基于氧化镁晶体中级联四波混频过程的紫外飞秒光脉冲产生

紫外波段飞秒激光脉冲是研究超快化学和超快物理相关过程的重要工具,实现波长可调谐的宽带紫外飞秒光脉冲将有助于推动超快动力学及相关领域的研究.本文报道了以两束400 nm的飞秒光脉冲作为级联四波混频的抽运源,在氧化镁晶体中产生9阶频率上转换和5阶频率下转换边带信号的实验结果.边带波长范围从350 nm到450 nm连续可调谐,这些边带信号的发散角和波长与级联四波混频理论预测结果吻合.紫外边带相对于入射光的整体转化效率约为1.2%.同时,高阶边带的光谱形状呈现高斯型,其谱宽理论上支持傅里叶转换极限脉宽为20—50 fs.本文展示了一种高效产生波长可连续调谐的紫外飞秒光脉冲的便捷方法,为基于紫外超短脉冲的相关研究提供了有效工具.     

Analysis of a 2R all-optical regenerator utilizing cascaded four-wave mixing in a highly nonlinear fiber

The properties of an all-optical 2R regenerator based on cascaded four-wave mixing (FWM) in a highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) are investigated. The regeneration is based on the nonlinear cascaded FWM transfer function and a study of the system's static behavior reveals the operating conditions, under which the transfer function approaches most the ideal, step-like discrimination characteristic function. Numerical simulations for the regenerated temporal satellite wave with different signal and pump powers are investigated, and the optimal transfer function based on different fiber lengths and different injected wavelengths are also demonstrated.     

Efficient anti-stokes signal generation through degenerate four wave mixing in an all solid photonic bandgap fiber

We reported the generation of visible red light through degenerate four wave mixing (FWM) in an all solid photonic bandgap fiber (PBGF), which was achieved by pumping the fiber with a 800 nm Ti:sapphire-based femtosecond pulse laser. At a fiber length of 30 m, a broadband anti-Stokes spectrum range from 620 nm to 740 nm was obtained at the highest pump power, the spectrum evolution as a function of pump power and propagation distance had been measured. Furthermore, the intensity-dependent parametric gain characteristic is also calculated, which accords well with the experimental results.     

近简并四波混频相位共轭介质中的光强分布

从求解耦合波方程出发，详细研究了非线性光学介质中由近简并四波混频所产生的相位共轭过程。以上述波方程的解为基础，给出作为混频结果的反射传播相位共轭波沿介质轴向的光强分布，得到比以往文献中所报道的更为精确的结果，从而为选择工作物质的最佳尺寸提供了理论依据。     

基于光纤中四波混频效应的全光串-并转换研究

 为了实现高速信号的降速处理,设计并通过实验演示了一种高速全光串-并转换系统。在方案中,利用时钟脉冲自身的频谱宽度和光纤中四波混频的高速响应特性,可以从一个光分频时钟脉冲出发,利用光纤中群速度色散（GVD）致脉冲展宽效应,把一个重复频率为10 GHz的时钟窄脉冲在时域上展宽,并通过光纤中的四波混频过程,将一路40 Gb/s 的归零（RZ）码信号转换成为4路10 Gb/s信号,完成串-并转换功能。该方案响应速率高,对波长和码率透明,并具有很大的转换路数可拓展性。     

Generation of photon pairs in dispersion shift fibers through spontaneous four wave mixing: Influence of self-phase modulation

Correlated signal and idler photon pairs with small detuning in the telecom band can be generated through spontaneous four-wave mixing in dispersion shift fibers. However, photons originated from other nonlinear processes in optical fibers, such as Raman scattering and self-phase modulation, may contaminate the photon pairs. It has been proved that photons produced by Raman scattering are the background noise of photon pairs. Here we show that photons induced by self-phase modulation of pump pulses are another origin of background noise. After studying the dependence of self-phase modulation induced photons in signal and idler bands, we demonstrate that the quantum correlation of photon pairs can be degraded by the self-phase modulation effect. The investigations are useful for characterizing and optimizing an all fiber source of photon pairs.     

亚10 fs激光脉冲产生中的受激拉曼散射与四波混频效应

自行搭建的自锁模钛宝石激光器工作在下稳区的上边界附近,采用熔融石英棱镜对在激光器谐振腔的腔内和腔外同时进行群速度色散补偿.随着腔内棱镜对提供色散补偿的变化,输出激光脉冲的频谱会突然展宽至664—840nm,其空间模式也由基横模变化至衍射环状结构,这是受激拉曼散射和四波混频效应导致锁模激光脉冲频谱进一步展宽的结果.在此状态下自锁模钛宝石激光器可实现670—865nm范围的波长调谐.如此宽的频谱为钛宝石激光器产生亚10fs激光脉冲提供了必要的条件. 关键词： 飞秒激光脉冲 受激拉曼散射 四波混频 群速度色散     

On the polarisation sensitivity and performance optimisation of a dual pump four wave mixing based wavelength converter

This paper presents a detailed investigation of the performance of a wavelength conversion scheme. The converter is based on four wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers using two parallel polarised pumps. Measurements of the conversion efficiency and the signal to background noise ratio of the two replicas of the signal, for the cases of the signal polarisation being either parallel or orthogonal relative to the pump waves have been carried out. These measurements will reveal the polarisation sensitivity of this scheme which appears to be less than 1 dB when the wavelength spacing between the signal and its closest spaced pump is larger than 12 nm. The experimental results are supported in a satisfactory way by theoretical considerations. A simple theoretical expression describing the polarisation sensitivity have been derived and the theoretical results are in good agreement with those experimentally obtained. A performance comparison of the conversion scheme using semiconductor optical amplifiers with different lengths but the same structure is also performed. Through the following study the optimum operational conditions for this wavelength conversion scheme will be determined.     

Parametric analysis of four wave mixing in DWDM systems

The developments made over the years in WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing), on one side, produced compensation of increasing traffic and channel capacity, but on other side, pertinently caused WDM systems to undergo different linear and non-linear effects thereby degrading the performance as such. To overcome linear effects is relatively convenient and manageable, however, the non-linear effects including four wave mixing (FWM) is not only difficult to eliminate but also highly incompatible from system point of view. In this research, valid parameters which lead to generation and enhancement of FWM, are discussed, simulated and based on exhaustive sets of obtained results, a detailed analysis has been carried out to reduce the FWM. The simulated results obtained by exploiting nine important parameters using Optisys simulator, divulge very incisive information for the removal of nonlinear effects in WDM. The authors are reasonably confident to extend their results as a contribution in the subject area.     

Characteristics of degenerated four wave mixing in ZnS/CdSe/ZnS quantum dot quantum well with multi-shell structure

The wave functions and eigenenergies of electrons in ZnS/CdSe/ZnS cylindrical quantum dot quantum well (QDQW) have been calculated by solving a three-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation, in the framework of the effective-mass envelope-function theory. The third-order susceptibilities of the degenerated four waves mixing (DFWM) have been calculated theoretically by means of compact density matrix. The third-order susceptibilities as the function of the shell radius R₂, R₃ have been analyzed. The results show that the magnitude of nonlinear susceptibility is increased with the increasing of well radius. The resonance frequency of the photon have a shift when R₂ or R₃ is increasing and the relation between nonlinear susceptibility and relaxation time has also been studied.     

高非线性光纤中四波混频的磁控机理研究

将磁光效应和光纤非线性效应作为微扰,采用导波光耦合理论分析了高非线性光纤中导波光发生磁光四波混频的机理;实验测试了磁场对四波混频偏振依赖性的影响,理论分析与实验结果符合.研究表明,当输入的探测光和抽运光为相互正交的线偏振光时,四波混频的磁控效果最为明显,输出的闲频光功率随磁光耦合系数振荡变化,施加适当的外加磁场可使四波混频效率得到进一步提高.选择适当费尔德常数的光纤材料,利用磁光效应对四波混频偏振依赖性的影响,可实现不同范围的磁场测量.     

Photon statistics of pulse-pumped four-wave mixing in fiber with weak signal injection

We study the photon statistics of pulse-pumped four-wave mixing in fibers with weak coherent signal injection by measuring the intensity correlation functions of individual signal and idler fields. The experimental results show that the intensity correlation function of individual signal(idler) field g_(s(i))~(2) decreases with the intensity of signal injection. After applying narrow band filter in signal(idler) band, the value of g_(s(i))~(2) decreases from 1.9 ± 0.02(1.9 ± 0.02) to 1.03 ± 0.02(1.05 ± 0.02) when the intensity of signal injection varies from 0 to 120 photons/pulse. The results indicate that the photon statistics changes from Bose–Einstein distribution to Poisson distribution. We calculate the intensity correlation functions by using the multi-mode theory of four-wave mixing in fibers. The theoretical curves well fit the experimental results.Our investigation will be useful for mitigating the crosstalk between quantum and classical channels in a dense wavelength division multiplexing network.     

Investigation of four wave mixing effect with different number of input channels at various channel spacing

In this paper the design, implementation and performance analysis of four wave mixing (FWM) in optical communication system for different number of input channels is presented using various values of channel spacing. Here, all the input channels have been spaced evenly at various values like 6.25 GHz, 12.5 GHz, 25 GHz, 40 GHz, 50 GHz with the different number of channels at the input i.e. with 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 input channels. The simulation results reveal that the four wave mixing is minimum when the channel spacing is maximum i.e. 50 GHz with minimum number of channels i.e. 2 input channels. It is observed that on increasing the channel spacing, the interference between the input frequencies decreases and hence the four wave mixing also decreases. Also, on increasing the number of input channels/users, the interference between the input frequencies increases and thus, the four wave mixing also increases.     

Design theory and experiment of acousto-optical tunable filter by use of flexural waves applied to thin optical fiber

Spectral response of acoustically induced microbending through thin optical fiber is discussed from mode-coupling of core and cladding modes. The thin fiber is analyzed in three-layered structure (core-cladding-air) to gain insights into acousto-optic modulation. We explained the dependence of core and/or cladding diameters on acoustic source parameters from numerical calculations. According to the calculations, we successfully fabricated all-optical tunable filter using this thin fiber that yields an efficient mode-coupling at flexural wave frequencies less than 1MHz. To increase the acousto-optic effect, we used a specially designed thin optical fiber (80 μm of cladding diameter) in the section where flexural wave is produced, and spliced both ends of the thin fiber to the tapered 125 μm fibers. The frequency and voltage tuning of fabricated filter is also confirmed by changing the driven frequency and applied voltage of the PZT, respectively. This result suggests a possibility of fiber-optic device application as all-optical tunable filter at 1.55 μm.     

Degenerate and two‐color resonant four‐wave mixing of C2− in a molecular beam environment

In this paper, we demonstrate that degenerate and two‐color resonant four‐wave mixing spectroscopy is applicable for the sensitive and selective characterization of negative ions in a molecular beam environment. Results are shown for C , which is produced by discharging a mixture of acetylene and argon prior to supersonic expansion. Substantial signal‐to‐noise ratios of ≈ 150 show that the method is generally applicable for high‐resolution optical double‐resonance spectroscopy of negative ions. A detection sensitivity for C of ≈ 10⁷ ions/cm³ is estimated. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A novel frequency encoded all optical logic gates exploiting polarization insesensitive four wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifier, filtering property of ADD/DROP multiplexer and non-linearity of reflective semiconductor amplifier

All optical logic gates exploiting polarization independent four wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), filtering property of ADD/DROP multiplexer (ADM) and non-linearity in reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) have been proposed. The logic gates proposed are polarization independent which ensures hardware simplicity and greater speed. The all optical frequency encoded logic gates NOT, OR, NOR, AND, NAND, X-OR, X-NOR are implemented which are very useful in optical computing ad signal processing, cryptography, etc. The logic gates proposed have the advantages that there is no intensity loss dependent problem, and are polarization and temperature insensitive.