Optical coding scheme for all-optical analog-to-digital conversion using asymmetrical Y-branch waveguide

The novel optical coding scheme for all-optical analog-to-digital conversion has been proposed, in which asymmetrical Y-branch waveguide structures have been introduced to achieve the desired optical power splitting. The optical performance has been simulated by using finite-difference beam propagation method (FD-BPM), which shows that the designed component exhibits good coding performance. Experimentally, the optical coding component has been fabricated and measured. The optical power contrast between bit code 1 and 0 at output port is more than 37 dB, and measured imbalance of output power is less than 1.5 dB for bit code 1.     

Magnetic plasmon mode resonance and power transmission in a nanosandwich waveguide

The magnetic plasmon (MP) modes in the metal-dielectric-metal nanosandwich structure are investigated nu-merically,and the principle of energy resonance in such a resonator is proposed.An equivalent inductance capacitance circuit analysis method is proposed and the results are in agreement with the numerical simulations.Based on the MP resonance in such a structure,a nanosandwich chain waveguide is designed.Gold and silver are chosen as the metal materials.The power transmission efficiency of the nanosandwich waveguide can be as high as 0.546 in a specific nanosandwich unit cell,even when the metal absorption loss is large,which is the perspective of the new waveguides and lasers based on MP modes.     

高功率圆波导TE0n-TE11模式变换研究

 在模式耦合理论的基础上，详细讨论了波导轴线弯曲与波导半径渐变的圆波导模式变换，并对TE_0n-TE₁₁模式变换器的几何结构进行了优化分析，采用不同的相位重匹配技术，得到了可靠的最优几何参量。以此数据设计的8mm回旋速调管TE₀₁-TE₁₁模式变换器的转换效率可达98%。     

高功率圆波导TE0n-TE11模式变换研究

在模式耦合理论的基础上,详细讨论了波导轴线弯曲与波导半径渐变的圆波导模式变换,并对TE0n-TE11模式变换器的几何结构进行了优化分析,采用不同的相位重匹配技术,得到了可靠的最优几何参量。以此数据设计的8mm回旋速调管TE01-TE11模式变换器的转换效率可达98%。     

A novel noncontacting waveguide backshort for submillimeter wave frequencies

A novel noncontacting waveguide backshort has been developed for millimeter wave and submillimeter wave frequencies. It employs a metallic bar with rectangular or circular holes. The size and spacing of the holes are adjusted to provide a periodic variation of the guide impedance on the correct length scale to give a large reflection of rf power. This design is mechanically rugged and can be readily fabricated for high submillimeter wave frequencies where conventional backshorts are difficult or impossible to fabricate. Model experiments have been performed at 4 GHz – 6 GHz to empirically optimize the design parameters. Values of reflected power greater than 95% over a 30% bandwidth have been achieved. A specific design is presented which has also been successfully scaled to WR-10 band (75 GHz – 110 GHz). A theoretical analysis is compared to the experiments and found to agree well with the measured data.     

A novel power divider with arbitrary power division and high coupling efficiency with a single mode fibre

To improve the coupling efficiency of a conventional Ti: LiNbO₃ channel waveguide with a single mode fibre, a promising Ti-Mg double diffused method has been employed to fabricate a single mode power divider. Calculated numerical results have revealed the feasibility of reducing coupling loss as well as radiation loss, and a set of efficient fabrication parameters for this single mode device can be established. The dependence of asymmetric branching angles and output dividing-power-ratios has been studied by adjusting the branching angle.     

Design for beam splitting components employing silicon-on-insulator rib waveguide structures

We present a new design for beam splitting components employing a silicon-on-insulator rib waveguide structures. In the new design, a high-index thin-film layer is deposited in the rib section to reduce the wave field dispersive tails in the slab section and accordingly render the mode field a confined spot. This in turn improves the beam splitting performance of some conventional waveguide components such as y branches and multimode interference couplers (MMICs), in terms of the excess loss, fiber coupling loss, and compactness of these components. For a 1 x 2 y-branch beam splitter, the excess loss can be as small as 0.43 dB in the new design, which is much lower than that for a conventional rib waveguide structure (which is 1.28 dB). For a 1 x 2 MMIC in our example, the new rib waveguide structure presents an excess loss of 0.064 dB for the TE mode and 0.046 dB for the TM mode, with negligible nonuniformity in dimensions of 30 microm x 1040 microm, whereas its counterpart (i.e., the one with the same dimensions but without a thin-film layer) presents an excess loss of approximately 0.86 dB for both modes. A conventional MMIC must have dimensions larger than 70 microm x 5650 microm to maintain almost the same low excess loss.     

Rippled wall mode converters for circular waveguide

We present the general theory of rippled wall mode converters. Coupling coefficients for TE and TM waves, of both fixed and rotating polarizations, are calculated. The waveguide ripples considered may be axisymmetric, fluted or helical. We describe in detail a 97% efficient TE₀₄/TE₀₁ converter designed for use with a 35 GHz gyrotron. Cold test results confirm its performance.     

新颖的PPLN电光开关

在分析基于级联二阶非线性效应的准相位匹配周期极化铌酸锂(PPLN)波导全光波长变换器的有关参量容限的基础上,提出PPLN波长变换器的电光调控设想,并给予简要论证,论证结果是可行的,从而可实施电控调谐来自动补偿其失配,进而也可实现光开关的功能 关键词： 准相位匹配 周期极化铌酸锂 波长变换 光开关 电光效应调控     

Fibre mode expansion for 2-D waveguide calculations

A numerical method is introduced which is devised to calculate the lower-order modes of optical waveguides with two-dimensional transverse index profiles embedded in a homogeneous cladding medium. We propose a method based on a series expansion using guided modes of an optical fibre. To test the method, it is applied to a three-layer optical-fibre and the results are compared with the exact analytical solutions. The error in the calculation of the modal effective indices is found to be less than 10−6. This method allows the modelling of symmetric 2 × 2 completely fused fibre couplers. Effective indices and polarization corrections are compared with results obtained by the field correction method. The adiabaticity criterion is calculated for these couplers. This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Leaky optical waveguide for high power applications

The available fiber lasers, photonic-crystal fiber (PCF) frequency converters, and hollow-core PCFs are shown to offer realistic practical solutions for an all-fiber format of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) in the gas phase. In view of the substantial enhancement of CARS in the guided modes of hollow-core PCFs, a broad class of compact ytterbium and erbium fiber laser sources become suitable for the CARS analysis of gas media. The quantum limit of the signal-to-noise ratio, S/N, in all-fiber CARS is shown to scale as λα^-1a^-2 with radiation wavelength λ, fiber loss α, and the fiber core radius,aleading, in the case of a hollow-PCF gas cell, to a dramatic improvement of S/N relative to CARS in the regime of tight focusing. PACS 42.65.Wi; 42.81.Qb     

A compound high power millimeter wave waveguide circulator

In this paper, a high power millimeter wave waveguide Y-junction circulator, which is compound in structure, has been analyzed and developed. Its enduring power attains 60 W CW-power and the temperature of the waveguide surface does not exceed 25 degree centigrade under natural coolness.     

94 GHz回旋管过模波导模式转换与传输

在耦合波理论的基础上,研究了94 GHz回旋管内置TE03-TE02-TE01模式转换器和外接的TE01-TE11模式转换器。采用半径渐变微扰和轴线微扰几何结构以及不同的相位重匹配技术进行优化分析,得到了可靠的最优几何参量,设计出了紧凑、高效的94 GHz波纹波导模式转换器和蛇形线模式转换器。回旋管的热测实验中测出的模式样图表明,所设计的内置模式变换器有效地实现了TE03-TE02-TE01的模式转换。     

94 GHz回旋管过模波导模式转换与传输

 在耦合波理论的基础上,研究了94 GHz回旋管内置TE₀₃-TE₀₂-TE₀₁模式转换器和外接的TE₀₁-TE₁₁模式转换器。采用半径渐变微扰和轴线微扰几何结构以及不同的相位重匹配技术进行优化分析,得到了可靠的最优几何参量,设计出了紧凑、高效的94 GHz波纹波导模式转换器和蛇形线模式转换器。回旋管的热测实验中测出的模式样图表明,所设计的内置模式变换器有效地实现了TE₀₃-TE₀₂-TE₀₁的模式转换。     

新型反馈式轴向同轴虚阴极振荡器

从电子束一维稳态传输的电势非线性Poisson方程出发,推导了圆柱波导内实心束和环形束空间极限电流与电子入射电势的依赖关系,给出了数值求解方法和解的特征,分析比较了数值计算与现有解析公式及粒子模拟的结果.考虑电子的横向运动,对数值方法进行了二维修正,计算结果与粒子模拟结果具有很好的一致性.说明利用数值方法计算电子电势非线性微分方程能够得到更精确的电子束在圆柱波导内的空间极限电流;另外,对其他形状的波导,尤其是难以得到解析式的情况,根据实际几何结构设置边界条件,数值方法可以方便地给出束流传输特性,对设计新型结构的高功率微波器件提供理论指导.     

新型反馈式轴向同轴虚阴极振荡器

提出一种利用低磁场导引环形电子束在同轴波导内轴向激励虚阴极振荡的新型虚阴极振荡器.利用反馈式结构,使虚阴极在由反馈环、阳极箔和同轴波导构成的高品质因子准谐振腔内形成.作用腔内环形电子束激励同轴波导TM₀₁模式,在相对低品质因子的同轴提取区转化为TEM主模输出.用25维KARAT粒子模拟软件研究得到束波功率转换效率12%,输出微波平均27 GW,中心频率38 GHz. 关键词： 环形电子束 轴向导引磁场 同轴波导 反馈环     

用于抛物柱面空间功率合成天线的功分喇叭阵列

 提出了一种用于偏馈抛物柱面反射天线的功分喇叭。由于改善了口面上的电磁分布,该功分喇叭可以让馈源阵列的栅瓣电平抑制到－28 dB。用FEKO进行仿真发现,与传统用角锥喇叭阵列作为馈源的抛物柱面反射天线相比,使用功分喇叭直线阵列可以使空间功率合成天线的效率从68%提高到80%,同时天线的增益也能增加0.7 dB。     

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.     

一种高功率微波金属片波导移相器设计与特性分析

设计了一种高功率微波矩形波导移相器,在矩形波导中平行于电场放置金属片,沿波导宽边移动金属片,实现波导内的可变相移。通过优化设计波导和金属片的结构尺寸可实现0~360°相移,通过优化设计金属片过渡匹配结构可实现较低的插损。设计波导内为全金属结构,不存在介质材料,采用真空绝缘可以承受较高的功率传输。设计了中心频率为9.4GHz的金属片波导移相器,移相器最大插损小于0.2dB,功率容量设计达到64 MW。实验测试,移相器最大插损小于0.5dB,相频曲线呈线性关系。     

用于抛物柱面空间功率合成天线的功分喇叭阵列

提出了一种用于偏馈抛物柱面反射天线的功分喇叭。由于改善了口面上的电磁分布,该功分喇叭可以让馈源阵列的栅瓣电平抑制到－28 dB。用FEKO进行仿真发现,与传统用角锥喇叭阵列作为馈源的抛物柱面反射天线相比,使用功分喇叭直线阵列可以使空间功率合成天线的效率从68%提高到80%,同时天线的增益也能增加0.7 dB。