Electro-absorption and refraction in Fabry-Perot quantum well modulators: a general discussion

Fabry-Perot resonators have long been advocated to improve the limited contrast ratio of multiple quantum well optical modulators used in photonic switches based on self electrooptic effect devices (SEEDs) and in other array based optical interconnection schemes. Using data on field dependent GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well absorption and refraction, we have modelled the reflectivity, modulation depth and contrast ratio of resonant modulators. Our results are generally valid for any quantum well modulator and demonstrate 23the important role played by electro-refraction even in regions of strong absorption. Resonators give large contrast ratios but there are trade-offs in the maximum reflectivity change achievable with Fabry-Perot resonators compared to simple modulators. The model gives the optimum number of quantum wells and reflectivity values required to make a resonator at any wavelength for a given quantum well structure. Understanding the limits of Fabry-Perot quantum well modulator performance is important for their application in symmetric self electrooptic effectiveness for photonic switching where modulation and detection properties are both used and for optical interconnection systems.     

Asymmetric Fabry-Perot modulators with an InGaAs/AlGaAs active region

Strained layer superlattices have been used as the active region in asymmetric Fabry-Perot cavity optical modulators. The active layer of the Fabry-Perot modulator consisted of a 50 period In_0.15 Ga_0.85As/Al_0.30Ga_0.70As (10nm/10nm) superlattice. These quantum wells operate at typical wavelength of around 960 nm. By varying the length of the Fabry-Perot cavity in the modulator by including AlGaAs space layers of different thicknesses in the cavity, it is shown experimentally that both normally on and normally off devices can be obtained using the same stack of quantum wells. For the first type of device operation, a maximum contrast ratio of 8.3 dB could be measured for a reverse voltage of 7 V at 969 nm, while for the second type, a maximum of 8.9 dB at 957 nm was obtained for a 20 V reverse voltage. Using the same structure with an extra Bragg reflector on top of the quantum well layers to increase the surface reflection, a device with a higher finesse of the cavity was obtained. A maximum contrast ratio of 11.5 dB was measured for a reverse bias voltage of 30 V at 978 nm, with an insertion loss of –4.2dB.     

Characteristics of millimeter wave detection in a Fabry-Perot resonator using a YBCO-BiO composite superconductor

A quasioptical technique with a hemispherical-type Fabry-Perot resonator for measuring characteristics of millimeter wave detection using a YBCO-BiO composite superconductor has been successfully developed. This Fabry-Perot resonator consists of a spherical mirror and a plane mirror mounted on the cold head of the refrigerator, under a controlled temperature of 40 to 300 K. The method offers the advantages of estimating irradiation power, easily controlling the sample temperature, analyzing the mode of the irradiated millimeter waves and easily extending to higher frequencies. The superconducting millimeter wave detector has been measured with this technique, with measured sensitivities of 46.5 V/W (70 K) to 160 V/W (35 K) at 50 GHz. These results are close to the theoretical values calculated numerically from the characteristics of the detector. It was confirmed that the millimeter wave detection system using the Fabry-Perot resonator is suitable for estimating the sensitivity of the high-Tc superconducting millimeter wave detector.     

双边缘技术多普勒测风激光雷达标准具的优化

 优化了基于双边缘技术的直接测风多普勒激光雷达中F-P标准具的工作参数。确定激光谱宽后，选择适当的F-P标准具自由谱间距，可正确消除瑞利背景噪声的影响。分析了标准具镜面缺陷、非严格平行和入射光束发散角对其透过率曲线的影响。将标准具透过率函数表达为唯一系统参数，即反射精细度的函数；通过计算散粒噪声极限时的相对测量误差，可确定最优反射精细度以及激光频率相对标准具透过率中心频率的最佳偏置；由最优反射精细度可得到入射到标准具光束的最大发散角和标准具的最小通光口径。     

Optical pulse narrowing using a Fabry-Perot resonator

An optical pulse narrowing technique by spectral windowing using a Fabry-Perot resonator is demonstrated. A 150 ps pulse from a mode-locked Ar ion laser has been compressed by a factor of 2.7.     

法布里—珀罗干涉仪的调节研究与应用简

法布里珀罗多光束干涉仪的调节技巧,分别以钠、汞和激光为光源调节出清晰、理想的多光束干涉图样,并较精确的测定了氦氖激光的波长。     

Quantitative measurement of low propagation losses at 1.55 mum on planar photonic crystal waveguides

The Fabry-Perot resonance technique has been used to determine the propagation losses of planar photonic crystal (PC) waveguides. The structures are patterned into a GaInAsP confining layer on an InP substrate. Losses as low as 11 dB/mm have been measured on a guiding structure with three missing rows. The influence of the PC guide width and air-filling factor is demonstrated.     

基于椭球封闭空气腔的光纤复合法布里-珀罗结构折射率传感特性研究

提出了基于微椭球型空气腔的在线型光纤复合法布里-珀罗干涉结构,并对其折射率传感特性进行了研究.椭球型空气微腔是利用光纤熔接机对实芯光子晶体光纤和单模光纤以特定的熔接参数熔接形成.用高斯光束模型和ABCD法则分析了椭球型空气腔的腔内损耗,建立了电磁场在复合法布里-珀罗干涉结构中传播的物理模型.根据腔长比值的不同,环境折射率对干涉条纹的影响有对比度调制和波长调制,主要研究了一种波长调制型复合法布里-珀罗结构折射率传感器.仿真结果表明该折射率传感器在1—1.6范围内不出现折射率转折点;实验结果表明在1.333—1.466范围内,折射率灵敏度～37.088 nm·RIU-1,分辨率约为2.69×10-5.该光纤复合法布里-珀罗结构干涉条纹对比度高、体积小、成本低,用于折射率测量可靠性高、分辨率高、无折射率拐点、温度串扰小.     

Effect of frequency chirping of light from a Q-switched ruby laser on the speckle in Fabry-Perot rings

It has been observed that, when a Fabry-Perot interferometer was illuminated through a diffuser with light from a Q-switched ruby laser, the speckle smeared out in the Fabry-Perot rings. This is interpreted as a movement of the individual speckle resulting from the frequency chirping of light from the ruby laser and the high resolution of the Fabry-Perot interferometer.     

基于内腔光纤激光器的痕量气体光谱检测

因为器件性价比高、可复用、远距离探测,抗电磁辐射等优势,基于内腔光纤激光器的气体光谱检测方法受到了广泛的关注.通过精心设计气室和反射镜,建立了内腔光纤激光器气体检测系统.在锯齿波电压驱动下,F-P可调谐滤波器连续调谐,实现了波长扫描,可获得多条气体吸收谱线,一次扫描相当于多次测量,极大的提高了测量灵敏度.实验结果表明,...     

光纤Fabry-Perot腔振动传感器

用频谱分析的方法对光纤Fabry-Perot腔传感器的输出信号进行解调.在正弦振动条件下,用干涉信号的3次谐波与基次波的功率比直接计算出振动幅度,可以简单地解调出信号.这一技术能够满足工程中精度要求不是很高的场合应用.     

基于有源Fabry-Perot腔的激光脉冲延时自外差研究

对注入有源Fabry-Perot腔内的单纵模脉冲进行了延时理论分析, 计算了Fabry-Perot腔内增益, 并对脉冲输出进行了数值模拟, 结果表明当脉冲能量衰减到一定值时, 新增抽运粒子数提供的增益可以补偿腔内损耗, 延时脉冲的输出可以达到稳态. 然后利用激光二极管侧面抽运Nd: YAG激光器做为Fabry-Perot腔, 对外部入射的单纵模脉冲光进行了延时, 得到了延时时间2 μups、脉冲数量140个的实验结果. 最后利用有源Fabry-Perot腔对参考光进行延时, 声光移频器对信号光产生频移, 进行了外差实验, 实验结果与移频器的设置值相符, 误差在4%以内.     

嵌入Fabry-Perot谐振腔的高温超导双晶约瑟夫森结的毫米波辐照特性研究

采用嵌入Fabry-Perot谐振腔的方式,研究了Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8(Tl-2212)高温超导薄膜双晶约瑟夫森结的毫米波辐照特性.重点研究了双晶约瑟夫森结与Fabry-Perot谐振腔的耦合特性,发现放置在谐振腔中的结的位置、角度、结的图形以及Fabry-Perot谐振腔中两镜面间的距离等对耦合都有很大的影响.通过精细调节这些参数,可使双晶约瑟夫森结与外加毫米波达到最佳耦合.在最佳耦合情况下,能观察到9级明显的夏皮罗台阶.利用Fabry-Perot谐振腔技术,解决了约瑟夫森结与毫米波的耦合问题,为高温超导约瑟夫森结的毫米波及太赫兹波的辐射和检测研究奠定了基础.     

Shot-by-shot frequency calibration of CARS spectra: Application to the measurement of the collisional line shift in oxygen

A technique using a Fabry-Perot interferometer has been developed to calibrate high-resolution spectra obtained by Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy (CARS). This technique was used to measure simultaneously the Raman frequency and the Raman signal at each laser shot. We demonstrate the accuracy of the method by measuring theQ(15) line shifts of molecular oxygen due to collisions with oxygen and water vapour.     

Single Mode Er-Doped π-Phase-Shifted Distributed Feedback Fibre Grating Laser

A novel method incorporating the shielded method and the post-processing method has been proposed to fabricate the π-phase-shifted fibre grating. Then an Er-doped π-phase-shifted distributed feedback fibre grating laser has been fabricated using the grating. The laser threshold is 20mW. When pumped with 90mW light at 980nm, the laser gives an output of 1.1mW. Its signal-to-noise ratio is better than 60dB. It is demonstrated that the laser is single mode operation by means of a Fabry--Perot scanning interferometer.     

Optimization of parameters and the ultimate sensitivity of interferometric detectors of gravitational waves

The signal-to-shot-noise ratio is calculated for three types of laser interferometers used in gravitational wave detectors: for two types of Fabry-Perot interferometers (with direct reading of the output signal and with the modulation technique used for outcoupling the signal) and for the Michelson interferometer with Fabry-Perot arms. It is shown that the signal-to-noise ratio can be substantially increased by using “supermirrors” with losses of the order of 10 ^?6. It is very important, in this case, to properly choose the mirror transmittance, because, otherwise, the sensitivity inevitably decreases by orders of magnitude and the requirements of lasers become more stringent. The efforts to increase the signal-to-noise ratio by increasing the power are limited either by an insufficient laser power or by the overheating of interferometer mirrors. Our estimates show that the present-day technical level with laser power of about 1 W provides sufficient sensitivity for detecting gravitational waves.     

Contrast ratio variation caused by radiation attenuation in pulse width measurement by two-photon absorption fluorescence

In the technique for measuring pulse width by two-photon absorption fluorescence, theoretical calculations indicate that one can hope to obtain a maximum contrast ratio of three between the point at which the two peaks overlap and the point at which there is no superposition. Nevertheless, this calculation has been carried out assuming that the pulse is not attenuated as it traverses the fluorescent medium. In this paper it will be shown that this attenuation gives rise to a decrease in the contrast ratio. As the fluorescence intensity is proportional to the absorption, an increase in the former will be to the detriment of the contrast ratio. We will attempt to give a criterion for the selection of experimental conditions which lead to maximum intensity without an appreciable decrease in the contrast ratio.     

Ultracompact resonant filters in photonic crystals

A novel design for an ultracompact, high-Q notch-rejection filter is presented, and an analytic expression for the transmission properties is derived. This folded directional coupler shares the properties of a Fabry-Perot resonator and a directional coupler. We compare and contrast the device to high-Q Fabry-Perot cavities in photonic crystal waveguides.     

一种新型的振荡场光化学传感器

利用法布里珀罗振荡模构造了一种新型的光化学传感器。与传统的以表面等离子模和光导模为探针的迅衰场传感器不同 ,这种新型结构中被传感介质处于法布里珀罗腔的振荡场中 ,其能量在全部入射光能中的比重占得很大 ,使得这种传感器具有很高的灵敏度。实验证实这类传感器对葡萄糖溶液浓度和折射率的测量精度皆可达 10 - 5数量级以上     

Broad band far infrared Fabry-Perot with variable finesse

A new type of Fabry-Perot etalon that works on a very broad band for far infrared radiation has been tested. This implementation has been obtained by replacing usual meshes with wire polarizers. Its finesse can be adjusted by rotating a polarizer respect to the other one. The Fabry-Perot effect has been obtained in reflection instead of transmission.