Acrylic and metal based Y-branch plastic optical fiber splitter with optical NOA63 polymer waveguide taper region

We proposed a simple low-cost acrylic and metal-based Y-branch plastic optical fiber (POF) splitter which utilizes a low cost optical polymer glue NOA63 as the main waveguiding medium at the waveguide taper region. The device is composed of three sections: an input POF waveguide, a middle waveguide taper region and output POF waveguides. A desktop high speed CNC engraver is utilized to produce the mold inserts used for the optical devices. Short POF fibers are inserted into the engraved slots at the input and output ports. UV curable optical polymer glue NOA63 is injected into the waveguide taper region and cured. The assembling is completed when the top plate is positioned to enclose the device structure and connecting screws are secured. Both POF splitters have an average insertion loss of 7.8 dB, coupling ratio of 55: 45 and 57: 43 for the acrylic and metal-based splitters respectively. The devices have excess loss of 4.82 and 4.73 dB for the acrylic and metal-based splitters respectively.     

Fabrication of 1×2 asymmetric plastic optical fiber coupler for portable optical access-card system

We proposed a simple low-cost acrylic and metal-based Y-branch plastic optical fiber (POF) splitter which utilizes a low cost optical polymer glue NOA63 as the main waveguiding medium at the waveguide taper region. The device is composed of three sections: an input POF waveguide, a middle waveguide taper region and output POF waveguides. A desktop high speed CNC engraver is utilized to produce the mold inserts used for the optical devices. Short POF fibers are inserted into the engraved slots at the input and output ports. UV curable optical polymer glue NOA63 is injected into the waveguide taper region and cured. The assembling is completed when the top plate is positioned to enclose the device structure and connecting screws are secured. Both POF splitters have an average insertion loss of 7.8 dB, coupling ratio of 55: 45 and 57: 43 for the acrylic and metal-based splitters respectively. The devices have excess loss of 4.82 and 4.73 dB for the acrylic and metal-based splitters respectively.     

Acrylic-based asymmetric and variable coupling ratio Y-branch plastic optical fiber coupler

Acrylic-based asymmetric and variable couplers have been developed using a single structured Y-branch design with a high-index-contrast waveguide taper and a void structure for fiber attenuation using the lateral displacement of two fibers. Device fabrication is performed by producing the device structure on an acrylic block using a computer numerical control (CNC) machine tool. The fabricated device has an excess loss of 5.85 dB, while the coupling ratios are 56.86 and 43.14% when the device is operated as a 3 dB coupler. In the asymmetric coupler mode, the coupling ratio ranges from 44.84 to 8.01% for port 1 and 55.16 to 91.99% for port 2. The excess loss of this device varies from 5.42 to 7.64 dB. In the variable coupler mode, the coupling ratio ranges from 10.09 to 32.88% for port 1 and from 89.91 to 67.12% for port 2. The excess loss of the device varies from 5.85 to 8.49 dB.     

电光聚合物波导中的锥形结构

提出并设计了一种基于电光聚合物的锥形波导,可用于单模光纤与电光聚合物波导器件之间的连接.锥形波导中采用了宽度锥形和折射率锥形结构.宽度锥形采用劈形形状,通过宽度和折射率的缓慢变化实现模场转换.劈形形状的宽度锥形具有较小的损耗且易于制作,折射率锥形可采用灰度掩膜光刻技术制作.研究了锥形波导的传输损耗与锥形波导的长度、波导宽度和厚度、材料吸收损耗等参数的关系及其优化,分析了锥形波导中的功率传输、模场分布与模式转换效率.结果显示锥形波导的传输损耗小于0.37 dB,光纤-波导-光纤的连接损耗优于1.62 dB,对插入损耗的改善达到8.78 dB,模场转换效率达到了83.7%.     

0.73～1.7μm超宽带微纳光纤波导全光调制器

提出了单层石墨烯包裹双锥形微纳光纤复合波导结构,构建了730~1 700nm超宽带微纳光纤波导全光调制器。通过火焰拉锥法将一根标准的通信单模光纤拉成具有双锥形的微纳光纤,在保证通光率的前提下可以极大的提升微纳光纤处的倏逝波与物质的相互作用。利用石墨烯的"超级特征",即单原子层厚度、线性色散的能带结构、超强的载流子带间跃迁及极短的弛豫时间和超宽带光与物质相互作用等,将单层石墨烯作为可饱和吸收体,包裹在双锥形微纳光纤波导的锥体上,以增强该复合波导表面倏逝波与石墨烯的相互作用。静态和动态全光调制实验中采用传统808nm低功率LD作为泵浦光,对谱宽为480~1 700nm的超连续谱探测光实现了光光调制,其泵浦光功率低于50mW,调制深度大于5.7dB,调制速率达到~4kHz。该微纳光纤波导全光调制器,在保证调制深度的情况下,用更低的泵浦功率实现了超宽带的全光调制,以简单、有效、廉价的方式兼容了当前高速光纤通信网络,打开了一扇未来对微纳超快光信号处理的大门。     

一种有效提高薄膜滤光片型密集波分复用器器件性能的方法及其实验研究

对光梳状滤波器加薄膜滤光片型模块制作密集波分复用器(DWDM)的两种应用方案进行了研究,提出了一种提高插损一致性、信道隔离度及减小串扰的结构方案。对新结构方案与常规结构方案进行了理论分析及实验研究,结果表明新结构可将级联次级峰由大于-30dB降至-50dB以下。用16波50GHz的密集波分复用器件拼接进行的实验表明最终器件的插损减小0．869dB,插损一致性减小2．005dB,相邻信道隔离度提高1．004dB,非相邻信道隔离度提高42．903dB．总串扰提高1．68dB。该方案不仅可以应用到光梳状滤波器与薄膜滤光片型模块拼接高性能的超密集波分复用器件．同样也可适用于阵列波导光栅等类型的密集波分复用器件中以降低工艺难度,提高性能指标。     

S弯曲聚合物热光型可变衰减器的特性

提出一种热光聚合物可变光衰减器(VOA)的设计分析,利用S弯曲的波导提高衰减效率,BPM法模拟中验证其衰减动态范围可达60 dB,实现60 dB的衰减计算功耗为60 mW,附加弯曲损耗小于0.3 dB.并且具有很好的极化独立性,串扰低,尺寸小,易于集成.     

数值模拟980nm锥形半导体激光器输出特性

具有高功率及高亮度激光特性的锥形半导体激光器在激光加工、自由空间通信、医疗等领域具有广泛的应用前景.本文基于广角差分光束传播法(WA-FD-BPM),对980 nm锥形半导体激光器进行了仿真模拟,详细分析了不同结构参数(脊形区刻蚀深度、锥形角度、不同脊形区/锥形区长度比、锥形区刻蚀深度、前腔面反射率)对器件光束质量和P...     

Improved planar optical branching elements for multimode fibre transmission systems

The optical tapping and fan-out elements which we had previously fabricated for multimode fibre transmission systems all suffered from the serious drawback that the aging of the light-sensitive foil used in our simple planar technology resulted in a deterioration in the performance of structures using such foil as a planar waveguide. This paper introduces improved optical structures in which this drawback has been avoided while stil retaining the simple technique by which high fibre positioning accuracy is assured. In addition the overall insertion loss of the structures has been reduced to about 2 dB for the fan-out structure and 1.2 dB–1.5 dB for the access coupler.     

15GHz马赫－陈德尔型Ti：LiNbO_3行波幅度电光调制器

比较了四种马赫－陈德尔调制器的结构特性，表明Ｚ切共面波导（ＣＰＷ）是最好的一种结构。用阶跃倒相电极设计了新型电光光波导幅度调制器，研制了包装式带尾光纤的有５段例相电极的马赫－陈德尔调制器。在１．５３２μｍ波长上，该器件调制带宽为１４．８ＧＨｚ，半波电压为１４Ｖ，消光比为２１．３ｄＢ，光纤－器件－光纤插入损耗７．６ｄＢ。     

Fully packaged high-speed Ti:LiNbO3, waveguide mach-zehnder intensity modulator

A fully packaged high-speed Ti:LiNbO₃, Mach-Zehnder intensity modulator at a 1.5μm wavelength has been designed and fabricated. The design has been considered with respect to optical insertion loss, switching voltage, and modulation bandwidth. Re fiber-pigtailed device has a 6.7 dB fiber-to-fiber loss and an optical modulation bandwidth of 8 GHz. The voltage required to switch the device from the on to off state is measured to be 7.3 V, with an on-off extinction ratio of 21 dB.     

A polymeric optical switch array based on arrayed waveguide grating structure

A novel 1 × N optical switch array based on arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) structure is presented in this paper. The device is designed for polymeric materials with a large negative thermooptic (TO) coefficient, which is employed to change the imaging effect and to realize optical switching. When input wavelength is located in a special waveband, the optical signal will image at different output channel as temperature changes. The two-dimensional finite difference beam propagation method (FD-BPM) has been used to simulate a 1 × 9 optical switch array. The insertion loss of this switch array is below 1.37 dB and the extinction ratio is better than 31 dB at 1550 nm, when the coupling and propagation loss is neglected. The optimum design and the simulation results show that this structure could be a multiple wavelengths switching at the same time.     

Temperature stabilized optical waveguide modulator

A low drive-voltage optical modulator using a Ti-diffused UNbO₃ optical waveguide has been fabricated. Stabilization against ambient temperature change was realized by using a miniature halfwave plate. The halfwave voltage, 3 dB bandwidth, optical insertion loss and extinction ratio were 3·8 V (at 1·06m wavelength), 850 MHz, 10 dB and 13 dB, respectively. A reduction scheme for the optical absorption caused by metallic electrodes, and an analysis of the modulator high frequency response are also reported.     

Wide, tunable band rejection filter based on micro-optical waveguide on microactuating platform covering O, E, S, C, L, and U bands

An ultrawide, tunable band rejection filter was experimentally demonstrated operating from 1060 to 1670 nm seamlessly covering all communication bands (O, E, S, C, L, and U bands). The device consists of a micro-optical waveguide made from fused taper fiber coupler mounted over a microactuating platform that systematically applies a highly localized torsional stress over the coupling region. High-band rejection efficiency of 20-30 dB and very low insertion loss of 0.2 dB were experimentally achieved over the whole operating spectral range.     

低插损平坦谱响应阵列波导光栅解复用器优化设计

通过在输入波导与输入平板波导之间加入一种模式转换结构,获得了一个具有平坦光谱响应,低插损,光谱响应对称的阵列波导光栅型波分复用器,该模式转换结构由一个与输入波导的输出端连接的第一锥形波导,一个与此锥形波导输出端连接的细直波导,一个与细直波导输出端连接的第二个锥形波导以及一个连接输入平板波导和第二个锥形波导的梯形波导组成,通过优化设计梯形波导和第二个锥形波导的形状可以获得较宽的1dB通带带宽和较低的插损,同时光谱响应具有非常好的平坦性,而且通过对第一个锥形波导和细直波导的优化设计,在不引入明显的额外插损的条件下,能大大减小由于输入波导的弯曲引入的光谱响应的不平坦.     

A concise design of 16 × 16 polymer AWG with low insertion loss and crosstalk

In this paper, a 16-channel arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer (AWG) has been designed using polymer materials with 1.5% refractive index difference. Certain important parameters are optimized using the coupling mode theory and Beam Propagation Method. The factors that affect the insertion loss and the crosstalk are analyzed in this paper. In our design we introduced the parabolic taper structure and evaluated the suitable number of the arrayed waveguide, obtaining a total insertion loss of 2.19 dB. For obtaining a low crosstalk we evaluate the pitches of adjacent input/output waveguides ΔX and arrayed waveguides d as different values. We chose the value of ΔX about 2.5 times of d by enlarging the pitches of adjacent input/output waveguides. The crosstalk of the designed AWG is lower than −40 dB.     

超薄有源层谐振腔增强型调制器

提出利用超薄有源层制备高性能谐振腔增强型(RCE)半导体电吸收调制器件的可能性,并与波导型器件进行性能对比;对透射和反射两种类型器件优化分析了器件结构,进行了性能比较,结果表明:在插入损耗相当的情况下,反射式器件具有更高的调制对比度.     

降低AWG插入损耗和串扰设计新方法

在AWG器件的设计中引入了抛物线型的楔形波导结构,根据过渡区理论优化了引入的抛物线型楔形结构的形状和尺寸.采用抛物线型楔形结构代替直线型楔形结构,AWG的插入损耗降低了2 dB左右.在优化参数时使输出/输入波导间距与阵列波导间距取不同的值,并使输出/输入波导间距适当增大,而阵列波导间距取较小值,这样使得串扰降至－30 dB以下且插入损耗保持在低水平.运用光束传播方法给出器件的输出光谱并证实了理论上预想的结果.     

Analysis and optimization of an InGaAsP/InP waveguide variable optical attenuator

An InGaAsP/InP waveguide variable optical attenuator (VOA) is proposed in this paper. The device consists of straight input and output waveguides and an S-bend waveguide. An electrode is deposited on a portion of the waveguide to form an active region so that its refractive index can be modified by a current injection, resulting in the variation of the transmitted optical power. The beam propagation method is employed in the numerical simulation and the device structure is optimized using a genetic algorithm. The optimized VOA has a low excess loss (<1 dB) and a large dynamic range of about 40 dB.     

Dual-band optical filter based on a single microdisk resonator

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a dual-band optical filter based on a single microdisk resonator. An analytical model is built based on the transfer matrix method and is applied to simulate the properties of such a device. Competition and interference of the dual modes in the resonator lead to dual-band filtering with high isolation. As the finite-difference time-domain simulation illustrates, two low-order resonant modes can be effectively triggered by optimizing the waveguide width and spacing gap between the compact resonator and waveguides. In experiment, a double side-coupled microdisk resonator was fabricated on a nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator platform, and dual-band bandpass filtering is realized with an optical isolation higher than 20 dB and an insertion loss lower than 2 dB. The experimental results agree well with our modeling results.