基于腔内滤波效应的双波长光纤激光器

Experimental and simulation study of dual-wavelength fiber laser based on intracavity filtering effect

  • 摘要: 对基于腔内Lyot滤波效应的波长复用锁模光纤激光器进行了实验和仿真研究。在单个光纤激光器中引入全光纤Lyot滤波器,对腔增益谱进行滤波,破坏了脉冲单一波段的传输模式,结合单壁碳纳米管可饱和吸收体,使脉冲分别在2个不同的中心波长下进行复用传输和锁模。精细调节腔内偏振控制器,当泵浦功率为70.4 mW 时,激光器输出了中心波长为1 534.2 nm和1 546.0 nm的双波长脉冲,中心波长间隔为11.8 nm,重复频率均为36.64 MHz,其对应信噪比均约为56.7 dB。此外,还建立了基于非线性薛定谔方程的数值仿真模型,用于数值研究基于Lyot滤波效应的双波长锁模光纤激光器。通过对脉冲光谱演化分析,验证了腔内增益光谱滤波在双波长脉冲的形成和传播中起着重要作用。波长复用光纤激光器中的Lyot滤波效应研究可以进一步拓展实现可调谐双波长生成,可应用于多场景双光梳光谱测量和相干成像。

     

    Abstract: The experimental and simulation studies of a wavelength multiplexed mode-locked fiber laser based on Lyot filter effect were demonstrated. An all-fiber Lyot filter and a single-walled carbon nanotube saturated absorber were introduced into a fiber laser to filter the cavity gain spectrum and destroy single transmission mode of the pulse, which multiplexed the pulses at two different center wavelengths for transmission and mode-locking. Finely adjusting the intracavity polarization controller, when the pump power up to 70.4 mW, the dual-wavelength pulses are output with center wavelength of 1 534.2 nm and 1 546.0 nm, wavelength interval of 11.8 nm, repetition rate of 36.64 MHz, and signal-to-noise ratio of about 56.7 dB, respectively. In addition, a numerical simulation model based on the nonlinear Schrdinger equation was established for the numerical study of dual-wavelength mode-locked fiber lasers based on the Lyot filter effect. By the analysis of pulse spectral evolution, it was verified that intracavity gain spectral filtering played an important role in the formation and propagation of dual-wavelength pulses. The study of Lyot filtering effect in wavelength multiplexed fiber lasers could be further extended to realize tunable dual-wavelength generation, which could be applied to multi-scene dual-comb spectral measurement and coherent imaging.

     

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