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An acousto-optic modulator (AOM), also called a Bragg cell, uses the acousto-optic effect to diffract and shift the frequency of light using sound waves (usually at radio-frequency). They are used in lasers for Q-switching, telecommunications for signal modulation, and in spectroscopy for frequency control. A piezoelectric transducer is attached to a material such as glass. An oscillating electric signal drives the transducer to vibrate, which creates sound waves in the material. These can be thought of as moving periodic planes of expansion and compression that change the index of refraction. Incoming light scatters (see Brillouin scattering) off the resulting periodic index modulation and interference occurs similar to Bragg diffraction. The interaction can be thought of as a three-wave mixing process resulting in Sum-frequency generation or Difference-frequency generation between phonons and photons.
An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system including an interferometer provides illuminating light along a first optical path to a sample and an optical delay line and collects light from the sample along a second optical path remitted at several scattering angles to a detector. In one embodiment, illuminating light is directed along a number of incident light paths through a focusing lens to a sample. The light paths and focusing lens are related to the sample and to both the incident light source and the detector. In another embodiment, a focusing system directs light to a location in the sample. A transmission grating or acousto-optic modulator directs light from the sample at an angle representative of the wavelength of the incident light on the transmission grating or acousto-optic modulator.
The invention discloses a COTDR (coherent detection based optical time-domain reflectometry) fused long-distance coherent detection brilouin optical time-domain analyzer which comprises a narrow-linewidth laser, two couplings, a microwavesignal source, an electro-optic modulator, an isolator, a long-distance sensing optical fiber, an optical circulator, a 3 db coupling, a pulse modulator, an Er-doped fiberamplifier, a scrambler, a pulse signal generator, a balancing photoelectric detector, an electrical frequencyspectrum analyzer, a data processing module and an acousto-optic modulator. According to the invention, the signal-to-noise ratio of BOTDA (brilouin optical time domain analysis) is improved by using a coherent detection method, a non-local effect of a BOTDA system is reduced in a double-sideband detection mode, and the sensing distance is more than 70 km under the condition of no light amplification such as raman; and according to the invention, the COTDR is fused to a coherent detection based BOTDA system, and the system can run in a breakpoint testing mode, so that the defect that the traditional BOTDA can not run when a sensing fiber has breakpoints and can not carry out positioning on breakpoints is effectively overcome, thereby enhancing the adaptability and practicability of the sensing system.
An optical pulse source comprising a DPSS pump laser, a photonic crystalfiber (PCF), and acousto-optic modulator (AOM) gating device is disclosed. The pump pulses are coupled through lenses to the AOM gating device, which is synchronized to the pump laser and is operable to gate the pump pulses to a reduced repetition rate Rr=Rf / N, where Rf is the pump laserfundamental frequency. The pulses from the AOM are injected via optics into the PCF. Propagation through the PCF causes the pulses to broaden spectrally to produce optical supercontinuum pulses. An optical pulse source that further includes an acousto-optical tunable filter (AOTF) operable to convert the optical supercontinuum pulses into wavelength variable output pulses is also provided. A method of scaling the energy of the optical supercontinuum pulses is also disclosed.
A laser-based workpiece processingsystem includes sensors connected to a sensor controller that converts sensor signals into focused spot motion commands for actuating a beam steering device, such as a two-axis steering mirror. The sensors may include a beam position sensor for correcting errors detected in the optical path, such as thermally-induced beam wandering in response to laser or acousto-optic modulator pointing stability, or optical mount dynamics.
A technique for suppressing stimulated Brillouin scattering SBS along an optical fibersignal path utilizes polarization modulation at the transmitter to split the launched power into orthogonal polarization states. By reducing the power along each polarization, SBS will be reduced. Linewidth broadening of the optical source is achieved by introducing: (1) a incoherence between the polarization states (using a time delay along the signal path of one polarization state); and (2) a frequency shift between the polarization states (using an acousto-optic modulator along the signal path of the remaining polarization state).
The present invention addresses the problem of stabilizing signals in magnetic field measurement using optical pumping. In order to solve the problem, disclosed is a light source apparatus (10) that is characterized in having: a light intensity fluctuation detection circuit (130) that detects intensity fluctuation of light outputted from a laser output unit (11); and an acousto-optic modulator (121) that corrects light intensity on the basis of light intensity fluctuation detected by means of the light intensity fluctuation detection circuit (130) such that the light intensity is constant Furthermore, a magnetic field measuring apparatus of the present invention is characterized in having: one sensor unit that passes therethrough light outputted from a light source unit: and a signal control processor that eliminates the light intensity fluctuation on the basis of two lights passed through the sensor unit.
Methods and apparatus for reducing the coherence of an optical signal that is used to interrogate optical interferometric sensors are disclosed. The optical fieldphasor of the interrogation source is modulated in a controlled manner to produce a broadened optical source power spectrum at the output of the source unit. The output from the source unit is launched into an optical sensor network, comprising a multiple of optical pathways from its input to the detection unit, where pairs of optical pathways form sensor interferometers. A compensating interferometer with delay difference similar to the sensor delay difference may be arranged in a serially coupled manner with the optical sensor network, either before or after the network. The optical output power from the source unit may either be continuous or pulsed with a pulse duration similar to the sensor delay. The coherence modulation may be performed through direct modulation of the source or through external modulation of the light with piezoelectric ring modulator, a Lithium niobate phase or intensity modulator, or an acoustooptic modulator.
Femtosecond pump / probe experiments using short X-Ray and optical pulses require precise synchronization between 100 meter-10 km separated lasers in a various experiments. For stabilization in the hundred femtosecond range a CW laser is amplitude modulated at 1-10 GHz, the signal retroreflected from the far end, and the relative phase used to correct the transit time with various implementations. For the sub-10 fsec range the laser frequency itself is upshifted 55 MHz with an acousto-optical modulator, retroreflected, upshifted again and phase compared at the sending end to a 110 MHz reference. Initial experiments indicate less than 1 fsec timing jitter. To lock lasers in the sub-10 fs range two single-frequency lasers separated by several teraHertz will be lock to a master modelocked fiberlaser, transmit the two frequencies over fiber, and lock two comb lines of a slave laser to these frequencies, thus synchronizing the two modelocked laser envelopes.
The invention discloses an optical fiber distributed disturbance sensor which comprises an optical fiberlaser, a bidirectional distributed Raman amplification unit and a photoelectric detection and signalprocessing unit, wherein an output end of the optical fiberlaser is connected with a first coupler; two output ends of the first coupler are respectively connected with an acoustic optical modulator and a third coupler; the bidirectional distributed Raman amplification unit is connected with the acoustic optical modulator by a first circulator and is connected with the third coupler by the first circulator; the photoelectric detection and signalprocessing unit is connected with the third coupler and used for receiving an interference-enhanced optical signal in the third coupler, converting the optical signal into an electric signal and carrying out subsequent data processing. In the optical fiber distributed disturbance sensor, the back scattering light intensity and the signal-to-noise ratio of the tail end of the optical fiber can be improved by the bidirectional distributed Raman amplification structure so as to improve the sensing distance of the optical fiber distributed disturbance sensor; and the light power received by a detector can be improved through the interference of a part of continuous light output by a light source and the back scattering light, so as to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the system. The sensor is a combination of conventional photoelectric devices, has a simple structure and is easy to realize.
The invention discloses a device of measuring the line-width of a laser with narrow line-width and a method of measuring the line-width based on a optical fiberdelay self-heterodyne method; in the hardware device, an optical fiberdelay line is connected between a first and a second couplers; an acousto-optic modulator is connected between the first and the second couplers; the measured laser is connected to the input of the first coupler, and a photoelectric detector is connected to the output of the second coupler; the photoelectric detector is connected with a spectrum analyzer. In the line-width measurement, simulation models of the line-width triangle v of the laser and the spectrum-width triangle f of the photoelectric current heterodynesignal are built in the frequency shiftdelay self-heterodyne methodology, and the function relation between the line-width triangle v of the laser and the spectrum-width triangle f of the photoelectric current heterodyne signal is obtained fitting of the three-level proportion function model. The invention presents that with the short optical fiber delay self-heterodyne method, the device can eliminate the deficiency of greatly reduced measuring precision because of not enough delayed time in the delay self-heterodyne method when the length of the delay optical fiber is less than 6 times coherence length of the laser, so as to provide an effective method of precisely measuring the line-width of the laser with narrow line-width in projects.
An RF power controller arrangement prevents excessive RF power-based thermal loading of an RF signalprocessing device, such an as acousto-optic modulator, by controllably constraining the product of the average on-duration of a baseband modulation signal and RF input power to realize no more than a prescribed value of RF energy supplied to the modulator.
The invention relates to a DDS acoustooptic modulation wavelength locking device and a wavelength locking method. The wavelength locking method can be realized by arranging an acoustooptic modulator and a convex lens on the basis of modulating a laser cavity in the prior art. The DDS acoustooptic modulation wavelength locking device has a concise light path, is easy to adjust, and can obviously narrow the laser linewidth and acquire enough error signal amplitude to realize stable frequency locking; due to adoption of the acoustooptic modulator, the stability of locked frequency is good and superior to that of a general voltage controlled oscillator; and due to adoption of digital frequency modulation, the DDS acoustooptic modulation wavelength locking device is flexible and convenient, and is convenient to cooperate with a digital industrial control device.
A laser-based workpiece processingsystem includes sensors connected to a sensor controller that converts sensor signals into focused spot motion commands for actuating a beam steering device, such as a two-axis steering mirror. The sensors may include a beam position sensor for correcting errors detected in the optical path, such as thermally-induced beam wandering in response to laser or acousto-optic modulator pointing stability, or optical mount dynamics.
Laser pulses are selected from a group of closely spaced laser pulses with an optical modulator by adjusting pulse timing relative to an impingement interval. An adjusted pulse is moved from an impingement interval to a non-impingement interval and is blocked. The blocked laser source is stabilized by running nearly continuously. Pulse selection with multiple laser sources is achieved with a single acousto-optic modulator.
A distribution type sensing optical fiber is characterized in that thousands of fiber gratings with ultra-low reflectance are carved on a common single-mode fiber, so that the common single-mode fiber and the fiber gratings are integrated; the reflectance R of the fiber gratings is set to be 0.1-1%, and accordingly multi-path reflection is effectively lowered. An intensity distribution type demodulationsystem comprises a distribution type feedback semiconductorlaser device, an acousto-optic modulator, a circulator, a coupler, the distribution type sensing optical fiber, a photoelectric detector and an intensity modulation device. The distribution type feedback semiconductorlaser device sends out continuous laser into the acousto-optic modulator, the laser is modulated into pulse laser with the pulse width of W, the pulse laser enters the circulator and sequentially travels through a first grating, a second grating, a third grating to the Nth grating on the distribution type sensing optical fiber, reflected light enters an unbalance interferometer from the C3 end of the circulator for interference, interference light output by the unbalance interferometer enters the photoelectric detector, and the photoelectric detector outputs electric signals to an intensity demodulation device.
A laser-based workpiece processingsystem includes sensors connected to a sensor controller that converts sensor signals into focused spot motion commands for actuating a beam steering device, such as a two-axis steering mirror. The sensors may include a beam position sensor for correcting errors detected in the optical path, such as thermally-induced beam wandering in response to laser or acousto-optic modulator pointing stability, or optical mount dynamics.
The invention provides an acoustic optical modulator-based high-stability laser frequency scanning device. Laser passes through two coaxial diaphragms and is divided into two paths by a polarization beam splitterprism; one path of output passes through a quarter-wave plate, a No. 3 diaphragm and a No. 1 lens which are coaxial with one another, and enters a No. 1 acoustic optical modulator; diffraction-order laser light passes through a No. 4 diaphragm and a No. 2 lens which are coaxial with each other, and is reflected by a zero-degree high reflective mirror along an original path; the other path of output passes through two 45-degree planar reflecting mirrors and is regulated into parallel light through an optical fiber of which the two ends are matched with optical fiber matching heads, and the parallel light enters a No. 2 acoustic optical modulator through a No. 1 glass flat plate and a No. 3 lens in sequence; diffracted light enters a No. 2 glass flat plate through a No. 5 diaphragm and a No. 4 lens. By adopting the device, the spatial stability and power stability of laser light can be ensured at the same time.
The invention discloses a dual-wavelength superheterodyne-interference wide-range high-precision real-time displacement measuring system and method. The system is composed of two lasers between which the wavelength difference is deltalambda, three polarization splitting prisms, four splitting prisms, two acousto-optic modulators, four 1 / 4 waveplates, five planar mirrors, three Polaroids, a super-narrowband filter plate, two large-bandwidth transimpedance photoelectric detectors, two low-bandwidth high-sensitivity photoelectric detectors, a reference reflector, a measured reflector, a signalprocessing circuit and a host computer. According to the invention, a synthesized wavelength interference signal generated by dual wavelengths is used to improve the measuring range of the system, so that the measuring range of the system is greater than the range of single-wavelength interference; a superheterodyne interference method is used to demodulate and filter output signals, the phase of the synthesis wavelength can be measured directly, and real-time measurement is realized; and the super-narrowband filter plate is used to collect single-wavelength interference signals, and the precision of single-wavelength interference measurement is ensured while the measuring range is widened.