CN203339466U - Transverse mode-wavelength correlation adjustable all-fiber laser - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to transverse mode-wavelength correlation adjustable all-fiber laser, which utilizes special corresponding characteristics of the wavelength and the transverse mode of a less-mode fiber bragg grating and realizes variation in the resonant wavelength of the laser by using a tunable band-pass filter in a fiber resonant cavity, thereby changing the output transverse mode. The laser mainly comprises a pumping source, a gain medium, a wavelength division multiplexer, a reflector, the tunable band-pass filter, a mode coupling portion and the less-mode fiber bragg grating. Output of the laser has the advantages of high mode purity, single wavelength narrow linewidth, and simple and convenient transverse mode switching. The transverse mode-wavelength correlation adjustable all-fiber laser does not have any space coupler involved, and is more stable in structure and convenient for movement and productization.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to field of lasers, particularly adjustable, the fiber laser that relate to the less fundamental mode optical fibre grating of transverse mode.
Background technology
The output transverse mode characteristic of laser is a key property of laser all the time, people are the basic modes of nearly diffraction limit to the research main target of laser transverse mode in one's early years, the advantage such as it has that hot spot is little, good directionality, linear polarization degree are good, due to the characteristic of fibre-optic waveguide, fiber laser has extraordinary performance on single-transverse mode laser.In recent years, research show high-rder mode laser especially the single order high-rder mode in all many-sides such as laser processing, optical control and particle acceleration, unique advantage is arranged, so also develop rapidly of the correlative study of high-rder mode laser.But the export technique of integrating these two kinds of patterns also rarely has appearance, existing variable mould field export technique mainly depends on the space phase modulator, this space phase modulator exist price high, require to work under super-clean environment, the drawback of the aspects such as wavelength restriction, this technology is mainly the passive conversion regime of space structure in addition, portable poor, stability is inputted light source to be affected larger.
Chinese patent application CN102544999A discloses a kind of axial symmetry light beam laser based on the less fundamental mode optical fibre grating, this patent mainly utilizes the reflection of less fundamental mode optical fibre grating pair basic mode to reach the laser beam that output has angle or radial symmetric polarisation distribution, so its drawback is fixed at output mode, can not between basic mode and First-Order Mode, switch.
The utility model content
Technology of the present utility model is dealt with problems: in order to overcome defect described in background technology, the utility model provides a kind of transverse mode-wavelength adjustable full-optical-fiber laser of being correlated with, can realize easily by regulating tunable bandpass filters the switching of single order fine mode and basic mode, there is compactness simple for structure, regulate easy, cheap, good portability, the advantage of the aspect such as stability height and, due to the high reaction of less fundamental mode optical fibre grating for pattern, the mode purity of output beam is higher.
The utility model technical solution:
Used key device less fundamental mode optical fibre grating in the utility model, described less fundamental mode optical fibre grating is for bragg wavelength, to be the Bragg grating of inscribing on less fundamental mode optical fibre; It has the different characteristic of different mode reflection wavelength.Different matching relation according to operation wavelength and less fundamental mode optical fibre optical grating reflection wavelength, utilize tunable bandpass filters to control the resonance wavelength of laser, to meet the demand with model selection element less fundamental mode optical fibre grating pair specific wavelength, the transverse mode of output is controlled in realization by controlling resonance wavelength, i.e. " transverse mode-wavelength " relevant tunable characteristic.
Described a kind of transverse mode-wavelength adjustable full-optical-fiber laser of being correlated with, its structure comprises: pumping source, wavelength division multiplexer, gain media, speculum, tunable bandpass filters, Mode Coupling part and less fundamental mode optical fibre grating, wherein:
Described pumping source, be semiconductor laser, with wavelength division multiplexer, be connected, and, to the gain media input continuous laser be connected with the wavelength division multiplexer common port, the work of excitation gain medium produces laser;
Described wavelength division multiplexer, have three ports, and an end is connected with the semiconductor laser as pumping source, and common port is connected with gain media, and the other end is connected with speculum as a laser mirror, and pumping source provides energy by wavelength division multiplexer to gain media;
Described gain media is rare-earth doped optical fibre, and two ends partly are connected with tunable bandpass filters and Mode Coupling respectively, and under the exciting of pumping source laser, the generation stimulated radiation produces laser, and its pattern is basic mode;
Described speculum, be connected with wavelength division multiplexer, as a chamber mirror of laser.Its way of realization has multiple, fiber end face plating highly reflecting films is arranged, utilize optical fiber plug lattice nanogram ring etc.;
Described tunable bandpass filters, two ends partly are connected with gain media and Mode Coupling respectively.Band pass filter refers to that the light in a certain wave-length coverage can pass through with very little decay high permeability, and the wavelength component of other scopes will decay significantly, tunable bandpass filters refers to that machinery or automatically controlled adjusting can realize the band pass filter that the high permeability wavelength location changes.
Described Mode Coupling part, two ends are connected with tunable bandpass filters and less fundamental mode optical fibre grating respectively, and it realizes various informative: fiber coupler, optical fiber dislocation welding and optical fiber draw cone.The basic mode laser that described Mode Coupling part can produce gain media is converted into the mixed mode laser of basic mode and the senior mould of single order.
Described less fundamental mode optical fibre grating, an end partly is connected with Mode Coupling, and the other end is as the output port of laser; Described less fundamental mode optical fibre refers to and allows, except basic mode, also to allow the optical fiber of single order higher order mode transmission; Described less fundamental mode optical fibre grating refers to be the Bragg grating of inscribing on less fundamental mode optical fibre for bragg wavelength, and its characteristics are that basic mode laser is different from the reflection wavelength of single order high-rder mode laser on described less fundamental mode optical fibre grating.
Described transverse mode-wavelength tunable laser of being correlated with, is characterized in that realizing the transverse mode of Output of laser is carried out to controllable adjustment by the adjusting of laser resonance wavelength.The resonance wavelength of laser is controlled by tunable bandpass filters, and the light loss minimum of band pass filter high-transmission rate wavelength occupies advantage in gain competition, forms laser resonance.The less fundamental mode optical fibre grating is for different order mode reflection wavelength differences, when the basic mode reflection wavelength of laser resonance wavelength and less fundamental mode optical fibre grating is identical, basic mode in the mixed mode that the basic mode laser produced by rare-earth doped optical fibre partly obtains through Mode Coupling meets the optical grating reflection condition and is reflected back toward in chamber and continues resonance, and the senior mould of single order becomes output mode due to the restriction that is not subject to the less fundamental mode optical fibre grating; Analogy, when the senior mould reflection wavelength of laser resonance wavelength and the single order of less fundamental mode optical fibre grating is identical, the senior mould of the single order in mixed mode meets the optical grating reflection condition and is reflected back toward in chamber, and basic mode becomes output mode.Utilize tunable bandpass filters to control the resonance wavelength of laser, thereby control the transverse mode of Output of laser.Realized transverse mode-wavelength adjustable full-optical-fiber laser of being correlated with.
The utility model advantage compared with prior art is:
(1) the utility model utilizes the characteristics of less fundamental mode optical fibre grating mode response, designed and can realize transverse mode-wavelength adjustable fiber laser of being correlated with, its advantage is stability and the portability of all optical fibre structure, utilize the output function of tunable bandpass filters wavelength regulation control model easy, and the less fundamental mode optical fibre grating guarantee high-quality output beam.
(2) the utility model is simple in structure, and principle is obvious, the tuning convenience of different order patterns.Potential application is being arranged aspect laser processing and scientific research.
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The structural representation that Fig. 1 is the relevant adjustable full-optical-fiber laser embodiment of the utility model transverse mode-wavelength.
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Before the concrete structure and content of narration embodiment, optical fiber and fiber grating pattern theory are carried out to necessary summary, especially for less fundamental mode optical fibre and less fundamental mode optical fibre grating, carry out necessary explanation.
So-called less fundamental mode optical fibre is to be different from the monomode fiber that can only support basic mode (HE11) the less loss transmission of section within it, and it can also support the transverse mode (TM01, TE01 etc.) of some higher orders to transmit as guided mode.
For less fundamental mode optical fibre, normalized frequency (V) is a kind of description preferably:
Wherein a is the fiber core radius size;
NA is the Optical Fiber Numerical Aperture size;
λ is the transmission light wavelength;
When V<=2.405, this optical fiber is monomode fiber; When 3.832 > V > 2.405 the time, optical fiber, for few mould, can be supported basic mode and single order high-rder mode.
Fiber grating becomes grid to form by germnium doped fiber through UV-irradiation, and the fiber core refractive index after the one-tenth grid presents periodic distribution and produces the Bragg grating effect.Described less fundamental mode optical fibre grating is for bragg wavelength, to be the grating of inscribing on less fundamental mode optical fibre, illustrate: when the bragg wavelength of fiber grating in the 1050nm left and right, it is that less fundamental mode optical fibre (V is between 2.405 to 3.8) is upper that such grating is scribed at for the 1050nm light wave, and the fiber grating obtained is exactly the less fundamental mode optical fibre grating.The wavelength of this grating in being not limited to for example, in theory at any wavelength by selecting suitable optical fiber and grating cycle can obtain corresponding less fundamental mode optical fibre grating.This grating has a plurality of reflection peaks, and the basic mode reflection peak is arranged, and single order fine mode reflection peak is also arranged, and the reflection wavelength difference.
The utility model just is being based on top analysis, utilizes the difference response of less fundamental mode optical fibre grating pair different mode and proposes.
Describe embodiment of the present utility model in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
As shown in Figure 1, semiconductor pumping sources 11 is connected with wavelength division multiplexer 12, and is that the rare-earth doped optical fibre 14 be connected with the wavelength division multiplexer common port injects pump energy by wavelength division multiplexer 12, with this, excites gain media to provide resonant energy to whole laser; Speculum 13 is connected with the wavelength division multiplexer other end, as the chamber mirror, energy is reflected back in chamber in order to resonance; Rare-earth doped optical fibre 14 other ends are connected with tunable bandpass filters 15, and the high transmission peak wavelength of filter can be regulated near the reflection wavelength of less fundamental mode optical fibre grating 17.Described less fundamental mode optical fibre refers to the optical fiber of normalized frequency between 2.405 to 3.8, and less fundamental mode optical fibre grating 17 refers to be the Bragg grating of inscribing on less fundamental mode optical fibre for reflection wavelength, it is characterized in that the senior mould reflection wavelength of basic mode and single order single order different.Mode Coupling part 16 is that two ends are connected with less fundamental mode optical fibre grating 17 with tunable bandpass filters 15 respectively, in order to the basic mode laser that rare-earth doped optical fibre 14 is produced, is converted into the mixed mode that comprises basic mode and the senior mould of single order.The operation wavelength of laser has determined the transverse mode characteristic of output.When the operation wavelength of controlling lasers when tunable bandpass filters 15 is identical with the basic mode reflection wavelength of less fundamental mode optical fibre grating, when the mixed mode (the senior mould of basic mode and single order) by Mode Coupling part gained arrives less fundamental mode optical fibre grating 17, it is interior as mode of resonance that basic mode is reflected back toward laser chamber, and the senior mould of single order is all exported due to the restriction that is not subject to the less fundamental mode optical fibre grating; When the operation wavelength of controlling lasers when tunable bandpass filters 15 is identical with the single order high-rder mode reflection wavelength of less fundamental mode optical fibre grating, when the mixed mode (the senior mould of basic mode and single order) by Mode Coupling part gained arrives less fundamental mode optical fibre grating 17, it is interior as mode of resonance that basic mode is reflected back toward laser chamber, and output mode is basic mode.So just realized transverse mode-wavelength adjustable full-optical-fiber laser of being correlated with.
Innovation of the present utility model is: utilize the characteristics of less fundamental mode optical fibre grating mode response, designed and can realize transverse mode-wavelength adjustable fiber laser of being correlated with.Its advantage is stability and the portability of all optical fibre structure, utilize the output function of tunable bandpass filters wavelength regulation control model easy, and the less fundamental mode optical fibre grating guarantees high-quality output beam.
Although described the utility model and advantage thereof in detail, should be appreciated that and can carry out various variations, replacement and transformation in the situation that do not deviate from spirit and scope of the present utility model defined by the appended claims.In addition, do not mean that the application's scope is limited to the specific embodiment of technique, equipment, manufacture and material composition, means, method and the step described in specification.Those skilled in the art will be easy to recognize technique, equipment, manufacture, material composition, means, method or step that those exist now or that find from disclosure of the present utility model, itself and completing substantially the same function or reaching substantially the same result of using according to the corresponding embodiment of the utility model described herein later.Therefore, expect that appended claim is included in such technique, equipment, manufacture, material composition, means, method or step their scope.
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1. the relevant adjustable full-optical-fiber laser of a transverse mode-wavelength is characterized in that comprising: pumping source, wavelength division multiplexer, gain media, speculum, tunable bandpass filters, Mode Coupling part and less fundamental mode optical fibre grating, wherein:
Described pumping source, be semiconductor laser, with wavelength division multiplexer, is connected;
Described wavelength division multiplexer, have three ports, and an end is connected with the semiconductor laser as pumping source, and common port is connected with gain media, and the other end is connected with speculum as a laser mirror;
Described gain media is rare-earth doped optical fibre, and two ends are connected with tunable bandpass filters and wavelength division multiplexer respectively;
Described speculum, be connected with wavelength division multiplexer, and its way of realization has multiple, comprises profile of optic fibre plating highly reflecting films, utilizes optical fiber plug lattice nanogram ring all can realize;
Described tunable bandpass filters, two ends partly are connected with gain media and Mode Coupling respectively;
Described Mode Coupling part, two ends are connected with tunable bandpass filters and less fundamental mode optical fibre grating respectively, and its way of realization is: fiber coupler, optical fiber dislocation welding or optical fiber draw cone;
Described less fundamental mode optical fibre grating, an end partly is connected with Mode Coupling, and the other end is as the output port of laser; Described less fundamental mode optical fibre refers to and allows, except basic mode, also to allow the optical fiber of single order higher order mode transmission.
2. the relevant tunable laser of transverse mode-wavelength according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the resonance wavelength of described laser is controlled by tunable bandpass filters, the light loss minimum of band pass filter high-transmission rate wavelength occupies advantage in gain competition, forms laser resonance.
3. the relevant tunable laser of transverse mode-wavelength according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described less fundamental mode optical fibre grating is for different order mode reflection wavelength differences, when the basic mode reflection wavelength of laser resonance wavelength and less fundamental mode optical fibre grating is identical, basic mode in the mixed mode that the basic mode laser produced by rare-earth doped optical fibre partly obtains through Mode Coupling meets the optical grating reflection condition and is reflected back toward in chamber and continues resonance, and the senior mould of single order becomes output mode due to the restriction that is not subject to the less fundamental mode optical fibre grating; When the senior mould reflection wavelength of laser resonance wavelength and the single order of less fundamental mode optical fibre grating is identical, the senior mould of single order in mixed mode meets the optical grating reflection condition and is reflected back toward in chamber, and basic mode becomes output mode, utilize tunable bandpass filters to control the resonance wavelength of laser, thereby control the transverse mode of Output of laser, transverse mode-wavelength is relevant adjustable.
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