We numerically investigated the nonlinear propagation of femtosecond positive temporal Airy pulses in air. Effects of background energy distribution of the laser pulses on the characteristics of filamentation are studied by changing the confinement parameter of the temporal Airy pulses. The simulation results indicate that the on-axis intensity and electron density increase with the confinement parameter decreases. More defocusing-refocusing cycles have been observed during the propagation of Airy pulses with smaller confinement parameter. More temporal distortions occur in the trailing edge of Airy pulses than Gaussian pulse. The temporal Airy pulses can form longer filament than the Gaussian pulse when fixing the initial intensity.
The influence to filamentation of femtosecond by atmospheric turbulence at wavelength of 400 nm has been studied numerically. Simulations show that the distance of filamentation at 400 nm is advanced, the number of filaments increases, and the energy of filaments decreases with the addition of turbulent screen. Compared with the filaments formed by the 800 nm femtosecond laser, the nonlinear propagation of 400 nm laser has a longer filamentation distance in the turbulent atmosphere, and the clamping light intensity of the filaments is higher, but the number of filaments has reduced. With the increase of propagation distance, the multifilament structure disappears and the beam gradually converges into a stable monofilament structure. The position of the monofilament structure at 400 nm is closer than the 800 nm. Therefore, stable filament structure can be obtained more easily with a femtosecond laser at 400 nm.
Ring or conical light beams show great potential in many applications. We report on achievement of multi-ring-shaped conical beams through degenerated optical parametric generation (OPG) with tightly focused Gaussian pump beam in periodic polarized lithium niobate (PPLN) crystal. We observed continuous beam spatial pattern variation from multi to single ring and normal non-hollow beams by crystal temperature tuning. We attributed the experimental results to the effective polarized period changing under tightly focusing. This unique feature would exist in any quasi-phase matching processes and may find applications in optical trapping, manipulation, and even quantum field.
Based on the polarization period of 22.67um magnesium-oxide-doped lithium niobate (MgO: PPLN) Crystal, a 4f midinfrared imaging system was constructed. The electronic enhanced charge-couple device (EMCCD) was used to receive the mid-infrared images to improve the sensitivity of the systerm. The resolution tablets of USAF 1951 were used to confirm the performance of the optical system. In this experiment, mid-infrared upconversion from 3412 nm to 3482 nm were achieved by changing the crystal temperature and the wavelength of the signal light. The upconversion imaging at 3482nm was attained by a silicon based CCD camera with the conversion efficiency of 3.8×10-6 and the resolution of 2.52/2 lp/mm.
Based on the polarization period of 11.73um magnesium-oxide-doped lithium niobate (MgO: PPLN) Crystal, frequency up-conversion of continuous-wave (CW) 1559.5nm signal light has been demonstrated. It is pumped with an actively Qswitched diode-pumped Nd: YAG laser at 1064nm in micro cavity scheme. When operating at the temperature of 110.3 °C, the wavelength of output light is 632.5nm, and the maximum energy conversion efficiency is 1.1×10-4. The change of the output light characteristic as the operating temperature varies is studied, and the beam quality of the output laser is also analyzed.
The upconversion of an orbital angular momentum (OAM) carried light in communication band is preferable for building OAM-based upconversion optical communication networks. Here we experimentally study the behavior of OAM of communication band light in sum frequency generation process. The wavelength of the pump beam with sub-nanosecond pumping fields is 1064 nm and the communication band light is 1560 nm. Both beams are imprinted with OAM using vortex phase plates.The topological charges of the upconversion pulses at 632.5 nm are observed by a self-referenced interferometric technique. The OAM conserves in coupled nonlinear optical conversions is confirmed by counting the fringes in the interference intensity profile.The sum frequency generation is performed by using a periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate (PPLN) crystal under quasi-phase-matching conditions. We also gave analytical expressions for the upconversion of two OAM-carrying beams. The experimental results are well matched with the theoretical simulations.
We have demonstrated here, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time the suppression of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a monolithic fiber laser oscillator using chirped and tilted fiber Bragg gratings (CTFBGs). We designed and inscribed CTFBGs in large-mode-area (LMA) fibers according to the operating wavelength of the fiber laser oscillator. A maximum suppression ratio nearly 19 dB or 23 dB is achieved CTFBG insert before the OC grating or after the HR grating. By reducing the insertion loss and improving the transmission spectrum of the CTFBG, a promotion in laser efficiency could be achieved. This work provides a novel idea for SRS suppression in a high-power all-fiber oscillator system, which is very useful for the output power increasing of fiber oscillators.
We have demonstrated here, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time the suppression of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a monolithic fiber laser oscillator using chirped and tilted fiber Bragg gratings (CTFBGs). We designed and inscribed CTFBGs in large-mode-area (LMA) fibers according to the operating wavelength of the fiber laser oscillator. A maximum suppression ratio nearly 19 dB or 23 dB is achieved CTFBG insert before the OC grating or after the HR grating. By reducing the insertion loss and improving the transmission spectrum of the CTFBG, a promotion in laser efficiency could be achieved. This work provides a novel idea for SRS suppression in a high-power all-fiber oscillator system, which is very useful for the output power increasing of fiber oscillators.
KEYWORDS: Optical pumping, Fiber lasers, High power fiber lasers, Coating, Optical amplifiers, Signal attenuation, Fusion splicing, Fiber amplifiers, High power fiber amplifiers, Optical engineering
We investigate a (2+1)×1 side-pumping combiner numerically and experimentally for high-power fiber laser based on tandem pumping for the first time. The influence of taper ratio and launch mode on the 1018-nm pump coupling efficiency and the leakage power into the coating of the signal fiber (LPC) is analyzed numerically. A side-pumping combiner is developed successfully by tapered-fused splicing technique based on the numerical analysis, consisting of two pump fibers (220/242 μm, NA=0.22) and a signal fiber (40/400 μm, NA=0.06/0.46). The total 1018-nm pump efficiency of the combiner is 98.1%, and the signal light insertion loss is <3%. The results show that, compared with laser diodes pumping, the combiner appears to have a better LPC performance and power handling capability when using 1018-nm fiber as the pump light. Meanwhile, an all-fiber MOPA laser based on tandem pumping with 1080-nm output of 2533 W and the slope efficiency of 82.8% is achieved based on the home-made combiner.
Direct liquid-cooling is a promising way of power scaling and heat management for solid-state lasers. A side-pumped direct liquid-cooled solid-state pulsed zigzag MOPA system is established based on this advanced concept. However, its beam quality is degraded by the thermal distortions in the non-zigzag direction and the flowing coolant. We develop an adaptive optics system to improve its beam quality, which primarily includes a low-order aberration compensator and a 59-actuator deformable mirror. The beam is first corrected by the low-order aberration compensator to remove large defocus and astigmatism, and its size is reshaped simultaneously to fulfill the demands of applications. Then the beam is further corrected by the deformable mirror. With collaborative operation of the low-order aberration compensator and the deformable mirror, we have achieved average beam quality of β=2.8.
3~5μm mid-infrared laser has many important applications, such as gas detection, spectral analysis, remote sensing, medical treatment, and also in the military laser radar, infrared countermine, and so on. Optical parametric oscillator (OPO) is an efficient way to generate laser in this wavelength range, which has attracted the eyes of many people. In this paper, the recent development of mid-infrared OPO is overviewed. Meanwhile, detailed introduction on our recent work is given. Maximum idler output power of 34.2W at center wavelength of 3.35μm was obtained, to our knowledge, which is the new power record of the international public reporting for the continue-wave (CW) mid-infrared OPO. It is worth mentioning that the pump source, the quasi single-frequency (SF) narrow line width fiber laser, was also developed by our groups. According to the current status of research, some solutions is proposed in order to achieve higher power, narrower line width, and compact volume mid-infrared OPO in a wide tunable range.
3~5μm mid-infrared laser has many important applications, such as gas detection, spectral analysis, remote sensing,
medical treatment, and also in the military laser radar, infrared countermine, and so on. Optical parametric oscillator
(OPO) is an efficient way to generate laser in this wavelength range, which has attracted the eyes of many people. In
this paper, the recent development of mid-infrared OPO is overviewed. Meanwhile, detailed introduction on our
recent work is given. Maximum idler output power of 34.2W at center wavelength of 3.35μm was obtained, to our
knowledge, which is the new power record of the international public reporting for the continue-wave (CW)
mid-infrared OPO. It is worth mentioning that the pump source, the quasi single-frequency (SF) narrow line width
fiber laser, was also developed by our groups. According to the current status of research, some solutions is proposed
in order to achieve higher power, narrower line width, and compact volume mid-infrared OPO in a wide tunable
range.
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