CN204030261U - A kind of high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier - Google Patents
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The utility model embodiment provides a kind of high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier for amplifying the flashlight of input, comprises pumping source and laser medium; Pumping source for exporting and pulsewidth synchronous with the flashlight pumping laser pulse lower than the upper state life-span of laser particle, and for exporting next pumping laser pulse after the laser particle of a upper pumping laser pulse excitation is exhausted.Compared to existing technology, the utility model inhibits the growth of ASE, achieves more high-amplification-factor maintain higher amplification efficiency, thus reduces the progression of amplifier, and then reduce nonlinear accumulation, the complexity of system and the cost of laser.
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Technical field
The utility model belongs to field of laser device technology, particularly relates to a kind of growth suppressing ASE, realizes more high-amplification-factor and also keeps the high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier of higher amplification efficiency.
Background technology
Optical fiber laser amplifier belongs to high-gain amplifier traditionally, early stage many documents all report fiber laser can realize very high gain, compared with can amplifying (it is even higher that single-stage realizes 60dB) with the index of the regenerative amplifier in solid state laser or prime.But, in the optical fiber laser amplifier of reality, particularly in pulsed optical fibre laser amplifier, designer designs the gain (being generally 13-20dB) of one-stage amplifier very carefully, often needs to adopt the amplifier chain scheme of casacade multi-amplifier in order to realize high-gain.
This common practice has its specific reason, and in the fine laser amplifier of pulse full, ASE and background noise are one of maximum restrictions.Flashlight and spontaneous radiation competition is in the amplifier a common problem, and this problem is outstanding especially in fiber amplifier; Higher multiplication factor means that the growth of ASE is faster, more easily occurs; Therefore require to control single-stage multiplication factor, and use filter to filter ASE composition at inter-stage.Secondly, for the consideration of efficiency of amplitude.In basic laser amplifier theory, multiplication factor is higher, and attainable light conversion efficiency is lower.The multiplication factor controlling one-stage amplifier consciously is also to realize the higher amplification efficiency of every grade of amplifier.
But multistage all-fiber amplifier chain can bring many problems.Except increasing the complexity of system, the cost increasing laser, the stability reducing fiber laser and reliability, also can accumulate more non-linear because of the increase of fiber optic component and device, cause spectrum distortion, pulse distortion, reduce effective output and even destroy device, destroy Optical Maser System.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier, to inhibit increasing of ASE, realize more high-amplification-factor and also keep higher amplification efficiency, reduce the progression of amplifier, and then reduce the nonlinear complexity of accumulation system and the cost of laser.
For achieving the above object, the utility model embodiment provides a kind of high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier, and for amplifying the flashlight of input, described high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier comprises pumping source and laser medium; Described pumping source for exporting and pulsewidth synchronous with the described flashlight pumping laser pulse lower than the upper state life-span of the laser particle encouraging described laser medium to obtain, and for exporting next pumping laser pulse after the laser particle of a upper pumping laser pulse excitation is exhausted.
Preferably, described pump power is high thus substantially reduce upper state life-span of laser particle
wherein τ
21for the spontaneous radiation upper state life-span, described Pp is normalized pump power in units of threshold pump power Pth, described P
thpump power when be gain being zero.This makes laser particle be consumed sooner by the form of stimulated emission, provides more high-gain; And it is more fully fast to supplementing of upper state.
Preferably, described flashlight is generated by seed laser, and described pumping source and described seed laser adopt synchronous pulse current source to drive.
Preferably, described high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier is single mode full optical fiber laser amplifier.
Preferably, described high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier comprises prime amplifier and main amplifier dual-stage amplifier;
The pumping source of described prime amplifier is single mode laser diodes laser, described main amplifier be multimode single-tube semiconductor laser, and described main amplifier comprises double cladding large mode field optical fiber.
Preferably, described high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier also comprises first stage amplifier.
Preferably, described pumping source is high power semiconductor lasers.
Beneficial effect:
The utility model employs synchronous with flashlight, and pulsewidth is lower than the pumping laser pulse in laser particle upper state life-span, and pump frequency is lower, and after upper state is exhausted, pumping pulse just reappears.Not only flashlight only contacts fresh upper state particle, and these particles are obtained by fresh pumping laser, which ensure that the gain that flashlight obtains is maximum.In addition, when pulse pump, its peak power can surmount the average power of running continuously greatly, further increases the pump intensity to laser medium.And because flashlight is synchronous with pumping, no signal is then without pumping, and upper state particle, can not the amplified spontaneous emission because average power is too low it is seen that the peak power of flashlight instead of average power, and ASE can be suppressed to increase; Pulse pump, only for amplifying signal, can keep higher amplification efficiency realizing more high-amplification-factor simultaneously; Because peak power is higher, increase the pump intensity to laser medium, thus one-stage amplifier can realize more high-amplification-factor, uses less amplifier, can greatly reduce nonlinear accumulation; In addition, can also the pulse characteristic of inhibit signal light better.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the utility model embodiment or technical scheme of the prior art, be briefly described to the accompanying drawing used required in embodiment or description of the prior art below, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is embodiments more of the present utility model, for those of ordinary skill in the art, under the prerequisite not paying creative work, other accompanying drawing can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the upper state life-span of the laser particle of different laser medium in the utility model and the graph of a relation of pumping rate;
Fig. 2 is structure chart when having dual-stage amplifier in the utility model embodiment;
Fig. 3 is structure chart when having first stage amplifier in the utility model embodiment.
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For making the object of the utility model embodiment, technical scheme and advantage clearly, below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the utility model embodiment, technical scheme in the utility model embodiment is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is the utility model part embodiment, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the utility model, those of ordinary skill in the art are not making the every other embodiment obtained under creative work prerequisite, all belong to the scope of the utility model protection.
Thought of the present utility model is that the transient state utilizing pumping laser pulse to cause in the fine laser amplifier of pulse full amplifies the full optical fiber laser amplifier realizing high-gain.What this full optical fiber laser amplifier was concrete is single mode full optical fiber laser amplifier
The utility model example 1 provides a kind of concrete structure of high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier, and it comprises pumping source and laser medium; Wherein, pumping source for exporting and wanting amplifying signal phototiming and the pumping laser pulse in upper state life-span of laser particle that obtains lower than exciting laser medium of pulsewidth, and for exporting next pumping laser pulse after the laser particle of a upper pumping laser pulse excitation is exhausted.
Above-mentioned laser medium is generally the certain density rare earth element mixed in fiber core layer deposition, as erbium, ytterbium, thulium, holmium, praseodymium or rubidium plasma.In optical fiber, Doped ions transits to metastable highly excited level after being subject to pump light excitation, under flashlight induction, produces stimulated radiation, forms the relevant amplification to flashlight.
The pumping source of fiber laser is high power semiconductor lasers.Relatively specific optical-fiber laser, adopt above-mentioned pulsewidth lower than the laser particle upper state life-span and frequency is lower, the pumping laser pulse just reappeared after upper state is exhausted, make not only flashlight only contact fresh upper state particle, and these particles are obtained by fresh pumping laser pulse.This can ensure that the gain that flashlight obtains is maximum.And for high power semiconductor lasers, when pulse pump, its peak power can surmount the average power of running continuously greatly, further increases the pump intensity to laser medium.
As previously mentioned, the utility model is the thought that make use of transient state amplification, and this thought is contrary with most fiber laser thought.In common fiber laser design philosophy, it is make the system factors of instability that transient state is amplified, and ites is desirable to avoid and suppress.But in the utility model, applicant make use of the advantage that transient state is amplified, because flashlight and pumping laser impulsive synchronization, no signal is then without pumping, upper state particle is it is seen that the peak power of flashlight instead of average power, can not the amplified spontaneous emission because average power is too low, the object suppressing ASE to increase can be realized; Pumping laser pulse, only for amplifying signal light, can realize more keeping higher amplification efficiency while high-amplification-factor.And due to more high-peak power can be used, increase the pump intensity to laser medium, thus one-stage amplifier can realize more high-amplification-factor, on an average in a fiber non-linear lower.Corresponding identical gain requirement, the utility model decreases the progression of amplifier, thus can greatly reduce nonlinear accumulation; In addition, can also the pulse characteristic of inhibit signal light better.
Such scheme can be used in the fiber laser of any doping particle, arbitrarily optical maser wavelength, include but are not limited to the optical-fiber laser mixing Er, Yb, Ho, Th, Nd and Pr etc., according to the different laser particle upper state life-spans, select suitable Pump duration and frequency; Any laser power level can also be used for, comprise average power and peak power level, include but are not limited to pW, nW, uW, mW, W, KW, MW, GW, etc., according to different laser amplifier power levels, may correspond to and select suitable pumping current and intensity.
It should be explicitly made clear at this point, under the condition of pulse pump, the real laser particle upper state life-span is no longer the spontaneous radiation upper state life-span, but by pumping rate P
pdetermine.Pumping rate P
pnormalized pump power, with threshold pump power P
thfor unit; And threshold pump power P
thpump power when be then gain being zero, now small signal gain g
0just equal transmission loss α.
Be below the computing formula of laser particle real upper state life-span τ:
Wherein τ
21for the upper state life-span of laser particle spontaneous radiation, P
pwith threshold pump power P
thfor the normalized pump power of unit, described P
thpump power when be gain being zero.
Such as, in the optical fiber mixing Yb, the spontaneous radiation upper state life-span is 0.84ms, but under the condition of very high pumping rate, special in pulse pump, pumping rate can reach hundreds of, and the laser particle real upper state life-span becomes 1-10 μ s, and the gain recovery time of laser medium is also in this magnitude; Concrete Pump duration and frequency can be selected thus, the average power of design pumping and peak current.Fig. 1 shows the change curve of the particle upper state life-span pumping rate of plain laser fiber.Accordingly, we can determine the pumping laser pulse of the laser fiber for difference doping.
Pumping laser pulse is exported for realizing in the utility model, can to the drive circuit chopping of pumping source, simultaneously to the seed drive circuit chopping of the seed laser of generation flashlight, both use lock-out pulse power supply to drive.
About the technology of the chopping of drive circuit, can specifically see the patent that applicant's patent applications number is 2014103172175.
Can realize higher one pass gain based on the utility model, the high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier in the utility model can design prime amplifier and main amplifier dual-stage amplifier as required, or is designed to only include first stage amplifier.
The diode laser power of common seed is very low, and average power is about 1mW, peak power is about 1W, and as obtained average power 20-100W, the light pulse of peak power 20-50KW, needs the amplification of 45-50dB.Based on existing technology, fiber amplifier will be made up of three or more level.But based on scheme of the present utility model, can realize in one-level or dual-stage amplifier:
The drive current source of pumping source is synchronous with the drive current source of seed laser.The diode laser of usual seed uses constant-current source to drive, under the condition of pulsed drive, the comparable continuous print stabling current of peak current is high a lot, concrete multiple is relevant with duty ratio, such as when 100Hz, 10us driving pulse, duty ratio 0.1%, peak current comparable continuous print stabling current height 5-10 doubly.Single mode laser diodes laser exports about 600mW-1W, drive current 1-2A, and peak current can reach 5-10A; Under the driving of this electric current, the gain of prime amplifier can reach 35-40dB, and peak power reaches 5-10KW.Because gain is very large, only just higher in the end peak power of amplifier, that accumulates in amplifying fiber is non-linear not high, and even monomode fiber also can accept.For obtaining more high-peak power, main amplifier uses multimode single-tube semiconductor laser and double cladding large mode field optical fiber, and multimode single-tube semiconductor laser exports about 10W, and constant current is about 10A, and peak current can reach 50-100A.Now control peak current, the gain 5-10dB of hold amplifier, peak power can reach 20-50KW, even 100KW.
As Fig. 2 is structure chart when having dual-stage amplifier, wherein laser control system 1 controls seed drive circuit 21, first pumping source drive circuit 31 and the second pumping source drive circuit 41 carries out pulsed drive to each self-corresponding seed laser 2, prime amplifier 3, main amplifier 4 respectively.
Further, if use more high peak current, first stage amplifier can realize higher one pass gain.Our experiments show that, the one pass gain of 45-50dB is feasible.
As Fig. 3 is structure chart when having first stage amplifier, wherein laser control system 5 controls seed drive circuit 61 respectively, the 3rd pumping source drive circuit 71 carries out pulsed drive to each self-corresponding seed laser 6, amplifier 7.
The utility model embodiment still provides a kind of high gain lasers amplification method, the method utilizes the pumping laser impulse pair signals light synchronous with flashlight to amplify, upper state life-span of the laser particle that the pulsewidth of pumping laser pulse obtains lower than exciting laser medium and export next pumping laser pulse after the laser particle of a upper pumping laser pulse excitation is exhausted.
Concrete, under pumping laser pulse, the upper state life-span of laser particle shortens greatly,
wherein τ
21for the spontaneous radiation upper state life-span, P
pwith threshold pump power P
thfor the normalized pump power of unit, P
thpump power when be gain being zero.This makes laser particle be consumed sooner by the form of stimulated emission, provides more high-gain; And it is more fully fast to supplementing of upper state.Thus the laser amplifier of high-gain can be realized.
Said method can give various structure and realize, and in the utility model, said method can be applicable in above-mentioned high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier.
The above is only preferred implementation of the present utility model; it should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the prerequisite not departing from the utility model principle; can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications also should be considered as protection range of the present utility model.
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1. a high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier, for amplifying the flashlight of input, it is characterized in that, described high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier comprises pumping source and laser medium; Described pumping source for exporting and pulsewidth synchronous with the described flashlight pumping laser pulse lower than the upper state life-span of the laser particle encouraging described laser medium to obtain, and for exporting next pumping laser pulse after the laser particle of a upper pumping laser pulse excitation is exhausted.
2. high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, the upper state life-span of described laser particle
wherein τ
21for the spontaneous radiation upper state life-span, described Pp is with threshold pump power P
thfor the normalized pump power of unit, described P
thpump power when be gain being zero.
3. high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described flashlight is generated by seed laser, and described pumping source and described seed laser adopt synchronous pulse current source to drive.
4. high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, described high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier is single mode full optical fiber laser amplifier.
5. high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, described high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier comprises prime amplifier and main amplifier dual-stage amplifier;
The pumping source of described prime amplifier is single mode laser diodes laser, described main amplifier be multimode single-tube semiconductor laser, and described main amplifier comprises double cladding large mode field optical fiber.
6. high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, described high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier comprises first stage amplifier.
7. high-gain full optical fiber laser amplifier as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, described pumping source is high power semiconductor lasers.
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