Enhanced soliton robustness to polarization mode dispersion by using degenerate four-wave mixing

We propose a new method to strengthen the nonlinear pulses robustness to polarization mode dispersion through modulating the breath oscillation behavior of two principal polarization components of optical pulses. The optical realization of the breath behavior modulation is based on the degenerate four-wave mixing effect in fibers with high birefringence. The breath intensity increases and the periodical breath oscillation distances shorten in the process of breath behavior modulation. It is proved that the breath-modulated pulses have stronger adaptive abilities to polarization mode dispersion than common solitons when propagating in conventional single-mode fibers with random birefringence.     

强双折射光纤中单一频率传输区域的调制不稳定性

利用光脉冲在光纤中传播时所遵守的相干非线性薛定谔耦合方程,研究了单一频率的线偏振光,且偏振方向沿两个双折射轴的分量强度相等时,在反常色散区和正常色散区所产生的调制不稳定性.结果表明在反常色散区和正常色散区,对应不同的功率区域输入脉冲有不同的增益谱,并且当输入脉冲功率一定时,双折射性质变化导致增益谱表现出明显的不同.     

单模光纤中偏振模色散的仿真模型

利用琼斯矩阵法研究了长单模光纤中偏振模色散的仿真模型.考虑到偏振模色散的随机性,该模型中单模光纤被看作是一系列短双折射光纤段的级联,相邻两段之间耦合角是随机的.研究结果表明,当短双折射光纤段等长时,偏振模色散呈现随波长周期性变化的特点;不符合实际情况.当短双折射光纤段不等长且服从高斯分布时,周期性逐渐消失;当其长度均方差为均值的20%,周期性完全消失.最后比较了偏振模色散的时域统计特性.取短双折射光纤段的长度服从高斯分布且均方差为均值的20%,偏振模色散的统计特性接近于实际分布.因此得出结论:为了正确估计偏振模色散的影响,在单模光纤的级联模型中,短双折射光纤段的长度应服从高斯分布,均方差为其均值的20%.     

强双折射光纤中任意偏振方向矢量调制不稳定性

利用光脉冲在非线性双折射光纤中传播时所遵循的相干耦合非线性薛定谔方程,研究了偏振方向与双折射轴成任意角度时，在反常色散区和正常色散区所产生的调制不稳定性.结果表明，在反常色散区和正常色散区存在不稳定偏振区域和稳定偏振区域，对应不同的不稳定偏振区域，输入临界功率不同，脉冲有不同的增益谱. 关键词： 任意偏振方向 矢量调制不稳定性 非线性光纤 双折射     

Polarization mode dispersion probability distribution for arbitrary distances

The probability distribution of the differential group delay (DGD) at any fiber length is determined by use of a physically reasonable model of the fiber birefringence. We show that if the fiber correlation length is of the same order as or larger than the beat length, the DGD distribution approaches a Maxwellian in roughly 30 fiber correlation lengths, corresponding to a couple of kilometers in realistic cases. We also find that the probability distribution function of the polarization dispersion vector at the output of the fiber depends on the angle between it and the local birefringence vector on the Poincaré sphere, showing that the DGD remains correlated with the orientation of the local birefringence axes over arbitrarily long distances.     

保偏光纤中相近频率传输区域的调制不稳定性

利用激光脉冲在光纤中传播时所遵守的相干非线性薛定谔耦合方程,研究了保偏光纤中两相近频率的线偏振光，其偏振方向相互正交且平行于光纤的双折射轴，且偏振方向沿两个双折射轴的分量强度相等时，在同为反常色散区和正常色散区所产生的调制不稳定性.结果表明在反常色散区和正常色散区都能产生调制不稳定性；在正常色散区存在不同的调制不稳定性功率区域，对应不同的功率区域，导致增益谱表现出明显的不同，并且当输入功率一定时，波长差(或频率差)的变化导致增益谱的变化. 关键词： 相近频率传输区域 双折射 保偏光纤 调制不稳定性     

Extremely large birefringence and shifting of zero dispersion wavelength of photonic crystal fibers

Three different types of photonic crystal fibers have been investigated which promise very large birefringence. The first type fiber is band gap guiding, the second index guiding, while the third type is index guiding with high refractive index circular and elliptical regions in the innermost ring. The birefringence, group velocity dispersion, modal effective index and mode field area of these fibers have been numerically estimated by employing finite difference time domain method. When elliptical regions are introduced in the first and second rings with the combination of small circular regions, each of these proposed fibers exhibits large birefringence with shifted zero dispersion point. Among these three different types of fibers, the band gap guiding photonic crystal fiber promises the largest birefringence (～5.45×10^?2) reported so far. The value of the birefringence and group velocity dispersion of these fibers can be controlled by controlling the hole pitch. Largest birefringence is achieved with a specific value of hole pitch.     

The PMD of sinusoidally spun fibers in the presence of random birefringence perturbations

Although fiber spinning is known to reduce polarization mode dispersion (PMD) effects in optical fibers, relatively few studies have been performed of the dependence of the reduction factor on the strength of random birefringence fluctuations. In this paper, we apply a general mathematical model of random fiber birefringence to sinusoidally spun fibers. We find that while even in the presence of random birefringence perturbations the maximum reduction of PMD is still obtained when the phase matching condition is satisfied, the degree of PMD reduction and the probability distribution function of the DGD both vary with the random birefringence profiles.     

拉曼效应和参量放大共同作用下增益谱特性

根据激光脉冲在双折射光纤中传输时, 拉曼效应和参量放大共同作用下所所遵循的耦合模方程, 基于平行拉曼增益的洛伦兹模型, 给出了输入抽运波偏振方向沿相互正交的双折射轴时, 拉曼效应和参量放大共同作用所导致的增益. 讨论并分析了在不同色散区相关参量对增益谱特性的影响. 结果表明, 拉曼效应改变了非线性和色散的相互平衡, 使得参量放大斯托克斯波与反斯托克斯波增益谱彼此不对称; 当输入功率一定时, 其增益谱结构确定, 非线性系数和色散系数两者之间相对变化时, 增益谱的强度和展宽有所改变.     

保偏光纤中在不同频率区域拉曼效应和参量放大增益谱

根据考虑拉曼效应后的双折射光纤所满足的非线性相干耦合薛定谔方程, 推导出了当沿两个偏振轴入射两束不同波长的激光脉冲时所产生的增益表达式. 通过与入射相同频率的光脉冲所产生增益的对比, 在考虑拉曼效应的情况下, 讨论了入射不同频率光脉冲对增益谱的影响. 结果表明, 在正常色散区和反常色散区, 当输入两束激光脉冲频率不同时, 增益谱较输入相同频率激光脉冲时产生了明显的变化, 其外侧的斯托克斯部分和反斯托克斯部分增益峰, 随着群速度失配的增加强度明显加强、偏离中心频率, 可以用于提取太赫兹脉冲.当两偏振模处于不同色散区时, 增益谱与不考虑拉曼效应时也存在明显的不同, 增益谱的对称性遭到破坏, 斯托克斯部分的增益峰强度要明显高于反斯托克斯部分. 关键词： 不同频率区域 保偏光纤 拉曼效应 参量放大     

椭圆芯手征光纤的基模特性研究

对椭圆芯手征光纤进行了严格的求解，得到了模式场的解析解；推了了模式特征方程；并对基模的偶模和奇模特征方程进行数值求解，研究了手征参数对不同椭圆比下基模的色散曲线，双折射，模间色散等特性的影响。     

Depth-resolved multiphoton polarization microscopy by third-harmonic generation

We achieve depth-resolved polarization microscopy by measuring third-harmonic generation induced by a tightly focused circularly polarized beam. In crystals exhibiting strong birefringence this signal is dominated by positively phase-matched third-harmonic generation. This process occurs in only optically anisotropic media, in which the birefringence compensates for the phase mismatch between the fundamental and the third harmonic induced by dispersion. Both the intensity and the polarization of the emitted signal provide information on the local optical anisotropy. We demonstrate the technique by imaging biogenic crystals in sea urchin larval spicules.     

双包层椭圆光波导解析解

解析求解了双包层椭圆光纤中的波动方程，得到了模式精确解有模式特征方程。对基模的特征方程进行了数值计算，给出了不同椭圆比下的归一化双折射和模间色散随归一化频率的变化关系曲线，并与高斯近似解的结果进行了比较。     

菱形纤芯光子晶体光纤色散与双折射特性分析

针对光子晶体光纤多零色散点、高双折射的应用要求, 设计了一种新型结构的光子晶体光纤, 其纤芯由位于菱形四个角上的圆形空气孔组成. 通过有限元数值分析方法对该种结构光子晶体光纤的色散特性和双折射特性进行数值仿真, 得到色散与波长、色散与纤芯圆孔尺寸、双折射与波长、双折射与纤芯圆孔尺寸的关系. 研究结果表明:在满足光纤传输功率要求的条件下, 光纤的双折射在d₁<0.8 μupm 时的性能较好. 同时, 该种结构的光子晶体光纤在芯区直径满足d₁=0.4 μupm或 d₁=0.6 μupm时会出现两个零色散点, 这对进一步研制具有多零色散点的光子晶体光纤具有重要的意义.     

圆芯边孔光纤的应力区和双折射

报道了圆芯边孔光纤(CSF)中应力分布和双折射的研究结果。用有限元法建立了求解圆芯边孔光纤横截面应力和双折射的计算模型,分析了圆芯边孔光纤横截面应力和应力双折射的分布形态,给出了详尽的物理解释。计算结果表明圆芯边孔光纤的横截面上出现应力分量的拉应力区和压应力区,应力区在纤芯附近对称分布,且不同应力区中应力双折射取向不同。应力分量和应力双折射在圆芯边孔光纤横截面上积分为零。圆芯边孔光纤的几何双折射随波长增加而增大,短波长处几何双折射为零,模式双折射等于应力双折射,随着波长增加,模式双折射逐渐偏离纤芯中心处应力双折射而靠近几何双折射,到长波长处模式双折射主要是几何双折射。对于不同材料组成和结构尺寸的圆芯边孔光纤,模式双折射的数值在10-5量级,随波长增加模式双折射先减小后增加。     

Method for improving the resolution and accuracy against birefringence dispersion in distributed polarization cross-talk measurements

We present a novel method for improving the spatial resolution and amplitude accuracy of distributed polarization cross-talk measurements in a polarization maintaining (PM) fiber against its birefringence dispersion. We show that the broadening of measured polarization cross-talk peaks caused by birefringence dispersion can be restored by simply multiplying the measurement data with a compensation function. The birefringence dispersion variable in the function can be obtained by finding the widths of measured cross-talk envelopes at known distances along the fiber. We demonstrate that this method can effectively improve spatial resolution and amplitude accuracy of the space-resolved polarization cross-talk measurements of long PM fibers.     

Method for improving the resolution and accuracy against birefringence dispersion in distributed polarization cross-talk measurements

We present a novel method for improving the spatial resolution and amplitude accuracy of distributed polarization cross-talk measurements in a polarization maintaining (PM) fiber against its birefringence dispersion. We show that the broadening of measured polarization cross-talk peaks caused by birefringence dispersion can be restored by simply multiplying the measurement data with a compensation function. The birefringence dispersion variable in the function can be obtained by finding the widths of measured cross-talk envelopes at known distances along the fiber. We demonstrate that this method can effectively improve spatial resolution and amplitude accuracy of the space-resolved polarization cross-talk measurements of long PM fibers.     

Measurement of birefringence in integrated optical waveguides by use of a microwave-modulated optical wave

We present a technique for measuring birefringence (B) in integrated optical waveguides by use of a microwave-modulated optical wave. It is shown that the technique is able to yield an accurate measurement of birefringence. In addition, an approximate estimate of birefringence dispersion (dB/dlambda) can be achieved by means of tuning the wavelength of the light source and measuring the dependence of the birefringence on the wavelength. As an example of the use of the technique, we show how to evaluate an innovative Ti:LiNbO (3) waveguide. The results show that such a Ti:LiNbO (3) waveguide has a birefringence of 0.0783+/-0.0001 and a birefringence dispersion of 0.05+/-0.01mum (-1) when the optical wavelength is approximately 1.560mum .     

Improved high birefringence photonic crystal fibres with dispersion flattened and single mode operation

A kind of improved high birefringence photonic crystal fibre (PCF) is proposed in this paper. The characteristics of birefringence, dispersion and leakage loss are studied by the multipole method. Numerical results show that the improved PCF possesses the properties of a flat dispersion and single mode operation. Moreover, with the operating wavelength λ = 1.55μm, the modal birefringence increases greatly in comparison with that of the original PCF, and the leakage loss is about 10⁴ times smaller than that of the original PCF because the modification gives rise to the strong confinement of guided modes. It is expected that the improved PCF can be used as high birefringence and dispersion flattened fibres.     

有中心缺陷孔的椭圆孔光子晶体光纤传输特性研究

基于超格子构造法,采用全矢量模型研究了具有中心缺陷孔的椭圆光子晶体光纤的传输特性。着重讨论了中心缺陷孔对光纤中基模的模场分布、双折射特性和色散特性的影响。研究表明：与椭圆孔光子晶体光纤相比。由于中心椭圆缺陷孔的引入,使该光纤具有更高的模式双折射。光纤的传输特性对光纤的结构参量和波长具有较强的依赖关系。随着波长和中心缺陷孔的增加。双折射将增大,其模式双折射在10^-3量级。改变光纤的结构参量,可以获得超宽带的色散平坦或异常的色散特性。分析结果显示,当中心孔的尺寸de／D=0．4时。在波长1．55μm附近,可获得近400nm的色散平坦区。