掺铒聚合物狭缝波导放大器的增益特性研究（英文）

设计了一种高浓度稀土铒掺杂聚合物填充硅狭缝结构的平面光波导放大器(工作波长1 550 nm,泵浦波长1 480 nm),能够在低泵浦下获得高增益,可以应用于硅基光互联的损耗补偿。通过扫描电镜照片观察发现,合成的铒掺杂聚合物材料具有良好的纳米狭缝填充能力。考虑铒离子的合作上转换和激发态吸收,利用铒离子四能级跃迁模型,建立原子速率方程和光功率传输方程,数值仿真分析了聚合物光学性质、狭缝波导结构参数及信号光泵浦光功率等放大器增益特性的影响因素。这种具有纳米截面尺寸的光波导放大器,获得4.5 d B的信号光相对增益仅需要1.5 m W的泵浦光,展现了良好的集成光学应用前景。为了进一步提高增益,引入了多层狭缝结构,四层狭缝波导的重叠积分因子比一层狭缝的高42%。     

掺杂LaF3∶Er,Yb纳米颗粒的有机无机复合型平面光波导放大器的制备及增益测试

采用油酸修饰的铒镱共掺氟化镧纳米颗粒掺杂的有机-无机杂化材料做为光波导放大器的有源层,同时采用光学性质良好的甲基丙烯酸甲酯-甲基丙烯酸环氧丙酯共聚物制作光波导的上下包层,首先说明了芯层材料不能刻蚀制备传统矩形波导的原因,其次设计了一种倒脊结构的平面光波导放大器,并采用蒸镀铝掩膜、紫外光刻和反应离子刻蚀等工艺,制备出放大器的样品,同时对样品端面进行了化学机械抛光处理,在信号光（1 550 nm）功率为1 mW的条件下,在1.9 cm长度的波导上获得了3.2 dB的相对增益.     

制备工艺对掺杂NaYF4:Er3+,Yb3+发光纳米晶的聚合物光波导放大器性能的影响

制备了NaYF₄：Er³⁺,Yb³⁺纳米晶,表征了纳米晶的形貌,通过物理掺杂的方式将纳米粒子掺杂到SU-8中作为光波导放大器的芯层材料,优化了波导放大器的尺寸,利用旋涂、刻蚀等工艺,在二氧化硅衬底上制备了光波导放大器。实验中用光漂白法和湿法刻蚀两种方法制备光波导放大器,分别给出了两种方法制备的器件的结构、工艺流程、光场模拟结果,并对两种方法制备的器件的放大特性进行了测试。测试结果表明,当980 nm波长的泵浦光功率为241 mW且1 550 nm波长的信号光功率为0.1 mW时,使用湿法刻蚀法制备的放大器得到2.7 dB的相对增益。当980 nm波长的泵浦光功率为235 mW且1 550 nm波长的信号光功率为0.1 mW时,使用光漂白法制备的放大器得到4.5 dB的相对增益。根据以上测试结果,分析了两种工艺对器件性能的影响。     

键合型掺铒纳米晶-聚合物波导放大器的制备

为了克服主客掺杂型有源材料均匀性和稳定性差的问题,采用键合掺杂方法,将高温热解法制备的油酸修饰掺铒氟钇钠纳米晶粒与甲基丙烯酸甲酯发生共聚反应,形成键合型有源芯层材料。纳米晶粒均匀固定在聚合物分子链上,抑制了高浓度掺杂时的团聚析出且材料更稳定。纳米粒子在聚合物中的质量百分比达到约1wt%,具有良好的成膜性,用原子力显微镜照片观察薄膜表面粗糙度为1.76 nm。用椭偏仪测量薄膜光学性质,并用柯西色散模型拟合出薄膜折射率随波长的变化关系,材料在1550 nm信号光波长的折射率为1.485。设计嵌入式波导结构,采用有限元方法进行模式分析和计算光场强度分布。采用紫外光刻和感应耦合等离子体刻蚀工艺制备凹槽形下包层,填充有源材料制备条形波导放大器。实验结果表明,当1550 nm信号光功率为0.1mW,1480 nm泵浦光功率为390 mW时,在1.2 cm长的样品中得到了3.58 d B的信号光相对增益。     

基于硅波导的喇曼光放大器

在硅波导上添加反向偏压的PIN结构,当波导产生受激喇曼散射时,可以将波导中双光子吸收(TPA)产生的光生自由载流子扫出波导,降低了波导的非线性损失,极大地提高了硅波导中泵浦光对信号光的喇曼增益。为了应用已经非常成熟的硅工艺,并且应用硅波导使器件小型化,根据法布里-帕罗(F-P)腔和行波放大器理论,在硅波导两端的解理面蒸镀增透膜,应用这种波导的喇曼效应设计了一种光放大器,即基于硅波导的喇曼光放大器。建立了计算放大器增益的方程,给出了不同波导长度和输入功率情况下的放大器增益,得出适当增加波导长度和泵浦光功率可以得到较高喇曼增益的结论。基于硅的光放大器有较高的饱和功率且没有泵浦源的限制,通过调整泵浦激光的波长可以放大不同波长的信号光。     

掺铒光波导放大器的速率方程分析

用重合积分的方法 ,分析了描述掺铒光波导放大器 (EDWA)的速率方程 ,得到了 980nm波段抽运的掺铒光波导放大器增益的隐式解析解 ,在此基础上得到了抽运阈值功率的解析表达式。计算了掺铒平面光波导放大器中的光场与铒掺杂浓度分布的重叠因子。讨论了铒掺杂浓度对抽运阈值功率的影响及抽运功率对增益的影响。     

掺铒光波导入大器的速率方程分析

用重合积分的方法，分析了描述掺铒光波导放大器（EDWA）的速率方程，得到了980nm波段抽运的掺铒光波导放大器增益的隐式解析解，在此基础上得到了抽运阈值功率的解析表达式。计算了掺铒平面光波导放大器中的光场与铒掺杂浓度分布的重叠因子。讨论了铒掺杂浓度对抽运阈值功率的影响及轴运功率对增益的影响。     

基于铒镱共掺纳米晶的聚合物光波导放大器的增益特性

通过理论模拟和计算对基于氟钇钠(Na YF4)∶镱(Yb~(3+)),铒(Er~(3+))纳米晶的聚合物光波导放大器在1.55 mm处的增益特性进行了研究。分析中采用的波导芯层为Na YF4∶18%Yb~(3+),10%Er~(3+)纳米晶掺杂的SU-8 2005聚合物,包层为P(MMAGMA)聚合物。通过测试和分析纳米晶材料的吸收光谱和荧光光谱,利用Judd-Ofelt理论计算出了相应的Judd-Ofelt参数:Ω2=6.302×10-20cm2,Ω4=0.69×10-20cm2,Ω6=7.572×10-20cm2。通过求解原子速率方程与光功率传输方程模拟分析了波导放大器在1.55μm波长的增益特性,得到的增益曲线具有饱和效应,当Er~(3+)离子浓度为7.5×1025m-3时获得的最大增益为9.7 d B。以Si O2作为下包层,Na YF4∶Yb~(3+),Er~(3+)纳米晶掺杂的SU-8 2005聚合物作为芯层,P(MMA-GMA)聚合物作为上包层,制备了聚合物光波导放大器,当波长为980 nm的抽运光功率为170 m W、信号光功率为0.1 m W时,器件获得的最大相对增益为3.42 d B/cm。     

掺铒聚合物光波导放大器的数值分析

针对掺铒聚合物光波导放大器(EDWA),提出了一种基于Douglas离散格式改进的有限差光束传播法(FD-BPM)的数值计算方法。对每一传输步长结合多能级速率方程计算出EDWA中光场传输强度分布,及掺铒光波导放大器的增益传输特性。设计并研究了掺铒聚合物通道波导和Y形分束器的放大增益特性。在掺铒聚合物直波导中,Er3 浓度为9.0×1025ions·m-3,输入信号和泵浦光功率分别为1μW和2mW,其增益为1.6dB/cm;在掺铒聚合物Y形分束器中,输出信号光分束比相等,并能实现无损耗分束。     

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%。     

Dispersion modified slot optical waveguides

Advent of slot waveguide structures had opened a new era where light can be confined in low index slot guarded by high index slabs. Already in use SOI slot waveguides (contrast ratio is 2.42) have two distinct properties over the conventional waveguides, i.e. high E-field amplitude, optical power, optical intensity in low index materials, and strong E-field confinement localized to nanometer-size low index regions. We hereby propose a low refractive index contrast ratio slot waveguide structure (ratio is 1.18) comprising of commercially available glass material. Novelty lies in showing high E-field amplitude, optical power, optical intensity, and strong E-field confinement in low index slot regions despite of lowest ever reported contrast ratio. A systematic numerical study on the higher order dispersion characteristics of the widely studied SOI-based slot structure and of our proposed low refractive index contrast slot structure is carried out. It has been demonstrated that low refractive index contrast ratio slot optical waveguide GVD properties are quite different than SOI slot optical waveguide. The less normal dispersion existing in this kind of waveguide could have an impact on their applications in various nonlinear or linear applications.     

Singly resonant optical parametric oscillation in periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides

We report quasi-phase-matched singly resonant optical parametric oscillation in electric-field-poled lithium niobate waveguides. Parametric gains as high as 250%/W, an oscillation threshold of 1.6 W (peak), idler output powers of 220 mW, and a tuning range of 1180-2080 nm for pump wavelengths of 756-772 nm have been observed. Pump depletion is limited to 40% because of the multiple launched transverse modes at the pump wavelength. We predict that fully optimized waveguide singly resonant oscillators can have thresholds of ~100 mW, accessible to cw diode pumping.     

Dispersion characteristics of SOI-based slot optical waveguides

The invention of the slot waveguide had enabled a number of interesting novel linear or nonlinear optical applications by guiding light in nanometers-wide low index slots guarded by high-index slabs. As one of its key characteristics, the low modal index for this kind of waveguides has been demonstrated by many studies. However, their higher order dispersion properties have not been thoroughly investigated yet, while the growing size and complexity of these devices and their potential nonlinear optical applications involving short optical pulses demand further understanding in their dispersion behavior. We here carry out a numerical study on the higher order dispersion characteristics of the SOI-based slot structures around the 1550 nm wavelength. Our results show that they could have significantly different second order dispersion properties in contrast to the traditional channel SOI waveguides. Their potentially large normal dispersion could have an impact on various nonlinear or linear applications. The relationship between the dispersion performance and the waveguide design is also investigated, and the results could show further venues to optimize or control the dispersion properties of such waveguides.     

Four layer polymeric mode polarization filter for integrated optics

We report on our systematic study of fabrication and characterization of four-layer polymer waveguides. Various optical properties (such as refractive index, birefringence, and propagation loss) of polycarbonate and polystyrene waveguides are presented. The thin film structure consisting of glass/polycarbonate/polystyrene/air has been used for demonstrating polarization filter action because the two polymers are quite different with respect to their optical anisotropy. Modal electric field plots for both TE and TM are generated to support the observed behavior. It is also observed that the four-layer lightguide exhibits relatively low loss values compared to the monolayer configuration.     

溶胶-凝胶法制备SiO2-TiO2平板光波导工艺研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了SiO₂-TiO₂平板光波导,计算了平板光波导通光条件,分析了硅/钛溶胶-凝胶材料的热性能,观测了平板光波导的结构形貌,并测试了其通光损耗。结果表明：经过200℃,30 min干燥处理的凝胶薄膜呈疏松多孔状态,对于非对称平板波导,存在芯层通光截止厚度,而且当SiO₂-TiO₂芯层厚度为0.5 μm时,SiO₂下包层厚度至少有6 μm才能防止1550 nm波长光泄露入单晶硅衬底中。制备的光波导对于1550 nm波长光传输损耗最小值为0.34 dB/cm。     

Second harmonic generation in inhomogeneous MgO:LiNbO3 waveguides

A fibre laser at 1111.6 nm is frequency doubled by two inhomogeneous MgO:LiNbO3 waveguides and the output powers of 85 mW and 49 mW at 555.8 nm have been generated with the conversion efficiencies of 47% and 27% respectively. By analysing the second harmonic generation temperature tuning curves, we investigate the influence of the optical inhomogeneities upon the conversion efficiency. The final result shows that the efficiency difference is mainly affected by the optical inhomogeneities in our case.     

Modelling of optical amplification in Er/Yb co-doped LiNbO3 waveguides

The optical amplification of LiNbO₃:Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ channel waveguides has been modelled in the small signal regime using the overlapping integrals method and the rate-equation formalism. It has been found that Yb³⁺ -sensitisation improves the pump efficiency at 980 nm and a higher gain is achievable in the high power-limit compared to singly-doped LiNbO₃:Er³⁺ amplifiers.     

SBN:Cr晶体中孤子诱导的实时平面光波导及其导光特性分析

通过数值模拟和实验对SBN:Cr晶体中的（1+1）维亮屏蔽空间孤子及其诱导的实时平面光波导的导光特性进行了研究.采用分步束传播法和Petviashvili迭代法对（1+1）维亮屏蔽空间孤子的特性进行了模拟.通过求解本征方程,对孤子诱导平面波导中存在的导波模式进行了数值求解.采用633 nm的He-Ne激光作为孤子诱导光束,532 nm的半导体泵浦的固体激光作为探测光,在固液同成分的SBN:Cr晶体中进行了实验研究.实验结果和数值模拟的结果符合的很好.而且结果表明SBN:Cr晶体中红光诱导的波导可以作为实时光波导.     

Optical path design and evaluation in Tm doped glass channel waveguide for S-band amplification

To achieve high-gain S-band waveguide amplifiers and promote the practicality of integrated signal amplification devices, bent waveguide structures based on Tm³⁺ doped germanate glass substrate have been designed. Using simulated-bend method, the optimal radius for the curved structure is offered to be 1.90 cm with a loss coefficient of 0.04 dB/cm, as the substrate size is minimally schemed. For the folded-spiral waveguide, the internal gain at 1482 nm is derived to be 13.01 dB, which is higher than the values of 8.21 and 4.22 dB in the U- and S-bend waveguides, respectively, and nearly three times higher than that of the straight one. Simulation results indicate that the optical path design is attractive in realizing the high gain of Tm³⁺ doped germanate glass channel waveguides for practical S-band amplification.