Light-operated triggering laser device

A laser and optical amplifier technology, applied in lasers, laser components, phonon exciters, etc., can solve the problems of unstable architecture system, energy waste, and the inability of response time to meet the requirements of all-optical network applications, and achieve stable architecture, The effect of low energy consumption and simple structure

Active Publication Date: 2014-01-29
SOUTH CHINA UNIV OF TECH
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All of these technologies control the turning on and off of the laser through mechanical adjustment or electrical control in the laser resonator. The use of these technologies increases the complexity and instability of the laser, and the turning on and off speed is generally the same. It is on the order of milliseconds, and the response time cannot meet the application requirements of all-optical networks.
[0005] In related fields, cutting-edge research also uses a combination of lasers and extracavity optical switches to realize the on-off of laser signals. This is a technical solution for indirect control. Cascaded optical switches are used to control the transmission on and off of the output signal of the laser (Chinese patent: 201010135631, 201210285905). This combined technical solution wastes a lot of energy, especially when the optical switch control realizes the output signal is disconnected, the laser keeps on Continuous output, and the structure of the combination device outside the laser cavity also caused the instability of the system

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[0029] The specific implementation of the present invention will be further described below with reference to the drawings and examples, but the implementation and protection of the present invention are not limited to this.

[0030] Such as image 3 , This is a schematic diagram of the light-controlled trigger laser structure of this embodiment, in the figure: 0—trigger to turn off the light source module, 1—trigger to turn on the light source module, 2—fiber coupler, 3—saturable absorber, 4—control module, 5— The first fiber circulator, 6-fiber grating, 7-optical amplifier, 8-pump module, 9-second fiber circulator, 10-laser output terminal.

[0031] The pigtail output of the light source module 1 is connected to the first port 201 of the optical fiber coupler 2, the fourth port 204 of the optical fiber coupler 2 is connected to the input port 301 of the saturable absorber 3, and the saturable absorber 3 is connected to the control module. 4, the output port 302 of the saturable a...

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The invention discloses a light-operated triggering laser device which comprises a saturable absorber, a light amplifier, an optical fiber circulator, a fiber Bragg grating and a pumping module. Key elements are the light amplifier and the saturable absorber. The light amplifier is fully pumped and provides gain for a whole resonant cavity. The saturable absorber provides main loss in the resonant cavity. In an original state, gain in the cavity is smaller than loss, and laser outgoing cannot be formed. Singe triggering is injected to the resonant cavity to start optical pulses, and light-operated triggering laser starting is achieved. In a laser starting state, singe triggering is injected to the resonant cavity to close optical pulses, and laser closing is achieved. Triggering optical pulse action time is finished, the laser device is recovered to the state of non-triggering starting, gain in the cavity is smaller than loss, the laser closing state is maintained continuously, and accordingly light-operated triggering laser closing is completely achieved. The light-operated triggering laser device is simple and compact in structure, a light-operated switch does not need to be connected in from the outside of the cavity, and accordingly the whole framework is stable.

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Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a technology for controlling the generation and closing of laser output by an optical method, and in particular relates to a laser that can be turned on and off by an optical control trigger. [0002] Background technique [0003] After decades of development of integrated circuits, various integrated chips with high integration, high bandwidth, and high capacity have been prepared, and they have been widely used in the industry. However, there are many technical bottlenecks in their further development. Therefore, the all-optical network, integrated optical path, and optical computing, which essentially have ultra-high speed and ultra-high capacity, have received some preliminary discussions and research. At present, the use of all-optical technology has achieved light splitting, beam combining, wave combining, Filtering, logic gates and other basic integrated optical basic units, all-light control of the light source is one...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01S3/081H01S3/115
CPCH01S3/10092H01S3/0675H01S3/06791H01S3/08H01S3/082H01S3/1022H01S3/1061H01S3/113H01S3/1608
Inventor 杨中民甘久林杨小平徐善辉姜中宏
Owner SOUTH CHINA UNIV OF TECH
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