Temporal filtering using time lenses for optical transmission systems

An optical signal processing scheme using time lenses in a 4-f configuration for optical communication systems is proposed. The first time-lens combined with a dispersive element such as an optical fiber produces the Fourier transform of the input signal and the second time lens combined with an optical fiber placed after the temporal filter produces the inverse Fourier transformation. Typically, in an optical signal processing scheme based on space/time-lens, the signal at the output is space/time-reversed because of the direct Fourier transformation after the spatial/temporal filter, which is undesirable for a practical optical communication system. Here, we propose a technique to implement both direct and inverse Fourier transformation using time lenses which has no spatial analogue. As a result, the bit sequence at the output is not time-reversed. Two applications of the proposed scheme, a demultiplexer for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems and a higher-order dispersion compensator, have been discussed and numerically implemented.     

Integrated optical temporal Fourier transformer based on a chirped Bragg grating waveguide

We experimentally demonstrate the first integrated temporal Fourier transformer based on a linearly chirped Bragg grating waveguide written in silica glass with a femtosecond laser. The operation is based on mapping the energy spectrum of the input optical signal to the output temporal waveform by making use of first-order chromatic dispersion. The device operates in reflection, has a bandwidth of 10 nm, and can be used for incident temporal waveforms as long as 20 ps. Experimental results, obtained through both temporal oscilloscope traces and Fourier transform spectral interferometry, display a successful Fourier transformation of in-phase and out-of-phase pairs of input optical pulses, and demonstrate the correct functionality of the device for both amplitude and phase of the temporal output.     

Rotation- and size-invariant object identification system using the liquid crystal on silicon device

We propose a shape discrimination technique using the optical matched spatial filter, which gives an identical result against randomly scattered objects of the same shape but different rotation and scale change. The main idea in this study is to apply optical coordinate transformation, which transforms rotation and scale change including a linear shift into translation, not to the objects themselves but to their Fourier spectra. Thus, rotation and scale change as well as the linear shift can be processed with the same optical matched spatial filter. In addition, we built a two-wavelength system for simultaneous processing of the optical matched spatial filter and optical coordinate transformation. In this system, both Fourier transform and the coordinate transformation were implemented merely by displaying computer-generated holograms (CGH) on the liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) devices, resulting in a compact lensless system.     

Experimental implementation of an all-optical OFDM system based on time lens

A real time all-optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OOFDM) system based on two time lenses is experimentally demonstrated. At the transmitter, groups of initial optical pulses are transformed into OOFDM symbols by a continuous inverse Fourier transform (IFT) device, which consists of the first a quadratic phase modulator and two high dispersive elements. After transmission, a continuous Fourier transform (FT) device, consisting of another quadratic phase modulator and two high dispersive elements, rebuilds the initial optical pulses at the receiver. The electrical sinusoidal waveform employed in the FT module at the receiver is obtained directly from the transmitter with certain phase shift. In the system, the guard interval is necessary for each OOFDM symbol to ensure the initial pulses are operated FT/IFT under a parabolic waveform driving and to have more Fourier transformation time window. Experiment results show that 8 × 2.5 Gb/s signals successfully transmit through 200-km-G.655 fibers without any dispersion compensation, with the BER being 10^? 12.     

Fourier-transform spectroscopy using liquid-crystal technology

We report the use of a ferroelectric liquid-crystal (FLC) mask as an optical encoder for development of a solid-state Fourier-transform spectrometer. For this demonstration a 1x64 element array was striped and used as a 1x4 element device. The device intersected dispersed radiation and encoded each spectral component with a carrier signal by applying half-wave potential to each of the four striped (1x16) FLC elements, which varied the transmitted amplitude of the light from 0.03% to 28% of full scale. The light was spectrally recombined and imaged onto a photomultiplier and the resulting carriers (and their amplitudes) detected by Fourier transformation of the time-varying signal. Spectra of colored-glass filters were taken to demonstrate the possibilities of the instrument.     

基于多混沌系统的双图像光学加密算法

为了扩展双图像光学加密算法的密钥空间,克服双随机相位加密系统中随机相位掩模作为密钥难于存储、传输和重构的问题,突破传统图像加密的研究思路,提出了一种基于多混沌系统的双图像加密算法,构造了光学加密系统。系统增加混沌系统参数作为密钥,利用混沌加密密钥空间大和图像置乱隐藏性好的特点,构建基于Logistic混沌映射的图像置乱算法,利用Kent混沌映射生成的伪随机序列构造出一对随机相位掩模,分别放置在分数傅里叶变换光学装置的两端,图像经加密系统变换后得到密文。数值仿真结果表明,算法的密钥敏感性极高,能够有效地对抗统计攻击,具有较高的安全性。     

Simplified system configuration for real-time Fourier transformation of optical pulses in amplitude and phase

Real-time Fourier transformation (RTFT) of optical waveforms in amplitude and phase (i.e. transform-limited RTFT) is a fundamental operation that enables the realization of many interesting ultrafast signal processing applications, including wavelength-tunable optical pulse filtering, all-optical temporal correlations and convolutions and temporal imaging, among others. In this paper, we demonstrate that under certain conditions, a single time lens (quadratic-phase temporal modulator) followed by a suitable dispersive delay line can be used to implement transform-limited RTFT of optical pulses. The design specifications and constraints of the proposed transform-limited RTFT systems are derived and discussed. As compared with the conventional methods, the proposed design does not require the use of an input dispersive device preceding the time lens or a second time lens after dispersion, thus resulting in a simpler and more practical alternative for implementing TL-RTFT of optical signals. The feasibility of our proposal to operate on picosecond optical waveforms using electro-optic time lenses has been confirmed by numerical simulations.     

Propagation characteristics of Bessel-like beams through ABCD optical system

Based on the Collins diffraction integral formula, this work focus to the study of the propagation properties of a Bessel-like beam through an ABCD optical system. As it is not easy to develop an analytical expression describing the transformation of the Bessel-like beams by an ABCD optical system, numerical integration method was indispensable to conduct this research. The characteristics of the transformation of Bessel-like beams by three optical systems: free space, Fourier transform, Fractional Fourier transform system and quadratic graded-index system are numerically examined and treated as examples of optical systems in this investigation. Some numerical results are carried-out to show how the superposition of multiple Airy beams propagates and transforms by an ABCD optical system.     

Optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing demultiplexer using slab star coupler-based optical discrete Fourier transform circuit

We demonstrate an optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) demultiplexer with an optical discrete Fourier transform circuit fabricated using silica planar lightwave circuit technology. This compact device can process an arbitrary number of subcarriers. The operation of a ten-channel device is demonstrated by demultiplexing a 100 Gbit/s (10 subcarrier × 10 Gbits/s) OFDM signal. We also discuss a main factor affecting characteristics degradation of the device.     

Temporal and spatial resolutions of optical time stretch imaging with dispersive grating pair

Optical time stretch imaging (OTSI), providing the capability of capturing the dynamics of fast single-shot or random events, overcomes the fundamental trade-off between imaging speed and sensitivity in ultrafast imaging regions. Lying at the heart of the OTSI is dispersive Fourier transformation, being capable of using large chromatic dispersion to map the spectrum of a broadband ultrashort optical pulse into a stretched time-domain waveform. Dispersive grating pair (DGP) is a unique solution to generate large chromatic dispersion for dispersive Fourier transformation at the wavebands, in which dispersion compensation fibers commonly suffer from high dispersion-to-loss ratio. Here we characterize the performances of DGP-based OTSI modality and analyze the crucial parameters that strongly impact on the temporal as well as spatial resolutions, and further discuss its merits and challenges. Our results demonstrate DGP-based OTSI, allowing creation of high resolution images, is an effective modality compared to fiber-based OTSI.     

Alternative representation of the linear canonical integral transform

Starting with the Iwasawa-type decomposition of a first-order optical system (or ABCD system) as a cascade of a lens, a magnifier, and an orthosymplectic system (a system that is both symplectic and orthogonal), a further decomposition of the orthosymplectic system in the form of a separable fractional Fourier transformer embedded between two spatial-coordinate rotators is proposed. The resulting decomposition of the entire first-order optical system then shows a physically attractive representation of the linear canonical integral transformation, which, in contrast to Collins integral, is valid for any ray transformation matrix.     

Wavelet-modified binary phase-only morphological correlation for color pattern recognition

This paper reports a morphological phase-only correlation technique based on bit-map representation for recognition of color as well as grey images in a hybrid digital-optical correlation architecture. The color image is decomposed into its R, G and B components, and each component is further decomposed into eight disjoint elementary images depending upon the bit-map representation of the color value at each pixel. Bit-map representation of the pixel values of an image reduces the required computational time. A set of twenty-four disjoint wavelet-modified binary phase-only filters (WBPOFs) are generated from these bit-map decomposed images. The target image is similarly decomposed into eight disjoint images each of R, G and B and their digital Fourier transforms multiplied with the corresponding WBPOFs. The product functions thus obtained are added up to form a single resultant product function, whose optical Fourier transformation gives the correlation peaks for the presence of R, G and B components in the image. The single product function overcomes the necessity of obtaining the final optical Fourier transformation of the R, G and B components separately. The novelty of this approach lies in the fact that the WBPOFs synthesized by this procedure are thus able to identify both colored as well as gray images and can tolerate salt-and-pepper noise to a considerable extent.     

Invariant Joint Transform CorrelatorⅠ: Mapping Filter

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基于全光时域分数阶傅里叶变换的光脉冲最小损伤传输新方法

提出了一种基于全光分数阶傅里叶变换(optical fractional fourier transformation,OFRFT)的关于色散和自相位调制对光脉冲传输影响的分析方法,并基于该方法给出了一种新的光脉冲在光纤中传输最小损伤的方法,通过在发射端将输入的高斯光脉冲做OFRFT然后再送入到光纤中去传输,可以提高光脉冲抵抗色散和非线性的能力,仿真发现当色散占主要作用的时候,负阶数的分数阶傅里叶变换可以很大程度上减小光脉冲的展宽;当自相位调制作用占主要的时候,正阶数的分数阶傅里叶变换可以消除自相位调制作 关键词： 光脉冲传输 分数阶傅里叶变换 色散 自相位调制     

广角任意反射面速度干涉仪条纹内爆对称性分析

提出在条纹相机前加载异形光纤面板或环转线光纤传像束实现广角任意反射面速度干涉仪（VISAR）条纹采样的诊断设计,发现采样位置坐标处于靶面某圆上。综合运用坐标变换、傅里叶变换、勒让德展开等方法提取广角VISAR条纹相位实现内爆对称性分析,并通过示例验证了其可行性。针对诊断方法的特点、光路设计、装置研发、数据处理等展开讨论,指出广角VISAR诊断内爆对称性的发展方向。运用该方法记录并分析广角VISAR条纹数据,可使靶丸内爆对称性诊断准确、直观、形象,能为惯性约束聚变中激光等离子体不稳定性、流体不稳定性等研究提供支撑。     

关于光学成象的谱项分析及信息传递

本文从衍射理论与信息传送观点,导出物体结构谱项表示式,并分析了光学成象的物理实质,指出分辨本领这一概念与信息传送能力的联系,最后给出逐项量度谱项的机构来。     

Multi-function Device Based on Two Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demutiplexers

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Orthonormal mode sets for the two-dimensional fractional Fourier transformation

A family of orthonormal mode sets arises when Hermite-Gauss modes propagate through lossless first-order optical systems. It is shown that the modes at the output of the system are eigenfunctions for the symmetric fractional Fourier transformation if and only if the system is described by an orthosymplectic ray transformation matrix. Essentially new orthonormal mode sets can be obtained by letting helical Laguerre-Gauss modes propagate through an antisymmetric fractional Fourier transformer. The properties of these modes and their representation on the orbital Poincaré sphere are studied.     

Multi-function Device Based on Two Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demutiplexers

A multi-function device based on two terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexers (TOAD) is proposed,which can be used simultaneously as demultiplexing,data regeneration,clock recovery and wavelength conversion unit. The device can work at an ultra-high speed optical time-division multiplexing (OTDM) system with relatively low speed components.