Raman threshold
摘要
报道了基于空心光子晶体光纤中氢气分子振动受激拉曼散射(SRS)的单程高增益1.9 μm光纤气体激光器。用一个线偏振1064 nm 亚纳秒脉冲微芯激光器抽运一段长6.5 m、充高压氢气的低损耗负曲率空心光纤,实现了到氢气分子一级振动斯托克斯波1907 nm的有效转换。气压为2.3 MPa时最大能量转换效率大于27%,相应的量子转换效率大于48%,激光平均功率约为10 mW,峰值功率大于2000 W。为实现高功率、窄线宽、大范围调谐的紧凑型中红外光纤激光器提供了一条潜在的有效途径。
Abstract
A single-pass high-gain 1.9 μm fiber gas laser, based on vibrational stimulated Raman scattering in a hydrogen-filled hollow core photonic crystal fiber, is reported. Efficient conversion to the first-order vibrational Stokes wave of 1907 nm is obtained in a low loss negative curvature hollow core fiber with a length of 6.5 m, which is filled with high pressure hydrogen pumped with a linearly polarized 1064 nm microchip pulse laser. The maximum power conversion efficiency, which is more than 27% at 2.3 MPa hydrogen pressure, and a quantum conversion efficiency of 48% are achieved. The maximum laser average power is about 10 mW,and the maximum peak power is more than 2000 W. It provides a potentially effective method to obtain broadly tunable mid-IR fiber lasers of high power and narrow linewidth.
王泽锋, 于飞, William J Wadsworth, Jonathan C Knight. 单程高增益1.9 μm光纤气体拉曼激光器[J]. 光学学报, 2014, 34(8): 0814004. Wang Zefeng, Yu Fei, William J Wadsworth, Jonathan C Knight. Single-Pass High-Gain 1.9 μm Optical Fiber Gas Raman Laser[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2014, 34(8): 0814004.