FP腔腔长的测量新方法

ＦＰ腔是ＷＤＭ光纤通信系统中用于波长控制和解调的关键器件。为了进行匹配系统的设计以及计算已制成腔的自由谱区，准确测定腔长是必不可少的工作，但是由于ＦＰ腔的具体结构，测定腔长无法用直接的方法进行。本文通过谐振腔的谐振特性分析，推导出一种测量腔长的新方案。     

Temperature characteristics of a core-mode interferometer based on a dual-core photonic crystal fiber

A core-mode Fabry–Perot (FP) interferometer is constructed by using a dual-core photonic crystal fiber (DCPCF). The FP cavity is formed by a single piece of DCPCF, which can also serve as a direct sensing probe without any additional components. We theoretically and experimentally studied its temperature responses in the range of 40–480 °C. The temperature sensitivity is 13 pm/°C which matches the theoretical results. Since the temperature sensitivity of the proposed sensor is independent on cavity length, precise control of the length of FP cavity or photonic crystal fiber is not required. The sensor size can be as short as 100–200 μm, and its fabrication only involves splicing and cleaving, which make the sensor production very cost-effective. The proposed FP interferometric sensor based on a DCPCF can find applications in high-temperature measurement especially those that need accurate point measurement with high sensitivity.     

Behavior of cholesteric liquid crystals in a Fabry-Perot cavity

We investigate the behavior of cholesteric liquid crystals (CLC's) inside a Fabry-Perot (FP) cavity. Although FP cavities filled with various liquid crystals have been extensively studied, to our knowledge the behavior of CLC-based FP cavities has not been reported. In CLC the twisted structure can be changed because the pitch is a function of temperature. In a parallel-rubbed CLC FP cavity the balance between strong surface anchoring and elastic energy yield a steplike resonance spectrum. This corresponds to the quantized effective pitch that the system assumes when both surface alignments are fixed. Experiment results for parallel-rubbed samples are presented and explained theoretically by use of Jones matrix calculations.     

Frequency stabilization of a single-frequency all-solid-state laser for Doppler wind lidar

The master laser of an injection-seeded laser for Doppler wind lidar is frequency stabilized to a FabryPerot (FP) cavity using Pound-Drever-Hall technique. The FP cavity is specially designed to gain high temperature stability with Zerodur cavity and spacer. A computer based controller is used to sample and process the error signal. After the master laser is locked, the relative frequency drift is±25 kHz in 1 s,and ±55 kHz in 1 h, which can satisfy the need of Doppler wind lidar.     

高光谱分辨率激光雷达鉴频器的设计与分析

提出了利用Fabry-Perot干涉仪的反射场实现高光谱分辨率激光雷达精细探测大气光学参量的新方法和思路.设计了高光谱分辨率的分光系统,并分析了干涉仪反射场的光谱透过特征曲线.结合高光谱激光雷达探测信号特征,讨论分析了谱分离比和瑞利信号透过率随反射率和腔长的变化曲线,同时结合误差传递公式,建立了仿真分析模型,讨论了回波光束发散角和入射角变化对激光雷达探测结果的影响.结果表明,所提出的Fabry-Perot干涉仪反射场可以实现高光谱分辨率激光雷达探测系统的精细分光,同时探测结果误差随回波光束发散角变化不敏感,控制发散角在10 mrad以内,入射角在1.5 mrad以内时,可以实现气溶胶光学参数廓线的高精度探测.     

To narrow laser linewidth by utilizing dispersion characteristics of Gires-Tournois etalon

A longer laser resonator length is benefit for laser linewidth, but harmful for single-frequency operation. A novel way is suggested to narrow the bandwidth of a Fabry-Perot （FP） cavity through increasing the derivative of one round-trip phase shift with respect to the frequency. It can be implemented by replacing one of two FP mirrors with a Gires-Tournois etalon （GTE）, called FPCT, as a dispersion element. FPGT resonator has additional axial modes due to the GTE reflection phase shift. Theoretical analyses show that the bandwidth of additional axial modes can be 1% of that of a conventional FP cavity. A distributed feedback （DFB） laser diode can employ FPGT resonator to achieve ultra-narrow linewidth laser. It is shown that the effect of refractivity fluctuation in the gain medium on the linewidth is little, and kilohertz linewidth is achievable for such a device.     

Miniature fiber-optic high temperature sensor based on a hybrid structured Fabry-Perot interferometer

A miniature Fabry-Perot (FP) interferometric fiber-optic sensor suitable for high-temperature sensing is proposed and demonstrated. The sensor head consists of two FP cavities formed by fusion splicing a short hollow-core fiber and a piece of single-mode fiber at a photonic crystal fiber in series. The reflection spectra of an implemented sensor are measured at several temperatures and analyzed in the spatial frequency domain. The experiment shows that the thermal-optic effect of the cavity material is much more appreciable than its thermal expansion. The temperature measurements up to 1000 degrees C with a step of 50 degrees C confirm that it could be applicable as a high-temperature sensor.     

Stable diode lasers for hydrogen precision spectroscopy

We report on an external cavity diode laser at 972 nmstabilized to a mid-plane mounted Fabry-Perot (FP) resonator with afinesse of 400000. The 0.5 Hz optical beat note line width betweentwo similar lasers (Allan deviation 2 × 10^-15) is limitedby thermal noise properties of two independent FP resonators. Thelong term drift of the FP resonator and mirror substrates made fromUltra-Low-Expansion glass (ULE) is small and can be well predictedon time intervals up to many hours if the resonator is stabilized atthe zero thermal expansion temperature T_c. Using a Peltierelement in a vacuum chamber for temperature stabilization allowsstabilization of the FP cavity to T_c which is usually below theroom temperature. Beat note measurements with a femtosecond opticalfrequency comb referenced to a H-maser during 15 hours have shown awell defined linear drift of the FP resonance frequency of about 60 mHz/s with residual frequency excursions of less than ±20 Hz.     

Fabry Perot etalon with polymer cholesteric liquid-crystal mirrors

We present what we believe to be the first implementation of a Fabry-Perot (FP) etalon using polymer cholesteric liquid-crystal mirrors. These polymer mirrors have each been fabricated onto a single substrate, which allows the FP cavity spacing to be only a few micrometers wide. For the experimental results presented, cavity lengths of 13.8 and 7.6 mum yield near-infrared free spectral ranges of 24.8 and 45.6 nm, respectively. The measured finesse of 14.31 is approaching the limitation imposed by the reflectivity of the mirrors.     

Fabry-Perot cavity based on a diaphragm-free hollow-core silica tube

A Fabry-Perot (FP) cavity of simple design and based on a pure silica diaphragm-free hollow tube is proposed. Its operation is based on a first reflection of light at the end of the single-mode fiber that illuminates the silica rod and in a second reflection that takes place at the end of the rod. The FP cavity is characterized for high temperature, pressure and refractive index sensing, showing useful characteristics for the measurement of these three parameters. The diaphragm-free configuration simplifies the measurement of the refractive index of fluids.     

一维光子晶体的缺陷与F-P腔

利用特征矩阵理论,建立关于缺陷对称的一维光子晶体的缺陷模型.使用计算机对3种情况进行了仿真.经过仿真的透射光谱与F-P腔的透射光谱比对分析后,得到了结论,即仅在特定条件下,模型的缺陷光学长度与F-P腔的光学长度相等.     

双微环谐振腔耦合的双波长半导体激光器（英）

提出一种新颖的单片集成双微环耦合的双波长半导体激光器结构。集成于激光腔内的2个微环谐振腔作为模式选择滤波器,通过游标效应选择谐振模式,同时还可作为等效的反射镜面以形成行波腔。这种无需解理的行波激光腔代替了需要解理面的法布里-珀罗驻波腔。理论仿真表明,跟驻波腔结构相比,行波腔双微环激光器结构简单,可获得约34 mA的较低的阈值电流和大于31 dB的边模抑制比。合理地控制有源区的增益峰值和谐振模式分布,该激光器能提供一致性和稳定性较好的双波长激光输出。     

Interference properties of a light beam having a helical wave surface

The spatial wave front characteristics of a laser were examined by two beam interference after amplitude division. Complex interference patterns were observed and are interpreted as due to a helical form of the phase front. This unusual form is implicit in previous analyses of cavity eigenfunctions, but the properties of such a helical co-phasal wavefront have not apparently been previously studied.     

Bistable operation of a tunable laser with and without absorber coupled to an external resonator

The stationary states of a single-mode laser with feedback from a grating of high selectivity are investigated theoretically. The amplifying and absorbing media are contained in a Fabry-Perot cavity (FP) of lengthl. The grating and one of the FP end mirrors facing it are forming an external resonator (ER) of lengthL whereLl. The losses in the compound system consisting of the FP and ER depend on the refractive indices of both the media which change with light intensity. An inequality has been derived yielding conditions for unstable operation at lasing threshold connected with a transition of light intensity to the upper branch of a hysteresis cycle. It has been found that a hysteresis in a system without an absorber can arise by tuning the grating frequency towards a FP resonance from the high-frequency side provided that this resonance stands on the high-frequency side of the atomic transition. For the reversed tuning situation the FP resonance must be located on the low-frequency side of the atomic transition. If an absorber is present hysteresis cycles at both sides of a FP resonance can occur independently of its position with respect to the atomic resonances.     

微机械FP腔可调谐滤波器在WDM系统中的串扰分析

介绍了一种以FP谐振腔为基础,用于波分复用系统的MOEMS器件-电控可调谐FP光滤波器.器件采用微电子机械加工技术研制.研究了FP型解复用器在密集波分复用系统中引入的信道间串扰对系统的影响,并分别讨论了激光器线宽、滤波器带宽、信道间距对串扰的影响.在信道间隔为100GHz,激光器线宽为5GHz,串扰可达到-21dB左右.     

Excitation of a cylindrical cavity by a helical current and an axial electron beam current

The explicit expressions (in the Vainshtein and Markov forms) are derived for the excitation of a cylindrical cavity with perfectly conducting walls and with impedance end faces. Excitation of a cylindrical cavity and a cylindrical waveguide with a preset nonuniform axial electron-beam current and a helical current with a variable pitch, which is excited by a concentrated voltage source and is loaded by a preset pointlike matched load, is considered. For the helical current, the integro-differential equation is formulated. The traveling-wave tube (TWT) is simulated in the preset beam current approximation taking into account the nonuniform winding of the spiral coil, nonuniform electron beam, and losses.     

利用窄刻槽金属光栅实现石墨烯双通道吸收增强

构建基底/窄刻槽金属光栅/覆盖层/石墨烯结构,利用金属光栅激发的表面等离子体激元共振和窄光栅刻槽支持的法布里-珀罗共振,在可见光波段实现单层石墨烯的双通道吸收增强,并结合简化模型估算出双吸收通道所在位置.在波长462和768 nm处,石墨烯的光吸收效率分别为35.6%和40.1%,相比石墨烯本征光吸收率的增强均超过15.5倍.进一步研究发现由于短波处吸收增强源于金属光栅的表面等离子体激元共振,其吸收特性受覆盖层厚度、刻槽深度和宽度变化的影响较小;而由于长波处吸收增强源于窄刻槽中的法布里-珀罗共振,因此呈现出良好的角度不敏感吸收特性.     

Simple Nd:YAG laser generates vector and vortex beam

We report a simple Nd:YAG laser that emits radially polarized beam with helical wavefront. The laser cavity consists of a piece of laser crystal and a plane output coupler, and there is no additional polarization component inside it. The pump light is converted into annular profile through de-focal coupling into a multi-mode fiber. For the continuous-wave(CW) operation, the laser emits radially polarized vortex beam, and it is observed that the helical wavefront of the laser beam is switched from right handedness to left handedness when the output coupler is tilted slightly. For the Q-switched operation under the insertion of a Cr4t:YAG saturable absorber inside the cavity, we obtain radially polarized outputs with left-handedness helical wavefront. By tilting the laser crystal slightly, the laser output switches to azimuthal polarization at pump power larger than 4.5 W and left-handedness helical wavefront of laser beam is preserved.     

Temperature-independent refractive index measurement based on Fabry-Perot fiber tip sensor modulated by Fresnel reflection

A simple fiber tip sensor for refractive index(RI) measurement based on Fabry-Perot(FP) interference modulated by Fresnel reflection is proposed and demonstrated.The sensor head consists of an etchinginduced micro air gap near the tip of a single-mode fiber.The microgap and the fiber tip function as two reflectors to form a FP cavity.The external RI can be unambiguously measured by monitoring the fringe contrast of the interference pattern from the reflection spectrum.The experimental results show that the proposed sensor achieves temperature-independent RI measurement with good linear response.The proposed sensor achieves a high RI resolution of up to 3.4×10 5 and has advantages of low cost and easy fabrication.     

Frequency-locked tunable LD laser with a broad bandwidth

Using lock-in amplifer and proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) electric circuit, the frequency of diode laser is stabilized on a highly mechanical stable Fabry-Perot (FP) cavity transmission peak. When the frequency locking system is on, the frequency tunable range of the laser is about 4 GHz around the D1 transition of Rb. The laser frequency tuning is implemented by scanning the FP cavity length. The fluctuation of frequency of the output laser is less than 1 MHz, and the drift of the center frequency is less than 1.5 MHz in 1.5 min. This system has great potential of the application in the experimental investigation of the interaction between light and atoms, especially, for the case of far off the atomic resonance.