Experimental study of nonlinear switching characteristics of conventional 2×2 fused tapered couplers

The nonlinear switching characteristics of fused fiber directional couplers were studied experimentally. By using femtosecond laser pulses with pulse width of 100 fs and wavelength of about 1550 nm from a system of Ti:sapphire laser and optical parametric amplifier (OPA), the nonlinear switching properties of a null coupler and a 100% coupler were measured. The experimental results were coincident with the simulations based on nonlinear propagation equations in fiber by using super-mode theory. Nonlinear loss in fiber was also measured to get the injected power at the coupler. After deducting the nonlinear loss and input efficiency, the nonlinear switching critical peak powers for a 100% and a null fused couplers were calculated to be 9410 and 9440 W, respectively. The nonlinear loss parameter PN in an expression of αNL=αP/PN was obtained to be PN = 0.23 W.     

基于光纤光栅和光纤环形镜的波长选择开关

提出并实验研究了采用压电陶瓷调制的光纤环形镜与光纤光栅结合的新型波长选择性光纤开关,获得了开关动态范围大于16dB、波长选择端口插入损耗小于0.5dB的实验结果.研究表明光纤环形镜干涉臂长的平衡是器件的关键.     

光纤光栅外腔半导体激光器纵模特性研究

用速率方程对光纤光栅外腔半导体激光器（ＦＢＧ－ＥＣＬ）的静态工作特性进行模拟计算,获得了这些特性同器件结构参数和工作条件的关系。用自行研制的光纤光栅与增透半导体激光器管芯耦合,获得了边模抑制比大于４０ｂＢ、线宽约为０．１ｎｍ的单纵模工作的实验结果,与计算结果基本吻合。     

偏振模色散模拟器一阶及二阶偏振模色散统计特性的分析

从光纤的琼斯矩阵模型出发,利用蒙特-卡洛方法对偏振模色散模拟器的统计特性进行了研究.研究结果表明:随着组成模拟器的保偏光纤的段数增加,一阶和二阶偏振模色散的统计分布越接近于理论拟合曲线.比较了两种不同模拟器的组成方法,得到的结果将对模拟器的设计具有实际的指导作用.     

Influence of laser linewidth on performance of Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry

The effects of optical sources with different laser linewidths on Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry (BOTDR) are investigated numerically and experimentally. Simulation results show that the spectral linewidth of spontaneous Brillouin scattering remains almost constant when the laser linewidth is less than 1 MHz at the same pulse width; otherwise, it increases sharply. A comparison between a fiber laser (FL) with 4-kHz linewidth at 3 dB and a distributed feedback (DFB) laser with 3-MHz linewidth is made experimentally. When a constant laser power is launched into the sensing fiber, the fitting linewidths of the beat signals (backscattered Brillouin light and local oscillator (LO)) is about 5 MHz wider for the DFB laser than for the FL and the intensity of the beat signal is about a half. Furthermore, the frequency fluctuation in the long sensing fiber is lower for the FL source, yielding about 2 MHz less than that of the DFB laser, indicating higher temperature/strain resolution. The experimental results are in good agreement with the numerical simulations.     

Single-frequency phosphate glass fiber laser with 100-mW output power at 1535 nm and its polarization characteristics

We demonstrate a high power single-frequency fiber laser. By using phosphate glass fiber as its gain media, the laser can achieve high output power of 100 mW in centimeter-long linear cavity. Single-frequency singlepolarization operation with 〈5 kHz linewidth and 65-dB signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） is realized by using external cavity polarization feedback technology.     

半导体激光器热弛豫时间测试技术研究

利用脉冲工作状态下半导体激光器激射光谱随结温升高发生红移的原理，用Boxcar扫描在一定波长下的半导体激光器光功率随脉冲时间的变化信号，测得其时间分辨光谱；根据对应的峰值光功率出现时刻随波长变化的曲线，计算得到热弛豫时间参量值.利用此方法对一种半导体激光器进行了测试，得到其热弛豫时间为1.2 ms.     

跑道形玻璃波导谐振腔滤波器的研制

采用Ag+-Na+离子工艺，在K9玻璃上制备了跑道形波导谐振腔滤波器.测试得到该滤波器自由光谱范围为FSR=0.177 nm，对比对为Cr＝7.5 dB.同时分析得到耦合器的耦合系数为κ=0.916，耦合器和环形腔的损耗因子分别为δ=0.55,γ=0.48.耦合器的两波导几乎相连、条波导边缘不规则和一次离子交换波导表面缺陷是造成该波导滤波器具有较大损耗的主要原因.通过改进工艺技术降低波导损耗，该滤波器可以用于光通信、传感等领域，也可与其它波导结构相结合实现新的功能.     

基于光纤环形镜的偏振无关的掺镧锆钛酸铅电光开关

利用掺镧锆钛酸铅(PLZT)陶瓷二次电光效应结合光纤环形镜结构的优势构成偏振无关高速电光开关。采用琼斯矩阵方法分析了光纤环形镜的输出特性,给出了开关消光比同器件结构参量之间的关系。测量掺镧锆钛酸铅电光开关具有输入偏振无关特性,光开关消光比达到25 dB,响应时间小于3μs。此外利用此开关装置测量获得了实验用掺镧锆钛酸铅陶瓷的克尔系数为κ~1.1×10-16m2/V2。理论分析和实验结果表明,利用环形镜结构稳定优势和掺镧锆钛酸铅优良的电光特性结合设计的高速光开关具有良好的应前景。本工作对掺镧锆钛酸铅电光材料的应用推广和高速光开光研究提供了有益的理论和实验参考。     

A unidirectional room temperature multi-wavelength fiber ring laser without isolator

A simplified ring cavity for achieving a unidirectional room temperature multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser without optical isolator is demonstrated. The fiber ring cavity is built in such a way that the optical fields propagating in two directions suffer different losses caused by one sampled fiber Bragg grating. Furthermore, simultaneous multi-wavelength lasing with 0.8-nm intervals is demonstrated with sinusoidal phase modulation just before the sampled fiber Bragg grating to prevent single-wavelength lasing and unstable wavelength oscillation.