We report a high-average-power noise-like pulse(NLP) and dissipative soliton(DS) pulse fiber laser. Average power as high as 4.8 W could be obtained at the fundamental mode-locked repetition rate. The NLP can also be ...We report a high-average-power noise-like pulse(NLP) and dissipative soliton(DS) pulse fiber laser. Average power as high as 4.8 W could be obtained at the fundamental mode-locked repetition rate. The NLP can also be transformed into a more powerful DS mode-locking state by optimizing the polarization and losses of intra-cavity pulses in the nonlinear polarization evolution regime. The operation mode between the NLP and DS can be switched, and the laser output performance in both modes has been studied. The main advantage of this work is switchable high-power operation between the NLP and DS. In comparison with conventional single-mode NLP fiber lasers, the multi-function high-power optical source will greatly push its application in supercontinuum generation, coherence tomography, and industrial processing.展开更多
A semi-analytical approach for the pulsating solutions of the 3D complex Cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau Equation (CGLE) is presented in this article. A collective variable approach is used to obtain a system of variati...A semi-analytical approach for the pulsating solutions of the 3D complex Cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau Equation (CGLE) is presented in this article. A collective variable approach is used to obtain a system of variational equations which give the evolution of the light pulses parameters as a function of the propagation distance. The collective coordinate approach is incomparably faster than the direct numerical simulation of the propagation equation. This allows us to obtain, efficiently, a global mapping of the 3D pulsating soliton. In addition it allows describing the influence of the parameters of the equation on the various physical parameters of the pulse and their dynamics.展开更多
Multi-wavelength square pulses are generated in the dissipative soliton resonance(DSR) regime by a Yb-doped fiber laser(YDFL) with a long cavity configuration. The spectral filter effect provided by a passive fiber wi...Multi-wavelength square pulses are generated in the dissipative soliton resonance(DSR) regime by a Yb-doped fiber laser(YDFL) with a long cavity configuration. The spectral filter effect provided by a passive fiber with low-stress birefringence facilitates the establishment of multi-wavelength operation. Through appropriate control of the cavity parameters,a multi-wavelength DSR pulse can be generated in single-and dual-waveband regions. When the multi-wavelength DSR works in the 1038 nm waveband, the pulse duration can broaden from 2 ns to 37.7 ns. The maximum intra-cavity pulse energy is 152.7 nJ. When the DSR works in the 1038 nm and 1080 nm wavebands, the pulse duration can be tuned from2.3 ns to 10.5 ns with rising pump power. The emergence of the 1080 nm waveband is attributed to the stimulated Raman scattering(SRS) effect. Our work might help a deeper insight to be gained into DSR pulses in all-normal-dispersion YDFLs.展开更多
Here,we investigated the nonlinear optical(NLO)characteristics of carboxyl-functionalized graphene oxide(GO-COOH)in the near-infrared(NIR)region.The results revealed that GO-COOH samples exhibit strong saturable absor...Here,we investigated the nonlinear optical(NLO)characteristics of carboxyl-functionalized graphene oxide(GO-COOH)in the near-infrared(NIR)region.The results revealed that GO-COOH samples exhibit strong saturable absorption at low pump levels and a gradual transition to reverse saturable absorption(RSA)with increasing pump power.Then the saturable absorber(SA)by depositing the GO-COOH on the side-polished fiber(SPF)was employed in Yb-and Er-doped fiber lasers.Stable ultrashort pulses operating in the dissipative soliton(DS)and conventional soliton(CS)regimes were obtained with pulse widths of 26.6 ps and 968 fs,respectively.Besides,the dissipative soliton resonance(DSR)phenomenon caused by the RSA of GO-COOH was also observed with increasing pump power.The high-stable DSR mode-locked pulses with the maximum pulse energy of 1.91 nJ and 0.74 nJ were obtained in YDFL and EDFL respectively.These results not only reveal the potentiality of GO-COOH in ultrafast photonics applications but also open a new avenue to explore high-pulse-energy laser sources based on twodimensional materials.展开更多
We propose a 2.1μm high-energy dissipative soliton resonant(DSR)fiber laser system based on a mode-locked seed laser and dual-stage amplifiers.In the seed laser,the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror technique is emplo...We propose a 2.1μm high-energy dissipative soliton resonant(DSR)fiber laser system based on a mode-locked seed laser and dual-stage amplifiers.In the seed laser,the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror technique is employed to realize mode-locking.The utilization of an in-band pump scheme and long gain fiber enables effectively exciting 2.1μm pulses.A section of ultra-high numerical aperture fiber(UHNAF)with normal dispersion and high nonlinearity and an output coupler with a large coupling ratio are used to achieve a high-energy DSR system.By optimizing the UHNAF length to55 m,a 2103.7 nm,88.1 nJ DSR laser with a 3-dB spectral bandwidth of 0.48 nm and a pulse width of 17.1 ns is obtained under a proper intracavity polarization state and pump power.The output power and conversion efficiency are 0.233W and 4.57%,respectively,both an order of magnitude higher than those of previously reported holmium-doped DSR seed lasers.Thanks to the high output power and nanosecond pulse width of the seed laser,the average power of the DSR laser is linearly scaled up to 50.4 W via a dual-stage master oscillator power amplifier system.The 3-dB spectral bandwidth broadens slightly to 0.52 nm,and no distortion occurs in the amplified pulse waveform.The corresponding pulse energy reaches 19.1μJ,which is the highest pulse energy in a holmium-doped mode-locked fiber laser system to the best of our knowledge.Such a 2.1μm,high-energy DSR laser with relatively wide pulse width has prospective applications in mid-infrared nonlinear frequency conversion.展开更多
Stable picosecond dissipative soliton pulses were observed in an ytterbium-doped fber laser employing a high-quality mixture of BP/SnSe_(2)-PVA saturable absorber(SA).The modulation depth,saturation intensity,and non-...Stable picosecond dissipative soliton pulses were observed in an ytterbium-doped fber laser employing a high-quality mixture of BP/SnSe_(2)-PVA saturable absorber(SA).The modulation depth,saturation intensity,and non-saturable loss of the mixture of BP/SnSe_(2)-PVA SA were measured with values of 5.98%,18.37 MW/cm2,and 33%,respectively.Within the pump power range of 150–270 mW,stable dissipative soliton pulses were obtained with an output power of 1.68–4 mW.When the minimum pulse duration is 1.28 ps,a repetition rate of 0.903 MHz,center wavelength of 1064.38 nm and 3 dB bandwidth of 2 nm were obtained.The maximum pulse energy of 4.43 nJ and the signal-to-noise ratio up to 72 dB were achieved at pump power of 270 mW.The results suggest that the BP/SnSe_(2)-PVA mixture SA has outstanding nonlinear saturable absorption characteristics and broad ultrafast laser applications.展开更多
The pulse dynamics of harmonic mode-locking in a dissipative soliton resonance(DSR) region in an erbiumdoped fiber ring laser is investigated at different values of anomalous dispersion. The fiber laser is mode-locked...The pulse dynamics of harmonic mode-locking in a dissipative soliton resonance(DSR) region in an erbiumdoped fiber ring laser is investigated at different values of anomalous dispersion. The fiber laser is mode-locked by a nonlinear polarization rotation technique. By inserting 0–200 m anomalous dispersion single-mode fiber in the laser cavity, the cavity length is changed from 17.3 to 217.3 m, and the corresponding dispersion of the cavity ranges from -0.27 to-4.67 ps^2. The observed results show that the tuning range of repetition rate under a harmonic DSR condition is highly influenced by the cavity dispersion. Furthermore, it is found that, by automatically adjusting their harmonic orders, the lasers can work at certain values of repetition rate, which are independent of the cavity length and dispersion. The pulses at the same repetition rate in different laser configurations have similar properties, demonstrating that each achievable repetition rate represents an operation regime of harmonic DSR lasers.展开更多
Dissipative solitons have been realized in mode-locked fiber lasers in the theoretical framework of the Ginzburg±Landau equation and have significantly improved the pulse energy and peak power levels of such lase...Dissipative solitons have been realized in mode-locked fiber lasers in the theoretical framework of the Ginzburg±Landau equation and have significantly improved the pulse energy and peak power levels of such lasers.It is interesting to explore whether dissipative solitons exist in optical parametric oscillators in the framework of three-wave coupling equations in order to substantially increase the performance of optical parametric oscillators.Here,we demonstrate a temporalfiltering dissipative soliton in a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator.The temporal-gain filtering of the pump pulse combined with strong cascading nonlinearity and dispersion in the optical parametric oscillator enables the generation of a broad spectrum with a nearly linear chirp;consequently,a significantly compressed pulse and high peak power can be realized after dechirping outside the cavity.Furthermore,we realized,for the first time,dissipative solitons in an optical system with a negative nonlinear phase shift and anomalous dispersion,extending the parameter region of dissipative solitons.The findings may open a new research block for dissipative solitons and provide new opportunities for mid-infrared ultrafast science.展开更多
We report on an all-fiber oscillator followed by an all-fiber amplifier to produce as short as 382 fs laser pulses with up to 0.9 W average power. The oscillator is an all-normal-dispersion all-fiber dissipative solit...We report on an all-fiber oscillator followed by an all-fiber amplifier to produce as short as 382 fs laser pulses with up to 0.9 W average power. The oscillator is an all-normal-dispersion all-fiber dissipative soliton laser operating at1030 nm, and operating in dissipative soliton mode. The amplifier stage is mainly based on a double-cladding20 μm radius ytterbium-doped fiber pumped by an up to 2.5 W CW laser source. The optical-to-optical conversion amplifier efficiency is around 40%. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an all-fiber mode-locked fiber laser oscillator amplified by an all-fiber amplifier.展开更多
We have investigated the properties of three-dimensional electrostatic ion solitary structures in highly dense collisional plasma composed of ultra-relativistically degenerate electrons and non-relativistic degenerate...We have investigated the properties of three-dimensional electrostatic ion solitary structures in highly dense collisional plasma composed of ultra-relativistically degenerate electrons and non-relativistic degenerate ions. In the limit of low ion-neutral collision rate, we have derived a damped Kadomtsev–Petviashvili(KP) equation using perturbation analysis. Supplemented by vanishing boundary conditions, the time varying solution of damped KP equation leads to a weakly dissipative compressive soliton. The real frequency behavior and linear damping of solitary pulse due to ion-neutral collisions is discussed. In the presence of weak transverse perturbations, soliton evolution with damping parameter and plasma density is delineated pointing out the extent of propagation using typical parameters of dense plasma in the interior of white dwarfs.展开更多
Using the mean-field normalized Lugiato-Lefever equation,we theoretically investigate the dynamics of cavity soliton and comb generation in the presence of Raman effect and the third-order dispersion.Both of them can ...Using the mean-field normalized Lugiato-Lefever equation,we theoretically investigate the dynamics of cavity soliton and comb generation in the presence of Raman effect and the third-order dispersion.Both of them can induce the temporal drift and frequency shift.Based on the moment analysis method,we analytically obtain the temporal and frequency shift,and the results agree with the direct numerical simulation.Finally,the compensation and enhancement of the soliton spectral between the Raman-induced self-frequency shift and soliton recoil are predicted.Our results pave the way for further understanding the soliton dynamics and spectral characteristics,and providing an effective route to manipulate frequency comb.展开更多
For the applications of the frequency comb in microresonators,it is essential to obtain a fully frequency-stabilized microcomb laser source.In this study,we present a system for generating a fully atom-referenced stab...For the applications of the frequency comb in microresonators,it is essential to obtain a fully frequency-stabilized microcomb laser source.In this study,we present a system for generating a fully atom-referenced stabilized soliton microcomb.The pump light around 1560.48 nm is locked to an ultra-low-expansion(ULE)cavity.This pump light is then frequency-doubled and referenced to the atomic transition of87Rb.The repetition rate of the soliton microcomb is injection-locked to an atomic-clockstabilized radio frequency(RF)source,leading to mHz stabilization at 1 s.As a result,all comb lines have been frequencystabilized based on the atomic reference and the ULE cavity,achieving a very high precision of approximately 18 Hz at 1 s,corresponding to the frequency stability of 9.5×10^(-14).Our approach provides a fully stabilized microcomb experiment scheme with no requirement of f-2f technique,which could be easily implemented and generalized to various photonic platforms,thus paving the way towards the ultraprecise optical sources for high precision spectroscopy.展开更多
An all-fiber dumbbell-shaped dual-amplifier mode-locked Er-doped laser that can function in dissipative soliton resonance(DSR)regime is demonstrated.A nonlinear optical loop mirror(NOLM)and a nonlinear amplifying loop...An all-fiber dumbbell-shaped dual-amplifier mode-locked Er-doped laser that can function in dissipative soliton resonance(DSR)regime is demonstrated.A nonlinear optical loop mirror(NOLM)and a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror(NALM)are employed to initiate the mode-locking pulses.Unlike conventional single-amplifier structure,the output peak power of which remains unchanged when pump power is varied,the proposed structure allows its output peak power to be tuned by changing the pump power of the two amplifiers while the pulse duration is directly determined by the amplifier of nonlinear amplifying loop mirror.The entire distribution maps of peak power and pulse duration clearly demonstrate that the two amplifiers are related to each other,and they supply directly a guideline for designing tunable peak power DSR fiber laser.Pulse width can change from 800 ps to 2.6 ns and peak power varies from 13 W to 27 W.To the best of our knowledge,the peak power tunable DSR pulse is observed for the first time in dumbbell-shaped Er-doped all-fiber mode-locked lasers.展开更多
In this work,the head-on collisions of the non-stationary dissipative soliton in ultracold neutral plasmas(UNPs)are investigated.The extended Poincare-Lighthill-Kuo(PLK)approach is adopted for reducing the fluid equat...In this work,the head-on collisions of the non-stationary dissipative soliton in ultracold neutral plasmas(UNPs)are investigated.The extended Poincare-Lighthill-Kuo(PLK)approach is adopted for reducing the fluid equations of the UNPs to two-counterpropagating damped Korteweg-de Vries(dKdV)equations.The dKdV equation is not an integrable Hamiltonian system,i.e.,does not have an exact solution.Thus,one of the main goal of this paper is to find a new general approximate analytical solution to the dKdV equation for investigating the mechanism of the propagation and interaction of the non-stationary dissipative solitons.The residual error is estimated for checking the accuracy of the new obtained solution.The approximate analytical soliton solutions are adopted for deriving the temporal phase shifts after the collision.The impact of physical parameters on the nonstationary dissipative soliton profile and the temporal phase shifts is discussed.The obtained results will contribute to understand the mechanism of propagation and interaction of many nonlinear phenomena in different nonlinear mediums such as ocean,sea,optical fiber,plasma physics,etc.展开更多
The microresonator-based soliton microcomb has shown a promising future in many applications.In this work,we report the fabrication of high quality[Q]Si_(3)N_(4)microring resonators for soliton microcomb generation.By...The microresonator-based soliton microcomb has shown a promising future in many applications.In this work,we report the fabrication of high quality[Q]Si_(3)N_(4)microring resonators for soliton microcomb generation.By developing the fabri-cation process with crack isolation trenches and annealing,we can deposit thick stoichiometric Si3N4 film of 800 nm without cracks in the central area.The highest intrinsic Q of the Si_(3)N_(4)microring obtained in our experiments is about 6×10^(6),corresponding to a propagation loss as low as 0.058 dBm/cm.With such a high Q film,we fabricate microrings with the anomalous dispersion and demonstrate the generation of soliton microcombs with 100 mW on-chip pump power,with an optical parametric oscillation threshold of only 13.4 mW.Our Si_(3)N_(4)integrated chip provides an ideal platform for researches and applications of nonlinear photonics and integrated photonics.展开更多
A novel approximate analytical solution to the linear damped Kawahara equation using a suitable hypothesis is reported for the first time.Based on the exact solutions(such as solitary waves,cnoidal waves,etc.)of the u...A novel approximate analytical solution to the linear damped Kawahara equation using a suitable hypothesis is reported for the first time.Based on the exact solutions(such as solitary waves,cnoidal waves,etc.)of the undamped Kawahara equation,the dissipative nonlinear structures like dissipative solitons and cnoidal waves are investigated.The obtained solution is considered a general solution,i.e.,it can be applied for studying the properties of all dissipative traveling waves described by the linear damped Kawahara equation.Our technique is not limited to solve the linear damped Kawahara equation only,but it can be used for solving a large number of non-integrable evolution equations related to the realistic natural phenomena.Moreover,the maximum global residual error in the whole space-time domain is estimated for checking the accuracy of the obtained solutions.The obtained solutions can help many researchers in explaining the ambiguities about the mechanisms of propagation of nonlinear waves in complex systems such as seas,oceans,plasma physics,and much more.展开更多
Wavelength-tunable dissipative solitons and amplifier similaritons have been obtained by inserting all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI) filters with different free spectral ranges(FSRs) in a Yb-doped mode-locked...Wavelength-tunable dissipative solitons and amplifier similaritons have been obtained by inserting all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI) filters with different free spectral ranges(FSRs) in a Yb-doped mode-locked fiber laser.The MZI filter is fabricated by splicing one segment of seven-core fiber(SCF) between two segments of single-mode fibers.The bandwidth of the filter depends on the FSR of the modulated interference curve and consequently depends on the tapered fiber diameter.Inserting MZI filters with bandwidths in a fiber laser and applying a tensile strain on the tapered SCF,both wavelengthtunable dissipative solitons and amplifier similaritons have been obtained.展开更多
In this paper,we have proposed and demonstrated the generation of passively mode-locked pulses and dissipative soliton resonance in an erbium-doped fiber laser based on Fe3O4 nanoparticles as saturable absorbers.We ob...In this paper,we have proposed and demonstrated the generation of passively mode-locked pulses and dissipative soliton resonance in an erbium-doped fiber laser based on Fe3O4 nanoparticles as saturable absorbers.We obtained self-starting mode-locked pulses with fundamental repetition frequency of 7.69 MHz and center wavelength of 1561 nm.The output of a pulsed laser has spectral width of 0.69 nm and pulse duration of 14 ns with rectangular pulse profile at the pump power of 190 mW.As far as we know,this is the first time that Fe3O4 nanoparticles have been developed as low-dimensional materials for passive mode-locking with rectangular pulse.Our experiments have confirmed that Fe3O4 has a wide prospect as a nonlinear photonics device for ultrafast fiber laser applications.展开更多
The dispersive Fourier transform technique provides feasibility of exploring non-repetitive events and the buildup process in ultrafast lasers.In this paper,we report a new buildup process of dissipative solitons in a...The dispersive Fourier transform technique provides feasibility of exploring non-repetitive events and the buildup process in ultrafast lasers.In this paper,we report a new buildup process of dissipative solitons in a simplified mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser,which includes more complex physics stages such as the Q-switching stage,raised and damped relaxation oscillation stages,noise-like stage,successive soliton explosions stage,and soliton breathing stage.Complete evolution dynamics of noise-like pulse and double pulse are also investigated with dispersive Fourier transform.For the noise-like pulse dynamics process,it will only experience the Q-switching and relaxation oscillation stages.In the case of dissipative soliton and noise-like pulse,the double pulse buildup behavior is manifested as the replication of individual pulses.A weak energy migration occurs between two pulses before reaching steady state.Meanwhile,real-time mutual conversion of the dissipative soliton and noise-like pulse has been experimentally observed,which appears to be instantaneous without extra physical processes.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first report on these physical phenomena observed together in a mode-locked fiber laser.The results further enrich the dynamics of mode-locked fiber lasers and provide potential conditions for obtaining intelligent mode-locked lasers with controllable output.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12164030)the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12034020)+1 种基金Young Science and Technology Talents of Inner Mongolia, China (Grant No. NJYT22101)the Talent Development Fund of Inner Mongolia, China。
文摘We report a high-average-power noise-like pulse(NLP) and dissipative soliton(DS) pulse fiber laser. Average power as high as 4.8 W could be obtained at the fundamental mode-locked repetition rate. The NLP can also be transformed into a more powerful DS mode-locking state by optimizing the polarization and losses of intra-cavity pulses in the nonlinear polarization evolution regime. The operation mode between the NLP and DS can be switched, and the laser output performance in both modes has been studied. The main advantage of this work is switchable high-power operation between the NLP and DS. In comparison with conventional single-mode NLP fiber lasers, the multi-function high-power optical source will greatly push its application in supercontinuum generation, coherence tomography, and industrial processing.
文摘A semi-analytical approach for the pulsating solutions of the 3D complex Cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau Equation (CGLE) is presented in this article. A collective variable approach is used to obtain a system of variational equations which give the evolution of the light pulses parameters as a function of the propagation distance. The collective coordinate approach is incomparably faster than the direct numerical simulation of the propagation equation. This allows us to obtain, efficiently, a global mapping of the 3D pulsating soliton. In addition it allows describing the influence of the parameters of the equation on the various physical parameters of the pulse and their dynamics.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41875040)the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province,China (Grant No. 2008085MF211)+1 种基金the Foundation for Young Talents in College of Anhui Province (Grant No. gxyqZD2019034)the Key Natural Science Research Project for Colleges and Universities of Anhui Province,China (Grant No. KJ2020A0027)。
文摘Multi-wavelength square pulses are generated in the dissipative soliton resonance(DSR) regime by a Yb-doped fiber laser(YDFL) with a long cavity configuration. The spectral filter effect provided by a passive fiber with low-stress birefringence facilitates the establishment of multi-wavelength operation. Through appropriate control of the cavity parameters,a multi-wavelength DSR pulse can be generated in single-and dual-waveband regions. When the multi-wavelength DSR works in the 1038 nm waveband, the pulse duration can broaden from 2 ns to 37.7 ns. The maximum intra-cavity pulse energy is 152.7 nJ. When the DSR works in the 1038 nm and 1080 nm wavebands, the pulse duration can be tuned from2.3 ns to 10.5 ns with rising pump power. The emergence of the 1080 nm waveband is attributed to the stimulated Raman scattering(SRS) effect. Our work might help a deeper insight to be gained into DSR pulses in all-normal-dispersion YDFLs.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12174223,12274263,12004213,21872084,52072351,62175128)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2022QF063)+2 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M711936)the Postdoctoral Innovation Project of Shandong Province(Grant No.SDCX-ZG-202201006)the Qingdao Postdoctoral Application Research Funded Project.H.Chu and Z.Pan thank Shandong University for financial support.
文摘Here,we investigated the nonlinear optical(NLO)characteristics of carboxyl-functionalized graphene oxide(GO-COOH)in the near-infrared(NIR)region.The results revealed that GO-COOH samples exhibit strong saturable absorption at low pump levels and a gradual transition to reverse saturable absorption(RSA)with increasing pump power.Then the saturable absorber(SA)by depositing the GO-COOH on the side-polished fiber(SPF)was employed in Yb-and Er-doped fiber lasers.Stable ultrashort pulses operating in the dissipative soliton(DS)and conventional soliton(CS)regimes were obtained with pulse widths of 26.6 ps and 968 fs,respectively.Besides,the dissipative soliton resonance(DSR)phenomenon caused by the RSA of GO-COOH was also observed with increasing pump power.The high-stable DSR mode-locked pulses with the maximum pulse energy of 1.91 nJ and 0.74 nJ were obtained in YDFL and EDFL respectively.These results not only reveal the potentiality of GO-COOH in ultrafast photonics applications but also open a new avenue to explore high-pulse-energy laser sources based on twodimensional materials.
基金supported by the State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology,China(Nos.SKL2021KF07 and SKL2020ZR06)the Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation Project of Hunan Province,China(Nos.CX2022078 and CX2022080)
文摘We propose a 2.1μm high-energy dissipative soliton resonant(DSR)fiber laser system based on a mode-locked seed laser and dual-stage amplifiers.In the seed laser,the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror technique is employed to realize mode-locking.The utilization of an in-band pump scheme and long gain fiber enables effectively exciting 2.1μm pulses.A section of ultra-high numerical aperture fiber(UHNAF)with normal dispersion and high nonlinearity and an output coupler with a large coupling ratio are used to achieve a high-energy DSR system.By optimizing the UHNAF length to55 m,a 2103.7 nm,88.1 nJ DSR laser with a 3-dB spectral bandwidth of 0.48 nm and a pulse width of 17.1 ns is obtained under a proper intracavity polarization state and pump power.The output power and conversion efficiency are 0.233W and 4.57%,respectively,both an order of magnitude higher than those of previously reported holmium-doped DSR seed lasers.Thanks to the high output power and nanosecond pulse width of the seed laser,the average power of the DSR laser is linearly scaled up to 50.4 W via a dual-stage master oscillator power amplifier system.The 3-dB spectral bandwidth broadens slightly to 0.52 nm,and no distortion occurs in the amplified pulse waveform.The corresponding pulse energy reaches 19.1μJ,which is the highest pulse energy in a holmium-doped mode-locked fiber laser system to the best of our knowledge.Such a 2.1μm,high-energy DSR laser with relatively wide pulse width has prospective applications in mid-infrared nonlinear frequency conversion.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62005094)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2021MF128)+2 种基金the Key Research Program of Shandong Province(No.2020JMRH0302)the Industrial Chain Program of Shandong Laser Equipment Innovation and Entrepreneurship Community(No.JGCYL2022-5)the Research Fund of University of Jinan(No.XKY1739).
文摘Stable picosecond dissipative soliton pulses were observed in an ytterbium-doped fber laser employing a high-quality mixture of BP/SnSe_(2)-PVA saturable absorber(SA).The modulation depth,saturation intensity,and non-saturable loss of the mixture of BP/SnSe_(2)-PVA SA were measured with values of 5.98%,18.37 MW/cm2,and 33%,respectively.Within the pump power range of 150–270 mW,stable dissipative soliton pulses were obtained with an output power of 1.68–4 mW.When the minimum pulse duration is 1.28 ps,a repetition rate of 0.903 MHz,center wavelength of 1064.38 nm and 3 dB bandwidth of 2 nm were obtained.The maximum pulse energy of 4.43 nJ and the signal-to-noise ratio up to 72 dB were achieved at pump power of 270 mW.The results suggest that the BP/SnSe_(2)-PVA mixture SA has outstanding nonlinear saturable absorption characteristics and broad ultrafast laser applications.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(61435003,61421002,61327004,61377042,61505024,61378028)Science and Technology Project of Sichuan Province(2016JY0102)
文摘The pulse dynamics of harmonic mode-locking in a dissipative soliton resonance(DSR) region in an erbiumdoped fiber ring laser is investigated at different values of anomalous dispersion. The fiber laser is mode-locked by a nonlinear polarization rotation technique. By inserting 0–200 m anomalous dispersion single-mode fiber in the laser cavity, the cavity length is changed from 17.3 to 217.3 m, and the corresponding dispersion of the cavity ranges from -0.27 to-4.67 ps^2. The observed results show that the tuning range of repetition rate under a harmonic DSR condition is highly influenced by the cavity dispersion. Furthermore, it is found that, by automatically adjusting their harmonic orders, the lasers can work at certain values of repetition rate, which are independent of the cavity length and dispersion. The pulses at the same repetition rate in different laser configurations have similar properties, demonstrating that each achievable repetition rate represents an operation regime of harmonic DSR lasers.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61675130,62075126 and 91850203)。
文摘Dissipative solitons have been realized in mode-locked fiber lasers in the theoretical framework of the Ginzburg±Landau equation and have significantly improved the pulse energy and peak power levels of such lasers.It is interesting to explore whether dissipative solitons exist in optical parametric oscillators in the framework of three-wave coupling equations in order to substantially increase the performance of optical parametric oscillators.Here,we demonstrate a temporalfiltering dissipative soliton in a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator.The temporal-gain filtering of the pump pulse combined with strong cascading nonlinearity and dispersion in the optical parametric oscillator enables the generation of a broad spectrum with a nearly linear chirp;consequently,a significantly compressed pulse and high peak power can be realized after dechirping outside the cavity.Furthermore,we realized,for the first time,dissipative solitons in an optical system with a negative nonlinear phase shift and anomalous dispersion,extending the parameter region of dissipative solitons.The findings may open a new research block for dissipative solitons and provide new opportunities for mid-infrared ultrafast science.
基金Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)
文摘We report on an all-fiber oscillator followed by an all-fiber amplifier to produce as short as 382 fs laser pulses with up to 0.9 W average power. The oscillator is an all-normal-dispersion all-fiber dissipative soliton laser operating at1030 nm, and operating in dissipative soliton mode. The amplifier stage is mainly based on a double-cladding20 μm radius ytterbium-doped fiber pumped by an up to 2.5 W CW laser source. The optical-to-optical conversion amplifier efficiency is around 40%. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an all-fiber mode-locked fiber laser oscillator amplified by an all-fiber amplifier.
文摘We have investigated the properties of three-dimensional electrostatic ion solitary structures in highly dense collisional plasma composed of ultra-relativistically degenerate electrons and non-relativistic degenerate ions. In the limit of low ion-neutral collision rate, we have derived a damped Kadomtsev–Petviashvili(KP) equation using perturbation analysis. Supplemented by vanishing boundary conditions, the time varying solution of damped KP equation leads to a weakly dissipative compressive soliton. The real frequency behavior and linear damping of solitary pulse due to ion-neutral collisions is discussed. In the presence of weak transverse perturbations, soliton evolution with damping parameter and plasma density is delineated pointing out the extent of propagation using typical parameters of dense plasma in the interior of white dwarfs.
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFA0304203 and 2019YFA0705000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12004116 and 11804204)1331KSC
文摘Using the mean-field normalized Lugiato-Lefever equation,we theoretically investigate the dynamics of cavity soliton and comb generation in the presence of Raman effect and the third-order dispersion.Both of them can induce the temporal drift and frequency shift.Based on the moment analysis method,we analytically obtain the temporal and frequency shift,and the results agree with the direct numerical simulation.Finally,the compensation and enhancement of the soliton spectral between the Raman-induced self-frequency shift and soliton recoil are predicted.Our results pave the way for further understanding the soliton dynamics and spectral characteristics,and providing an effective route to manipulate frequency comb.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2020YFB2205801)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12293052,12293050,11934012,12104442,12304435,and 92050109)+3 种基金the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research(Grant No.YSBR-069)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2023M733414)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB24030600)。
文摘For the applications of the frequency comb in microresonators,it is essential to obtain a fully frequency-stabilized microcomb laser source.In this study,we present a system for generating a fully atom-referenced stabilized soliton microcomb.The pump light around 1560.48 nm is locked to an ultra-low-expansion(ULE)cavity.This pump light is then frequency-doubled and referenced to the atomic transition of87Rb.The repetition rate of the soliton microcomb is injection-locked to an atomic-clockstabilized radio frequency(RF)source,leading to mHz stabilization at 1 s.As a result,all comb lines have been frequencystabilized based on the atomic reference and the ULE cavity,achieving a very high precision of approximately 18 Hz at 1 s,corresponding to the frequency stability of 9.5×10^(-14).Our approach provides a fully stabilized microcomb experiment scheme with no requirement of f-2f technique,which could be easily implemented and generalized to various photonic platforms,thus paving the way towards the ultraprecise optical sources for high precision spectroscopy.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61435009,61235008,and 61405254).
文摘An all-fiber dumbbell-shaped dual-amplifier mode-locked Er-doped laser that can function in dissipative soliton resonance(DSR)regime is demonstrated.A nonlinear optical loop mirror(NOLM)and a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror(NALM)are employed to initiate the mode-locking pulses.Unlike conventional single-amplifier structure,the output peak power of which remains unchanged when pump power is varied,the proposed structure allows its output peak power to be tuned by changing the pump power of the two amplifiers while the pulse duration is directly determined by the amplifier of nonlinear amplifying loop mirror.The entire distribution maps of peak power and pulse duration clearly demonstrate that the two amplifiers are related to each other,and they supply directly a guideline for designing tunable peak power DSR fiber laser.Pulse width can change from 800 ps to 2.6 ns and peak power varies from 13 W to 27 W.To the best of our knowledge,the peak power tunable DSR pulse is observed for the first time in dumbbell-shaped Er-doped all-fiber mode-locked lasers.
基金funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University through the Fasttrack Research Funding Program.
文摘In this work,the head-on collisions of the non-stationary dissipative soliton in ultracold neutral plasmas(UNPs)are investigated.The extended Poincare-Lighthill-Kuo(PLK)approach is adopted for reducing the fluid equations of the UNPs to two-counterpropagating damped Korteweg-de Vries(dKdV)equations.The dKdV equation is not an integrable Hamiltonian system,i.e.,does not have an exact solution.Thus,one of the main goal of this paper is to find a new general approximate analytical solution to the dKdV equation for investigating the mechanism of the propagation and interaction of the non-stationary dissipative solitons.The residual error is estimated for checking the accuracy of the new obtained solution.The approximate analytical soliton solutions are adopted for deriving the temporal phase shifts after the collision.The impact of physical parameters on the nonstationary dissipative soliton profile and the temporal phase shifts is discussed.The obtained results will contribute to understand the mechanism of propagation and interaction of many nonlinear phenomena in different nonlinear mediums such as ocean,sea,optical fiber,plasma physics,etc.
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2020YFB2205801)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11934012,11874342,and 92050109)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.C.H.Dong was also supported by the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,China.This work was partially carried out at the USTC Center for Micro and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication.The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
文摘The microresonator-based soliton microcomb has shown a promising future in many applications.In this work,we report the fabrication of high quality[Q]Si_(3)N_(4)microring resonators for soliton microcomb generation.By developing the fabri-cation process with crack isolation trenches and annealing,we can deposit thick stoichiometric Si3N4 film of 800 nm without cracks in the central area.The highest intrinsic Q of the Si_(3)N_(4)microring obtained in our experiments is about 6×10^(6),corresponding to a propagation loss as low as 0.058 dBm/cm.With such a high Q film,we fabricate microrings with the anomalous dispersion and demonstrate the generation of soliton microcombs with 100 mW on-chip pump power,with an optical parametric oscillation threshold of only 13.4 mW.Our Si_(3)N_(4)integrated chip provides an ideal platform for researches and applications of nonlinear photonics and integrated photonics.
基金the Deanship of Scientific Research(DSR)at King Abdulaziz University,Jeddah,under grant No.(G:42-665-1442).
文摘A novel approximate analytical solution to the linear damped Kawahara equation using a suitable hypothesis is reported for the first time.Based on the exact solutions(such as solitary waves,cnoidal waves,etc.)of the undamped Kawahara equation,the dissipative nonlinear structures like dissipative solitons and cnoidal waves are investigated.The obtained solution is considered a general solution,i.e.,it can be applied for studying the properties of all dissipative traveling waves described by the linear damped Kawahara equation.Our technique is not limited to solve the linear damped Kawahara equation only,but it can be used for solving a large number of non-integrable evolution equations related to the realistic natural phenomena.Moreover,the maximum global residual error in the whole space-time domain is estimated for checking the accuracy of the obtained solutions.The obtained solutions can help many researchers in explaining the ambiguities about the mechanisms of propagation of nonlinear waves in complex systems such as seas,oceans,plasma physics,and much more.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61875247)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Nos.ZR2020QF086 and ZR2022MF253)Liaocheng University(Nos.318052199,318012023,318051412,31805180101,319190301,and 318051411)。
文摘Wavelength-tunable dissipative solitons and amplifier similaritons have been obtained by inserting all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI) filters with different free spectral ranges(FSRs) in a Yb-doped mode-locked fiber laser.The MZI filter is fabricated by splicing one segment of seven-core fiber(SCF) between two segments of single-mode fibers.The bandwidth of the filter depends on the FSR of the modulated interference curve and consequently depends on the tapered fiber diameter.Inserting MZI filters with bandwidths in a fiber laser and applying a tensile strain on the tapered SCF,both wavelengthtunable dissipative solitons and amplifier similaritons have been obtained.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61605106)Funded projects for the Academic Leader and Academic Backbones,Shaanxi Normal University(No.18QNGG006)+3 种基金Shaanxi International Cooperation Project(No.2020KW-005)Starting Grants of Shaanxi Normal University(Nos.1112010209 and 1110010717)Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics,Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.SKLST201809)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.GK201802006 and 2018CSLY005).
文摘In this paper,we have proposed and demonstrated the generation of passively mode-locked pulses and dissipative soliton resonance in an erbium-doped fiber laser based on Fe3O4 nanoparticles as saturable absorbers.We obtained self-starting mode-locked pulses with fundamental repetition frequency of 7.69 MHz and center wavelength of 1561 nm.The output of a pulsed laser has spectral width of 0.69 nm and pulse duration of 14 ns with rectangular pulse profile at the pump power of 190 mW.As far as we know,this is the first time that Fe3O4 nanoparticles have been developed as low-dimensional materials for passive mode-locking with rectangular pulse.Our experiments have confirmed that Fe3O4 has a wide prospect as a nonlinear photonics device for ultrafast fiber laser applications.
基金This work was supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.4192015)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61975003).
文摘The dispersive Fourier transform technique provides feasibility of exploring non-repetitive events and the buildup process in ultrafast lasers.In this paper,we report a new buildup process of dissipative solitons in a simplified mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser,which includes more complex physics stages such as the Q-switching stage,raised and damped relaxation oscillation stages,noise-like stage,successive soliton explosions stage,and soliton breathing stage.Complete evolution dynamics of noise-like pulse and double pulse are also investigated with dispersive Fourier transform.For the noise-like pulse dynamics process,it will only experience the Q-switching and relaxation oscillation stages.In the case of dissipative soliton and noise-like pulse,the double pulse buildup behavior is manifested as the replication of individual pulses.A weak energy migration occurs between two pulses before reaching steady state.Meanwhile,real-time mutual conversion of the dissipative soliton and noise-like pulse has been experimentally observed,which appears to be instantaneous without extra physical processes.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first report on these physical phenomena observed together in a mode-locked fiber laser.The results further enrich the dynamics of mode-locked fiber lasers and provide potential conditions for obtaining intelligent mode-locked lasers with controllable output.
