Bandwidth control in a hybrid fiber acousto-optic filter

We report a bandwidth variation technique in an acousto-optic filter. Utilizing the adiabatic conversion in both optical and acoustic modes, we obtain a novel hybrid waveguide composed of serial concatenation of single-mode fiber (SMF) and two-mode hollow optical fiber (HOF). On the basis of dissimilarity in the phase-matching conditions and beat-length dispersion in SMF and HOF, the FWHM of the resonant bands is varied from 3.8 to 190 nm near the 1.5-microm region in a single device. Furthermore, we theoretically analyze the acousto-optic coupling among the guided modes in HOF, which shows good agreement with experimental observations.     

Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Study on Generation of a Dark Hollow Beam by a Micron-sized Hollow Optical Fiber

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空心光纤中LP01模的场分布

本文用弱导光纤近似分析了空心光纤LP01模的场分布,得出了色散方程,并进行了数值计算.     

In-Fiber Fabry-Perot and Mach-Zehnder interferometers based on hollow optical fiber fabricated by arc fusion splicing with small lateral offsets

Two kinds of in-line all-fiber interferometers, including tip Fabry-Perot interferometer and compact Mach-Zehnder interferometer, are proposed and demonstrated by fusion splicing a short section of hollow optical fiber (HOF) to the end of single-mode fiber (SMF) and sandwiching a section of HOF in between two sections of SMF, respectively. In both interferometers, a small lateral offset is introduced to induce the optical path difference required to form the interferometer. Temperature responses of both types of interferometers are studied experimentally. It is anticipated that such easy making, compact and low-cost fiber-optic interferometers could find important applications in practice.     

应用耦合模理论研究光在圆对称双包层光纤中的传输(英文)

为了深入理解双包层光纤的光场传输特性,应用耦合模理论将双包层光纤等效为相互耦合的单模光纤和环形芯光纤,研究了圆对称的双包层光纤的光场传输.通过计算单模光纤LP01模和环形芯光纤导模的耦合系数发现了环形芯光纤LP0n模的耦合系数远大于其它导模的耦合系数,且LP0n模中的高阶模比低阶模的耦合系数大.据此,应用耦合模理论计算得到了该双包层光纤的光传输特性,计算结果发现光场沿光纤轴向呈近似周期分布,且纤芯中光功率变化的平均周期随波长递增,但平均归一化功率与光纤参数紧的选择有关.     

应用耦合模理论研究光在圆对称双包层光纤中的传输

为了深入理解双包层光纤的光场传输特性,应用耦合模理论将双包层光纤等效为相互耦合的单模光纤和环形芯光纤,研究了圆对称的双包层光纤的光场传输.通过计算单模光纤LP01模和环形芯光纤导模的耦合系数发现了环形芯光纤LP0n模的耦合系数远大于其它导模的耦合系数,且LP0n模中的高阶模比低阶模的耦合系数大.据此,应用耦合模理论计算得到了该双包层光纤的光传输特性,计算结果发现光场沿光纤轴向呈近似周期分布,且纤芯中光功率变化的平均周期随波长递增,但平均归一化功率与光纤参数紧的选择有关.     

Generation of cylindrical vector beams in a mode-locked fiber laser using a mode-selective coupler

We experimentally obtain cylindrical vector beams(CVBs) in a passively mode-locked fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation. A mode-selective coupler composed of both a single-mode fiber(SMF) and a twomode fiber(TMF) is incorporated into the cavity to act as a mode converter from LP01 mode to LP11 mode with broad spectral bandwidth. CVBs in different mode-locked states including single-pulse, multi-pulse, and bound pulse are obtained, for the first time to our best knowledge. The ultrafast CVBs with different operation states have potential applications in many fields such as laser beam machining, nanoparticle manipulation, and so on.     

基于无芯-少模-无芯光纤结构的温度传感特性研究北大核心CSCD

提出了一种基于无芯-少模-无芯光纤结构的温度传感器,对传感器进行了理论分析和实验研究。该传感器将无芯光纤(coreless fiber,CLF)与少模光纤(few-mode fiber,FMF)同轴熔接,构建无芯-少模-无芯的光纤结构,结构两端熔接单模(single mode fiber,SMF)光纤作为输入输出光纤,第1段无芯光纤与单模光纤的模式失配起到激发高阶模的作用,少模光纤中的LP01与LP11两种模式沿少模光纤纤芯传输,在第2段无芯光纤的作用下LP01与LP11两种模式重新耦合回单模光纤,LP01与LP11两种模式发生干涉,形成干涉光谱。当外界温度变化时,两种模式的光程差发生变化,干涉光谱的干涉波谷发生漂移,选取2个不同的干涉波谷作为特征波长,进行实验分析。实验结果表明:波长在1550 nm和1534 nm附近的干涉谷均发生红移,相应的温度灵敏度分别为68 pm/℃和44.5 pm/℃。该传感结构制作简单、灵敏度高,有很好的应用前景。     

组合光纤中受激拉曼散射和四波混频研究

在抽运光和耦合条件不变的情况下,研究了熔接组合的非零色散位移单模光纤(NZDSF)和标准单模光纤(SMF)中的受激拉曼散射(SRS)和四波混频(FWM)产生和传输特征。采用532 nm脉冲激光抽运NZDSF,从20 m处开始产生以LP₀₁模传输的SRS第一级Stokes光;紧接着在30 m处产生了FWM,SRS受到FWM抑制,传输模式逐渐转化为LP₁₁模;经过80 m处熔接点后,由于熔接处双锥光纤结构使光场模式互相干涉,光波模式恢复为LP₀₁模,FWM受到抑制。该现象和机理有利于抑制密集波分复用(DWDM)系统中光学非线性失真和促进光孤子通信系统的发展。     

Phase-matched third-harmonic generation in highly germanium-doped fiber

Phase-matched third-harmonic generation is demonstrated in a germanium-doped optical fiber. Green light at 514.4 nm is generated in an LP(03) mode when a pump field at ~1543.3 nm is launched into the fiber in the fundamental LP(01) mode. The phase matching is achieved for a particular combination of the germanium doping concentration and the fiber core diameter.     

单模光纤波导模的傍轴传输特性

将LP01模表示成用拉盖尔-高斯模线性叠加的形式,利用柯林斯公式推导出单模光纤波导模通过傍轴ABCD光学系统的解析传输公式。用所得的解析公式对LP01模在自由空间的传输和聚焦特性作了研究,并和高斯基模进行了比较。数值计算结果表明,用高斯基模描述LP01模会产生一定误差。LP01模经过透镜聚焦后存在焦移,且焦移随着菲涅尔数传输特性的减小而增大。选择合适的菲涅尔数聚焦后,LP01模会出现长焦深,这是与聚焦的高斯模所不同的。     

基于非线性光纤环形镜的少模脉冲幅度调制再生器

随着网络带宽需求的快速增加,波分复用系统的容量已接近非线性香农极限.为了适应未来网络的发展,空分复用技术引起了越来越多的关注.本文首次提出基于少模非线性光纤环形镜(FM-NOLM)的脉冲幅度调制(PAM)全光再生器,描述了其工作原理和具体设计过程.采用COMSOL软件对组成FM-NOLM的硫化物高非线性光纤进行了模式特性仿真.以LP01,LP11,LP21三个光纤模式为例,确定了再生器的参数,计算出每个模式的功率转移函数曲线.仿真分析了该少模PAM-4全光再生器的噪声抑制(NRR)性能,并与单模情形进行了比较.研究表明,1)对于每个空间模式的PAM信号,所有再生电平具有一致的功率转移性能;2)当输入信噪比(SNR)约大于20 dB时,三种模式的噪声抑制比均可超过3 dB,并随着输入信噪比线性增加,其斜率约为1.2;3)在相同输入SNR条件下,三种模式的噪声抑制比相差不大,不超过1.1 dB.为了说明再生器的再生性能,当输入SNR为25 dB时,我们还给出了再生前后PAM-4信号的功率分布直方图.与现有的再生方案相比,本文方案的均匀多电平再生转移性能,使其更适合高频谱效率的长距空分复用系统和任意电平数的PAM信号再生.此外,该方案也能够扩展到波长域,有效提高光通信系统的传输容量.     

Bidirectional colorless wired and wireless WDM-PON with improved dispersion tolerance for radio over fiber

We propose and demonstrate a bidirectional transmission, hybrid wired and wireless access network based on subcarrier modulation (SCM) techniques. The scheme simultaneously enables the dispersion-tolerant transmission of millimeter (mm)-wave signals for use in wireless access networks, downstream baseband signals for optical wired access networks, and optical continuous-wave (CW) carriers for use in upstream data remodulations. Error-free transmissions through a 25-km length of single mode fiber (SMF) for both the downstream baseband and the remodulated upstream signals are confirmed by bit-error-rate (BER) measurements. The dispersion tolerance of the radio-over-fiber (RoF) signal is assessed using numerical simulations.     

Ultrashort-pulse investigation of the propagation properties of the LP(11) mode in 1.55-mum communication fibers

The coupling of an ultrashort laser pulse into a single-mode optical communication fiber gives rise to two propagating pulses as a result of the excitation of two guided modes, the fundamental, LP(01) , and the leaky, LP(11) . Such a phenomenon provides a new approach to the study of the propagation properties of the LP(11) mode. An experiment with tunable 110-fs pulses at a wavelength near 1550 nm is described. Information about the group velocity, the polarization-rotation length, the attenuation coefficient, and the cutoff wavelength of the LP(11) mode is obtained in a simple and direct way for various fibers.     

基于Michelson干涉仪的高灵敏度光纤高温探针传感器

提出了一种简单的高灵敏度的光纤高温探针传感器, 该传感器由一小段多模光纤和一端镀有银膜的单模光纤熔接而成. 由于单模光纤和多模光纤的纤芯直径不同, 当光波从多模光纤传输至多模光纤和单模光纤的熔接端面时, 一部分纤芯光耦合进包层, 因为单模光纤纤芯的折射率和包层的折射率不同, 不同模式的光经过银膜反射后在多模光纤内重新耦合进单模光纤, 最终形成干涉.随着外界温度的升高, 干涉谱峰值会向长波方向漂移. 实验结果证明这种传感器在470 ℃–600 ℃范围内具有很好的稳定性, 线性度达99.7%, 灵敏度为120 pm/℃, 可作为远距离反射型探针温度传感器, 在石油探测和油气田开发等领域有着广泛的应用前景. 关键词： 光纤传感 温度测量 Michelson干涉     

Passive combination of multiple beams in an optical fiber via stimulated Brillouin scattering

We demonstrate passive combination of multiple beams in an optical fiber via stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS). Four off-axis beams are combined in a long multimode optical fiber using a novel all-optical mount. The combined beam has the high spatial coherence properties of the LP(01) mode owing to the beam cleanup properties of SBS. The threshold for SBS when off-axis pumps are used is shown to be a factor of 13 times higher than for on-axis pump beams. We propose this method would improve the brightness of an array of fiber amplifiers.     

Laser guiding of cold molecules in a hollow optical fiber and continuous-wave cold molecular beam generation

A novel scheme for guiding arbitrary buffer-gas cooled neutral molecules in a hollow optical fiber(HOF) using a red-detuned HE 11 mode is proposed and analysed theoretically.We give the electromagnetic field distribution of the HE 11 mode in the HOF and calculate the optical potential of an I 2 molecule,and study the molecule guiding mechanism using a classical Monte Carlo simulation.Using a 6 kW input laser,an S-shape HOF with a 2 cm curvature radius for both bends,and an input molecular beam with a transverse temperature of 0.5 K and longitudinal temperature of 5 K,we obtain a guiding efficiency of ～0.126% for the scheme,and the transverse and longitudinal temperatures of the guided molecular beam are 1.9 mK and 0.5 K,respectively.     

Efficiency and optical feedback of traveling-wave semiconductor laser amplifier to single-mode fiber coupling: Theory and experiment

This paper analyzes the coupling efficiency and optical feedback of the tapered fiber end with a high-index hemiellipsoidal microlens. Such a device has been used as a coupler of traveling-wave semiconductor laser amplifier (TW-SLA) to single mode fiber (SMF).

A theory of the calculation of coupling efficiency and optical feedback is presented including the effects of spherical aberration and Fresnel reflection of thick lens. In consideration of the large beam divergency of the TW-SLA chip, the finite transmission aperture is introduced.

The calculations are in agreement with experiment results and a group of optimum structure parameters of the coupler are given.     

Fiber acousto-optic mode coupling between the higher-order modes with adjacent azimuthal numbers

It is pointed out theoretically that fiber acousto-optic mode coupling can occur between the higher-order modes with adjacent azimuthal numbers. Selective fiber mode conversion from LP01 to LP11, and then to LP21 or LP02 is demonstrated experimentally in a few-mode fiber by using a method of cascaded acousto-optic mode coupling.     

Wavelength-independent all-fiber mode converters

We have used two different photonic crystal fiber (PCF) techniques to make all-fiber mode converters. An LP(01) to LP(11) mode converter was made by the ferrule technique on a drawing tower, and an LP(01) to LP(02) mode converter was made by controlled hole inflation of an existing PCF on a tapering rig. Both devices rely on adiabatic propagation rather than resonant coupling; so high extinction was achieved across a wide wavelength range.