均匀展宽增益介质中超光速饱和现象的研究

根据饱和增益理论分析可知,不同抽运光功率对应着介质不同的吸收和增益状态. 在吸收介质中,相干布居振荡效应导致光脉冲经历饱和吸收,光脉冲传输延迟;在增益介质中, 相干布居振荡效应导致光脉冲经历增益饱和,光脉冲传输超前. 本文由铒离子的亚稳态速率方程出发,建立了掺铒光纤中超光速传输的理论模型, 同时得到时间超前的数值解析表达式;讨论了低频率段超光速的饱和现象, 即超光速在低频段并不随着抽运光功率的增强而加强,而在高频率段随抽运光功率的增加而加强.     

室温条件下掺铥光纤放大器中光波群速减慢的研究

从掺铥离子光纤的速率方程和传输方程出发,建立了掺铥离子光纤放大器中光速减慢的理论模型,分析并讨论了介质的增益与泵浦光功率之间的关系。当掺铥离子光纤处于吸收区域时,粒子布居振荡导致光脉冲经历了饱和吸收过程,此时光脉冲传输延迟;当掺铥离子光纤处于增益区域时,粒子布居振荡导致光脉冲经历了增益饱和过程,此时脉冲传输超前。依据该理论模型进行了理论仿真计算,同时进行了室温条件下掺铥离子光纤中光波群速减慢传输的研究。     

损耗可控条件下掺铒光纤中光速减慢现象的研究

由于相干布居振荡效应，光脉冲通过处于吸收状态的掺铒光纤介质时，将导致群速度传输减慢. 由掺铒光纤的吸收特性可知，此时必伴随着强烈的吸收损耗，这势必会给实际的慢光信号测量及光通信领域带来诸多的困难. 从铒离子基态粒子速率方程出发，对损耗可控条件下的光速减慢传输进行了数值仿真研究，并加以实验验证. 研究表明：抽运光强度越高，信号光损耗系数越小；抽运掺铒光纤长度越长，信号光损耗系数越小. 通过优化抽运光强度、掺铒光纤长度等参量，可以实现损耗可控条件下的光脉冲群速度减慢传输. 关键词： 时间延迟 吸收损耗 掺铒光纤     

掺铒光纤中亚稳态粒子振荡和慢光时间延迟关系研究

由于光纤慢光在实际中的应用价值引起广泛关注. 技术手段上利用相干布居振荡效应实现光速可控更具有优势. 本文主要介绍了利用相干布居振荡效应 (CPO) 实现掺铒光纤中的光速减慢传输, 通过改变掺杂浓度、光纤长度、入射信号光及抽运光功率等参量, 具体研究了亚稳态粒子振荡和时间延迟的关系. 研究结果表明: 选择高浓度光纤、增加光纤长度、关闭抽运光源, 选择适当强度的信号光可以有效地增大时间延迟. 关键词： 掺铒光纤 时间延迟 相干布居振荡 慢光     

掺铒光纤中方波信号高次谐波的快慢光特性

光纤中方波信号的慢光技术在全光通信和光纤传感等领域具有重要的应用前景. 提出了谐波相对延时量的度量方法, 分别采用速率方程和相干布居振荡理论, 对掺铒光纤中方波信号的基波和高次谐波的快慢光特性进行了研究. 在无抽运光输入情况下, 改变入射光功率, 入射探测光的基波最大相对延时量能达到20%, 且存在实现最大相对延时量的入射光功率为8 mW; 在有抽运光输入的情况下, 改变信号光增益, 入射探测光的基波相对超前量同样能达到-20%, 且随着信号光增益的增大而增加. N次谐波(N=1, 3, 5, 7, …)在频率f/N(f为基波信号最大延时量对应的调制频率)处有最大相对延时量, 且它们的最大延时量相同, 频率处于相干布居振荡引起的光谱烧孔带宽内.     

高浓度镱铒共掺磷酸盐光纤放大器增益特性

在忽略高能级的自发辐射和光纤损耗的情况下，利用速率方程和传输方程理论研究了高浓度Er³⁺/Yb³⁺共掺磷酸盐玻璃光纤放大器的增益特性，讨论了Er³⁺浓度、Yb³⁺浓度、抽运光功率、信号光功率、光纤长度对放大器增益的影响，并与单掺铒光纤放大器进行了比较.由于Yb³⁺的敏化作用降低了铒离子的团簇效应，减少了离子间相互作用，共掺光纤的增益和效率明显高于单掺光纤.数值计算表明，3.2cm长Er³⁺/Yb³⁺共掺光纤在980nm的20dBm(100mW)抽运功率下，1532nm处的增益可达10dB. 关键词： 镱铒共掺光纤放大器 速率方程 传输方程 高浓度     

掺铒光纤中的双稳态现象的研究

在以掺铒光纤为增益介质的环形光纤激光器中观察到了光学双稳态现象,定性分析了双稳态形成的机理,即掺铒光纤不同位置分别存在增益饱和和吸收饱和,而且吸收饱和有着更低的饱和阈值。通过理论衍生的公式对增益特性曲线进行了拟合,并结合增益特性曲线对光双稳态的产生给出了定量的解释。     

利用光纤光栅对实现双波长增益控制掺铒光纤放大器特性的实验研究

控制激光的弛豫振荡和空间烧孔现象的存在 ,对全光增益控制掺铒光纤放大器 (EDFA)的性能产生劣化影响。采用一种新颖简单的利用两对光纤光栅对形成谐振腔结构 ,实现双波长增益控制掺铒光纤放大器。由两个不同波长的激光共同承担增益控制的任务 ,降低了控制激光引起的空间烧孔现象和瞬态输出变化。在动态工作条件下 ,双波长激光增益控制掺铒光纤放大器显示出优越的特性 ,适用范围扩展为普通单波长增益控制掺铒光纤放大器的两倍 ,能够适应 0～ 43kHz的上下载频率。     

有源循环式光脉冲复制系统的输出特性研究

改进并验证了一种基于有源循环光纤延迟线的模拟光脉冲信号复制技术.实验系统采用低增益掺铒光纤放大器补偿循环损耗.进行了光脉冲信号复制的仿真和实验，在掺铒光纤放大器增益为6.774 dB，光滤波器－3 dB,带宽为0.8 nm时，测得第500个复制光脉冲的信噪比为31 dB.仿真和实验结果表明，选用小增益掺铒光纤放大器可以实现低于3 dB的噪音系数，降低掺铒光纤放大器的放大自发辐射噪音并提高输出脉冲序列的信噪比，有望成为提高光脉冲复制器性能的一种新方法.在系统中插入窄带光滤波器等手段也是改善信噪比的有效措施.     

铋镓共掺的高浓度掺铒石英基光纤中铒离子团簇率的实验研究

使用MCVD法结合溶液掺杂技术制作了铒铋镓共掺的石英基光纤.根据光纤吸收谱，得出其中铒离子浓度是5.24×10²⁵/m³.然后提出了一种新的利用透射率测定掺铒光纤的团簇率的实验方法，该方法相比于以前的方法更简单有效.利用该方法，测得了自制铒铋镓共掺光纤中团簇率.通过与前人的结果相比较，充分说明铋和镓的掺入大大提高了铒离子在石英基光纤中的溶解度，抑制了铒离子形成团簇. 关键词： 掺铒光纤 石英基光纤 团簇 高浓度     

Slowdown of Group Velocity of Light Using Coherent Population Oscillation

We investigate the reduction of the group velocity propagation resulting from the steep change of the refractive index by the coherent population oscillation in erbium-doped optical fibre. The largest delay is measured to be about 8.75ms corresponding to a group index of 1.312×10^6. The time delay or advancement depends on the pump intensity. Influences of the ion density on the fractional delay and the group velocity reduction of light propagation are studied. Based on our discussion the optimization parameters should be selected in order to obtain more appropriate time delay and the slowdown of group velocity.     

Investigation of atomic coherence in multilevel systems with embedded tunable dark state superposition

The coherent superposition of two-atomic levels induced by coherent population trapping is employed in the two-level system, the standard three-level Λ type scheme and the four-level N-type systems and a weak probe pulse scans across the system. A theoretical analysis about the response of medium to the probe field is given. It is shown that under different initial conditions, the coherent superposition of the dark state exhibits abundant optical phenomena response to the probe field. It can change the absorption or gain and the dispersion relationship in the medium experienced by the probe. In the embedded three-level scheme, the probe experiences a crossover from absorption to transparent and then to amplification. Consequently the group velocity of the probe pulse can be controlled to propagate either as a subluminal, a standard, a superluminal or even a negative speed. In the embedded four-level N-type system, it can give an enhancement to the Giant Kerr effect and overcome the limitation of two-photon absorption, then make the nonlinear properties of the medium richer than the traditional N-type scheme.     

Delay limit of slow light in an optical fiber

We show that coherent population oscillations effect produces a very narrow spectral hole in the absorption spectrum. The large dispersion of the refractive index associated with this hole permits us to achieve a group velocity as low as 1496.25 m/s at room temperature in an erbium-doped fiber. When the input intensity is equal to the saturation intensity, the dispersion is optimal. The optimal dispersion corresponds to the maximum fractional delay. Therefore, the input intensity can be used as a control parameter to increase the fractional delay. Our theoretical results based on population oscillation agree very well with the experimental data. In addition, we confirm that the spectral hole experiences power broadening for optical fibers of different lengths.     

Controlling the parameters of short-wavelength radiation pulses using the interference of transitions to a continuum

Specific features of the propagation of light pulses with frequency lying in the range of autoionization resonances of the medium are analyzed. It is shown that the interference nature of the autoionization spectra makes it possible to combine a strong frequency dispersion of the refractive index with small absorption when the radiation frequency approaches the spectral range of the "transparency window" of an isolated resonance or of a series of overlapped autoionization resonances. This allows one to control the time delay of the pulses and their group velocity. Depending on the parameters of the medium, the pulse group velocity may be maximally reduced by a factor of 10⁴–10⁵.     

Controllable ultraslow light propagation in highly-doped erbium fiber

We report on slow light propagation induced by the coherent population oscillation in an erbium-doped optical fiber (EDOF). The slowdown of group velocity of light is demonstrated in a solid-state material at room temperature. We observe a maximum fractional delay of 0.129 and a maximum delay of 8.75 ms corresponding to a group velocity as low as 228.57 m/s in a sinusoid-like modulated waveform. We study in details the influences of the erbium ion density and the length of fiber on the fractional delay and the slow light propagation. The data show that the fractional delay can be increased using the fiber with high erbium ions density or long interaction length.