High Efficiency Electrically-Addressable Phase-Only Spatial Light Modulator

To realize a high efficiency electrically addressable phase-only modulator, we have coupled a liquid crystal display (LCD) to an optically addressed parallel-aligned nematic liquid crystal spatial light modulator (PAL-SLM) with a set of lenses. Phase modulation exceeding 3ϖ at 532 nm wavelength was obtained. We obtained linear transfer characteristics for phase modulation at various desired phase levels after calibration and adjustment of the transfer characteristics of the PAL-SLM and the LCD. Diffraction efficiency of 40% for binary phase grating and of 90% for 8-level blazed phase grating, which were very close to the simulation values, were observed. The power loss of the readout light was caused when passed through a half mirror, therefore, we examined a setup using an oblique readout light at the modulator. Very high diffraction efficiency was obtained from the setup by optimizing the polarization direction and optical path for this light, and the orientation of liquid crystals. Since the modulator can perform at better than 90% diffraction efficiency and at nearly 100% reflectivity, various high efficiency systems utilizing such modulators are expected.     

采用单边大光腔结构改善电吸收调制器的光场分布

设计并制备了具有单边大光腔结构的半导体电吸收(electroabsorption，EA)调制器.模拟和测试的结果均表明：单边大光腔结构能有效地改善EA调制器的光场分布，使椭圆形的近场光斑变得圆形化，从而达到与圆形模式光纤之间的匹配，有利于提高耦合效率.     

超高速光纤耦合声光调制器的设计及其应用

为实现小于10 ns光脉冲上升时间的超高速声光调制,该文提出一种光纤耦合声光调制器光脉冲时域响应的理论设计仿真方法。利用该方法对1064 nm和1550 nm工作波长光纤耦合声光调制器进行了仿真,结果预测器件的光脉冲上升时间分别为9.4 ns和9.1 ns;通过器件制作和测试验证,两个波长的器件实测光脉冲上升时间分别为9.74 ns和9.22 ns,实测与理论仿真结果偏差较小。文章最后对器件在超快光纤激光器种子源光脉冲选单、光纤水听阵列时分复用及潜在的宽带移频应用进行了介绍。     

基于铜离子沉积石墨烯涂层锥形光子晶体光纤的硫化氢传感器

提出一种基于铜沉积石墨烯涂层光子晶体光纤马赫-曾德干涉的硫化氢气敏传感器.将45mm光子晶体光纤两端与单模光纤进行拉锥熔接,使得光子晶体光纤的空气孔熔接时形成塌陷层,更好地激发包层模式,形成基于马赫-曾德结构的干涉仪.采用单层石墨烯粉体,加入异丙醇分散液,反复浸涂至光子晶体光纤包层表面形成石墨烯涂层,并沉积铜纳米颗粒,使传感器对硫化氢气体具有高的响应度.实验结果表明,在硫化氢气体浓度为0~60ppm范围内,随着被测气体浓度不断增大,其输出光谱呈现明显蓝移,传感器灵敏度为0.042 03nm/ppm,且线性度良好.该传感器成本低、灵敏度高、结构简单,适用于低浓度硫化氢气体的在线监测.     

基于液晶空间光调制器的太赫兹波频谱调制

频谱可调制的太赫兹波具有广泛的应用价值。利用一台纯相位式的液晶空间光调制器对飞秒激光脉冲进行空间整形,通过改变飞秒激光脉冲的横向空间分布,实现太赫兹波频谱的调制。在实验中,利用光泵浦整流方式产生太赫兹波,并利用太赫兹时域光谱系统对太赫兹信号进行探测。通过GS算法在液晶空间光调制器上加载不同的相位图,获得了不同的飞秒激光脉冲横向空间分布。通过改变探测距离和飞秒脉冲的空间分布参数,实现了太赫兹波频谱的调制。还利用菲涅尔衍射算法对这一过程进行了理论模拟,理论模拟结果与实验结果吻合的较好,这充分说明了基于飞秒脉冲空间整形的太赫兹光谱调制技术的可行性。     

Diffractive multi-beam surface micro-processing using 10 ps laser pulses

A high repetition rate picosecond laser system is combined with a spatial light modulator (SLM) for diffractive multiple beam processing. The effect of the zero order beam is eliminated by adding a Fresnel zone lens (FZL) to defocus the un-diffracted beam at the processing plane. Chromatic dispersion, which is evident with a large bandwidth femtosecond pulses leading to the problem of distorted hole shape is eliminated due to the much narrower spectral bandwidth, 0.1 nm at 10 ps pulselength, resulting in highly uniform intensity spots, independent of diffraction angle. In addition, high-throughput processing is demonstrated by combining the high power laser output, 2.5 W at λ ≈ 1064 nm and fast repetition rate, f ≈ 20 kHz with P > 1.2 W diffracted into 25 parallel beams. This has the effect of creating an “effective” repetition rate of 500 kHz without restrictive scan speeds.     

Optical design of bent rib waveguide with MOS cross-section

We provided a single-mode bent MOS-cross-section rib waveguide design with 0.9 dB/cm bending loss at 25 μm bending radius. The peak position for the TE-like mode was tuned to the gate oxide around which the maximum amount of free carriers are accumulated to optimize the free carrier dispersion effect.     

光声互作用模型中的Pancharatnam相位

通过解析求解简单极化激元模型的Pancharatnam相位, 研究了温度、耦合强度、声子与光子频率差、平均光子数等对其演化的影响. 结果表明,Pancharatnam相位随时间振荡,且振荡频率和振荡波形随时间变化,这种变化随着温度升高和耦合强度、声子与光子频率差增加而加大. 系统Pancharatnam相位随时间的演化在平均光子数较小时表现比较有规律,但随着平均光子数的增加,它趋于混沌化. 关键词： 极化激元 Pancharatnam 相位 Mach-Zehnder干涉仪 相干态     

Mach-Zehnder interferometer-based tree architecture for all-optical logic and arithmetic operations

Interferometric devices for optical processing have been of great interest in recent years. Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) has already taken a significant role in the field of ultra-fast all-optical signal processing. Optical tree architecture (OTA) provides important contributions in optical interconnecting networks. In this communication, we have tried to exploit the advantages of both OTA and SOA-based MZI switches. We have proposed SOA-MZI-based tree architecture, a new and alternative scheme, for integrated all-optical logic and arithmetic operations. This architecture can enable one to perform all-optical processing of signals, including two input logic operations, half-adder, full-adder, full-subtractor, one-bit data comparator, etc.     

铁电SBN薄膜电光系数的测量及其在波导中的应用

利用溶胶-凝胶法在MgO(001)衬底上获得C轴择优取向的铁电铌酸锶钡(SBN)薄膜,主要介绍MgO(001)衬底上SBN60薄膜及掺入的K离子与Nb离子摩尔比例为1：3的SBN60薄膜横向电光系数r51的测量,实验测得不掺K的SBN60薄膜r51值为37．6pm／V,掺K的r51值为58．5pm／V。并由此设计一种基于MgO(001)衬底上的马赫一曾德尔型SBN60薄膜波导调制器,计算出在633nm时,掺K比例为1：3的此种波导调制器半波调制电压值为10V,不掺K的半波电压值为16V,结果说明掺入K离子能增加薄膜的横向电光系数并有效的减少波导的半波调制电压。