利用全光纤耦合环实现三路光纤激光器的相位锁定

Phase locking of three fiber lasers using an all-fiber coupling loop

利用三个2×2的光纤耦合器按一定规则联接成一个全光纤耦合环,该耦合环将三个独立的掺铒光纤激光器连成一个锁相阵列.由于耦合环的引入,锁相阵列的整体损耗减小,且三个单元激光器之间可以进行有效的能量相互注入耦合,进而实现阵列的锁相输出.实验中观察到的远场干涉图样和锁相前后的输出光谱均表明三路光纤激光器实现了相位锁定,当三路抽运源的功率均为100 mW时,获得了92 mW的稳定相干输出.

An all-fiber coupling loop is constructed by three 2 × 2 fiber couplers according to certain rules, which connects three independent erbium-doped fiber lasers to form a coupled array. Thanks to the specially designed all-fiber coupling loop, the total loss of the phase locking array is reduced remarkably, and effective mutual injection coupling occurs between the component fiber lasers, so that the phase locking of the array is achieved. The far field interference patterns and output spectrum observed in experiment indicate that the array has achieved phase locking states. When the pump power of three component fiber lasers is 100 mW each, the phase locking array gives 94 mW stable coherent output.