Optical soliton with group delay in microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides

This paper derives the dispersion relation of microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides (CROWs) without any approximation by using the transfer matrix method. Based on the established dispersion relation of CROWs it obtains the slow group velocity and dispersion coefficient. It finds that the effect of dispersion on optical pulses can be adjusted to balance the effect of nonlinearity by changing coupling coefficient or loss, so optical soliton with group delay can be obtained in microring CROWs. The optical soliton with group delay is of great significance for applications of microring CROWs in delay lines and optical buffers of future all-optical communication systems.     

Continuous adjustment of group delay by tuning the argument of coupling coefficient in microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides

We derive the dispersion relation of coupled-resonator optical waveguides (CROWs) without approximation. And, we use the exact dispersion relation of CROWs established to calculate the group delay of microring CROWs and obtain a result similar to the experimental result reported by Poon et al. Further, through numerical simulation with the parameters used to simulate the experimental result, we found that the output group delay of microring CROWs could be adjusted continuously by changing the argument of the coupling coefficient θ resulting from the shift of the dispersion band. But, the adjustment of output group delay was not linear and meticulous control of θ could lead to a more favorable adjustment of the output group delay. The continuous adjustment of group delay is of great significance for applications of microring CROWs in delay lines and optical buffers of future all-optical communication systems.     

Dispersion Compensation in Optical Coherence Tomography with a Prism in a Rapid-Scanning Optical Delay Line

We demonstrate the theoretical and experimental results of using a single prism in the rapid-scanning optical delay line of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system for compensating the mismatches of the first- and second-order group delay dispersion (GDD) between the reference and sample arms. The analytical expressions for the first- and second-order GDD are derived based on the typically designed system configuration. Numerical results in varying various parameters are shown. An optimized set of parameters for efficient dispersion compensation in a practical fiber-based OCT system is obtained. The numerical result of the dispersion compensation is demonstrated. Also, the experimental implementation of such a dispersion compensation method is illustrated with the conditions similar to the numerical calculations. The compensation result is quite satisfactory     

Dispersion compensation using mismatched multicavity etalon all-pass filter

In this paper, we propose a novel mismatched multicavity etalon (MME) all-pass filter for fixed-value dispersion compensation and dispersion slope compensation. It is a multicavity Gires-Tournois (GT) etalon filter with unequal cavity lengths between adjacent cavities. A theoretical study is presented. Analytical expressions for the group delay and chromatic dispersion are derived to allow device designs to be made. The simulation results show that nearly linear group delay or quasi-flat chromatic dispersion response can be obtained by suitably choosing the reflectances of the reflectors and the cavity mismatch length. The chromatic dispersions and the bandwidth of the quasi-flat-dispersion band can be tailored by changing the reflectances of the reflectors and the mismatched cavity length. The dispersion slope compensation can be obtained by slightly modulating the reflectances of the reflectors. Increasing the number of cavities can enhance the performance and the design flexibility of the dispersion compensator.     

微环耦合谐振光波导中的色散控制模型与数值仿真

本文利用传输矩阵法得到了微环耦合谐振光波导的色散关系,讨论了耦合损耗、传输损耗及耦合系数对微环耦合谐振光波导色散的影响,改变耦合损耗、传输损耗及耦合系数可控制其色散曲线的形状、位置、以及带宽,色散曲线的变化及控制对微环耦合谐振光波导在滤波、光信号延迟及缓存等方面的应用有重要意义. 关键词： 光波导 微环光波导 传输矩阵法     

高双折射光子晶体光纤偏振模色散测量

对一种高双折射光子晶体光纤的偏振模色散进行了测量.实验用26 m长光子晶体光纤使皮秒光脉冲的两个正交偏振模产生了108 ps时延.运用脉冲时延法和固定分析仪法对这种高双折射光子晶体光纤的偏振模色散进行了实验测量，测量得到其偏振模色散参量可达4154 ps/km，对应的模式双折射度为1.25×10－3.这种新型的高双折射光纤可用于补偿光纤通信系统中的偏振模色散.     

光脉冲在微环耦合谐振光波导中传输线性特性的数值仿真

利用传输矩阵法得到了微环耦合谐振光波导色散关系的一般表达式,并由色散关系出发讨论了光脉冲在微环耦合谐振光波导中传输时的线性特性,包括带宽、群速度、色散和线性相位变化,这些特性对微环耦合谐振光波导在光通信和光传感领域的应用有重要意义. 关键词： 微环光波导 光脉冲线性特性 传输矩阵法 数值仿真     

双啁啾介质镜的设计与分析

从双啁啾膜系原理出发，经过自行编制的软件优化计算，得到了由54层介质膜组成的具有色散补偿功能的宽带高反镜，高反射率（大于99.9%）带宽宽达120nm，群延迟色散量为－50fs^2。对基于耦合模理论和传输线理论的双啁啾镜的原理和设计思路进行了分析，并通过计算机模拟验证了设计结果，分析了膜系各参量的改变对膜系的反射率和时延特性的影响。另外，在优化计算过程中发现了一些值得注意的有用的规律。     

飞秒脉冲激光器中色散补偿膜的设计

阐述了用光学薄膜进行色散补偿的基本原理, 介绍了设计的基本过程. 根据Ti∶Sapphire飞秒激光器中腔内色散补偿的要求, 设定了色散补偿目标, 通过计算机优化, 得到了一种40层的Ta2O5/SiO2介质膜系. 该膜系能在720~870 nm范围获得大于99.5%的反射率, 在510~550 nm获得大于90%的透射率, 在740~850 nm提供较平滑的－40 fs2的群延迟色散. 这样的结果经过7次反射后, 可以补偿5-mm Ti∶sapphire晶体产生的绝大部分群延迟色散.     

500 nm带宽啁啾镜对的设计与应用

设计了中心波长在825 nm、有效带宽在600 nm～1100 nm的超宽带啁啾镜对,色散补偿量目标值为-100 fs2。配对设计的啁啾镜对有效抑制了单个啁啾镜的色散振荡,啁啾镜对色散振荡幅度的最大值为50 fs2,用设计制作的啁啾镜对进行色散补偿,用频率分辨光学开关测量装置对脉冲进行测量。将10.3 fs的超短脉冲通过0.5 mm厚的LBO晶体,色散效应导致脉冲展宽,半峰值处的全宽度为39.6 fs,实验结果表明,经过啁啾镜对一次色散补偿后的脉冲形状,半峰值处得全宽度为11.6 fs;脉冲经过2次补偿后,脉冲被压缩到10.7 fs。     

Theoretical investigation of chirped mirrors in semiconductor lasers

This paper reports a theoretical design of chirped mirrors in 1.3-μm double-section semiconductor lasers to achieve high reflectivity and dispersion compensation over a broad bandwidth. Analytic expressions for reflectivity, group delay and group delay dispersion are derived. We use for the first time chirped air/semiconductor layer pairs as mirrors for higher-order dispersion compensation in semiconductor lasers. Our optimised calculations demonstrate that the broad-band mirrors designed consist of a total of only 12 air/semiconductor layers and achieve a reflectivity higher than 99.8%, a smooth group delay and almost stable dispersion in the laser cavity over a 100-nm bandwidth. Due to a high index contrast of both types of the layers, n _l = 1, n _h~ 3.5, a high-reflectivity bandwidth of > 700 nm is obtained in 1.3-μm semiconductor lasers. We also compare our results with that of a commercial simulation program and show a good agreement between them. As a conclusion, we assume from the theoretical results that air/semiconductor layer pairs with varying thicknesses used at one end of double-section semiconductor lasers can lead to femtosecond optical pulse generation using mode-locking techniques. An erratum to this article can be found at .     

啁啾双光纤光栅群时延特性

研究了变迹线性啁啾双光纤光栅的群时延特性及其在高次色散补偿中的应用.分析表明,群时延特性与周期差ΔΛ和不同的啁啾参量C有很大的关系.研究结果表明啁啾双光纤光栅在高次色散补偿和光纤CDMA中有应用价值.     

Transmission and group delay of microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides

We measured the transmission and group delay of microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides (CROWs). The CROWs consisted of 12 weakly coupled, microring resonators fabricated in optical polymers (PMMA on Cytop). The intrinsic quality factor of the resonators was 18,000 and the interresonator coupling was 1%, resulting in a delay of 110-140 ps and a slowing factor of 23-29 over a 17 GHz bandwidth.     

Power insensitive silicon microring resonators

We demonstrate power insensitive silicon microring resonators without the need for active feedback control. The passive control of the resonance is achieved by utilizing the compensation of two counteracting processes, free carrier dispersion blueshift and thermo-optic redshift. In the fabricated devices, the resonant wavelength shifts less than one resonance linewidth for dropped power up to 335 μW, more than fivefold improvement in cavity energy handling capability compared to regular microrings.     

双光栅快速扫描光学延迟线的色散补偿

光学相干层析成像(OCT)系统的纵向分辨力不仅与光源的带宽有关,而且与系统中两干涉臂间的色散匹配有关。如果色散没有得到精确匹配,将使光学相干层析成像系统的纵向分辨力达不到所预期的理论值。色散问题在超高分辨光学相干层析成像系统中尤为突出。提出了一种基于双光栅快速扫描光学延迟线(RSOD),用于光学相干层析成像系统的色散补偿。该方法中新增的光栅引入了光栅间距这一独立变量,其与常规单光栅快速扫描光学延迟线机构中的光栅离焦量一起,可使光学相干层析成像系统中的群速度色散(GVD)和三阶色散(TOD)同时得到补偿。分析了双光栅快速扫描光学延迟线的色散特性和色散调节原则,并提供了一个典型光学相干层析成像系统中的色散补偿实例。     

Integrative optimization of chirped mirrors for intracavity dispersion compensation

A new integrative optimization of three chirped mirrors for precise broadband intracavity group delay dispersion compensation in ring cavity is proposed. Simulation demonstrates that the residual group delay dispersion ripples of these three chirped mirrors are less than 25 fs² for most of the wavelengths from 600 to 1200 nm. Pulse evolution simulation shows that these three matched chirped mirrors compensate the group delay dispersion in the Ti:Sapphire ring cavity laser well to obtain an octave-spanning spectrum.     

系统中基于快速扫描光学延迟线的色散补偿

分析了光学相干层析成像(Optical Coherence Temography,OCT)系统中色散失配对系统纵向分辨率的影响,详细阐述了快速扫描光学延迟线(Rapid Scanning Optical Delay Line,RSOD)的色散性质,提出并采用基于RSOD的色散补偿方法,实验验证了这种色散补偿方法能够实现OCT系统的纵向分辨率接近于理论值,并因此得到了高质量的OCT图像.     

Chromatic dispersion compensation techniques and characterization of fiber Bragg grating for dispersion compensation

Pulse spreading due to the dispersion causes the overlapping of the transmitted pulses at the receiver end known as inter symbol interference (ISI). The ISI thus limits transmission of high speed data. We are living in the age of bandwidth hungry and high speed applications, for which optical networks form the most important part because of its high bandwidth. In optical networks chromatic dispersion (CD) is one of the main obstacle in high speed transmission. Hence this CD is compensated by various approaches throughout the transmission system. A review of all the main approaches is presented in this paper. Characterization of fiber Bragg grating for dispersion compensation is done using the reflection spectrum and group delay response analysis.     

Fiber-based tunable dispersion compensation

Tunable dispersion has been implemented in various technology platforms, including fiber gratings, planar waveguides, thin film etalons, and bulk optic technologies. This paper will focus on fiber grating based tunable dispersion compensation, because fiber gratings are at present one of the best developed TDC technologies available. The paper is divided into three parts. In the first part we describe grating based TDC technologies and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. We focus on thermally tuned linearly chirped fiber gratings, as these have to date been the most successful grating technology for 40 Gbit/s. We also compare grating TDCs to two other prominent tunable dispersion technologies: thin film etalons and planar waveguide ring resonators. In the second section we describe the techniques used to fabricate high performance dispersion compensation gratings as well as the theory of the primary defect of fiber grating dispersion compensation: group delay ripple (GDR). In the third section we describe the telecom system related issues for tunable gratings, including characterization of grating performance, tunability requirements and results from actual system trials using tunable FBGs.     

基于光纤四波混频波长转换和色散的慢光实验研究

对基于光纤四波混频（FWM）波长转换和色散的慢光实现进行了详细和系统的实验研究.首先,实验测定了高非线性光纤中FWM带宽约为40 nm,从而确定了慢光的可调谐带宽;接着,在普通单模光纤和色散补偿光纤（DCF）中针对500 MHz正弦信号和100 ps短脉冲信号分别实现了34和198 ns的脉冲延迟,在DCF中还实现了209 ns的脉冲提前.讨论了增大延迟量的方法,指出随着宽带FWM波长转换的实现和大色散光纤的应用有望获得微秒量级的大延迟量,从而为高性能光纤延迟线和全光缓存器等应用提供支持. 关键词： 慢光 四波混频 色散