Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA)-Fiber Ring Laser and Its Application to Stress Sensing

We have developed a novel optical fiber ring laser using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) as the gain medium, and taking advantage of polarization anisotropy of its gain. The frequency difference of the bi-directional laser is controlled by birefringence which is introduced in the ring laser cavity. The beat frequency generated by combining two counter-propagating oscillations is proportional to the birefringence, the fiber ring laser of the present study is, therefore, applicable to the fiber sensor. The sensing signal is obtained in a frequency domain with the material which causes the retardation change by a physical phenomenon to be measured. For the application to stress sensing, the present laser was investigated with a photoelastic material.

Experimental investigation on chaos generation in erbium-doped fiber single-ring lasers

In this paper,the chaotic behaviors in an erbium-doped fiber（EDF） single-ring laser（EDFSRL） are investigated experimentally by using the loss modulation method.An electro-optic modulator（EOM） made of LiNbO 3 crystal is added to the system.Thus,by changing the modulation voltage and the modulation frequency of the EOM,the freedom of the EDFSRL system is increased.The chaotic characteristics of the system are studied by observing the time series and the power spectra.The experimental results indicate that the erbium-doped fiber single-ring laser system can enter into chaos states through period-doubling bifurcation and intermittency routes.

Using Brillouin fiber-optic ring laser to provide base station with uplink optical carrier in a 10 GHz radio over fiber system

In this paper, a 10 GHz radio over fiber system is analyzed. The Brillouin fiber-optic ring laser is used in the center station （CS） to suppress the optical carrier for the modulation depth enhancement. Simultaneously, the Stockes wave induced by the Brillouin amplification injects and locks the Fabry-Perot （FP） laser to output a signal-mode optical source, which works as the uplink optical carrier.

Fiber Grating Ring Laser in All Optical Communication System

Erbium fiber grating ring laser (EFRL) witn an integrated travelling wave and low polarization mode noise is reported. Through modulated experiment of a successful 2.488 Gb/s RZ data, it is shown that the EFRL is a promising alternative to DFB lasers for high-speed transmission applications.

基于SOA光纤环形激光器的分布式声传感系统

为了降低传统分布式声学传感器(DAS)系统复杂度并提高信噪比(SNR),提出了一种基于半导体光放大器的光纤环形激光器(SOA-FRL)的DAS系统。该系统用SOA-FRL取代了传统的DAS系统中的窄线宽激光器和脉冲调制器,实现了高稳定的光脉冲输出;采用双脉冲外差探测方法,实现了精确的声信号探测和声源定位。实验结果表明:在频率为1 kHz、幅值为1.14 rad的声信号作用下,所提系统的解调SNR高达38.25 dB,空间分辨率为12 m。

多波长与横模可切换掺镱光纤激光器的研究

设计并制备了一种具有环形掺镱纤芯的光纤波导结构,并提出了一种基于该环芯掺镱光纤和少模光纤布拉格光栅的多波长与横模可切换光纤激光器。在这种光纤激光器中,只需简单调整腔内的偏振控制器,就可以实现单波长和双波长的激光稳定振荡。当激光器在单波长下工作时,可以切换两种横模输出,包括LP01模和LP11模,两种模式都获得了小于0.08 nm的3 dB窄线宽和大于45 dB的高边模抑制比,中心波长和光强的波动分别为±0.01 nm和±1 dB。试验表明:该环芯掺镱光纤有助于LP11模获得的增益高于LP01模,LP01模式激光的斜率效率为34.34%,而LP11模式激光的斜率效率高达49.09%。该光纤激光器可以在模分复用系统和激光加工等领域发挥重要的作用。

基于激光拍频的高温传感技术研究

为实现强电磁及其他特殊高温环境的直接温度测量,提出并演示了一种新颖、简单、低成本的光纤高温温度检测系统,该系统利用法布里—珀罗激光二极管(FP-LD)的强反馈来实时检测反射光纤的温度。传感系统由通信用激光光源——FP-LD、光纤环镜Sagnac和光电探测器(PD)组成。利用该系统实现了温度变化范围为105~1025℃的高温温度传感。实验结果表明,在光纤软化温度内其强反馈拍频信号(BFS)的频率偏移与温度变化呈线性关系,可广泛应用于冶金、航空航天等领域的高温检测。

基于偏振动力学的全光储备池计算系统

在半导体光放大器光纤环形激光器的基础上,提出一种基于偏振动力学的全光储备池计算系统.实验分析了该激光器的偏振动力学状态响应的影响因素,且结合储备池基本属性确定了系统参数的选取范围.通过处理Santa Fe时间序列预测任务和多波形识别任务来评估该储备池计算系统的网络性能.在合适的系统参数下,仅用30个虚节点,时间序列预测任务的归一化均方误差可低至0.0058,识别任务的识别率可高达100%.实验结果表明,该偏振动力学储备池计算系统具有良好的预测性能和分类能力,且与已有的基于该环形激光器的强度动力学储备池计算系统的性能相当.该工作为光储备池计算神经网络的研究提供了新的思路.当其偏振动力学和强度动力学一起使用时,该系统有望实现两个任务的并行处理.

Figure-9腔锁模全保偏掺铒光纤飞秒激光器

针对特殊应用领域对高可靠性、轻量化、输出功率大于100 mW、重频大于50 MHz的飞秒激光器的需求,设计了一种Figure-9腔锁模全保偏掺铒光纤飞秒激光器,通过在腔锁模振荡器中引入π/2相移偏置,降低了振荡器的自启动锁模阈值。实验结果表明:当泵浦功率为130 mW时,振荡器可获得平均功率为12 mW、重频为85.89 MHz、脉冲宽度为249 fs的稳定锁模脉冲序列输出;采用一级正色后向泵浦散掺铒增益光纤放大器进行放大后,最终可获得平均功率为113 mW、脉冲宽度为107 fs的飞秒脉冲序列输出。

基于无源双环复合子腔滤波器的可调谐单纵模掺铥光纤激光器

提出并实现了一种基于均匀光纤布拉格光栅(Uniform fiber Bragg grating,UFBG)和双环复合子腔滤波器的可调谐单纵模掺铥光纤激光器。3 dB带宽为0.18 nm的UFBG作为波长选择器件,与可进行模式选择的双环复合子腔滤波器相结合,实现了单纵模激光输出。测得激光器的输出波长为2048.69 nm,光信噪比为71.82 dB。60 min内的最大波长和功率波动分别为0.03 nm和0.76 dB。此外,激光器的相对强度噪声在>0.5 MHz时,低于-127.81 dB/Hz;采用基于3×3耦合器的非平衡迈克尔逊干涉仪装置测得0.001 s时激光线宽为7.7196 kHz。通过调整微位移平台改变作用在均匀光栅上的应力,单纵模激光实现了5.1 nm范围可调谐输出。

Multi-wavelength fiber ring laser based on a chirped moiré fiber grating and a semiconductor optical amplifier

A simple and cost-effective multi-wavelength fiber ring laser based on a chirped Moire fiber grating （CMFG） and a semiconductor optical amplifier （SOA） is proposed. Stable triple-wavelength lasing oscillations at room temperature are experimentally demonstrated. The measured optical signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） reaches the highest value of 50 dB and the power fluctuation of each wavelength is less than 0.2 dB within a 1-h period. To serve as a wavelength selective element, the CMFG possesses excellent comb-like filtering characteristics including stable wavelength interval and ultra-narrow passband, and its fabrication method is easy and flexible. The lasing oscillation shows a narrower bandwidth than SOA-based multi-wavelength fiber lasers utilizing some other kinds of wavelength selective components. Methods to optimize the laser performance are also discussed.

Compact 517 MHz soliton mode-locked Er-doped fiber ring laser

We report on a compact passive mode-locked Er:fiber ring laser operated at the fundamental repetition rate of 517 MHz, which we believe is the highest fundamental repetition rate ever reported in a ring cavity fiber laser.The key technique is the employment of two innovative high-power wavelength domain multiplexer collimators with all gain fiber cavity suited for the high power(up to 2 W) pumping. The laser is featured with a direct chirpfree output pulse, which is 97 fs without extracavity compression at an average output power of 90 mW.

A high-efficiency Brillouin fiber ring laser

A high-efficiency Brillouin fiber ring laser is demonstrated using the standard single-mode fiber. The laser exhibits a 3.6-mW threshold. The output power is 22 mW with 40-mW pump power, and the maximum optical-to-optical efficiency is 5570. The output is single wavelength with a 3-dB linewidth of 5 MHz, and the interval of center frequency between the laser and the pump light is 11 GHz （0.088 nm）. It is shown that the stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold of ring resonator is lower and the energy transfer efficiency is higher than those in fiber.

Switchable dual-wavelength fiber ring laser featuring twin-core photonic crystal fiber-based filter

A simple configuration for the generation of a switchable dual-wavelength fiber ring laser is presented.The proposed configuration employs a short twin-core photonic crystal fiber acting as a Mach–Zehnder interferometer at room temperature.A polarization controller is further utilized to enable switchable dualwavelength operation.

Harmonic dissipative soliton resonance pulses in a fiber ring laser at different values of anomalous dispersion

The pulse dynamics of harmonic mode-locking in a dissipative soliton resonance(DSR) region in an erbiumdoped fiber ring laser is investigated at different values of anomalous dispersion. The fiber laser is mode-locked by a nonlinear polarization rotation technique. By inserting 0–200 m anomalous dispersion single-mode fiber in the laser cavity, the cavity length is changed from 17.3 to 217.3 m, and the corresponding dispersion of the cavity ranges from -0.27 to-4.67 ps^2. The observed results show that the tuning range of repetition rate under a harmonic DSR condition is highly influenced by the cavity dispersion. Furthermore, it is found that, by automatically adjusting their harmonic orders, the lasers can work at certain values of repetition rate, which are independent of the cavity length and dispersion. The pulses at the same repetition rate in different laser configurations have similar properties, demonstrating that each achievable repetition rate represents an operation regime of harmonic DSR lasers.

Ring microfiber coupler erbium-doped fiber laser analysis

A non-adiabatic microfiber coupler is fabricated by flame brushing technique and then theoretically and experimentally analyzed.The effective length of the microfiber coupler is determined by simulation,and a low-noise laser is demonstrated using various lengths of erbium-doped fiber（EDF） when incorporated in a laser setup.At 18.6-mW input pump power,the maximum output power of 20 μW and the lowest lasing threshold of 3.8 mW are obtained with a 90-cm-long EDF.

Controllable optical delay line using a Brillouin optical fiber ring laser

A controllable optical delay line using a Brillouin optical fiber ring laser is demonstrated and a large time delay is obtained by cascading two optical fiber segments. In experiment, a single-mode Brillouin optical fiber ring laser is used to provide Stokes wave as probe wave. We achieve a maximum tunable time delay of 61 ns using two cascading optical fiber segments, about 1.5 times of the input probe pulse width of 40 ns. In the meantime, a considerable pulse broadening is observed, which agrees well with the theoretical prediction based on linear theory. OCIS codes： 060.2310, 060.4370, 290.5900, 350.5500.

312 MHz, compact all-normal-dispersion Yb:fiber ring laser with an integrated WDM-ISO

A compact and stable all-normal-dispersion mode-locked ring fiber laser with the repetition rate of 312 MHz is obtained with a wavelength-division multiplexing isolator. The compressed pulse is nearly transform-limited and the pulse width is 118 fs. It exhibits an optical efficiency of 50% and the maximum output power is about 205 mW with a 410 mW pump.

Clock recovery from NRZ data at 10 Gb/s using SOA loop mirror and mode-locked fiber ring laser based on SOA

All optical clock recovery from non return-to-zero （NRZ） data using an semiconductor optical amplifier （SOA） loop mirror and a mode-locked SOA fibcr lascr is firstly schematically explained and experimentally demonstrated at 10 Gb/s. Furthermore, the pulse quality of tile recovered cluck is cffcctivcly improved by using a continuous-wave （CW） assist light in the gain region of SOA, through which the amplitude modulation is reduced from 57.2% to 8.47%. This scheme is a promising method for clock recovery from NRZ data in the future all-optical communication networks.

Tunable multi-wavelength fiber ring laser based on a Hi-Bi fiber loop mirror

A novel tunable multi-wavelength fiber ring laser based on semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is proposed by using a high-birefringence (Hi-Bi) fiber loop mirror (FLM) as wavelength filter. With this configuration, the wavelength spacing of this laser can be varied by using the different lengths of Hi-Bi fiber. 8 wavelengths spacing on 450 GHz are experimentally obtained with more than 25-dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for each channel using 1.28-m Hi-Bi fiber in Hi-Bi FLM. The output power variation between different channels is measured to be less than 5.9 dB. The linewidth of each channel is compressed from 0.347 to 0.186 nm by 1.5-m unpumped erbium-doped fiber (EDF). Meanwhile, 17 wavelengths spacing on ITU-gird (100 GHz) are also obtained with 5.9-m Hi-Bi fiber in Hi-Bi FLM. All these channels can be tuned together over 0.4 nm.