In this work,we demonstrate the spectral manipulation in an ultrafast fiber laser system that generates ultrashort pulses with a repetition rate of 1.2 GHz and two switchable modes—a 1064-nm fundamental laser mode wi...In this work,we demonstrate the spectral manipulation in an ultrafast fiber laser system that generates ultrashort pulses with a repetition rate of 1.2 GHz and two switchable modes—a 1064-nm fundamental laser mode with a maximum output power of 66.6 W,and a 1125-nm Raman laser mode with a maximum output power of 17.23 W.The pulse width,beam quality,and power stability are carefully characterized.We also investigate a method to switch between the two modes by manipulating the duty cycle of the modulation signal.It is anticipated that this bi-mode ultrafast fiber laser system can be a promising ultrafast laser source for frontier applications,such as micromachining,bioimaging,and spectroscopy.展开更多
We report a high-stability ultrafast ultraviolet(UV)laser source at 352 nm by exploring an all-fiber,all-polarizationmaintaining(all-PM),Yb-doped femtosecond fiber laser at 1060 nm.The output power,pulse width,and opt...We report a high-stability ultrafast ultraviolet(UV)laser source at 352 nm by exploring an all-fiber,all-polarizationmaintaining(all-PM),Yb-doped femtosecond fiber laser at 1060 nm.The output power,pulse width,and optical spectrum width of the fiber laser are 6 W,244 fs,and 17.5 nm,respectively.The UV ultrashort pulses at a repetition rate of 28.9 MHz are generated by leveraging single-pass second-harmonic generation in a 1.3-mm-long BiB_(3)O_(6)(BIBO)and sum frequency generation in a 5.1-mm-long BIBO.The maximum UV output power is 596 mW.The root mean square error of the output power of UV pulses is 0.54%.This laser,with promising stability,is expected to be a nice source for frontier applications in the UV wavelength window.展开更多
Saturable absorbers(SAs)covering wavelengths from near-infrared(NIR)to mid-infrared(MIR)band are required for mode-locking and Q-switching lasers in muti-band wavelengths.Here,broadband nonlinear optical property was ...Saturable absorbers(SAs)covering wavelengths from near-infrared(NIR)to mid-infrared(MIR)band are required for mode-locking and Q-switching lasers in muti-band wavelengths.Here,broadband nonlinear optical property was discovered in Cs_(x)WO_(3) nanorods(NRs),which as a novel non-stoichiometric SA for realizing ultrafast fiber lasers is first demonstrated.The Cs_(x)WO_(3) NRs based SA exhibited good mode-locking ability in three key wavelengths from NIR to MIR region,which is a key advantage over the most reported broadband SAs.The given Cs_(x)WO_(3) NRs showed a broadband optical absorption from 800 to 3,200 nm,and excellent SA properties at 1-μm,1.5-μm,and 2-μm optical bands.Employing such SA,the ultrashort pulse lasers with a pulse duration/repetition rate of 530 fs/37.42 MHz at 1,567 nm and 5.6 ps/41.50 MHz at 1,965 nm from Er-and Tm-doped fiber lasers(TDFL)were realized separately.In addition,a stable mode locked operation at 1,030 nm with a repetition rate of 48.80 MHz was also achieved from Yb-doped fiber laser(YDFL).This work not only offers a new and reliable broadband mode locker for ultrafast laser generation,but also broadens the application of Cs_(x)WO_(3) materials in the field of nonlinear fiber optics.展开更多
As the typical material of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides（TMDs）, few-layered MoS2 possesses broadband saturable absorption and a large nonlinear refractive index, which could be regarded as a promi...As the typical material of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides（TMDs）, few-layered MoS2 possesses broadband saturable absorption and a large nonlinear refractive index, which could be regarded as a promising candidate for dual-function photonic device fabrication. In this work, the coexistence of a bound soliton and harmonic mode-locking soliton was demonstrated in an ultrafast fiber laser based on a MoS2-deposited microfiber photonic device. Through a band-pass filter, each multi-soliton state was investigated separately. The bound soliton has periodic spectral modulation of 1.55 nm with a corresponding pulse separation of 5.16 ps.The harmonic mode-locking soliton has the repetition rate of 479 MHz, corresponding to the 65th harmonic of the fundamental repetition rate. The results indicated that there exist more possibilities of different multi-soliton composites, which would enhance our understanding of multi-soliton dynamics.展开更多
A compact all-fiber polarization-maintaining Er:laser using a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror is reported. Fundamental single-pulse mode-locking operation can always self start, with a cavity round-trip decreased fro...A compact all-fiber polarization-maintaining Er:laser using a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror is reported. Fundamental single-pulse mode-locking operation can always self start, with a cavity round-trip decreased from ~ 4.7 m to~ 1.7 m. When the pulse repetition rate is 121.0328 MHz, output pulse is measured to have a center wavelength/3-d B spectral bandwidth/radio frequency signal to noise ratio(SNR)/pulse width of 1571.65 nm/18.70 nm/80 d B/477 fs, respectively. Besides, three states including the exponential growth, damping state, and steady state are investigated through the build-up process both experimentally and numerically. Excellent stability of this compact Er:laser is further evaluated,demonstrating that it can be an easy-fabrication maintenance-free ultrafast candidate for the scientific area of this kind.展开更多
Soliton molecules,referred to as closely bounded solitons,have recently attracted considerable interest in both fundamental nonlinear physics research and refreshed application promises.To date,extensive efforts have ...Soliton molecules,referred to as closely bounded solitons,have recently attracted considerable interest in both fundamental nonlinear physics research and refreshed application promises.To date,extensive efforts have been made on the generation of quadratic soliton molecules.These are soliton molecules whose formation exclusively involves second-order dispersion and Kerr nonlinearity.Here,for the first time,we demonstrate the realization of various third-order dispersion-supported soliton molecules,including vector dark–anti-dark solitons,vector anti-dark solitons,and vector anti-dark soliton molecules formed in a fiber laser with net cavity dispersion near the zero-group-velocity-dispersion point.High-order dispersion could greatly alter the internal soliton interaction within a soliton molecule.This finding could open exciting new avenues in soliton research.展开更多
掺镱超快光纤激光器因光束质量好、输出功率高而被广泛应用于科学研究、工业加工、医疗诊断等领域.大模场面积的棒状光纤可以提供平均功率在百瓦量级的高能量飞秒脉冲输出,本文基于掺镱棒状光纤搭建了啁啾脉冲放大系统,详细研究脉冲输...掺镱超快光纤激光器因光束质量好、输出功率高而被广泛应用于科学研究、工业加工、医疗诊断等领域.大模场面积的棒状光纤可以提供平均功率在百瓦量级的高能量飞秒脉冲输出,本文基于掺镱棒状光纤搭建了啁啾脉冲放大系统,详细研究脉冲输入功率对脉冲放大及压缩的影响.实验结果表明,在低放大功率下(<160 W)增大输入功率可提升放大效率且脉冲压缩质量基本不受影响;当放大功率进一步增大时,需选择合适的输入功率避免积累过量非线性相位.该啁啾脉冲放大系统可将20 W圆偏光输入放大至305 W,压缩后产生平均功率为273 W、能量为273μJ的264 fs脉冲,脉冲平均功率和峰值功率比Pedersen课题组(Pedersen M E,Johansen M M,Olesen A S,Michieletto M,Gaponenko M,Maack M D 2022 Opt.Lett,475172)结果约提升了一倍.展开更多
The interest in tunable ultrafast fiber lasers operating in the 1.3 μm region has seen a significant increase due to rising demands for bandwidth as well as the zero-dispersion characteristic of silica fibers in this...The interest in tunable ultrafast fiber lasers operating in the 1.3 μm region has seen a significant increase due to rising demands for bandwidth as well as the zero-dispersion characteristic of silica fibers in this wavelength region. In this work, a tunable mode-locked praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber(PDFF) laser using single-walled carbon nanotubes as a saturable absorber is demonstrated. The mode-locked pulses are generated at a central wavelength of 1302 nm with a pulse repetition rate of 5.92 MHz and pulse width of 1.13 ps. The tunability of the mode-locked PDFF laser covers a tuning range of 11 nm.展开更多
基金supported by the NSFC Development of National Major Scientific Research Instrument(No.61927816)the Introduced Innovative Team Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program(No.2021ZT09Z109)+5 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(No.2021B1515020074)the Mobility Programme of the Sino-German(No.M-0296)the Double First Class Initiative(No.D6211170)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U1609219 and 62235014)the Science and Technology Project of Guangdong(No.2020B1212060002)the Key R&D Program of Guangzhou(No.202007020003)。
文摘In this work,we demonstrate the spectral manipulation in an ultrafast fiber laser system that generates ultrashort pulses with a repetition rate of 1.2 GHz and two switchable modes—a 1064-nm fundamental laser mode with a maximum output power of 66.6 W,and a 1125-nm Raman laser mode with a maximum output power of 17.23 W.The pulse width,beam quality,and power stability are carefully characterized.We also investigate a method to switch between the two modes by manipulating the duty cycle of the modulation signal.It is anticipated that this bi-mode ultrafast fiber laser system can be a promising ultrafast laser source for frontier applications,such as micromachining,bioimaging,and spectroscopy.
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Nos.62375087,12374304,U1609219,and 62235014)the NSFC Development of National Major Scientific Research Instrument(No.61927816)+3 种基金the Mobility Programme of the Sino-German(No.M-0296)the Introduced Innovative Team Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program(No.2021ZT09Z109)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(No.2021B1515020074)the Science and Technology Project of Guangdong(No.2020B1212060002)。
文摘We report a high-stability ultrafast ultraviolet(UV)laser source at 352 nm by exploring an all-fiber,all-polarizationmaintaining(all-PM),Yb-doped femtosecond fiber laser at 1060 nm.The output power,pulse width,and optical spectrum width of the fiber laser are 6 W,244 fs,and 17.5 nm,respectively.The UV ultrashort pulses at a repetition rate of 28.9 MHz are generated by leveraging single-pass second-harmonic generation in a 1.3-mm-long BiB_(3)O_(6)(BIBO)and sum frequency generation in a 5.1-mm-long BIBO.The maximum UV output power is 596 mW.The root mean square error of the output power of UV pulses is 0.54%.This laser,with promising stability,is expected to be a nice source for frontier applications in the UV wavelength window.
基金This work was supported by the Specialized Fund for the Doctoral Research of Jilin Engineering Normal University under(No.BSKJ201920)the Science and Technology Research Project of Jilin Province's Education Department(No.JJKH20210175KJ)the Project of Science and Technology Plan of Jilin Province(No.YDZJ202101ZYTS178)。
文摘Saturable absorbers(SAs)covering wavelengths from near-infrared(NIR)to mid-infrared(MIR)band are required for mode-locking and Q-switching lasers in muti-band wavelengths.Here,broadband nonlinear optical property was discovered in Cs_(x)WO_(3) nanorods(NRs),which as a novel non-stoichiometric SA for realizing ultrafast fiber lasers is first demonstrated.The Cs_(x)WO_(3) NRs based SA exhibited good mode-locking ability in three key wavelengths from NIR to MIR region,which is a key advantage over the most reported broadband SAs.The given Cs_(x)WO_(3) NRs showed a broadband optical absorption from 800 to 3,200 nm,and excellent SA properties at 1-μm,1.5-μm,and 2-μm optical bands.Employing such SA,the ultrashort pulse lasers with a pulse duration/repetition rate of 530 fs/37.42 MHz at 1,567 nm and 5.6 ps/41.50 MHz at 1,965 nm from Er-and Tm-doped fiber lasers(TDFL)were realized separately.In addition,a stable mode locked operation at 1,030 nm with a repetition rate of 48.80 MHz was also achieved from Yb-doped fiber laser(YDFL).This work not only offers a new and reliable broadband mode locker for ultrafast laser generation,but also broadens the application of Cs_(x)WO_(3) materials in the field of nonlinear fiber optics.
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Nos.61307058,61378036,11304101,and 11474108)Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar(No.2014A030306019)+3 种基金Program for the Outstanding Innovative Young Talents of Guangdong Province(No.2014TQ01X220)Program for Outstanding Young Teachers in Guangdong Higher Education Institutes(No.YQ2015051)Science and Technology Project of Guangdong(No.2016B090925004)Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou(No.201607010245)
文摘As the typical material of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides（TMDs）, few-layered MoS2 possesses broadband saturable absorption and a large nonlinear refractive index, which could be regarded as a promising candidate for dual-function photonic device fabrication. In this work, the coexistence of a bound soliton and harmonic mode-locking soliton was demonstrated in an ultrafast fiber laser based on a MoS2-deposited microfiber photonic device. Through a band-pass filter, each multi-soliton state was investigated separately. The bound soliton has periodic spectral modulation of 1.55 nm with a corresponding pulse separation of 5.16 ps.The harmonic mode-locking soliton has the repetition rate of 479 MHz, corresponding to the 65th harmonic of the fundamental repetition rate. The results indicated that there exist more possibilities of different multi-soliton composites, which would enhance our understanding of multi-soliton dynamics.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61805282,11802339,and 11504420)the Opening Foundation of State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing,China(Grant No.201601-02)+2 种基金the Open Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High Energy Technology,China(Grant No.GNJGJS03)the Opening Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Laser Interaction with Matter,China(Grant No.SKLLIM1702)the China Postdoctoral Innovation Science Foundation(Grant No.BX20180373)
文摘A compact all-fiber polarization-maintaining Er:laser using a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror is reported. Fundamental single-pulse mode-locking operation can always self start, with a cavity round-trip decreased from ~ 4.7 m to~ 1.7 m. When the pulse repetition rate is 121.0328 MHz, output pulse is measured to have a center wavelength/3-d B spectral bandwidth/radio frequency signal to noise ratio(SNR)/pulse width of 1571.65 nm/18.70 nm/80 d B/477 fs, respectively. Besides, three states including the exponential growth, damping state, and steady state are investigated through the build-up process both experimentally and numerically. Excellent stability of this compact Er:laser is further evaluated,demonstrating that it can be an easy-fabrication maintenance-free ultrafast candidate for the scientific area of this kind.
基金supported by the Education Department of the Guangdong Province(Grant No.2022ZDJS116)the National Science Foundation of Top Talent of SZTU(Grant No.GDRC202302)+1 种基金the Agency for Science,Technology and Research,Singapore(Grant No.IRG M21K2c0109)the Singapore Ministry of Education(Grant No.RG114/21).
文摘Soliton molecules,referred to as closely bounded solitons,have recently attracted considerable interest in both fundamental nonlinear physics research and refreshed application promises.To date,extensive efforts have been made on the generation of quadratic soliton molecules.These are soliton molecules whose formation exclusively involves second-order dispersion and Kerr nonlinearity.Here,for the first time,we demonstrate the realization of various third-order dispersion-supported soliton molecules,including vector dark–anti-dark solitons,vector anti-dark solitons,and vector anti-dark soliton molecules formed in a fiber laser with net cavity dispersion near the zero-group-velocity-dispersion point.High-order dispersion could greatly alter the internal soliton interaction within a soliton molecule.This finding could open exciting new avenues in soliton research.
文摘掺镱超快光纤激光器因光束质量好、输出功率高而被广泛应用于科学研究、工业加工、医疗诊断等领域.大模场面积的棒状光纤可以提供平均功率在百瓦量级的高能量飞秒脉冲输出,本文基于掺镱棒状光纤搭建了啁啾脉冲放大系统,详细研究脉冲输入功率对脉冲放大及压缩的影响.实验结果表明,在低放大功率下(<160 W)增大输入功率可提升放大效率且脉冲压缩质量基本不受影响;当放大功率进一步增大时,需选择合适的输入功率避免积累过量非线性相位.该啁啾脉冲放大系统可将20 W圆偏光输入放大至305 W,压缩后产生平均功率为273 W、能量为273μJ的264 fs脉冲,脉冲平均功率和峰值功率比Pedersen课题组(Pedersen M E,Johansen M M,Olesen A S,Michieletto M,Gaponenko M,Maack M D 2022 Opt.Lett,475172)结果约提升了一倍.
基金supported by the Ministry of Higher Education,Malaysia under the grants LRGS(2015)NGOD/UM/KPT and GA010-2014(ULUNG)the University of Malaya under the grant RU 001-2017
文摘The interest in tunable ultrafast fiber lasers operating in the 1.3 μm region has seen a significant increase due to rising demands for bandwidth as well as the zero-dispersion characteristic of silica fibers in this wavelength region. In this work, a tunable mode-locked praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber(PDFF) laser using single-walled carbon nanotubes as a saturable absorber is demonstrated. The mode-locked pulses are generated at a central wavelength of 1302 nm with a pulse repetition rate of 5.92 MHz and pulse width of 1.13 ps. The tunability of the mode-locked PDFF laser covers a tuning range of 11 nm.
