Polarization locked vector solitons and axis instability in optical fiber

We experimentally observe polarization-locked vector solitons in optical fiber. Polarization locked-vector solitons use nonlinearity to preserve their polarization state despite the presence of birefringence. To achieve conditions where the delicate balance between nonlinearity and birefringence can survive, we studied the polarization evolution of the pulses circulating in a laser constructed entirely of optical fiber. We observe two distinct states with fixed polarization. This first state occurs for very small values birefringence and is elliptically polarized. We measure the relative phase between orthogonal components along the two principal axes to be +/-pi/2. The relative amplitude varies linearly with the magnitude of the birefringence. This state is a polarization locked vector soliton. The second, linearly polarized, state occurs for larger values of birefringence. The second state is due to the fast axis instability. We provide complete characterization of these states, and present a physical explanation of both of these states and the stability of the polarization locked vector solitons. (c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.     

Faraday rotation in a single-mode fiber with controlled birefringence

Faraday rotation within a polarization non-conserving single-mode optical fiber is used for ac magnetic field measurement. For that purpose the intrinsic fiber birefringence on the path to and from the Faraday rotation section is controlled. As control devices externally applied stress birefringence and phase retarder plates were used. With respect to magnetic field measurements on high electric potentials all control devices are placed at fiber input and output only.     

相位调制边带失衡问题研究

 高功率激光系统中一般利用相位调制器对单纵模激光进行频谱展宽以避免受激布里渊散射，当后继系统中的滤波器存在中心波长偏差时，则会导致相位调制产生的边带失衡，使光信号出现较为严重的高频起伏。基于前端系统模拟平台对此问题进行了数值模拟研究，结果表明滤波后的高频起伏随滤波器带宽变窄和中心波长偏差增大而加剧。分析表明0.2 nm带宽的滤波器出现0.05 nm左右的波长偏差时，将引起24.3%左右的顶部起伏。实验中根据分析将滤波器带宽从0.2 nm加大到0.4 nm，成功将脉冲顶部起伏从25.2%减小到了4.4%，对前端系统的研制起到了很好的指导作用。     

Fourier domain mode locking pulse fiber laser

A novel pulse fiber laser is proposed based on the modulation of the lasing wavelength. Different from conventional amplitude or phase modulated mode-locking fiber lasers, the proposed fiber laser is with a so-called Fourier domain mode locking (FDML) operation (i.e., the cavity round-trip time of the optical pulse should match the period that the open time window of the tunable filter appears for the lasing wavelength or its harmonics). An FDML pulse fiber laser with a cavity round-trip frequency of 19.46 kHz is demonstrated and optical pulses with repetition rate of 19.46 kHz are achieved when the wavelength modulation frequency is 9.73 kHz.     

Theoretical study of gain distortions in dual-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers

We study analytically and numerically the small signal gain in dual-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers by including the phase modulation of the pump waves needed for practically increasing the stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold. As for the single-pump case, we show that large signal gain distortions are generated under co-phase modulation, which depend on the rise/fall time of the phase modulation and on the fiber dispersion slope. However, it is clearly confirmed that the counter-phase modulation scheme allows to efficiently suppress these gain distortions over the whole flat gain region. In addition, we demonstrate through realistic numerical simulations that this useful technique overcomes the additional impact of pump-phase modulation to amplitude modulation conversion and zero-dispersion wavelength variations.     

The PZT optical fiber phase modulator testing with varying amplitude modulation

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Polarization dispersion in microstructure fibers with side channels

Polarization dispersion characteristics of microstructure optical fibers were analyzed. A significant difference between the spectral dependences of the phase and group birefringence of microstructure fibers and the polarization characteristics of a standard fiber having birefringence of the same order of magnitude is found. A new method for direct measurement of the phase birefringence is proposed and tested. The applicability of the technique for determining the phase birefringence with the use of the approximation known in the literature is analyzed.     

双折射光纤中非线性耦合Schr?dinger方程的小振幅孤波解

采用小振幅孤波近似法，得到非线性耦合Schr?dinger方程决定的双折射光纤中的小振幅孤波解，它们可以同时存在于正常色散区或者分别处于正常和反常色散区． 关键词：     

Optical microfiber phase modulator directly driven with low-power light

An optical microfiber phase modulator （OMPM） directly driven with low-power light is presented. Phase modulation response of OMPM is theoretically analyzed. A 10-mm optical microfiber （OM）, tapered from conventional single-mode fiber, is inserted in one arm of a Michelson fiber interferometer. To drive the OMPM, 980-nm wavelength light with sinusoidal intensity modulation is injected into the interferometer. The OMPM response properties are measured and π-phase modulation amplitude can be obtained with only 7.5-mW average power light at 1-kHz modulation frequency. The OMPMs shown in this study have advantages of simple structure, potential compact size, and low-power-driven light.     

电光调制在被动综合孔径成像探测中的应用

介绍了一种新型被动综合孔径成像探测方法:视场辐射信号被接收和放大后,通过电光幅度调制将其幅度和相位信息加载到光波上,经光纤传输在末端形成阵列,通过光学系统直接成像,将视场实时恢复出来.该方法可实现工作在微波、毫米波和太赫兹波段的高分辨力实时成像探测的目的.深入分析了电光调制器在综合孔径成像探测中的应用,建立电光调制模型,讨论了在小信号调制下的电光幅度调制近似理论.通过数值计算与仿真分析,得到综合孔径成像探测中电光调制器的调制信号强度限制的有关结论.结果表明,利用上变频电光调制技术和光信息处理,所得到的成像仿真图的半峰全宽和信噪比性能都优于传统的基于下变频技术的成像仿真结果.     

电光调制2×490°相移空间光学桥接器

基于LiNbO3晶体的双折射和电光效应设计制作了一种2×4的90°相移自由空间光学桥接器。该桥接器利用晶体的双折射效应进行信号光和本振光的分光/耦合,电光效应引入相位调制,在给定电场条件下实现2×4 90°空间光学桥接器的功能。对空间光学桥接器进行了实验测量和分析。实验结果表明该桥接器性能良好,相位连续可调,相位误差可通过电压调制补偿,应用于相干接收系统。     

基于单模光纤的交叉相位调制型频率分辨光学开关超短脉冲测量

利用单模光纤中的光弹效应和交叉相位调制(XPM)效应,提出了一种频率分辨光学开关法测量超短脉冲的新方案.在本方案中,单模光纤的前一部分产生可变延迟,后一部分作为非线性介质产生非线性效应.该方案只需一根单模光纤,无须复杂的光路校准,结构简单,损耗低;光纤中的XPM效应易发生,无须相位匹配.对提出的方案进行了数值模拟,采用基于矩阵的主元素广义投影算法,恢复出待测脉冲的幅度和相位信息,并研究了光纤长度和待测超短脉冲的脉冲宽度对测量结果的影响.结果表明:测量准确度随着光纤长度的增加而提高,选取长度为2 km的光纤,就可以实现对超短脉冲的准确测量;本文方案适用于脉冲宽度不小于80 fs的超短光脉冲的测量.     

A Novel Coherent Multilevel Combined Phase and Polarization Shift Keying Modulation in Twisted Fibers

This article proposes a novel coherent multilevel modulation model that exploits polarization and phase of the field. This model is based on the possibility of coherent systems to use all the four degrees of freedom of the electromagnetic field. The proposed scheme is able, by applying a suitable twisting process to the optical fiber, to physically confine the polarization and the phase of the transmitted field within the phase sphere. In this way, with the same performances of existing systems, the receiver is considerably simplified because there is no longer need of birefringence tracking circuits.     

A new multi-channel heterodyne polarimeter for plasma current and electron density measurements

A spatially-scanning phase-sensitive heterodyne far-infrared (FIR) polarimeter/interferometer for measurement of plasma current and electron densities is described. The instrument utilizes a rotating diffraction grating wheel for the dual purpose of spatially scanning the plasma cross section and providing a Doppler frequency offset for heterodyne detection purposes. Only two detectors are required to obtain accurate interferometric and polarimetric information for 15 discrete spatial chords. A novel approach to the optical processing of the initially linearly polarized probe beam allows the Faraday rotation of the vibrational ellipse to be unambiguously encoded as a phase modulation on the intermediate frequency carrier signals extracted from the two detectors. The plasma birefringence can be recovered from the corresponding amplitude modulation.     

基于光纤传感的核信号读出方法中的调制驱动模块设计和实现

基于光相位调制的核信号读出方法将探测器信号调制进光纤中,并使用光纤作为模拟信号的传输介质。在该读出方案中,调制驱动模块负责载波信号的产生及放大,是该方案读出电子学系统的重要组成部分。为了产生低相位噪声,幅度大且幅度可调的载波信号,本工作提出了基于锁相环的载波产生电路和基于MMIC射频放大器的载波放大电路的设计方案,该方案结构简单,尺寸小,性能优异。对载波产生电路使用了ADIsimPLL仿真软件进行了环路滤波器的设计和仿真,同时也对载波放大电路使用ADS仿真软件进行了设计和仿真,并在实验室条件下进行了测试。测试结果表明,输出26 dBm载波信号相位噪声好于–110 dBc/Hz@100 kHz,能够用于信号解调。     

光纤混沌相位编码保密通信系统理论研究

通过耦合激光混沌相位控制同步系统和光纤信道，提出外部光注入半导体激光器激光混沌相 位控制光纤同步以及混沌相位相移键控外调制光纤保密通信系统理论模型，数值实现了在相 位控制器控制下的远程光纤混沌同步.理论分析了光纤自相位调制对混沌信号以及对同步的 影响，导出了光纤混沌最大传输距离公式.通过连续键控调制相位控制器实现了光纤激光混 沌相位相移键控编码调制发射，设置接收系统相位控制器控制激光相位相移实现了光纤激光 混沌同步解调.数值模拟了具有比特率50Mbit/s远程光纤混沌数字编码通信系统的应用，详 细地进行了在远距离光纤传输中的系统参数失配以及系统抗噪声能力的数值分析. 关键词： 混沌 同步 光纤混沌通信 半导体激光器 相位     

雨滴碰击光缆后光纤应变相位调制分析

基于云动力学理论,分析了雨滴碰击光缆后径向应变导致光纤纤芯折射率及形状发生改变,使光纤内传输光相位受到调制的过程.建立了雨滴碰击光缆引起光纤内传输光相位调制的模型,获得了降雨强度与相位调制之间的关系.研制了雨滴碰击光缆相位调制实验室验证系统,对比了模拟降雨强度分别为3,5,7,10,15,18,22,30 mm/h时的实验测试与仿真结果,两者变化趋势一致,误差在9%以内.该模型可用于仿真获得不同降雨强度下雨滴碰击光缆引起的光相位调制,为进一步研究降雨对光纤振动传感系统性能的影响,优化光纤振动传感工程应用系统,提出可行的雨量补偿方案提供了理论参考.     

170 Mb/s multilevel transmission over 115 m standard step-index plastic optical fiber using an integrated optical receiver

An optical receiver having a high linearity is used for multilevel communication over standard step plastic optical fiber. A large-diameter photodiode with an antireflection coating optimized for red light was integrated. These features enable the used optical receiver to be a promising plastic optical fiber receiver. An error free (< 10⁻⁸) 170 Mb/s data rate over 115 m standard PMMA step-index plastic optical fiber is achieved with four-level and eight-level pulse amplitude modulation.     

Non-contact detection of laser-generated surface acoustic waves using fiber optic Sagnac interferometer

A high powered Q-switched Nd:YAG laser was used to excite the surface waves, and an optical fiber sensor was used to detect the out-of-plane displacements due to the propagating waves. This sensor is based on the fiber optic Sagnac interferometer, which has the path-matched configuration and does not require active stabilization. Quadrature phase bias between two interfering laser beams in the Sagnac loop is applied by controlling the birefringence in an optical path using a fiber polarization controller. A stable quadrature phase bias can be confirmed by observing the interferometer output according to the change of phase bias. Additional signal processing is not needed for the detection of ultrasonic waves using the Sagnac interferometer. The performance of the fiber optic Sagnac interferometer was investigated, and laser-generated surface wave signals were detected using this fiber optic sensor. The developed fiber optic sensor configured in this study is very simple and is effective for non-contact detection of ultrasonic waves.     

Polarization-maintaining amplification of phase modulated pulse employing ytterbium-doped single-mode fiber amplifier

Polarization-maintaining fiber amplifier using ytterbium-doped single-mode fiber (SMF) is proposed. A 45° Faraday rotator mirror (FRM) and a polarization independent fiber loop circulator (FLC) with polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) pigtails are used to realize double-pass amplification and birefringence self-compensation. Arbitrary state of polarization (SOP) such as the linear polarization and elliptical polarization can be maintained. Polarization-maintaining amplification of phase modulated pulse with this amplifier is experimentally demonstrated while introducing little intensity modulation itself.