Continuous True-Time-Delay System Employing a Novel Tunable Chirped Fiber Grating Delay Line and a Sampled Grating Based Multiwavelength Fiber Laser

A photonics true-time-delay system for phased array antenna beam steering employing a novel tunable chirped fiber grating delay line and a multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser source based on a sampled grating filter is proposed. The tunable chirped fiber grating, which act as a continuous time-delay element, is achieved by bending a uniform fiber Bragg grating bonded at a slant onto the lateral surface of a simply supported beam. This technique allows the dynamic control of the chirp rate and spectral width of the grating without center wavelength shift. By adjusting the chirp rate of the fiber grating via bend strain, this kind of tunable chirped fiber grating could achieve very low and adjustable delay times, therefore provides higher angle resolution for scanning microwave beam, even the wavelengths of laser source are fixed and un-tunable. The true-time-delay system using proposed tunable chirped fiber grating delay element and sampled grating based laser source is constructed and demonstrated experimentally.     

基于激光拍频实现啁啾光纤光栅色散的测量

以啁啾光纤光栅为例,研究了激光拍频的产生机制,并建立对啁啾光纤光栅色散的测量模型.详细阐述了系统结构和测量原理,并对测量结果和理论值进行了分析与比较,结果一致性较好.在频谱分析仪分辨率为2.5kHz的情况下,色散测量准确度可以达到0.1ps,啁啾光纤光栅色散的实际测量也证实了该系统的可行性,系统相对简单,测量准确度高,可为色散测量提供参考.     

利用均匀相位掩模板制作线性啁啾光纤光栅

理论上分析并从实验上验证了一种利用均匀相位掩模板写入啁啾光纤光栅的方法:将光纤弯曲,由于光纤离掩模板的距离不同从而使光纤光栅的周期轴向渐变,由此产生啁啾。分析了这种啁啾光纤光栅的谱特性和时延特性,同时也分析了由于光纤离掩模板的距离不同而引起的折射率调制变化给光纤光栅特性带来的影响。设计了一种石英曲面,利用其使光纤按照弯曲函数进行弯曲,然后进行紫外曝光制成了线性的啁啾光纤光栅。实验中制作的啁啾光纤光栅色散值为-1102 ps/nm,纹波为17ps。通过改变弯曲函数就可以实现利用一块均匀相位掩模板制作不同啁啾量的啁啾光纤光栅的目的,降低了啁啾光纤光栅的制作成本。     

双波长啁啾相移光纤光栅

理论研究并实验验证了一种含有两段π相移的啁啾相移光纤光栅.采用F矩阵对啁啾相移光纤光栅进行计算并分析了该光栅的谱特性.含有两段π相移的啁啾相移光纤光栅可以在普通啁啾光栅透射谱阻带中产生双波长透射峰,透射峰位置直接取决于光栅中π相移的位置,透射峰的线宽和透射峰的波长间隔没有关系,仅随着啁啾率的增大而增大.采用带相位掩模的逐点扫描法对含有两段π相移的双波长啁啾相移光栅进行了制作,获得波长间隔为8 nm的双波长透射谱的光栅器件.该光栅的消光比和3 dB谱线宽分别为20 dB和0.08 nm,实验结果和理论设计一致.     

Distributed temperature measurement using a Fabry-Perot effect based chirped fiber Bragg grating

A temperature distribution sensing system based on the reflection spectrum of a 70 mm apodized chirped fiber Bragg grating has been demonstrated. Reflection variations created by the Fabry-Perot effect due to the intra-grating wavelength shift are presented. By fitting a parametric transfer matrix model of the grating response to measured spectra, the temperature change, position and width of a localized temperature change are obtained. This system is particularly attractive of its simplicity, high spatial resolution and ability in measuring a non-monotonic distribution. Experiments to measure two localized heating regions along the grating indicate that the technique is promising for measuring more complex temperature profiles.     

用布拉格光纤光栅制作啁啾光纤光栅

介绍了一种用布拉格光纤光栅制作啁啾光纤光栅的方法。采用氢氟酸腐蚀布拉格光纤光栅, 使光栅的横截面沿光栅轴向逐渐变小, 然后对光栅施加１．５０ Ｎ的拉力, 在光栅轴向建立应变梯度, 制作出长１５ ｍ ｍ 、峰值反射率达９２％ 、反射半高宽为５ ｎｍ 的啁啾光纤光栅。     

Dynamic strain measurement using two wavelength-matched fiber Bragg grating sensors interrogated by a cascaded long-period fiber grating

In this work, we describe a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing system using two wavelength-matched FBG sensors for static and dynamic strain measurement. A cascaded long-period fiber grating (CLPG)-based demodulation technique has been used to interrogate the two wavelength-matched FBG sensors. Experimental results of static strain measurement show that the proposed system has a strain resolution of 1 με. This system has also been used for dynamic strain measurement. An eddy current displacement meter-based system has been used as a comparison measurement. Experimental results of dynamic strain measurement have proved that the FBG sensing system has a good performance in the measurement of dynamic strain. The results of static and dynamic strain measurement indicate that the sensing system using two wavelength-matched FBG sensors is superior to the single FBG sensor system.     

基于啁啾相移光纤光栅的滤波器设计及应用

相移光纤光栅作为透射型带通滤波器件降低了使用成本和插入损耗.在光通信和传感领域有着较高的应用价值.啁啾相移光纤光栅的透射峰波长和数量由相移点的位置和数量来确定,透射峰特性受相移量的影响.采用分段切趾的方法获得满足光通信要求的滤波特性,利用传输矩阵法分析了切趾前后透射峰特性的变化,结果表明:切趾改善了滤波器的幅度和相位响应,依据滤波器的设计要求选取不同的切趾函数以及切趾比例;切趾还大大减弱了透射峰波长和深度对相移量的敏感度,适当切趾后相移量的影响可以忽略.并提出一种应用双通道啁啾相移光纤光栅滤波器产生脉冲毫米波副载波信号的方案.     

40Gb/s光时分复用传输光纤光栅补偿色散研究

用精密扫描掩模法写入宽阻带啁啾光纤光栅,掩模板背面两端各10％长度处镀有按4阶高斯函数透过率的膜,写入的啁啾光栅的时延纹波最大值为20ps。为减少写入光纤光栅的偏振模色散,研制了新的低偏振模色散光纤光栅补偿写入法。采用补偿写入法前的平均微分群时延为9．1406 ps;采用补偿写入法后的平均微分群时延为0．1521 ps。并利用低偏振模色散光纤光栅对40Gb／s光时分复用系统在普通G．652光纤传输122km的色散进行了补偿实验,功率代价为1．5dB。     

Improving the performance of chirped fiber grating with cladding being etched as sinusoidal function

A new grating structure of cladding being etched as sinusoidal function along the grating length is introduced to improve their performance. When a tension is applied to it, the fiber grating not only exhibits a flattop spectrum with steep edges and high reflectivity, but also has a smoothly time delay curve. The bandwidth utilization defined as the ratio of −1:−30 could be achieved a larger value (>0.90). The −3 dB bandwidth and the bandwidth utilization could be tunable with the increment of tension applied to the grating and the linearly chirped modulus.     

Tunable Chirped Fiber Grating Based Variable Time-Delay Network for Phased-Array Antenna Beamforming

In this paper, we present a photonics continuous beamforming system for optically controlled phased-array antenna based on a tunable fiber ring laser source and a novel variable true-time delay network consisting of one single-mode fiber delay line and four tunable chirped grating delay lines. The chirp rate of each chirped grating is tuned by bending a uniform fiber Bragg grating (FBG) bonded at a slant onto the lateral surface of a simply supported beam. This kind of variable true-time delay network can provide five-channel time-delayed signals that can be fed to an antenna array to achieve continuously beam scanning. The proposed true-time-delay unit with 5-element phased array steerer is suitable for phased-array antenna beamforming at frequencies up to 12 GHz.     

一种高分辨率的光纤光栅传感解调技术

报道了一种基于光纤激光器波长扫描寻址的高分辨率的光纤光栅传感解调方案。光纤激光器的扫描寻址过程由微机来控制。微机控制光纤激光器波长扫描的同时,同步采集、处理传感信号,并通过曲线拟合给出传感光栅的中心反射波长值。本解调方案的波长移动分辨率为０．１ｐｍ,可以实现高分辨率的温度及应变测量。     

High spatial resolution distributed strain sensor based on linear chirped fiber Bragg grating and fiber loop ringdown spectroscopy

A simple sensor system for high spatial resolution distributed strain field measurement is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The fiber loop ringdown technique combined with a linear chirped fiber Bragg grating is used to realize the high spatial resolution. A proof-of-concept distributed strain sensor with 2?mm spatial resolution is realized. The sensor network is also explored and researched experimentally. The proposed technique suggests a broad range of applications for real-time distributed physical parameter sensing, such as strain or temperature.     

啁啾光纤光栅延迟线在光控相控阵雷达中的应用研究

介绍了啁啾光纤光栅延迟线在光控相控阵雷达中的两种应用系统及其工作原理，即基于单波长激光器和多个可调啁啾光纤光栅延迟线的系统以及基于多波长激光器和一个可调啁啾光纤光栅延迟线的系统。介绍了这两种系统的光控相控阵雷达扫描角要实现连续变化时，啁啾光纤光栅延迟线的调谐原理。分析结果表明，若啁啾光纤光栅的长度长而反射谱窄，则啁啾光纤光栅较小的调谐量就能使光控相控阵雷达天线实现较大的扫描范围。     

基于色散补偿光纤的高速光纤光栅解调方法

本文提出并论证了一种光纤光栅高速解调的新方法, 利用色散补偿光纤的色散效应, 将光纤光栅的波长漂移信息转换成时域信息. 采用脉冲激光器作为光源, 仅需一个光脉冲可获取单根光纤上所有光纤光栅的反射光脉冲, 再根据各个光栅反射回光脉冲的延时变化即可实现波长的解调. 本方法可用于准分布光纤光栅传感网络解调, 系统采用全光纤结构, 无需波长扫描, 大大提高了解调速度. 本文搭建了测试系统进行实验验证, 对3个光纤光栅组成的准分布式传感网络进行了解调, 实验结果表明, 解调出的光纤光栅布喇格波长线性度好, 解调速度最高可达1 MHz, 采样数据取10次平均后解调线性度可达0.9969, 解调误差约为27.8 pm.     

线性啁啾光纤Bragg光栅的实验研究

本文给出了142mm长相位掩模板和扩束技术研制的色散补偿线性啁啾Bragg光纤光栅(CFBG)的反射谱特性及传输实验结果,本实验研制的线性啁啾Bragg光纤光栅样品带宽为0.56～0.92mm.可实现对普通光纤色散补偿100km以上,色散代价小于1.5dB.     

A novel adjustable PMD compensator based on a tapered high-birefringence linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating

A novel solution for polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensation is proposed by applying tension on a tapered high-birefringence linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating. The compensated differential group delay changes with the applied tension, for its cross-sectional area varies nonlinearly along the grating. Its performance as PMD compensator for short pulses fiber-optical transmission system and 10 Gb/s NRZ fiber-optical transmission system is demonstrated experimentally.     

Differential FBG sensor for temperature-compensated high-pressure (or displacement) measurement

A differential fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor with a free active element bulk-modulus for high-pressure (or displacement) measurement is presented. Based on the differential measurement method and an isosceles triangle cantilever structure, problems of cross-sensitivity and chirped signal in FBG sensor are improved both theoretically and experimentally. Preliminary experiments indicate that temperature-compensated measurement results agree well with the theoretical analysis. Displacement measurement sensitivity is 1.75 pm/μm, and the estimated pressure measurement resolution can reach 0.27 MPa in case the wavelength shift measurement resolution is 0.01 nm.     

基于光纤光栅的标准具

提出并研制出了一种基于光纤光栅的新型光学标准具.这种新型标准具技术采用大啁啾取样光栅制作，可用于光纤光栅传感解调系统中.通过调节大啁啾取样光栅的啁啾系数和取样函数，使透射谱具有法布里-珀罗标准具的特性.运用传输矩阵法进行了模拟计算并进行了实验验证.由于采用已经比较成熟的标准光纤光栅写入方法，基于光纤光栅的标准具性能可靠，适合规模生产，在光纤光栅传感技术上有重要的应用.     

三角形谱啁啾光纤光栅的制备及其在光纤无线单边带调制系统中的应用

本文涉及一种三角形谱啁啾光纤光栅的制备以及其在光纤无线(radio over fiber,RoF)单边带调制系统中的应用.基于相位掩模法和变速度折射率调制,实验制备了底部变化范围1.9 nm、透射深度0—15 dB的三角形谱啁啾光纤Bragg光栅,利用其透射谱具有较大负向斜边,研究了其在RoF系统中的应用.方案仅使用一个三角形谱光纤光栅,实现了以下两种功能: 1)双边带调制信号到单边带调制信号转换; 2)降低信号的载波边带比(carrier-to-sideband ratio,CSR),提高接收灵敏度.并 关键词： 光纤通信 微波光子 光纤布拉格光栅 单边带调制