Demonstration of an all-optical switching operation using an optical fiber grating coupler

An optical fiber grating coupler (FGC) is a fused optical fiber coupler with a tapered region in which refractive index-modulated gratings are written. In the FGC, the light with specific wavelength satisfying the Bragg condition of the grating can be dropped to one output port and other lights are transmitted to another output port when lights with various wavelengths are launched into the input port. The FGC can operate as an all-optical switch by controlling the Bragg wavelength of the grating using a third order nonlinear optical effect caused by a control light that are launched with a signal light. In this paper, an all-optical switching operation due to a third order nonlinear optical effect in an FGC is first demonstrated for a signal light with 1.55 μm-wavelength to be changed from one port of the FGC to another one by the 720 W peak of a control light from a Nd:YAG laser with 1.06 μm-wavelength. The switching efficiency obtained was 7%. It was clarified that a longer pulse length of the control light compared to the grating length is required to obtain a large Bragg wavelength shift for the switching. It was also clarified that the Bragg wavelength shift is caused by a third order nonlinear effect and a photothermal effect. A contribution of the photothermal effect was estimated. We also estimated the switching efficiency for pump power in the FGC switch.     

Wavelength Tuning of Long-Period Fiber Gratings by Fabrication Using a Tilted Amplitude Mask

We propose a method of tuning resonant wavelengths in the fabrication process of a long-period fiber grating using an amplitude mask tilted relative to the fiber. We irradiated a hydrogenated single-mode fiber with a KrF excimer laser through a tilted amplitude mask with a grating period of 460 Μm. Growth of resonant loss peaks in transmission spectra was measured for various tilt angles. A tuning range up to 329 nm was obtained by tilting up to 45°. The measured results agreed with numerical simulation. It was shown that using only an amplitude mask it is possible to fabricate a long-period fiber grating having resonance at any wavelength throughout the range of 1.2-1.6 Μm. A method to determine the tilt angle for a designed wavelength is discussed.     

埋入式光栅双通道特性及其应用研究

利用严格耦合波理论分析了埋入式光栅在45°入射时,垂直和平行于光栅栅线的两个不同观察平面的零级共振反射衍射特性.在垂直于光栅栅线的平面内,TE、TM偏振下零级反射共振波长分别为432 am和420 am,在平行于光栅栅线的平面内,TE、TM偏振下零级反射共振主峰波长分别为623 nm和620 nm,在两个平面内,零级共振衍射光的共振波长差别较大,观察到的衍射光颜色差别明显,定义为双通道特性并用实验进行证明,制作了相应的光变色器件.     

基于LiNbO_3的长周期波导光栅可调谐耦合器的设计

设计了一种基于LiNbO_3的长周期波导光栅可调谐耦合器.该耦合器利用长周期光栅的独有特性将输入波导的导模经包层模耦合至输出波导导模.由于LiNbO_3的电光效应,波导光栅芯层与包层的有效折射率随外加电压变化,从而耦合器的谐振波长及耦合效率可由外加电压调谐.分析了光栅周期与耦合器的长度对耦合器带宽和耦合效率调谐范围的影响,以及波导尺寸对谐振波长调谐灵敏度的影响.结果表明光栅周期越短,耦合器长度越长,则耦合器的带宽越窄,耦合效率调谐范围也越大.此外,谐振波长调谐灵敏度随波导宽度的增加而减小,而波导厚度对谐振波长调谐灵敏度的影响可以忽略.对光栅周期为94μm、长度为3.52cm的耦合器进行仿真,结果表明,谐振波长灵敏度为26.2pm/V,3dB带宽可达4.5nm,当外加电压从0变化到200V时,谐振波长变化5.24nm,耦合效率可在1到0.15之间进行调谐.     

Photorefractive effect in Fe-doped GaN

The photorefractive effect was observed in Fe-doped semi-insulating GaN. We measured the two-beam coupling constant and the grating formation time as a function of pump intensity at a wavelength of 458 nm in reflection geometry. The photorefractive gain coefficient was 0.39 cm⁻¹, and the grating formation time was 7 ms at a pump intensity of 1.0 W/cm². Besides the refractive index grating, the contribution of an absorption grating was also observed in a two-wave mixing experiment. The coupling constant of the absorption grating was negative and increased with the pump intensity. The origin of the absorption grating was attributed to light-intensity-dependent photochromism.     

利用双色激光感生光栅光谱法测定^127I的核自旋

本文利用ＮｄＹＡＧ激光倍频光５３２ｎｍ激光分成强度大致相等的两束激光作为泵浦光以２．７３°交叉于碘分子样品室中，两束泵浦光发生干涉在碘分子中选择激发形成了空间正弦分布的激光态分子光栅和基态耗尽型光栅。另一束窄线宽染料激光作为探索光射入到激光感生光栅上，沿着布拉格衍射的方向接收信号光。利用泵浦共振为３２－０Ｒ（５５），探索共振为１３－０Ｐ（５５），Ｒ（５５）和泵浦共振为３２－０Ｐ（５２），探索共振为１３－０Ｐ（５２），Ｒ（５２）的碘分子双色激光感生光栅光谱谱线强度测定了１２７Ｉ的核自旋，测定值为５／２。     

带缓冲层的导模共振滤光片反射光谱特性

将均质多层膜系设计中的缓冲层概念引入到反射导模共振滤光片的设计中,以研究缓冲层的增加对导模共振滤光片反射光谱特性的影响.设计并通过严格的耦合波理论计算了一、二、三、四通道导模共振反射滤光片光谱特性.在膜系设计中增加缓冲层后.随着其厚度的逐渐增加.反射光谱中依次出现二、三、四个窄带反射峰;缓冲层厚度为796.35 nm时.当滤光片光栅层占空比在0.2～O.9范围内、光栅深度在100～200 nm变化时,共振峰的位置、反射率峰值高度几乎不变,保持了很好的多通道滤光片特性.     

Phenomenological representation of deep and high contrast lamellar gratings by means of the modal method

Some remarkable effects are analyzed at the light of the ‘vertical mode’ representation of diffraction on a deep lamellar grating such as total diffraction in transmission and resonant total reflection. The general methodology of this phenomenological representation is given together with rigorous numerical examples.     

基于导模共振效应提高石墨烯表面等离子体的局域特性

本文构建了一种包含石墨烯和亚波长光栅的复合结构, 借助衍射光栅的导模共振效应, 在石墨烯表面激发高局域性表面等离子体激元, 研究了石墨烯与光栅结构对表面等离子体激元局域特性的影响规律, 并借助基于有限元法的COMSOL软件, 分析了缓冲层厚度、光栅周期、载流子迁移率和费米能级对石墨烯的表面电场、品质因子Q和有效模式面积S_eff的影响. 结果表明, 石墨烯表面等离子体激元的局域性在特定的参数点获得显著提高: 当μ = 0.7 m²/(V·s)时, 品质因子达到最大值Q_max = 1793; 当p = 235 nm或E_F = 0.72 eV时, 表面电场达到了入射光的3000倍以上. 强烈的局域性导致强烈 的光-物质相互作用, 因而本文提出的复合结构可实现高灵敏度传感器和高效率的非线性光学设备, 极大地扩展了石墨烯在纳米光学领域中的应用.     

Dynamic strain monitoring by wavelength locking between two fiber Bragg gratings fiber sensing system

We demonstrated a fiber sensing system using the method of wavelength locking of two identical fibers Bragg gratings (FBG) to interrogate the wavelength shift by directly measuring the intensity of the reflection from the sensing Bragg grating. The light source of the fiber sensing system is an EDFA fiber ring laser pumped by a 980 nm laser diode and a narrow bandwidth fiber Bragg grating for the filter of the ring laser resonator. The wavelength shift is converted to the intensity deviation of the reflection from the sensing FBG under strain variation, and is able to achieve real-time sensing of the dynamic strain sensing in civil engineering. The characteristics and key factors to maintain stability of the dynamic strain sensing system are discussed.     

Oscillation wavelength of fiber Bragg grating semiconductor lasers

Based on the physical fact that a laser containing a gain medium with homogenous line broadening oscillates at the wavelength which requires the smallest threshold gain due to the mode competition effect, after taking into account the wavelength-depended reflectivity distribution profile of a fiber Bragg grating, the oscillation wavelength λ_l of fiber Bragg grating semiconductor lasers has been investigated theoretically. The results show that the laser oscillation wavelength λ_B is not fixed at the Bragg reflection wavelength λ_l of fiber Bragg grating, and the offset between λ_B and λ_l depends on the reflectivity distribution profile of fiber Bragg grating and the gain profile of semiconductor gain medium.     

All-optical switch based on photonic crystal microcavity with multi-resonant modes

We present a design of all-optical switches based on one-dimensional photonic crystals (1D PhC) doped with nonlinear optical materials. The 1D PhC switch structure is composed of a PhC cavity sandwiched by two accessional PhC microcavities. The center PhC cavity has two resonant frequencies with nearly the same quality factors (Q), while the accessional PhC cavities have the same resonant frequency, which is equal to one of the resonant frequencies of the center cavity. The two accessional PhC cavities cause reduction of Q value in this resonant frequency and result in different Q values of two modes. We realize all-optical switch effect by selecting pump light wavelength at the low Q mode and probe light wavelength at the other mode. The theoretical simulations by using the finite difference time domain method show that the pump light intensity required to realize optical switch effect in the designed switch is 50 times smaller than that in one-dimensional photonic crystals cavity with only one resonant mode.     

Temperature sensitivity of long period fiber grating in SMF-28 fiber

In this paper we have presented long period fiber grating (LPFG) as temperature sensor. Temperature based sensors have found a number of applications in commercial and industrial fields. In LPFG based temperature sensors, they respond to shift in various peak resonant wavelengths corresponding to various attenuation bands of the transmission spectrum. Temperature effect on the various attenuation bands of a LPFG have been investigated to create a highly sensitive measurement device. The temperature sensitivities of various attenuation bands of a LPFG over the wavelength region of 1.1–1.7 μm, for a grating period of 280 μm period, are obtained by monitoring the wavelength shift of each peak resonant wavelength with temperature increment of 20 °C, ranging from 0 °C to 100 °C.     

基于Bragg光纤光栅传感器的监测系统设计

设计了基于Bragg光纤光栅传感技术的监测系统,当光纤光栅所处环境的温度、应力、应变或其他物理量发生变化时,光栅的周期或纤芯折射率将发生变化,从而使反射光的波长发生变化,通过测量反射光中心波长的变化,就可以获得待测物理量的变化情况.该系统利用薄膜滤波器完成对外界的分布式测量,采用光强度检测,能够实现无缝监测.     

Polarization dependence of optical Kerr effect in metallophthalocyanine-doped inorganic-organic hybrid materials

Ultrafast optical Kerr effect of metallophthalocyanine-doped inorganic-organic materials was investigated using a femtosecond optical Kerr shutter at wavelength of 800 nm. Experimental results showed that the dependence of the Kerr signals on the polarization angle between the pump beam and the probe beam could be controlled by changing the pump-probe intensity ratio. The pump-intensity dependence of the polarization characters of the Kerr signals probably arose from the contribution of light induced transient grating (LITG) to the Kerr signals.     

亚波长介质光栅导模共振研究

从平板波导的本征值方程出发,导出弱调制介质光栅共振位置的表达式,其预测结果与利用严格的耦合波理论所得值一致.对正入射时导模共振产生双反射峰现象进行解释,并就导模共振对入射角和光栅周期敏感性的成因进行了探讨.从薄膜的特征矩阵方程出发,在理论上分析了利用导模共振获得性能良好的反射滤光片的途径.     

Grating Interferometer Using ± 1st Order Beams for Step-Profile Altitude Difference Measurement

We propose a grating interferometer for step-profile altitude difference measurement. There are two main characteristics in this interferometer. The first is that the intensity distribution of the interference pattern is independent of the wavelength of the laser-diode used. No change of the intensity distribution occurs when the wavelength fluctuates. The second is that the measuring range is much larger than the wavelength of the light source because the spatial period of the grating is much larger than the wavelength. Sinusoidal phase modulating interferometry is easily applied to detect the phase variation of the interference pattern by vibrating the grating sinusoidally. The thickness of a 3.5-inch disk is measured with an accuracy of less than 0.5 μm.     

High spectral resolution analysis of tunable narrowband resonant grating waveguide structures

A high spectral resolution analysis of narrowband reflection filters based on resonant grating waveguide structures is presented. A tunable high-performance dye laser with ∼ 0.15 cm^-1 line width and a beam analyzing system consisting of three simultaneously controlled CCD cameras were used to investigate grating waveguide resonances at wavelengths in the 694 nm and 633 nm ranges. A reflectivity of ∼ 91% and a line width of ∼ 0.55 nm were measured and theoretically modeled for a resonant reflection filter specifically designed for the ruby laser wavelength 694.2 nm. For a second grating waveguide structure, designed for the helium-neon laser emission wavelength 632.8 nm, we observed a thermal shift of its spectral resonance position of several nanometers, when increasing the sample temperature by some degrees. An inverse thermal shift was observed when the structure was subsequently cooled down to room temperature. Our results suggest implementation of grating waveguide devices combining a narrow line width with a tunability of the resonant response into innovative concepts for reflection filter and sensor applications. PACS 42.62.-b; 42.79.Dj; 42.79.Gn     

All-optical switching in subwavelength metallic grating structure containing nonlinear optical materials

All-optical switching based on a subwavelength metallic grating structure containing nonlinear optical materials has been proposed and numerically investigated. Metal-dielectric composite material is used in the switching for its larger third-order nonlinear susceptibility (approximately 10(-7)esu) and ultrafast response properties. The calculated dependence of the signal light intensity on the pump light intensity shows a bistable behavior, which results in a significant switch effect. It rests on a surface plasmon's enhanced intensity-dependent change of the effective dielectric constant of Kerr nonlinear media, corresponding to a transition of the far-field transmission from a low- to high-transmission state. The study of this switching structure shows great advantages of smaller size, lower requirement of pump light intensity, and shorter switching time at approximately the picosecond level.     

光纤Bragg光栅非线性开关动态特性研究

基于光纤Bragg光栅中脉冲演变遵循的非线性耦合模方程,数值分析了光纤Bragg光栅在禁带附近由非线性光学特性导致的Bragg波长偏移。仿真结果表明：随着输入信号功率的增大,光栅的布拉格波长向长波方向移动,反射峰值下降,反射带宽变窄。进一步研究了基于此效应的全光自开关特性,结果表明：此开关的稳定时间短,并且输出脉冲形状保持良好。因此,这种具有高非线性系数的光纤光栅实现的全光开关在全光信号处理方面具有广泛的应用前景。