Effect of direct coupling of microrings on the gain bandwidth of cascade microring Raman amplifier

A combination of coupled microrings that are coupled to a bus waveguide is proposed as a wide-band microring Raman amplifier. This structure is called one channel coupled microrings (OCCM) Raman amplifier. It is shown analytically that the number of poles in the OCCM transfer function is greater than the square of microrings number (N). The gain bandwidth and gain ripple of the proposed amplifier are increased and decreased, respectively due to increasing the number of poles and zeros in the transfer function. An iterative matrix method is introduced to solve Raman equations in the amplifier with arbitrary number of microrings and Genetic algorithm is employed to maximize the gain flatness.     

Wide-band double-pass discrete Raman amplifier with reflection of signals and pumps

A wide-band(1530-1610 nm)and high efficient double-pass discrete Raman amplifier is reported.In this Raman amplifier,by using a one-end gilded fiber as the broadband reflector,signals and multi-pump are both reflected to propagate through the gain fiber for a second time.An increase in net gain of more than 150% has been achieved compared with that in the typical co-pumped Raman amplifier.The advantages of this proposed new configuration have been experimentally studied by comparing with the recently existing Raman amplifier configurations.     

Characterization of different substrates for Raman spectroscopic imaging of eukaryotic cells

For Raman spectroscopic analyses of the cells and other biological samples, the choice of the right substrate material is very important to avoid loss of information in characteristic spectral features because of competing background signals. In the current study, Raman spectroscopy is used to characterize several potential Raman substrates. Raman vibrational bands of the substrate material are discussed. The surface topography is analyzed by atomic force microscopy, and the root mean square surface roughness values are reported. Biocompatibility of the substrates is tested with Hep G2 cells evaluating cellular morphology as well as live/dead staining. Calcium fluoride, silicon, fused silica, borofloat glass, and silicon nitride membranes support cell growth and adherence. Silicon, borofloat glass, and fused silica give rise to Raman signals in the region of interest. Calcium fluoride substrate (UV grade) is suitable for Raman spectroscopic investigation of living cells. Nickel foil is suitable substrate for Raman spectroscopic investigation but cellular adherence and viability depend on the quality of the foil. Silicon nitride membranes coated with nickel chrome is a suitable Raman substrate in closed microfluidic systems. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Characterization of Full-WDM-Band Photodiode Modules Using Raman Amplifiers in the U Band at 40 Gb/s

We present the characteristics of a full-WDM-band photodiode module in 40 Gb/s U-band operation using a Raman amplifier. This module is suitable for wide-band transmission systems with the additional new channels in the U band.     

Fabrication of an integrated Raman sensor by selective surface metallization using a femtosecond laser oscillator

We demonstrate that a Raman sensor integrated with a micro-heater, a microfluidic chamber, and a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate can be fabricated in a glass chip by femtosecond laser micromachining. The micro-heater and the SERS substrate are fabricated by selective metallization on the glass surface using a femtosecond laser oscillator, whereas the microfluidic chamber embedded in the glass sample is fabricated by femtosecond laser ablation using a femtosecond laser amplifier. We believed that this new strategy for fabricating multifunctional integrated microchips has great potential application for lab-on-a-chips.     

Fabrication and characterization of Ge20Sb15S65 chalcogenide glass for photonic crystal fibers

Chalcogenide glasses are known for their high transparency in the mid-infrared (IR) range, which includes two atmospheric windows that lie from 3 to 5 μm and 8 to 12 μm, respectively. Chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers have numerous potential applications in the field of IR, such as spectroscopy, microscopy, astronomy, biology, and sensing. In this paper, Ge₂₀Sb₁₅S₆₅ chalcogenide glass was fabricated and systematically studied. Chalcogenide glass has high transmission property (>70 %), good thermal stability, and good mechanical stability. The glass transition temperature T _g is 296 °C, and no exothermic peak was associated with crystallization up to 500 °C, which indicates its suitability for fiber drawing. As a result of its excellent mechanical properties, preforms with a variety of geometrical patterns were fabricated by using mechanical drilling. The near-field intensity distribution image of the drawn fiber shows a strong light propagation confinement.     

Double-pass erbium-doped zirconia fiber amplifier for wide-band and flat-gain operations

The double-pass erbium-doped zirconia fiber amplifier (EDZFA) is proposed and demonstrated to provide a wide-band amplification as well as flat-gain operation in both the C- and L-band regions using only a single-gain medium. The proposed amplifier utilizes an erbium-doped zirconia fiber (EDZF) with erbium ion concentration of 2800 ppm as a gain medium. The medium is fabricated in a ternary glass host, zirconia-yttria-aluminum codoped silica fiber through solution doping technique along with modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD). Compared to a single-pass operation, the double-pass EDZFA shows a better gain performance. At input signal power of 0 dBm and the optimum EDZF length of 2 m, a flat gain of around 16 dB is achieved by the proposed double-pass amplifier with gain variation of approximately 2.5 dB throughout the wavelength range from 1530 to 1590 nm. However, the noise figure of the double-pass amplifier is slightly higher than that of the single-pass due to inefficient population inversion at the input part of the amplifier.     

一种新型宽带光纤拉曼放大器的理论研究

主要比较分析了光子晶体光纤在设计宽带光纤拉曼放大器上的优越性。简化了多波长宽带光纤拉曼放大器功率耦合方程,分两步来确定各泵浦波的频率及输入功率的大小。首先通过模拟煺火算法迭代出满足条件的泵浦波频率,再利用平均功率分析方法,采用四阶阿当迭代方法计算出各泵浦波输入功率的大小,设计出了具有较宽平坦增益带宽的光纤拉曼放大器。分别对光子晶体光纤和色散位移光纤进行了模拟计算,仿真结果表明光子晶体光纤可以用来设计成短长度、高效的光纤拉曼放大器。     

The comparison of Ag–As33S67 films prepared by thermal evaporation (TE), spin-coating (SC) and a pulsed laser deposition (PLD)

Chalcogenide thin films could be prepared by many experimental methods resulting in some differences in structure and physicochemical properties of prepared films. In this work, the As₃₃S₆₇ amorphous films were prepared by three different preparation techniques: vacuum thermal evaporation (TE), pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and spin-coating (SC). A silver film was deposited on the top of the As₃₃S₆₇ films and photodoped.The X-ray diffraction analysis showed significant differences in arrangement between bulk glass and thin films and also among films themselves. The Raman spectroscopy showed that the Raman spectra of PLD film and bulk glass are almost similar. On the other hand, TE films contain higher amount of homopolar bonds As–As and S–S. The value of refractive index of As₃₃S₆₇ bulk glass was 2.31. All prepared films have lower index of refraction contrary to bulk glass, i.e. TE∼2.27, PLD∼2.20 and SC∼1.90. The increase of refractive index with silver concentration is shown either. The optical bandgap of undoped As–S prepared films was different: TE∼2.42 eV, PLD∼2.45 eV and SC∼2.54 eV.     

An inhomogeneous theoretical model for analysis of PbSe quantum-dot-doped fiber amplifier

Optical fiber doped with lead salts quantum dots (QDs) of different radii, has previously been proposed as a wide-band amplifier in the optical communication range. The emission and absorption spectra of QDs are size-dependent. Optical fiber amplifier doped with QDs of different sizes is an inhomogeneous gain medium. This inhomogeneity is the principle of operation of wide-band quantum-dot-doped fiber amplifiers (QDFAs). To study the effects of inhomogeneity such as spectral hole burning on the amplifier behavior, a fiber amplifier with an arbitrary size distribution of QDs is taken into consideration. The light propagation equations and rate equations for the inhomogeneous medium are presented. To investigate the gain spectrum, the amplifier bandwidth and the spectral hole burning effect on the amplifier behavior, the system of governing equations for the steady-state regime of operation are solved and numerical results are presented.     

Raman gain in modified tellurite glasses and thin films

We report the tailoring of Raman spectra of the tellurite glass by varying molar concentrations of phosphates, fluorides in phosphate modified tellurite glasses to analyze the Raman gain. From the measured Raman spectrum, the Raman gain and gain bandwidth in these glasses were calculated and compared. The structural features that give rise to the observed spectra and its dependence on glass composition are identified and reported. Raman gain as high as 170 × 10^? 13 m/W is obtained for glass modified by zinc oxide. Glass thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition show a Raman gain of 5.0 × 10^? 13 m/W suggesting their importance in short waveguide Raman amplifier fabrication.     

Ge-As-S硫系玻璃的结构与性能调控

制备了系列具有不同化学配比特征的Ge-As-S硫系玻璃,并研究了玻璃的结构、折射率和光学带隙(Eg).Ge-As-S玻璃具有以[Ge S_4]四面体和[As S_3]三角锥为骨架结构单元相互交联形成的连续网络结构,当S过量时,结构中出现S链或S_8环;当S不足时,结构中形成As_4S_4/As_4S_3分子,甚至出现大量AsAs/Ge-Ge同极键.玻璃的组成元素在2—10μm波段的摩尔折射度分别为R_(Ge)=9.83—10.42 cm~3/mol,RAs=11.72—11.87 cm~3/mol和R_S=7.78—7.86 cm3/mol.Ge-As-S玻璃的折射率与密度和组成元素的摩尔折射度之间存在较好的定量关系,可根据该定量关系在1%偏差内对玻璃的折射率进行预测或调控.提出了采用玻璃粉末的漫反射光谱确定可靠Eg的方法,通过该方法可获得玻璃的强吸收数据用于确定Eg.Ge-As-S玻璃的Eg与玻璃的平均键能之间存在较好的关联,S含量较高的玻璃更倾向于具有较大的平均键能,因此具有较大的Eg.     

Simulation and experimental characterization of Raman/EDFA hybrid amplifier with enhanced performance

We present simulation and experimental characterization of a hybrid amplifier comprising of a Raman amplifier and an erbium doped fiber (EDF) amplifier, with enhanced performance. The incorporation of a pumped EDF section in a fiber Raman amplifier (FRA) employing a dispersion compensating fiber is demonstrated to provide superior performance than a sole FRA system. The hybrid amplifier is characterized in terms of single channel gain and noise figure, and the results of measurements are shown to be in close agreement with the simulated results. Polarization-dependent gain (PDG) and multi-channel measured and simulated gain characterization of the Raman/EDFA hybrid amplifier are also presented.     

Chalcogenide Fibers: An Overview of Selected Applications

Chalcogenide glass fibers have many unique properties that make them attractive for applications that are not possible with silica fibers. Selected applications of chalcogenide fibers in research, commerce, and the military are reviewed.     

大功率宽频带G波段三次谐波放大器设计研究

针对G波段真空电子器件对大功率、宽频带信号源的需求,开展了G波段三次谐波放大器研究。该放大器利用E波段行波管非线性互作用中的三次谐波电流,通过级联谐波互作用段实现G波段电磁波放大。高性能、实用化G波段宽频带大功率源的设计方案采用非半圆弯曲波导边界折叠波导,利用微波管模拟器套装（MTSS）软件对G波段三次谐波放大器进行模拟优化,结果显示,器件在15 GHz范围内可实现谐波输出功率＞3.6 W,转换增益＞33.3 dB,电子效率＞0.36%。与其他工作在该频段的小型化太赫兹辐射源相比,谐波放大器在输出功率和带宽方面性能优越,为后续开展G波段三次谐波放大器的实际研制工作提供了设计基础。     

用Delphi实现硫属玻璃物理性质计算与配方设计

硫属玻璃是具有优良红外透过性质的光学材料.为了便于硫属玻璃系统的研究和设计,采用现有的玻璃性质计算理论,运用Delphi语言编程设计实现了硫属玻璃的物理性质计算及配方设计程序.     

Amplification effect on SBS and Rayleigh scattering in the backward pumped distributed fiber Raman amplifier

The amplification effect on stimulated Brillouin scattering （SBS） and Rayleigh scattering in the backward pumped G652 fiber Raman amplifier （FRA） is studied. The pump source is a 1427.2-nm fiber Raman laser whose power is tunable between 0 - 1200 mW, and the signal source is a tunable narrow spectral bandwidth （〈 10 MHz） external cavity laser （ECL）. The Rayleigh scattering lines are amplified by the FRA and Stokes SBS lines are amplified by the FRA and the fiber Brillouin amplifier. The total gain of SBS lines is the production of the gain of Raman amplifier and that of Brillouin amplifier. In experiment, the SBS gain is about 42 dB and the saturation gain of 25-km G652 backward FRA is about 25 dB, so the gain of fiber Brillouin amplifier is about 17 dB.     

Columnar growth of crystalline silicon films on aluminium-coated glass by inductively coupled plasma CVD at room temperature

Silicon films were grown on aluminium-coated glass by inductively coupled plasma CVD at room temperature using a mixture of SiH₄ and H₂ as the source gas. The microstructure of the films was evaluated using Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. It was found that the films are composed of columnar grains and their surfaces show a random and uniform distribution of silicon nanocones. Such a microstructure is highly advantageous to the application of the films in solar cells and electron emission devices. Field electron emission measurement of the films demonstrated that the threshold field strength is as low as ～9.8V/μm and the electron emission characteristic is reproducible. In addition, a mechanism is suggested for the columnar growth of crystalline silicon films on aluminium-coated glass at room temperature.     

Chalcogenide Glass for Passive Infrared Applications

Chalcogenide glass fibers have been successfully used for remote spectroscopy, temperature sensing and CO2 laser power delivery. In bulk form, chalcogenide glass is the most promising candidate for replacing the expensive germanium lenses for thermal imaging.     

Yb3+:Er3+共掺氟磷酸盐玻璃的发光和激光性能

稀土掺杂氟磷酸盐玻璃是可以满足波分复用系统及超短脉冲系统对带宽和平坦增益要求的激光材料之一。研究了其中一种增益带宽宽,发光谱线平坦的镱铒共掺氟磷酸盐玻璃,其计算半峰全宽为51nm。对反映宽带性能的有效增益截面的研究表明,该镱铒共掺氟磷酸盐玻璃在1530～1580nm之间有一平坦的有效增益截面谱线,证明其宽带特性明显优于掺铒磷酸盐玻璃。对Yb^3 离子敏化效率的研究显示,在镱铒比为10：1时,Er^3 离子的吸收截面和发射截面达最大值,分别为0．6601pm^2和0．7325pm^2,表明此比值下Yb^3 对Er^3 的能量传递效率最高。实验结果显示Yb：Er氟磷酸盐玻璃可用作带宽宽,增益平坦,可实现高能输出的激光器和光纤放大器的基质玻璃材料。