光纤喇曼放大器的特性及其在宽带通信中的应用

随着宽带业务的增长和 DWDM技术的发展 ,人们需要更宽增益带宽的全光放大器。光纤喇曼放大器由于其可放大任意波长信号的特性而得到广泛的关注和重视。介绍了喇曼放大器的特性 ,总结了国外近年来对喇曼放大器在宽带通信应用中的研究 ,并讨论了喇曼放大器的发展方向     

激光脉冲放大器的增益通量曲线研究

提出利用放大器的增益通量曲线来全面描述放大器增益特性的方法.并对单台放大器的增益 通量曲线进行了研究，从而进一步加深了对放大器的认识.为功率平衡研究提供有力工具. 关键词： 放大器 增益通量曲线 功率平衡     

915nm泵浦混合掺铒/铒镱共掺双包层光纤放大器

研究了一种混合掺铒/铒镱共掺光纤放大器,用掺铒光纤放大器作为输入信号的预放大器,用铒镱共掺双包层光纤放大器作为主放大器。掺铒光纤放大器采用20m长掺铒光纤作为增益介质,采用最大输出功率318mW的单模半导体激光器二极管作为泵浦源,预放大器获得的最大输出功率是113mW。铒镱共掺光纤放大器采用14m长铒镱共掺双包层光纤作为增益介质,采用2个915nm多模半导体激光二极管作为泵浦源,在输入信号功率为10mW、信号波长1555nm时,混合光纤放大器获得了最大输出功率为32.04dBm,即1.6W,与此相应的混合光纤放大器的光-光转换效率为18.5%。     

F-P半导体激光放大器弱信号机制下的增益特性研究

利用直接耦合的激光器放大器对,观察了弱信号机制下Fabry-Perot的半导体激光放大器的光放大.测量了放大器增益随放大器注入电流的变化关系,并将实验结果同理论模型相比较,发现理论和实验是一致的.把F-P放大器看作是一个光电探测器,通过测量放大器的短路光电流,得到了激光器同放大器之间的耦合效率.     

低温放大器组装技术分析研究

本文分析了低温放大器中温度应力影响和质量隐患,从芯片和印制板贴装、引线键合和盒体封装三个方面对低温放大器装配工艺进行了研究,给出了低温放大器组装工艺的关键工序,提出了组装工艺改善方法,对低温放大器的组装技术具有一定参考作用。     

直接扣除法测量半导体光放大器频率响应

在光电子器件散射参量定义的基础上建立了基于直接扣除法的半导体光放大器频率响应测量系统,测量中通过扣除激光器和探测器系统的频率响应,得到放大器固有的频率响应。对InGaAsP体材料行波腔半导体光放大器样品进行了测量,得到了放大器在不同注入光功率和不同偏置电流下的频率响应曲线。这些曲线很好地反应了半导体光放大器的增益饱和和噪声特性,进一步分析发现半导体光放大器对低频调制信号的放大能力弱于对高频信号的放大能力,分析认为其原因在于半导体光放大器的载流子寿命有限导致低频信号长时间消耗载流子时,载流子数量无法及时恢复,从而使得增益降低。     

大能量全固态再生放大器研究进展

在固体激光脉冲放大器中，再生放大器具有增益高、光束质量好以及结构简单等优点，得到了广泛的关注和应用。经过几十年的不断发展，再生放大器已经能够实现数百mJ脉冲能量以及数kW均值功率的稳定输出。增益材料特性、腔型结构、泵浦能力、热效应、元器件性能等诸多方面都会影响再生放大器的输出特性，其中增益材料特性是最根本的因素。由于特性不同，基于不同增益材料体系的再生放大器在结构和功能上都会有较大的差异。基于不同的材料体系，介绍了各类体系下的再生放大器在发展过程中遇到的关键共性问题，以及几类典型的再生放大器及其特点。讨论了再生放大器未来的发展趋势。     

8mm基波回旋行波管放大器的设计

对8 mm基波回旋行波管放大器进行了研究。通过稳定性分析,选定了放大器的工作参数。利用PIC粒子模拟程序对放大器中的电子注-波互作用过程进行了详细的分析和讨论,获得了回旋行波管稳定工作的物理图像,完成了8 mm基波回旋行波管放大器高频系统的初步设计。模拟结果表明,在优化设计条件下,放大器可以获得大于450 kW的输出功率5、0 dB增益、22.5%的效率和大约5%的3 dB带宽。     

半导体激光放大器的电路模型及噪声特性分析

给出了半导体激光（ＬＤ）放大器的电路模型，使得对半导体激光放大器的特性可以用通用电路分析软件进行分析。用该模型对谐振型光放大器光功率输出特性与失谐关系进行了模拟分析，模型的分析结果与已报道的理论和实验基本一致；用该模型还对谐振光放大器的噪声进行了分析。     

小型化行波管放大器热仿真分析及优化设计

介绍了小型化行波管放大器的热仿真分析和优化设计方法。首先对行波管放大器的热损耗进行了分析,然后依据热力学相关理论,基于Ansys Icepak软件,对行波管放大器进行了建模和仿真分析。针对小型化行波管放大器的特点,分别进行了水冷板的热优化设计和慢波结构的热优化设计,在此基础上进行了水冷板和慢波结构的综合优化设计。最后进行了实验验证,实验结果与仿真结果相符,行波管放大器无论是整体温度还是局部温度分布特性,均得到了明显改善。     

嵌入式水声功率放大器设计

功率放大器是水声信号发射机中的核心部件,其发展方向是低功耗、高效率和小体积。论文提出了一种可与匹配网络独立的嵌入式水声功率放大器技术方案,利用数字音频驱动器IRS2092设计并研制了一款高声源级的水声功率放大器样机,并通过水池实验测试了整机性能,验证了方案的可行性和先进性。测试结果表明,该样机在180×60×70mm3体积、24V电池供电和90W平均功率条件下实现了高达187dB的发射声源级,能较好地满足舰载或嵌入式的要求。     

Dynamics of the Stokes pulse in a Brillouin amplifier

We show that the output Stoke pulse from a continuously (CW) pumped stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) amplifier is the sum of the transmitted input Stokes pulse, which propagates undistorted through the medium without amplification and additional delay, and of a Stokes shifted pump signal reflected by the electrostrictively induced acoustic wave, which contributes to the Stokes output signal with a delay determined by the time required for build up of the acoustic wave.     

18 W single-stage single-frequency acoustically tailored Raman fiber amplifier

A single-mode polarization-maintaining fiber doped to increase the Raman gain while suppressing stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) was utilized in a single-stage counter-pumped Raman fiber amplifier. The SBS suppression was achieved through the acoustic tailoring of the core. A pump probe experiment was conducted to characterize the Brillouin gain and indicated the existence of multiple Brillouin peaks. When the amplifier was seeded with approximately 15 mW of 1178 nm light, 11.5 W of cw output power was obtained with a linewidth ≤2 MHz. The application of a thermal gradient to further mitigate the SBS process increased the output power to 18 W, thus providing a net amplifier gain >30 dB.     

Detection of nanosecond optoacoustic pulses in steel

The optoacoustic transformation of 5-ns laser pulses was used to excite broadband longitudinal acoustic pulses in a 0.4-mm-thick steel plate. An electromagnetic acoustic transducer that incorporated a flat wire coil with a diameter of 5 mm and an amplifier was proposed as a device for contactless ultrasound detection. A permanent cylindrical magnet and a coil close to the printed-circuit board of an operational amplifier were placed on one side of the sample, thus allowing the detection of the alternating electromagnetic field produced by pressure pulses excited on the opposite side. The frequency spectrum of detected pulses ranged from 5 to 200 MHz.     

Using acoustic distortion products to measure the cochlear amplifier gain on the basilar membrane.

Most models of the cochlea developed during the last decade have explained frequency selectivity and sensitivity of the cochlea at threshold by the use of power amplification of the acoustic wave on the basilar membrane. This power amplification has been referred to as the cochlear amplifier (CA). In this paper, a method to measure the cochlear amplifier gain as a function of position along the basilar membrane is derived from a simple model. Next, experimental evidence is presented that strongly restricts the properties of these proposed cochlear amplifier models. Specifically, it is shown that small signals generated by mechanical nonlinearities in the basilar membrane motion are not amplified during basilar membrane propagation, contrary to what would be expected from the cochlear amplifier hypotheses. This paper describes a method of measuring the cochlear power gain as a function of frequency and position, from the stapes to within 2 mm of the place corresponding to the frequency being measured. Experimental results in the cat indicate that the total gain of the cochlear amplifier, over the range of positions measured, must be less than 10 dB. The simplest interpretation of the experimental results is that there is no cochlear amplifier. The results suggest that the cochlea must achieve its frequency selectivity by some other means.     

Computer models of hearing aid transducers for integrated circuit design.

Electronic circuit modeling using computer-based simulation tools is well established and device models are available for common electronic components. However, acoustic models of audio transducers for use during integrated circuit design are not readily available. This causes difficulty for designers of audio amplifiers, and increases the uncertainties of a successful silicon integration of a circuit design. This paper reports on a technique for the creation of electroacoustic models of hearing aid microphones and receivers that can be connected to an amplifier under design, and incorporated into PSPICE simulations. Verification of the technique and models was performed by comparing measured frequency response data with graphs created by PSPICE modeling. The conclusions were that the method developed for creating these models, and the models themselves, were accurate enough to be used for acoustic simulations of frequency response performance during amplifier design, and gave results comparable to data obtained from breadboard measurements of the same circuits.     

A technique for simulating the amplifier-to-eardrum transfer function of an in situ hearing aid

There are numerous articles wherein mathematical models of various parts of an in situ hearing aid have been reported. Such parts include, for example, the microphone, receiver, cylindrical tubes carrying sound to the eardrum and out through the earmold vent, and the external path from the vent back to the microphone. This article extends these earlier works to include the hearing-aid amplifier. In particular, a mathematical technique for characterizing the amplifier in combination with the receiver is reported. Cascade parameters of a two-port model of one particular amplifier/receiver combination are obtained by this method. The cascade-parameter data and the method of obtaining this data are verified by two different experimental procedures. One procedure involves both computing and measuring the input driving-point impedance of the amplifier/receiver combination. In the second procedure, the amplifier-to-eardrum transfer function of a hearing aid incorporating this same amplifier/receiver combination and mounted on an artificial ear is both computed and measured. Experimental and computed values of this transfer function for three different earmold geometries are in reasonably close agreement. The amplifier/receiver model reported herein will be used in future studies of acoustic feedback in hearing aids.     

Acoustical power amplification and damping by temperature gradients

Ceperley proposed a concept of a traveling wave heat engine ["A pistonless Stirling engine-The traveling wave heat engine," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 66, 1508-1513 (1979).] that provided a starting point of thermoacoustics today. This paper verifies experimentally his idea through observation of amplification and strong damping of a plane acoustic traveling wave as it passes through axial temperature gradients. The acoustic power gain is shown to obey a universal curve specified by a dimensionless parameter ωτα; ω is the angular frequency and τα is the relaxation time for the gas to thermally equilibrate with channel walls. As an application of his idea, a three-stage acoustic power amplifier is developed, which attains the gain up to 10 with a moderate temperature ratio of 2.3.     

Adjustable EDFA gain equalization filter for DWDM channels based on a single LPG excited by flexural acoustic waves

A fast adjustable gain equalization filter for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system is reported. The method is based on a single long period fiber grating (LPG) which is excited by means of flexural acoustic waves. The equalization of a typical erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) gain spectrum with a gain flatness of <0.3 dB over a 32 nm bandwidth is demonstrated. The filter adjustment is obtained by choosing different acoustic loads applied to the acousto-optic modulator, which presents a switching time of ～17 μs. A maximum power penalty of 0.84 dB, relatively to the back-to-back signal, was achieved.     

A theoretical model describing the transfer characteristics of a membrane hydrophone and validation

This paper presents a theoretical model describing the transfer characteristics of a bilaminar polyvinylidene fluoride membrane hydrophone. The model applied uses a matrix formulation for one-dimensional propagation in multi-layered media. Arbitrary interconnections of piezoelectric layers are possible. The electrical transfer characteristics of the hydrophone leg and cable are modelled as transmission lines using a two-port network approach. The model is validated against measured open-circuit sensitivities for a 25 microm film thickness 0.5 mm active element diameter bilaminar hydrophone (50 microm total film thickness). Good agreement between theory and experiment is demonstrated. A 9 microm film thickness 0.5 mm active element diameter bilaminar hydrophone (18 microm total film thickness) together with amplifier is also modelled. The voltage at the output stage of the amplifier is measured and, by knowledge of the transfer characteristics of the complete system, the pressure waveform at the hydrophone position is estimated and compared with the acoustic pressure waveform derived using a laser interferometer. Good agreement is obtained.