Design procedure for photonic crystal fibers with ultra-flattened chromatic dispersion

A simple design procedure is used to generate photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) with ultra-flattened chromatic dispersion. Only four parameters are required, which not only considerably saves the computing time, but also distinctly reduces the air-hole quantity. The influence of the air-hole diameters of each ring of hexagonal PCFs (H-PCF, including 1-hole-missing and 7-hole-missing H-PCFs), circular PCFs (C-PCF), square PCFs (S-PCF), and octagonal PCFs (O-PCF) is investigated through simulations. Results show that regardless of the cross section structures of the PCFs, the 1st ring air-hole diameter has the greatest influence on the dispersion curve followed by that of the 2nd ring. The 3rd ring diameter only affects the dispersion curve within longer wavelengths, whereas the 4th and 5th rings have almost no influence on the dispersion curve. The hole-to-hole pitch between rings changes the dispersion curve as a whole. Based on the simulation results, a procedure is proposed to design PCFs with ultra-flattened dispersion. Through the adjustment of air-hole diameters of the inner three rings and hole-to-hole pitch, a flattened dispersion of 0±0.5 ps/(nm·km) within a wavelength range of 1.239 – 2.083 μm for 5-ring 1-hole-missing H-PCF, 1.248 – 1.992 μm for 5-ring C-PCF, 1.237 – 2.21 μm for 5-ring S-PCF, 1.149 – 1.926 μm for 5-ring O-PCF, and 1.294 – 1.663 μm for 7-hole-missing H-PCF is achieved.     

改善外腔半导体激光器调谐特性的新方法

基于原有的Littman结构外腔半导体激光器,提出采用一种新的光学方法来实现波长调谐。该方法采用了包含一个旋转楔形棱镜的“光杠杆”系统来降低调谐的机械要求,提高波长选择精度。通过选择不同的楔形棱镜顶角和光线入射角,机械要求可以降低1～2个数量级,波长选择精度也得到相同量级的提高。该方法使Littman结构外腔半导体激光器的调谐特性得到极大的改善,并大大降低了震动的敏感性。     

基于遗传算法的三元复合宽带波片设计

提出在三元复合宽带波片设计中,采用遗传算法在特定入射光频率范围内对复合波片系统的相位延迟误差和等效快轴方向夹角误差进行全局优化,并采用蒙特卡洛方法,通过程序仿真分析在晶体加工过程中尺寸公差对消色差性能的影响.结果表明,设计出的红外复合宽带波片在晶体厚度和方位角公差分别为1μm和0.5°时具有很好的消色差性能.