1 中国科学院半导体研究所光电子器件国家工程研究中心,北京 100083
2 中国科学院大学材料科学与光电技术学院,北京 100049
半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)作为超快激光技术中最常用的被动锁模器件,由于可自启动、插入损耗小、集成度高和设计灵活等优点,具有广泛的应用范围和极佳的商业前景。本文主要介绍SESAM的锁模原理和发展现状,对目前SESAM的外延结构、生长方式和参数性能进行总结归纳,详尽描述其在固体激光器、半导体激光器和光纤激光器的锁模最新进展,并指出各类锁模激光器的性能特点和未来发展方向。
半导体可饱和吸收镜 被动锁模 激光器 超快激光 激光与光电子学进展
2024, 61(9): 0900008
1 北京空间机电研究所,北京 100094
2 首都师范大学数学科学学院,北京 150001
3 兰州大学物理科学与技术学院,甘肃 兰州 730000
Overview: In order to achieve the measurement of gravitational wave signals in the millihertz frequency band, the space-based gravitational wave detection projects such as LISA, TianQin, and Taiji projects, which are based on laser interference systems, require the hardware noise floor of the interferometers to be lower than the interstellar weak light shot noise limit. This imposes stringent engineering specifications on the optical-mechanical design and the corresponding interferometer payload. This paper approaches the issue from the perspective of detection mode selection and derives the expressions of readout noise and stray light noise in the interference signal under the single detector mode and the balanced mode. Furthermore, a detailed discussion is provided on the weak-light interference process of the scientific interferometer. The results demonstrate that the balanced mode is capable of suppressing the interference phase noise caused by laser power fluctuations and backscattered stray light across multiple orders of magnitude. However, the suppression capability is constrained by the unequal splitting property of the beam combiner. To address this, a relative gain factor is introduced to compensate for the unequal splitting property of the beam combiner. Further analysis reveals that electronic gain compensation can only eliminate the impact of unequal splitting on one of the two noises rather than both simultaneously. Therefore, a balance must be struck in selecting gain compensation between the suppression of laser power fluctuation noise and stray light noise. Even with this consideration, the balanced mode still offers significant noise suppression capabilities at a magnitude difference, thus potentially reducing the engineering requirements for laser power fluctuations and telescope backscattered stray light.
引力波探测 平衡探测模式 读出噪声 杂散光分析 gravitational wave observation balanced detection mode read out noise straylight analysis
Author Affiliations
Abstract
National Key Laboratory of Microwave Photonics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
An approach for frequency division of an optical pulse train (OPT) based on an optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. When the OPT is injected into the OEO, a microwave signal with a frequency equaling fractional multiples of the repetition rate of the OPT is generated. This signal is then fed back to the OEO, maintaining its oscillation, while simultaneously serving as the control signal of a Mach–Zehnder modulator (MZM) in the OEO. The MZM acts as an optical switch, permitting specific pulses to pass through while blocking others. As a result, the repetition rate of the OPT is manipulated. A proof-of-concept experiment is carried out. Frequency division factors of 2 and 3 are successfully achieved. The phase noises of the OPT before and after the frequency division are investigated. Compared to previously reported systems, no external microwave source and sophisticated synchronization structure are needed.
frequency division optoelectronic oscillator mode-locked laser microwave photonics Chinese Optics Letters
2024, 22(4): 043902
强激光与粒子束
2024, 36(4): 043020
强激光与粒子束
2024, 36(4): 043023
强激光与粒子束
2024, 36(4): 043013
激光弯曲成形技术常用的激光类型是点激光,在温度梯度机理的作用下单次成形角度有上限,在3°左右。为了增大点激光单次成形角度,提高成形效率,本文以不锈钢304板为对象,通过试验对比探索了将圆振荡模式应用于激光弯曲成形中以提高弯曲角方法的可行性;并且借助于三维视觉传感器测量板件在圆振荡激光束弯曲成形过程中的动态响应,从余热效应、吸收率等角度分析其弯曲成形机理。对比试验结果显示,在激光能量密度较高的情况下,圆振荡模式确实可以明显提高工件的弯曲角,增长率在60%左右。同时,三维视觉传感器的测量结果显示出了板件在成形过程中的复杂形变与角度变化过程:板件在长度与宽度方向上均产生了塑性变形,长宽形变比约为10∶1;单次扫描成形板件弯曲角增长过程呈现不同的增长曲线;多次扫描成形弯曲角分布不均衡。此外,板件厚度也逐渐增加,热影响区微观晶粒得到细化。为进一步理解圆振荡激光束弯曲成形过程与机理提供了试验支撑。
激光弯曲成形 圆振荡激光束 不锈钢304 变形机理 laser bending circular oscillation mode SS304 bending mechanism
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
2 Nanhu Laser Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
3 Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High Energy Laser Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
A low-numerical-aperture (NA) concept enables large-mode-area fiber with better single-mode operation ability, which is beneficial for transverse mode instability and nonlinear effects suppression. In this contribution, we reported a high-power fiber amplifier based on a piece of self-developed large-mode-area low-NA fiber with a core NA of 0.049 and a core/inner cladding diameter of 25/400 µm. The influence of the pump wavelength and fiber length on the power scaling potential of the fiber amplifier is systematically investigated. As a result, an output of 4.80 kW and a beam quality factor of ∼1.33 were finally obtained, which is the highest output power ever reported in a fiber amplifier exploiting the low-NA fiber. The results reveal that low-NA fibers have superiority in power scaling and beam quality maintenance at high power levels.
high power fiber lasers ytterbium-doped fiber low-numerical-aperture fiber mode instability Chinese Optics Letters
2024, 22(4): 041404
1 中国科学院半导体研究所光电子器件国家工程研究中心,北京 100083
2 中国科学院大学材料科学与光电技术学院,北京 100049
采用非对称大光腔外延结构设计制备出976 nm InGaAs/GaAsP应变补偿量子阱脊形半导体激光器,通过对外延结构的设计优化,以实现器件低远场发散角、低功耗的基横模稳定输出。所制备基横模脊形半导体激光器的脊宽为5 μm、腔长为1500 μm,在25 ℃测试温度下,可获得422 mW最大连续输出功率,峰值波长为973.3 nm,光谱线宽(FWHM)为1.4 nm。当注入电流为500 mA时,垂直和水平远场发散角(FWHM)分别为24.15°和3.90°。在15~35 ℃测试温度范围内对脊形半导体激光器的水平远场发散角进行测试分析,发现随着测试温度的升高,器件远场分布变化较小,水平远场发散角基本维持在3.9°左右。
激光器 976 nm半导体激光器 基横模脊形波导 低远场发散角 非对称大光腔结构
提出一种基于三芯结构空芯反谐振光纤的太赫兹耦合器。采用有限元分析法对太赫兹光纤的模式特性进行分析,并基于耦合理论得到其耦合特性曲线。仿真结果表明,三芯结构模式具有比单芯结构更低的传输损耗,其耦合长度可通过改变纤芯间隔和隔离包层管的间隙进行调节。采用长度为223.2 mm的三芯结构空芯光纤可以实现插入损耗小于3.5 dB、带宽达到0.52 THz的宽带、均匀分束。
光学器件 空芯太赫兹光纤 反谐振 模式耦合 损耗特性 带宽分析