基于ABCD矩阵的楔形柱面光纤微透镜的耦合技术分析

运用激光模式耦合理论分析了半导体激光器与楔形柱面光纤微透镜的连接损耗,设计并制作了楔形柱面光纤微透镜用来实现两者的模斑匹配。运用ABCD矩阵方法,对该组件的耦合效率进行了仿真计算和分析,得到了高耦合效率下楔形柱面光纤微透镜的结构参数。该方法可有效地用于楔形柱面光纤微透镜的优化设计。     

基于多电极单端耦合半导体光放大器的交叉增益调制型波长转换器

提出了一种新型的基于多电极单端耦合半导体光放大器(SOA)的交叉增益调制(XGM)型波长转换方案，并建立了这种波长转换器完整的宽带理论模型.通过数值模拟的方法，比较了基于多电极单端耦合SOA的XGM型波长转换和基于单电极单端SOA的XGM型波长转换的输出特性，结果表明前者的输出消光比优于后者，而且啁啾特性也略有改善. 关键词： 多电极 波长转换 单端耦合半导体光放大器 交叉增益调制 消光比 啁啾     

1.3μm偏振无关半导体光放大器单片集成模斑变换器

用金属有机化学气相外延生长并制作了 1.3μm脊型波导偏振无关半导体光放大器集成模斑变换器 ,器件有源区为同时采用压应变量子阱和张应变量子阱的混合应变量子阱结构以获得TE和TM偏振模式的增益平衡 ,模斑变换器采用一种新型脊型侧向锥形波导结构 ;集成模斑变换器的半导体光放大器远场发散角为 12°× 15° ,接近圆形光斑 ,与平头标准单模光纤耦合损耗为 - 2 .6dB ,在水平和垂直方向上的 - 1dB耦合对准容差分别为± 2 .3μm和± 1.6 μm ;在 2 0 0mA偏置电流下 ,半导体光放大器小信号增益近 2 4dB ,在 12 80～ 1340nm波长范围内偏振灵敏度小于 0 .6dB。     

有源弯曲波导反馈特性的三维时域有限差分法仿真

半导体光放大器的耦合光纤形成的外腔反馈通过引入弯曲损耗得以抑制.通过对半导体光放大器有源波导引入对前、后向光场非对称散射损耗，以前向光场部分损耗为代价，反馈光场能量被分布式地较强辐射.时域有限差分法仿真研究表明，通过优化弯曲有源波导的结构，相对于通常的有源直波导，在相同的材料增益和输入、输出条件下，反馈可以下降10 dB以上.由此可以简化高增益半导体光放大器的器件结构.     

行波半导体激光放大器耦合技术研究

本文从理论上分析了单模光纤与行波半导体激光放大器之间的耦合特性,导出一套简捷的设计光纤耦合头公式,比较不同的结构参数对光纤头耦合性能的影响,选出一种最佳设计方案.经实验验证.采用本文提出的光纤头微透镜处理技术,可使光纤-光放大器耦合损耗降至-3dB.     

全光增益控制高功率光纤放大器

采用一种简单的双光栅级联结构,通过不同波长的两束控制激光进行增益控制;同时采用两级放大结构,实现全光增益控制光纤放大器高增益和高功率输出。当可调光衰减器功率衰减量分别为33.2dB和3.8dB,输入光功率在-5.1dBm～2.0dBm范围变化时,增益控制光纤放大器的最大输出功率为1.55 W,平均增益和噪声系数分别约为30.3dB和6.4dB,增益漂移小于0.27dB。同时,改变环形腔损耗得到不同的增益,在增益漂移允许范围内(小于0.3dB),增益钳制范围为24.5dB～31.3dB。另外,在双信道情况下,当剩余信道功率为0.74mW和1.57mW时,其增益漂移范围分别小于0.08dB和0.16dB。     

半导体光放大器增益及发光特性的理论研究

半导体光放大器(SOA)的非线性特性在光开关、波长变换、光逻辑运算中有重要的应用.研究了注入电流、入射光波长及SOA有源区长度对SOA增益和发光功率的影响.数值模拟结果表明:注入电流的增加,会引起载流子浓度的增加,且使SOA增益趋于饱和的速率加快;不同的SOA模型存在一个最佳输入光波长,在此波长附近有较好的增益特性;加长半导体光放大器有源区长度可获得更大增益,同时提高了器件的响应速率.     

半导体光放大器引起的串扰及其抑制技术

由于半导体光放大器(SOA)的增益饱和效应,在波分复用系统中.每个信道的增益受到复用的其它信道的影响.SOA引起的各信道之间的串扰严重限制了其应用.理论研究了SOA增益饱和效应引起的信道间串扰.数值模拟了多路信道复用时系统的误码率随复用信道数和光功率的变化情况,发现随着复用信道数的增加SOA增益饱和引起的信道间串扰越来越严重.对SOA中串扰的抑制方法进行了理论和实验研究.数值模拟发现连续光注入可以抑制输出功率的波动,从而减小误码率,当复用10个信道时,连续光注入可以使功率代价减小2 dB;实验验证了两信道的40 Gb/s系统中,注入连续光可以减少SOA引起的信道间串扰.     

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.     

1.55μm AlGaInAs-InP偏振无关半导体光放大器及其温度特性研究

采用低压金属有机气相外延 (LP MOCVD)设备生长并制作了 1 5 5 μmAlGaInAs InP偏振无关半导体光放大器 ,有源区为 3周期的张应变量子阱结构 ,应变量为 0 35 % ;器件制作成脊型波导结构 ,并采用 7°斜腔结构以有效抑制腔面反射 ;经蒸镀减反膜后 ,半导体光放大器的自发辐射功率的波动小于 0 3dB ,3dB带宽为 5 0nm ,半导体光放大器小信号增益近 2 0dB ,带宽亦为 5 0nm .在 1 5 30— 1 5 80nm波长范围内偏振灵敏度小于 0 5dB ,峰值增益波长的饱和输出功率达 7dBm ;器件增益随温度的升高而减小 ,当器件工作温度从 2 5℃升高至 6 5℃时 ,增益降低小于 3dB .     

Multiwavelength fiber ring lasing by use of a semiconductor optical amplifier

A multiwavelength fiber ring laser obtained by use of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) with a simple laser cavity configuration is reported. A Fabry-Perot filter was used in the fiber laser ring cavity to achieve more than 50 simultaneous wavelength lasing oscillations with a frequency separation of 50 GHz. The resulting stable broadband multiwavelength lasing operation was attributed to broadband and flat gain of the SOA, which has a gain flatness of 0.8 dB for more than 20 nm. The laser has a total output power of -3 dBm and a signal-to-spontaneous-noise ratio of 30 dB.     

基于半导体光放大器的可调谐多波长光纤激光器

报道了一种新型环形腔可调谐多波长光纤激光器，腔内以半导体光放大器为增益介质，利用高双折射光纤构成的高双折射环形镜的滤波特性，在室温下，获得了基本符合ITU-T标准100GHz的17个波长以上的稳定多波长输出.各信道峰值功率差小于6 dB，线宽小于0.102 nm，信噪比大于25 dB.通过调节高双折射环形镜内的偏振控制器状态实现了这一组波长整体在50GHz范围内连续可调谐.并利用实验方法，对该光纤激光器应用于掺铒光纤放大器对多信道放大性能测试的可行性进行了初步探讨.     

A self-consistent model for a SOA-based fiber ring laser including the mode-locked pulse properties

In this paper, we present a self-consistent model of an optically mode-locked semiconductor fiber ring laser. The fiber laser uses a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) as the gain medium, while mode-locking is achieved by its gain modulation, via an external optical pulsed signal. We solved the model analytically developing a novel technique, where we have assumed double saturation of the SOA by both the mode-locked and the externally introduced pulsed signal. The study revealed the locus of the laser parameters to achieve mode-locking. In particular, it was found that SOA gain and energy of the externally introduced signal are two critical parameters that must simultaneously set properly for exact mode-locking. Another outcome of our analysis is that the study of the chirp parameter should be carried out keeping the nonlinear terms of the SOA gain. We have also investigated a slightly detuning regime of operation that revealed a fast change of the mode-locking process.     

A gain-clamped-semiconductor-optical-amplifier combined with a distributed Raman-fiber-amplifier: a good candidate as an inline amplifier for WDM networks

A gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is used as an inline amplifier in combination with a distributed Raman fiber amplifier. The combined amplifier has 20 dB gain and a noise figure below 2.7 dB. The optical signal to noise ratios after five spans of 20 dB loss, equivalent to 5 × 80 km, are over 25.2 dB for eight-channel transmissions. In addition, the potentially compact amplifier shows negligible transients under dynamic add-drops.     

Hybrid flat gain C-band optical amplifier with Zr-based erbium-doped fiber and semiconductor optical amplifier

An efficient gain-flattened C-band optical amplifier is demonstrated using a hybrid configuration with a Zirconia-based Erbium-doped fibre (Zr-EDF) and a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). The amplifier utilizes a two-stage structure with a midway isolator to improve flat gain characteristic and reduce noise figure. At input signal power of −30 dBm, a flat gain of 28 dB is obtained from wavelength region of 1530 to 1560 nm with gain variation of less than 4 dB. The noise figure is maintained below 11 dB at the flat-gain region. This amplifier has the potential to be used in the high channel count dense wavelength division multiplexing system due to its simplicity and compact design.     

Tunable 19 × 10 GHz L-band FP-SOA based multi-wavelength mode-locked fiber laser

We present a multi-wavelength mode-locked fiber ring laser incorporating a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and a Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifier (FP-SOA). Because the gain of the SOA is depleted by an external injection optical signal, the SOA acts as a loss modulator. The FP-SOA serves as a tunable comb filter. The presented laser source can generate 19 synchronized wavelength channels with the extinction ratio of about 21 dB, each mode-locked at 10 GHz, and mode-locked pulse width is about 40 ps. Oscillation wavelengths band can be tuned by adjusting the bias current of the SOA, and wavelength spacing also can be changed by using a tunable optical delay line (ODL) or a temperature controller. The polarization-insensitive devices ensure that the output power is rather stable. This fiber laser has potential applications in longer waveband (L-band) within the low-attenuation window.     

基于半导体光放大器和受激布里渊散射的全光非归零码时钟提取

利用半导体光放大器(SOA)的增益饱和特性、自相位调制(SPM)效应和啁啾光纤光栅(CFBG)的滤波和啁啾特性共同作用实现了10 Gbit/s非归零码(NRZ)信号的时钟分量增强。经过该结构的非归零光谱的时钟分量增强后,其时钟数据抑制比提高了12.9 dB。时钟分量增强后的信号经基于受激布里渊效应(SBS)的时钟提取结构后实现了对非归零信号的全光时钟提取。这种新型非归零全光时钟提取结构具有对数据速率及数据格式透明,低抖动,不受码型效应的影响等优点。     

Multi-wavelength fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation in semiconductor optical amplifier and photonic crystal fiber

A nonlinear polarisation rotation (NPR) based multi-wavelength laser source is demonstrated using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and photonic crystal fiber (PCF). The SOA acts as not only the gain medium but also the phase retarder for multi-wavelength oscillation in conjunction with an isolator. The incorporation of PCF improves the NPR effect and thus assists in the multiwavelength generation. The wavelength spacing reduces from 4.82 to 2.76 nm as the PCF length increases from 50 to 100 m. With a 100 m long PCF, the proposed laser produces at least 42 lasing wavelengths with optical signal to noise ratio of more than 10 dB.     

Ultra-broadband amplified spontaneous emission source by using heterogeneous optical amplifier

In this work, we propose and experimentally investigate an ultra-broadband amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) light source with 113.8 nm bandwidth (1446.2 to 1560.0 nm) by using a cascaded two-stage optical amplifier, which is consisted of semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA, 1st stage) and erbiumdoped fiber amplifier (EDFA, 2nd stage), when the output intensity is above ?35 dBm/0.01 nm. And, the EDFA only uses a 3 m long erbium-doped fiber (EDF) with a 27 mW pumping power and SOA is driven at 200 mA bias current. Moreover, the proposed amplifier also can provide a broadband gain amplification of 114 nm in the wavelengths of 1464.0 and 1578.0 nm with the noise figure distribution of 6.8 to 8.1 dB.     

Dual-cavity dual-output multi-wavelength fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation effect

We demonstrate a multi-wavelength fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) in dual-cavity configuration with two output ports. The laser employs a piece of erbium doped fiber (EDF) and semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) as the gain medium in a separate cavity. By incorporating PCF in the dual cavity the non-linear polarization rotation (NPR) effect is enhanced and thus higher output and more oscillating lasing can be achieved. The laser produces three strong lines with a spacing of 2.40 nm and side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of more than 10 dB at 1535 nm region. Another output produces 8 lines of optical comb with a spacing of 0.54 at 1570 nm region.