基于夹层结构的偏振无关1×2定向耦合型解复用器的设计

提出一种基于夹层结构的偏振无关1×2定向耦合型解复用器,用于分离1310 nm和1550 nm两个波长.通过合理选择夹层结构芯区的折射率及波导间隙,可以调节同一波长两个正交偏振模的耦合长度相等,实现偏振无关;通过合理选择夹层结构波导宽度,可以使两个波长分别从不同输出波导端口输出,实现解复用功能.运用三维有限时域差分法进行建模仿真,对结构参数进行优化,并对器件性能进行了分析.结果表明:该器件定向耦合波导的长度为23μm,插入损耗低至0.1 dB,输出波导间的串扰低至–26.23 dB,3 dB带宽可达290 nm和200 nm.另外,本文提出的器件采用Si3N4/SiO2平台,可有效减小波导尺寸,提高集成度,不仅实现了偏振无关,而且结构紧凑、损耗低,在未来的集成光路中具有潜在的应用价值.     

基于Si3N4/SiNx/Si3N4三明治结构的偏振无关1×2多模干涉型解复用器的设计

提出一种基于Si3N4/SiNx/Si3N4三明治结构多模干涉波导的偏振无关1×2解复用器,用于分离1310和1550 nm两个波长.通过合理选择三明治结构中间层SiNx的折射率,可以调节同一波长两个正交偏振态的拍长相等,实现偏振无关;根据多模干涉原理,通过合理选择多模干涉波导的长度与宽度,可以使两个波长的输出像点分别成正像和反像,实现解复用功能.运用三维有限时域差分法进行建模仿真,对结构参数进行优化,并对器件关键结构参数的制作容差进行了分析.结果表明:该器件多模干涉波导的尺寸为4.6μm×227.7μm,插入损耗低至0.18dB,输出波导间的串扰低至–25.7dB, 3dB带宽可达60 nm.另外,本文提出的器件采用Si3N4/SiO2平台,可有效减小波导尺寸,提高集成度,不仅实现了偏振无关,而且结构紧凑、损耗低,在未来的集成光路中具有潜在的应用价值.     

基于非线性偏振旋转效应的多波长掺铥锁模光纤激光器

运用非线性偏振旋转效应实现了一种掺铥锁模多波长光纤激光器.采用环形腔结构,以1 565nm半导体光源为泵浦源,3m长掺铥光纤为增益介质.利用非线性偏振旋转效应进行滤波.当泵浦功率在800mW时,通过调节光纤偏振控制器,激光器出现了被动锁模状态的脉冲输出,脉冲重复频率为3.178MHz,脉冲宽度为617ps.进一步增加泵浦功率,激光器进入多波长输出的工作状态.调节偏振控制器在室温下得到1~5个稳定的波长激光输出,边摸抑制比为40~60dB.     

高信噪比多波长2 μm主动锁模光纤激光器

介绍一种多波长掺铥主动锁模光纤激光器,增益介质为长2 m的掺铥光纤,主动锁模通过铌酸锂强度调制器实现。腔内加入基于双折射的光学滤波器,利用保偏光纤双折射滤波效应在滤除腔内多余超模噪声的同时,还可以实现多波长输出。基频下的锁模脉冲频谱信噪比可达68.48 dB,在稳定的锁模状态下波长信道数最大为5。此外,腔内偏振无关隔离器被替换为偏振相关隔离器后,将锁模脉冲加载数字信号同步调制,测得的眼图光信噪比提高了8.67 dB。测试结果表明,锁模脉冲的时间稳定性得到有效提升。     

两级串联声光可调谐滤波器旁瓣抑制的研究

阐述了偏振依赖的共线型和偏振无关的准共线型声光可调谐滤波器的滤波原理,进而导出了两级滤波的转换特性表达式;通过理论计算说明了两级声光可调谐滤波器能够有效地抑制旁瓣;最后,将两个单级的声光可调谐滤波器级联成两级滤波器,进行了旁瓣抑制的实验.实验结果表明,旁瓣被抑制到-19 dB,并且3 dB带宽也得到一定程度的压窄. 关键词： 集成光学 声光可调谐滤波器 旁瓣抑制     

基于偏振依赖多模-单模-多模光纤滤波器的波长间隔可调谐双波长掺铒光纤激光器

报道了一种具有全光纤结构的双波长掺铒光纤激光器,该激光器的核心器件为一款新型的多模-单模-多模光纤干涉滤波器.该滤波器通过一段偏振保持光纤引入偏振依赖相位差,因而其干涉滤波效果具有良好的偏振依赖特性.入射抽运功率为50 mW时,系统输出激光波长为1544.82与1545.61 nm,波长间隔0.8 nm,双波长激光边模抑制比均大于45 dB,输出峰值功率差小于1 dB,功率波动在0.7 dB以内.通过调整腔内的偏振控制器,可实现双波长间隔的连续可调谐输出,波长间隔的调谐范围为0—3 nm.输出信号的偏振态测试结果显示,系统保持精准的单偏振输出,并且在不同的调谐条件下,双波长激光表现出不同的偏振特性,当双波长激光的偏振状态相互正交时,系统的偏振消光比达到35 dB,整体调谐过程表现出良好的偏振稳定度.     

高Q值跳频带通微波光子滤波器

提出一种基于Lyot-Sagnac滤波器和级联结构的高品质因数跳频带通微波光子滤波器.在该滤波系统中,利用宽带光源和Loyt-Sagnac滤波器原理实现波长间隔可变的连续光载波.利用相位调制器与单模光纤形成第一级单通带微波光子滤波器,光纤环形谐振器作为第二级滤波结构.经两级滤波器级联,实现高品质因数跳频单通带微波光子滤波器.在使用三段保偏光纤的情况下,通过调整偏振控制器的偏振状态,可实现滤波器中心频率在1.012 1GHz,1.214 5GHz,1.416 9GHz,1.619 3GHz,1.821 7GHz之间跳跃.由于采用了级联结构,所设计的滤波器继承了前后两级滤波器的共同优点,故滤波器的滤波特性良好,品质因数最高可达13 155.69;主旁瓣抑制比均在18dB以上,最高达25.51dB.且该装置结构简单,调谐便利.     

基于多模光纤滤波器的可调谐掺铒光纤激光器

研究了一种新型、全光纤、宽带可调谐环形腔掺铒光纤激光器。该激光器利用由单模-多模-单模光纤组成的滤波器实现波长可调谐及激光器的全光纤结构。该滤波器将多模光纤缠绕在偏振控制器上,两端分别与一段单模光纤相连,通过调整偏振控制器的状态,实现了中心波长1542～1560nm的不同激光输出。单波长连续可调谐激光器的波长可调范围为18nm,边模抑制比大于40dB,3dB线宽为0.096nm;进一步调整偏振控制器的状态和抽运功率,实验同时得到了连续可调谐的双波长、三波长等多波长激光输出。对于可调谐的多波长激光器,通过调整偏振控制器的状态,可实现波长间隔及输出中心波长两者可调。     

对偏振变动和膜厚变动脱敏的高分子波导宽带耦合器

针对高分子光波导制造工艺中波导芯厚度的均匀性难以控制,以及材料较大的折射率各向异性引起的偏振态依赖性的实际问题,提出了采用抗波导芯厚度误差、抗偏振变动的宽带波导耦合器回路结构的解决方案,并给出了优化设计的理论和方法.在实测了含氟聚酰亚胺薄膜的色散特性的基础上,采用该方法做了中心波长为1550 nm、带宽为120 nm的3 dB含氟聚酰亚胺波导耦合器设计.该器件的三维BPM仿真运行结果表明,在上述带宽上,波导芯厚度变动在7～8 μm的范围内,两个正交偏振态均可实现(50±1.0)% 功率输出比的良好特性.     

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.     

Tunable multi-wavelength fiber ring laser based on a Hi-Bi fiber loop mirror

A novel tunable multi-wavelength fiber ring laser based on semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA)is proposed by using a high-birefringence(Hi-Bi)fiber loop mirror(FLM)as wavelength filter.With this configuration,the wavelength spacing of this laser can be varied by using the different lengths of Hi-Bi fiber.8 wavelengths spacing on 450 GHz are experimentally obtained with more than 25-dB signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)for each channel using 1.28-m Hi-Bi fiber in Hi-Bi FLM.The output power variation between different channels is measured to be less than 5.9 dB.The linewidth of each channel is compressed from 0.347 to 0.186 nm by 1.5-m unpumped erbium-doped fiber(EDF).Meanwhile,17 wavelengths spacing on ITU-gird(100 GHz)are also obtained with 5.9-m Hi-Bi fiber in Hi-Bi FLM.All these channels can be tuned together over 0.4 nm.     

基于多波长激光器的带通微波光子滤波器设计

提出了一种基于多波长光纤激光器的可调谐的带通微波光子滤波器。它以可调谐多波长光纤激光器作为光源,将相位调制器和色散器件相结合,通过在普通单模光纤中相位调制到强度调制的转换效应消除了低频谐振峰实现了带通微波光子滤波器。利用双折射光纤环镜输出谱中的一个窗口对多波长激光信号频谱进行加窗处理,使微波光子滤波器的边瓣抑制比提高了约11dB。通过调节多波长光纤激光器中的偏振控制器可以使输出多波长激光信号的相邻波长间隔得到调节,从而结合普通单模光纤的色散延时作用可以使微波光子滤波器的通带中心频率在7.66GHz范围内调谐。     

82-channel multi-wavelength comb generation in a SOA fiber ring laser

We demonstrate a multi-wavelength semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) fiber ring laser with a dual-pass Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) filter. Two SOAs with different gain spectra provide sufficient gain and a wider gain spectrum to facilitate multi-wavelength lasing. The dual-pass MZI, configured by adding an optical isolator to the two outputs of the conventional MZI, serves as comb filter for multi-wavelength operation, and its extinction ratio can be enhanced to twofold as that of the conventional MZI in the same parameters. To investigate the influences of a dual-pass MZI filter and a conventional MZI filter on multi-wavelength operation, two different cavity configurations are presented and compared, including a single-SOA ring cavity and a double-SOA ring cavity. Stable simultaneous operation at 82 wavelengths, with a wavelength spacing of 40 GHz and a power deviation of 5 dB, and with a minimum optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) of 28 dB, is observed from the double-SOA ring cavity using a dual-pass MZI filter.     

Spacing-tunable multi-wavelength fiber laser based on cascaded four-wave mixing in highly nonlinear photonic-crystal fiber

A multi-wavelength fiber laser based on the cascaded four-wave mixing in highly-nonlinear photonic-crystal fiber is proposed and investigated. The cascade operation is initiated by two strong pump waves boosted by multi-mode pumping erbium/ytterbium co-doped double-cladding fiber amplification technique. A segment of highly-nonlinear near-zero-dispersion-flattened photonic crystal fiber is employed to induce highly efficient cascaded four-wave mixing. The wavelength spacing can be continuously tunable by stretching the fiber Bragg grating. Experimental results show that multiple wavelengths with a high optical side-mode suppression-ratio of >30 dB are achieved. Furthermore, the proposed multi-wavelength fiber laser exhibits an excellent stability at room temperature.     

基于高双折射光子晶体光纤与光纤环的超宽带可调谐微波光子滤波器

提出一种基于高双折射光子晶体光纤与光纤环的超宽带可调谐微波光子滤波器.以多波长光纤激光器作为光源,向高双折射光子晶体光纤内填充温敏液体,通过改变填充温敏液体的温度,高双折射光子晶体光纤可具有不同的双折射,得到不同波长间隔的激光,从而使微波光子滤波器具有不同的自由频谱范围.当温度的变化范围为20~80℃时,仿真测得微波光子滤波器自由频谱的变化范围为2.49~39.9GHz.引入光纤环构建级联型微波光子滤波器,滤波器的主旁瓣抑制比可提高到33.6dB,Q值可达到499,提高了滤波器的频率选择性.     

Multi-wavelength laser source based on enhanced four-wave-mixing effect in a highly nonlinear fiber

We propose a multi-wavelength laser source based on an enhanced four-wave-mixing (FWM) effect which is achieved when a highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) and an Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) are employed in a fiber loop. A multi-wavelength laser source with totally 28 new wavelengths and a wavelength spacing of 0.8 nm is demonstrated. The wavelength spacing of the proposed multi-wavelength laser source can be tuned from 0.1 to 5.0 nm, and output spectrum of the multi-wavelength laser source with the wavelength spacing of 0.4, 0.8, and 1.6 nm are presented.     

Two-wavelength dye-laser operation using a reflecting Fizeau interferometer

Newly found reflection properties of the Fizeau wedge interferometer are shown to be of particular advantage in obtaining efficient multi-wavelength operation of dye lasers. Use is made of the fact that the reflecting Fizeau wedge can ensure at once a selective feedback for a given wavelength and quasi-total reflection in an other direction for all other wavelengths. Fully independent tuning of two 0.02 nm lines is obtained with short pulse (2 ns) N₂-laser pumping using a single Fizeau wedge.     

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.     

Multiwavelength Q-switched CO2 laser with continuous discharge

A low-pressure (20 mbar) CO₂ laser allows to extract pulses at several selected wavelengths simultaneously from the same active medium. We demonstrated this, using an industrial laser modified by a Q-switch and a resonator with two branches. In one branch the wavelengths are spatially separated, whereas in the other they oscillate in one common transverse mode. We designed a multi-wavelength resonator which requires a single additional reflector compared to usual laser cavities. It provided tunable oscillation at six wavelength simultaneously.     

Multi-wavelength Brillouin fiber laser using dual-cavity configuration

A simple technique for achieving multi-wavelength tunable multi-wavelength Brillouin fiber laser (BFL) based on dual-pass configuration is demonstrated. The BFL uses a piece of 10 km long non-zero dispersion shifted fiber (NZ-DSF) as a Brillouin gain medium to obtain odd-order Brillouin Stokes waves as an output with the line spacing of 0.16 nm (20 GHz) between each two consecutive waves by employing even-order Brillouin Stokes to improve output performance of the laser. With a BP of 15.3 dBm, at least 15 odd-order Brillouin Stokes and anti-Stokes lines are generated. The laser is room temperature stable, tunable over 50 nm wavelength range and has an optical signal to noise ratio of more than 30 dB at 1560 nm region. This Brillouin fiber laser can operate at any wavelength depending on the Brillouin pump (BP) wavelength used.