35 results about "Photodarkening" patented technology

The present invention relates to an optical amplifier module, or the like, having a structure for enabling effective suppression of photodarkening and efficient optical amplification. The optical amplifier module comprises a first optical amplification waveguide which is comprised of a phosphate glass as a main component and includes a ytterbium-doped first optical waveguide region, a second optical amplification waveguide which is optically coupled to the first optical amplification waveguide and includes a ytterbium-doped second optical waveguide region which is co-doped with aluminum, and pumping light source units which supply pumping light respectively to the first optical amplification waveguide and the second optical amplification waveguide. The light to be amplified, having inputted to the first optical amplification waveguide, is amplified only once by means of the pumping light, in each of the first optical amplification waveguide and the second optical amplification waveguide.

An optically active glass and an optical fiber comprising such glass, having reduced photodarkening properties are provided. The optically active glass is mainly composed of silica representing from about 50 to 98 mol % of the glass. It also includes at least one active ion, such as a rear-earth ion, which induces a photodarkening effect in optical properties of the glass. Moreover, the glass includes an effective amount of phosphorus oxide providing the photodarkening reducing effect, preferably in an amount of from about 1 to 30 mol %. A method for reducing a photodarkening effect in optical properties of an optically active glass including the step of introducing phosphorus oxide to the glass is also provided.

A light-emitting device is provided which includes a gain medium having an optically-active phosphosilicate glass, wherein the phosphosilicate glass includes at least one active ion dopant and from about 1 to 30 mol % of phosphorus oxide. The phosphorous oxide may be present in an effective amount for reducing any photodarkening effect and increasing the saturation energy of the system. The active ion dopant may be a rare earth dopant. The light-emitting device may include an optical waveguide, the optical waveguide including the gain medium. The optical waveguide may have a core and at least one cladding, and the gain medium having the phosphosilicate glass may be found in the core and/or in one of the cladding

The invention discloses a ytterbium-doped silica fiber light darkening test device and method. The device comprises a signal source, an optical fiber flange, a pumping source, a wavelength division multiplexer, an ytterbium-doped fiber, an optical fiber beam combiner and a power detector, and laser output by the signal source passes through the optical fiber flange and then is combined with pumping light output by a first pumping source through the wavelength division multiplexer to form combined light. The combined light and the pump light output by the second pump source are respectively input through the signal end and the pump end of the optical fiber beam combiner. The output light of the optical fiber beam combiner is transmitted along the ytterbium-doped optical fiber, the output end of the ytterbium-doped optical fiber is welded with the input end of the cladding light stripper, and the output light beam of the cladding light stripper enters the power detector through the filter. The device has the beneficial effects that the ion inversion rate in the light darkening test is higher, the time for testing the light darkening loss is shorter, and the precision of the tested light darkening loss is higher. The structure is simple and compact, and the test stability is better. Different pumping injection modes are adopted, and the light darkening performance under several test conditions is compared.

The invention relates to an anti-photodarkening ytterbium-doped quartz optical fiber and a preparation method thereof. According to the anti-photodarkening ytterbium-doped quartz optical fiber, glassof an optical fiber core rod is at least prepared from Yb2O3, Al2O3, P2O5 and SiO2, wherein the ratio of the Yb2O3 in the whole substance is 0.05-0.3 mol%, the ratio of the Al2O3 in the whole substance is 1-3 mol%, and the ratio of the P2O5 in the whole substance is 1-5 mol%. According to the preparation method for the anti-photodarkening ytterbium-doped quartz optical fiber, a sol-gel method andan improved chemical vapor deposition method are combined, the molecular-level doping uniformity and the low-loss preparation advantages are utilized, ytterbium ions, aluminum ions and phosphorus ionsare effectively doped in a quartz matrix, and therefore the problem of high optical fiber loss, photodarkening caused by the reasons such as cluster and refractive index center depression can be effectively solved.

The invention discloses a photodarkening bleaching device, so as to solve the problem that at present a photodarkening phenomenon lacks intervention in a ytterbium-doped fiber laser running process. The photodarkening bleaching device includes a darkening bleaching light source and a driving power supply thereof. A darkening bleaching device is added to the inside of a ytterbium-doped fiber laser, a main body structure of the fiber laser is not changed, and high applicability is achieved. The device provided by the invention is particularly suitable for performing bleaching on fiber laser darkening periodically in working, promotes stability of power in a using process of the fiber laser, slows down a photodarkening process of the laser, and prolongs the service life of the laser.

Photodarkening resistant optical fiber lasing media and fiber lasers incorporating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical fiber lasing medium includes a core portion formed from silica-based glass comprising a rare-earth dopant and deuterium, the core portion having an index of refraction n_c, a numerical aperture NA_c. A concentration of defect color centers in the core portion is less than 1×10¹⁶/cm³. Deuterium is combined with the defect color centers to form reacted defect color centers that do not absorb ultraviolet and visible wavelengths of light. A first cladding portion is formed from silica-based glass, the first cladding portion surrounding and directly contacting the core portion and having an index of refraction n₁, wherein the index of refraction n₁ of the first cladding portion is less than the index of refraction n_cof the core portion. Methods of forming the photodarkening resistant optical fiber lasing media are also disclosed.

A processing method for suppressing photodarkening in an Yb-doped optical fiber, comprising: a first step of preparing the Yb-doped optical fiber by doping a core with Yb, and irradiating at least one of a gamma ray, a X-ray, or an electron beam onto the Yb-doped optical fiber with an energy greater than a light to be transmitted through the optical fiber when a laser is being oscillated; a second step of measuring a loss spectrum of an infrared region of the optical fiber after the first step, and selecting an optical fiber with the loss in a specific wavelength falling within a predetermined range; and a third step of treating the optical fiber selected in the second step in an atmosphere containing hydrogen to obtain an Yb-doped optical fiber with suppressed photodarkening.

A fiber optical device 1A includes an amplification optical fiber 10, a seed light source 15 for supplying pulse seed light to the optical fiber 10, excitation light sources 21 to 25 for supplying excitation light, a bleaching light source 40 for supplying bleaching light for reducing a light transmission loss caused by photodarkening, and a control device 50 that controls the operations of individual portions. The control device 50 divides a period between a first output light pulse and a succeeding second output light pulse into a first period which includes a time point immediately after the output of the first output light pulse and during which the population inversion is unsaturated, and a second period which includes a time point immediately before the output of the second output light pulse, and, to the optical fiber 10, supplies the bleaching light in the first period and supplies the excitation light in the second period. Thus, it is possible to provide a fiber optical device and the method of driving it that can suitably restore the characteristics of the amplification optical fiber by photobleaching.

The invention discloses an ytterbium-doped silica fiber light darkening test device of an all-fiber structure. Signal light output by a signal source is attenuated by an optical fiber flange and an optical fiber attenuator in sequence, and then is combined with pump light output by a first pump source through a wavelength division multiplexer to form combined beam light; the combined light and thepump light output by the second pump source are respectively input through the signal end and the pump end of an optical fiber beam combiner; output light of the optical fiber beam combiner is transmitted along the ytterbium-doped optical fiber, the output end of the ytterbium-doped optical fiber is connected with the input end of a cladding light stripper in a welded mode, and an output light beam of the cladding light stripper enters an optical power detector through a low-photon darkening filtering optical fiber. The low-photon darkening filtering optical fiber is a Yb-doped optical fiber;and the concentration of doped Yb2O3 is not higher than 0.1 wt%. The light darkening test device has the beneficial effects that the light darkening test device is of the all-fiber structure, a testsystem is compact in structure, the test method is simple, the device cost is low, the signal source power can be accurately regulated and controlled, the test condition is optimized, and the test signal-to-noise ratio is high.

The invention discloses a transparent ceramic which is prepared by the following steps of: weighing and mixing Y2O3 and a doping agent containing Er according to a chemical formula (Er<x>Y<1-x>)2O3 (x is more than or equal to 0.0005 and less than or equal to 0.005), and sequentially carrying out ball milling, drying, grinding, sieving and calcining treatment to obtain Er: Y2O3 powder; carrying out molding treatment on the Er: Y2O3 powder to obtain a green body; and placing the green body in a vacuum environment of 1400-1800 DEG C for sintering for 0.5-50 h, then performing hot isostatic pressing sintering in inert gas of 1400-1800 DEG C for 0.5-8 h, finally annealing in air or oxygen atmosphere of 600-1300 DEG C for 0.5-30 h, and performing two-side polishing to obtain Er: Y2O3 transparent ceramic. The Er: Y2O3 transparent ceramic with high optical quality can be prepared by adopting a mode of combining vacuum sintering and hot isostatic pressing treatment on the premise of not additionally adding a sintering aid. Under excitation of a proper pumping source, <4>I<13/2>-><4>I<15/2> energy level transition of Er < 3 + > ions can be utilized, and under the condition that a pump light darkening effect is not generated, 1.6 [mu] m laser which can be safely absorbed by human eyes can be output.

The invention discloses a light darkening testing device for a rare earth-doped optical fiber, wherein the device comprises a visible light signal source, a passive matching optical fiber, a cladding light filter, a beam combiner, a tested rare-earth-doped optical fiber and a pump light filter which are sequentially connected; the input end of the beam combiner is further connected with a semiconductor laser; and a visible light beam emitted by the visible light signal source passes through the cladding light filter, the beam combiner, the measured optical fiber, the pump light filter and a wave filter and then enters a first power detector, and laser emitted by the semiconductor laser passes through the beam combiner, the tested optical fiber and the pump light filter and then is cut off at the position of the wave filter. According to the invention, the light darkening loss of a to-be-tested optical fiber at the laser working wavelength is indirectly calculated by using the power change after the visible light passes through the to-be-tested optical fiber, and compared with the prior art, the test can be completed in a shorter time. By arranging the cladding light filter and the pump light filter, cladding light from a signal source and pump light which is not absorbed and converted can be filtered, so that the test accuracy is improved.

The invention relates to a treatment method for improving crystallinity and optical transmittance of a mercurous halide single crystal, which comprises the following steps: placing the mercurous halide single crystal in a multi-temperature-zone vacuum annealing furnace, heating to 150-180 DEG C, and carrying out annealing treatment for 90-120 hours; and slowly cooling the annealed mercurous halide single crystal to room temperature. The half-peak width of an X-ray single crystal swing curve of the annealed mercurous halide crystal is obviously reduced, the crystallinity of the crystal is greatly improved, crystal defects are eliminated to a certain extent, and the optical transmittance of the mercurous halide crystal darkened in light is recovered through annealing aftertreatment, so that the optical transmittance of the mercurous halide crystal which is darken when meeting light is recovered, and the crystal transmittance is obviously improved. The method has low requirements on temperature, and has the advantages of simplicity, convenience and easiness in control. By adopting the method, the mercurous halide crystal with high crystallinity and optical transmittance can be obtained, which is of great significance to the preparation and application of a mercurous halide crystal acousto-optic device.

Methods and related apparatus for real-time process monitoring during laser-based refractive index modification of an intraocular lens. During in situ laser treatment of the IOL to modify the refractive index of the IOL material, a signal from the IOL is measured to determine the processing effect of the refractive index modification, and based on the determination, to adjust the laser system parameters to achieve intended processing result. The signal measured from the IOL may be a fluorescent signal induced by the treatment laser, a fluorescent signal induced by an external illumination source, a temporary photodarkening effect, a color change, or a refractive index change directly measured by phase stabilized OCT.