楔角参量对角度调谐滤光片反射特性影响的光谱学研究

三端口可调谐滤波器是全光智能交换网络和密集波分复用系统中的核心器件。其反射端口的光谱特性,尤其是反射率和信道隔离度对于滤波器的性能至关重要。角度调谐滤光片因其良好的矩形度和温度稳定性被广泛应用于三端口可调谐滤波器的制备,其反射端口的光谱特性不仅与倾斜入射角度的大小有关,而且与其非平行端面间的楔角参量有关。文章详细分析了楔角参量对非平行角度调谐滤光片的反射率及半宽的影响,仿真计算了楔角参量在不同极性和大小条件下角度调谐滤光片的反射光谱特性,揭示了保持适当的楔角参量和方向性可以改善倾斜入射状态下滤光片的反射光谱特性。设计并制备了楔角为0.8°的楔形角度调谐滤光片,实验证明了当保持楔角方向与倾斜入射方向相同时会严重的劣化透反射光谱的半宽和隔离度,方向相反时则可以改善反射光谱的反射率和半宽指标。通过负楔角参量的引入使得角度调谐滤光片较之高平行度的同类器件具有更高的反射率和信道隔离度。     

非平行条件下高斯光束斜入射窄带滤光片的透射光强分布

基于多光束干涉原理,推导了斜入射状态下非平行角度调谐滤光片的高斯光束透射光强表达式.在此基础上研究了高斯光束的入射角以及非平行滤光片两端面间所存在楔角对透射光强分布的影响.计算和实验结果都表明,滤光片的透射光强分布不仅与入射角有关,非平行滤光片两端面间楔角的大小和正负特性还会在很大程度上影响斜入射时滤光片的光场分布、透...     

角度调谐滤光片特性分析及膜系设计

对窄带滤光片的倾斜入射特性作了分析.斜入射时其透射通带和峰值会向短波方向移动,透射曲线的稳定性跟滤光片的间隔层结构相关,多腔间使用相同的间隔层可以保证斜入射时有稳定的峰值透射率和带宽,利用该特点可以制备角度调谐窄带滤光片.透射光S和P偏振分量的中心波长随入射角度的增大出现分离现象,产生较大的偏振相关损耗.通过搭配不同厚度的高低折射率材料作为间隔层,改变其有效折射率,使其两个偏振分量的中心波长实现重合.设计了符合密集波分复用(Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing,DWDM)系统要求的低偏振相关损耗四腔窄带角度调谐滤光片膜系,其可调谐范围达20 nm以上,并评估了所设计角度调谐滤光片的调谐性能.     

角度调谐滤光片准直系统发散角抑制技术研究

入射光束的发散角会影响角度调谐窄带滤光片的透射特性,出现透射通带变小及发散损耗增大的情况,且该现象随着入射角度的增大而更加明显.分析了出现这些现象的原因,并根据拉赫不变量定理设计了扩束棱镜组来压缩入射光束的发散角.并利用二次滤波技术进一步提高了透射光谱的矩形度和稳定性.根据该方法设计了针对100 GHz密集波分复用系统...     

基于遗传算法的斜入射窄带滤光片膜系优化设计

根据薄膜窄带滤光片在斜入射时的偏振特性,提出了基于遗传算法的斜入射薄膜窄带滤光片膜系优化设计方法.根据开发的程序,设计并制备了一组可用于18°倾斜入射的0.8纳米信道间隔的五腔薄膜窄带滤光片.该滤光片能有效地抑制斜入射时偏振光中心波长的分离现象,降低器件的偏振相关损耗,通过角度调谐能实现选择波长的改变.通过与针法设计的滤光片膜系相比,遗传算法得到的膜系具有更高的矩形度、更大的波长调谐范围以及更低的偏振相关损耗.实验结果表明其满足设计要求并有超过25纳米的波长调谐范围.     

双折射消偏振膜的设计和制备

基于倾斜沉积薄膜材料的双折射特性,采用单一TiO2设计和制备了中心波长为632 nm的双折射消偏振膜。首先以60°和70°的沉积角度镀制了TiO2单层膜,通过单层膜的透射光谱分别拟合出两种沉积角度下薄膜对s和p偏振光的等效折射率nPH,nSH和nPL,nSL。通过对折射率的组合,实现正入射时s偏振光透射率大于p偏振光,而入射角度增大会使两者透射率差值减小,基于这一思想设计并制备了消偏振膜。分别测量了消偏振薄膜在400~800 nm波段范围内正入射及倾斜入射条件下s和p偏振光的透射光谱。入射角为60°时,s偏振光反射带宽基本与p偏振光反射带宽重合,在波长632 nm左右基本实现消偏振。结果表明,利用材料的双折射特性,可以设计和制备出倾斜入射条件下消偏振薄膜。     

薄膜法布里-珀罗滤光片的偏振特性

用特征矩阵法研究了薄膜法布里-珀罗滤光片的偏振特性。研究发现:随着入射角增大,s偏振光透射模和p偏振光透射模的波长逐渐分离,但分离的幅度较小;随着入射角增大,s偏振光透射模的透射率作幅度较大的震荡变化,而p偏振光透射模的透射率变化较小;当入射角以1°/100的间隔变化时,可以在透射模波长不变的情况下,使s偏振光透射模的透射率发生显著变化,而p偏振光透射模的透射率基本不变。薄膜法布里-珀罗滤光片的偏振特性可以在角度变化的测量中发挥重要作用。     

光学薄膜特性的锥角效应数值分析

建立非平行光入射多层膜的模型,给出了在圆形光束锥角入射时的薄膜特性表达式,对三类典型光学薄膜即多腔滤光片、非偏振分光薄膜和非偏振截止滤光薄膜的特性进行了数值实验。研究结果表明:随着光束入射锥角的增加,多腔滤光片的影响是中心波长向短波方向移动,透射率下降和通带形状退化;非偏振分光薄膜的s和p偏振透射率增加,宽带波纹度增加;非偏振截止滤光薄膜的通带透射率出现周期振荡,s偏振的通带波纹度大于p偏振,通带波纹度总体具有增加的趋势,过渡区的陡度具有变大的趋势。     

光锥角对窄带滤光片透射率的影响及补偿方法

全介质膜窄带滤光片因具有优良的光学性能、较强的工艺性和空间环境适应性被广泛应用于空间多光谱遥感仪器中,但锥光束入射导致的中心波长漂移问题严重影响此类窄带滤光片的光谱选择性能。为了研究光锥角对窄带滤光片透射率特性的影响,设计了非规整型全介质膜窄带滤光片,分析了高斯光束倾斜入射窄带滤光片导致透射率的变化,建立了非均匀照度下锥光束正入射时窄带滤光片等效透射率的求解模型,定量求解了等效透射率及中心波长漂移量,并对理论模型进行了实验验证。结果表明,锥光束正入射对窄带滤光片透射率的影响主要表现为中心波长的蓝移;在镀膜工艺相对稳定的基础上,理论模型的等效透射率预测精度优于中心波长的0.15%。所以,可以使用等效透射率求解模型定量计算锥光束正入射导致窄带滤光片透射率的变化,并利用中心波长漂移量修正后的设计数据指导滤光片镀膜,进而实现窄带滤光片的高精度光谱选择,这为解决介质膜窄带滤光片因锥光束入射导致的中心波长漂移问题提供了新的技术途径。     

高性能可调谐滤波片的优化设计方法

根据薄膜窄带滤光片在倾斜入射时的特性,通过改进间隔层膜系结构来调整其等效折射率,可以设计出具有稳定透射峰值和带宽的角度调谐窄带滤光片。根据与密集波分复用(DWDM)系统相关的通道频率、插损、带宽、隔离度、偏振相关损耗(PDL)等八个标准,结合薄膜矩阵理论与新构造的评价函数,构建了一个可调谐滤光片膜系,通过改变各参数的权重因子,得到满足不同要求的最优膜系。利用构建的系统,优化设计了分别用于O波段和C波段100 GHz密集波分复用系统的具有高隔离度、低偏振相关损耗的角度调谐窄带滤光片。C波段膜系的最大调谐角度达11°,相邻通道隔离度可达-30.3 dB,最后对其透射特性以及影响调谐角度极限的因素进行了分析。     

Transmittance Characteristics of Buckled Fabry--Perot Tunable Filter with Membrane Structure

A wavelength tunable thermo-optic filter has been designed and fabricated for 1550 nm transmission. It has a Fabry--Perot resonator at the center with two sets of distributed Bragg reflector mirrors at both ends. The filter is fabricated as a free-standing membrane of alternating poly-Si and SiO₂ films surrounded by a thick silicon frame. The membrane is buckled due to the residual stress. Because of the buckling effect, high tuning efficiency of more than 0.17 nm/°C is observed. When the filter has a buckled surface, the incident light normal to the filter should have a range of non-zero angle of incidence to the membrane, which is dependent on the degree of buckling that depends again on the temperature. The transmittance calculations which integrate each incoming ray from a different incident angle show good qualitative agreement with the temperature dependence of the center wavelength and bandwidth.     

基于一维耦合腔光子晶体的声光可调谐平顶滤波器的研究

本文利用一维耦合腔光子晶体,提出了一种声光可调谐平顶滤波器.该滤波器利用声光效应,通过改变超声波频率使一维耦合腔光子晶体透射谱的平顶滤波器的中心波长产生漂移,从而实现可调谐的滤波功能.基于传输矩阵法和声光效应理论,建立了这种平顶滤波器的理论模型;利用COMSOL软件,对平顶滤波器的矩形度、通带带宽、插入损耗、可调谐特性、加工精度进行仿真研究.研究结果表明,通过施加频率为6-11 MHz的超声波,可实现通带带宽为5-6 nm及中心波长在1514-1562 nm范围内可调谐的平顶滤波器;在可调谐范围内通带带宽内插入损耗不超过2.23 dB,最低仅为0.78 dB,矩形度最低可达1.4;加工误差在±10 nm内平顶滤波器的中心波长、矩形度、插入损耗、通带带宽出现的偏差很小.该平顶滤波器具有易于设计和集成、通带平坦、可调谐范围宽、通带带宽稳定、插入损耗低、品质因素高的特点,在光开关、可调谐光纤激光器、光纤传感等光通信领域有重要应用.     

Optimal Design of Thin Film Filters for IR Integrated Photonic Amplifiers

This paper addresses in the design of thin film filter for IR broadband integrated photonic amplifiers. A cascaded multilayer medium thin film filter structure is presented. This proposed filter consists of some different filtering unit cells with different central wavelength and bandwidth, and each cell can suppress certain peak gain at a specific wavelength. The intrinsical gain spectrum of amplifier is obtained by solving a set of rate and power propagation equations with finite difference time-domain(FDTD)-based overlapping integral-Runge Kutter(RK) method. The effect of transmittance spectrum of the proposed cascaded multilayer medium thin film filter on flattening gain is discussed. The transmission function of the cascaded multilayer medium thin film filter is obtained. Finally, a real device is fabricated, it is shown that the design is valid.     

薄膜截止滤光片的消偏振设计

薄膜截止滤光片在倾斜入射时不可避免地会产生s和p二个偏振分量的分离,因而在许多应用,特别是光通讯的应用中成为一个棘手的难题。提出了一种新的设计方法,对最常用的45°入射角,实现了长波通和短波通两种截止滤光片的完全消偏振, 在透射率为50%处,其偏振分离分别为0.3 nm和0.1 nm。基本的设计方法是采用宽带法布里珀罗薄膜干涉滤光片中心波长两侧的干涉带作为长波通或短波通截止滤光片的初始膜系,然后经过适当的优化以提高透射带的透射率。宽带干涉滤光片的间隔层常由半波长厚度的高、低折射率混合膜层组成,如2H2L2H或2L2H2L。由于这种设计的截止区和透射带带宽常嫌不足,故提出了展宽截止区和透射带的方法。对一个典型的短波通截止滤光片,在波长1550 nm,截止区和透射带宽均达到了200 nm。这种设计方法不仅简单、性能优良,而且膜厚控制容差较大,故易于制造。     

声光可调谐滤波器(AOTF)消色散设计

介绍了非共线声光可调谐滤波器的构成及基本原理,计算了非共线声光可调谐滤波器衍射出的±1级衍射偏振光的偏转角,采用在光路中添加光楔的方法补偿非共线声光可调谐滤波器晶体色散引起的图像漂移.分析结果表明使用TeO_2材料设计的光楔在楔角为7.6°的时候可以控制图像漂移在一个像元以内,并在400～900 nm的工作波段范围内满足稳定成像的要求.     

C-band three-port tunable band-pass thin film optical filter with low polarization-sensitivity

According to the oblique incidence characteristics of thin film narrowband filter, the stack of 100 GHz DWDM four cavities angle-tuned thin film filter has been designed and optimized. The two polarization modes’ central wavelengths of the thin film filter can be centered at the same one in oblique incidence, and it has a stable tuning range of 20 nm without the phenomenon of polarization central wavelength separation. Using this kind of angle-tuned thin film filter and the polarization beam-splitters, the tuning range of the angle-tuned thin film filter can be further expanded due to the reason that it can transmit only the s-polarization light. In this paper we also developed a three-port bandpass tunable filter device with new structure, which tuning range can cover the whole C-band and its adjacent channel isolation degree is high. The experiments show that the three-port tunable filter has an effective tuning range of 33 nm, and its adjacent channel isolation degree is more than 35 dB. It has a bright application opportunity for its flexibility and effective performance.     

Feasibility of Non-Collinear TeO2 Acoustic-Optic Tunable Filters Used in the Optical Communication

The characteristics and the structure of TeO2 acoustic-optic tunable filter used in communication are discussed briefly based on the acoustic-optic theory and it is shown that a large optical incident angle and a long interaction length are suitable for the optical add/drop multiplexer based on the TeO2 acoustic-optic tunable filter. The distribution of acoustic energy flow in the device supports the large optical incident angle. The long interaction length depends on the change of the device structure to some degree. The measured results of the samples show that the diffraction efficiency reaches at 96% in the tuning range larger than lOOnm and the bandwidth is about 2nm. It can be found that there is a good consistency with the basic theoretical mode. The optimized design result shows that the diffraction efficiency can arrive at 100%, and the bandwidth can be less than 0.4nm. Thus, the non-collinear TeO2 acoustic-optic tunable filter can play an important role in the coming general optical network.