激光与光电子学进展
2023, 60(15): 1500002
激光与光电子学进展
2023, 60(15): 1500001
红外与激光工程
2023, 52(6): 20230131

Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Center for Advanced Laser Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China
2 Hebei Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Technology and Equipment, Tianjin, China
3 MQ Photonics Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
This study analyzes the linewidth narrowing characteristics of free-space-running Brillouin lasers and investigates the approaches to achieve linewidth compression and power enhancement simultaneously. The results show that the Stokes linewidth behavior in a free-space-running Brillouin laser cavity is determined by the phase diffusion of the pump and the technical noise of the system. Experimentally, a Stokes light output with a power of 22.5 W and a linewidth of 3.2 kHz was obtained at a coupling mirror reflectivity of 96%, which is nearly 2.5 times compressed compared with the linewidth of the pump (7.36 kHz). In addition, the theorical analysis shows that at a pump power of 60 W and a coupling mirror reflectivity of 96%, a Stokes output with a linewidth of 1.6 kHz and up to 80% optical conversion efficiency can be achieved by reducing the insertion loss of the intracavity. This study provides a promising technical route to achieve high-power ultra-narrow linewidth special wavelength laser radiations.
high power narrow linewidth single-frequency laser stimulated Brillouin scattering High Power Laser Science and Engineering
2023, 11(4): 04000e47
1 北京交通大学 电子信息工程学院,北京00044
2 河北大学 物理科学与技术学院 光信息技术创新中心,河北保定07100
提出了一种基于3×3耦合器的非平衡迈克尔逊干涉仪和相位信号解调的激光器线宽测量系统,基于相位信号解调的微分交叉相乘算法,可对所采信号进行高速实时处理,快速给出待测激光器的频率噪声信息和线宽值。该系统光路结构简单,无须主动控制,测量结果重复性高。考虑采样信号是否同时包含源信号的最大值和最小值这一重要问题,在仿真和实验两种情况下着重讨论了对源信号进行采样窗口为0.5,0.4,0.1,0.05和0.01 s的采样对所测试激光器频率噪声功率谱密度的影响。仿真和实验均表明,使用采样窗口为0.1,0.05和0.01 s未同时包含源信号的最大值和最小值的采样信号计算获得的激光频率噪声功率谱密度幅值偏高。进一步使用β-分割线法对1.5 μm波段商用激光器和实验室自制的2 μm波段激光器进行线宽测量验证,结果表明,使用同时包含源信号最大值和最小值的采样信号处理得到1.5 μm波段商用激光器的线宽值在测量时间为2 ms时为5 kHz,同时本结论可拓展至全波段适用。
单频窄线宽激光器 线宽测量 频率噪声 相位信号解调 single-frequency narrow linewidth laser line width measurement frequency noise phase signal demodulation

Author Affiliations
Abstract
Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Education Ministry of China), Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Ultra-high spectral purity lasers are of considerable research interests in numerous fields such as coherent optical communication, microwave photonics, distributed optical fiber sensing, gravitational wave detection, optical clock, and so on. Herein, to deeply purify laser spectrum with compact size under normal condition, we propose a novel and practical idea to effectively suppress the spontaneous radiation of the laser cavity through weak external distributed perturbation. Subsequently, a laser configuration consisting of a main lasing cavity and an external distributed feedback cavity is proposed. The feedback signal with continuous spatio-temporal phase transition controlled by a distributed feedback structure is injected into the main cavity, which can deeply suppress the coupling rate from the spontaneous radiation to the stimulated emission and extremely purify the laser spectrum. Eventually, an ultra-narrow linewidth on-chip laser system with a side mode suppression ratio greater than 80 dB, an output linewidth of 10 Hz, and a relative intensity noise less than -150 dB/Hz is successfully obtained under normal conditions. The proposed concept in this work provides a new perspective for extreme regulation of laser parameters by using weak external distributed perturbation, which can be valid for various gain-type lasers with wide wavelength bands.
high-coherence weak external distributed perturbation narrow linewidth laser Opto-Electronic Advances
2023, 6(2): 210149
中国激光
2023, 50(10): 1001004
华中光电技术研究所-武汉光电国家研究中心, 湖北 武汉 430233
窄线宽激光具备极高的频谱密度、极低的相对强度噪声和相位噪声以及超长的相干长度, 在诸多领域发挥重要应用。首先介绍了窄线宽激光器压缩线宽的基本理论和设计思路, 随后介绍了四类当前最具代表性的外腔窄线宽半导体激光器, 分析了其各自基本结构、关键技术、性能特点以及国内外发展现状, 最后总结了几类外腔窄线宽半导体激光器的应用推广潜力, 并展望了窄线宽激光器的发展前景。
窄线宽 半导体激光 外腔 单频激光 光反馈 narrow-linewidth semiconductor laser external cavity single frequency laser optical feedback

Author Affiliations
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1 College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
2 Nanhu Laser Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
3 State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology, Changsha, China
We report here the first hundred-watt continuous wave fiber gas laser in H2-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) by stimulated Raman scattering. The pump source is a homemade narrow-linewidth fiber oscillator with a 3 dB linewidth of 0.15 nm at the maximum output power of 380 W. To efficiently and stably couple several-hundred-watt pump power into the hollow core and seal the gas, a hollow-core fiber end-cap is fabricated and used at the input end. A maximum power of 110 W at 1153 nm is obtained in a 5 m long hollow-core PCF filled with 36 bar H2, and the conversion efficiency of the first Stokes power is around 48.9%. This work paves the way for high-power fiber gas Raman lasers.
fiber gas laser narrow linewidth Raman scattering High Power Laser Science and Engineering
2023, 11(1): 01000e10