Accurate modal characterization of passive components based on selective excitation of optical fibers

Modal performances of multimode optical passive components are measured by use of a selective excitation techique. Pure LP_m1 modes up to LP_{15 1} mode are generated in a Ti: sapphire laser cavity and launched in the input fiber of the component under test. Azimuthal dependency of the LP₁₁ mode excitation coefficient is used in an accurate centering technique of monomode and multimode splices or connectors.     

基于少模光纤的全光纤熔融模式选择耦合器的设计及实验研究

提出了三种基于少模光纤的全光纤熔融模式选择耦合器. 根据模式匹配原理采用单模光纤与少模光纤熔融连接方式, 运用耦合模理论及光束传播法模拟分析了模式选择耦合器的结构参数对模式选择及耦合特性的影响, 实现了单模光纤中基模到少模光纤中不同阶模式的转换, 以满足不同的应用需求. 实验上以2× 2熔融光纤耦合器为例, 采用对称和非对称熔融拉锥方式, 分别实现了从基模到LP₁₁, LP₂₁模式的转换. 实验结果表明所得到的LP₁₁, LP₂₁模式在1530–1560 nm的波长带宽范围内均有较高的模式纯净度, 且模式耦合效率高于80%, 与理论模拟结果基本一致.     

Circularly symmetric modal interferometers: Equalization wavelength and equivalent step determination for matched-cladding fibers

An LP₀₁-LP₀₂ modal interferometer fabricated from a standard matched-cladding telecommunication fiber is studied in the visible wavelength range. Its spectral response in the vicinity of the LP₀₁/LP₀₂ equalization wavelength is used to characterize the fiber by the determination of an equivalent step index profile.     

低差分模式时延少模光纤的有限元分析及设计

针对少模光纤展开研究, 利用Comsol软件计算其模场分布、有效折射率, 进而分析光纤的差分模式时延. 通过分析不同结构参量对模式数量和差分模式时延的影响, 设计出了两种低差分模式时延的少模光纤, 即带有外下陷的渐变式光纤和多阶少模光纤. 波长在1530–1570 nm 范围内, 带有外下陷的渐变式光纤支持四模传输, LP₁₁, LP₂₁, LP₀₂模式的差分模式时延的绝对值小于0.015 ps·m^-1; 多阶少模光纤支持两模传输, LP₁₁的差分模式时延低于0.185 ps·m^-1. 两种少模光纤均具有良好的差分模式时延特性, 适于在模分复用技术中应用.     

具有四模式的低串扰及大群时延多芯微结构光纤的设计

针对光纤空分复用及模分复用传输系统中大容量和耦合串扰问题, 本文提出了一种具有四模式特性低串扰及大群时延的大容量多芯微结构光纤, 通过有限元法计算该光纤电磁场分布进而对其他参数进行分析. 结果表明: 合理的选定光纤结构参数, 可使得该光纤在C+L波段内同时实现19芯的LP₀₁, LP₁₁, LP₂₁, LP₀₂四个偏振模式的传输. 同时, 利用空气孔对电磁场较好的隔离作用来优化芯间串扰并得到较大的模式差分群时延及较为平坦的色散. 此外, 这种结构的光纤制作简单, 在短距离大容量的信息传递系统中具有重要应用.     

一种基于三芯光子晶体光纤的宽带模分复用器的设计与研究

本文提出了一种基于非对称三芯光子晶体光纤的宽带模分复用器.该器件主要是由位于光纤中心的可提供基模和高阶模传输的中心纤芯和分别位于中心纤芯两侧的可提供基模传输的2个旁芯构成.根据光耦合理论,在输入端对3个纤芯分别输入LP₀₁模式的光,在传输过程中左旁芯的LP₀₁模式的光将逐步向中心纤芯耦合并转换为LP₂₁模式传输,而右旁芯中的LP₀₁模式的光则逐步耦合并转换为中心纤芯中的LP₃₁模式来传输.通过对光纤结构的优化设计和光纤长度的选择,使得在输出端同时完成旁芯LP₀₁模向中心纤芯LP₂₁和LP₃₁模的最佳转换,从而实现LP₀₁、LP₂₁和LP₃₁ 3种模式的光在中心纤芯中的复用.反之,若将该器件的输出端用作输入端则可以实现中心纤芯中3种模式的光向3个纤芯的解复用.本文利用有限元法和光束传播法进行了优化设计和仿真,并将光耦合理论与超模理论相结合进行了分析计...     

Stimulated four-photon mixing and efficient polychromatic visible light generation in SiO2-based single-mode optical fibers pumped at 1.319 μm

The generation of near-infrared and intense visible light through stimulated multi-wave mixing processes in single-mode silica-based optical fibers pumped by a Q-switched and mode-locked Nd:YAG laser operated at 1.319 μm is described. The experimental results show that intense infrared light around 1.2 μm is produced via selp-hase-matched four-photon mixing at the minimum group velocity dispersion region of pure SiO₂-core and P₂O₅-doped silica fibers. In the visible spectral region, from 580 nm to 600 nm, 20 W peak power 100-ps pulses were generated by pumping single spans of single-mode P₂O₅-doped and undoped SiO₂-core fibers with 1.319-μm laser pulses. The signal light generated in such fibers propagated in the LP₀₂ fiber mode and exhibited a threshold power that depended upon the fiber length and a critical length that was power dependent. Also, it exhibited an asymmetrical spectrum of a few nanometers bandwidth, with a long tail toward high frequencies. For GeO₂-doped silica-based fibers, a multiple-wavelength visible signal propagating in several high-order fiber modes was generated.     

基于包层模谐振的三包层石英特种光纤温度传感特性研究

提出了一种基于包层模谐振的光纤温度传感器. 它是通过将三包层石英特种光纤(TCQSF)两端分别与普通单模光纤(SMF)电弧熔接构成的SMF-TCQSF-SMF结构. 根据耦合模理论, 首先将TCQSF等效为三个同轴波导, 按各波导模场的分布特点标量计算其传输模式的色散曲线, 并深入研究其耦合长度与传输谱线之间的关系; 其次根据光纤的热光效应及热膨胀效应, 分析计算该传感器的温度灵敏度; 最后选取耦合长度为一个拍长时的传感器进行温度传感实验. 实验结果表明, 在35-95 ℃的温度变化范围内, 其温度灵敏度为73.74 pm/℃, 与理论计算结果一致. 因此, 该传感器具有结构简单、制备容易、灵敏度高、包层模激发可控等优点, 可用于工业生产、生物医学等温度传感领域.     

正三角型三芯光纤中等腰对称平面波的调制不稳定性分析

详细分析了正三角型三芯光纤中等腰对称平面波的调制不稳定性.等腰对称平面波即两芯中场完全相同,第三芯中场入射功率与其他两芯中不同的平面波,其存在的前提是入射光总功率(P)必须大于某最小值(P_(min)),该最小值取决于光纤的线性耦合系数和非线性系数.对一给定的总功率P≥P_(min),令一芯中的入射功率为P_1,其他两芯中入射功率均为P_2,有两种形式的场分布:一种是P_1始终大于P_2,随着P的增加,P_1越来越大,P_2越来越小,依线性稳定性分析方法,该场分布对应的增益谱主要特征与双芯光纤非对称平面波的增益谱相似;另一种是随着P的增加,P_1越来越小,P_2越来越大,使用同样的分析方法,发现该场分布下增益谱与双芯光纤非对称平面波增益谱截然不同,其显著特征是无扰动下,在正常和反常色散区域均可产生不稳定性增益,且在正常色散区域,零扰动频率对应的增益最强;另一方面,耦合系数色散对增益谱的影响在正常和反常色散区域都非常弱,这与其在双芯光纤中的影响截然不同.该结果对基于多芯光纤的模分复用系统非线性效应的研究具有一定的指导意义.     

Propagating beam analysis of fiber wavelength filters with a depressed-index section

A wavelength filter consisting of single-mode and few-mode fibers is investigated numerically. A simple finite-difference beam-propagation method, in which a transparent boundary condition can be imposed, is developed for circularly symmetric waveguides. After confirming the validity of the numerical method by the mode-mismatch loss, we calculate the propagating field in the fiber wavelength filter, in which interference between LP₀₁, and LP₀₂ modes occurs. To improve the filtering operation, a depressed-index fiber is employed for the few-mode fiber. The effects of the radius and refractive index of the depressed section on the transmission power are revealed and discussed. Power is suppressed to less than 0.1% at 1.3 μm, while maintaining power transmission of more than 85% at 1.55 μm. It is also found that the filtering operation shifts to higher wavelengths as the input power is increased when we choose a self-focusing nonlinear material in the depressed section.     

Numerical evaluation of the impulse response of multimode optical fibers

A numerical technique based on ray optics is presented that provides the impulse response of multimode optical fibers having arbitrary smooth index profiles and arbitrary material dispersion. The variation of dn/dλ₀ as a function of n when the dopant concentration varies is obtained from Fleming⁽¹⁾ measurements on bulk samples. This technique is applied to germania-doped multimode fibers with power-law profiles and various values of Δ ≡ Δn/n Previous results⁽²⁾ are shown to be invalid when Δ ≳ 0.005. By successive approximations, optimum profiles that minimize the impulse response widths for quasi-monochromatic sources are found. For these optimum profiles, the quasi-monochromatic root-mean-square (rms) impulse response width is found to be of the order of 150 Δ²nsec/km, in agreement with a recent analytical result.⁽³⁾     

Gilbert damping in the layered antiferromagnet CrCl3

We theoretically and experimentally studied the Gilbert damping evolution of both acoustic and optical magnetic resonance modes in the layered flake Cr Cl;with an external magnetic field H applied in plane.Based on a Lagrangian equation and a Rayleigh dissipation function,we predicted that the resonance linewidth△H as a function of microwave frequencyωis nonlinear for both acoustic and optical modes in the Cr Cl;flake,which is significantly different from the linear relationship of△H-ωin ferromagnets.Measuring the microwave transmission through the Cr Cl;flake,we obtained theω–H dispersion and damping evolution△H–ωfor both acoustic and optical modes.Combining both our theoretical prediction and experimental observations,we concluded that the nonlinear damping evolution△H–ωis a consequence of the interlayer interaction during the antiferromagnetic resonance,and the interlayer Gilbert dissipation plays an important role in the nonlinear damping evolution because of the asymmetry of the non-collinear magnetizaiton between layers.     

Creation of multi-frequency terahertz waves by optimized cascaded difference frequency generation

A new scheme which generates multi-frequency terahertz (THz) waves from planar waveguide by the optimized cascaded difference frequency generation (OCDFG) is proposed. A THz wave with frequency ω_T1 is generated by the OCDFG with two infrared pump waves, and simultaneously a series of cascaded optical waves with a frequency interval ω_T1 is generated. The THz wave with a frequency of M-times ω_T1 is generated by mixing the m-th-order and the (m+M)-th-order cascaded optical wave. The phase mismatch distributions of cascaded difference frequency generation (CDFG) are modulated by changing the thickness of planar waveguide step by step, thereby satisfying the phase-matching condition from first-order to high-order cascaded Stokes process step by step. As a result, the intensity of THz wave can be enhanced and modulated by controlling the cascading order of OCDFG.     

环形光子晶体光纤中涡旋光的传输特性研究

由于涡旋光具有轨道角动量,将它应用于光纤通信领域可以有效提高信息传输速率.设计了一种环形光子晶体光纤,利用COMSOL Multiphysics软件对其涡旋光TE01,HE±21和TM01模式特性进行模拟计算,它们之间有效折射率差分别为4.59×10~(-4)和3.62×10~(-4);其中,TE01模式的涡旋光在入射光波长范围为1650—1950 nm时,色散值在44.18—45.83 ps·nm~(-1)·km~(-1)之间平坦;入射光波长在1550 nm时,TE01模式的涡旋光的非线性系数为1.37 W~(-1)·km~(-1).该结构的光子晶体光纤的涡旋光具有损耗小、色散平坦等特性,对光纤中传输涡旋光、将涡旋光应用于超连续谱等方面的研究具有重要意义.     

少模光纤的弯曲损耗研究

随着光纤通信容量的不断增加, 基于少模光纤的模分复用技术由于其多信道复用、 高频谱效率及低非线性效应成为目前提高光纤通信容量的研究热点. 本文推导得到了适用于少模光纤中高阶模式弯曲损耗的计算公式, 系统研究了下陷层辅助弯曲不敏感抛物线型少模光纤的主要参数(包括芯层半径、芯层到下陷层距离、下陷层宽度及下陷层折射率差)对其弯曲损耗特性的影响. 研究表明: 对于少模光纤, 模式阶数越高, 光纤的弯曲敏感性越高; 随纤芯与下陷层间距离的变化, 光纤各阶模式的弯曲损耗均存在一个最小值. 本文结论对弯曲不敏感少模光纤的设计、制造及少模光纤弯曲性能优化具有指导意义.     

优化抽运空间分布实现连续变量超纠缠的纠缠增强

超纠缠近年来受到人们广泛的关注,其在量子信息和量子通信领域具有非常重要的作用.在Liu等(2014 Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 170501)的工作中,他们利用二类相位匹配的非简并光学参量放大器获得了约1.00 dB的同时具有轨道角动量和自旋角动量纠缠的连续变量超纠缠态.在此基础上,本文通过进一步分析抽运模式与下转换模式间的纠缠关系,优化了抽运空间构造.实验结果表明,相比Liu等利用高斯基模做抽运场,使用优化的抽运模式时轨道角动量纠缠和自旋角动量纠缠的不可分度分别提高了96.2%和96.3%,最终将超纠缠态的纠缠度提高到了(4.00±0.02) dB,为连续变量超纠缠态的进一步应用奠定了基础.     

Generation of entangled TEM_(01) modes with periodically poled KTiOPO_4 crystal

Spatial quantum optics based on the high-order transverse mode is important for the super-resolution measurement and quantum image beyond the shot noise level. Quantum entanglement of the transverse plane Hermite–Gauss TEM_(01) mode has been demonstrated experimentally in this paper. Two squeezed TEM_(01) modes, which are generated by a pair of degenerate optical parametric amplifiers(DOPA) with the nonlinear crystals of periodically poled KTi OPO_4, have been combined to produce TEM_(01) mode entanglement using a beam splitter. The 1.5 dB for the sum of amplitude and 1.2 dB for the difference of phase below shot-noise level is achieved with the measurement system of a Bell state detection.     

Determination and analysis of the dispersive optical constants of the 5,5′,6,6′-tetraphenyl-2,2′-bi([1,3]dithiolo[4,5-b][1,4]dithiinylidene)–DDQ complex thin film

The synthesis and optical properties of the 5,5′,6,6′-tetraphenyl-2,2′-bi([1,3]dithiolo [4,5-b] [1,4]dithiinylidene)–2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) complex thin film were investigated by the optical characterization. The optical constants such as refractive index, extinction coefficient and absorption coefficient were determined using the transmittance T(λ) and reflectance R(λ) spectra and the refractive index dispersion was analyzed using single oscillator of Wemple–Didomenico model. The single oscillator energy E₀ and the dispersion energy E_d were calculated. The effect of temperature on refractive dispersion and optical band gap E_g is also discussed. As a result, the annealing temperatures have an important effect on refractive index of thin film.     

Dynamic behaviors of water contained in calcium-silicate-hydrate gel at different temperatures studied by quasi-elastic neutron scattering spectroscopy

The dynamic behaviors of water contained in calcium-silicate-hydrate(C-S-H) gel with different water content values from 10%to 30%(by weight),are studied by using an empirical diffusion model(EDM) to analyze the experimental data of quasi-elastic neutron scattering(QENS) spectra at measured temperatures ranging from 230 K to 280 K.In the study,the experimental QENS spectra with the whole Q-range are considered.Several important parameters including the bound/immobile water elastic coefficient A,the bound water index BWI,the Lorentzian with a half-width at half-maximum(HWHM) Γ_1(Q) and Γ_2(Q),the self-diffusion coefficients D_(t1) and D_(t2) of water molecules,the average residence times τ_(01)and τ_(02),and the proton mean squared displacement(MSD)(u~2) are obtained.The results show that the QENS spectra can be fitted very well not only for small Q(≤1 A~1) but also for large Q.The bound/immobile water fraction in a C-S-H gel sample can be shown by the fitted BWI.The distinction between bound/immobile and mobile water,which includes confined water and ultra-confined water,can be seen by the fitted MSD.All the MSD tend to be the smallest value below 0.25 A~2(the MSD of bound/immobile water) as the Q increases to 1.9 A~1 no matter what the temperature and water content are.Furthermore,by the abrupt changes of the fitted values of D_(t1),τ_(01),and Γ_1(Q),a crossover temperature at 250 K,namely the liquid-to-crystal-like transition temperature,can be identified for confined water in large gel pores(LGPs) and/or small gel pores(SGPs) contained in the C-S-H gel sample with 30% water content.     

Influence of alkali metal superoxides on structure,electronic,and optical properties of Be_(12)O_(12) nanocage:Density functional theory study

The effect of alkali metal superoxides M_3O(M = Li,Na,K) on the electronic and optical properties of a Be_(12)O_(12) nanocage was studied by density functional theory(DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory(TD-DFT).The energy gaps(Eg) of all configurations were calculated.Generally,the adsorption of alkali metal superoxides on the Be_(12)O_(12) nanocage causes a decrease of Eg.Electric dipole moment μ,polarizability α,and static first hyperpolarizability β were calculated and it was shown that the adsorption of alkali metal superoxides on Be_(12)O_(12) increases its polarizability.It was found that the absorption of M_3 O on Be_(12)O_(12) nanocluster improves its nonlinear optical properties.The highest first hyperpolarizability(β≈ 214000 a.u.) is obtained in the K_3O–Be_(12)O_(12)nanocluster.The TD-DFT calculations were performed to investigate the origin of the first hyperpolarizabilities and it was shown that a higher first hyperpolarizability belongs to the structure that has a lower transition energy.