Wavelength-tunable organic semiconductor lasers based on elastic distributed feedback gratings

Wavelength-tunable organic semiconductor lasers based on mechanically stretchable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) gratings were developed. The intrinsic stretchability of PDMS was explored to modulate the period of the distributed feedback gratings for fine tuning the lasing wavelength. Notably, elastic lasers based on three typical light-emitting molecules show com-parable lasing threshold values analogous to rigid devices and a continuous wavelength tunability of about 10 nm by mechanic-al stretching. In addition, the stretchability provides a simple solution for dynamically tuning the lasing wavelength in a spec-tral range that is challenging to achieve for inorganic counterparts. Our work has provided a simple and efficient method of fab-ricating tunable organic lasers that depend on stretchable distributed feedback gratings, demonstrating a significant step in the advancement of flexible organic optoelectronic devices.

Numerical Simulation of External-Cavity Distributed Feedback Semiconductor Laser

We propose a theoretical model to describe external-cavity distributed feedback semiconductor lasers and investigate the impact of the number of external feedback points on linewidth and side-mode suppression ratio through numerical simulation. The simulation results demonstrate that the linewidth of external-cavity semiconductor lasers can be reduced by increasing the external cavity length and feedback ratio, and adding more external feedback points can further narrow the linewidth and enhance the side mode suppression ratio. This research provides insight into the external cavity distributed feedback mechanism and can guide the design of high-performance external cavity semiconductor lasers. .

半导体激光剜除术对前列腺增生患者尿动力学、血清睾酮、PSA水平的影响

目的探讨半导体激光剜除术对前列腺增生患者尿动力学、血清睾酮、前列腺特异抗原(PSA)水平的影响。方法前瞻性选取2021年2月至2023年2月在大庆龙南医院就诊的90例前列腺增生患者作为研究对象,按随机数字表法将其分为观察组与对照组,每组各45例。观察组行半导体激光剜除术,对照组行前列腺电切术。比较两组围手术期指标、术后并发症及手术前后的残余尿量(PVR)、最大尿流率(Qmax)、睾酮、PSA、国际前列腺症状评分(IPSS)、生活质量量表(QOL)。结果观察组的手术时间、术中出血量、术后膀胱冲洗时间、术后留置导管时间、住院时间分别为(69.88±10.26)min、(40.23±6.28)mL、(20.04±5.19)h、(2.96±0.81)d、(4.29±1.12)d,均显著少于对照组[(77.76±9.74)min、(64.11±8.75)mL、(27.83±8.34)h、(4.61±1.51)d、(6.02±1.45)d],差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05)。两组术后残余尿量均较术前显著降低,Qmax均较术前显著升高,观察组残余尿量为(9.04±2.37)mL,低于对照组[15.08±4.24)mL],Qmax为(26.97±8.02)mL/s,高于对照组[(18.55±7.23)mL/s],差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05)。两组术后血清睾酮、PSA水平均较术前显著降低,观察组血清睾酮、PSA水平分别为(18.71±1.04)mmol/L、(4.36±1.08)ng/mL,均低于对照组[(21.05±1.15)mmol/L、(8.08±1.69)ng/mL],差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05)。两组术后IPSS、QOL评分均较术前显著降低,观察组IPSS、QOL评分分别为(6.10±1.25)、(1.23±0.29)分,均低于对照组[(8.23±1.31)、(1.77±0.56)分],差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05)。观察组术后并发症总发生率为13.33%,显著低于对照组(31.11%),差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论半导体激光剜除术在改善前列腺增生患者尿动力学及血清睾酮、PSA水平等方面效果优于前列腺电切术。

Modeling analysis and optimization design of the thermostatical control system of laser instrument of the semiconductor

Influence produced by the heat effect at work of the laser instrument crystal of the semiconductor, the text designs a kind of temperature control system to the crystal of the laser instrument, using the thought and method of the classical control theory to analyze this temperature control system, and establishes mathematics model. According to mathematics model the text demonstrated the system at S field and time- area, and proposed optimizing basis to the total mark of proportion and differential parameter to con- troller PID, thus proposed a kind of temperature control scheme. And the thermostatically system is simulated by MATLAB.

半导体激光器驱动器的SPICE仿真及其在气体传感系统的应用

为了提高激光器的工作可靠性和稳定性,借助TINA-SPICE软件对其驱动电路进行辅助设计,并通过电调制和光电检测系统实验检验设计效果。对驱动器的恒流输出电路的幅频特性和瞬态响应进行仿真,预测潜在的电流振荡现象,并提出一种用于补偿环路增益的易用方案。通过对比补偿前后的仿真曲线,验证了该方案的可行性。在此基础上,以STM32H743作为中央处理核心,通过触摸屏图形化设置和监测驱动电流参数,从而调度激光器驱动电路的运行。在296 K环境温度下,利用该电路进行半导体激光器电调制特性实验,通过拟合波长与电流得到调制系数为0.045 cm-1/mA。进一步地,将该控制器引入基于红外光谱吸收技术的气体传感系统,完成了对甲烷气体的定量分析。分析结果表明,所设计的电路能稳定地驱动激光器并实现对波长的精准调制,获得的气体传感系统的检测下限低于8 ppm。

Design and analysis of the Macao Science Satellite-1's laser retro-reflector array

The origin and spatial-temporal variation of the Earth’s magnetic field(EMF)is one of the important scientific problems that has long been unsolved.The Macao Science Satellite-1(MSS-1)under construction is China’s first high-precision EMF measurement satellite.To satisfy the highly precise requirements of the MSS-1 orbit measurement,a light,high-precision,four-prism laser retroreflector array was designed.It weighs approximately 285 g,its effective reflection area is greater than 1.77 cm^(2),and its size is 100×100×41 mm.The laser retro-reflector array has excellent performance,and it can achieve a ranging precision at the subcentimeter level for satellite laser ranging.It will be developed and installed on the MSS-1 as a power-free load for high-precision orbit measurement and accurate orbit calibration.The MSS-1 is planned to be brought into the International Laser Ranging Service observations.More than 31satellite laser ranging stations in the International Laser Ranging Service around the world will be able to measure the MSS-1 with long arcs,which will support the scientific mission of high-precision EMF exploration.

Measurement of Cavity Loss and Quasi-Fermi-Level Separation for Fabry-Pérot Semiconductor Lasers

A fitting process is used to measure the cavity loss and the quasi Fermi level separation for Fabry Pérot semiconductor lasers.From the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) spectrum,the gain spectrum and single pass ASE obtained by the Cassidy method are applied in the fitting process.For a 1550nm quantum well InGaAsP ridge waveguide laser,the cavity loss of about ～24cm -1 is obtained.

Gain Switch of an AlGaInP Red Light Semiconductor Laser Diode

We solve the single mode coupled rate equations by computer,simulate the behavior of a gain switch of an AlGaInP red light semiconductor laser diode,and find the characteristic of FWHM of pulses changing with the amplitude of modulation signal, the bias current, and the modulated frequency. On this basis, we conduct experiments. The experiment results accord with the simulations well.

基于WMS的可调谐半导体激光器驱动与温控电路设计

针对可调谐半导体激光器工作时,其工作电流和工作温度的波动导致激光器的输出的波长和功率不能保持恒定的问题,设计了一套基于STM32F407为主控芯片联合FPGA的半导体激光器小型化驱动与温控电路。通过与上位机交互,系统可实现激光器驱动电流和工作温度的连续可调,使半导体激光器的输出光的波长在最佳的范围内。经过测试,系统的驱动模块电流稳定度为0.075%,电流的实际值与理论值之间的相对误差平均值为0.538%;温度电路的稳定度在0.03℃,完全满足实际应用需求。

Tunable and broadband microwave frequency combs based on a semiconductor laser with incoherent optical feedback

Based on a semiconductor laser （SL） with incoherent optical feedback, a novel all-optical scheme for generating tunable and broadband microwave frequency combs （MFCs） is proposed and investigated numerically. The results show that, under suitable operation parameters, the SL with incoherent optical feedback can be driven to operate at a regular pulsing state, and the generated MFCs have bandwidths broader than 40 GHz within a 10 dB amplitude variation. For a fixed bias current, the line spacing （or repetition frequency） of the MFCs can be easily tuned by varying the feedback delay time and the feedback strength, and the tuning range of the line spacing increases with the increase in the bias current. The linewidth of the MFCs is sensitive to the variation of the feedback delay time and the feedback strength, and a linewidth of tens of KHz can be achieved through finely adjusting the feedback delay time and the feedback strength. In addition, mappings of amplitude variation, repetition frequency, and linewidth of MFCs in the parameter space of the feedback delay time and the feedback strength are presented.

SESAM锁模全保偏皮秒脉冲光纤激光器输出特性

搭建了基于半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)锁模的全保偏皮秒脉冲光纤激光器,对比分析了以多量子阱和体材料作为可饱和吸收层的SESAM对锁模激光器输出特性的影响。实验结果表明,多量子阱和体材料SESAM均可实现稳定的自启动锁模。随着量子阱周期数的增加,SESAM调制深度增大,激光器输出脉冲宽度变窄,具有更高的输出功率和更大的锁模区间。但量子阱周期数过高的SESAM具有较大非饱和损耗,使得相同泵浦功率下输出功率降低。在相同调制深度下,体材料SESAM的非饱和损耗偏大,降低了输出功率和光光转化效率,但对脉冲的窄化作用更显著。SESAM对输出脉冲的波长和光谱宽度无显著影响,主要受光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)控制。本文对SESAM的设计与选型具有一定指导意义。

Chaos synchronization in injection-locked semiconductor lasers with optical feedback

Based on the rate equations, we have investigated three types of chaos synchronizations in injection-locked semiconductor lasers with optical feedback. Numerical simulation shows that the synchronization can be realized by the symmetric or asymmetric laser systems. Also, the influence of parameter mismatches on chaos synchronization is investigated, and the results imply that these two lasers can achieve good synchronization, with smaller tolerance of parameter mismatch existing.

Graded doping low internal loss 1060-nm InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum well semiconductor lasers

Internal loss is a key internal parameter for high power 1060-nm InGaAs/A1GaAs semiconductor laser. In this paper, we discuss the origin of internal loss of 1060-nm InGaAs/GaAs quantum welt （QW） AIGaAs separate confinement het- erostructure semiconductor laser, and the method to reduce internal loss. By light doping the n-cladding layer, and stepwise doping the p-cladding layer combined with the expanded waveguide layer, a broad area laser with internal loss of 1/cm is designed and fabricated. Ridge waveguide laser with an output power of 350 mW is obtained. The threshold current and slope efficiency near the threshold current are 20 mA and 0.8 W/A, respectively.

Flexible control of semiconductor laser with frequency tunable modulation transfer spectroscopy

We introduce a new method of simultaneously implementing frequency stabilization and frequency shift for semiconductor lasers. We name this method the frequency tunable modulation transfer spectroscopy （FTMTS）. To realize a stable output of 780 nm semiconductor laser, an FTMTS optical heterodyne frequency stabilization system is constructed. Before entering into the frequency stabilization system, the probe laser passes through an acousto-optical modulator （AOM） twice in advance to achieve tunable frequency while keeping the light path stable. According to the experimental results, the frequency changes from 120 MHz to 190 MHz after the double-pass AOM, and the intensity of laser entering into the system is greatly changed, but there is almost no change in the error signal of the FTMTS spectrum. Using this signal to lock the laser frequency, we can ensure that the frequency of the laser changes with the amount of AOM shift. Therefore, the magneto-optical trap （MOT）-molasses process can be implemented smoothly.

Single-mode GaSb-based laterally coupled distributed-feedback laser for CO_(2)gas detection

We report on a GaSb-based laterally coupled distributed feedback(LC-DFB)laser with Cr gratings operating at 2004 nm for CO_(2)detection application.Butterfly packaged with single-mode fiber pigtailed,the laser diode operates in the continuous-wave mode in a temperature range from-10℃to 60℃,with a maximum output power of 2 mW and a maximum side-mode suppression ratio over 30 dB.Wavelength-modulated absorption spectroscopy of CO_(2)demonstrates the applicability of the LC-DFB laser to tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy.Furthermore,the diode junction temperature,which is measured by using the wavelength shift method,exhibits a maximum value of 17℃in the single-mode operation range.

Waveguide external cavity narrow linewidth semiconductor lasers

Narrow linewidth light source is a prerequisite for high-performance coherent optical communication and sensing.Waveguide-based external cavity narrow linewidth semiconductor lasers(WEC-NLSLs)have become a competitive and attractive candidate for many coherent applications due to their small size,volume,low energy consumption,low cost and the ability to integrate with other optical components.In this paper,we present an overview of WEC-NLSLs from their required technologies to the state-of-the-art progress.Moreover,we highlight the common problems occurring to current WEC-NLSLs and show the possible approaches to resolving the issues.Finally,we present the possible development directions for the next phase and hope this review will be beneficial to the advancements of WEC-NLSLs.

Chaos generation by a hybrid integrated chaotic semiconductor laser

We design a hybrid integrated chaotic semiconductor laser with short-cavity optical feedback.It can be assembled in a commercial butterfly shell with just three micro-lenses.One of them is coated by a transflective film to provide the optical feedback for chaos generation while insuring regular laser transmission.We prove the feasibility of the chaos generation in this compact structure and provide critical external parameters for the fabrication by theoretical simulations.Rather than the usual changeless internal parameters used in previous simulation research,we extract the real parameters of the chip by experiment.Moreover,the maps of the largest Lyapunov exponent with varying bias current and feedback intensity Kap demonstrate the dynamic characteristics under different external-cavity conditions.Each laser chip has its own optimal external cavity length(L)and feedback intensity(Kap)to generate chaos because of the different internal parameters.We have acquired two ranges of optimal parameters(L=4 mm,0.12〈Kap〈0.2 and L=5 mm,0.07〈Kap〈0.12)for two different chips.

Influences of semiconductor laser on fibre-optic distributed disturbance sensor based on Mach-Zehnder interferometer

This paper investigates the influences of a semiconductor laser with narrow linewidth on a fibre-optic distributed disturbance sensor based on Mach-Zehnder interferometer. It establishes an effective numerical model to describe the noises and linewidth of a semiconductor laser, taking into account their correlations. Simulation shows that frequency noise has great influences on location errors and their relationship is numerically investigated. Accordingly, there is need to determine the linewidth of the laser less than a threshold and obtain the least location errors. Furthermore, experiments are performed by a sensor prototype using three semiconductor lasers with different linewidths, respectively, with polarization maintaining optical fibres and couplers to eliminate the polarization induced noises and fading. The agreement of simulation with experimental results means that the proposed numerical model can make a comprehensive description of the noise behaviour of a semiconductor laser. The conclusion is useful for choosing a laser source for fibre-optic distributed disturbance sensor to achieve optimized location accuracy. What is more, the proposed numerical model can be widely used for analysing influences of semiconductor lasers on other sensing, communication and optical signal processing systems.

Polarization switching and synchronization of mutually coupled vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers

Polarization switching （PS） dynamics and synchronization performances of two mutually coupled vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers （VCSELs） are studied theoretically in this paper. A group of dimensionless rate equations is derived to describe our model. While analysing the PS characteristics, we focus on the effects of coupling rate and frequency detuning regarding different mutual injection types. The results indicate that the x-mode injection defers the occurrence of PS, while the y-mode injection leads the PS to occur at a lower current. Strong enough polarization-selective injection can suppress the PS. Moreover, if frequency detuning is considered, the effects of polarization-selective mutual injection will be weakened. To evaluate the synchronization performance, the correlation coefficients and output dynamics of VCSELs with both pure mode and mixed mode polarizations are given. It is found that performance of complete synchronization is sensitive to the frequency mismatch but it is little affected by mixed mode polarizations, which is opposite to the case of injection-locking synchronization.

Critical dispersion of chirped fiber Bragg grating for eliminating time delay signature of distributed feedback laser chaos

Optical chaos has attracted widespread attention owing to its complex dynamic behaviors.However,the time delay signature(TDS)caused by the external cavity mode reduces the complexity of optical chaos.We propose and numerically demonstrate the critical dispersion of chirped fiber Bragg grating(CFBG)for eliminating the TDS of laser chaos in this work.The critical dispersion,as a function of relaxation frequency and bandwidth of the optical spectrum,is found through extensive dynamics simulations.It is shown that the TDS can be eliminated when the dispersion of CFBG is above this critical dispersion.In addition,the influence of dispersive feedback light and output light from a laser is investigated.These results provide important quantitative guidance for designing chaotic semiconductor lasers without TDS.