The design, fabrication and performance of narrow-band rugate minus filters are investigated in this paper. A method of fabricating graded-index coatings by rapidly alternating deposition of low(Si O2) and high(Al2 O3...The design, fabrication and performance of narrow-band rugate minus filters are investigated in this paper. A method of fabricating graded-index coatings by rapidly alternating deposition of low(Si O2) and high(Al2 O3) refractive index materials is presented to fabricate a rugate structure. The narrow-band rugate minus filter design and fabrication approaches are discussed in detail. The experimental results, including transmittance spectrum, surface damage test and damage morphology investigated with a scanning electron microscope, demonstrate the high performance of the as-fabricated spatial filter and confirm the feasibility of the fabrication method for narrow-band rugate minus filters.展开更多
In our previous study, metals have been used as absorbers in the clear plastic laser transmission welding. The effects of metal thermal conductivity on the welding quality are investigated in the present work. Four me...In our previous study, metals have been used as absorbers in the clear plastic laser transmission welding. The effects of metal thermal conductivity on the welding quality are investigated in the present work. Four metals with distinctly different thermal conductivities, i.e., titanium, nickel, molybdenum, and copper, are selected as light absorbers. The lap welding is conducted with an 808 nm diode laser and simulation experiments are also conducted. Nickel electroplating test is carried out to minimize the side-effects from different light absorptivities of different metals. The results show that the welding with an absorber of higher thermal conductivity can accommodate higher laser input power before smoking, which produces a wider and stronger welding seam.The positive role of the higher thermal conductivity can be attributed to the fact that a desirable thermal field distribution for the molecular diffusion and entanglement is produced from the case with a high thermal conductivity.展开更多
Millimeter wave technology is one of the technologies developed rapidly in recent years. The research was mainly to study the transmission of millimeter wave through textile material named silk fabric. We observed the...Millimeter wave technology is one of the technologies developed rapidly in recent years. The research was mainly to study the transmission of millimeter wave through textile material named silk fabric. We observed the phenomenon of sub-millimeter-wave transmission and reflection of the silk fabric, and concluded that with the number of silk fabric layers increasing, effect of scattering and absorption of the millimeter wave enhanced. The conclusion could be further employed in millimeter wave and THz imaging, dangerous goods inspection and other security application.展开更多
Swept source optical coherence tomography(SS-OCT)is a new noninvasive technique for assessing tissue.Although it hasadvantages,such as being label-free,noninvasive,and with high resolution,it also has drawbacks:there ...Swept source optical coherence tomography(SS-OCT)is a new noninvasive technique for assessing tissue.Although it hasadvantages,such as being label-free,noninvasive,and with high resolution,it also has drawbacks:there has been no indepth research into identifying the driving of swept source.Based on preliminary research,we demonstrate a novel drivingmodulation method of a fiber Fabry–Perot tunable filter ranging phase adjustable as a tool for making bandwidth compensation of a swept laser source.This novel method is analyzed in detail;a swept laser source with a sweep rate of100.5 kHz over a range of 152.25 nm and at a center wavelength of 1335.45 nm is demonstrated.展开更多
We demonstrate, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, an all-fiber figure-of-9 double-clad Tm-doped fiber laser operating in the dissipative soliton resonance(DSR) regime. Stable mode-locked rectangular pu...We demonstrate, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, an all-fiber figure-of-9 double-clad Tm-doped fiber laser operating in the dissipative soliton resonance(DSR) regime. Stable mode-locked rectangular pulses are obtained by using the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror(NALM) technique. A long spool of high-nonlinearity fiber(HNLF) and a segment of SMF-28 fiber are used to enhance the nonlinearity of the NALM loop and to obtain a large all-anomalous regime. Output power and pulse energy are further boosted by using a three-stage master oscillator power amplifier(MOPA) system. At the maximum pump power, average output power of up to 104.3 W with record pulse energy of 0.33 mJ is achieved with a 2 μm DSR-based MOPA system.展开更多
Near infrared light-controlled release of payloads from ultraviolet-sensitive(UV-sensitive) polymer hydrogels or nanocarriers is one of the most promising strategies for biotherapy. Here, we propose the concept of lig...Near infrared light-controlled release of payloads from ultraviolet-sensitive(UV-sensitive) polymer hydrogels or nanocarriers is one of the most promising strategies for biotherapy. Here, we propose the concept of light activation of NaYF_4:20%Yb, 2%Tm nanocrystals(NCs). NaYF_4:20%Yb, 2%Tm NCs are synthesized by a solvothermal method. Effective upconversion luminescence from NaYF_4:20%Yb, 2%Tm NCs excited by a continuous wave(CW) 980 nm laser is obtained. The NaYF_4:20%Yb, 2%Tm NCs are then used as a laser gain medium and sandwiched between Al and quartz reflectors to form laser microcavities. UV and blue upconverted random lasing is obtained from the laser microcavities. Hence, we verify explicitly that the NaYF_4:Yb, Tm NCs support UV and blue upconversion random lasing via a 980 nm nanosecond laser excitation. Our work provides what we believe is a new concept for precision and localized cancer therapy by external light excitation.展开更多
We report on a mid-infrared fiber laser that uses a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber mirror to realize the mode-locking operation.The laser generates 3.5 μm ultra-short pulses from an erbium-doped flu...We report on a mid-infrared fiber laser that uses a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber mirror to realize the mode-locking operation.The laser generates 3.5 μm ultra-short pulses from an erbium-doped fluoride fiber by utilizing a dual-wavelength pumping scheme.Stable mode-locking is achieved at the 3.5 μm band with a repetition rate of 25.2 MHz.The maximum average power acquired from the laser in the mode-locking regime is 25 mW.The experimental results indicate that the carbon nanotube is an effective saturable absorber for mode-locking in the mid-infrared spectral region.展开更多
Using dual graphene–WS_2 quadrilayer heterostructures as an example, we find that the ultrafast transfer of electrons from WS_2 to graphene takes place within 114 fs, and the Coulomb field of the charge can effective...Using dual graphene–WS_2 quadrilayer heterostructures as an example, we find that the ultrafast transfer of electrons from WS_2 to graphene takes place within 114 fs, and the Coulomb field of the charge can effectively affect the interlayer electron transfer. This effect illustrates that the charge transfer in such van der Waals heterostructures may be controlled by an externally applied electric field for promising applications in photoelectric devices.展开更多
We present a high power diode-pumped continuous-wave Tm:YLF(Tm^(3+)-doped lithium yttrium fluoride) laser with a piece of silicon wafer as the output coupler(Si-OC laser) directly.Under the pump power of 40 W at 793 n...We present a high power diode-pumped continuous-wave Tm:YLF(Tm^(3+)-doped lithium yttrium fluoride) laser with a piece of silicon wafer as the output coupler(Si-OC laser) directly.Under the pump power of 40 W at 793 nm,a maximum output power of 12.1 W is obtained with a beam quality of M^2 ≤ 1.55 at 1887 nm,corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 30.25%and a slope efficiency of 33.21%.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first report on directly utilizing silicon as an output coupler(Si-OC) in the solid Tm:YLF laser system.Due to the intriguing characteristics of silicon,such as negligible absorption in the wavelength region around 2 μm,high damage threshold,low cost and long-pass filter properties,double-side polished monocrystalline silicon wafer is considered as an outstanding candidate output coupler in the high-power laser system 2 μm spectral region,which may dramatically reduce the total manufacturing costs of the 2 μm laser system.展开更多
Ultrafast pulse generation was demonstrated in thulium doped fiber laser mode locked by magnetron sputtering deposited Sb_2Te_3with the modulation depth,non-saturable loss,and saturable intensity of 38%,31.2%,and 3.3 ...Ultrafast pulse generation was demonstrated in thulium doped fiber laser mode locked by magnetron sputtering deposited Sb_2Te_3with the modulation depth,non-saturable loss,and saturable intensity of 38%,31.2%,and 3.3 MW/cm^2,respectively.Stable soliton pulses emitting at 1930.07 nm were obtained with pulse duration of 1.24 ps,a 3-dB spectral bandwidth of 3.87 nm,an average output power of 130 m W,and signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)of 84 dB.To our knowledge,this is the first demonstration of Sb_2Te_3-based SA in fiber lasers at 2-μm regime.展开更多
High-power tunable femtosecond mid-infrared(MIR)pulses are of great interest for many scientific and industrial applications.Here we demonstrate a compact fluoride-fiber-based system that generates single solitons tun...High-power tunable femtosecond mid-infrared(MIR)pulses are of great interest for many scientific and industrial applications.Here we demonstrate a compact fluoride-fiber-based system that generates single solitons tunable from 3 to 3.8μm.The system is composed of an Er:ZBLAN fiber oscillator and amplifier followed by a fusion-spliced Dy:ZBLAN fiber amplifier.The Er:ZBLAN fiber amplifier acts as a power booster as well as a frequency shifter to generate Raman solitons up to 3μm.The Dy:ZBLAN fiber amplifier transfers the energy from the residual 2.8μm radiation into the Raman solitons using an in-band pumping scheme,and further extends the wavelength up to 3.8μm.Common residual pump radiation and secondary solitons accompanying the soliton self-frequency shift(SSFS)are recycled to amplify Raman solitons,consequently displaying a higher output power and pulse energy,a wider shifting range,and an excellent spectral purity.Stable 252 fs pulses at3.8μm with a record average power of 1.6 W and a pulse energy of 23 n J are generated.This work provides an effective way to develop high-power widely tunable ultrafast single-soliton MIR laser sources,and this method can facilitate the design of other SSFS-based laser systems for single-soliton generation.展开更多
High-power femtosecond mid-infrared(MIR)lasers are of vast importance to both fundamental research and applications.We report a high-power femtosecond master oscillator power amplifier laser system consisting of a sin...High-power femtosecond mid-infrared(MIR)lasers are of vast importance to both fundamental research and applications.We report a high-power femtosecond master oscillator power amplifier laser system consisting of a singlemode Er:ZBLAN fiber mode-locked oscillator and pre-amplifier followed by a large-mode-area Er:ZBLAN fiber main amplifier.The main amplifier is actively cooled and bidirectionally pumped at 976 nm,generating a slope efficiency of 26.9%.Pulses of 8.12 W,148 fs at 2.8μm with a repetition rate of 69.65 MHz are achieved.To the best of our knowledge,this is the highest average power ever achieved from a femtosecond MIR laser source.Such a compact ultrafast laser system is promising for a wide range of applications,such as medical surgery and material processing.展开更多
We demonstrate an integrated all-fiber mid-infrared(mid-IR)supercontinuum(SC)source generated by a 1.95μm master oscillator power amplifier system and a single-mode ZBLAN(ZrF_4–BaF_2–LaF_3–AlF_3–NaF)fiber.The max...We demonstrate an integrated all-fiber mid-infrared(mid-IR)supercontinuum(SC)source generated by a 1.95μm master oscillator power amplifier system and a single-mode ZBLAN(ZrF_4–BaF_2–LaF_3–AlF_3–NaF)fiber.The maximum average output power is 10.67 W with spectral bandwidth covering from～1.9 to 4.1μm.The single-mode ZBLAN fiber and silica fiber are thermal-spliced to enhance the robustness and practicability of the system.It is,to the best of our knowledge,the first high-power integrated compacted all-fiber mid-IR SC source based on thermal-spliced silica fiber and ZBLAN fiber.展开更多
The pulse energy in the ultrafast soliton fiber laser oscillators is usually limited by the well-known wave-breaking phenomenon owing to the absence of a desirable real saturable absorber(SA) with high power tolerance...The pulse energy in the ultrafast soliton fiber laser oscillators is usually limited by the well-known wave-breaking phenomenon owing to the absence of a desirable real saturable absorber(SA) with high power tolerance and large modulation depth. Here, we report a type of microfiber-based MoTe_2 SA fabricated by the magnetron-sputtering deposition(MSD) method. High-energy wave-breaking free soliton pulses were generated with pulse duration/pulse energy/average output power of 229 fs/2.14 nJ/57 mW in the 1.5 μm regime and 1.3 ps/13.8 nJ/212 mW in the 2 μm regime, respectively. To our knowledge, the generated soliton pulses at 1.5 μm had the shortest pulse duration and the highest output power among the reported erbium-doped fiber lasers mode locked by transition metal dichalcogenides. Moreover, this was the first demonstration of a MoTe_2-based SA in fiber lasers in the 2 μm regime, and the pulse energy/output power are the highest in the reported thulium-doped fiber lasers mode locked by two-dimensional materials. Our results suggest that a microfiber-based MoTe_2 SA could be used as an excellent photonic device for ultrafast pulse generation, and the MSD technique opens a promising route to produce a high-performance SA with high power tolerance and large modulation depth, which are beneficial for high-energy wave-breaking free pulse generation.展开更多
Employing 0.3 nm diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWCNTs)as saturable absorbers,we demonstrate a passively mode-locked fiber laser operating at 1950 nm.The 0.3 nm diameter SWCNTs are prepared by pyrolyzing dipr...Employing 0.3 nm diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWCNTs)as saturable absorbers,we demonstrate a passively mode-locked fiber laser operating at 1950 nm.The 0.3 nm diameter SWCNTs are prepared by pyrolyzing dipropylamine in the channels of zeolite crystals Mg APO-11(AEL).The laser pumped by a 1550 nm laser source produces 972 fs pulses with a spectral width at half-maximum of 4.2 nm and a repetition rate of 21.05 MHz,an average output power of 2.3 mW corresponding to the maximum pump power of 420 mW with a 10%output coupler.展开更多
A stable noise-like(NL)mode-locked Tm-doped fiber laser(TDFL)relying on a nonlinear optical loop mirror(NOLM)was experimentally presented.Different from the previous NL mode-locked TDFL with NOLM,the entire polarizati...A stable noise-like(NL)mode-locked Tm-doped fiber laser(TDFL)relying on a nonlinear optical loop mirror(NOLM)was experimentally presented.Different from the previous NL mode-locked TDFL with NOLM,the entire polarization-maintaining(PM)fiber construction was utilized in our laser cavity,which makes the oscillator have a better resistance to environmental perturbations.The robust TDFL can deliver stable bound-state NL pulses with a pulse envelope tunable from〜14.1 ns to〜23.6 ns and maximum pulse energy of〜40.3 nj at a repetition rate of〜980.6 kHz.Meanwhile,the all-PM fiber laser shows good power stability[less than〜0.7%)and repeatability.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.2016M592528 and 2016M602517)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,China(Grant No.2017A030310130)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11705259)
文摘The design, fabrication and performance of narrow-band rugate minus filters are investigated in this paper. A method of fabricating graded-index coatings by rapidly alternating deposition of low(Si O2) and high(Al2 O3) refractive index materials is presented to fabricate a rugate structure. The narrow-band rugate minus filter design and fabrication approaches are discussed in detail. The experimental results, including transmittance spectrum, surface damage test and damage morphology investigated with a scanning electron microscope, demonstrate the high performance of the as-fabricated spatial filter and confirm the feasibility of the fabrication method for narrow-band rugate minus filters.
基金Supported by the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant No 2016YFA0401100the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61575129the National High-Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No 2015AA021102
文摘In our previous study, metals have been used as absorbers in the clear plastic laser transmission welding. The effects of metal thermal conductivity on the welding quality are investigated in the present work. Four metals with distinctly different thermal conductivities, i.e., titanium, nickel, molybdenum, and copper, are selected as light absorbers. The lap welding is conducted with an 808 nm diode laser and simulation experiments are also conducted. Nickel electroplating test is carried out to minimize the side-effects from different light absorptivities of different metals. The results show that the welding with an absorber of higher thermal conductivity can accommodate higher laser input power before smoking, which produces a wider and stronger welding seam.The positive role of the higher thermal conductivity can be attributed to the fact that a desirable thermal field distribution for the molecular diffusion and entanglement is produced from the case with a high thermal conductivity.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61275144 and 61308049, the PhD Start-up Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province under Grant No $2013040012496, the Science and Technology Project of Shenzhen City under Grant Nos JCYJ20120613110637373 and JCYJ20130329142022715, the Improvement and Development Project of Shenzhen Key Lab under Grant No ZDSY20120612094924467, and the Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen University under Grant No 201203.
文摘Millimeter wave technology is one of the technologies developed rapidly in recent years. The research was mainly to study the transmission of millimeter wave through textile material named silk fabric. We observed the phenomenon of sub-millimeter-wave transmission and reflection of the silk fabric, and concluded that with the number of silk fabric layers increasing, effect of scattering and absorption of the millimeter wave enhanced. The conclusion could be further employed in millimeter wave and THz imaging, dangerous goods inspection and other security application.
基金supported in part by the Shenzhen Key Project for Technology Development(Nos.JSGG2020110215360002,JSGG20191129105838333,and CJGJZD20200617103003009).
文摘Swept source optical coherence tomography(SS-OCT)is a new noninvasive technique for assessing tissue.Although it hasadvantages,such as being label-free,noninvasive,and with high resolution,it also has drawbacks:there has been no indepth research into identifying the driving of swept source.Based on preliminary research,we demonstrate a novel drivingmodulation method of a fiber Fabry–Perot tunable filter ranging phase adjustable as a tool for making bandwidth compensation of a swept laser source.This novel method is analyzed in detail;a swept laser source with a sweep rate of100.5 kHz over a range of 152.25 nm and at a center wavelength of 1335.45 nm is demonstrated.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(11704260,61575129,61605122,61775146)Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2016A030310049)+1 种基金Major Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province(2014B010131006)Shenzhen Science and Technology Project(JCYJ20160427105041864,JSGG20160429114438287,KQJSCX20160226194031)
文摘We demonstrate, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, an all-fiber figure-of-9 double-clad Tm-doped fiber laser operating in the dissipative soliton resonance(DSR) regime. Stable mode-locked rectangular pulses are obtained by using the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror(NALM) technique. A long spool of high-nonlinearity fiber(HNLF) and a segment of SMF-28 fiber are used to enhance the nonlinearity of the NALM loop and to obtain a large all-anomalous regime. Output power and pulse energy are further boosted by using a three-stage master oscillator power amplifier(MOPA) system. At the maximum pump power, average output power of up to 104.3 W with record pulse energy of 0.33 mJ is achieved with a 2 μm DSR-based MOPA system.
基金Natural Science Foundation of SZU(827-000130)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(51502176,61378071)Science and Technology Projects of Shenzhen(JCYJ20150324141711618,JCYJ20160427105041864,JCYJ20170818101651195,JSGG20160429114438287)
文摘Near infrared light-controlled release of payloads from ultraviolet-sensitive(UV-sensitive) polymer hydrogels or nanocarriers is one of the most promising strategies for biotherapy. Here, we propose the concept of light activation of NaYF_4:20%Yb, 2%Tm nanocrystals(NCs). NaYF_4:20%Yb, 2%Tm NCs are synthesized by a solvothermal method. Effective upconversion luminescence from NaYF_4:20%Yb, 2%Tm NCs excited by a continuous wave(CW) 980 nm laser is obtained. The NaYF_4:20%Yb, 2%Tm NCs are then used as a laser gain medium and sandwiched between Al and quartz reflectors to form laser microcavities. UV and blue upconverted random lasing is obtained from the laser microcavities. Hence, we verify explicitly that the NaYF_4:Yb, Tm NCs support UV and blue upconversion random lasing via a 980 nm nanosecond laser excitation. Our work provides what we believe is a new concept for precision and localized cancer therapy by external light excitation.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China （NSFC） （Grant Nos. 61275125, 61308055, and 61307097）, Shenzhen Science and Technology Project （Grant No. JCYJ20140509172609175）, and Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education （SRFDP） （Grant No. 20124408120004）.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Nos. 61975136, 61935014, 61775146, and 61905151)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (No. 2019A1515010699)+2 种基金Shenzhen Science and Technology Project (Nos. JCYJ20160520161351540, JCYJ20170817100639177,JCYJ20170302151146995, JCYJ20180305125352956,JCYJ20160328144942069,and JCYJ20190808141011530)State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications (No. IPOC2019ZZ01)State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology (No. SKL2018KF04)
文摘We report on a mid-infrared fiber laser that uses a single-walled carbon nanotube saturable absorber mirror to realize the mode-locking operation.The laser generates 3.5 μm ultra-short pulses from an erbium-doped fluoride fiber by utilizing a dual-wavelength pumping scheme.Stable mode-locking is achieved at the 3.5 μm band with a repetition rate of 25.2 MHz.The maximum average power acquired from the laser in the mode-locking regime is 25 mW.The experimental results indicate that the carbon nanotube is an effective saturable absorber for mode-locking in the mid-infrared spectral region.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61275144 and 61308049, the PhD Start-up Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province under Grant Nos S2012040007242 and S2013040012496, the Science and Technology Project of Shenzhen City under Grant Nos JCYJ20120613110637373, JCYJ20130329142022715 and JC201105170655A, the Improvement and Development Project of Shenzhen Key Lab under Grant No ZDSY20120612094924467, and the Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen University under Grant No 201203.
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program under Grant No 2016YFA0401100the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61575129+1 种基金the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No 2015AA021102the Major Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province under Grant No2140B010131006
文摘Using dual graphene–WS_2 quadrilayer heterostructures as an example, we find that the ultrafast transfer of electrons from WS_2 to graphene takes place within 114 fs, and the Coulomb field of the charge can effectively affect the interlayer electron transfer. This effect illustrates that the charge transfer in such van der Waals heterostructures may be controlled by an externally applied electric field for promising applications in photoelectric devices.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61275144the Innovative Research and Development Project of Nanshan District under Grant No KC2013JSCX0013A+1 种基金the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Projects under Grant No JCYJ20150324140036862the Funding from Shenzhen University under Grant No 00008355
基金Supported by the Science and Technology Project of Shenzhen under Grant Nos JCYJ20140509172609175 and JSGG20140519104809878the Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province under Grant No 2014B010131006
文摘We present a high power diode-pumped continuous-wave Tm:YLF(Tm^(3+)-doped lithium yttrium fluoride) laser with a piece of silicon wafer as the output coupler(Si-OC laser) directly.Under the pump power of 40 W at 793 nm,a maximum output power of 12.1 W is obtained with a beam quality of M^2 ≤ 1.55 at 1887 nm,corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 30.25%and a slope efficiency of 33.21%.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first report on directly utilizing silicon as an output coupler(Si-OC) in the solid Tm:YLF laser system.Due to the intriguing characteristics of silicon,such as negligible absorption in the wavelength region around 2 μm,high damage threshold,low cost and long-pass filter properties,double-side polished monocrystalline silicon wafer is considered as an outstanding candidate output coupler in the high-power laser system 2 μm spectral region,which may dramatically reduce the total manufacturing costs of the 2 μm laser system.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61775146,11704260,61405126,and 61605122)the Shenzhen Science and Technology Project(Grant Nos.JCYJ20160427105041864,JSGG20160429114438287,KQJSCX20160226194031,JCYJ20160422103744090,and JCY20150324141711695)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,China(Grant Nos.2016A030310049,2016A030310059,and2017A030310402)
文摘Ultrafast pulse generation was demonstrated in thulium doped fiber laser mode locked by magnetron sputtering deposited Sb_2Te_3with the modulation depth,non-saturable loss,and saturable intensity of 38%,31.2%,and 3.3 MW/cm^2,respectively.Stable soliton pulses emitting at 1930.07 nm were obtained with pulse duration of 1.24 ps,a 3-dB spectral bandwidth of 3.87 nm,an average output power of 130 m W,and signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)of 84 dB.To our knowledge,this is the first demonstration of Sb_2Te_3-based SA in fiber lasers at 2-μm regime.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(61775146,61905151,61935014,61975136,62105222)Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province(2019A1515010699)+1 种基金Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi(2020JQ-204)Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(CJGJZD20200617103003009,JCYJ20210324094400001)。
文摘High-power tunable femtosecond mid-infrared(MIR)pulses are of great interest for many scientific and industrial applications.Here we demonstrate a compact fluoride-fiber-based system that generates single solitons tunable from 3 to 3.8μm.The system is composed of an Er:ZBLAN fiber oscillator and amplifier followed by a fusion-spliced Dy:ZBLAN fiber amplifier.The Er:ZBLAN fiber amplifier acts as a power booster as well as a frequency shifter to generate Raman solitons up to 3μm.The Dy:ZBLAN fiber amplifier transfers the energy from the residual 2.8μm radiation into the Raman solitons using an in-band pumping scheme,and further extends the wavelength up to 3.8μm.Common residual pump radiation and secondary solitons accompanying the soliton self-frequency shift(SSFS)are recycled to amplify Raman solitons,consequently displaying a higher output power and pulse energy,a wider shifting range,and an excellent spectral purity.Stable 252 fs pulses at3.8μm with a record average power of 1.6 W and a pulse energy of 23 n J are generated.This work provides an effective way to develop high-power widely tunable ultrafast single-soliton MIR laser sources,and this method can facilitate the design of other SSFS-based laser systems for single-soliton generation.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61975136,61935014,62105222,61775146,61905151)the Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province(2019A1515010699)+1 种基金the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Program(CJGJZD20200617103003009,JCYJ20210324094400001,GJHZ20210705141801006)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(JQ21019).
文摘High-power femtosecond mid-infrared(MIR)lasers are of vast importance to both fundamental research and applications.We report a high-power femtosecond master oscillator power amplifier laser system consisting of a singlemode Er:ZBLAN fiber mode-locked oscillator and pre-amplifier followed by a large-mode-area Er:ZBLAN fiber main amplifier.The main amplifier is actively cooled and bidirectionally pumped at 976 nm,generating a slope efficiency of 26.9%.Pulses of 8.12 W,148 fs at 2.8μm with a repetition rate of 69.65 MHz are achieved.To the best of our knowledge,this is the highest average power ever achieved from a femtosecond MIR laser source.Such a compact ultrafast laser system is promising for a wide range of applications,such as medical surgery and material processing.
基金National High-tech R&D Program of China(863 Program)(2015AA021102)Innovative Research and Development Project of Nanshan District(KC2013JSCX0013A)+3 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2015M572353,2015M582407)Natural Science Foundation of SZU(201457)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(61275144,61308049)Science and Technology Projects of Shenzhen City(JCYJ20130329103213543,JCYJ20140418091413568,JCYJ20150324140036862)
文摘We demonstrate an integrated all-fiber mid-infrared(mid-IR)supercontinuum(SC)source generated by a 1.95μm master oscillator power amplifier system and a single-mode ZBLAN(ZrF_4–BaF_2–LaF_3–AlF_3–NaF)fiber.The maximum average output power is 10.67 W with spectral bandwidth covering from～1.9 to 4.1μm.The single-mode ZBLAN fiber and silica fiber are thermal-spliced to enhance the robustness and practicability of the system.It is,to the best of our knowledge,the first high-power integrated compacted all-fiber mid-IR SC source based on thermal-spliced silica fiber and ZBLAN fiber.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(11704260,61405126,61605122,61775146)Shenzhen Science and Technology Project(JCY20150324141711695,JCYJ20160427105041864,JSGG20160429114438287,KQJSCX20160226194031,JCYJ20160422103744090)+1 种基金Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications(BUPT)(IPOC2015B003)Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2016A030310049,2016A030310059)
文摘The pulse energy in the ultrafast soliton fiber laser oscillators is usually limited by the well-known wave-breaking phenomenon owing to the absence of a desirable real saturable absorber(SA) with high power tolerance and large modulation depth. Here, we report a type of microfiber-based MoTe_2 SA fabricated by the magnetron-sputtering deposition(MSD) method. High-energy wave-breaking free soliton pulses were generated with pulse duration/pulse energy/average output power of 229 fs/2.14 nJ/57 mW in the 1.5 μm regime and 1.3 ps/13.8 nJ/212 mW in the 2 μm regime, respectively. To our knowledge, the generated soliton pulses at 1.5 μm had the shortest pulse duration and the highest output power among the reported erbium-doped fiber lasers mode locked by transition metal dichalcogenides. Moreover, this was the first demonstration of a MoTe_2-based SA in fiber lasers in the 2 μm regime, and the pulse energy/output power are the highest in the reported thulium-doped fiber lasers mode locked by two-dimensional materials. Our results suggest that a microfiber-based MoTe_2 SA could be used as an excellent photonic device for ultrafast pulse generation, and the MSD technique opens a promising route to produce a high-performance SA with high power tolerance and large modulation depth, which are beneficial for high-energy wave-breaking free pulse generation.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61275144)the Shenzhen Science and Technology Project(Nos.JCYJ20150525092941038 and JCYJ20140418091413577)
文摘Employing 0.3 nm diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWCNTs)as saturable absorbers,we demonstrate a passively mode-locked fiber laser operating at 1950 nm.The 0.3 nm diameter SWCNTs are prepared by pyrolyzing dipropylamine in the channels of zeolite crystals Mg APO-11(AEL).The laser pumped by a 1550 nm laser source produces 972 fs pulses with a spectral width at half-maximum of 4.2 nm and a repetition rate of 21.05 MHz,an average output power of 2.3 mW corresponding to the maximum pump power of 420 mW with a 10%output coupler.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 61905146)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2020M682864)the Shenzhen Key Project for Technology Development (Nos. JSGG20190819175801678 and JSGG20191129105838333)
文摘A stable noise-like(NL)mode-locked Tm-doped fiber laser(TDFL)relying on a nonlinear optical loop mirror(NOLM)was experimentally presented.Different from the previous NL mode-locked TDFL with NOLM,the entire polarization-maintaining(PM)fiber construction was utilized in our laser cavity,which makes the oscillator have a better resistance to environmental perturbations.The robust TDFL can deliver stable bound-state NL pulses with a pulse envelope tunable from〜14.1 ns to〜23.6 ns and maximum pulse energy of〜40.3 nj at a repetition rate of〜980.6 kHz.Meanwhile,the all-PM fiber laser shows good power stability[less than〜0.7%)and repeatability.
