Higher-order effects on self-similar parabolic pulse in the microstructured fibre amplifier

By considering higher-order effects, the properties of self-similar parabolic pulses propagating in the microstructured fibre amplifier with a normal group-velocity dispersion have been investigated. The numerical results indicate that the higher-order effects can badly distort self-similar parabolic pulse shape and optical spectrum, and at the same time the peak shift and oscillation appear, while the pulse still reveals highly linear chirp but grows into asymmetry. The influence of different higher-order effects on self-similar parabolic pulse propagation has been analysed. It shows that the self-steepening plays a more important role. We can manipulate the geometrical parameters of the microstructured fibre amplifier to gain a suitable dispersion and nonlinearity coefficient which will keep high-quality self-similar parabolic pulse propagation. These results are significant for the further study of self-similar parabolic pulse propagation.

Ported from Self-Similar Analytic Solutions of Ginzburg-Landau Equation with Varying Coefficients

Employing the technique of symmetry reduction of analytic method, we solve the Ginzburg-Landau equation with varying nonlinear, dispersion, gain coefficients, and gain dispersion which originates from the limiting effect of transition bandwidth in the realistic doped fibres. The parabolic asymptotic self-similar analytical solutions in gain medium of the normal GVD is found for the first time to our best knowledge. The evolution of pulse amplitude, strict linear phase chirp and effective temporal width are given with self-similarity results in longitudinal nonlinearity distribution and longitudinal gain fibre. These analytical solutions are in good agreement with the numerical simulations. Furthermore, we theoretically prove that pulse evolution has the characteristics of parabolic asymptotic self-similarity in doped ions dipole gain fibres.

超快光纤激光中的非线性脉冲放大技术(特邀)

高功率高能量飞秒光纤激光系统通常采用主振荡器加功率放大器结构。在放大飞秒脉冲时,非线性效应是制约脉冲能量的主要因素。基于传统啁啾脉冲放大技术的光纤激光系统虽然能够产生能量在1 mJ量级的飞秒脉冲,但是所产生的脉冲通常在200 fs以上,无法直接满足能量要求较低(1~100μJ范围之内)、脉冲宽度却更短(60 fs以下甚至更短)的应用需求。与啁啾脉冲放大技术通过展宽脉冲而减少非线性相移相反,非线性放大故意保持脉冲的宽度在皮秒量级从而积累大量的非线性相移,导致放大后脉冲的光谱展宽为输入光谱的数倍,经过传统光栅对压缩后能够产生60 fs以下的近变换极限脉冲。本文主要以掺镱光纤放大系统为例,重点介绍自相似抛物线脉冲放大、预啁啾管理放大、增益管理放大和非线性分脉冲放大四种非线性光纤放大技术的工作原理、发展现状以及未来趋势。将提出的预啁啾管理分脉冲放大与多路相干合成相结合,有望产生重复频率1 MHz、平均功率超过1 kW、脉冲能量1 mJ左右的亚50 fs脉冲。这种千瓦级高重复频率、高能量飞秒脉冲源在基础科学、激光加工等领域中具有潜在的应用。