Theoretical analysis of multimode fiber amplifiers and lasers containing spatial filters

By the use of the coupling theory of the modes and the multimode rate equations, the performances of the multimode fiber amplifiers or lasers containing a spatial filter have been discussed. After the rate equations applicable to amplifiers are solved, the beam quality factors of the output from a multimode fiber amplifier with and without a single mode filter have been evaluated and compared. By the use of the analytical expression of the threshold pump power applicable to the multimode fiber lasers with the spatial filter and doped with quasi two-energy-level ions, and two example fibers had been selected which may guide 4 and 9 transversal modes, respectively, the threshold pump power for each transversal fiber mode has been evaluated. The results indicate that the single mode filter, does introduce a very strong discrimination for the modes between the high order modes and the fundamental mode. This should considerably favor the operation of the fundamental mode in the lasers with a homogeneously broadened active medium.     

Coupling efficiency of laser beam to multimode fiber

The coupling efficiency of laser beam to multimode fiber is given by geometrical optics, and the relation between the maximum coupling efficiency and the beam propagation factor M² is analyzed. An equivalent factor for the multimode fiber is introduced to characterize the fiber coupling capability. The coupling efficiency of laser beam to multimode fiber is calculated in respect of the ratio by the overlapping integral theory. The optimal coupling efficiency can be roughly estimated by the ratio of M² to but with a large error range. The deviation comes from the lacks of information on the detail of phase and intensity profile in the beam factor M².     

37.2 dB small-signal gain from Er/Yb Co-doped fiber amplifier with 20 mW pump power

An efficient erbium–ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier (EYDFA) is demonstrated by forward and backward pumping a 3 m erbium/ytterbium co-doped fibers (EYDF) in single- and double-pass configurations using a 20 mW pump. At the input signal wavelength of 1536 nm, the forward- and backward-pumped double-pass amplifiers achieved a maximum low-signal gain of 37.2 and 28.6 dB and a corresponding noise figure of 5.4 and 10.8 dB, respectively. Whereas, the forward- and backward-pumped single-pass amplifiers (at the same wavelength) achieved a maximum low-signal gain of 20.0 and 22.2 dB and a corresponding noise figure of 4.6 and 10.3 dB, respectively. The double-pass design offers an economical solution to high-efficiency and high-gain optical amplifiers.     

掺镱光纤放大器的啁啾脉冲失谐放大特性

 研究了掺镱光纤放大器对中心频率为1 053nm的啁啾脉冲放大特性，发现针对高斯或超高斯脉冲，采用合适的带宽及入射光强能够使增益饱和和失谐放大相互消弱，从而得到一个良好的放大脉冲形状。计算了掺镱光纤放大器失谐放大带来的相位调制，发现对压缩质量影响较小。     

光纤端面反射对高功率光纤放大器特性的影响

 从光纤端面研抛工艺的技术特点出发,计算了端面倾角和反射率的关系,估算了斜面研抛后端面反射率的大小。在掺Yb³⁺双包层光纤放大器理论模型的基础上,数值模拟了常规研抛角度误差造成的端面反射率对放大器输出特性的影响。计算结果表明：端面反射导致系统内出现严重放大的自发辐射和自激现象,减小光纤两个端面的反射率是最有效的抑制方法,同时,增大入射信号激光功率也可以抑制自激,提高输出信号光功率和信噪比。     

掺镱光纤放大器的啁啾脉冲失谐放大特性

研究了掺镱光纤放大器对中心频率为1 053nm的啁啾脉冲放大特性,发现针对高斯或超高斯脉冲,采用合适的带宽及入射光强能够使增益饱和和失谐放大相互消弱,从而得到一个良好的放大脉冲形状。计算了掺镱光纤放大器失谐放大带来的相位调制,发现对压缩质量影响较小。     

Application of Turbo codes in optical OFDM multimode fiber communication system

In this paper, Turbo Code is proposed in optical OFDM multimode fiber communication system in order to decrease the bit error rate (BER) of the system, which is mainly affected by the deep nulls of the magnitude response of multimode fiber in the high frequency region (above 3 dB). A simulation system in SIMULINK is established. Based on the system, the BER of the system with Turbo Code is compare to the systems with another two typical coding schemes including convolutional code (CC) and serially concatenated code (SCC) which uses a concatenation of convolutional and RS codes when transmitting 10 Gbps data over various length multimode fibers. Different transmitting rate is also considered. The results show that Turbo coded system has a lower BER than the other two systems and the Turbo coded system can transmit 10 Gbps data to the distance of 300 m with BER below 1e−6.     

A numerical model of multimode fiber PON frequency response

Frequency response of passive optical network (PON) based on multimode fibers is investigated. The network comprises fibers, connectors and splitters/couplers. It is shown that due to mode filtering at splitters, the frequency response is different for different network nodes in otherwise symmetrical network.     

Impacts of seed power on amplification performance in pulsed double-clad fiber amplifier

A pulsed master-oscillator fiber power amplifier system with near diffraction-limited output by use of China-made large-mode-area fiber and a （2 ＋ 1） × 1 multimode combiner is reported. The effect of the seed power on the amplification performance is found. For the seed power, there exists a range within which the pulsed fiber amplifier can operate safely and reliably at a certain pump power. With the seed average power of 70 mW, the amplification performances of the fiber amplifier are investigated.     

Pulse Signal Distortion Characteristic in Erbium-doped Fiber Power Amplifier

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多模光纤放大器输出光分析

根据不同的泵浦方式,对多模光纤放大器运用多模速率方程组,采用四阶龙格-库塔法数值计算和分析了在不同泵浦方式下的泵浦效率和信号光在光纤放大器中的传输、放大行为,并研究了在光纤放大器光纤长度有微小变化(mm量级)的情况下,输出光的光束质量与光纤长度的关系。结果表明：输出信号光的光束质量因子随光纤长度微小变化而呈准周期变化,周期与信号光耦合入光纤放大器的本征模式间的传播常数差有关。     

多模光纤放大器输出光分析

根据不同的泵浦方式,对多模光纤放大器运用多模速率方程组,采用四阶龙格-库塔法数值计算和分析了在不同泵浦方式下的泵浦效率和信号光在光纤放大器中的传输、放大行为,并研究了在光纤放大器光纤长度有微小变化(mm量级)的情况下,输出光的光束质量与光纤长度的关系。结果表明:输出信号光的光束质量因子随光纤长度微小变化而呈准周期变化,周期与信号光耦合入光纤放大器的本征模式间的传播常数差有关。     

Performance of directly modulated OFDM data over multimode fiber link

The performance of orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing (OFDM) technology in the multimode fiber (MMF) optical communication system is investigated numerically. The mode dispersion in MMF is analyzed by utilizing the optical angular spectrum analysis method. Simulation results in terms of bit-error-rate (BER) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) show that the transmission distance can reach up to 2.5-km at 10^− 3 BER for 40-Gb/s data. Results of different modulation formats further indicate that better performance can be achieved by adopting multi-level modulation format.     

高功率光子晶体光纤放大器实验研究

利用掺Yb³⁺的光子晶体光纤作为光纤放大器的增益介质,采用反向抽运方式,分别从理论和实验方面研究了不同信号的增益特性,在信号光功率为6W,抽运光功率为160W时,获得了104W的输出功率.实验发现,当抽运功率大于一定值时,放大器输出会有一定的不稳定性,并影响输出功率的进一步提高. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 光纤放大器 反向抽运 高功率     

基于混合光纤放大器的波分复用光纤传输系统研究

在研究了入纤功率、光器件的插入损耗以及非归零码中1码出现的概率对系统误码率影响的基础上,提出了一种基于混合光纤放大器的波分复用(WDM)光纤传输系统设计方案,并对该系统的噪声特性进行了详细地研究。提出了一种抑制前向噪声的有效方法,实现了20路WDM信号320km无误码传输。试验结果对基于混合光纤放大器的波分复用光纤传输系统的设计具有一定的指导意义。     

高功率掺镱双包层光纤放大器放大特性理论模拟

运用掺镱双包层光纤放大器的理论模型,分析了连续和脉冲光放大时放大自发辐射(ASE)的计算方法。采用Runge-Kutta方法求解了考虑ASE稳态时掺镱双包层光纤放大器的放大特性,采用有限差分法求解了矩形、高斯和超高斯脉冲的放大特性。结果表明：用3 m长的双包层光纤、10 W的泵浦功率可以将脉宽3 ns、峰值功率为1 W的脉冲信号光峰值功率放大到15 kW左右;在饱和增益情况下,脉冲的波形变尖,宽度变窄;采用短的大模场双包层光纤和后向泵浦方式可以有效地降低ASE,并避免有害非线性效应。     

Characteristics of pulse fiber amplifier with China-made LMA fiber and (6+1)×1 multimode combiner

A pulse master-oscillator fiber power amplifier system with china-made large-mode-area fiber and a (6+1)×1 multimode combiner is demonstrated. The system generates up to 4.8 W of amplified radiation (100 kHz) at a wavelength of 1064 nm with a near-diffraction-limited beam quality (M²=1.2), and the overall slope efficiency with respect to the launched pump power is 50%. Some basic characteristics of this system, including the pulse-amplification characteristics, the gain characteristics, as well as the emission spectrum characteristics are investigated in detail.     

Near-noiseless amplification of light by a phase-sensitive fibre amplifier

We report near-noiseless (noise figure of 0.4 dB, which is an improvement over the theoretical limit of 1.2 dB for a conventional laser amplifier with the same gain of 1.7 dB) optical amplification of laser light in a phase-sensitive fibre amplifier.     

光子晶体光纤放大器增益特性的实验研究

 采用掺Yb³⁺双包层光子晶体光纤作为放大器的增益介质,在双端泵浦方式下,理论并实验研究了不同信号光时放大器的增益特性。在双端泵浦方式下,泵浦总功率为150.2 W、信号光功率为6 W时,获得了72 W的功率输出,斜率效率达到了60%。实验发现当泵浦总功率超过一定值时,由光纤端面反射形成的振荡腔引起放大器寄生振荡,并由于各种非线性效应出现了自脉动现象,影响了输出功率的进一步提高。     

Pulse compression effect based on stimulated Brillouin scattering light storage in an optical fiber

The pulse compression effect in SBS light storage is numerically investigated. We demonstrate theoretically that the compressed width of retrieved data-pulses is not only related with temporal profile of data-pulse, but also spectrum and temple profile of control-pulse. The data-pulses with steep rising edge can be compressed after they are retrieved. The optimum compression effect takes place when a 2-ns-long exponential data-pulse interacts with a 1.5-ns-long chirped Gaussian control-pulse, where the data-pulse width is compressed to 1.73-ns-long and the readout efficiency is the biggest. A 2-ns-long rectangular data-pulse is also compressed to 1.73-ns-long when it encounters to a 1.5-ns-long rectangular control-pulse, but the readout efficiency isn’t maximum value. The results are significant for increasing storage capacity and variable bits all-optical buffering.