光子晶体光纤中交叉相位调制光谱展宽特性研究

实验研究了超高速时分复用信号与探测光同向传输,在色散平坦高非线性光子晶体光纤中的交叉相位调制光谱展宽特性,从光谱学的角度分析了信号光波长漂移,泵浦光与信号光总功率及功率比,二者偏振态失配对交叉相位调制光谱展宽效应的影响,探讨了实现偏振不敏感交叉相位调制效应的可行性。研究发现,在36 nm波长范围,总功率大于23 dBm,泵浦光与信号光功率比合理,二者偏振态匹配时交叉相位调制效果最好,交叉相位调制的偏振相关性为11 dB,指出利用色散平坦高非线性光子晶体光纤中的残余双折射,调节泵浦光与光纤双折射主轴成45°,可以实现偏振不敏感交叉相位调制效应,随后的理论模拟和实验结果相一致。研究结果为实现基于交叉相位调制原理工作的超快全光信号处理器件作了充分准备。     

Extended Jones matrix for first-order polarization mode dispersion

I present numerical simulations of the average transfer function of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in optical fibers conditioned on various given values of the differential group delay (DGD). I find that even fibers with relatively small mean DGD can exhibit significant coupling between the two principal states of polarization. The average frequency dependence of this coupling can be approximated by a generic analytic function that deviates substantially from the quadratic frequency dependence that is often assumed in second-order PMD models. Finally, I define an extended transfer matrix for first-order PMD that describes the average frequency dependence of all PMD-induced distortions as a function of the DGD and show that this matrix is much better suited for optical PMD compensation than that of a conventional first- and second-order PMD model.     

A model to characterize the effect of cross phase modulation on polarization in an optical fiber transmission system

This paper presents a model that described the process of inter-influence between cross phase modulation (XPM) and polarization effects such as polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization dependant loss (PDL) in an optical fiber communication system. Previous papers have discussed PMD-PDL and PMD-XPM effects in separate models, but in this work we developed a model that is capable of characterizing and evaluating PMD, PDL and XPM simultaneously. From the model, we found that PMD and PDL can be affected by XPM. The presence of XPM changed the vector directions of PMD and PDL in Stokes space.     

交叉相位调制提高半导体激光器混沌载波发射机带宽方法

提出半导体激光器混沌交叉相位调制(XPM)光反馈提高混沌载波发射机带宽方法,建立了有外腔光纤传输反馈XPM控制下的激光动力学物理模型.理论导出XPM作用下激光双反馈频率失谐公式,指出XPM产生的非线性相移影响了激光器增益和线宽增强因子,其光纤二阶非线性效应使激光振幅和相位变化更加丰富,而非线性相移的出现进一步增加了新的频率分量并使频谱展宽.数值结果表明,XPM使激光器混沌带宽增加到4倍以上,使激光混沌张弛振荡频率增加到2.85倍,其光纤长度、入纤光功率、面镜反射系数、光纤二阶非线性系数等都能影响激光混沌带宽.     

Effects of frequency/polarization allocations and the zero-dispersion frequency on FDM lightwave transmission systems

In long-haul frequency-division-multiplexing lightwave transmission systems, transmission characteristics are degraded by four-wave mixing (FWM) generated in optical fibers. To overcome this problem, several FWM suppression techniques have been reported. In this paper, dependence of FWM noises on frequency allocations, polarization allocations, and the zero-dispersion frequency is investigated. It is revealed that FWM noises are drastically decreased in frequency allocations such as equally spaced, repeated unequally spaced (RUS), equally spaced RUS, and unequally spaced RUS allocations by arranging polarization allocations of the channels with an increase in a separation between the channel frequencies and the zero-dispersion frequency.     

Frequency comb generation using femtosecond pulses and cross-phase modulation in optical fiber at arbitrary center frequencies

A technique is presented for generating optical frequency combs centered at arbitrary wavelengths by use of cross-phase modulation (XPM) between a femtosecond pulse train and a cw laser beam by copropagating these signals through an optical fiber. We report results from use of this method to place a 90-MHz frequency comb on an iodine-stabilized Nd:YAG laser at 1064 nm and on a frequency-doubled Nd:YVO(4) laser at 532 nm. XPM is verified to be the comb-generating process, and the width of the frequency comb is measured and compared with theory. The spacing of the frequency comb is compared with the femtosecond source, and a frequency measurement with this comb is demonstrated.     

Pilot-based cross-phase modulation compensation for coherent optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing long-haul optical communications systems

A pilot-based nonlinearity compensator (PB-NLC) is shown in this Letter to be an effective method for compensating cross-phase modulation (XPM) in coherent optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CO-OFDM) systems. An unmodulated pilot tone is transmitted at the center of each OFDM channel to detect phase errors caused by the Kerr effect, which converts intensity fluctuations from all channels to phase errors. The pilots are then used to cancel the XPM phase errors for each OFDM channel at the receiver after each channel's self-phase modulation (SPM) has been compensated, using its intensity waveform to determine its SPM. Numerical simulations of a 58 Gb/s single polarization 2375 km system with inline dispersion compensation show that the signal quality, Q, at the optimal launch power is increased by 2.4 dB if SPM compensation is used before the PB-NLC. This contrasts with only a 0.9 dB improvement if the PB-NLC is used without an SPM compensator for the same link. This shows the PB-NLC can effectively mitigate XPM but not SPM.     

光纤传输系统中互相位调制和受激拉曼散射串扰噪声的比较研究Ⅱ--级联传输系统

在具有级联光放大器的密集波分复用强度调制一直接检测光纤系统中，导出了包含互相位调制和受激拉曼散射共同作用的强度／相位矩阵表达式。在计算强度噪声谱的基础上，研究了互相位调制和受激拉曼散射的相互耦合并用于密集波分复用系统的噪声分析。在带色散补偿的密集波分复用级联光纤传输系统中(如80信道，信道间距50GHz)，受激拉曼散射引入的串扰噪声功率可能超过互相位调制。最后，给出了密集波分复用系统分析与设计的若干建议。     

光纤传输系统中互相位调制和受激拉曼散射串扰噪声的比较研究Ⅰ--单级传输系统

在密集波分复用强度调制直接检测光纤系统中 ,导出了包含互相位调制和受激拉曼散射共同作用的强度/相位矩阵表达式。在计算强度噪声谱的基础上 ,研究了互相位调制和受激拉曼散射的相互耦合并用于密集波分复用系统的噪声分析。分析表明 ,受激拉曼散射主要引入低频串扰噪声 ,而互相位调制主要引入高频串扰噪声。相邻较近信道引入的串扰噪声主要来源于互相位调制 ,相邻较远信道引入的串扰噪声主要来源于受激拉曼散射。在单级传输 (无色散补偿 )系统中 ,系统性能一般首先受到互相位调制的限制     

Characteristics of Guided Acoustic Wave Brillouin Scattering in Polarization Maintaining Fibers

Characteristics of guided acoustic wave Brillouin scattering in polarization maintaining fibers are investigated theoretically and experimentally. Spectra of polarized and depolarized scattering are measured for two different types of polarization maintaining fibers: the PANDA (polarization maintaining and absorption reducing) fibers and the elliptical-jacket fibers. Calculated results are in agreement with the experimental ones in the low frequency region.     

Interaction of an optical soliton with a dispersive wave

Scattering of a dispersive wave by optical solitons is studied experimentally in photonic crystal fibers in cases when the soliton and the dispersive wave have either identical or orthogonal polarization states. Observations of new resonant frequencies are reported. The experimental results are compared to numerical simulations and predictions from the recently derived wave vector matching conditions.     

Ultrawideband monocycle generation using cross-phase modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier

We propose a novel scheme to generate ultrawideband (UWB) monocycle pulses based on cross-phase modulation (XPM) of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). The proposed system consists of a SOA and an optical bandpass filter (OBF). Due to the XPM, a continuous wave (CW) probe signal is phase modulated by another optical Gauss pulse in the SOA. The OBF will convert the phase modulation to intensity modulation. A pair of polarity-reversed UWB monocycle pulses is achieved by locating the probe carrier at the positive and negative linear slopes of the OBF. Both cases conform to the UWB definition of the Federal Communications Commission.     

All-optical wavelength conversion based on cross-phase modulation

We have proposed and demonstrated an all-optical scheme of wavelength conversion based on cross-phase modulation (XPM). The frequency shift and broadening of a continuum wave induced by XPM in a dispersion-shifted fiber (DSF) is experimentally observed. Then, the wavelength conversion is achieved through the filtering by a fiber grating. The results indicate that wavelength conversion based on the cross-phase modulation of DSF is simple, efficient, and universal with wide conversion ranges and high rates.     

布里渊动态光栅原理及其在光纤传感中的应用

自从2007年布里渊动态光栅被首次提出用于实现光存储以来,该技术得到了国际上的广泛关注和研究.布里渊动态光栅本质上是由相干声波场激发的折射率光栅,一般情况下两束抽运光(频率差等于光纤的布里渊频移)以相同的偏振态从光纤两端注入到光纤中,通过受激布里渊散射效应激发出相干声波场,即形成布里渊动态光栅.光纤布里渊动态光栅因具有全光产生、参数灵活可控的优点,已被广泛研究应用于光纤传感、光纤特性表征、光存储、全光信号处理、微波光子学和高精度光谱分析等.本文分析布里渊动态光栅产生和探测原理,重点探讨在高性能分布式光纤传感上的应用,这些应用包括高灵敏度温度和应变分布式传感、温度和应变同时解调、分布式横向压力传感、分布式静压力(气压或液压)传感、高空间分辨率分布式传感和高精度光谱分析.     

自相位调制和交叉相位调制共同作用下抽运探测波结构中的信号扰动研究

针对强度调制直接检测波分复用系统研究了抽运探测波结构中自相位调制和交叉相位调制共同作用下的光信号传输,给出了确定任意抽运信号下的探测波时域波形及强度调制率的理论解析方法,分析了信道间隔、传输速率对于交叉相位调制的影响,发现抽运波自相位调制的作用主要体现在使探测波时域强度调制率有所增大,解析结果和数值仿真能较好地吻合。     

Wavelength dependence of the phase retardation of a quarter-wave plate

We describe an optical heterodyne polarization interferometer that can be efficiently used for the precision measurement of the change in the state of polarization of a light wave induced by polarizing optical devices. This technique is used to measure the change with wavelength of the phase retardation of a quarter-wave plate. A theoretical derivation is presented to permit computation of the wavelength dependence of the phase shift induced by a quarter-wave plate.     

Anomalous pulse-width narrowing with first-order compensation of polarization mode dispersion

We present analytical and experimental results to demonstrate the narrowing of pulses transmitted through optical fibers, with polarization mode dispersion compensated for to first order in frequency. The compensation technique splits the optical signal at the fiber output into polarization components that are aligned with the output principal states of polarization, and only one of the two components is subsequently detected. It is shown that it is possible with this compensation technique to have output pulses that are narrower than the input pulses. Pulse narrowing can also be found when the optical signal is split into orthogonal polarization components that are not principal states of polarization.     

Spectral Talbot phenomena of frequency combs induced by cross-phase modulation in optical fibers

Cross-phase modulation (XPM) of a frequency comb (finite-duration optical pulse sequence) by an intense, long Gaussian pump pulse is theoretically investigated, and new effects, namely, frequency-domain self-imaging phenomena (integer and fractional Talbot effects), are reported. The conditions favorable for observing spectral self-imaging phenomena by XPM are derived and numerically confirmed. The effects of nonidealities in a practical experiment (e.g., group-delay walk-off and dispersion) are also evaluated. One can use spectral self-imaging to tune the free spectral range of a frequency comb (without affecting the shape and bandwidth of the individual passbands) simply by adjusting the pump power in a fiber XPM scheme.     

Millimeter wave generation through frequency 12-tupling using DP-polarization modulators

The polarization modulators are being utilized for the millimeter wave (MM-Wave) generation because of their bias drift free operation and high extinction ratio. In this work, an optical millimeter wave generation through frequency 12 tupling using dual parallel polarization modulator (DP-PolM) is demonstrated. By setting RF drive voltage and proper polarization angle of the DP-PolM, the frequency 12-tupled optical millimeter is generated with an optical sideband suppression ratio (OSSR) of 37.76 dB and radio frequency sideband suppression ratio (RFSSR) of 31.67 dB. A good agreement between simulation and theoretical approach is achieved. Further, impact of non ideal parameters on the OSSR, RFSSR and BER are also analysed and presented.     

Polarization dependence of optical Kerr effect in metallophthalocyanine-doped inorganic-organic hybrid materials

Ultrafast optical Kerr effect of metallophthalocyanine-doped inorganic-organic materials was investigated using a femtosecond optical Kerr shutter at wavelength of 800 nm. Experimental results showed that the dependence of the Kerr signals on the polarization angle between the pump beam and the probe beam could be controlled by changing the pump-probe intensity ratio. The pump-intensity dependence of the polarization characters of the Kerr signals probably arose from the contribution of light induced transient grating (LITG) to the Kerr signals.