基于正方形格子的空芯光子带隙光纤的模式特性和泄漏损耗

利用全矢量有限元法计算和分析了基于正方形格子的空芯光子带隙光纤的模式特性和泄漏损耗.通过分析发现,圆正方形空气孔按正方形格子排列的空芯光子带隙光纤可以实现宽带和有效的单模运转.随后对正方形格子空芯光子带隙光纤的泄漏损耗进行了全面分析,通过分析发现纤芯直径和包层空气孔间距的变化对泄漏损耗的影响较小,但可以通过调节包层空气孔间距来实现给定的波长具有最小的泄露损耗;圆化直径对泄漏损耗的影响较前两个因素要大,且存在一个最佳的圆化直径即d_c/d=0.4;包层空气孔的 关键词： 空芯光子带隙光纤 全矢量有限元法 正方形格子 泄露损耗     

Zero dispersion wavelength and dispersion slope control of hollow-core photonic bandgap fibres

This paper investigates the zero dispersion wavelength and dispersion slope control of hollow-core photonic bandgap fibres (PBGFs) by using a full-vector finite element method. By simulation we found that theoretically the zero dispersion wavelength can be tailored by respectively changing the rounded diameter of air holes, pitch, refractive index, normalized thickness of core rings, and hole diameter to pitch ratio. At the same time the tailoring of dispersion slope can also be realized by changing the rounded diameter of air holes or pitch or normalized thickness of core rings. To illustrate the reasonability of fibre designs, this paper also gives the variance of normalized interface field intensity which measures the scattering loss relatively versus wavelength for different designs. From the viewpoint of loss, varying the rounded diameter and the thickness of core ring could shift zero wavelength but it is difficult to get the required parameters within so tiny range in practical drawing of PBGFs, on the other hand, it is possible in practice to respectively alter the pitch and refractive index to shift zero wavelength. But varying hole diameter to pitch ratio is not worthwhile because they each induce large increase of loss and narrowness of transmission bandwidth. The zero dispersion wavelength can be engineered by respectively varying the rounded diameter of air holes, pitch, refractive index, and normalized thickness of core rings without incurring large loss penalties.     

Effect of single point defect on the confinement losses of air-guiding photonic bandgap fibers

The confinement losses in air-guiding photonic bandgap fibers (PBGFs) with air hole missing are studied with full-vector finite-element method. It is confirmed that there are two loss peaks (1.555 and 1.598 μm), if there is a hole missing in the cladding far from the core. The closer to the core the hole missing is, the larger the confinement losses are, even no mode could propagate in the core. The main power of the fundamental mode leaks from the core to the cladding defect. The quality of PBGFs can be improved through controlling the number and position of defects.     

Effect of single point defects on the confinement losses of air-guiding photonic bandgap fibers

The confinement losses in air-guiding photonic bandgap fibers (PBGFs) with air hole missing are studied with the full-vector finite-element method. It is confirmed that there are two loss peaks (1.555 and 1.598 μm) if there is a hole missing in the cladding far from the core. The closer to the core the hole missing is, the larger the confinement losses are, and even no mode could propagate in the core. The main power of the fundamental mode leaks from the core to the cladding defect. The quality of PBGFs can be improved through controlling the number and position of defects.     

新型矩形点阵光子晶体光纤的高双折射负色散效应

设计了一种新型矩形点阵光子晶体光纤,该光纤纤芯缺失一根空气柱,包层沿光纤长度方向在普通矩形点阵光子晶体光纤中每两列之间隔一行插入一列空气孔而形成正方形网孔结构.采用全矢量有限元法并结合各向异性完美匹配边界条件,对该光纤的色散、双折射和约束损耗进行了数值模拟.结果发现,该光纤具有高双折射负色散效应和较强的模约束能力,约束损耗小于10-2dB·m-1,通过改变光纤结构参数(即空气孔间隔Λ和相对孔间隔d/Λ),可以调节该光纤高双折射负色散工作波长.若调整光纤结构参数Λ=2.0μm,d/Λ=0.4,该光纤在C波段(1.53—1.565μm)呈现负色散并具有负色散斜率,双折射高达10-2,非线性系数接近55km-1W-1.该光纤将在保偏光通信、色散补偿以及基于四波混频的波长转换器设计等方面具有重要的应用.     

空芯光子带隙光纤纤芯-包层交界面的设计

利用平面波展开法计算了圆六边形空气孔按三角形排列的光子晶体带隙,基于带隙图设计了移去7根玻璃毛细管形成纤芯、传输波长λ=1.55 μm的空芯光子带隙光纤的结构参量.随后利用全矢量有限元法计算了所设计的在纤芯-包层交界面处引入石英环的光纤,给出了在不同半径情况下沿z轴方向的光强分布、光强等高线分布图和损耗随引入石英环相对厚度的变化曲线.得出了光纤消除表面模、减小损耗的纤芯外半径取值范围为1.55Λ～1.7Λ,石英环的相对厚度取值范围为1.3～1.5或3.4～3.8.通过分析发现石英环的引入既可以抑制表面模也可以激发表面模,抑制还是激发有赖于纤芯外半径和石英环厚度的选择.     

New high negative dispersion photonic crystal fiber

A new high negative dispersion photonic crystal fiber is proposed. It has double-core structure. The inner core has a circle germanium-doped region. The outer core is formed by removing the 3rd ring air-holes around the core. There are two ring air-holes between the two cores, Diameter of the 1st ring air holes is bigger than that of the 2nd ring air-holes, this can make mode coupling between inner mode and outer mode and showed that the high negative PCF is the result of this structure characteristics. There are honeycomb photonic lattice in the PCF's cladding. The influence of the structure parameters deviated from the design those on the chromatic dispersion are evaluated. When the structure parameters Λ=1.50 μm, d_core=2.10 μm, d₁=0.90 μm, d₂=0.44 μm and d₃=1.04 μm, the dispersion coefficient D is −1320 ps/(nm·km) at 1550 nm. This is a new kind of chromatic dispersion compensation PCF.     

Extremely low-loss hollow core waveguide for VUV light

A new type of an extremely low-loss optical waveguide is proposed. In the vacuum-ultra-violet (VUV) region (wavelength less than 300 nm) most solid-state materials have a refractive index less than unity due to plasma vibration of electrons. The energy of VUV light is confined within the hollow core due to the smaller n_r than unity of the cladding material of the hollow core waveguide. Typical expected loss for 50 nm-wavelength VUV light of a 0.1 mm hollow-core waveguide is on the order of 0.05 dB/km.     

新型THz波超平坦色散光子晶体光纤

设计出一种新型的渐变空气孔径THz波超平坦色散光子晶体光纤.应用时域有限差分方法(finite-difference time-domain,FDTD)计算光纤色散,所得结果表明渐变空气孔径光子晶体光纤比孔直径不变光子晶体光纤控制色散的能力更强;且当第三层与第四层空气孔直径相同时,孔直径渐变的光子晶体光纤的色散更趋于平坦,而当空气孔直径取d₁=0.85d₄, d₂=0.95d₄,d₃=d₄(d₁,d₂,d₃,d₄分别为包层从内到外空气孔的直径)时,此种光子晶体光纤可以在波长60—65 μm(4.61—5 THz)范围内将波导色散值控制在-0.1±0.3 ps/(km·nm)范围内,得到趋于超平坦色散的、具有很好的束缚THz波的能力和良好的损耗特性的新型THz波光子晶体光纤. 关键词： THz波光子晶体光纤 时域有限差分方法 超平坦色散     

A New Type of Terahertz Waveguides

A new type of THz waveguides, which employs a solid polyethylene rod as the core and polyethylene tubes in a periodic array of square lattice as the cladding, is proposed. Optical properties of this new THz waveguide, especially in dispersion, confinement loss and single mode property, are investigated in detail with the plane wave expansion method and the beam propagation method. Numerical results demonstrate that the new THz waveguide can reach not only low dispersion but also low confinement loss at single mode propagation. Therefore, the square lattice structure is a better candidate as THz waveguides than the triangular ones.     

Design and analysis of large-core high-GVD planar optical waveguide for dispersion compensation

We present a large-core planar optical waveguide design showing high group velocity dispersion (GVD). The design is based on a coupled asymmetric dual-core structure with an additional layer of over cladding. The resonance between the two dissimilar cores, namely, core-1 and core-2, has been utilized to achieve high GVD. The core separation controls the magnitude of the GVD. The resonance wavelength can be fine tuned by varying the parameters of the core-2. The over-cladding helps in maintaining high GVD even with large core-1. We show a GVD of 7.8×10⁻²⁵ s²/mm with the core-1 size as large as 6 μm. Such a structure should find applications in the design of high-power integrated-optic dispersion compensators for optical telecommunication and ultrafast waveguide lasers.     

色散补偿光子晶体光纤结构参数对其色散的影响

光子晶体光纤由于其灵活可调的色散特性用作色散补偿具有极大的应用潜力. 设计了一种色散补偿光子晶体光纤, 并运用频域有限差分法模拟了其色散特性,从理论上分析了其结构参数孔间距Λ和空气占空比d/Λ对该光子晶体光纤的色散系数的影响, 并且实际制备出了3种不同结构参数的光子晶体光纤. 通过对其色散曲线对比分析表明: 当光子晶体光纤孔间距在1 μm附近时, 其色散系数随着孔间距Λ和占空比d/Λ的增大而增加, 但对于孔间距Λ的变化比占空比d/Λ更为敏感, 并且随着孔间距Λ的增加,其对色散系数的影响能力逐渐减小. 设计并制备的光子晶体光纤在1550 nm处的色散系数为-241.5 ps·nm^-1·km^-1, 相对色散斜率为0.0018, 具有较好的色散补偿能力. 关键词： 色散 色散补偿 光子晶体光纤 结构参数     

Large-pitch kagome-structured hollow-core photonic crystal fiber

We report the fabrication and characterization of a new type of hollow-core photonic crystal fiber based on large-pitch (approximately 12 microm) kagome lattice cladding. The optical characteristics of the 19-cell, 7-cell, and single-cell core defect fibers include broad optical transmission bands covering the visible and near-IR parts of the spectrum with relatively low loss and low chromatic dispersion, no detectable surface modes and high confinement of light in the core. Various applications of such a novel fiber are also discussed, including gas sensing, quantum optics, and high harmonic generation.     

中红外色散平坦硫系光子晶体光纤设计及性能研究

本文以自制Ge20Sb15Se65硫系玻璃为基质材料,设计一种正八边形结构色散平坦型中红外硫系光子晶体光纤,并采用多极法对其中红外色散和传输特性进行数值研究.结果表明:控制该光纤占空比(d/Λ)在0.323—0.367之间,其色散及传输特性在3—5μm范围内可调.当孔间距Λ=3.4μm,孔直径d=1.1μm时,光纤在4.1—4.9μm波段的色散值在0.8—0.8 ps·nm 1·km 1波动,且具备单模低损耗传输(Loss0.049dB/m),小模场面积(Aeff8.46μm2)特性,适合于中红外非线性应用领域.     

Supercontinuum generation in ultra-flat near zero dispersion PCF with selective liquid infiltration

We present a new design study of ultra-flat near zero dispersion PCF with selectively liquid infiltration with all uniform air-holes in the cladding. The dependence of the individual parameters upon dispersion has been presented in detail. The study establishes that varying Λ influences the total dispersion, whereas d has the desired effect of modifying the dispersion slope, and varying n_L modifies both. With the above study we could achieve near zero ultra-flat dispersion as small as 0 ± 0.41 ps/nm/km for broad wavelength range of 452 nm. The optimized near zero ultra-flat dispersion PCF has been targeted for smooth and flat broadband spectrum supercontinuum generation (SCG) for near Infrared (IR) applications. Broadband SC generations corresponding to three different designs of ultra-flat dispersion fiber have been carried out by using picoseconds pulse laser around the first zero dispersion wavelengths (ZDW). The numerical results show that FWHM of around 400 nm with less than a meter long fiber can be achieved with these fibers that cover most of the communication wavelength bands. The proposed design study will be applicable for applications in the field of tomography, Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) system, spectroscopy, etc.     

Design of Topas microstructured fiber with ultra-flattened chromatic dispersion and high birefringence

A microstructured polymer optical fiber (mPOF) with both ultra-flattened near-zero chromatic dispersion and high birefringence based on Topas cyclic olefin copolymer is designed. Three rings of uniform elliptical air holes are arranged in triangular lattice in the cladding and an extra small defected hole is introduced in the fiber core. Guided modes, dispersion, birefringence and mode confinement properties of the designed mPOF are investigated by using the full-vector finite element method. Dispersion values between ± 0.5 ps/km/nm over the wavelength 1.1-1.7 μm and high birefringence of the order of 10⁻³ are obtained for the optimized fiber structure. Low confinement losses and small effective mode area are obtained at the same time. The relatively simple architecture of the proposed Topas mPOF can be fabricated by our extrusion-stretching techniques.     

Design of double cladding dispersion flattened photonic crystal fiber with deformation insensitive outer cladding air-holes

A design of double cladding dispersion flattened photonic crystal fiber (DF-PCF) is proposed. To employ traditional stack and draw technology, the cladding of the DF-PCF is consisted of triangular periodic air-holes with the same hole to hole pitch. Simulation results show that the small air-holes in the inner cladding are mainly for dispersion management. The large air-holes in the outer cladding are mainly used for light confinement and have little impact on the dispersion tailoring. Thus, the dispersion profile of the double cladding DF-PCFs is insensitive to the deformation of air-holes in the outer cladding. Considering that the larger air-holes are apt to deform in the drawing procedure, the characteristics mentioned above make the realization of DF-PCFs relative easy by employing conventional stack and draw technology and modest air-hole rings (less than 10 rings) in the cladding.     

Broadband nearly-zero ultra-flattened dispersion single mode index guiding holey fiber

This paper proposes and demonstrates a novel type of silica index guiding holey fibers (IGHFs) that has two cladding layers at the defective innermost structures. The proposed IGHFs exhibit remarkable chromatic dispersion properties such as nearly-zero and flattened dispersion over a wide spectral range and single mode guidance along with very low confinement loss. The numerical results indicate that 5 air-hole rings of nearly zero ultra-flattened dispersion single mode IGHFs can be designed with desire flattened dispersion of over a 340 nm bandwidth including the entire band of interest with low confinement loss of less than 10⁻⁶ dB/m.     

Slow light engineering in a photonic crystal slab waveguide through optofluidic infiltration and geometric modulation

In this paper, a new type of flat-band slow light structure with high group index (n _g) and large normalized delay-bandwidth product (NDBP) in a silicon on insulator (SOI) based photonic crystal (PC) slab waveguide with a triangular lattice of circular holes is demonstrated. The dispersion engineering is performed by infiltrating optical fluids with different refractive indices n _f in the first row and shifting the second row of air holes adjacent to the PC waveguide (PCW) in the longitudinal direction. In the optimized case, a high NDBP of 0.32 with a group index of 54.55 and a bandwidth of 9.13 nm could be obtained. Furthermore, an ultra-low group velocity dispersion (GVD) in the range of 10^–20 s²/m is achieved in all of the structures. These results are obtained by numerical simulations based on three-dimensional (3D) plane wave expansion (PWE) method.     

Comparative study of large-solid-core photonic crystal fibers: Dispersion and effective mode area

In this study, large-solid-core photonic crystal fibers with fixed air-hole diameter d = 0.84 μm and with fixed pitch length Λ = 4.2 μm are investigated for different d/Λ ratios. The dispersions and the effective mode-areas are obtained and compared for both the structures. It is seen that the dispersion management is easier by using the fixed d structures, but for working around the same zero dispersion points in a large interval of d/Λ the fixed Λ structures are more available. The A_eff values larger than 100 μm² are obtained with d/Λ smaller than 0.2 for both the two structures. A_eff increases rapidly with decreasing d/Λ to 0.1 and then reaches to A_eff value of 500 μm² at the d/Λ = 0.1 for the fixed d structures. The single-mode regime for the two structures is also discussed.