Advance of optoelectronic devices for long wavelength optical fiber communication in china

The advance of optoelectronic devices for long wavelength optical fiber communication in China is reviewed. The main features of the long wavelength semiconductor lasers and photodetectors are presented.     

Emission Dependence on Length in a 1.48-mum Pumped Erbium-Doped Laser with an All-Fiber Configuration

We report a study on the main features of a 1.48-mum pumped erbium-doped fiber laser, such as threshold pump power, output power, and slope efficiency. In particular we have focused on its dependence on active fiber length. We employed an all-fiber laser configuration, which included mirrors directly coated onto the polished fiber endfaces. Launched pump power and laser output power were introduced and extracted, respectively, from the laser cavity by means of couplers. Our measure ments show the existence of an optimum erbium-doped fiber length, where threshold power reaches minimum and output power maximum.     

InP-based optoelectronic devices for optical fiber communications

In this contribution we report the research and development of 1.55 μm InGaAsP/InP gain-coupled DFB laser with an improved injection-carrier induced grating and of high performance 1.3 μm and 1.55 μm InGaAsP/InP FP and DFB lasers for communications. Long wavelength strained MQW laser diodes with a very low threshold current (7–10 mA) have been fabricated. Low pressure MOVPE technology has been employed for the preparation of the layered structure. A novel gain-coupled DFB laser structure with an improved injection-carrier modulated grating has been proposed and fabricated. The laser structures have been prepared by hybrid growth of MOVPE and LPE techniques and reasonably good characteristics have been achieved for resultant lasers. High performance 1.3 μm and 1.55 μm InGaAsP/InP DFB lasers have successfully been developed for CATV and trunk line optical fiber communication. Presented at the 1st Czech-Chinese Workshop “Advanced Materials for Optoelectronics”, Prague, Czech Republic, June 13–17, 1998. Kunio Tada and Yoshiaki Nakano for their cooperation in the fabrication of the novel gain-coupled DFB lasers.     

Analysis of Longitudinal Mode Suppression in a Fiber Ring Laser Containing Two Optical Filters

We report the results from the characterization and optimization of a stable erbium-doped fiber ring laser that uses two optical filters. The observed laser performance and the measured longitudinal mode patterns are presented. The influence of the combination of the two optical filters on the mode suppression is evaluated. We obtained the matched condition for operation of the optical filters that most improved the laser performance. An estimate of the relative intensity noise due to the introduction of the laser in a communication system is also presented. As a consequence of the mode suppression, a sharp laser linewidth narrowing is con firmed.     

Bit-rate adaptive optical performance monitoring method for fiber communication systems

A novel bit-rate adaptive method, by varying the optical sampling rates alternatively, is proposed in this paper for optical performance monitoring. Firstly, the theoretical model and the differential software-synchronized algorithm are developed. Then, the results verify that different channel bit-rate can be estimated with high precision irrespective of the modulation formats and signal distortion caused by chromatic dispersion and nonlinearity along the fiber link. Employing the proposed bit-rate adaptive method, the eye diagrams and Q values of 10 Gbit/s, 40 Gbit/s and even higher bit-rate signal can be monitored by a single optical performance monitoring system without any prior knowledge about bit-rate or signal period. The method we propose in this paper has the advantage that different channel bit-rates can be adaptively estimated and the differential software-synchronized algorithm is much simpler.     

Polymer waveguide module for visible wavelength division multiplexing plastic optical fiber communication

We report a polymer waveguide module that provides bidirectional communication over a single plastic optical fiber (POF) with dual visible wavelength LEDs. The module is constructed using light-induced self-written waveguides, which enables a three-dimensional optical circuit for visible wavelength division multiplexing to be fabricated by an extremely simple process. We demonstrated 250 Mbits/s communication using a pair of these modules that each contained one green (lambda = 495 nm) and one red (lambda = 650 nm) LEDs by measuring the bit error rates. The results indicate that the system could transmit over more than 20 m of POF in full duplex mode.     

Placement of optimized semiconductor optical amplifier in fiber optical communication systems

This paper deals with the placement of semiconductor optical amplifier for 10 Gb/s non-return to zero format in single mode and dispersion-compensated fiber link. We investigated post-, pre- and symmetrical power compensation methods for different positions of the SOA in fiber link. The effect of increase in signal input power for the three power compensation methods is compared in terms of eye diagram, bit error rate, eye closure penalty and output received power. It is found that the post-power compensation method is superior to pre- and symmetrical power compensation methods. Further, the effect of variation in length of the standard single mode fiber and dispersion-compensated fiber for three power compensation configurations has also been observed. The impact of eye closure penalty is observed for large transmission distances for different signal input powers.     

Ytterbium-doped Y2O3 nanoparticle silica optical fibers for high power fiber lasers with suppressed photodarkening

We report efficient laser demonstration and spectroscopic characteristics of a Yb-doped Y₂O₃ (or Y₃Al₅O₁₂) nanoparticle silica fiber developed by conventional fiber fabrication technique. The spectroscopy study evidences modification in the environment of Yb ions by the Y₂O₃ nanoparticles. As a result, photodarkening induced loss is reduced by 20 times relative to Yb-doped aluminosilicate fibers. The fiber is suitable for power scaling with good laser slope efficiency of 79%.     

Character analysis of slow light with communication waveband in fiber optical parametric amplifier

The comprehensive characters of delay time and delay bandwidth with distortion, signal wavelength dependence and delay bandwidth product in fiber optical parametric amplifier are investigated theoretically when the pump locates at anomalous dispersion region. The delay character of single pulse, data stream with certain bit pattern and pseudo random data stream are analyzed comprehensively. In this category of fiber optical parametric amplifier, the delay time and delay bandwidth product vary from signal wavelengths and bit rates. For the same nonlinear coefficient, pump power and fiber length, the diverse dependences of bit pattern in different signal wavelengths are found by numerical simulation. The impacts of pump power and fiber length on the delay character and distortion are also discussed. These relations are conductive to the design of slow light based on fiber optical parametric amplifier in telecommunication waveband.     

Temperature sensitivity of long period fiber grating in SMF-28 fiber

In this paper we have presented long period fiber grating (LPFG) as temperature sensor. Temperature based sensors have found a number of applications in commercial and industrial fields. In LPFG based temperature sensors, they respond to shift in various peak resonant wavelengths corresponding to various attenuation bands of the transmission spectrum. Temperature effect on the various attenuation bands of a LPFG have been investigated to create a highly sensitive measurement device. The temperature sensitivities of various attenuation bands of a LPFG over the wavelength region of 1.1–1.7 μm, for a grating period of 280 μm period, are obtained by monitoring the wavelength shift of each peak resonant wavelength with temperature increment of 20 °C, ranging from 0 °C to 100 °C.     

InGaAsP/InP long wavelength high efficiency edge emitting LED for single mode fiber optic communication

This article reports on a 1.3-μm edge emitting LED that has a high coupling efficiency to a single mode fiber and a high fiber output power. ^1-4This E²LED was prepared using VIPS (V-grooved inner stripe on P-type substrate) technique with InP and InGaAsP layers suppressing the lasing action.     

InGaAsP/InP long wavelength high efficiency edge emitting LED for single mode fiber optic communication

This article reports on a 1.3-μm edge emitting LED that has a high coupling efficiency to a single mode fiber and a high fiber output power. ^1-4This E²LED was prepared using VIPS (V-grooved inner stripe on P-type substrate) technique with InP and InGaAsP layers suppressing the lasing action.     

Elimination of environmental noise in interferometric wavelength shift demodulation for dynamic fiber Bragg grating sensor array

We present a novel reference compensation method for eliminating environmental noise in interferometric wavelength shift demodulation for dynamic fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors. By employing a shielded wavelength-division-multiplexed reference FBG in the system, the environmental noise is measured from the reference channel, and then subtracted from the demodulation result of each sensor channel. An approximate 40 dB reduction of the environmental noise has been experimentally achieved over a frequency range from 20 Hz to 2 kHz. This method is also suitable for the elimination of broadband environmental noise. The corresponding FBG sensor array system proposed in this paper has shown a wavelength resolution of .     

Numerical analysis of stimulated Brillouin scattering in high-power double-clad fiber lasers

A theoretical analysis of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in linear cavity Yb³⁺-doped double-clad fiber lasers is presented by solving the steady-state rate equations with the SBS. The effects of cavity length, fiber core diameter, input mirror reflectivity at Stokes wavelength, Yb³⁺ concentration and laser linewidth on the SBS are discussed. Numerical results show that the SBS threshold power can be improved by shortening the cavity length, using large mode area fiber, reducing the input mirror reflectivity at Stokes wavelength, lowering the Yb³⁺ concentration and broadening the laser linewidth, and the influence of the laser linewidth on the SBS threshold power is more noticeable than other system parameters.     

Numerical study of a harmonic mode-locked semiconductor optical amplifier fiber ring laser

An improved harmonic mode-locked Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) fiber ring lasers has been presented and numerically investigated based on the self-reproduction theory. The numerical result shows that a narrower optical pulse train with a more symmetrical-temporal shape can be obtained, when the modulation SOA is DC biased on high current, whereas the gain SOA is DC biased on the low current functions as a gain compensator in the experimental setup. Also, the system parameters effects on the characteristic of the harmonic mode-locked pulse have been investigated.     

一种新型的双向长距离光纤混沌保密 通信系统性能研究

基于两个在驱动混沌信号注入下的响应半导体激光器之间的混沌同步, 提出了一种新型的可实现信息双向、长距离保密传输的系统, 并建立了相应的理论模型. 利用该理论模型, 研究了系统的双向传输性能、 安全性能以及系统性能随传输距离的变化. 结果表明: 两个响应激光器在受到发自同一驱动混沌激光器的混沌光注入下, 其混沌输出虽然与注入混沌信号相差很大, 但两个响应激光器的混沌输出却能实现非常好的无时间延迟的等时同步; 对窃听者可能获取信息的各个途径进行了考察, 结果显示该系统具有很好的安全性; 采用普通单模光纤作为传输信道, 信息经过50 km传输后, 解调信息Q因子可达到6以上; 采用色散位移光纤, 信息经过200 km的传输, 解调信息Q因子还可达6以上.     

Tunable wavelength filtr in extrinsic fabry-perot of optical fiber

Characteristics of a tunable wavelength filter in extrinsic Fabry-Perot of optical fiber are studied both theoretically and experimentally in this paper. Using a slabby PZT-51, a tuning range of over 10nm is achieved by changing the distance between two fiber end faces. We chose a SLED to provide incident light into the filter and achieved a filter with narrow passband(subnanometer bandwidth). The basic characteristics of the filter, as well as the special properties of its output spectrum, are discussed and analyzed.     

光纤通信光开关的物理基础(续)

3.2　定向耦合器电光开关定向耦合器电光开关是在电光材料 (如L i Nb O3、化合物半导体、有机聚合物 )的衬底上制作 1对条形波导和 1对电极构成 ,如图 5所示 .当不加电压时 ,它是 1个具有 2条波导和 4个端口的定向耦合器 .一般称 1 -3和 2 -4为直通臂 ,1 -4和 2 -3为交叉臂 .图 5　定向耦合器型光开关假设两波导的耦合较弱 ,各自保持独立存在时的场分布和传输系数 ,耦合的影响只表现在场的振幅随耦合长度的变化 .设两波导中的复数振幅分别为 E1(z)和 E2 (z) ,相位常量是β1和 β2 ,其变化规律可用一阶微分方程组表示 [3]d E1(z)dz =-ik12…     

光纤通信光开关的物理基础

光开关是光交换系统的基本元件，也是一种基本的控光器件，本文综述了目前光纤通信中所研究和开发的光通信开关器件的物理原理，并给出各类光开关的阈值条件和典型参量。     

光纤通信光开关的物理基础(续)

4　热光开关热光开关和电光开关的结构可以相同 ,但是产生开关效应的机理不同 .这里的热光效应是指通过电流加热的方法 ,使介质的温度变化 ,导致光在介质中传播的折射率和相位发生改变的物理效应 .折射率随温度的变化关系为n(T) =n0 +Δn(T) =n0 + n TΔT=n0 +αΔT(6 9)式中 n0 为温度变化之前的折射率 ,ΔT为温度的变化 ,α为热光系数 ,它与材料的种类有关 .表 3是几种材料的热光系数 .表 3　几种材料的热光系数材料 α/ (10 - 4K- 1 )L i Nb O30 .0 4 3Si 2Si O2 1.1聚合物 1　　Δn将引起相位变化为Δφ=2 πΔn L/ λ0 =2 παL…