Microwave generation analysis with higher order dispersion parameters in two cascaded Mach-Zehnder modulators

Dispersion is one of the major limiting factors for microwave/millimeter wave generation in microwave photonics. In this paper, we analyze the individual and combined effect of second order-, third order-, fourth order and fifth order dispersion parameter on microwave/millimeter wave generation. We have used the two cascaded Mach-Zehnder modulators in our proposed model, which have been not discussed earlier. Intensity at the output of photodetector versus modulation depth (β) with effects of dispersion parameters have been discussed and it has been found that output intensity of photodetector reduces when dispersion term up to fifth order are added.     

XPM-induced crosstalk with higher order dispersion in SCM-WDM optical transmission link

In this paper, the XPM-induced crosstalk has been evaluated with higher order dispersion in SCM-WDM optical transmission link at different modulation frequencies. It has been observed that there is exponent increase in XPM-induced crosstalk with the increase in modulation frequency from 0 to 3 GHz. The impact of 3OD, 4OD and 5OD is small as compared to 2OD but still contributes when the combined terms are considered. The combined effect of second, third, fourth and fifth-order dispersion parameters is that the induced crosstalk introduced by XPM increases.     

Investigation of dispersion characteristic in tapered fiber

A dispersion characteristic of a tapered fiber is investigated using temporal interferometer by employing a broadband amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) source to generate an interference pattern. The dispersion characteristic of the tapered fiber is acquired from a Fourier transform of the interference pattern. The second and third order dispersions of β₂ and β₃ are obtained at 1544.1 nm for −600 ps²/km and −2 ps³/km, respectively. The β₂ value obtained is observed to be more than 300 times higher than that of a non-tapered single mode fiber. The high dispersion characteristic is due to tapering process that changes the birefringence characteristic due to the reduction in the fiber’s size and structure.     

Change of gain characters for short pulses with third order dispersion in a fiber amplifier

The effect of the third order dispersion (TOD) induced into pulses before entering an Yb-doped fiber amplifier on their power gain characters is investigated using a model of which the pulse amplification process is described by nonlinear time-dependent radiation transfer equations. Numerical results show that peak power gain for the pulse with positive TOD is larger than that with zero and without TOD while the improvement of the peak power gain varies as the obtained output pulse energy changes. The improvement also depends on the ratio of dispersion lengths for group velocity dispersion and TOD.     

色散渐减光纤中超连续谱产生的数值模拟及优化

从脉冲在光纤中传输所遵循的广义非线性薛定谔方程出发,通过数值模拟对色散渐减光纤产生超连续谱(SC)进行了研究.结果表明:色散渐减光纤的色散斜率k、色散参量D0、参量L0和R及脉冲的峰值功率、脉冲宽度对SC谱的产生有着极其重要影响|在色散渐减光纤产生超连续谱的过程中,三、四阶群速度色散甚至更高阶群速度色散对超连续谱的影响完全可以忽略,但高阶非线性效应对SC谱的产生影响很小|计算表明对光纤和脉冲的各参量进行优化选择后,可以获得宽而平坦的超连续谱.     

强双折射光纤中超短光脉冲压缩效应研究

研究了强双折射光纤中沿偏振主轴入射的超短光脉冲压缩效应。当考虑三阶色散效应时，三阶色散与光纤非线相互作用能增强一偏振光脉冲的压缩而抑制另一偏振光脉冲的压缩。正三阶和的强慢孤子压缩，负三阶色散增强快孤子压缩，三阶色散参量越大，脉冲压缩效果越明显。     

Tunable dual wavelength fiber laser incorporating AWG and optical channel selector by controlling the cavity loss

In this paper, we propose and demonstrated a dual wavelength fiber laser (DWFL) based on the use of an erbium doped fiber (EDF) gain medium as well as an 1 × 24 Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG) together with two optical channel selectors (OCS) to provide channel spacing tunability. The output power of the two wavelengths is equalized by controlling the cavity loss in the DWFL using two Programmable Optical Attenuators (POAs). The widest spacing obtained from the DWFL is 18.13 nm while the narrowest spacing is 0.8 nm. The DWFL has good stability with only minor power fluctuations of less than 1.5 dB and a Side Mode Suppression Ratio (SMSR) of approximately 69.1 dB with peak fluctuations of less than 2.3 dB.     

SPM induced limitations for 40 Gbps chirped Gaussian pulses in optical channel

An analysis of self-phase modulation (SPM) induced nonlinearities in a 40 Gbps link with chirped Gaussian pulses of different duty cycles has been reported in this paper. In the present analysis only SPM effect has been considered to control the pulse propagation behavior through the fiber by appropriate selection of pulse width, peak power and channel length to suppress the other channel impairments caused by group velocity dispersion (GVD) and third order dispersion (TOD). The effect of SPM on the Q-factor for the transmission of 40 Gbps chirped pulses with different initial pulse widths and input peak powers has been investigated. It has been observed that a wider pulse having maximum negative chirp can withstand the nonlinear effect of SPM for relatively higher ranges of input peak power.     

具有高阶色散项的交叉相位调制不稳定性分析

以包含了三、四阶色散项的耦合非线性薛定谔方程为基础,重点研究了三、四阶色散对交叉相位调制不稳定性的影响。结果表明：三阶色散对调制不稳定性不起作用;当满足一定条件时,由于四阶色散的影响,不仅在光纤的反常色散区,而且在光纤的正常色散区,交叉相位所致的调制不稳定性均发生在两个频谱区。当光纤各参量及两束入射光波功率一定时,光纤反常色散区第一区域的增益谱要比正常色散区第一区域的增益谱宽;同时,反常色散区第二区域的增益谱比正常色散区第二区域的增益谱更靠近零点;进一步对比反、正常色散区的这两个频谱区,发现两个频谱区的范围有确定的对应关系。     

基于保偏光纤取样光栅的宽频带滤波方法

提出一种新型刻录在保偏光纤上的取样布喇格光纤光栅.利用耦合模方程分析了此种光纤光栅的光谱特性,并利用切趾函数对光栅的输出谱进行了优化处理,最终可以实现高品质的宽频带多波长滤波.频带宽度为普通取样布喇格光纤光栅的2倍,经过切趾处理后,此种光纤光栅的边模抑制比也有显著提高.     

Numerical Study on the Performance in High bit rate Optical Communication Systems

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高阶群速度色散对光纤超连续谱产生的影响

介绍了SC谱的产生机理,并通过数值计算具体分析和比较了各种光纤中高阶群速度色散(GVD)对SC谱产生的影响。结果表明:二阶GVD为正的光纤中,三阶GVD不利于平坦SC谱的形成;在色散位移光纤(DSF)的反常色散区,三阶GVD(TOD)是平坦SC谱形成的决定因素;四、五阶GVD则对反常色散平坦光纤(DFF)和色散平坦渐减光纤(DFDF)中平坦、宽带SC谱的形成起着决定性的作用。     

Polarization and dispersion properties of elliptical hole golden spiral photonic crystal fiber

An elliptical air-hole golden spiral photonic crystal fiber (EGS-PCF) is analyzed with the full-vectorial finite element method. The air-holes in the EGS-PCF are arranged in a spiral pattern governed by the Golden Ratio, where the design has been inspired by the optimal arrangement of seeds found in nature. The EGS-PCF exhibits extremely high birefringence (～0.022 at operating wavelength 1550 nm) which is particularly useful for generating a polarization stable supercontinuum (SC). The fiber can also be designed to have a Zero Dispersion Wavelength (ZDW) at a suitable wavelength for only one polarization and large negative dispersion for the other, leading to a single-polarization SC. In addition, the fiber dispersion can be designed to obtain ZDWs at 800 nm and 1064 nm simultaneously, which can facilitate broadband supercontinuum generation (SCG) through multi-wavelength pumping.     

高非线性光纤正常色散区产生超连续谱的数值研究

基于广义非线性薛定谔方程,通过数值计算对高非线性光纤正常色散区产生超连续谱进行了研究.结果表明,抽运脉冲的峰值功率、脉冲宽度以及脉冲初始啁啾对该光纤正常色散区超连续谱的形成有极其重要的影响;在高非线性光纤正常色散区产生超连续谱的过程中,三、四阶群速度色散甚至更高阶群速度色散对超连续谱的影响完全可以忽略,但与其他高非线性效应相比,自陡峭效应对超连续谱产生的影响更为明显.高功率超短光脉冲在高非线性光纤正常色散区,得到了没有泵浦成份残余、－20 dB谱宽达400 nm以上而频谱强度起伏小于10 dB的超宽而平坦超连续谱.     

Impact of 2OD and 3OD on SRS- and XPM-induced crosstalk in SCM-WDM optical transmission link

In this paper, the impact of second-order dispersion (2OD), third-order dispersion (3OD) and modulation frequency over stimulated Raman scattering (SRS)- and cross-phase modulation (XPM)-induced crosstalk in sub-carrier-multiplexed (SCM) wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) transmission link has been analyzed. It has been observed that there is significant effect of 2OD, 3OD and modulation frequency on the SRS- and XPM-induced crosstalk in a SCM-WDM transmission link. Here the results for SRS- and XPM-induced crosstalk have been reported with independent and combined higher-order dispersion. It has been observed that XPM-induced crosstalk lies between [−52.8 to −45.3] and [−94.7 to −78.6] dB in the presence of 2OD and 3OD respectively for modulation frequencies varied from 500 MHz to 2.0 GHz, while it is in the range of [−94.4 to −84] and [−128.5 to −117] dB when both SRS and XPM are taken into consideration.     

Design of Topas microstructured fiber with ultra-flattened chromatic dispersion and high birefringence

A microstructured polymer optical fiber (mPOF) with both ultra-flattened near-zero chromatic dispersion and high birefringence based on Topas cyclic olefin copolymer is designed. Three rings of uniform elliptical air holes are arranged in triangular lattice in the cladding and an extra small defected hole is introduced in the fiber core. Guided modes, dispersion, birefringence and mode confinement properties of the designed mPOF are investigated by using the full-vector finite element method. Dispersion values between ± 0.5 ps/km/nm over the wavelength 1.1-1.7 μm and high birefringence of the order of 10⁻³ are obtained for the optimized fiber structure. Low confinement losses and small effective mode area are obtained at the same time. The relatively simple architecture of the proposed Topas mPOF can be fabricated by our extrusion-stretching techniques.     

Optical solitons for non-Kerr law nonlinear Schrödinger equation with third and fourth order dispersions

In this paper, we obtain optical soliton solutions for non-Kerr law nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) with third order (3OD) and fourth order dispersions (4OD). We will use two integration schemes, namely sin-cosine method and Bernoulli’s equation approach with five laws of nonlinearities. Sine-cosine method is applicable to Kerr, power and anti-cubic laws, this method provides bright soliton solutions. The second method is applicable to parabolic and cubic quintic laws, this method generates dark soliton. The results may be used in discussing the propagation of optical solitons in highly dispersive media with Kerr, power, anti-cubic, parabolic and cubic quintic law nonlinearities.     

一种新型高双折射光子晶体光纤

提出了一种新的高双折射光子晶体光纤结构.应用全矢量频域有限差分方法所做的数值分析表明：该结构光纤基模的两个正交偏振态不再简并，其模式呈现很强的线偏振特性,并且模式双折射与结构参数设置有密切关系.通过选择合适的结构参数，可以使之达到10^-2量级，比传统的D型和熊猫型保偏光纤高出2个数量级.合理设计光纤包层的几何结构，可以取得理想的色散效果.这种结构的光子晶体光纤可用于制作具有适当色散特性或偏振特性的保偏光纤及相关光纤器件. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 模式双折射 偏振特性 频域有限差分法     

Pulse stabilization by high-order dispersion management

The stabilizing effects of dispersion management (DM) at second and third order are studied for both single-channel and wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) systems. We first derive a model for the slow evolution of a pulse in an optical fiber with high-order dispersion management (HODM). For single-channel systems, in contrast with conventional DM with constant third-order dispersion, this equation possesses a stable solution, the ground state for its associated Hamiltonian, which propagates nearly periodically under direct numerical simulation. Improved performance for WDM systems is also observed, as complicated pulse interactions, which can lead to undesirable effects such as frequency shift, are prevented by HODM.     

Optimizing input and output chirps up to the third-order for sub-nanojoule,ultra-short pulse compression in small core area PCF

Compression of sub-nanojoule laser pulses using a commercially available photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with zero dispersion wavelength of 860 nm is discussed. A twofold pulse compression starting from 24 fs transform limited seed pulses around 800 nm is experimentally demonstrated as a verification of our simulations. Theory shows that by the optimization of input and output chirp parameters up to the third order, high quality, 5.7 fs pulses can be generated from a cost efficient experimental setup. Further calculations show that 1 ps pulses with central wavelength of 800 nm can be compressed down to 50 fs in the normal dispersion regime of the fiber with proper dispersion compensation. Calculations also show that dispersion flattened fibers can improve both the quality and the duration of compressed pulses. PACS 42.65.Re