Polycarbonate hollow-core microstructured optical fiber

A hollow-core microstructured polymer optical fiber is fabricated from polycarbonate material and guidance by inhibited coupling in a two-layer structure is demonstrated in two strong transmission bands with minimum losses of 9.0 dB/m at 800 nm and 3.1 dB/m at 1550 nm. The latter corresponds to a loss well below the polycarbonate material loss at this wavelength, and to our knowledge it is the lowest loss hollow-core polymer fiber reported to date. The short-term operational temperature limit of the fiber is shown to be 135 degrees C, significantly higher than that of conventional polymer optical fibers made of other polymers.     

Long-distance fiber Bragg grating sensor system with a high optical signal-to-noise ratio based on a tunable fiber ring laser configuration

A novel tunable fiber ring laser configuration with a combination of bidirectional Raman amplification and dual erbium-doped fiber (EDF) amplification is proposed for realizing high optical signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), long-distance, quasi-distributed fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing systems with large capacities and low cost. The hybrid Raman-EDF amplification configuration arranged in the ring laser can enhance the optical SNR of FBG sensor signals significantly owing to the good combination of the high gain of the erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and the low noise of the Raman amplification. Such a sensing system can support a large number of FBG sensors because of the use of a tunable fiber Fabry-Perot filter located within the ring laser and spatial division multiplexing for expansion of sensor channels. Experimental results show that an excellent optical SNR of approximately 60 dB has been achieved for a 50 km transmission distance with a low Raman pump power of approximately 170 mW at a wavelength of 1455 nm and a low EDFA pump power of approximately 40 mW at a wavelength of 980 nm, which is the highest optical SNR achieved so far for a 50 km long FBG sensor system, to our knowledge.     

Hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber polarizer

Broadband, compact in-fiber polarizers were fabricated using a pulsed CO(2) laser to modify the air holes along one side of the hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers. The polarizers have lengths from 3 to 6 mm and exhibit a polarization extinction ratio of better than 20 dB over a wavelength range larger than 100 nm at approximately 1,550 nm.     

基于拉曼光谱散射的新型分布式光纤温度传感器及应用

介绍了分布式光纤拉曼温度传感器(DTS)的基本原理、发展趋势和工程应用研究状况,研究了分布式光纤拉曼温度传感器的关键技术,全面提升了DTS的性能。将拉曼放大技术应用于DTS系统,用拉曼增益部分抵偿光纤的传输损耗,使系统的传感长度达到50 km;对脉冲激光器进行211位循环编码,在接收时采用相关运算解调,显著提高系统的信噪比,使测温不确定度达到1 ℃;采用双波长自校正技术提高了系统的空间分辨率,达到2 m;在DTS系统中嵌入光开关,使测温通道成倍扩展,有效延伸了传感光纤的总长度,组成光纤传感网络。     

Extremely low-loss hollow core waveguide for VUV light

A new type of an extremely low-loss optical waveguide is proposed. In the vacuum-ultra-violet (VUV) region (wavelength less than 300 nm) most solid-state materials have a refractive index less than unity due to plasma vibration of electrons. The energy of VUV light is confined within the hollow core due to the smaller n_r than unity of the cladding material of the hollow core waveguide. Typical expected loss for 50 nm-wavelength VUV light of a 0.1 mm hollow-core waveguide is on the order of 0.05 dB/km.     

波长和强度同时响应的锥形多模光纤温度传感器

通过将一段长为17 mm的多模光纤两端分别与单模光纤对芯熔接,然后对多模光纤部分进行拉锥处理,得到一种波长和强度同时对温度响应的锥形多模光纤温度传感器。实验研究了30 ℃~80 ℃范围内传感器的温度传感特性。实验结果表明:当环境温度发生变化时,该传感器在1 542 nm附近干涉波谷的波长和强度对温度的响应灵敏度分别可达到0. 041 nm/℃和0. 106 dB/℃,并且传感器干涉条纹的波长响应和强度响应之间呈良好的线性关系。基于传感器波长响应与强度响应之间的该线性关系,通过传感信号强度的检测即可实现干涉型光纤传感器的相位解调,该方法为传感解调信号提供了新思路,具有重要的参考价值。     

Wideband tunable fiber short-pass filter based on side-polished fiber with dispersive polymer overlay

It is known that dispersive fiber has an LP01 mode cutoff wavelength that acts as a wavelength filter. With a dispersive polysiloxane polymer overlay on a side-polished single-mode fiber, an in-line tunable fiber short-pass filter with a tuning range of approximately 400 nm (1250-1650 nm) and a temperature variation of 15 degrees C was demonstrated. The rejection efficiency was greater than 50 dB, whereas the insertion and polarization-dependent losses were below 0.26 and 0.09 dB, respectively.     

Partially liquid-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber polarizer

A compact fiber polarizer is demonstrated by the filling of selected air holes of a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with a liquid. The liquid-filling results in an asymmetric waveguide structure, leading to a large polarization dependent loss. A 6 mm long ethanol-filled PCF exhibits a polarization extinction ratio of ～18 dB over a wavelength range from 1480 nm to 1600 nm.     

基于100 m色散位移光纤的超连续谱实验研究

利用被动锁模掺铒光纤激光器输出的重复频率13.9 MHz、中心波长1557.28 nm的光脉冲作泵浦源,在100 m的色散位移光纤中产生总宽度达488 nm的超连续谱,不平坦度小于±3.0 dB,利用法布里-珀罗滤波器获得163路多波长脉冲,利用可调谐滤波器得到C波段内脉宽为1.2～2.0 ps的近变换限超短光脉冲.分析了泵浦脉冲的功率、光纤长度等因素对SC光谱展宽的作用,并与色散平坦光纤和较长的色散位移光纤作了比较.     

850 nm centered wavelength-swept laser based on a wavelength selection galvo filter

A wavelength-swept laser is constructed using a free space external cavity configuration coupled with a fiberbased ring cavity at the 850 nm region. The external cavity filter employs a galvo-mirror scanner with a diffraction grating for wavelength selection. The filter is connected to a ring cavity through an optical circulator.The ring cavity contains a broadband semiconductor optical amplifier with a high optical output. The performance of this laser is demonstrated with broad bandwidths and narrow linewidths. The 3 dB linewidth and the bandwidth of this source are 0.05 nm(~20 GHz) and 48 nm, respectively. The maximum output power is 26 m W at 160 m A current.     

绝对测温转动拉曼激光雷达分光系统设计及性能

为实现转动拉曼激光雷达的绝对测量温度技术,设计并测试了多通道转动拉曼分光系统.提出了一阶闪耀光栅与光纤Bragg光栅组成的两级并行多通道拉曼分光系统,优化了其核心级联器件(微米级光纤阵列)的参数及光路结构;仿真分析了一级分光系统的分光光路,转动拉曼谱线最大离心伸缩量约为0.0031 nm,离心伸缩比为0.69%;实验测试表明一级分光系统各转动拉曼通道的通道系数均在0.75以上,提取到拉曼光谱的实测中心波长与理论值的最大偏差约为0.0398 nm,偏离度为8.86%,可提供对弹性散射信号27 dB以上的有效抑制,结合已有光纤Bragg光栅二级分光实现高达62 dB弹性散射的抑制效果,可以实现对单条偶转动量子数转动拉曼谱线的精细光谱提取.     

基于无芯光纤强度调制型液位传感器的设计与性能

利用强度调制型光纤传感器容易解调的优势,提出了一种强度调制型光纤液位传感器.传感器由三根无芯光纤组成,其中,无芯光纤1与无芯光纤2串联构成测量臂,无芯光纤3构成参考臂.仿真分析得出,无芯光纤长度每缩短1mm,透射峰波长增加25.46nm.在0~50mm小液位范围内,实验测得传感器在水、5%NaCl、10%NaCl和15%NaCl水溶液四种液体环境中的液位灵敏度分别为0.069 5dB/mm、0.074 73dB/mm、0.077 49dB/mm及0.082 71dB/mm,线性度分别为0.998 25、0.998 49、0.988 11及0.995 13,线性度较高.该传感器可较好地消除光源光功率波动与环境温度变化带来的影响,重复性较好,在石油化工领域有一定的应用潜力.     

Design of diamond-shape photonic crystal fiber polarization filter based on surface plasma resonance effect

A novel plasmonic polarization filter based on the diamond-shape photonic crystal fiber(PCF) is proposed. The resonant coupling characteristics of the PCF polarization filter are investigated by the full-vector finite-element method. By optimizing the geometric parameters of the PCF, when the fiber length is 5 mm, the polarization filter has a bandwidth of 990 nm and an extinction ratio(ER) of lower than -20 dB. Moreover, a single wavelength polarization filter can also be achieved, along with an ER of -279.78 dB at wavelength 1.55 μm. It is believed that the proposed PCF polarization filter will be very useful in laser and optical communication systems.     

集成光学声光可调谐波长滤波器的研制

阐述了中心波长为１．５２３μｍ的集成光学声光可调谐波长滤波器的各项理论参数、制作工艺以及性能测试。在有效声光相互作用长度１６ｍｍ、射频驱动功率３５ｍＷ时,获得了模式转换效率大于９９％、插入损耗小于－４．ｄＢ、带宽１．６ｎｍ、３ｄＢ调谐范围为１４０ｎｍ的实验结果。     

A stable and tunable linear polarization single longitudinal mode fiber ring laser

A stable and tunable linear polarization single longitudinal mode fiber ring laser is proposed and demonstrated. A high extinction ratio spatial mode interference filter utilizing two-mode graded-index fiber supresses irregular side modes effectively, the combination of fiber polarizer and polarization maintaining fiber act as a polarization dependent comb filter, and tunable bandpass filter is adopted to select proper lasing wavelength. The power fluctuation and wavelength fluctuation at 1549.88 nm are less than 0.05 dB and 0.02 nm in 1 h, respectively. Only one longitudinal mode appears within a free spectral range of 7.5 GHz, and the degree of polarization in percentage is approximately as high as 99.07%.     

Compact optical short-pass filters based on microfibers

We demonstrate a compact short-pass filter fabricated by integrating a microfiber (approximately 1 microm in diameter) with a low-index substrate. By varying the interaction length (from 0.65 to 3 mm) between the microfiber and the substrate for wavelength-dependent evanescent leakage, the cutoff wavelength has been tuned over a wide range of 400 nm. Typical rejection loss is higher than 40 dB with insertion loss as low as 0.3 dB. The fiber-diameter-dependent cutoff is also investigated, suggesting that the filter can be applied over a wide spectral range from 600 to 1500 nm. The microfiber-based short-pass filters demonstrated show advantages of compact size, wideband applicability, simple structure, high rejection loss, and compatibility with miniaturized fiber devices.     

新型小尺寸窄带偏振分光器在光纤通信中的应用

在光纤通信中,为了在不改变调制波长范围的基础上仍能实现更多数据通道的波分复用,设计了一种新型的小尺寸窄带偏振分光器,用于对现有的数据通信网络进行扩容以及提高光信号的信噪比。在该分光器上蒸镀了两种新设计的膜系,一层是窄带滤光膜,另一层是偏振分光膜。采用TFCalc软件仿真,设计结果中窄带滤光膜的带宽约为0.4 nm,偏振分光膜在1 530～1 560 nm范围内对p光的通透性能优于99.8%。基于以上膜系设计在BK7光学玻璃上实际制备两组膜系,实验采用Agilent 8164-A型光波测量系统对经过膜后的光进行光谱分析。结果显示,窄带滤光膜的实际带宽优于0.4 nm,增益平坦度小于-0.05 dB,相比现有常见的0.8 nm滤光膜具有更窄的带宽,可以实现在调制波长范围不变的条件下增大波分复用的数据通道总量。偏振滤光膜的实际p光透光率为99.6%,相比仿真值略低,但仍优于设计要求,相比传统分光器的光信号强度保留效果更好,具有更高的信噪比。综上所述,该分光器具有更好的应用价值和实用意义。     

含氟聚酰亚胺波导波长分离耦合器优化设计

提出并采用统计优化的设计方法解决含氟聚酰亚胺波导波长交叉分离耦合器的偏振态变动的影响.在实测了含氟聚酰亚胺的色散和双折射特性的基础上,优化设计了40路波长信道、1550 nm中心波长、0.8 nm波长间隔的抗偏振变动的波长交叉分离耦合器.数值模拟显示:波长周期偏移小于0.1 nm,1 dB带宽为0.5 nm,3 dB带宽为0.8 nm,串扰小于－30 dB,偏振变动导致的波长漂移小于0.08 nm.     

Formation of periodic structures by the space-selective precipitation of Ge nanoparticles in channel waveguides

Thermally stabilized channel waveguides with Bragg gratings were fabricated by the space-selective precipitation technique of crystalline Ge nanoparticles using KrF excimer laser irradiation. The periodic structures consisting of Ge nanoparticles were formed in Ge-B-SiO₂ thin glass films after exposure to an interference pattern of the laser followed by annealing at 600 °C. The channel waveguides with the periodic structures were fabricated by the cladding of the patterned Cr layers on the films. The diffraction peak for the TE-like mode of 11.8 dB depth was observed clearly at a wavelength of 1526.4 nm, indicating that the periodic structure also served as the optical band-pass filter in optical communication wavelength. The spectral shape, diffraction efficiency, and diffraction wavelength remained unchanged even after annealing at 400 °C. Furthermore, a low temperature dependence of the diffraction wavelength - as low as 8.1 pm/°C - was achieved. The diffraction efficiency was further enhanced after subsequent annealing at 600 °C. The space-selective precipitation technique is expected to be useful for the fabrication of highly reliable optical filters or durable sensing devices operating at high temperature.     

间隔可调多波长光纤激光器的实验研究

半导体光放大器(SOA)的非均匀加宽特性对产生多波长激光非常有利。本文对两段式立奥-萨尼亚克(Lyot-Sagnac)滤波器进行了详细的理论分析,实现了一种基于半导体光放大器的新型多波长光纤激光器。它利用立奥-萨尼亚克滤波器的波长选择性,在室温下得到了约18个具有30 dB信噪比的多波长激光输出。波长范围1556~1577 nm。通过调节立奥-萨尼亚克环内的偏振控制器,多波长激光的波长间隔可在两种国际电信联盟(ITU)标准波长间隔(0.4 nm和0.8 nm)间选择。这种构型的光纤激光器具有稳定性好、波长间隔可控、信噪比高等优点。