Nonlinear compression of picosecond chirped pulse from thin-disk amplifier system through a gas-filled hollow-core fiber

We theoretically study the nonlinear compression of a 20-rnJ, 1030-nm picosecond chirped pulse from the thin-disk amplifier in a krypton gas-filled hollow-core fiber. The chirp from the thin-disk amplifier system has little influence on the initial pulse, however, it shows an effect on the nonlinear compression in hollow-core fiber. We use a large diameter hollow waveguide to restrict undesirable nonlinear effects such as ionization; on the other hand, we employ suitable gas pressure and fiber length to promise enough spectral broadening; with 600-μm, 6-bar （1 bar = 105 Pa）, 1.8-m hollow fiber, we obtain 31.5-fs pulse. Moreover, we calculate and discuss the optimal fiber lengths and gas pressures with different initial durations induced by different grating compression angles for reaching a given bandwidth. These results are meaningful for a compression scheme from picoseconds to femtoseconds.

Picosecond pulses compression at 1053-nm center wavelength by using a gas-filled hollow-core fiber compressor

We theoretically study the nonlinear compression of picosecond pulses with 10-m J of input energy at the 1053-nm center wavelength by using a one-meter-long gas-filled hollow-core fiber（HCF） compressor and considering the third-order dispersion（TOD） effect. It is found that when the input pulse is about 1 ps/10 m J, it can be compressed down to less than20 fs with a high transmission efficiency. The gas for optimal compression is krypton gas which is filled in a HCF with a 400-μm inner diameter. When the input pulse duration is increased to 5 ps, it can also be compressed down to less than 100 fs efficiently under proper conditions. The results show that the TOD effect has little impact on picosecond pulse compression and the HCF compressor can be applied on compressing picosecond pulses efficiently with a high compression ratio, which will benefit the research of high-field laser physics.

Femtosecond parabolic pulse nonlinear compression with gas-filled hollow-core fiber

We study theoretically the spectral intensity evolutions of the femtosecond Gaussian and parabolic pulses with different initial pulse energies and compare the nonlinear compressions of these pulses based on a meter-long hollow-core fiber filled with neon for different initial pulse durations. The pulses are first coupled into gas-filled hollow-core fiber for spectrum broadening, then compressed by the optimal chirp compensation. The parabolic pulse possesses a shorter pulse duration, larger peak power, and cleaner wings than Gaussian pulse. The properties are useful for compressing the pulses and thus generating the high-energy, short-duration pulses.

Self-compression of 1.8-μm pulses in gas-filled hollow-core fibers

We numerically study the self-compression of the optical pulses centered at 1.8-μm in a hollow-core fiber （HCF） filled with argon. It is found that the pulse can be self-compressed to 2 optical cycles when the input pulse energy is 0.2-mJ and the gas pressure is 500-mbar （1 bar=10^5 Pa）. Inducing a proper positive chirp into the input pulse can lead to a shorter temporal duration after self-compression. These results will benefit the generation of energetic few-cycle mid-infrared pulses.

Optical Pulse Compression Based on High-doped Erbium Fiber Amplifier and Standard Single-mode Fiber

Proposed is a novel optical pulse compression technique based on high-doped erbium fiber amplifier and standard single-mode fiber(SMF). We used the amplifier with the erbium ion concentration of 6.3×10-3 to amplify a hyperbolic secant pulse from a regeneratively mode-locked fiber laser. The central wavelength, pulsewidth and peak power of the pulse are 1 550 nm, 12.5 ps and 3 mW, respectively. Then the amplified pulse with peak power level corresponding to a higher-order soliton is compressed when it propagates through a 3-km-long single-mode fiber. Studied are the compressed pulses under different pump powers and fiber lengths. The results show that it can get a narrower pulse, and solve the difficulty that pulses at low power can not be compressed directly in the fiber. And the construct is compact.

Energetic few-cycle pulse compression in gas-filled hollow core fiber with concentric phase mask

The compression of high-energy, linearly polarized pulses in a gas-filled hollow core fiber(HCF) by using a concentric phase mask is studied theoretically. Simulation results indicate that using a properly designed concentric phase mask, a40-fs input pulse centered at 800 nm with energy up to 10.0 mJ can be compressed to a full width at half maximum(FWHM) of less than 5 fs after propagating through a neon-filled HCF with a length of 1 m and diameter of 500 μm with a transmission efficiency of 67%, which is significantly higher than that without a concentric phase mask. Pulses with energy up to 20.0 mJ can also be efficiently compressed to less than 10 fs with the concentric phase mask. The higher efficiency due to the concentric phase mask can be attributed to the redistribution of the transverse intensity profile, which reduces the effect of ionization. The proposed method exhibits great potential for generating few-cycle laser pulse sources with high energy by the HCF compressor.

Generation of few-cycle radially-polarized infrared pulses in a gas-filled hollow-core fiber

We perform a numerical study for temporally compressing radially-polarized（RP） infrared pulses in a gas-filled hollow-core fiber（HCF）. The dynamic transmission and nonlinear compression of RP pulses centered at wavelengths of0.8 m, 1.8 m, 3.1 m, and 5.0 m in HCFs are simulated. By comparing the propagation of pulses with the same optical cycles and intensity, we find that under proper conditions these pulses can be compressed down to 2–3 cycles. In the transverse direction, the spatiotemporal beam profile ameliorates from 0.8-m to 1.8-m and 3.1-m pulses before the appearance of high-order dispersion. These results show an alternative method of scaling generation for delivering RP infrared pulses in gas-filled HCFs, which can obtain energetic few-cycle pulses, and will be beneficial for relevant researches in the infrared scope.

Generation of few-cycle laser pulses:Comparison between atomic and molecular gases in a hollow-core fiber

We numerically study the pulse compression approaches based on atomic or molecular gases in a hollow-core fiber.From the perspective of self-phase modulation（SPM）, we give the extensive study of the SPM influence on a probe pulse with molecular phase modulation（MPM） effect. By comparing the two compression methods, we summarize their advantages and drawbacks to obtain the few-cycle pulses with micro- or millijoule energies. It is also shown that the double pump-probe approach can be used as a tunable dual-color source by adjusting the time delay between pump and probe pulses to proper values.

Towards all-fiber structure pulsed mid-infrared laser by gas-filled hollow-core fibers

We report here on a diode-pumped pulsed mid-infrared laser source based on gas-filled hollow-core fibers(HCFs)towards an all-fiber structure by the tapering method. The pump laser is coupled into an acetylene-filled HCF through a tapered single-mode fiber. By precisely tuning the wavelength of the diode to match different absorption lines of acetylene near 1.5 μm, mid-infrared emission around 3.1–3.2 μm is generated. With 2 m HCFs and3 mbar acetylene gas, a maximum average power of 130 m W is obtained with a laser slope efficiency of ~24%.This work provides a potential scheme for all-fiber mid-infrared fiber gas lasers.

Optical pulse compression using a nonlinear optical loop mirror constructed from dispersion decreasing fiber

A novel scheme to compress optical pulses is proposed and demonstrated numerically, which is based on a nonlinear optical loop mirror constructed from dispersion decreasing fiber (DDF). We show that, in contrast to the conventional soliton-effect pulse compression in which compressed pulses are always accompanied by pedestals and frequency chirps owning to nonlinear effects, the proposed scheme can completely suppress pulse pedestals and frequency chirps. Unlike the adiabatic compression technique in which DDF length must increase exponentially with input pulsewidth, the proposed scheme does not require adiabatic condition and therefore can be used to compress long pulses by using reasonable fiber lengths. For input pulses with peak powers higher than a threshold value, the compressed pulses can propagate like fundamental solitons. Furthermore, the scheme is fairly insensitive to small variations in the loop length and is more robust to higher-order nonlinear effects and initial frequency chirps than the adiabatic compression technique.

Nonlinear Pulse Compression and Reshaping Using Cross-Phase Modulation in a Dispersion-Shifted Fiber

Nonlinear pulse compression has been demonstrated by cross-phase modulation in a dispersion-shifted fiber. The output is obtained from filtering of the broadened optical spectrum and a pulse width reduction from 61 to 28 ps is achieved.

基于色散调控氟碲酸盐玻璃光纤的O-U波段平坦光频梳产生

光学频率梳(简称光频梳)作为一种优秀的多波长光源在通信领域具有巨大的应用潜力。通过将光频梳光源与波分复用技术(WDM)、空分复用技术结合(SDM),通信系统可以具有百Tbit/s量级的传输速率,在5G/6G通信、物联网、自动驾驶等方面具有重要的应用价值。目前实现光频梳的方法主要有以下四种,分别为基于锁模激光器产生飞秒光频梳、基于光学微腔产生光频梳、基于电光调制器产生光频梳以及基于行波四波混频产生光频梳。它们各具特点,但均很难同时实现宽光谱、高信噪比、高平坦度、高的单梳齿功率以及梳齿频率间隔大范围可调,这在一定程度上影响了光频梳在光通信领域的应用。本文提出基于受激布里渊激光腔产生种子梳,采用腔外负色散光纤进行脉冲压缩,进一步利用色散调控的高非线性氟碲酸盐光纤进行扩谱,从而实现光频梳产生。数值计算结果表明,通过该系统,我们可以得到重复频率大范围可调、光谱覆盖整个O-U波段且在O-U波段梳齿强度标准差小于5 dB的平坦光频梳,证明了通过基于布里渊激光腔与色散调控高非线性氟碲酸盐光纤的光学系统产生可用于光通信的平坦光频梳的可行性。

Experimental study on generation of high energy few cycle pulses with hollow fiber filled with neon

25 fs pulses with energy up to 0.8 mJ from a multi-pass amplifier system have been spectrally broadened from 460 nm to 950 nm due to strong self-phase modulation(SPM) effect in a gas filled hollow fiber.Using a set of chirped mirrors,the ul-tra-broadband dispersion compensation was achieved,and the compressed pulses reached their transform limit.Under optimized conditions we achieved pulses with duration of 5.1 fs and with energy of 400 μJ,corresponding to the peak power up to 80 GW.

325 MHz and near transform-limited pulse output directly from an Er:fiber ring laser

A compact Er：fiber ring laser operated at a fundamental repetition rate of 325 MHz is reported. Two gain fibers with opposite dispersion are employed to shorten the fiber laser cavity for high repetition rate and soliton-like pulse generation without losing gain and compactness. The spectral bandwidth of the output pulse is 24 nm and the direct pulse duration is 123 fs without extra-cavity compression, which are values near the transform-Hmited range.

Noise-like pulse with a 690 fs pedestal generated from a nonlinear Yb-doped fiber amplification system

Noise-like pulses having a pedestal of 690 fs and a spike of 59.6 fs were generated in a nonlinear Yb-doped fiber amplification system. The seed source is a mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser by nonlinear polarization rotation,and dissipative soliton pulses were obtained in it. Then, the dissipative soliton pulses passed through a 7.6 m dispersive fiber to enhance the dispersion and nonlinearity. Further on, the dissipative soliton pulses were launched into a Yb-doped fiber nonlinear amplifier, and stable noise-like pulses with a pedestal of 6.26 ps and a spike of 227 fs were achieved. Finally, by a grating pair, the pedestal and spike of the noise-like pulses were effectively compressed to 690 fs and 59.6 fs, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the shortest pedestal demonstrated in noise-like pulses operating at 1 μm.

Sub-30 fs Yb-fiber laser source based on a hybrid cascaded nonlinear compression approach

Ultrafast lasers with high repetition rate,high energy,and ultrashort pulse duration have enabled numerous applications in science and technology.One efficient route to generate such pulses is postcompression of high-power Yb-doped lasers.Here,we report on the generation of 24.5 fs pulses with an output energy of 1.6μJ and a repetition rate of 500 kHz.The pulses are obtained by using a hybrid cascaded nonlinear compression of the pulses delivered by a Yb-based fiber chirped pulse amplification(CPA)system.In the first stage,the initial 390 fs laser pulses are compressed to 100.7 fs based on spectral broadening in three fused silica plates.In the second stage,the pulses have been shortened to sub-30 fs by means of nonlinear compression in a hollow-core fiber.Overall,we could achieve∼16 times temporal shortening with the proposed approach.The results show that our system can effectively generate few-cycle pulses at a relatively high repetition rate and high energy,which can benefit future possible applications.

Nonlinear chirped pulse amplification for a 100-W-class GHz femtosecond all-fiber laser system at 1.5μm

In this work,we present a high-power,high-repetition-rate,all-fiber femtosecond laser system operating at 1.5μm.This all-fiber laser system can deliver femtosecond pulses at a fundamental repetition rate of 10.6 GHz with an average output power of 106.4 W–the highest average power reported so far from an all-fiber femtosecond laser at 1.5μm,to the best of our knowledge.By utilizing the soliton-effect-based pulse compression effect with optimized pre-chirping dispersion,the amplified pulses are compressed to 239 fs in an all-fiber configuration.Empowered by such a high-power ultrafast fiber laser system,we further explore the nonlinear interaction among transverse modes LP01,LP11 and LP21 that are expected to potentially exist in fiber laser systems using large-mode-area fibers.The intermodal modulational instability is theoretically investigated and subsequently identified in our experiments.Such a high-power all-fiber ultrafast laser without bulky free-space optics is anticipated to be a promising laser source for applications that specifically require compact and robust operation.

高非线性光子晶体光纤中飞秒脉冲压缩(特邀)

采用全矢量有限元法和分步傅里叶法模拟计算了高非线性光子晶体光纤在近红外光谱区(特别是在850 nm)的飞秒脉冲孤子效应压缩,提出了一种新的反常群速度色散(β_2=-50.698 ps^2/km)、小高阶色散和高非线性(γ=268.419 1 W-1/km)二氧化硅芯光子晶体光纤结构,建立了包含高阶色散和拉曼散射的非线性薛定谔方程,研究了高斯脉冲在此光纤中传输时,光纤长度和孤子阶数对脉冲压缩的影响,分析了光纤中2～5阶色散,研究表明:孤子阶数为8时,品质因子和压缩因子均达到最大,初始脉冲的峰值功率P0=3 357.8 W,压缩效果最好;优化光纤几何和光学参数,可以得到了高品质因数、小底座的超短光脉冲。

玄武岩纤维混凝土的动态力学性能

采用Φ100 mm分离式霍普金森压杆（SHPB）试验装置研究了不同纤维体积掺量的玄武岩纤维混凝土在不同应变率下的冲击压缩力学性能,并对试验的有效性进行了分析。结果表明：玄武岩纤维混凝土的动态强度增长因子与平均应变率的对数近似呈线性关系,强度与变形能力随平均应变率的提高而线性增加,体现了很强的应变率相关性;纤维体积掺量为0.1%的玄武岩纤维混凝土较素混凝土的动态抗压强度提高了26%,变形能力提高了14%;纤维体积掺量分别为0.2%、0.3%的玄武岩纤维混凝土的动态抗压强度比素混凝土高出25%左右,而变形能力较素混凝土无明显优势;在玄武岩纤维混凝土的SHPB试验中,试件破坏时刻为123.3-239.45μs,近似恒应变率加载时间比例约为62%,且应变率曲线的波动范围控制在23%左右,能够较好地满足应力均匀分布及恒应变率加载要求,表明SHPB试验结果可靠。

被动谐波锁模掺Yb^(3+)光纤环形激光器

利用光纤的非线性偏振旋转效应产生可饱和吸收体的锁模机制,从掺Yb3+光纤环形激光器中得到稳定高阶谐波锁模光脉冲。理论分析了工作于正色散区的掺Yb3+光纤环形激光器的特性。实验中观测到了掺Yb3+光纤环形激光器3种不同演化方式产生高阶锁模光脉冲。4阶谐波锁模脉冲(107.2 MHz重复频率)经过1 m长高掺杂Yb3+光纤放大器放大后产生了平均功率100 mW,脉宽22.8 ps的脉冲,最后经过光栅压缩得到了平均输出功率20 mW,脉宽307 fs,脉冲中心波长1 051.2 nm,带宽13.76 nm的激光。