Summary of the invention
Based on this, it is necessary to provide a kind of tunable mode-locked optical fiber laser of the Gao Zhongying that tunable wavelength range is wide and swash
Light production method and application.
A kind of tunable mode-locked optical fiber laser of Gao Zhongying, including pumping source, model selection wave plate, quarter-wave plate,
Dichroic mirror, collimator, super-wide band high-gain optical fiber and saturable absorber, the dichroic mirror, the collimator, the ultra wide band
High-gain optical fiber and the saturable absorber constitute resonant cavity;The pump light that the pumping source issues passes sequentially through the mode
It passes through by the dichroic mirror after selecting wave plate, the quarter-wave plate into the resonant cavity, the dichroiscopic surface is equipped with
For through pump light and for reflecting the deielectric-coating of signal light, the laser fundamental frequency repetitive rate is in 500MHz or more and can be
Wavelength is tuned between 1450nm to 2150nm.
The pumping source is 980nm semiconductor laser in one of the embodiments,.
The deielectric-coating is not less than 70% to the transmitance of pump light in one of the embodiments, to the anti-of signal light
Penetrating rate is 85%~99%.
The super-wide band high-gain optical fiber is a kind of composite construction optical fiber in one of the embodiments, including fibre core and
Covering, the fibre core are made of the symmetrical sector structure of multiple groups, and multiple groups sector structure is by least two variety classes rare earths
The glass of ion doping forms, and rare earth ion includes Er3+、Tm3+And Ho3+, it is fan-shaped that the centre of luminescence is located at the difference in fibre core
Structural region, and each section of fibre core has been co-doped with sensitization rare earth ion Yb3+, each doping concentration of rare earth ion is all larger than 5wt%.
The gain coefficient of the super-wide band high-gain optical fiber is greater than 1dB/cm, gain ranging in one of the embodiments,
For 1450nm~2150nm.
A kind of laser generation method, includes the following steps:
Pump light is converted to the light of linear polarization mode;
The light of the linear polarization mode is rotated, so that the area that light field maximum is adulterated by different light emitting ionics
Domain excites different light emitting ionics to generate corresponding gain, realizes the laser switching between different-waveband;
Amplified laser is exported by resonant cavity.
Above-mentioned laser generation method is adjustable using Gao Zhongying described in any of the above-described embodiment in one of the embodiments,
Humorous mode locked fiber laser.
Described in the tunable mode-locked optical fiber laser of Gao Zhongying described in any of the above-described embodiment or any of the above-described embodiment
The laser that laser generation method generates includes but is not limited to application during optical frequency calibration, ultrafast measurement.
It is inclined to be converted to line by using model selection wave plate by the above-mentioned tunable mode-locked optical fiber laser of Gao Zhongying for pump light
The shape adaptation of the super-wide band high-gain optical fiber of the light of vibration mode, the light of the linear polarization mode and gain light to be generated, and lead to
Rotation quarter-wave plate is crossed, the light that can control the linear polarization mode is rotated, and light field maximum can be made to be located at super
The different gains region of wide band high-gain optical fiber excites wherein different light emitting ionics to generate corresponding gain light, realizes different
Laser switching between wave band.
The tunable mode-locked optical fiber laser of the Gao Zhongying is different from traditional common mode-locked laser, and the Gao Zhongying is adjustable
Humorous mode locked fiber laser output mode locking pulse wavelength is adjustable within the scope of 1450nm~2150nm, and with it is traditional active
Mode-locked laser is compared, and has many advantages, such as that structure is simple, short and pithy, easy to carry, repetition rate can be easily increased to
Greater than 500MHz, the pulse of especially higher than 1GHz is exported, and in terms of the theoretical research of Gao Zhongying field and pulse, is had wide
Application prospect.
Specific embodiment
To facilitate the understanding of the present invention, a more comprehensive description of the invention is given in the following sections with reference to the relevant attached drawings.In attached drawing
Give presently preferred embodiments of the present invention.But the invention can be realized in many different forms, however it is not limited to this paper institute
The embodiment of description.On the contrary, purpose of providing these embodiments is keeps the understanding to the disclosure more thorough
Comprehensively.
It should be noted that it can directly on the other element when element is referred to as " being fixed on " another element
Or there may also be elements placed in the middle.When an element is considered as " connection " another element, it, which can be, is directly connected to
To another element or it may be simultaneously present centering elements.
Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein and belong to technical field of the invention
The normally understood meaning of technical staff is identical.Term as used herein in the specification of the present invention is intended merely to description tool
The purpose of the embodiment of body, it is not intended that in the limitation present invention.Term as used herein "and/or" includes one or more phases
Any and all combinations of the listed item of pass.
As shown in Figure 1, one embodiment of the invention provides a kind of tunable mode-locked optical fiber laser 10 of Gao Zhongying comprising
Pumping source 11, model selection wave plate 12, quarter-wave plate 13, dichroic mirror 14, collimator 15,16 and of super-wide band high-gain optical fiber
Saturable absorber 17.Dichroic mirror 14, collimator 15, super-wide band high-gain optical fiber 16 and saturable absorber 17 constitute linear
Resonant cavity 18.The pump light that pumping source 11 issues passes through after passing sequentially through model selection wave plate 12, quarter-wave plate 13 by two colors
Mirror 14 enters in resonant cavity 18, enters super-wide band high-gain composite construction light 16 by collimator 15 in resonant cavity 18,
Reach saturable absorber 17.The surface of dichroic mirror 14 is equipped with for the deielectric-coating through pump light and for reflecting signal light.
In a specific example, pumping source is 980nm semiconductor laser.
Deielectric-coating can high saturating pump light, and high inverted signal light.In a specific example, deielectric-coating is to the saturating of pump light
Rate is crossed not less than 70%, the reflectivity to signal light is 85%~99%.More specifically, deielectric-coating to the transmitance of pump light not
Reflectivity less than 95% and to signal light is 90%, can export 10% mode locking pulse in this way.
Super-wide band high-gain optical fiber 16 is a kind of composite construction optical fiber, including fibre core and covering.Wherein, fibre core is by multiple groups pair
The sector structure of distribution is claimed to constitute, multiple groups sector structure is made of the rare earth ion doped glass of at least two variety classes, dilute
Native ion includes Er3+、Tm3+And Ho3+, the centre of luminescence is located at the different sector structure regions in fibre core, and each portion of fibre core
Divide and has been co-doped with sensitization rare earth ion Yb3+, each doping concentration of rare earth ion is all larger than 5wt%.Further, the super-wide band high-gain light
The gain ranging of fibre 16 is 1450nm~2150nm, and gain coefficient is greater than 1dB/cm.
In a specific example, the end face of super-wide band high-gain optical fiber 16 is as shown in Figure 2 comprising fibre core, and
It is coated on the covering 164 on the fibre core surface.The fibre core is by three groups of rare earth ion doped regions in symmetrical fan-shaped setting
161, rare earth ion doped region 162, rare earth ion doped region 163 form.Wherein rare earth ion doped region 161 is Er3+/
Yb3+The multicomponent germanate glass of doping, rare earth ion doped region 162 are Tm3+/Yb3+The multicomponent germanate glass of doping
Glass, rare earth ion doped region 163 are Ho3+/Yb3+The multicomponent germanate glass of doping, covering 164 are not rare-earth ion-doped
Multicomponent germanate glass;Er3+、Tm3+、Ho3+、Yb3+The equal > 5wt% of doping concentration.
Rod-in-tube technique preparation can be used in the super-wide band high-gain optical fiber 16, and steps are as follows:
A, Er glass smelting: is melted using traditional melting-annealing method respectively3+/Yb3+、Tm3+/Yb3+And Ho3+/Yb3 +The bulk glass of fiber core and bulk cladding glass of doping;
B, cladding glass is processed: by melted cladding glass by being machined into the glass tube of design size, then being adopted
Inner and outer surfaces are polished with physics and chemical method, obtain covering 164;
C, prepared by composite construction plug: respectively by Er3+/Yb3+、Tm3+/Yb3+、Ho3+/Yb3+The bulk glass of fiber core of doping
By being machined into the glass cylinder of pre-set dimension, then using physically and/or chemically method polished surface, respectively by Er3+/
Yb3+、Tm3+/Yb3+、Ho3+/Yb3+The glass cylinder of doping is drawn into the thin stick of glass, i.e. a wire drawing obtains the thin stick of glass of fiber core;
The thin stick of glass of fiber core is then processed into using mechanical or laser the sector structure of design respectively, is then assembled into composite construction fibre core
Stick sequentially forms rare earth ion doped region 161, rare earth ion doped region 162 or rare earth ion doped region 163,
Covering and each core size require to determine according to Single Mode Fiber Design in middle step b and step c;
D, fibre-optical drawing: composite construction core rod and cladding glass pipe are assembled into composite construction optical fiber prefabricated rods, by group
The preform of dress carries out wire drawing, obtains end face gain fibre as shown in Figure 2.
In addition, the preparation of 3D printing method also can be used in the super-wide band high-gain optical fiber 16, steps are as follows:
A, prepared by composite construction plug: according to component design and size, preparing sector structure respectively using 3D printing method
Fibre core form rare earth ion doped region 161, rare earth ion doped region 162 by design and assembly at composite construction core rod
With rare earth ion doped region 163;Covering 164 is prepared using 3D printing method;
B, fibre-optical drawing: composite construction core rod and cladding glass pipe are assembled into composite construction optical fiber prefabricated rods, by group
The preform of dress carries out wire drawing, obtains end face gain fibre as shown in Figure 2.
Super-wide band high-gain optical fiber 16 shown in Fig. 2 can be used for constructing optical fiber laser and realize tunable laser output, such as
Above-mentioned multiband tunable single-frequency optical fiber laser 10 is constructed, is located at by control light field maximum different rare earth ion doped
The laser switching between different-waveband is realized so that different rare earth ions be excited to generate corresponding gain in region;Pass through temperature
Or Stress Control device, the center operating wavelength of the fiber grating pair at adjustable composite construction gain fibre both ends are realized
The tunable wave length of laser is exported within the scope of 1450nm~2150nm in specific band.
Pump light is converted to line by using model selection wave plate 12 by the tunable mode-locked optical fiber laser 10 of the Gao Zhongying
The shape adaptation of the super-wide band high-gain optical fiber of the light of polarization mode, the light of the linear polarization mode and gain light to be generated, and
By rotating quarter-wave plate 13, the light that can control the linear polarization mode is rotated, and can make light field maximum position
In the different gains region of super-wide band high-gain optical fiber 16, wherein different light emitting ionics is excited to generate corresponding gain light, it is real
Laser switching between existing different-waveband.
The tunable mode-locked optical fiber laser 10 of the Gao Zhongying is different from traditional common mode-locked laser, which can
Tune mode locked fiber laser 10 export mode locking pulse wavelength it is adjustable within the scope of 1450nm~2150nm, and with traditional master
Dynamic formula mode-locked laser is compared, and has many advantages, such as that structure is simple, short and pithy, easy to carry, repetition rate can easily be mentioned
Height especially can easily realize that pulse of the repetition rate higher than 1GHz exports, in Gao Zhongying field and arteries and veins to 500MHz is greater than
In terms of the theoretical research of punching, have broad application prospects.
The present invention further additionally provides a kind of laser generation method comprising following steps:
Step 1: pump light is converted to the light of linear polarization mode;
Step 2: the light of linear polarization mode is rotated, so that light field maximum was adulterated by different light emitting ionics
Region excites different light emitting ionics to generate corresponding gain, realizes the laser switching between different-waveband;
Step 3: the laser after gain is exported by linear cavity.
In step 2, the region of different light emitting ionic doping be can be set in a composite construction optical fiber, this is compound
Structured optical fiber has different gain regions, and different gain regions contain different light emitting ionics, can carry out in various degree
Gain.
Preferably, which can be used the above-mentioned tunable mode-locked optical fiber laser of Gao Zhongying shown in FIG. 1
10。
The laser above-mentioned Gao Zhongying tunable mode-locked optical fiber laser or generated by the above method exports mode locking pulse wavelength
It is adjustable within the scope of 1450nm~2150nm, it has a wide range of applications in Gao Zhongying field, such as can be by any of the above-described implementation
The laser that the tunable mode-locked optical fiber laser of Gao Zhongying or above-mentioned laser generation method of example generate, which is applied, to be demarcated or surpasses in optical frequency
In fast measurement.
Each technical characteristic of embodiment described above can be combined arbitrarily, for simplicity of description, not to above-mentioned reality
It applies all possible combination of each technical characteristic in example to be all described, as long as however, the combination of these technical characteristics is not deposited
In contradiction, all should be considered as described in this specification.
The embodiments described above only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but simultaneously
It cannot therefore be construed as limiting the scope of the patent.It should be pointed out that coming for those of ordinary skill in the art
It says, without departing from the inventive concept of the premise, various modifications and improvements can be made, these belong to protection of the invention
Range.Therefore, the scope of protection of the patent of the invention shall be subject to the appended claims.