Experimental investigation of harmonic and subharmonic synchronization of 40 GHz mode-locked quantum-dash laser diodes

Synchronization of a 40 GHz quantum-dash mode-locked (ML) Fabry-Perot laser diode with optically injected pulse streams is experimentally studied. Injected signals consist of nonmodulated and modulated trains of 1.6 ps pulses at various repetition rates, ranging from 10 to 160 GHz and 10 to 160 Gbps, respectively. Subharmonic, fundamental, and harmonic synchronization of the ML laser allows retrieval of stable 40 GHz clock pulses featuring a width of 1.8 ps. Frequency components at 10 and 20 GHz do not create any amplitude modulation on the recovered 40 GHz clock pulses when injecting signals at 10 and 20 GHz/Gbps. In addition, external synchronization of the laser with pulse streams at 80 and 160 GHz/Gbps is sustained despite the absence of significant components at or below 40 GHz.     

外光注入半导体激光器实现重复速率可调全光时钟分频

采用Fabry-Perot半导体激光器作为全光时钟分频器件,利用光注入半导体激光器产生的非线性动力学特性,实现了光脉冲的重复速率在9.0 GHz到19.8 GHz范围内连续可调的全光时钟分频. 同时利用半导体激光器速率方程,对脉冲光注入半导体激光器产生时钟分频进行了数值模拟. 实验和模拟结果表明半导体激光器在光注入的驱动下处于一周期振荡状态,当一周期振荡的二次谐波频率接近脉冲光的重复速率时,其二次谐波和基频被脉冲光同时锁定,此时将输出频率为脉冲光重复速率一半的时钟信号. 同时研究了波长失谐量和注入光功率对 关键词： 周期振荡 时钟分频 光注入 非线性动力学     

An Artificial Compound Eye Using a Microlens Array and Its Application to Scale-Invariant Processing

An artificial compound eye corresponding to apposition eyes of insects has been demonstrated using a two-dimensional array of gradient-index rod lenses known as a Selfoc lens plate (a SLP). A single erect Moiré image is reconstructed from a number of inverted micro-images by an experimental optical system composed of the SLP, a pinhole array and a plano-concave lens. Characteristics of the compound eye is briefly discussed from the viewpoints of space-bandwidth product, viewing angle, and focal depth. Capability of a scale-invariant image sensor that has been proposed as an application of the compound-eye-type imager was also proved experimentally.     

自聚焦透镜的薄透镜等效系统

本文分析了自聚焦透镜的成象特性,提出了用薄透镜系统等效自聚焦透镜的方法,这种方法给用几何作图法和解析法求解物象关系带来了很大方便。     

High Repetition Rate Fiber Laser Coupled to a Linear Cavity Generating Picosecond Pulses

An experimental investigation is presented for obtaining picosecond (ps) pulses at a repetition rate of 11 GHz using a fiber laser coupled to an external cavity. Without applying active mode locking and without a nonlinear element in the coupled cavity, pulses of about 15 ps with an average power of 20 mW have been generated using a (cw) diode pump laser. The pulse duration decreases with increasing repetition rate.     

Low Loss All-Silicon Single Mode Optical Waveguide with Small Cross-Section

An experimental investigation is presented for obtaining picosecond (ps) pulses at a repetition rate of 11 GHz using a fiber laser coupled to an external cavity. Without applying active mode locking and without a nonlinear element in the coupled cavity, pulses of about 15 ps with an average power of 20 mW have been generated using a (cw) diode pump laser. The pulse duration decreases with increasing repetition rate.     

Synchronous Injection Locking Operation of Monolithic Diode Lasers Mode-Locked Diode Lasers

Synchronized mode-locking of monolithic mode-locked diode lasers has been demonstrated by injecting the light output from a master monolithic mode-locked diode laser. The master diode laser is a 10 GHZ hybridly mode-locked two section InGaASP quantum well laser. The slave lasers are a 10 GHz two section laser which is similar to the master laser, and a 20 GHz three section colliding pulse mode-locking laser. Both the slave lasers were greatly stabilized at 10 GHz frequency by a synchronous mode-locking mechanism under the injection of master laser pulses.     

All-fiber integrated 10 GHz repetition rate femtosecond laser source based on Raman compression of pulses generated through spectral masking of a phase-modulated diode

We report the development of a 10?GHz repetition rate all-fiber integrated femtosecond source tunable around 1.55?μm. A phase modulator and sharp spectral filter are used to convert the output of a tunable CW diode to a 10?GHz pulse train. These pulses are compressed using Raman soliton adiabatic compression in a 21?km long length of fiber to generate sub-300-fs duration pulses at a 10?GHz repetition rate. By tuning the wavelength of the diode and appropriate filtering, similar performance was achieved over a 20?nm bandwidth.     

Passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser with up to 13 GHz repetition rate

We demonstrate passive mode locking of a Nd:vanadate (Nd:YVO₄) laser to repetition rates of up to 13 GHz. With Ti:sapphire pumping, we achieved mode locking at 13 GHz with 310 mW of average output power and pulse widths of 9.5 ps. With diode pumping, we achieved mode locking at a repetition rate of 12.6 GHz with 198 mW of average output power and a pulse duration of 8.3 ps. Received: 6 July 1999 / Published online: 30 July 1999     

20GHz注入锁模光纤激光器实验

稳定、波长可调谐的窄脉冲光源是未来光时分复用/波分复用光纤通信系统的重要组成部分。报道了一个20GHz的注入锁模光纤激光器的实验。利用一个10GHz的导体体激光器作为光源，最终得到了波长可调谐的重复频率为20GHz、脉冲宽度为12.4ps的光脉冲，波长的调谐范围为16nm。     

Fast mode-hop-free acousto-optically tuned laser with a simple laser diode

A mode-hop-free tunable external-cavity Littrow diode laser with intracavity acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) has been built. The modes of the red laser diode without a special antireflection coating are shifted by varying the injection current. The external resonator modes and the grating selectivity are independently electrically alterable by two AOMs. Thus, a tuning of the external resonator over up to 1900 GHz is possible. A precise computer control of laser diode and AOMs allowed a single-mode tuning of the whole laser with a tuning range of 225 GHz in 250 s. Additionally, we demonstrated fast tuning over 90 GHz in 190 micros and a repetition rate of 2.5 kHz.     

光栅外腔半导体激光器GHz射频调制特性研究

研究了光栅外腔半导体激光器(ECDL)对射频频率调制的响应特性,分析了射频频率调制时光栅外腔对半导体激光器的边带信号的影响.实验中测量了GHz射频频率调制的.ECDL输出的边带信号随射频信号功率、注入电流、光栅外腔长度的变化情况.证实了当射频调制频率等于光栅外腔自由光谱区的整数倍时,ECDL输出的边带信号可在一定程度上得到增强.     

Novel Scheme for Multiple Channel Pulse Generation from a Single Laser Diodefor 10 Gbit/s Based WDM Systems Using RZ Modulation Format

A new technique for the generation of multi-channel optical pulse from a single laser diode (LD) is presented in this paper. 35 channel pulse source with 6.5 GHz repetition rate per channel and 32.5 GHz channel spacing was generated from a subharmonically hybrid mode-locked two section monolithic laser with enhanced amplitude modulation. The obtained pulse source exhibits high extinction ratio (＞10 dB) and low level of root mean square (RMS)phase noise (＜0.11 rad) over all channels from 1556 nm to 1565 nm.     

Experimental analysis of a continuously pumped,repetitively Q-switched Nd/YAG laser

The threshold operation and performance of a high pulse repetition frequency Nd/YAG laser are discussed. A rotating mirror Q-switch was used, and detailed studies of the variation of Q-switched threshold with motor frequency, and of the pulse build-up time with input power have been carried out. The results indicate that the switching angle varies with mirror reflectivity but is practically independent of resonator length. The latter is attributed to thermal lens action in the laser rod modifying the nominally plane parallel resonator configuration thereby leading to a spherical configuration. Under these conditions, the switching angle becomes independent of resonator length, but depends strongly on the induced focal length of the lens (laser rod). The degrading effect on the Q-switched laser performance of the mis-match at the laser rod surfaces is then discussed and finally the conditions for achieving maximum energy output in a single pulse are derived and experimentally verified.     

基于外腔反馈二极管线阵列的smile效应测量方法

采用外建激光谐振腔,在低于原芯片阈值的电流激励下对LDA的每个发光点进行单独测量,从而分析整个半导体激光阵列(LDA)的smile效应。实验中利用镀膜反射率大于半导体前腔面的外腔镜形成外腔半导体激光器。在外腔中插入曲面平行于p-n结的柱面镜,使只在光轴上的发光点与外腔镜形成外腔激光器,降低该发光点的激光阈值,从而使其在正常的阈值以下的电流激励下输出激光,在平行于p-n结的方向移动柱面镜,可以逐个对半导体激光器中的发光点进行选择测量,从而获得LDA smile效应的测量值。测量中的低电流激励产生的热量对芯片寿命没有影响,对LDA的发光点的单个测量也避免了其他发光点对CCD的影响。     

Enhancement of chaotic carrier bandwidth in laser diode transmitter utilizing external light injection

Semiconductor laser with optical feedback emitting chaotic optical signal can be treated as chaotic carrier transmitter. Based on laser rate equations, we numerically study the effect of external injection light on the bandwidth of chaotic carrier transmitter. Our numerical simulation shows that the bandwidth of the chaotic carrier transmitter can be enhanced significantly by external photons injection. Compared with the 2 GHz relaxation oscillation frequency of a solitary laser diode without optical injection, the bandwidth of a chaotic carrier transmitter is expanded to 14.5 GHz with injection parameter at k_inj = 0.39. Simulation results also demonstrate that the enhanced bandwidth depends obviously on the frequency detuning between the external injection laser diode and the chaotic carrier transmitter. The maximum bandwidth of the chaotic transmitter can be obtained when the frequency of the injected light is higher than the central frequency of the carrier transmitter between 2 GHz and 4 GHz.     

Millimeter wave pulsed gunn oscillator for low chirp radar application at W-Band

Pulsed Gunn oscillator at 94 GHz has been developed using GaAs CW Gunn diode, by choosing a proper operating point and resonant circuit. Peak power output of 25 mw at 94 GHz with a pulse width of 2 microseconds and duty factor of 2% is achieved. Bias circuit oscillations are suppressed by rising the operating voltage alongwith other circuit considerations.     

Fractional Talbot effect in a Selfoc gradient-index lens

The fractional Talbot effect is demonstrated inside a standard 0.25-pitch Selfoc gradient-index lens under uniform illumination. Comparisons with theoretical expressions of positions and magnification of fractional Talbot images are given.     

自聚焦透镜成象矩阵公式的近似性

本文从光线方程出发,对自聚焦透镜成象矩阵公式做了详细推导,由推导过程即可看出该公式的近似性及其应用范围,纠正了一些文献上认为该公式可应用于非高斯光学成象的看法。     

向内发射同轴虚阴极振荡器实验研究

 同轴型虚阴极振荡器是一种较有发展潜力的虚阴极振荡器，对西北核技术研究所近期的同轴型虚阴极振荡器实验的结果进行了介绍。实验结果表明，在不带有阳极反射板的同轴虚阴极振荡器中，产生微波的主模为TE₁₁模，与常规的轴向发射虚阴极振荡器相比，其主频稳定且带宽较窄；在二极管电压300kV，电流18kA条件下，获得了功率约为200MW的高功率微波脉冲，效率约为3.6%，工作频率为2.7GHz。