In this research a design for high power linearly polarized all-fiber linear cavity lasers with self-mode-locking is presented, and a new theoretical model based on a Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation (NLSE) is developed and implemented on the MATLAB platform. For the design of cavity, Polarization Maintaining (PM) fibers for both the gain medium and the Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) is implemented. The FBG pairs are used to select the lasing wavelength and polarization. The fiber lasers incorporate specially designed FBGs to achieve an extinction ratio larger than 23 dB. The proposed configuration is based on Non-Linear Polarization (NPR) using PM Yb-doped active fiber and two matching FBGs to form the laser cavity. The combination of nonlinearity, gain, and birefringence in the cavity made the laser generate mode-locked pulses in the picosecond range and with high average output power. Experimental data and numerical simulations of the self-mode-locking fiber laser are presented. Main parameters affecting mode-locked pulses and its envelope are identified. The model proposed here explains the self-mode-locking mechanism and the source of the pulse envelope. In this model, it is proven that self-phase modulation (SPM) plays an essential role in pulse formation and shaping.
| Published in | American Journal of Optics and Photonics (Volume 2, Issue 4) |
| DOI | 10.11648/j.ajop.20140204.11 |
| Page(s) | 45-53 |
| Creative Commons |
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Copyright |
Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group |
Self-Mode-Locking (SML), Polarisation Maintaining (PM), Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation (NLSE), Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs), Optical Coupler (OC)
| [1] | M. E. Fermann and I. Hartl, "Ultrafast fiber laser technology," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 15, pp. 191-206, 01, 2009. |
| [2] | D. D. Hudson, "Mode-locked fiber lasers: Development and application," 2009. |
| [3] | Jeff Hecht, "Fiber lasers: The state of the art," Laser Focus World, vol. 48, pp. 57, 2012. |
| [4] | P. Rüdiger, Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology, 1ed, Wiely-VCH, 2008. |
| [5] | M. J. F. Digonnet, Rare-earth-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers, 2d ed, Marcel Dekker, vol. 25, 2001. |
| [6] | O. Svelto and D. C. Hanna, Principles of Lasers, Springer, 1998. |
| [7] | B. E. A. Saleh, M. C. Teich and B. R. Masters, "Fundamentals of Photonics, Second Edition," John Wiely & Sons, 1991. |
| [8] | B. C. Seung, H. Song, S. Gee and Y. K. Dug, "Self-starting passive mode-locked ytterbium fiber laser with variable pulse width," in Fiber Lasers VII: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 2010, pp. 75802C (11 pp.). |
| [9] | G. H. Jang and T. H. Yoon, "Environmentally-Stable All-normal-dispersion Picosecond Ybdoped Fiber Laser with an Achromatic Quarter-wave-plate," Laser Physics, vol. 20, pp. 1463-8,2010. |
| [10] | F. Q. Lian, Z. W. Fan, X. F. Wang, Y. T. Huang, K. Huang, Y. F. Ma, G. Niu, X. H. Li and J. Yu, "Ytterbium doped all-fiber-path all-normal dispersion mode-locked laser based on semiconductor saturable mirror," Laser Physics, vol. 21, pp. 1103-7, 06, 2011. |
| [11] | X. Tian, M. Tang, X. Cheng, P. P. Shum, Y. Gong and C. Lin, "High-energy wavebreaking-free pulse from all-fiber mode-locked laser system," Optics Express, vol. 17, pp. 7222-7, 2009. |
| [12] | R. Song, H. Chen, S. Chen, J. Hou and Q. Lu, "A SESAM passively mode-locked fiber laser with a long cavity including a band pass filter," Journal of Optics, vol. 13, 2011. |
| [13] | J. Liu, J. Xu and P. Wang, "High Repetition-Rate Narrow Bandwidth SESAM Mode-Locked Yb-Doped Fiber Lasers," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 24, pp. 539-541,2012. |
| [14] | Oliver Prochnow, Axel Ruehl, Michael Schultz, Dieter Wandt and Dietmar Kracht, "Allfiber similariton laser at 1 μm without dispersion compensation," Optics Express, vol. 15, pp.6889-6893, 2007. |
| [15] | K. Ozgören and F. O. Ilday, "All-fiber all-normal dispersion laser with a fiber-based Lyot filter," Opt. Lett., vol. 35, pp. 1296, 2010. |
| [16] | M. Schultz, H. Karow, O. Prochnow, D. Wandt, U. Morgner and D. Kracht, "All-fiber ytterbium femtosecond laser without dispersion compensation," Optics Express, vol. 16, pp.19562-19567, 2008. |
| [17] | J. Fe ete, A. serteg and . Szip ocs, "All-fiber, all-normal dispersion ytterbium ring oscillator," Laser Physics Letters, vol. 6, pp. 49-53, 2009. |
| [18] | C. K. Nielsen and S. R. Keiding, "All-fiber mode-locked fiber laser," Opt. Lett., vol. 32,pp. 1474-1476, 2007. |
| [19] | F. Wang, A.G. Rozhin, V. Scardaci, Z. Sun, F. Hennerich, H. White, W.I. Milne and A.C. Ferrari "Wideband-tuneable, nanotube mode-locked, fibre laser," Nature Nanotechnology, vol.3, pp. 738-742, 2008. |
| [20] | R. Going, D. Popa, F. Torrisi, Z. Sun, T. Hasan, F. Wang and A. C. Ferrari, "500 fs wideband tunable fiber laser mode-locked by nanotubes," Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, vol. 44, pp. 1078-1081, 2012. |
| [21] | Y. Senoo, N. Nishizawa, Y. Sakakibara, K. Sumimura, E. Itoga, H. Kataura and K. Itoh, "Polarization-maintaining, high-energy, wavelength-tunable, Er-doped ultrashort pulse fiber laser using carbon-nanotube polyimide film," Optics Express, vol. 17, pp. 20233-20241, 2009. |
| [22] | N. Nishizawa, Y. Nozaki, E. Itoga, H. Kataura and Y. Sakakibara, "Dispersion-managed, high-power, Er-doped ultrashort-pulse fiber laser using carbon-nanotube polyimide film," Optics Express, vol. 19, pp. 21874, 2011. |
| [23] | Anonymous "A compact, high power, ultrafast laser mode-locked by carbon nanotubes," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 95, pp. 253102-253102-3, 2009. |
| [24] | Y. Hori, Z. Zhang and M. Nakazawa, "1070 NM passively mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber soliton laser with SWNT/PMMA saturable absorber," in 2011, pp. 1-2. |
| [25] | J. Peng, L. Zhan, Z. Gu, K. Qian, S. Luo and Q. Shen, "Direct generation of 128-fs Gaussian pulses from a compensation-free fiber laser using dual mode-locking mechanisms," Opt. Commun., vol. 285, pp. 731-733, 2012. |
| [26] | W. Guan and J. R. Marciante, "Complete elimination of self-pulsations in dual-clad ytterbium-doped fiber lasers at all pumping levels," Opt. Lett., vol. 34, pp. 815-817, 2009. |
| [27] | B. N. Upadhyaya, U. Chakravarty, A. Kuruvilla, S. M. Oak, M. R. Shenoy and K. Thyagarajan, "Self-pulsing characteristics of a high-power single transverse mode Yb-doped CW fiber laser," Opt. Commun., vol. 283, pp. 2206-2213, 2010. |
| [28] | A. V. Kir'yanov and Y. O. Barmenkov, "Self-Q-switched Ytterbium-doped all-fiber laser," Laser Physics Letters, vol. 3, pp. 498-502, 2006. |
| [29] | Feng Xiao-xing, C. Bai, Chen Jia-lin, W. Li, Liang Li-ping and Lin Zun-qi, "Study of selfmode-locking in Q-switched and in all-fiber fabry-perot cavity ytterbium-doped fiber laser," inPassive Components and Fiber-Based Devices, 2005, pp. 88-95. |
| [30] | B. N. Upadhyaya, A. Kuruvilla, U. Chakravarty, M. R. Shenoy, K. Thyagarajan and S. M. Oak, "Effect of laser linewidth and fiber length on self-pulsing dynamics and output stabilization of single-mode Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser," Appl. Opt., vol. 49, pp. 2316, 2010. |
| [31] | Y. H. Tsang, T. A. King, D. Ko and J. Lee, "Output dynamics and stabilisation of a multimode double-clad Yb-doped silica fibre laser," Opt. Commun., vol. 259, pp. 236-241, 2006. |
| [32] | A. E. Bednyakova, O. A. Gorbunov, M. O. Politko, S. I. Kablukov, S. V. Smirnov, D. V. Churkin, M. P. Fedoruk and S. A. Babin, "Generation dynamics of the narrowband Yb-doped fiber laser," Optics Express, vol. 21, pp. 8177, 2013. |
| [33] | J. Jiang, J. Chang, S. Feng, L. Wei and Q. Mao, "Mid-IR multiwavelength difference frequency generation based on fiber lasers," Optics Express, vol. 18, pp. 4740, 2010. |
| [34] | J. Chang, Q. Mao, S. Feng, X. Gao and C. Xu, "Widely tunable mid-IR differencefrequency generation based on fiber lasers," Opt. Lett., vol. 35, pp. 3486, 2010. |
| [35] | J. H. Chang, Q. H. Mao, S. J. Feng, J. Jiang, X. L. Li, Y. Y. Tian, C. Q. Xu and W. Q. Liu,"Theoretical and experimental investigations of the Mid-IR DFG tuning property based on fiber laser fundamental lights," Applied Physics B, vol. 104, pp. 851-859, 2011. |
| [36] | Li Xiu-li, Feng Su-juan and Mao Qing-he, "Development of fiber-type widely tunable DFG mid-infrared laser source," Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 29, pp. 298-302, 05,2012. |
| [37] | G. P. Agrawal, Nonlinear Fiber Optics, 3ed, Elsevier Science Academic Press, 2007, pp.11-13,63-66,97-104,213. |
| [38] | G. C. Valley, "Modeling Cladding-Pumped Er/Yb Fiber Amplifiers," Optical Fiber Technology, vol. 7, pp. 21-44, 2001. |
| [39] | D. T. Nguyen, D. T. Nguyen, A. Chavez-Pirson, A. Chavez-Pirson, Shibin Jiang, N. Peyghambarian and N. Peyghambarian, "A Novel Approach of Modeling Cladding-Pumped Highly Er-Yb Co-Doped Fiber Amplifiers," IEEE J. Quant. Electron., vol. 43, pp. 1018-1027, 2007. |
| [40] | Deparis, O. Deparis, R. Kiyan, S. A. Vasiliev, V. O. I. Medvedkov, E. M. Dianov, O. Pottiez, P. Megret and M. Blondel, "Polarization-maintaining fiber Bragg gratings for wavelength selection in actively mode-locked Er-doped fiber lasers," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 13, pp. 284-286, 2001. |
| [41] | R. G. Molla, "Nonlinear fiber optics for Bio-Sensing," M.Sc. Thesis, University of Kansas, 2005 . |
| [42] | A. Yariv and P. Yeh, Photonics: Optical Electronics in Modern Communications, 6ed, Oxford University Press 2007, pp.251-273, 633-637. |
| [43] | J. A. Buck and I. Jacobs, Fundamentals of Optical Fibers, Wiely Series in Pure and Applied Optics, 2ed, 2004, pp. 241-251 |
| [44] | J. Diels, Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena, 2ed, Elsevier Science Academic Press, 2006, pp.63-66, 97-104, 317-318, 381-384 |
| [45] | C. K. Nielsen, "Mode-locked fiber lasers: Theoritical and Experimental Development," PhD. Thesis, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 2006. |
| [46] | F. O. Ilday, Ultrashort pulse propagator v.2.2.2 user guide, Bilkent University, 2001. |
| [47] | B. Washburn: www.phys.ksu.edu/personal/washburn/pdf/washburn_thesis chapter4.pdf . |
| [48] | J. Lægsgaard, "Control of fibre laser mode-locking by narrow-band Bragg gratings," Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 41, pp. 095401, 2008. |
| [49] | E. Paulucci, N. A. Russo, E. E. Sicre and R. Duchowicz, "Numerical and experimental comparison of an all-fiber APM laser with two-coupled linear cavities," Optics & Laser Technology, vol. 48, pp. 495-502, 2013. |
| [50] | J. Rogers, Polarization in Optical Fibers, The Artech House Applied Photonics Series, 2008 ,pp.94-98, 100-101. |
| [51] | L. N. Binh and N. Q. Ngo, Ultra-Fast Fiber Lasers: Principles and Applications with MATLAB Models, CRC Press, 2010, pp.180-182. |
| [52] | Y. Zhao, T. Song, D. Wu and Q. Wang, "Research on fiber optic temperature sensor using a novel high-birefringent fiber loop mirror with a reflection probe," Sensors & Actuators: A.Physical, vol. 184, pp. 22, 2012. |
| [53] | R. M. Silva, A. Layeghi, M. I. Zibaii, H. Latifi, J. L. Santos and O. Frazao, "Theoretical and Experimental Results of High-Birefringent Fiber Loop Mirror With an Output Port Probe," J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 30, pp. 1032-1036, 2012. |
| [54] | F. Yang, Z. Q. Pan, Q. Ye, D. J. Chen, H. W. Cai and R. H. Qu, "Effect of active fiber birefringence on polarization properties of DBR all-fiber laser," Laser Physics, vol. 22, pp. 778- 783, 2012. |
APA Style
Bishal Poudel, Om Nath Acharya. (2014). A Research Paper on the Performance Analysis of a Self-Mode Locking High Power Linearly Polarised Fiber Laser. American Journal of Optics and Photonics, 2(4), 45-53. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajop.20140204.11
ACS Style
Bishal Poudel; Om Nath Acharya. A Research Paper on the Performance Analysis of a Self-Mode Locking High Power Linearly Polarised Fiber Laser. Am. J. Opt. Photonics 2014, 2(4), 45-53. doi: 10.11648/j.ajop.20140204.11
AMA Style
Bishal Poudel, Om Nath Acharya. A Research Paper on the Performance Analysis of a Self-Mode Locking High Power Linearly Polarised Fiber Laser. Am J Opt Photonics. 2014;2(4):45-53. doi: 10.11648/j.ajop.20140204.11
Share This Article
Twitter
Linked In
Facebook
Copy
Download@article{10.11648/j.ajop.20140204.11,
author = {Bishal Poudel and Om Nath Acharya},
title = {A Research Paper on the Performance Analysis of a Self-Mode Locking High Power Linearly Polarised Fiber Laser},
journal = {American Journal of Optics and Photonics},
volume = {2},
number = {4},
pages = {45-53},
doi = {10.11648/j.ajop.20140204.11},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajop.20140204.11},
eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ajop.20140204.11},
abstract = {In this research a design for high power linearly polarized all-fiber linear cavity lasers with self-mode-locking is presented, and a new theoretical model based on a Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation (NLSE) is developed and implemented on the MATLAB platform. For the design of cavity, Polarization Maintaining (PM) fibers for both the gain medium and the Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) is implemented. The FBG pairs are used to select the lasing wavelength and polarization. The fiber lasers incorporate specially designed FBGs to achieve an extinction ratio larger than 23 dB. The proposed configuration is based on Non-Linear Polarization (NPR) using PM Yb-doped active fiber and two matching FBGs to form the laser cavity. The combination of nonlinearity, gain, and birefringence in the cavity made the laser generate mode-locked pulses in the picosecond range and with high average output power. Experimental data and numerical simulations of the self-mode-locking fiber laser are presented. Main parameters affecting mode-locked pulses and its envelope are identified. The model proposed here explains the self-mode-locking mechanism and the source of the pulse envelope. In this model, it is proven that self-phase modulation (SPM) plays an essential role in pulse formation and shaping.},
year = {2014}
}
TY - JOUR T1 - A Research Paper on the Performance Analysis of a Self-Mode Locking High Power Linearly Polarised Fiber Laser AU - Bishal Poudel AU - Om Nath Acharya Y1 - 2014/10/20 PY - 2014 N1 - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajop.20140204.11 DO - 10.11648/j.ajop.20140204.11 T2 - American Journal of Optics and Photonics JF - American Journal of Optics and Photonics JO - American Journal of Optics and Photonics SP - 45 EP - 53 PB - Science Publishing Group SN - 2330-8494 UR - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajop.20140204.11 AB - In this research a design for high power linearly polarized all-fiber linear cavity lasers with self-mode-locking is presented, and a new theoretical model based on a Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation (NLSE) is developed and implemented on the MATLAB platform. For the design of cavity, Polarization Maintaining (PM) fibers for both the gain medium and the Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) is implemented. The FBG pairs are used to select the lasing wavelength and polarization. The fiber lasers incorporate specially designed FBGs to achieve an extinction ratio larger than 23 dB. The proposed configuration is based on Non-Linear Polarization (NPR) using PM Yb-doped active fiber and two matching FBGs to form the laser cavity. The combination of nonlinearity, gain, and birefringence in the cavity made the laser generate mode-locked pulses in the picosecond range and with high average output power. Experimental data and numerical simulations of the self-mode-locking fiber laser are presented. Main parameters affecting mode-locked pulses and its envelope are identified. The model proposed here explains the self-mode-locking mechanism and the source of the pulse envelope. In this model, it is proven that self-phase modulation (SPM) plays an essential role in pulse formation and shaping. VL - 2 IS - 4 ER -
Information
Email: