Qingsong Jia

A novel fiber laser based on Rayleigh scattering feedback with a half-opened cavity

We demonstrate a distributed feedback (DFB) random fiber laser based on Rayleigh scattering. Amplified spontaneous emission is produced by using a segment of erbium doped fiber (EDF) pumped by 980 nm laser diode (LD). An 50km-long single-mode fiber (SMF) and a fiber bragg grate (FBG) are used as random resonate cavity and wavelength output at 1550 nm is observed which can be amplified through the erbium-doped fiber amplifier. Evaluations on the spectral evolution and power development are also performed from the results obtained.

Wavelength-Spacing Switchable Dual-Wavelength Single Longitudinal Mode Thulium-Doped Fiber Laser at 1.9 μm

We propose and demonstrate a spacing switchable dual-wavelength single longitudinal mode thulium-doped fiber laser at 1.9 μm. The fiber laser employs a ring cavity and a segment of 4-m thulium-doped fiber pumped by a 1563 nm laser. A fiber Sagnac loop is used as a comb filter to generate a stable dual-wavelength laser. A multimode interference filter consisting of a single-mode-multimode-single-mode fiber and a rotary fiber squeezer is used to adjust the wavelength spacing. When pump power is fixed at 260 mW, a stable dual-wavelength laser at 1.9 μm is obtained by adjusting the polarization controller in the Sagnac filter, and the wavelength spacing can be tuned from 6.7 to 26.7 nm by adjusting the rotary fiber squeezer in the multimode interference filter. Each wavelength of the dual-wavelength laser operates at a single longitudinal mode state, and the maximum linewidth is 7.5 MHz analyzed by a Fabry-Perot scanning interferometer.

Tunable ultra-narrow linewidth microwave generation from a double-loop Brillouin fiber laser

A simple photonic approach to generate an ultra-narrow linewidth microwave signal is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. In this scheme, a multi-wavelength Brillouin fiber laser (BFL) with a double-loop and un-pumped polarization maintaining erbium doped fiber (PM-EDF) is used. The double-loop configuration includes a 50 m long single-mode fiber (SMF) and a 10 m long SMF as Brillouin gain. The threshold and linewidth of the microwave source can be improved by using a double loop, while a 4 m long un-pumped PM-EDF is used to suppress unwanted side-modes. A dual-wavelength optical signal is heterodyned at the high-speed photo detector to produce a microwave signal by adjusting the polarization controller and the wavelength of the Brillouin pump. As a result, a tunable microwave signal from 10.605 to 10.887 GHz can be obtained. The linewidth of the microwave signal is about 14.4 kHz, and the side-mode suppression ratio is about 30 dB.

Dual square-wave pulse passively mode-locked fiber laser

We study a passively mode-locked square-wave pulse (SWP) fiber laser with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror in the cavity. The net dispersion of the cavity is about 0.68  ps2 and the SWP mode-locked fiber laser can be realized. The peak power of the SWP hardly varies and the pulse duration gets expanded with the increasing pump power. SWPs breaking in the low nonlinear cavity can be observed and the stable dual SWP can be achieved in the experiment. When the total pump power stays at 800 mW, the interval of dual pulses is 41 ns. The widths of dual SWPs are both 1.5 ns. The output power rises linearly with the increasing of the pump power, while the interval of dual SWPs is almost constant. Then, the physical mechanism of the SWP breaking and vector nature of the pulse are analyzed.

Triple Brillouin frequency spacing multiwavelength fiber laser with double Brillouin cavities and its application in microwave signal generation

We propose and experimentally investigate a multiwavelength Brillouin fiber laser (MBFL) with triple frequency spacing by employing a modular structure. In this scheme, we obtain nine channels optimized with frequency spacing of 0.259 nm. The single, double, and triple Brillouin frequency spacing for the MBFL can be easily realized by utilizing this modular structure. The impact of Brillouin pump (BP) power, BP wavelength, and erbium-ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier (EYDFA) output power on the performance of the MBFL is investigated, respectively. We also study the generation of beating frequency microwave signals based on single, double, and triple frequency spacing MBFL. 10.5 GHz, 21.48 GHz, and 31.77 GHz microwave signals with 3 dB linewidth of 16.4 MHz, 15.2 MHz, and 12.8 MHz are generated, respectively.

L-band double Brillouin frequency spaced tunable multiwavelength Brillouin fiber laser

A tunable multi-wavelength Brillouin fiber laser with double Brillouin frequency spacing based on a four-port circulator is experimentally demonstrated. The fiber laser configuration formed by four-port circulator isolates the odd-order Brillouin stokes signal to circulate within the cavity only. In addition, it also allows propagation of the incoming Brillouin pump and even-order Stokes signals from four-port circulator to output coupler .A L-band erbiumdoped fiber (EDF) with 1480nm pump is used to amplify Stokes signals and to get more output channels. At the Brillouin pump power of 8dBm and the 1480 nm pump power of 200mw, 5 output channels with double Brillouin frequency spacing and tuning range of 20 nm from 1568nm to 1588nm are achieved.

40 GHz narrow linewidth frequency-switched microwave signal generation based on a single-longitudinal-mode double-Brillouin-frequency spaced Brillouin fiber laser

A novel approach to generating 40 GHz narrow linewidth frequency-switched microwave signals is proposed and demonstrated. In this scheme, a single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) double-Brillouin-frequency spaced Brillouin fiber laser with dual-ring configuration and unpumped erbium-doped fiber (EDF) is used to generate dual-wavelength lasers, and a fiber Bragg grating is used to select the laser for different Brillouin frequency spacings. Dual-ring configuration and unpumped EDF are designed to select the mode for the SLM laser. Dual-wavelength lasers are inserted into a photodetector, and microwave signals at 10.66, 21.39, 32.12, or 42.85 GHz can be obtained. The linewidth of the generated microwave signals is less than 69 kHz. The frequency drift at each frequency is less than 0.83 MHz. The frequency noise and linewidth of Stokes signals are measured, and the linewidth broadening effect of microwave signals is analyzed.

Passively harmonic mode-locked pulses in thulium-doped fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation

Abstract. A simple approach to generate passively harmonic mode-locked pulse trains in thulium-doped fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation is proposed and demonstrated. Three different ways of mode-locked techniques have been employed in our structure to generate passively high-order harmonic mode-locked pulse trains; 128th-order passively harmonic mode-locked pulse train is achieved in the experiment and the repetition rate is 406.8 MHz. With the increase of the pump power, multiwavelength output can be tuned. A segment of dispersion compensation fiber is used to compensate the dispersion in the cavity; thus, the single pulse width is compressed from 617 to 48 ps.

Experimental research on thulium-doped fiber ASE characteristics pumped by 976nm LD

In this paper, a segment of thulium-doped fiber is pumped by a 976nm laser diode.Broadband gain at centerwavelength of 1953nm is achieved. The maximum amplified spontaneous emission bandwidth is 8nm. Simultaneously, self- oscillation of wavelength spacing 0.073nm is observed. The output power and self- oscillation modes increase with pump power increasing and wavelength spacing of self-oscillation is unchanged.The relation between fiber length and output power at pump power 400mW is analyzed. Higher output power can be abtained by selecting a appropriate fiber length when pump power is unchanged. Through the experiment, a weak absorption band of thulium-doped fiber near 976nm is verified. The structure can be used as narrow linewidth broadband source near 1950nm with the characteristic of low cost, simple structure and good stability.

A dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on fiber grating pair

A dual-wavelength linear cavity erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser based on a fiber grating pair is demonstrated experimentally. A circulator, a 980nm/1550nm wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) coupler, a 1×2 coupler, a polarization controller, a 6m long erbium-doped fiber and a fiber grating pair for wavelength interval of 0.3nm are included in the structure. A circulator connected at two ports as reflecting mirror structure. A 980nm pump source pump an erbium-doped fiber with a length of 6m consist of an erbium doped fiber amplifier. Through adjusting the state of the polarization controller, the transmission characteristic of cavity is changed. In both polarization and wavelength, the feedback from the fiber grating pair results in the laser operating on two longitudinal modes that are separated. The birefringence induced by the fiber grating pair is beneficial to diversify the polarization states of different wavelength in the erbium-doped fiber. So it is enhanced the polarization hole burning effect. This polarization hole burning effect greatly reduced the wavelength competition. Then, it was possible to achieve stable dual-wavelength. It turns out the structure generated the stable dual-wavelength with the 0.3nm wavelength interval and the output power is 0.13dBm in the end. The whole system have a simple and compact structure, it can work stably and laid a foundation for microwave/millimeter wave generator. It has a good application performance in the future for scientific research and daily life.