Analysis of inter-satellite free-space optical link performance considering different system parameters

The welcome and adaptation of optical wireless technology by the modern era has brought forward the concept of an inter-satellite free-space optical communication system. In the present work, I study the combined effect of selection of different operating wavelengths and detector types along with the pointing errors at the transmitter and receiver side on the performance of an inter-satellite free-space optical link. The link performance has been optimized by measuring and analyzing the bit error rate and quality-factor of received signal under different scenarios. Performance of the inter-satellite link has also been investigated considering different modulation formats and data rates for LEO and MEO distances.     

Analysis of intensity modulation performance in WDM-PON network

This paper mainly does research and analysis on anti-dispersive performance and anti-nonlinear performance for intensity modulation formats such as NRZ, RZ, CS-RZ, DRZ, MD-RZ in 40 Gbps high-speed single-channel optical transmission system. It compares the five pattern modulation formats in dispersion tolerance, nonlinear tolerance, and advantages and disadvantages in transmission distance. Anti-nonlinear effect ability of CSRZ and RZ are stronger than that of NRZ code; in the single-channel transmission system, DRZ and improved modulation format MDRZ have better resistance for anti-nonlinear performance, so they are suitable for long-distance transmission. RZ has the minimum dispersion tolerance. NRZ has higher spectrum efficiency than RZ, and thus have a better dispersion tolerance. CSRZ code has higher spectral efficiency, higher dispersion tolerance and nonlinear tolerance than RZ code, making it more suitable for long distance transmission.     

Maximum covering planning of survivable Fiber-Wireless access network considering network connectivity

Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) access network is now becoming a promising architecture for access networks. Survivability is one of the key issues in the planning of FiWi access network because many high-rate traffic flows may be interrupted in case of a single fiber failure, which can cause a huge traffic loss. In addition, the users need ubiquitous broadband access that can be provided by FiWi access network. In this paper, we propose the protection approach called Maximum Covering Planning with Survivability (MCPS), including Integer Linear Programming (ILP) solution and heuristic solution, for the planning of survivable FiWi access network against single distribution fiber failure. The proposed approach aims at maximum coverage under the constraints of network connectivity. When a distribution fiber is broken, the interrupted Optical Network Unit (ONU) can transmit traffic to its backup ONU through the wireless paths between them. Simulation results show the network coverage of clients for different number of ONUs in different urban areas, and demonstrate the relationship between network coverage and the cost represented by the number of WiFi routers.     

数字光开关网络中四功能交换开关光学Omega网络

本文提出了一种用于数字光开关网络中，四功能交换开关光学Ｏｍｅｇａ网络。文中详细地阐述了用液晶空间光调制方法实现光学四功能交换开关，和Ｏｍｅｇａ互连网络的原理，并给出了光学系统和实验结果。     

针板型电晕稳定开关的电晕稳定性

设计了一款可用于触发和自触发的针板型电晕稳定开关,其中针电极直径为2 mm,主间隙距离为10 mm,触发间隙为5 mm。通过静电场的模拟得知其场强的不均匀系数大于7,并且通过大量实验数据得出:开关起晕电压和击穿电压分别为6.8 kV和19.3 kV,由此得知电晕稳定开关的电晕稳定因子为0.55,这说明开关具有较好的电晕稳定性。     

基于MEMS光开关的机群系统光互连网络

基于MEMS光开关设计了星型环型混合拓扑的光互连网络,为其开发了具有硬件路由功能的光互连网络控制卡(ONIC),以LAN为控制网络实现了对MEMS光开光的动态配置。提出了影响网络系统整体性能的关键因素,分析并测试了光互连网络的通信性能。环网稳定带宽达51Mb/s,峰值数据传输率可达1Gb/s,且数据量在3Mb以上时,网络整体性能明显提高。     

Analysis of physical layer performance of hybrid optical-wireless access network

The hybrid optical-wireless access network (HOWAN) is a favorable architecture for next generation access network. It is an optimal combination of an optical backhaul and a wireless front-end for an efficient access network. In this paper, the HOWAN architecture is designed based on a wavelengths division multiplexing/time division multiplexing passive optical network (WDM/TDM PON) at the optical backhaul and a wireless fidelity (WiFi) technology at the wireless front-end. The HOWAN is proposed that can provide blanket coverage of broadband and flexible connection for end-users. Most of the existing works, based on performance evaluation are concerned on network layer aspects. This paper reports physical layer performance in terms of the bit error rate (BER), eye diagram, and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the communication system. It accommodates 8 wavelength channels with 32 optical network unit/wireless access points (ONU/APs). It is demonstrated that downstream and upstream of 2 Gb/s can be achieved by optical backhaul for each wavelength channel along optical fiber length of 20 km and a data rate of 54 Mb/s per ONU/AP along a 50 m outdoor wireless link.     

Analysis of a polarisation-maintaining NOLM switch for OTDM applications

We propose a polarisation-maintaining NOLM switch design to be used as optical regenerator or wavelength converter in dense optical time-division multiplexed (OTDM) systems. The Sagnac loop is made of a piece of high birefringence fibre which is cut and cross-spliced in the middle. If pump and probe polarisations are linear and aligned in the co-propagating direction, the cross-splice ensures that the counter-propagating probe beam will be orthogonal to the pump, so that the parasitic cross-phase modulation between counter-propagating beams is minimised. This architecture also allows easy control of the optical phase bias, through squeezing a short section of the fibre, without any other modification of the setup. The performances of the proposed architecture are studied analytically and numerically, and compared with those of conventional schemes. It appears that, although the proposed setup reduces the interaction between counter-propagating beams only by a factor 3, it yields an extinction ratio improvement of a factor 10 or higher in comparison with conventional schemes. If there is substantial walkoff between pump and probe, a 10-fold reduction of the relative intensity noise of the emerging signal is also obtained when the mark ratio of the incoming data is variable.     

Improved performance of a plasma opening switch using a novel anodeconfiguration

The performance of a plasma opening switch (POS), as measured by the peak opening voltage developed, has been improved from ≈1.2 to ≈2.3 MV through a simple modification of the anode electrode. This modification was motivated by observation of electron damage to the anode in the POS region, and consisted of the removal of any metallic surfaces that exhibited significant damage and were not essential to the integrity of the switch. Because present analytic theories and PIC simulations of the switch have not yet addressed the effect modifications to the anode may have to the opening phase in depth, it is hoped that in addition to providing a technique for improving POS operation, the work reported here may also provide incentive for further theoretical investigation     

Integrated CMOS system and thermally actuated optical switch for wavelength modulation/lock in communication network

The advancement of communication technology and growth of internet traffic have continuously driven the fast evolution of networks. Compared to the traditional optoelectronic switch, all-optical switch provides high throughput, rich routing functionalities, and excellent flexibility for rapid signal exchange in fiber optical network. Among various all-optical switches, thermal actuated ring switch provides the advantages of high accuracy, easy actuation, and reasonable switching speed. However, when scale up, thermal ring switch may encounter issues related to fabrication error, non-accurate wavelength response, and large terminal numbers in the control circuit. In this research, we propose the employment of an integrated CMOS control circuit to compensate the fabrication error and tune as well as lock the wavelength in a thermal-actuated ring-type optical switch through a frequency modulation scheme. Additional functionalities can also be added in this circuit by tailoring externally the roundtrip loss or coupling constants of the ring. The design concept can be easily scaled up for large array optical switch system without much change in the terminal numbers thanks to the three-dimensional hierarchy of control circuit design, which effectively reduces the terminal numbers into the cubic root of the total control unit numbers. The integrated circuit has been designed, simulated, as well as fabricated, and demonstrated a decent performance with free spectral range (FSR) equal to 1.5 nm at 1534 nm and very accurate wavelength modulation to 0.3 nm within 0.01 nm fluctuation for thermal actuated ring type optical switch.     

光脉冲对光导开关非线性导通性能的影响

设计了异面结构的GaAs光导开关,开关厚度为0.6mm,电极间隙为3mm。利用半导体激光二极管对开关进行了触发实验。随着开关两端偏置电压不断升高,开关输出脉冲幅度线性增加,输出波形与光脉冲相似,当偏置电压超过一定阈值,开关输出脉冲幅度显著增强,输出脉冲前沿快于光脉冲,开关进入了非线性工作模式。开关进入非线性模式,除了与偏置电压有关外,还与触发光脉冲前沿、能量有关,实验发现触发光脉冲前沿越快,能量越高,开关越容易进入非线性工作模式,所需的偏置电压也越低,但当电压低至某一阈值时(实验中约6kV),即使增加触发光能,开关也无法进入非线性模式。     

基于磁光开关的高精度光实时延时线

 给出了基于高速磁光开关的光实时延时技术的方案。研究了拓扑结构和磁光开关对光延时性能的影响。研制了5 bit,32位的光实时延时系统,并建立了光延时的测试平台,经测试,延时线延时精度优于3 ps。对光延时单元插损进行测试,结果显示:32态单元插损为0.12~0.88 dB,各态变化呈随机性。     

Effect of cathode material on the opening performance ofmicrosecond-conduction-time plasma opening switch

Experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of cathode material on the opening performance of microsecond-conduction-time plasma opening switch with cathode made of aluminum, stainless steel, molybdenum and tungsten. Remarkably different opening characteristics have been shown for these materials, with tungsten or molybdenum corresponding to better opening performance than aluminum or stainless steel. Heuristic physical explanations are proposed for understanding the switch behavior     

Analysis and design of SP4T switch

The analysis and design method of the SP4T switch using waveguide-tonikrostrip transition is presented on the basis of a new revised empirical expression in the critical region for the transition. General agreement between theoretical and experimental results confirms the validity of the method.     

Theoretical study of the performance for short channel carbon nanotube transistors with asymmetric contacts

We have simulated short channel carbon nanotube field-effect transistors with asymmetric source and drain contacts using a coupled mode space approach within the non-equilibrium Green's function framework. The simulated results show that the asymmetric conduction properties under positive and negative drain-to-source voltages are caused by the asymmetric Schottky barriers to carriers at the source and drain contacts. Under negative drain-to-source voltages, hole and electron conduction are dominated by thermionic emission and tunneling through the Schottky barrier, respectively, leading to the different subthreshold behaviors of the hole and electron conduction. With increasing channel length, short channel effects can be suppressed effectively and ON/OFF ratio can be improved.     

Study of the ALICE performance for the measurement of beauty via the electron decay channel

We present a strategy for the detection of electrons coming from the semi-electronic decay of beauty particles generated in Pb–Pb and p–p collisions at LHC using the ALICE detector. The experiment’s performance for this measurement is evaluated in terms of accessible p_t range and expected uncertainties. PACS 25.75.-q, 12.38.Mh, 13.20.He     

吹气对氮气火花隙开关重复频率运行性能的影响

 基于紧凑重复频率Tesla变压器实验平台,运用设计加工的紧凑型内部气流循环式火花隙开关,对吹气提高火花隙开关重复频率运行性能进行系统的实验研究,结果表明：重复频率小于50 Hz时,火花隙开关击穿电压不稳定度(RMS)小于5%,不需要吹气;在给定吹气速度下,火花隙开关重复频率运行存在临界重复频率;火花隙开关重复频率运行存在最佳吹气速度,且最佳吹气速度与重复频率之间满足线性关系,并可由实验确定;在优化吹气速度条件下,当气压处于0.7~1.5 MPa范围时,该火花隙开关击穿电压不稳定度(RMS)小于3%;在2.0 MPa的压强范围内,该吹气式火花隙开关可稳定工作至重复频率300 Hz,击穿电压400 kV。     

Analysis of a gained nonlinear directional coupler pulse switch

We have investigated the switching performance of a gained (nonlinear directional coupler) NLDC switch in the presence of both 2nd and 4th order gain nonlinearities. In this system, we have achieved a nearly complete pulse switching at half beat length of the coupler which implies about 40% reduction in the switching length as compared to the switching length reported in Trillo et al. (1988). We have shown that at the half beat length the output energy of each branch is equal to that of the input energy and hence the gained NLDC switches have ability to be cascaded. Our initial investigations reveal that this gained NLDC switch has remarkable performance and potential to be used in ultra-fast optical communication systems.     

Studies and performance of decreased rail gap switch inductance byenhancing multichanneling via gas mixture

In pulsed power technology, a pressurized gap switch has been mainly utilized to produce a high power pulse. A multichannel rail gap switch has been widely utilized not only to obtain extremely low inductance, low resistance switching but also to reduce the damage of the electrode. A self-elected multichannel rail gap switch was developed. The switch was operated with pure SF₆ and the mixture of SF₆ with N₂, channel numbers of 20 and 100 were obtained with low switching inductance's of 15 nH and 9 nH, respectively