CN103326219B - Tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser - Google Patents
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The invention discloses tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser, comprise the first fiber loop mirror, tractive support fixed by optical fiber, triangle vibration passing device, piezoelectric ceramic, cushion block, radio-frequency power supply, double clad undoped optical fiber, double-cladding doped fiber, wavelength division multiplexer, pumping source, the second fiber loop mirror, export tail optical fiber, collimating lens, reflecting grating, the first light power meter, the second light power meter and automatic frequency control circuit; The multiplexing end welding successively of fiber loop mirror, double clad undoped optical fiber, double-cladding doped fiber, wavelength division multiplexer, the pumping end of wavelength division multiplexer and pumping source welding, the signal end of wavelength division multiplexer and the second fiber loop mirror welding; Automatic frequency control circuit connects radio-frequency power supply; The present invention adopts all optical fibre structure without discrete component, without insertion loss, has that good beam quality, power output are high, compact conformation, stable and reliable for performance, can realize closely-spaced tunable dual wavelength constant power Laser output.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to laser technology field, be specifically related to a kind of fiber laser, particularly a kind of tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser.
Background technology
Small wavelength spaced laser can produce THz(by difference frequency and also claim submillimeter region) output, the method it there is the running of easy to use, room temperature, life-span long and steady performance.But in order to produce difference frequency outside chamber, not only need these two wavelength to vibrate, and output intensity (number of photons that the unit interval exports) should be substantially equal simultaneously.In an experiment, realize these two wavelength and to vibrate not difficult matter simultaneously, but these two wavelength power outputs will be made to reach close to power stage not a duck soup, small wavelength interval tunable dual wavelength constant power be realized and export just more difficult.
At present, small wavelength spaced laser must be studied and mostly concentrate on solid state laser field, obtained by the method extracting different division spectral lines, two kinds of methods are mainly contained in power control, the first increases Brewster window in chamber, Brewster's angle due to different wave length is different, and by regulating the loss of inclination angle fine tuning two wavelength of Bu Shi sheet, the loss changing certain wavelength can change the export ratio of this wavelength naturally; It two is exactly reflectivity by changing speculum and outgoing mirror, is in course of adjustment and not only will changes the transmissivity of outgoing mirror for different wave length, sometimes also must adjust the reflectivity of speculum, make two wavelength obtain identical positive feedback by chamber mirror.These two kinds of methods all more complicated, implement very large difficulty, and effect are not bery desirable.
The advantages such as fiber laser is little with its volume, efficiency is high, good stability, good beam quality, development is very rapid, there is not yet the report of small wavelength spaced laser at present in fiber laser.
Summary of the invention
For problem existing in current existing small wavelength spaced laser, the object of the invention is to, there is provided a kind of small wavelength interval tunable constant power dual wavelength fibre laser, adopt fiber loop mirror as chamber mirror, wherein one end adopts coupling ratio to be that 50:50 fiber loop mirror is as wide range completely reflecting mirror, the other end adopts coupling ratio away from 50:50 fiber loop mirror as outgoing mirror, the filter of the rf modulations of an all optical fibre structure is accessed in fiber laser, when the absorption spectra of filter and the gain spectral center of Active Optical Fiber overlapping time, the absorption spectra of filter just forms the gain spectral modulating action to Active Optical Fiber, gain spectral after its result makes modulation is become from the unimodal spectrum in past and is similar to cyrtoid Bimodal Spectra, if the peak height of these two net gain spectrums is identical, under the effect of wide range speculum, the optical maser wavelength excited will form twin wavelength laser output.When controlling the absorption spectra of filter, make its absorption spectra broadening, the bimodal interval of the cyrtoid net gain spectrum formed becomes large, and the dual wavelength interval tunable laser formed exports.The power output of the 2nd port to laser two wavelength simultaneously utilizing coupling ratio to be 50:50 fiber loop mirror is monitored, Monitoring Data is utilized to carry out FEEDBACK CONTROL by radio frequency power supply output frequency, change and insert absorption spectra centre wavelength, make the net gain of two wavelength identical, realize fiber laser dual wavelength constant power and export control.
To achieve these goals, the present invention adopts following technical scheme to be achieved:
A kind of tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser, comprises the first fiber loop mirror, tractive support is fixed by optical fiber, triangle vibration passing device, piezoelectric ceramic PZT, cushion block, radio-frequency power supply, double clad undoped optical fiber, double-cladding doped fiber, wavelength division multiplexer WDM, pumping source, the second fiber loop mirror, exports tail optical fiber, collimating lens, reflecting grating, the first light power meter, the second light power meter and automatic frequency control circuit; Wherein, the multiplexing end of the 1st arm of described fiber loop mirror, double clad undoped optical fiber, double-cladding doped fiber, wavelength division multiplexer WDM joins end to end welding successively, the pumping end of wavelength division multiplexer WDM and pumping source welding, the signal end of wavelength division multiplexer WDM and the 1st arm welding of the second fiber loop mirror, the 2nd arm of the second fiber loop mirror is connected with output tail optical fiber; 2nd arm of the first fiber loop mirror and collimating lens center conllinear, and the 2nd arm of the first fiber loop mirror goes out the front focus that spire is positioned at collimating lens, reflecting grating tilts 45 degree and is placed on the collimated light path of the emergent light of the 2nd arm of the first fiber loop mirror, the two-way light of reflecting grating outgoing incides the first light power meter and the second light power meter respectively, first light power meter is connected automatic frequency control circuit respectively with the second light power meter, and the output of automatic frequency control circuit connects radio-frequency power supply; Described optical fiber is fixed tractive support and is comprised left lobe and right lobe, is connected between described left lobe and right lobe by rigid cage, and left lobe, right lobe outer arc are all carved with multiple parallel groove; Double clad undoped optical fiber to be fixed around optical fiber in the groove of tractive bracket outer and is strained, and triangular prism props up and is placed on piezoelectric ceramic, establishes cushion block to make the rib contact double clad undoped optical fiber of triangular prism cradle top bottom piezoelectric ceramic; Described piezoelectric ceramic connects radio-frequency power supply.
The present invention also comprises following other technologies feature:
Described left lobe, right lobe are semicolumn, semiellipse post or rectangular band semicolumn.
Separation adjacent on described left lobe, right lobe is 2mm ~ 5mm, and groove depth equals double clad undoped optical fiber jacket radius.
The drift angle of described triangular prism support is with 30 ° ~ 60 °.
Described left lobe, right lobe top are equipped with press strip.
Described double clad undoped optical fiber is fixed tractive bracket outer at optical fiber and is wound around 4 circles, every turn separation 2mm.
Described first fiber loop mirror coupling ratio is 50:50; Second fiber loop mirror is the output of resonant cavity, and coupling ratio is α: (1-α),
r is the reflectivity of the second fiber loop mirror.
Micro positioner is respectively arranged with between a side of described rigid cage and left lobe, right lobe.
The undoped doubly clad optical fiber of 5/125 μm selected by described double clad undoped optical fiber, and fibre core numerical aperture is 0.15, and inner cladding numerical aperture is 0.46, length 3m.
Described piezoelectric ceramic is rectangular of 80*15*1mm.
The present invention adopts the mode of tuned radio-frequency to form cycle adjustable long period fiber grating and optical fiber tensile strength control method with ultrasonic vibration and realizes laser gain and how absorbs trap mode and realize the closely-spaced tunable twin wavelength laser output of fiber laser, realizes the output of dual wavelength constant power again with Feedback of Power control mode by the mode of adjustment radio frequency output frequency.Fiber laser adopts without all optical fibre structure of discrete component, and without insertion loss, have that good beam quality, power output are high, compact conformation, advantage stable and reliable for performance, this laser can realize closely-spaced tunable dual wavelength constant power Laser output simultaneously.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is structural representation of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is absorption spectrum test structure schematic diagram.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation fixing tractive support with the optical fiber of two micro positioners.
Fig. 4 is the vertical view of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is the structural representation fixing tractive support with the optical fiber of a micro positioner.
Fig. 6 is the vertical view of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is micro positioner control voltage and dual wavelength interval and wavelength output relation figure.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and concrete embodiment, further explanation is explained to the present invention.
Embodiment
As shown in Figure 1, tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser of the present invention, comprise the first fiber loop mirror 1, tractive support 2 fixed by optical fiber, triangle vibration passing device 3, piezoelectric ceramic PZT4, cushion block 5, radio-frequency power supply 6, double clad undoped optical fiber 7, double-cladding doped fiber 8, wavelength division multiplexer WDM9, pumping source 10, second fiber loop mirror 11, export tail optical fiber 12, collimating lens 13, reflecting grating 14, first light power meter 15, second light power meter 16 and automatic frequency control circuit 17; Wherein, the multiplexing end of the 1st arm of described fiber loop mirror 1, double clad undoped optical fiber 7, double-cladding doped fiber 8, wavelength division multiplexer WDM9 joins end to end welding successively, the pumping end of wavelength division multiplexer WDM9 and pumping source 10 welding, the signal end of wavelength division multiplexer WDM9 and the 1st arm welding of the second fiber loop mirror 11, the 2nd arm of the second fiber loop mirror 11 is connected with output tail optical fiber 12; 2nd arm of the first fiber loop mirror 1 and collimating lens 13 center conllinear, and the 2nd arm of the first fiber loop mirror 1 goes out the front focus that spire is placed in collimating lens 13, the emergent light of the 2nd arm of such first fiber loop mirror 1, also claim to monitor light dorsad, be collimated into straight line light, reflecting grating 14 being tilted 45 degree is placed on collimated light path, owing to monitoring in light the light comprising two kinds of different wave lengths dorsad, dispersion will be there is after it incides reflecting grating 14, the light of two kinds of wavelength will be advanced along different route, and the first via is also wavelength is λ
1light wave incide the first light power meter 15, second tunnel also namely wavelength be λ
2light wave incide the second light power meter 16, first light power meter 15 and be connected automatic frequency control circuit 17 respectively with the second light power meter 16, the output of automatic frequency control circuit 17 connects radio-frequency power supply 6.
Tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser of the present invention is divided into three parts from principle, is fiber laser main body, tunable optic filter, constant power controller respectively.
One, fiber laser main body
Fiber laser main part is made up of resonant cavity, gain fibre, unpumped section, auxiliary optical fiber etc.
Resonant cavity: be made up of the first fiber loop mirror 1 and the second fiber loop mirror 11, wherein, first fiber loop mirror 1 is the input of resonant cavity, it is the passive device together formed by two output port fused fiber splices of the melting cone type broadband optical fiber coupler of 2 × 2, coupling ratio is 50:50, its effect is equivalent to completely reflecting mirror, requires that reflectivity is more than or equal to 95%; Second fiber loop mirror 11 is outputs of resonant cavity, and coupling ratio is α: (1-α), wherein
(R is the reflectivity of outgoing mirror), its effect is equivalent to outgoing mirror, and the large I of its reflectivity is adjusted by coupling ratio according to design requirement.Incident light is by forming the two-beam transmitted with counter clockwise direction along clockwise direction after the beam splitting of 2X2 melting cone type broadband optical fiber coupler, the latter has the bit phase delay of 90 ° compared with the former, when light beam to go in ring after one week again through coupler beam splitting, be comparatively 180 ° of [Cao Xue from the total time delay of phase of light wave of clockwise direction contribution from the light wave of counterclockwise contribution in output, Li Xinying, et al. (2009). " based on the optimal design of the fiber laser of fiber loop mirror. " optical communication technique 07.].Do not consider the supplementary load loss of coupler, the coupling ratio of the second fiber loop mirror 11 is α: (1-α), when α=0.5, in output will there is destructive interference in the light wave of two kinds of contributions, according to conservation of energy principle, all input luminous energy will be exported by incidence end, and medium its reflection characteristic identical that the light due to both direction is advanced shows as wavelength and has nothing to do, so it as a wide range completely reflecting mirror, can serve as the end mirror of fiber laser; When α ≠ 0.5, be equivalent to the wide range speculum that a reflectivity is R=4 α (1-α), it is equivalent to the outgoing mirror of fiber laser of the present invention.What all adopt due to end mirror and outgoing mirror is wide range speculum, and when in gain fibre, net gain composes existing two peak structure, such laser just can realize dual-wavelength laser and export.
Gain fibre: i.e. double-cladding doped fiber 8, its can adopt existing any one there is double clad single-mode fiber compared with wide gain spectrum, as long as can meet the absorption spectrum width of gain spectral than tunable optic filter of gain fibre, and the net gain spectrum after the two acting in conjunction is in two peak structure.Need the output mode considering laser during enforcement, select corresponding core size and fibre core numerical aperture; According to the absorbing state of optical fiber to pumping, determine the inner cladding dimensions, covering absorptivity, the fiber lengths that need to select double-cladding doped fiber 8.
Auxiliary optical fiber: i.e. double clad undoped optical fiber 7, its physical dimension must be mated completely with gain fibre and double-cladding doped fiber 8, is convenient to welding like this and loss is less.
Unpumped section: for providing laser works institute energy requirement, be made up of pumping source 10 and wavelength division multiplexer 9.The semiconductor laser that pumping source 10 adopts band tail optical fiber to export, its pumping wavelength required by output wavelength demand fulfillment gain fibre, the power output size that then laser according to the present invention requires selects corresponding pump power.Pump light is exported by pumping source 10, the inner cladding of double-cladding doped fiber 8 is coupled into through wavelength division multiplexer 9, and then be transported to the fibre core of double-cladding doped fiber 8 continually from this inner cladding, for the working-laser material in fibre core provides pump energy, working-laser material is fluorescence excitation under the effect of pump light, if now increase speculum at working-laser material two ends, gratings etc. provide certain light feedback just can form Laser output, the output wavelength of Laser output determined by reflectance spectrum and the coefficient result of gain spectral, during for fiber grating as speculum, owing to being the reflection of narrow spectrum, output wavelength is exactly that (this wavelength must drop in gain spectral certainly for the reflection wavelength of fiber grating, preferably in high gain region), for wide range speculum, in high reflectance range of wavelengths, highest-gain wavelength is exactly the final laser output wavelength obtained.When net gain spectrum presents two peak structure and the reflectance spectrum of chamber mirror is wide range reflex time, identical positive feedback will be provided to bimodal corresponding wavelength, form dual-wavelength laser and export.
Two, tunable optic filter
See Fig. 1-Fig. 6, tunable optic filter comprises optical fiber and fixes tractive support 2, triangular prism support 3, piezoelectric ceramic PZT4, cushion block 5, radio-frequency power supply 6 and double clad undoped optical fiber 7.Tunable optic filter is exactly that the mode adopting the mode of tuned radio-frequency to realize laser gain spectrum center trap with the ultrasonic vibration long period fiber grating that the formation cycle is adjustable in double clad undoped optical fiber 7 realizes the closely-spaced twin wavelength laser output of fiber laser, double clad undoped optical fiber 7 is fiber laser optical channel, is also tuning device.Described optical fiber is fixed tractive support 2 and is comprised left lobe 27 and right lobe 28, is connected and both distances (i.e. the length of rigid cage 29) are 8cm ~ 30cm between described left lobe 27 and right lobe 28 by rigid cage 29; Left lobe 27, right lobe 28 are cylinder flat in outer arc, can be specifically semicolumn, semiellipse post or rectangular band semicolumn, the column length of left lobe 27, right lobe 28 is can meet fiber reel around for principle, left lobe 27, right lobe 28 outer arc are all carved with multiple parallel groove 31, adjacent groove 31 spacing is 2mm ~ 5mm, groove depth is double clad undoped optical fiber 7 surrounding layer radius, namely ensureing that double clad undoped optical fiber 7 is put in and wherein can expose half, being provided with the press strip 30 for being fixed double clad undoped optical fiber 7 at left lobe 27, right lobe 28 top.
The double clad undoped optical fiber 7 that the filter, dielectric that tunable optic filter adopts adopts physical dimension to mate completely with gain fibre, is convenient to welding like this and loss is less.Double clad undoped optical fiber 7 to be fixed around optical fiber in the groove 31 of the outside of tractive support 2 and to strain, coiling 1-8 circle, then triangular prism support 3 is placed on piezoelectric ceramic PZT4, bottom piezoelectric ceramic PZT4, cushioning cushion block 5 makes the rib contact double clad undoped optical fiber 7 at triangular prism support 3 top, forms the string and the supporting structure that are similar to seven-stringed plucked instrument in some ways similar to the zither.The drift angle of triangular prism support 3 is good with 30 ° ~ 60 °.Triangular prism support 3, piezoelectric ceramic 4, cushion block 5 form vibration and produce and vibrational energy transmitting portions.Piezoelectric ceramic PZT4 connects radio-frequency power supply 6.
See Fig. 3, Fig. 4, be respectively arranged with micro positioner 26 between a side of described rigid cage 29 and left lobe 27, right lobe 28, the effect of micro positioner 26 is intervals that stroke by adjusting self adjusts between the side of rigid cage 29 and left lobe 27, right lobe 28.When changing the stroke of micro positioner 26, make originally parallel left lobe 27, same one end of right lobe 28 is outwards ejected and forms micro-" eight " font, so just make to be coiled in pulling force suffered by double clad undoped optical fiber 7 that optical fiber fixes tractive support 2 to increase, tension variations near micro positioner 26 one end is maximum, change pulling force suffered by double clad undoped optical fiber 7 and can change the screen periods of tuned radio-frequency long period fiber grating, thus cause the centre wavelength of absorption spectra, be coiled in optical fiber fix outside tractive support 2 often enclose optical fiber absorption spectra superposition result will cause total absorption spectra generation broadening, the Peak Separation causing the net gain of hump structure to compose increases by its result, also the wavelength interval of twin wavelength laser output is namely caused to increase, form the tunable dual-wavelength laser of micrometric displacement to export.
See Fig. 5, Fig. 6, also can a side of described rigid cage 29 and left lobe 27 or and right lobe 28 between micro positioner 26 is set, the stroke of adjustment micro positioner 26 can reach the effect same that these two ends, side are equipped with a micro positioner 26.
In the said structure of tunable optic filter, being wrapped in optical fiber, to fix the number of turns of the double clad undoped optical fiber of tractive support 2 outside more, the degree of depth of absorption spectra is darker, tunable scope is also larger, tuning also sensitiveer, generally can select the suitable number of turns according to the width of the gain spectral of gain media and intensity, tunable scope and tuning sensitivity, after reaching gain spectral and absorption spectra acting in conjunction, the net gain spectrum presenting the tunable two peak structure of width is principle.
In the structure shown here, mode coupling effect is relevant with fibre diameter with the intensity that radio frequency vibrates, vibrational energy is more, coupling efficiency is higher, the thinner coupling effect of optical fiber is more obvious, particularly when after the surrounding layer taking down double clad undoped optical fiber 7, coupling effect is obviously strengthened, trace it to its cause and be that surrounding layer is resin material, the fibre core stayed after being removed and inner wrap material are quartz glass, vibrating effect is obviously strengthened, and absorbs the degree of depth and also strengthens a lot, can reduce the requirement of radio frequency power supply 6 power output like this.Hot soarfing can be adopted to remove or the surrounding layer of optical fiber that optical fiber is fixed between the left lobe 27 of tractive support, right lobe 28 by the method for chemical corrosion divests, obtain the coupling effect of stronger pattern and the larger absorption degree of depth with it.
In the structure shown here, absorbent core wavelength and rf frequency variable quantity linear, its meet
λ＝λ
0+kΔf
In formula, λ is absorbent core wavelength, and Δ f is rf frequency variable quantity, λ
0for measuring basis wavelength, absorbent core wavelength namely corresponding to Δ f=0, k is the slope that absorbent core wavelength changes with rf frequency, it is except outside the Pass having with fiber core and inner cladding structural parameters, also relevant with the mechanical characteristic of optical fiber, k span is greatly about-0.1 ~-1nm/KHz, and along with the increase of rf frequency, absorbent core wavelength blue shift can occur.
Three, constant power controller
Constant power controller is used for radio frequency power supply 6 FEEDBACK CONTROL, and to realize fiber laser twin wavelength laser output power equal.Constant power controller comprises collimating lens 13, reflecting grating 14, first light power meter 15, second light power meter 16 and automatic frequency control circuit 17, wherein, 2nd arm of the first fiber loop mirror 1 and collimating lens 13 center conllinear, and the 2nd arm of the first fiber loop mirror 1 is gone out the front focus that spire is placed in collimating lens 13, the emergent light of the 2nd arm of such first fiber loop mirror 1, also claim to monitor light dorsad, be collimated into straight line light, reflecting grating 14 being tilted 45 degree is placed on collimated light path, owing to monitoring in light the light comprising two kinds of different wave lengths dorsad, dispersion will be there is after it incides reflecting grating 14, the light of two kinds of wavelength will be advanced along different route, the first via is also wavelength is λ
1light wave incide the first light power meter 15, second tunnel also namely wavelength be λ
2light wave incide the second light power meter 16, first light power meter 15 and be connected automatic frequency control circuit 17 respectively with the second light power meter 16, the output of automatic frequency control circuit 17 connects radio-frequency power supply 6.
Generally, the 2nd arm sling sky as the first fiber loop mirror 1 of completely reflecting mirror need not, although the first fiber loop mirror coupling ratio is 50:50 theoretically, in fact the 2nd arm still has a small amount of Laser output, this port delivers to reflecting grating 14 after exporting and being collimated by collimating lens 13, wavelength by the light of two different wave lengths separately, is λ by reflecting grating 14 respectively
1light deliver to the first light power meter 15, be λ by wavelength
2light deliver to the second light power meter 16, the power that both record send automatic frequency control circuit 17, two wavelength are recorded to deserved power output by comparing two light power meters, control the output frequency of radio-frequency power supply 6 in a feedback manner, the bimodal of stability contorting net gain spectrum has same intensity, realizes dual wavelength constant power and exports.
Automatic frequency control circuit 17 is fairly simple and ripe circuit, is called for short AFC circuit, and it can be control circuit a---voltage control oscillator for generation of vibration of radio-frequency power supply 6 inside, is that a frequency is by voltage-controlled oscillator frequency; If radio-frequency power supply 6 is controllable radio frequency power supplys, AFC circuit 17 is independently parts, for providing the frequency control signal of radio-frequency power supply 6.The operation principle of tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser of the present invention is as follows:
When piezoelectric ceramic 4 is under the driving of radio-frequency power supply 6, vibrational energy passes to double clad undoped optical fiber 7 by triangular prism support 3, periodic swinging is formed in this optical fiber, double clad undoped optical fiber 7 fiber core refractive index generating period is caused to change, form long period fiber grating, produce the absorption spectra centered by a certain wavelength, when this absorption spectra is overlapping with the gain spectral center of double-cladding doped fiber, cause the hump structure of gain spectral central concave, when laser adopts wide range speculum and outgoing mirror, the dual-wavelength laser consistent with hump centre wavelength will be produced export, when being adjusted the interval that optical fiber is fixed between the upper left lobe of tractive support 2 27, right lobe 28 by micro positioner 26, the size of pulling force suffered by optical fiber can be changed, thus the central absorption wavelength affecting each circle optical fiber offsets, cause the broadening superposing absorption spectra, dual-wavelength laser interval is strengthened, forms tunable dual-wavelength laser, when the power P of the twin wavelength laser output obtained measured by the first light power meter 14 and the second light power meter 15
1and P
2when there is deviation, sending automatic frequency control circuit 17 by power monitoring result, recording two wavelength to deserved power output by comparing two light power meters, control the output frequency of radio-frequency power supply 6 in a feedback manner, also namely as first wave length λ
1power output P
1> first wave length λ
2power output P
2time (establish λ
1< λ
2), then reduce the output frequency of radio-frequency power supply 6, make trap centre wavelength to shortwave oppositely movement, reduce λ
1the intensity of corresponding net gain spectrum, makes the output of two wavelength keep equal-wattage, to obtain good difference frequency effect.The bimodal of stability contorting net gain spectrum has identical intensity, and realizing tunable dual wavelength constant power Laser output is derived by guide-lighting tail optical fiber 12.
The present invention is adapted to the doubly clad optical fiber medium of all doping, its essential difference of fiber laser for the doubly clad optical fiber medium of different doping is: the double-cladding doped fiber 8 selected by fiber laser is different, corresponding pumping source 10 will match, the output frequency range of corresponding radio-frequency power supply 6 also needs to match, the interval of the dual wavelength produced can difference to some extent, selected THz difference frequency crystal 19 may need to change, and the THz wave frequency obtained after difference frequency or wavelength naturally can be different.
Embodiment:
As shown in Figure 1, follow technique scheme of the present invention, the tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser of the present embodiment comprises fiber laser main body, tunable optic filter, constant power controller.
In the present embodiment, with twin wavelength laser output near 1080nm exemplarily, wavelength interval is realized from 8nm ~ 24nm continuously adjustabe.(select neodymium-doped fiber as doped fiber in this embodiment, it has between three gain regions, 1080nm, 940nm and 1320nm respectively, wherein maximum with 1080nm transition probability, gain spectral is also the strongest, and gain spectral is also wider, has stronger gain from 1040nm-1160nm, gain maximum is at 1080nm, and edge before and after it is also asymmetric.Realize dual wavelength constant power to export, first identical net gain to be obtained, this point is realized by two kinds of methods, one first does Static Design, absorption spectra near 1080nm superposes with gain spectral, obtain the quiescent point will selected exactly of identical net gain, also namely design radio frequency output frequency; It two carries out FEEDBACK CONTROL, namely exports according to reality and carries out dynamic feedback control, adjust radio frequency output frequency to change the centre frequency of absorption spectra according to the difference of two wavelength power outputs, realize the output of dual wavelength constant power.
Fiber laser main body:
Resonant cavity: the first fiber loop mirror 1 coupling ratio is 50:50; Second fiber loop mirror 11 coupling ratio is α: (1-α), wherein,
(R is the reflectivity of outgoing mirror), the two is all wide range speculum, and it can be adapted to any doped fiber and any wavelength.The undoped doubly clad optical fiber structure making fiber loop mirror used must be mated completely with gain fibre.Select R=20% in the present embodiment, coupling ratio is 94.7:5.3.
Gain fibre: double-cladding doped fiber 8 chooses the neodymium-doped doubly clad optical fiber of 5/125 μm, covering absorptivity is 1dB/m@808nm, and be namely also 1dB/m in 808nm place covering absorptivity, fibre core numerical aperture is 0.15, inner cladding numerical aperture is 0.46, and fiber lengths gets 15m.
Auxiliary optical fiber: the double clad undoped optical fiber mated completely with double-cladding doped fiber 8 selected by double clad undoped optical fiber 7, choose the double clad undoped optical fiber of 5/125 μm, fibre core numerical aperture is 0.15, and inner cladding numerical aperture is 0.46, and fiber lengths gets 3m.
Unpumped section: pumping source 10 selects the output tail optical fiber of 808nm to be 100 μm, and peak power output is the semiconductor laser of 35W.Wavelength division multiplexer 9 adopts output and signal end to be 5/125 μm, and pumping end is the wavelength division multiplexer of (1+1*1) of 100/125 μm.
Tunable optic filter: left lobe 27, right lobe 28 are rectangular band semicolumn, the column length of left lobe 27, right lobe 28 is 10cm, and outer arc dia is 4cm, and the wide 3cm of rectangle part, micro positioner 26 adopts electrostriction micromotion device, and it is connected with DC power supply.Rigid cage 29 length 10cm, is respectively arranged with micro positioner 26(see Fig. 3, Fig. 4 between a side of rigid cage 29 and left lobe 27, right lobe 28), the assembling process of tunable optic filter is as follows:
The first step, optical fiber is fixed tractive support 2 by Standard shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 4, micro positioner 26 has 6 pieces, and each 3 pieces of stacked on top in left and right are placed; Be of a size of 7 × 7 × 32.5mm, nominal displacement for 45 μm (also namely on micro positioner 26 institute making alive 0 ~ 150V drive under displacement stroke be 0 ~ 45 μm).
Second step: double clad undoped optical fiber 7 is wrapped in the left lobe 27 that tractive support 2 fixed by optical fiber, in groove 31 outside right lobe 28, be wound around 5 circles altogether, mark the position of compartment during Optical Fiber Winding, the part that the top be particularly wound around needs string to shake, then optical fiber is taken off, shaken by the string surrounding layer of part fiber of chemical corrosion is adopted to divest, again by before make marks and again double clad undoped optical fiber 7 be wrapped in the left lobe 27 that tractive support 2 fixed by optical fiber, in groove 31 outside right lobe 28, need ensure during winding that suffered by each optical fiber, pulling force is identical, then press strip 30 is used to be compressed by optical fiber,
3rd step: spacer tile height makes the rib at triangular prism support 3 top withstand on double clad undoped optical fiber 7, and be just able to eat power, and the position be positioned near left lobe 27, such piezoelectric ceramic PZT4 produces vibration by the driving of radio-frequency power supply 6, vibrational energy passes to double clad undoped optical fiber 7 by triangle vibration passing device, cause the vibration of double clad undoped optical fiber 7, vibrate and transmit from left to right along optical fiber, the rectangular laminated structure of 80*15*1mm selected by piezoelectric ceramic 4;
4th step: the tuning range of the vibration frequency of radio-frequency power supply 6 needs to measure in advance, method of measurement such as Fig. 2 shows, inject by the wide spectrum optical signal of wide spectrum light source 23---this light source light spectrum scope should comprise the fluorescence Spectra of double-cladding doped fiber 8 doped chemical from double clad undoped optical fiber 7 one end via lens 24, spectrometer 25 is placed at the other end of double clad undoped optical fiber 7, measure and record the radio frequency output frequency of absorbent core when 1080nm, and the radio-frequency power supply Vibration on Start-up of this laser is fixed on this frequency place, when finding that radio frequency output frequency is 2.5MHz when absorption spectra is measured, the absorbent core of absorption spectra is greatly about 1080nm place,
5th step: regulate micro positioner 26, observe the change that radio frequency exports the absorption spectra that the vibration that causes produces, increase the driving voltage that namely electrostriction micromotion device also regulates micro positioner 26, observe the situation of change of absorption spectra after its change in displacement, when regulating institute's making alive rising on micro positioner 26, absorption spectra broadens gradually, λ
2and λ
1interval is strengthened, and has an impact to output wavelength.
Constant power controller: constant power controller except control bimodal power output consistent except, also has a function, exactly when carrying out wavelength interval and being tuning, the centre wavelength of the absorption spectra after the superposition of multifiber absorption spectra can depart from the maximum gain wavelength of gain spectral, the power output of two wavelength is caused to change, the centre frequency of absorption spectra is retracted by the output frequency being changed radio-frequency power supply 6 by constant power controller, makes twin wavelength laser output have identical power output.Constant power controller adopts FEEDBACK CONTROL ride gain spectrum can to present etc. the two peak structure of net gain after superposing with absorption spectra at any time.
Device through just completing the tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser of the present embodiment is above selected and test, each parts are only needed to assemble according to structure shown in Fig. 1 afterwards, by the first fiber loop mirror the 1st arm, double clad undoped optical fiber, double-cladding doped fiber, the multiplexing end head and the tail phase welding successively of wavelength division multiplexer, by the pumping input welding of pumping source and wavelength division multiplexer, the signal end of wavelength division multiplexer and the second fiber loop mirror the 1st arm welding, second fiber loop mirror the 2nd arm and the welding of output tail optical fiber, require during welding that fibre core is aimed at.
By increasing the driving voltage that electrostriction micromotion device is also the low pressure piezoelectric ceramic adopted in this example, optical fiber can be made to fix left lobe 27 in tractive support 2, right lobe 28 outwards opens near micro positioner 26 one end, pulling force suffered by close micro positioner 26 one end institute winding optical fiber is increased, cause its absorption spectra central absorption wavelength to long wave oppositely movement, in the 5 circle optical fiber be wound around, optical fiber tension variations the closer to micro positioner 26 is larger, absorption spectra moves also maximum, optical fiber tension variations more away from micro positioner 26 is less, absorption spectra is just caused to broaden after five circle fiber absorption spectrum superpositions, cause net gain to compose Peak Separation to increase, dual-wavelength laser output gap is increased, two short-and-medium wavelength of output wavelength are to shortwave oppositely movement, long wavelength is to long wave oppositely movement.
FEEDBACK CONTROL is carried out, as first wave length λ by power monitoring result in the present embodiment
1power output P
1> first wave length λ
2power output P
2time (establish λ
1< λ
2), then reduce the output frequency of radio-frequency power supply (6), make trap centre wavelength to shortwave oppositely movement, reduce λ
1the intensity of corresponding net gain spectrum, controls the output frequency of radio-frequency power supply in a feedback manner, and the bimodal of stability contorting net gain spectrum has identical intensity, realizes dual wavelength constant power and exports.
Fig. 7 is micro positioner control voltage and dual wavelength interval and wavelength output relation figure, and along with the increase of micro positioner control voltage, twin wavelength laser output interval is strengthened gradually.
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1. a tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser, it is characterized in that, comprise the first fiber loop mirror (1), tractive support (2) fixed by optical fiber, triangular prism support (3), piezoelectric ceramic PZT (4), cushion block (5), radio-frequency power supply (6), double clad undoped optical fiber (7), double-cladding doped fiber (8), wavelength division multiplexer WDM (9), pumping source (10), second fiber loop mirror (11), export tail optical fiber (12), collimating lens (13), reflecting grating (14), first light power meter (15), second light power meter (16) and automatic frequency control circuit (17), wherein, the multiplexing end of the 1st arm of described first fiber loop mirror (1), double clad undoped optical fiber (7), double-cladding doped fiber (8), wavelength division multiplexer WDM (9) joins end to end welding successively, the pumping end of wavelength division multiplexer WDM (9) and pumping source (10) welding, the signal end of wavelength division multiplexer WDM (9) and the 1st arm welding of the second fiber loop mirror (11), the 2nd arm of the second fiber loop mirror (11) is connected with output tail optical fiber (12), 2nd arm of the first fiber loop mirror (1) and collimating lens (13) center conllinear, and the 2nd arm of the first fiber loop mirror (1) goes out the front focus that spire is positioned at collimating lens (13), reflecting grating (14) tilts 45 degree and is placed on the collimated light path of the emergent light of the 2nd arm of the first fiber loop mirror (1), the two-way light of reflecting grating (14) outgoing incides the first light power meter (15) and the second light power meter (16) respectively, first light power meter (15) is connected automatic frequency control circuit (17) respectively with the second light power meter (16), the output of automatic frequency control circuit (17) connects radio-frequency power supply (6), described optical fiber is fixed tractive support (2) and is comprised left lobe (27) and right lobe (28), connected by rigid cage (29) between described left lobe (27) and right lobe (28), left lobe (27), right lobe (28) outer arc are all carved with multiple parallel groove (31), double clad undoped optical fiber (7) to be fixed in the outside groove (31) of tractive support (2) around optical fiber and is strained, triangular prism support (3) is placed on piezoelectric ceramic (4), and piezoelectric ceramic (4) bottom establishes cushion block (5) to make rib contact double clad undoped optical fiber (7) at triangular prism support (3) top, described piezoelectric ceramic (4) connects radio-frequency power supply (6).
2. tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described left lobe (27), right lobe (28) are semicolumn, semiellipse post or rectangular band semicolumn.
3. tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described left lobe (27), upper adjacent groove (31) spacing of right lobe (28) are 2mm ~ 5mm, and groove depth equals double clad undoped optical fiber (7) surrounding layer radius.
4. tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the drift angle of described triangular prism support (3) is 30 ° ~ 60 °.
5. tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described left lobe (21), right lobe (22) top are equipped with press strip (24).
6. tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described double clad undoped optical fiber (7) is fixed tractive support (2) outside at optical fiber and be wound around 4 circles, every turn separation 2mm.
7. tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described first fiber loop mirror (1) coupling ratio is 50:50; Second fiber loop mirror (11) is the output of resonant cavity, and coupling ratio is α: (1-α), wherein
r is the reflectivity of the second fiber loop mirror (11).
8. tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, between a side of described rigid cage (29) and left lobe (27), right lobe (28), be respectively arranged with micro positioner (26).
9. tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described double clad undoped optical fiber (7) selects the undoped doubly clad optical fiber of 5/125 μm, fibre core numerical aperture is 0.15, inner cladding numerical aperture is 0.46, length 3m.
10. tunable small wavelength interval equipower dual-wavelength optical fiber laser as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, rectangular that described piezoelectric ceramic (4) is 80*15*1mm.
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