光纤环形谐振腔的频率锁定及其特性

基于可调分束比的光纤分束器,制作了光纤环形谐振腔并通过调节分束比实现了对光纤环形谐振腔的欠耦合、临界耦合和过耦合的状态控制.实验测量了腔最小反射率与腔损耗之间的关系,获得光纤环形谐振腔的腔内衰减率为κ_0=2π×(1.60±0.03) MHz ,品质因子为Q=(1.10±0.02)×10.8.在此基础上,结合了压电陶瓷拉伸光纤以控制腔长和Pound-Drever-Hall锁频两大技术优势,克服了之前温度反馈控制等方法的反馈带宽窄、噪声大和稳定性差等问题,实现了对光纤环形谐振腔共振频率的快速、灵敏的控制和锁定.结果表明,锁频过程中相位调制功率与相位调制引起腔反射光的强度调制之间的关系为线性关系,进而通过降低相位调制信号的功率以减小相位调制对腔反射光强度调制的影响.当调制功率设定最低为–9 dBm时,光纤环形谐振腔仍能被稳定锁定.该光纤环形谐振腔为其与原子、金刚石色心等发光粒子相互作用的腔量子电动力学实验研究奠定了坚实的基础.     

锥形光纤激发盘腔光学模式互易性研究

光学谐振腔由于其高Q值特性,作为谐振式陀螺的核心元件,有望实现谐振式陀螺的小型化、集成化,但是非互易性噪声成为制约其精度提高的不利因素. 介绍了采用传统半导体工艺制备的盘型腔与熔融法拉制的锥形光纤组成的耦合系统. 当盘型腔在光纤锥区的不同位置进行耦合谐振时,将输入输出正/反对调,观察到输出透射谱发生偏差,谐振频率、耦合效率以及Q值均发生变化,即存在非互易性现象. 用Rsoft软件对锥形光纤倏逝场分布特性进行仿真,理论分析了非互易性产生的原因. 以此可抑制谐振式光学陀螺应用中由锥形光纤与谐振腔组成的耦合系统产生的非互易性噪声. 关键词： 光学谐振腔 锥形光纤 非互易性 谐振式陀螺     

All-fibre micro-ring resonator based on tapered microfibre

In this paper, bendloss characteristics of an optical fibre are investigated in detail, and the results show that the resonator with a smaller ring radius, wider free spectrum range （FSR）, higher fineness （f） and quality-factor （Q） can be achieved by using microfibres. Based on the improved fused taper technique, a high-quality microfibre with 5 ttm radius has been fabricated, and an all-fibre micro-ring resonator with a radius of only 500μm is realized using self-coiling coupling method. The good-resonant characteristic makes the all-fibre device be expected to avoid bendloss and connection loss associated with planar waveguide integration.     

Instability and chaos in a two-coupler fiber ring resonator

We study the chaos in a nonlinear fiber two-coupler ring resonator in a dispersionless case. We discuss the bistable operation of this device as affected by the chaotic behavior.     

Optical bistability in fiber ring resonator containing an EDFA

In this paper, we study on optical bistability behaviors in a double-coupler ring resonator, in which an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is inserted into the ring for counteracting the loss by the gain of EDFA. The two groups of transmitted and reflected optical bistability loops under different parameters are investigated symmetrically. According to our optimum design of this new optical bistable device, the switching power can be less than 60 mW.     

Strong Brillouin suppression in a passive fiber ring resonator

We demonstrate the passive suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering in meter-length fiber-ring cavities through careful control of the fiber length. Experimentally we are able to demonstrate an over sixty-times increase in the Brillouin threshold of a 0.4 m fiber ring. This very simple suppression technique greatly simplifies the design of optical parametric devices based on fiber-ring cavities.     

Optical fiber ring resonator characterization by optical time-domain reflectometry

A novel method for characterization of optical fiber resonators by an optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR) technique is reported. This easy-to-use technique yields accurate results for cavity lengths ranging from a few meters to several kilometers. A simple relationship is established between the round-trip cavity loss and the position where the OTDR signal is maximum. The value obtained for the round-trip cavity loss turns out to be quite insensitive to uncertainties in the determination of the OTDR maximum position.     

谐振式光子带隙光纤陀螺一体化方案

实现了使用光子带隙光纤的一体化谐振式光纤陀螺方案,设计并制作了谐振腔中基于微光学结构的耦合器。实验测得制作的谐振腔清晰度为3.7。搭建了基于该谐振腔的陀螺系统,并对其主、次偏振态的谐振曲线进行了实际测量。实验结果测得该系统60 s零漂为2.45 ()/s,及1 h长期稳定性为7.11 ()/s。同时,实现了对应陀螺输出50 ()/s（积分时间10 s）及100 ()/s（积分时间10 s）的模拟转速实验,验证了该陀螺系统的Sagnac效应。分析得到耦合损耗是影响该陀螺系统性能的主要因素。验证了该谐振腔结构具有应用于陀螺系统的可行性,为谐振式光纤陀螺性能进一步提高提供了参考。     

谐振式光子带隙光纤陀螺一体化方案

实现了使用光子带隙光纤的一体化谐振式光纤陀螺方案,设计并制作了谐振腔中基于微光学结构的耦合器。实验测得制作的谐振腔清晰度为3.7。搭建了基于该谐振腔的陀螺系统,并对其主、次偏振态的谐振曲线进行了实际测量。实验结果测得该系统60 s零漂为2.45 ()/s,及1 h长期稳定性为7.11 ()/s。同时,实现了对应陀螺输出50 ()/s（积分时间10 s）及100 ()/s（积分时间10 s）的模拟转速实验,验证了该陀螺系统的Sagnac效应。分析得到耦合损耗是影响该陀螺系统性能的主要因素。验证了该谐振腔结构具有应用于陀螺系统的可行性,为谐振式光纤陀螺性能进一步提高提供了参考。     

High birefringence fiber ring resonator with an inline reflector for single-frequency fiber lasers

A high birefringence fiber (HBF) ring resonator with an inline weak reflector is newly proposed to generate narrowband reflection peaks. When a linear polarizer is located at the input port, effective free spectral range (FSR) of the reflected linearly polarized light is dramatically enhanced in single physical ring setup due to the intrinsic vernier effect between the traveling orthogonally polarized lights along the fast and slow axes of the HBF. What’s more, the side reflectivity suppression ratio can reach 6 dB. To sum up, these special properties facilitate its application in single-frequency fiber lasers.     

Chaotic dynamics of active optical fiber ring resonator with optical injection

We experimentally obtain the route from period doubling to chaos in an active optical fiber ring resonator （AOFRR） with optical injection. The results show that the AOFRR is sensitive to external optical injection and demonstrate various dynamic characteristics. Meanwhile, the change of the injection strength can cause the output of the AOFRR to become periodic or chaotic. It can be confirmed that all the dynamic characteristics of the system are due to the interaction of the semiconductor laser with the erbium-doped fiber amplifier （EDFA）.     

Enhanced all-optical switching by use of a nonlinear fiber ring resonator

We predict dramatically reduced switching thresholds for nonlinear optical devices incorporating fiber ring resonators. The circulating power in such a resonator is much larger than the incident power; also, the phase of the transmitted light varies rapidly with the single-pass phase shift. The combined action of these effects leads to a finesse-squared reduction in the switching threshold, allowing for photonic switching devices that operate at milliwatt power levels in ordinary optical fibers.     

A quantum-chaotic encoding system using an erbium-doped fiber amplifier in a fiber ring resonator

This paper firstly presents a new concept of quantum-chaotic encoding of light traveling in a fiber optic ring resonator. The pumping input power can be controlled to generate the chaotic behavior of the circulated light within the fiber ring resonator. The Kerr nonlinear type of light circulating in a fiber optic ring resonator is induced and the superposition i.e. four-wave mixing of the propagating waves at resonance occurred. The output signals can be used to generate two different codes, of which one is the quantum bits i.e. code, the other is the chaotic signal i.e. code. The proposed system has shown the potential of using for communication security, where the double security via quantum-chaotic can be performed.     

Stopping and storing light pulses within a fiber optic ring resonator

A simple all optical system for stopping and storing light pulses is demonstrated. The system consists of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier （EDFA）, a semiconductor optical amplifier （SOA）, and a fiber ring resonator. The results show that the multisoliton generation with a free spectrum range of 2.4 nm and a pulse spectral width of 0.96 nm is achieved. The memory time of 15 min and the maximum soliton output power of 5.94 dBm are noted, respectively. This means that light pulses can be trapped, i.e., stopped optically within the fiber ring resonator.     

Optical bistability and signal processing in a microstructured fiber ring resonator

We explore theoretically the effects of bistability in a microstructured fiber-based ring resonator. Numerical simulations indicate that bistable behavior of the fiber cavity can be observed with a short length of fiber. Feasibility of all-optical processing using this type of cavity is also investigated. In particular, we show that a ring cavity including a microstructured fiber should allow one to perform flip-flop and time-division demultiplexing functions. The analysis presented here will be useful for future design of bistable microstructured fiber device.     

Er/Yb co-doped fiber amplifier with wavelength-tuned Yb-band ring resonator

Erbium-ytterbium co-doped fiber amplifier with wavelength-tuned Yb-band loop resonator is presented. The amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) from Yb ions is utilized to stimulate a laser emission at several wavelengths from the 1 μm band in the 1550 nm amplifier. The wavelength of this lasing is tuned by introducing a fiber Bragg grating (FBG). The results show, that the overall efficiency of the amplifier at nominal 1550 nm wavelength can be increased by introducing a feedback loop with 1040 nm and 1050 nm FBG. This loop also protects the Er/Yb amplifier from parasitic lasing at 1 μm and allows significant output power scaling without risk of self-pulsing.     

Coupler-loss and coupling-coefficient-dependent bistability and instability in a fiber ring resonator

In this paper, we demonstrate the dynamic simulation of light traveling in a fiber ring resonator with a single coupler. Optical nonlinear phenomena including bistability, the Ikeda instability, bifurcation and chaos are studied. The Ikeda instability in ring resonator arises from the ring-cavity lifetime being much longer than the Kerr-effect response time of the fiber. The transmission curves of the bistability and the instability as function of the insertion losses (γ) and the coupling coefficients (κ) of the coupler are derived.     

PbS quantum dot fiber amplifier based on a tapered SMF fiber

A PbS quantum dot coated (QD-coated) tapered fiber amplifier with a broad bandwidth is theoretically demonstrated. The QD layer is coated on the surface of a tapered fiber and is excited by the evanescent wave of a pump. An optical gain of 10.5 dB, with a 160-nm broad bandwidth of at 1530-nm center wavelength, is achieved. The gain efficiency is over 4 dB/cm. This QD-tapered fiber amplifier has a concentration control of the QDs, a lower insertion loss, and shows good suppression of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), while its structure is also quite simple. Therefore, the proposed fiber amplifier has great potential in fiber-optic communication systems.     

微米级锥形光纤的近场光镊

分别从理论和实验上分析了光纤表面倏逝场强度的分布(z=10 nm, 100 nm, 500 nm,1 000 nm),研究了微米级光纤光镊对微球的操纵。实验中把直径为125 m的普通单模光纤拉制成锥腰直径为2 m的锥形光纤。当光纤通光时,在光纤锥区倏逝场的作用下,直径3 m的聚苯乙烯微球保持平衡状态,并且光纤附近的微球被吸引到光纤表面,以5.3 m /s的速度沿着光束的传播方向运动。这个实验不仅实现了对微球的成功捕获,而且验证了光纤光镊的力学作用。光纤光镊对微球的无接触、无损伤操纵,将在生物传感领域有潜在的应用。     

Analytic theory of a tapered gyrotron resonator

An analytic theory has been derived for determining the eigenfrequencies, RF-field distribution and Q of the TE_mpq modes of a gyrotron resonator consisting of a circular cylinder joined to a slowly tapered section. Explicit results are obtained for a linear taper. The cavity modes are found to have an RF-field distribution which is useful for prebunching the electron beam and enhancing efficiency. For high Q cavities, the cavity Q depends on axial mode number q as q^–2, which is important for mode discrimination. Proper selection of taper length is found to reduce the Q of high q modes, also aiding in mode discrimination. The present approach may be applied to other forms of weakly irregular cavities, such as cavities with nonlinear tapers.Work supported by U.S.D.O.E. Contract DE-AC02-78ET-51013Supported by U.S. Department of Energy