可调光衰减器的光衰减量线性补偿

设计制成一种数字化电磁驱动微机械MOEMS可调光衰减器.与传统可调光衰减器相比,该器件不仅可实现光衰减量数字化电控调节,并且可通过器件结构的优化设计,对光衰减量的非线性进行补偿,最终得到线性衰减.器件性能测试表明,插入损耗IL＜0.3 dB,偏振相关损耗PDL＜0.1 dB,波长相关损耗WDL＜0.2 dB,衰减范围0～40 dB,回波损耗RL＞50 dB.     

基于内反射效应的可变光学衰减器

提出一种基于内反射原理的可变光学衰减器，这种利用一加长的棱镜和涂于棱镜上下两底面的SiO2薄膜的简单结构，使随入射角变化的反射光实现弱偏振相关和大动态范围的衰减。     

基于三波导耦合的聚合物电光可调光衰减器

可调光衰减器(VOA)是密集波分复用(DWDM)网络中的重要器件之一,它的一个重要应用是实现多通道间的功率均衡。提出了一种基于三波导耦合结构的聚合物电光可调光衰减器的设计方案,即利用两个旁侧波导耦合掉主通道波导中的光,从而达到衰减的目的。并运用束传播法(BPM)对该器件进行了相关性能的模拟、分析及优化,使得该结构衰减达到60 dB,驱动电压为11.3 V,插入损耗为0.48 dB。该结构有效的降低了驱动电压,并使该结构的高衰减可调光衰减器得以实现。     

Dynamic-performance characterization of C-band EDFA using ASE-power peak-selective feedback gain-clamping

We propose and demonstrate a C-band Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) using amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) power peaking-selective and feedback to achieve highly stabilized and wide dynamic range gain clamping performances. The gain of 16.20 ± 0.13 dB is obtained with the input signal power dynamic range of 30 dB and the maximum noise figure (NF) was 6.6 dB with the input signal power from −35 to −10 dBm. To investigate the gain variation for the probe signals, we applied a saturation tone signal to simulate 16-channel DWDM signals as it is added (dropped) into (from) EDFA. The gain variation of the proposed scheme at a appropriate ring-cavity loss (VOA = 5 dB) is less than 0.13 dB for the input signal power from −35 to −5 dBm and wavelength from 1530 to 1564 nm.     

Performance limit of a multi-frequency probe based coherent optical time domain reflectometry caused by nonlinear effects

The nonlinear effects that limit the performance of the multi-frequency probe(MFP)based coherent optical time domain reflectometry(C-OTDR)are investigated.Based on theoretical analysis and experimental results,compared with conventional C-OTDR,when the probe pulse has power gradient within the pulse width,self-phase modulation(SPM)and cross-phase modulation(XPM)are strengthened in the new C-OTDR scheme.The generation of four-wave mixing(FWM)is dependent on SPM and XPM,and with modulation frequency of phase modulator higher than 40 MHz,the stimulated Brillouin scattering(SBS) threshold can be enhanced by more than 5 dB,which benefits the maximum dynamic range of the MFP C-OTDR.     

PDLC-based VOA with a small polarization dependent loss

A polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC)-based variable optical attenuator (VOA) was demonstrated to exhibit a relatively small polarization dependent loss (PDL) in the optical communication C band. The influence of the PDLC characteristics, the temperature, as well as the wavelength of the laser irradiation, on the PDLC VOA performance was analyzed. The PDL, the insertion loss at saturated voltage, and the operating voltage of the PDLC-based VOA were reduced by optimizing the fabrication conditions and applying a bias voltage to the PDLC cells during polymerization-induced phase separation.     

Optical power equalization using Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifier

A novel scheme of optical power equalization based on Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifier (FPSOA) is proposed. Because of the gain characteristic of FP-SOA, real-time controlling mechanism according to input optical power is aborted in the scheme. The simulations show that 10-dB pulse peak power variation can be clamped in less than i dB. The influences of injecting current, pulse periods, and pulse width are discussed.     

Femtosecond quadrature-squeezed light generation in CdSe at 1.55 mum

We generated pulsed quadrature-squeezed light by cross-phase modulation in single-crystal hexagonal CdSe at wavelengths of 1.4 to 1.55mum . We measured 0.4-dB squeezing (0.7 dB is inferred at the crystal) with 100-fs laser pulses. The wavelength and the intensity dependence, as well as variations in the local oscillator configuration, are examined. At higher intensities squeezing is shown to deteriorate owing to competing nonlinear processes.     

Paired interference 3-dB coupler based on SOI rib waveguides with anisotropic chemical wet etching

A 3-dB paired interference (PI) optical coupler in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) based on rib waveguides with trapezoidal cross section was designed with simulation by a modified finite-difference beam propagation method (FD-BPM) and fabricated by potassium hydroxide (KOH) anisotropic chemical wet etching. Theoretically, tolerances of width, length,and port distance are more than 1, 100, and 1 μm, respectively.Smooth interface was obtained with the propagation loss of 1.1 dB/crn at the wavelength of 1.55μm. The coupler has a good uniformity of 0.2 dB and low excess loss of less than 2 dB.     

Analysis and optimization of an InGaAsP/InP waveguide variable optical attenuator

An InGaAsP/InP waveguide variable optical attenuator (VOA) is proposed in this paper. The device consists of straight input and output waveguides and an S-bend waveguide. An electrode is deposited on a portion of the waveguide to form an active region so that its refractive index can be modified by a current injection, resulting in the variation of the transmitted optical power. The beam propagation method is employed in the numerical simulation and the device structure is optimized using a genetic algorithm. The optimized VOA has a low excess loss (<1 dB) and a large dynamic range of about 40 dB.     

Liquid crystal enabled multi-channel power equalizer and stabilizer

Automatic power equalization and stabilization of a liquid crystal enabled channel-selectable optical demultiplexer is demonstrated. The variation among output signals from different channels was reduced from ∼10 dB to 0.15 dB with feedback control. The minimum ripple level of a single channel is ∼0.05 dB. As a variable optical attenuator (VOA), the attenuation range of the device is ∼12.6 dB.     

S弯曲聚合物热光型可变衰减器的特性

提出一种热光聚合物可变光衰减器(VOA)的设计分析,利用S弯曲的波导提高衰减效率,BPM法模拟中验证其衰减动态范围可达60 dB,实现60 dB的衰减计算功耗为60 mW,附加弯曲损耗小于0.3 dB.并且具有很好的极化独立性,串扰低,尺寸小,易于集成.     

位错型微机械可变光衰减器的研究

介绍了一种基于微机械技术实现的可变光衰减器,通过微电磁驱动器改变输入输出光纤之间的径向偏移量来调整衰减量。基于波导传输理论分析确定了器件的结构参量,并通过集成电路微细加工工艺实现了器件的制作和封装。测试结果表明,该可变光衰减器的插入损耗小于1dB,动态范围约35dB,工作电压小于5V,偏振相关损耗小于0.1dB,体积为20mm×15mm×8mm,有望为全光网提供一种低成本,高性能的光通信器件。     

Novel MEMS variable optical attenuator

A novel MEMS variable optical attenuator (VOA), which has completely different attenuation mechanism from those in literatures, is proposed and demonstrated in this paper. The basic operation principle is that the optical power coupled between two initially aligned single-mode fibers will be continuously attenuated while the end of one of the fibers is deflected from the initial position. A micromachined solenoid type inductor with a U-shaped permalloy magnetic core is used to attract the deflectable fiber that has a permalloy coat on its end. To fabricate the multi-layer three-dimensional inductive component, a new UV-LIGA process for thick photoresists is developed, combining advantages of both SU-8 and AZ-4000 series photoresists. The inductive component is approximately 1.7 mm×1.3 mm×50μm in size and has a low resistance value (- 2.1Ω). The whole size of the VOA before packaging is 30 mmx2 mmx0.6 mm. The first prototype shows less then 3-dB insertion loss at 0-dB attenuation and nearly 40-dB att     

Fabrication of ultralow-loss Si/SiO(2) waveguides by roughness reduction

We demonstrate 0.8-dB/cm transmission loss for a single-mode, strip Si/SiO(2) waveguide with submicrometer cross-sectional dimensions. We compare the conventional waveguide-fabrication method with two smoothing technologies that we have developed, oxidation smoothing and anisotropic etching. We observe significant reduction of sidewall roughness with our smoothing technologies, which directly results in reduced scattering losses. The rapid increase in the scattering losses as the waveguide dimension is miniaturized, as seen in conventionally fabricated waveguides, is effectively suppressed in the waveguides made with our smoothing technologies. In the oxidation smoothing case, the loss is reduced from 32 dB/cm for the conventional fabrication method to 0.8 dB/cm for the single-mode waveguide width of 0.5 microm . This is to our knowledge the smallest reported loss for a high-index-difference system such as a Si/SiO(2) strip waveguide.     

A high performance tunable optical filter based on cascaded polarization interference filter

A new kind of tunable optical filter is proposed for DWDM optical communication application. It is based on cascaded polarization interference filter (PIF). The period and bandpass width of each PIF are decided by its optical path difference between o-ray and e-ray (OPDOE). When their OPDOEs are proportionately designed, the tuning range and bandpass width depend on OPDOE in the first and the last PIF, respectively. The tuning range, bandpass width and crosstalk are independent each other. The crosstalk is related to the OPDOE ratios among PIFs and can be suppressed by designing the PIF's 15 × 2N-7 × l1, 10 × 2N-6 × l1 and 2N-2 × l1 from the first to the last. This suggested OPDOEs can yield -50-dB crosstalk for any tuning range and bandpass width. The insert loss is less than i dB. As its loose alignment requirement, there is no limitation on cascaded PIF number. When 11 PIFs are cascaded, it can achieve 170-nm tuning range, -50-dB crosstalk, bandpass width applicable to 25-GHz channel spacing and 1 dB insert loss.     

自纠错码在PWAM光纤传输系统中的应用

基于自纠错码的二级脉冲幅度调制与脉冲宽度调制(PWAM)光纤传输技术,对系统中的接收机灵敏度进行了分析.在模拟信号信噪比不小于50 dB,数字信号误码率不低于10－9情况下进行仿真.结果表明,在没有增加系统复杂性的前提下,使用自纠错码时二级脉冲幅度调制以及脉冲调制光纤接收机灵敏度将有1.1 dB的改善.     

高重复频率锁模光纤激光器及其超连续谱产生

设计并实验研究了一种结构简单的主动调制锁模高重复频率窄脉宽光纤激光器。采用窄线宽连续激光调制4 GHz高重频后,通过拉曼增益孤子压缩效应将脉宽由27 ps压窄至2.6 ps。该高重频锁模激光泵浦一段300 m长高非线性光纤,同时脉冲被展宽至7.4 ps。产生的超连续谱平坦度20 dB宽带可达250 nm,功率波动为±0.2 dB。     

Fabrication of Variable Optica l Attenuator With Low Inse rtion Loss

Avoltage -controlled variabl optical attenuator (VOA) based on silica-b a sed planar ligh t wa ve circu its (P LC) was fabricated by flame hydrolysis deposition (FHD). The variable attenuator with Cr heater achieves 20dB attenuation with 318mW electrical power at 1550 nm. The insertion loss and the polarization dependent loss (PDL) at 0 attenuation are 1dB and 0.23dB, respectively.     

超小型非硅基微机械可调光衰减器

研制了一种新型的超小型电磁驱动微机械可调光衰减器（VOA）.该器件采用电磁驱动器转动硅基微镜改变光路实现可调衰减,在结构上采用了全磁性回复,完全摆脱了通常的弹性回复造成的部件疲劳、零点偏移等器件重复性问题.驱动电压为0～5 V,工作范围0～40 dB,插入损耗小于0.8 dB,回波损耗小于－50 dB.器件重要部件采用微细电火花加工(EDM)技术制作,并应用FEA软件进行了结构优化,对衰减响应进行了详尽的理论分析.该VOA设计体积仅为25×10×7 mm3,可构成阵列应用于波分复用（WDM/DWDM）系统中各信道的动态信号平衡或网络保护.