低重复频率脉冲掺镱光纤放大器  

Yb^(3+)-doped fiber amplifier for low repeat frequency pulse

作　　者：伍波[1] 杨泽后[1] 黄彪[1] 赵晓军[2] 樊冬[1] 周鼎富[1] 侯天晋[1] 

机构地区：[1]西南技术物理研究所,成都610041 [2]四川大学电子信息学院,成都610064

出　　处：《激光技术》2009年第5期532-534,共3页Laser Technology

摘　　要：为了研究低重复频率两级脉冲掺Yb^(3+)光纤放大器,采用脉冲信号驱动的半导体激光器作为种子光源,产生重频100Hz、半峰全宽100ns、能量30nJ的矩形光脉冲。第1级放大采用单模掺Yb^(3+)光纤放大器,双程放大方案有效地抑制了放大自发辐射,放大后的脉冲能量达到了8.2μJ。第2级放大采用纤芯直径15μm的双包层掺Yb^(3+)光纤放大器,大功率多模半导体激光器连续抽运。结果在抽运功率为7.3W时,放大输出脉冲能量达到了242μJ,放大输出半峰全宽压缩为29ns。输出的光束质量较好,为准单模输出。结果表明,该光纤放大器输出脉冲能量高,具有全光纤化、结构简单的特点。In order to study a two-stage Yb^3＋ -doped fiber amplifier for low repetition frequency pulses,a pulse driven laser diode was used as the seed source to obtain reetangle optical pulses with repetition rate of 100Hz, full width at half maximum （FWHM） of lOOns and energy of 30μJ. In the first stage,8.2μJ pulse energy was obtained by a single mode Yb^3＋ -doped fiber amplifier, in which amplified spontaneous emission was restrained efficiently by means of the method of round-trip amplification. Pumped by 980nm high power multimode laser diodes, the second stage was a double clad Yb^3＋ -doped fiber amplifier with 15μm fiber core diameter. 242μJ output pulse energy was obtained at 7.3W pump power. The FWHM was eompressed to 29ns. A near diffraction limited beam was produced from the amplifier with quasi-single mode output. The results shows that the high pulse energy fiber laser has advantage of simple all fiber strueture.

关 键 词：激光技术 光纤放大器 主振功率放大 掺镱光纤 

分 类 号：TN722[电子电信—电路与系统]