Low-Loss Many-to-One Fiber Couplers with Few or Single-Moded Inputs and a Multi-Mode Output

The coupling of light from a number of few or single-moded fibers into a single multi-mode fiber is analyzed using geometric optics, and simple results demonstrating mode conservation are derived. Coupling from multiple single-mode fibers into a multi-mode fiber is investigated in detail using the overlap integral to determine coupling into each mode of the output fiber as a function of the light phase in the inputs. As well as results with practical relevance to fiber tapped delay-line filters and optical CDMA, the analysis provides pedagogic insight into light propagation and the light-gathering properties of fiber.     

一种新型微结构光纤的设计与数值研究

提出了一种新型双包层结构的微结构光纤(MOF),利用有限元法对其模场面积、损耗及色散系数随波长的变化规律进行了数值模拟与分析,并在相同条件下与传统的双包层MOF作了比较。结果表明,该种光纤不但结构新颖,而且较传统光纤有更优异的色散性能。通过合理优化,设计了几种在500nm波长范围内保持低平色散和较大模场面积的新型双包层MOF。这种光纤结构的提出对以后的理论研究和工艺制备具有一定的参考意义。     

Experimental Study of Single- and Multicast Wavelength Conversion at 10 Gb/s Exploiting Four-Wave Mixing in Highly Non-Linear-Photonic Crystal Fiber with Widely Tunable Conversion Range

Abstract

Optical networking applications require the use of all-optical wavelength converters with input and output wavelength tenability as well as large numbers of multicasting channels. This article demonstrates the single-to-multiple wavelength conversion via multiple four-wave mixings between a 10-Gbit/s return-to-zero signal and several continuous waves co-propagating in a dispersion-flattened highly non-linear photonic crystal fiber. For single-to-single channel wavelength conversion, a wide conversion range of 31 nm is achieved with the optimal conversion efficiency of ?21.4 dB. By employing several continuous-wave probe lights, tunable single-to-dual and single-to-triple channel wavelength conversions are experimentally demonstrated, respectively. Moreover, the dynamic characteristics of the designed wavelength converter are studied under the conditions of variable input powers, polarization mismatch, and different lengths of the highly non-linear-photonic crystal fiber. The system is transparent to both bit rate and modulation format. This is very useful for engineering design and applications of optical-fiber-based wavelength converters in future ultra-high-speed photonic networks.     

Design of a Novel Mid-Infrared Single-Polarization Single-Mode Photonic Crystal Fiber with Low Loss,High Nonlinearity,and Large Bandwidth

ABSTRACT

A novel mid-infrared Ge₂₀Sb₁₅Se₆₅ chalcogenide-based single-polarization single-mode (SPSM) photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with rectangular latticed circular air holes is proposed. The properties of SPSM bandwidth, confinement loss, and nonlinearity are analyzed in the 3 μm~8 μm mid-infrared region using the finite -difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The influences of different geometrical parameters on the properties of SPSM-PCF are analyzed. All numerical computational results reveal that for the optimized geometrical parameters, the proposed PCF can deliver a SPSM region of more than 2.3814 μm with high nonlinearity of 3,705 w^?1 km^?1. Therefore, such a SPSM-PCF will become an excellent candidate for mid-infrared photonic.     

改进的正方形格点双芯光子晶体光纤的负色散特性分析

设计了一种改进的正方形格点双芯负色散光子晶体光纤,其包层是由在纯硅背景上以正方形格点排列的三种大小不同的空气孔构成,这些空气孔和中心的缺陷形成了这种负色散光子晶体光纤的双芯.用频域有限差分法对其分析表明,该光子晶体光纤具有宽带负色散的特性.当相邻空气孔间距取2.05 μm,空气孔直径分别取1.9 μm,1.3 μm,0.9 μm时,可在1.55 μm处实现宽带负色散,其半峰全宽超过了300 nm.这种光纤可用于波分复用光纤通信系统中的宽带色散补偿.     

用位相共轭镜实现多模光纤束光束发散角压缩及光学不均匀性补偿

数值孔径为０．０７的多模光纤束与受激布里渊散位相共轭镜的组成的双光程装置中，输出光束的远场分布呈典型的二维列阵孔的径的衍射花样，输出光能分布在０．０２６ｒａｄ内，即由单根光纤芯径的衍射极限所决定的范围内，远小于由数值孔径所决定的高阶模相应的发散范围，并且偿了由纤束不均匀性带来的缺陷。     

Bubble Velocity and Size Measurement with a Four‐Point Optical Fiber Probe

The possibility to measure the velocity and size of individual bubbles in a high‐void fraction bubbly flow is investigated by using a four‐point optical fiber probe. The air bubbles have an initial spherical equivalent diameter ranging from 4 to 10 mm and the void fraction is up to 0.3. Firstly, single bubble experiments show that intrusiveness effects, i.e. bubble deformations due to the probe, are negligible provided that the bubble approaches the probe at the axis of the central fiber. A selection criterion is utilized for multiple bubble experiments. A good compromise can be found between the required accuracy, the duration of the measurements and the number of validated bubbles required for reliable statistical averaging. In an air‐water high‐void fraction vertical bubbly pipe flow, the void fraction obtained with the instrument is found to be in good agreement with both local single‐fiber probe measurements, and with the volume average void fraction obtained from pressure gradient measurements. The area average volumetric gas flow rate, based on the bubble velocity and void fraction as measured with the four‐point probe, agree with the measured gas flow rate. Also, the liquid velocity is measured by means of a laser‐Doppler anemometer, to investigate the slip velocity. The results show that reliable and interesting measurements can be obtained by using a four‐point optical fiber probe in high void fraction flows.