Performance improvement and wavelength reuse in millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber links incorporating all-fiber optical interleaver

Simultaneous downlink performance improvement and uplink wavelength reuse in a full-duplex millimeter-wave (MMW) radio-over-fiber (RoF) system by using a simple and cost-effective all-fiber optical interleaver are proposed and demonstrated. The MMW RoF downlink performance improvement is based on suppressing optical carrier-to-sideband ratio (OCSR), with which the mechanism is confirmed by theoretic analysis and derived experimental results. Measured results show that, by suppressing OCSR using a fabricated all-fiber optical interleaver, the downlink optical receiver sensitivity is improved about 2.1 dB. The downlink data rate is 1.25 Gbit/s and the carrier frequency is 58.1 GHz; the link consists of 6 km optical single-mode fiber and 1 m wireless connection. On the other hand, with the interleaver suppressing downlink OCSR, simultaneously an optical carrier is recovered from the RoF downlink and is reused for RoF uplink transmission. The uplink is operated at 62.9 GHz and the data rate is the same 1.25 Gbit/s. With the recovered optical carrier, a laser-free remote access point is achieved. The principle, structure, and fabrication of an all-fiber optical interleaver are also presented in this paper.     

波导侧壁起伏对聚酰亚胺波导光学梳状滤波器串扰特性的影响及其改善方法

提出了一种结构模型来分析由工艺引起的波导侧壁起伏对于聚合物波导光学梳状滤波器的滤波特性的影响。含氟聚酰亚胺高分子聚合物制备多级马赫一曾德尔串联型光学梳状滤波器件的工作参量为中心波长1550nm,波长间隔为0．8nm,40通道的波长交错分离。模拟计算：表明,对由高分子聚合物材料制备的多级马赫-曾德尔串联型光学梳状滤波器件,其主要影响是增大了信道之间的串扰,中心波长1550nm处的信道串扰由理想情况下的-40dB降为-12dB,极大地影响了器件的性能。在此基础上,提出一种改善光学梳状滤波器串扰性能的新结构,该结构由多级马赫-曾德尔耦合器和微环共振滤波器串接构成,40个通道的串扰改善为-0dB以下。     

An accurate analysis for two-mode interferometer based Mach-Zehnder interferometers interleaver

By using a more accurate analysis, we investigate the effect of the mode coupling and radiation loss of a two-mode interferometer (TMI) which is employed in the design of Mach-Zehnder interferometer interleaver by considering different branching angles and index contrasts. Based on our study, we find that the transmission characteristics of a TMI in the interleaver design cannot always be treated as a simple zero gap directional coupler (DC), called pure model. Under certain conditions, its characteristics should be treated as a zero gap DC combined with two variable gap DCs, and correspondently called integrated model. The conditions under which a TMI is treated as pure model or integrated model are defined in terms of branching angle and index contrast. Our findings are confirmed with the experimental results.     

光纤环对非平衡马赫曾德尔干涉仪型波长交错滤波器性能的改善

波长交错滤波器是一种类似于梳状滤波器的无源光子器件，在密集波分复用系统中可以起到复用和解复用器件的作用。如果将一光纤圈加入光纤溶锥型非平衡马赫－曾德尔干涉仪型波长交错滤波器系统中，它的滤波性能将有所改善。改进后的梳状滤波器的透射率形态近似于方波，讨论了新系统的结构和参数选取。     

多腔薄膜梳状滤波器中心波长温度稳定性分析

利用高桥模型详细分析了多腔薄膜梳状滤波器的中心波长温度稳定性问题。发现由于多腔薄膜梳状滤波器的固体腔较厚而反射镜膜系的厚度相对较薄,因此膜系与固体腔之间的温度引起的弹性应力导致的膜系光学常数的变化已经不是主要影响因素,而固体腔材料的折射率温度系数引起的中心波长漂移对整个器件的影响较大。计算表明对于一个密集波分复用中使用的100 G信道间隔的三腔薄膜梳状滤波器而言,当固体腔材料(熔融石英)的折射率温度系数为1×10-5/℃时,器件的中心波长漂移在-40 ℃~85 ℃的温度范围内可达±1 nm。     

Turbo Codes for 10-66GHz WiMax Systems

In this paper, performances of turbo codes for 10-66GHz WiMax system are analyzed and simulated. The channel of WiMax system is modeled as Rician channel due to the short wavelength. The uniform interleaver is used in the performance analysis to derive the average upper bound of performance of turbo codes. Simulations of bit error rate (BER) performances are performed for WiMax systems with/without turbo codes. It is shown that about 4.3dB coding gain can be achieved by using a [1,11/13,15/13] turbo code with 5 iterations, and thus the required transmission power of WiMax system can be decreased. It is also demonstrated that the performances of turbo codes are improved by increasing the interleaver length and the iteration number.     

间插取样光纤光栅多通道滤波器

对间插取样光纤光栅进行了理论分析和数值模拟,并依照理论分析及数值模拟的结果进行了实验研究,采用逐点扫描曝光工艺首次制作出具有10个以上通道数的光纤光栅梳状滤波器。这种方法工艺简单,控制精度要求低,是一种具有良好实用化前景的多通道光纤光栅滤波器制作技术。     

环形谐振器辅助马赫-曾德尔干涉仪型波长交错滤波器的研究

将环形谐振器与马赫-曾德尔干涉仪相结合,利用谐振器反馈回路引入的相位调节效应,选择合适的谐振器耦合角,设计出一种具有最大平坦滤波响应的环形谐振器辅助马赫-曾德尔干涉型波长交错滤波器.与普通马赫-曾德尔干涉型波长交错滤波器相比,不仅阻带抑制(>38dB)和过渡带滚降特性明显加强,而且在通带中心15 GHz范围,将色散降低到±10 ps/nm以内,从而可以有效避免对传输信号造成失真.在此基础上,进一步研究环周长(Lr)与马赫-曾德尔干涉臂长差(△L)之间的关系,指出波长交错滤波器奇偶输出端口的带宽分配比直接决定于Lr/△L,当调整Lr/△L=1/2,可以实现具有1;2非对称带宽分配特性的新型波长交错滤波器,为10 Gb/s向10 Gb/s 40 Gb/s系统升级提供一种简单、灵活的方式.     

薄膜多腔滤光片型梳状滤波器的设计

介绍了一种通过使用多个薄膜法布里—珀罗滤光片的叠加来实现密集波分复用中使用的梳状滤波器的设计的新方法。采用间隔层为熔融石英的薄膜法布里—珀罗滤光片作为基本结构的光学梳状滤波器可以比较容易地控制各腔的厚度,因而能精确地达到波分复用系统中波长间隔非常窄的要求。分析了如何确定间隔层厚度和各法布里—珀罗腔的反射镜的反射率以及它们之间的匹配问题,最后给出了与设计吻合较好的实验结果,制作的梳状滤波器在C波段的信道间隔为100GHz,相邻通道窜音小于-24dB,最小插入损耗约-0．4dB。     

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.     

一种新型光交错复用器的设计

提出了一种偏振光干涉型光交错复用器的新结构。其核心元件双折射模拟波片等效于双折射晶体波片，可以获得比一般双折射晶体大得多的等效双折射。该光交错复用器除了具有一般偏振光干涉型光交错复用器的稳定性好、可靠性高的特点外，特别具有隔离度更高和更容易实现各种大小频率间隔的优点。利用该结构设计了用于50GHz频率间隔波分复用信号的奇偶分离的光交错复用器，通带和阻带的平坦宽度均大于1／5周期，隔离度为～30dB。同时，对该器件在实际应用中的几个基本参量，如插入损耗、偏振相关损耗和成本等也作了分析和讨论。     

Photonic crystal waveguide directional couplers as wavelength selective optical filters

Waveguide directional couplers, formed by two closely spaced linear defect waveguides in a two-dimensional photonic crystal of air holes in a semiconductor matrix, are numerically studied using plane wave expansion and finite difference time domain methods. The coupling lengths are on a wavelength scale and show a strong wavelength dependence, allowing for the design of compact wavelength selective optical filters. Applications as a channel interleaver for the 1.55 μm wavelength range and as a micrometer sized 1.31/1.55 μm wavelength demultiplexer are presented.     

平面波导环形格子结构型光交错复用器的设计

在分析比较双折射晶体偏振光干涉型和平面波导环形格子结构型光交错复用滤波器原理的基础上,揭示了两者在光谱透射率的数学上的等效性,给出了两者结构参量之间的等效关系,可以直接利用经简单傅里叶级数对比法获得的晶体的结构参量对平面波导环形格子结构型光交错复用滤波器进行结构设计。利用该方法对一个两级平面波导环形格子结构型光交错复用滤波器进行了优化设计,信道隔离度比文献中结构提高了近5dB,而且结构参量有多种组合。与利用复杂的格子理论计算仅获得一组结构参量相比,该方法更加简单、有效。     

Flattop all-fiber wavelength interleaver for DWDM transmission: Design analysis, parameter optimization, fabrication and characterization recipe

Flattop response within the passband is an important desirable feature of any wavelength selective component that goes into a DWDM optical network. In this paper, we report design and fabrication recipe for realizing wavelength interleavers/slicers with flattop wavelength response, configured around unbalanced all-fiber 2-stage Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZI). Based on a comprehensive analysis, we have developed a design process/algorithm to determine the optimum splitting ratios as well as the relationship between the splitting ratios of the couplers that constitute the 2-stage MZI, to achieve a flattop wavelength response. The implication of the second delay line with respect to its presence in the upper/lower arm of the second stage of the MZI is highlighted through an algebraic analysis. This revealed that there would be corresponding changes in the optimum splitting ratios of the couplers. These features of our design analysis were then exploited to fabricate a wavelength interleaver with a near box-like response, which validated our algorithm. The polarization dependent losses of the device were measured to be ≈ 0.4 dB. Our analysis and fabrication recipe should be useful in the realization of flattop all-fiber wavelength interleavers for deployment in DWDM networks of high spectral efficiency.     

Novel ultrasmall Si-nanowire-based arrayed-waveguide grating interleaver with spirals

A novel layout is presented to achieve an ultrasmall arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) interleaver based on Si-nanowire waveguides. Spiral waveguides are inserted in the middle of arrayed-waveguide to obtain a large lightpath (required for the ultra-high diffraction order) in a small occupied area. A designed ultrasmall AWG interleaver with a free spectral range of 0.8 nm has a total size of only about 73 μm × 372 μm (0.027 mm²).     

Hybrid photonic crystal 1.31/1.55 μm wavelength division multiplexer based on coupled line defect channels

The objective of this paper is to investigate the implementation of a hybrid photonic crystal (PhC) 1.31/1.55 μm wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) and wavelength channel interleaver with channel spacing of roughly 0.8 nm between the operating wavelengths of 1.54-1.56 μm. It is based on 1-D photonic crystal (PhC) structure connected with an output 2-D PhC structure. The power transfer efficiency of the hybrid PhC WDM at 1.31 μm and 1.55 μm were computed by eigen-mode expansion (EME) method to be about 88% at both the wavelengths. The extinction ratios obtained for the 1.31 μm and 1.55 μm wavelengths are − 25.8 dB and − 22.9 dB respectively.     

A simple integrated ratiometric wavelength monitor based on a directional coupler

A simple integrated ratiometric wavelength-monitoring device based on a single directional coupler (DC) is proposed and designed. To meet the desired spectral response, a computationally fast method is proposed to optimize the separation distance between two waveguides and the interaction length of the DC based on the local supermodes solution. The wavelength discrimination of the designed structure is demonstrated numerically.     

一种简单的双折射光交错复用滤波器设计方法

针对双折射光交错滤波器的设计,在傅里叶级数对比正向搜索法的基础上,发展了一种基于傅里叶级数的Cesaro方法的设计方法.利用该方法设计了三级级联的双折射光交错滤波器,计算方法更加简单,所获得的结构参量可以满足较高设计要求.     

Discrimination of strain and temperature based on a polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber incorporating an erbium-doped fiber

A simple sensing method for simultaneous measurement of temperature and strain is investigated by using a Sagnac fiber loop mirror composed of a polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PM-PCF) incorporating an erbium-doped fiber (EDF). Amplified spontaneous emission created by a pumped EDF is transmitted to a Sagnac fiber loop mirror. The interference between two counter-propagating signals in a Sagnac fiber loop mirror generates a periodic transmission spectrum with respect to wavelength. When external temperature is increased, the transmission peak power reduces because the amplified spontaneous emission of the EDF is decreased by the applied temperature change (0.04 dB/°C). The peak wavelength is shifted into the shorter wavelength because of the negative temperature dependence of the birefringence of the PM-PCF (0.3 pm/°C). As the applied strain increases, the peak wavelength of the transmission spectrum of the Sagnac loop mirror incorporating the EDF shifts into a longer wavelength (1.3 pm/με) because the phase change of the proposed sensing probe is directly proportional to the applied strain. The transmission peak power, however, is not changed by the applied strain. Since the source and the sensing probe are integrated, the overall system configuration is significantly simplified without requiring any additional broadband light source. Therefore, it is possible to simultaneously measure temperature and strain by monitoring the variation of transmission peak power and peak wavelength, respectively.     

Study of all-fiber flat-top passband interleaver based on 2 × 2 and 3 × 3 fiber couplers

An all-fiber interleaver of cascaded Mach-Zehnder interferometer (CMZI) using a 2 × 2 and three 3 × 3 fiber couplers with almost rectangular wavelength response is developed by using a new configuration. Based on the digital approximation method of Fourier series, the relationships among the coupling ratios of the couplers, the length difference of interference arms and the intensity transmission spectrum are analyzed. The results indicate that a uniform flat-top spectral response can be obtained by the configuration when the length difference of interference arms and the coupling coefficient of the couplers, with some certain values, are given. The passband and stopband of optical interleaver are improved remarkably. Compared with conventional CMZI using 2 × 2 fiber couplers, the most advantage of the present method is that the coupling ratio of couplers can be controlled accurately because the interference effect of the monitor light can be sheered away in the course of fabricating couplers. A novel structure of filter is fabricated by using the fused biconical taper technics in experiment. The experiment results are in good agreement with the analytical ones.