低损耗大模面积W型布喇格光纤

通过有限元法建立模型,讨论了布喇格光纤设计参量对光子带隙的影响,发现当增加掺锗玻璃环的厚度或折射率时,会使带隙移向长波.通过在紧邻纤芯处施加一层掺氟低折射率玻璃,设计了一种大模面积W型布喇格光纤.计算表明:W型布喇格光纤可以有效减小限制损耗,提高光纤的抗弯曲能力.本文设计的布喇格光纤的纤芯直径为30 μm,在波长1.0...     

4.3μm低损耗硫系空芯光子带隙光纤结构设计及性能研究

运用平面波展开法分析As2S3、Ge20Se65Sb15和As2Se3硫系玻璃光纤在不同空气填充率下的带隙分布图,分析结果表明三种材料在空气填充率提高到0.75时,光子带隙与空气线均出现交汇模式,且带隙宽度大,纤芯空气孔中适宜进行激光传输.运用有限元法分析不同纤芯孔直径的Ge20Se65Sb15硫系玻璃空芯光子带隙光纤的基模限制损耗和有效模场面积,结果表明纤芯直径9.2μm时限制损耗最低,模场面积较小.通过优化光纤的结构参量,适合于4.3μm波长处高功率中红外激光传输的空芯光子带隙光纤,其限制损耗为0.00472dB/m,有效模场面积为58.046μm2.     

+1/-1相位掩模板和532nm激光下低损耗As_2S_3硫系光纤布喇格光栅的制备

采用改进型Sagnac干涉光栅写入系统,利用532nm准带隙光曝光源和带+1/-1衍射级的相位掩模板,在两种不同直径的低损耗As_2S_3硫系玻璃光纤上刻写布喇格光栅,并研究曝光期间光栅的动态特性.实验表明,As_2S_3光纤布喇格光栅透射峰值随光纤直径的减小而增强;在曝光过程中,布喇格波长先是较快地向短波长方向移动,随着曝光时间的延长,布喇格波长缓慢地向长波长方向回复.曝光时间为800~1 000s时,在包层直径为140μm的As_2S_3光纤上获得质量良好的布喇格光栅光谱,其透射峰值可达-2.6dB,带宽为0.37nm.对As_2S_3硫系光纤纤芯的光敏性分析结果表明,折射率调制幅度和平均折射率变化随曝光时间分别可达到10-4和10-3数量级.     

混合导引型光子晶体光纤中纤芯折射率相关的导光特性研究

利用全矢量有限元法研究了一种混合导引型光子晶体光纤在纤芯折射率改变时,光纤导光机理和模式的演变特性.当纤芯折射率小于混合包层中空气孔包层的有效折射率时,芯模的导光机理为"双带隙导引型";当纤芯折射率位于空气孔和高折射率两套包层的有效折射率之间时,芯模的导光机理为"单带隙+全内反射导引型";当纤芯折射率大于高折射率棒包层的有效折射率时,芯模的导光机理为"全内反射导引型".并对该光纤在上述三种条件下的导光特性进行了比较和讨论.这些结果对设计特殊用途的光子晶体光纤具有指导意义. 关键词： 混合导引型光子晶体光纤 带隙 模式     

基于椭圆孔包层和微型双孔纤芯的新型高双折射光子晶体光纤

设计了一种新型高双折射光子晶体光纤,即其包层引入椭圆形空气孔,且以三角晶格方式周期排列,纤芯引入亚波长尺寸(~0.16 μm)的微型双孔结构阵列.采用全矢量有限元法和各向异性完美匹配层边界条件分析了该型光子晶体光纤的双折射特性和色散特性,详细介绍了该光子晶体光纤在不同的椭圆率、椭圆归一化面积、微型双孔孔径、两小孔之间间距的情况下双折射和限制损耗随波长的变化曲线.模拟结果表明,通过同时在包层和纤芯引入非对称性,获得了较高的双折射(~10^-3量级)和极低(~10^-4 dB/km)的限制损耗.提供了一种新的光子晶体光纤设计方法,即通过同时在包层和纤芯引入新结构来同时获得高双折射和低损耗.     

百皮秒脉冲放大中自相位调制效应实验研究

利用掺镱双包层光纤放大器对百皮秒单脉冲（重复频率1 Hz）进行了放大实验,分析了其放大过程中自相位调制对脉冲时域和频域特性的影响.采用小芯径（纤芯直径6.5 μm）掺镱双包层光纤作为增益介质,研究了放大器中从小信号增益到增益深度饱和整个变化过程中自相位调制引起的频谱展宽效应,并分析了SPM引起的脉冲波形和频谱光强分布的变化.采用布喇格光纤光栅扫描方法观察了其光谱的变化,解决了单脉冲光谱不易测量的问题.结果表明：区别于无源光纤中的自相位调制效应,随着抽运功率的增加,百皮秒脉冲放大过程中增益饱和效应和自相位调制效应的共同作用,使脉冲频谱分裂成不对称双峰结构,且光强分布先向短波后逐渐向长波集中.     

空芯光子晶体光纤表面模损耗控制的研究

本文研究了纤芯结构对空芯光子晶体光纤光子带隙和传输损耗的影响,得到了适合光纤制备工艺的纤芯结构．首先利用平面波展开法计算了一定占空比三角形结构的空芯光子晶体光纤的带隙结构,给出了在传输波长λ=1．55μm时光纤的结构参数值,并模拟了纤芯直径对带隙位置和大小的影响,得出纤芯直径的取值范围,通过分析泄露损耗特性得出纤芯壁厚的取值．然后根据分析结果设计出了光纤端面图,运用全矢量有限元法模拟出在不同纤芯直径的情况下的模场分布,通过对比分析得出光纤的最佳纤芯半径R为1．6以-1．75A．研究结果表明,选择合适的纤芯结构既能满足空芯光子晶体光纤的光子带隙和损耗特征,又可以适当降低光纤制备工艺的难度．     

空芯光子带隙光纤纤芯-包层交界面的设计

利用平面波展开法计算了圆六边形空气孔按三角形排列的光子晶体带隙,基于带隙图设计了移去7根玻璃毛细管形成纤芯、传输波长λ=1.55 μm的空芯光子带隙光纤的结构参量.随后利用全矢量有限元法计算了所设计的在纤芯-包层交界面处引入石英环的光纤,给出了在不同半径情况下沿z轴方向的光强分布、光强等高线分布图和损耗随引入石英环相对厚度的变化曲线.得出了光纤消除表面模、减小损耗的纤芯外半径取值范围为1.55Λ～1.7Λ,石英环的相对厚度取值范围为1.3～1.5或3.4～3.8.通过分析发现石英环的引入既可以抑制表面模也可以激发表面模,抑制还是激发有赖于纤芯外半径和石英环厚度的选择.     

基于谐振耦合现象的三芯光子晶体光纤带通滤波器

设计了一种三芯光子晶体光纤带通滤波器结构.利用纤芯间的谐振耦合,实现了滤波.当3个纤芯基模模式有效折射率在同一频率点实现匹配时,将产生谐振现象.通过合理选取光纤结构参数,可以使3个模式满足谐振条件.由于3个纤芯基模只在工作波长处实现有效折射率的匹配,因而纤芯间发生波长的选择性耦合.应用全矢量光束传播法(BPM)分析了这种光纤带通滤波器的性能.结果表明:在1.55 μm工作波长上,光纤耦合长度为22.8 mm;在损耗低于-3 dB前提下,通带带宽为8.9 nm.     

中红外色散平坦渐减光纤设计

设计了一种以As2S3玻璃为纤芯、碲酸盐玻璃为微结构包层的锥形光子晶体光纤.该结构光纤兼具阶跃折射率光纤和光子晶体光纤双重特性,具有色散调制灵活性高且限制损耗低等优点.模拟结果表明:优化该光纤结构包层空气孔径、孔间距、纤芯直径等特征参量,使参量之间及参量与椎区长度之间满足特定线性关系时,该光纤在2~4.5μm中红外波段呈现色散平坦渐减特性;对该光纤微包层进行折射率~1.6的液体油填充处理,色散曲线对称性及平坦性得到进一步优化.该光纤在超短脉冲压缩与展宽、色散波、光孤子及中红外平坦超连续谱产生等领域应用潜力巨大.     

Linearly polarized fiber laser using a point-by-point Bragg grating in a single-polarization photonic bandgap fiber

We present a narrow-linewidth, linearly polarized neodymium-doped fiber laser that incorporates a point-by-point Bragg grating inscribed into the core of a single-polarization all-solid photonic bandgap fiber. The Bragg grating was written within a single-polarization wavelength band of the fiber; thus, the Bragg reflection was polarized. This all-fiber laser produced 7.2 W, linearly polarized output with 25 pm FWHM and 19.6 dB polarization extinction ratio.     

Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Refractive Index of Liquid Using Cladding-Etched Double-Core Fiber Bragg Grating

Abstract

This study proposed and demonstrated a fiber Bragg grating sensor for simultaneous detection of the temperature and refractive index of a liquid. The fiber Bragg grating is composed of three index layers: an inner core, an outer core, and a cladding. The cladding was etched for evanescent wave coupling between the outer core mode and an external liquid. The Bragg wavelength of the inner core mode is used for obtaining temperature data, while the refractive index for the liquid was determined by using the difference between the Bragg wavelength of the inner core mode and that of outer core mode.     

Fiber refractometer based on a fiber Bragg grating and single-mode-multimode-single-mode fiber structure

A refractive index (RI) sensor based on a novel fiber structure that consists of a single-mode-multimode-single-mode (SMS) fiber structure followed by a fiber Bragg grating was demonstrated. The multimode fiber in the SMS structure excites cladding modes within output single-mode fiber (SMF) and recouple the reflected cladding Bragg wavelength to the input SMF core. By measuring the relative Bragg wavelength shift between core and cladding Bragg wavelengths, the RI can be determined. Experimentally we have achieved a maximum sensitivity of 7.33 nm/RIU (RI unit) at RI range from 1.324 to 1.439.     

High power femtosecond chirped pulse amplification in large mode area photonic bandgap Bragg fibers

We report on high power amplification of femtosecond pulses in 40-μm core diameter Yb-doped photonic bandgap Bragg fibers. The robustness to bending and transverse spatial behavior of these fibers is analyzed through simulations. The fibers are used in both stages of a moderately stretched (150 ps) femtosecond chirped pulsed amplification (CPA) system. A compressed average power of 6.3 W is obtained using a low-index polymer-coated Bragg fiber with excellent beam quality and high efficiency, in agreement with numerical simulations. The use of an air-clad Bragg fiber allows us to scale the output power to 47 W at a repetition rate of 35 MHz. This experiment demonstrates the great potential of Bragg fibers to increase the mode area and the power of practical bending-tolerant femtosecond fiber systems.     

用于气体痕量检测的中红外空心布拉格光纤

布拉格光纤是一种一维光子晶体带隙导引光纤.针对布拉格光纤在气体痕量检测领域的应用,设计了传输波段中心波长位于中红外波段的半导体玻璃/有机聚合物基空心布拉格光纤.通过预制棒熔拉法,制备出了中红外空心布拉格光纤的样品.传输谱和弯曲特性测试表明布拉格光纤样品具有两个明显的传输波段,体现了带隙导光的特征.低阶传输波段的中心波长为4.4μm.     

有限包层半径光纤Bragg光栅的理论研究

采用光纤波导三层模型,对有限包层半径光纤Bragg光栅导模有效折射率的改变进行了理论分析,结果表明:当包层直径小于16μm时,单模光纤Bragg光栅(纤芯直径为8.3μm)的导模有效折射率才开始发生明显变化.在包层外添加外包层,通过改变外包层的折射率可以实现对光栅Bragg反射波长的调谐,同时对不同芯子直径的光栅Bragg波长移动进行了数值计算.在保证光纤归一化频率不变的前提下,芯径越小Bragg波长调谐范围越大,当包层厚度为1μm时,芯径为a＝2.2μm的光栅Bragg波长调谐范围约为3.9μm.     

Numerical Study on Bragg Fibers for Infrared Applications

The photonic band structure, waveguiding mechanism, mode field distribution, leakage loss, and material loss of Bragg fiber are studied by the full vectorial plane wave expansion method and the transfer matrix method. Systematical study has shown the distinctive properties of Bragg fiber and the similarity between Bragg fiber and hollow metallic waveguide, demonstrating the feasibility of Bragg fiber to work in a low loss, single mode manner. Furthermore, a comparison between the band structures calculated by plane wave expansion method and by transfer matrix method is conducted to show the practicability to treat Bragg fibers electromagnetic behavior in a Bloch theorem approach, verifying the photonic bandgap concept for the analysis of Bragg fiber.