一种新型三端口可调带通滤波器的结构设计及分析

研制了一种基于DWDM角度调谐薄膜滤光片的新型三端口可调带通光学滤波器,它由三个单芯光纤准直器和一片特别设计的角度调谐窄带多腔薄膜滤光片组成.通过一台步进电机控制滤光片的入射角度实现了可调谐滤波,同时对于剩余波长信号没有影响继续传输.对该三端口可调滤波器进行了理论计算和实验研究,并对该器件的串扰特性进行了详细分析与计算.实验中得到的相邻信道隔离度接近30 dB,可调谐范围大于26 nm,与理论设计较为一致.     

高性能可调谐滤波片的优化设计方法

根据薄膜窄带滤光片在倾斜入射时的特性,通过改进间隔层膜系结构来调整其等效折射率,可以设计出具有稳定透射峰值和带宽的角度调谐窄带滤光片。根据与密集波分复用(DWDM)系统相关的通道频率、插损、带宽、隔离度、偏振相关损耗(PDL)等八个标准,结合薄膜矩阵理论与新构造的评价函数,构建了一个可调谐滤光片膜系,通过改变各参数的权重因子,得到满足不同要求的最优膜系。利用构建的系统,优化设计了分别用于O波段和C波段100 GHz密集波分复用系统的具有高隔离度、低偏振相关损耗的角度调谐窄带滤光片。C波段膜系的最大调谐角度达11°,相邻通道隔离度可达-30.3 dB,最后对其透射特性以及影响调谐角度极限的因素进行了分析。     

基于遗传算法的斜入射窄带滤光片膜系优化设计

根据薄膜窄带滤光片在斜入射时的偏振特性,提出了基于遗传算法的斜入射薄膜窄带滤光片膜系优化设计方法.根据开发的程序,设计并制备了一组可用于18°倾斜入射的0.8纳米信道间隔的五腔薄膜窄带滤光片.该滤光片能有效地抑制斜入射时偏振光中心波长的分离现象,降低器件的偏振相关损耗,通过角度调谐能实现选择波长的改变.通过与针法设计的滤光片膜系相比,遗传算法得到的膜系具有更高的矩形度、更大的波长调谐范围以及更低的偏振相关损耗.实验结果表明其满足设计要求并有超过25纳米的波长调谐范围.     

基于光纤光栅的波长可调谐光分插复用器

本文报道了一种基于光纤光栅的波长可调谐光分插复用器.可连续线性调谐5.3nm来选择不同的信道进行上下载信息.用宽带光源对该器件的性能进行了测试;用该器件在4波长全光纤激光器作信号源的光纤通信传输实验系统中做了解复用实验.实验表明该器件能很好地下载光信号,相邻信道隔离度达到29dB,具有一定的应用价值.     

可重构光分插复用器的设计与实现

研究了基于光纤光栅光开关的可重构光分插复用器（ROADM）的设计和实现.提出了一种光纤光栅准直器的结构,由光纤光栅准直器组成的光纤光栅光开关真正实现了光纤光栅与光开关合二为一的结构.以光纤光栅光开关为核心模块,制作了一种ROADM,该器件结构更紧凑,体积更小.通过对样机的测试和系统仿真,结果证明了此种结构的ROADM符合设计标准,具有较高的性能,而且结构简单,操作方便.此外,该ROADM制作过程难度小,器件成本低,适合批量生产.     

角度调谐滤光片带宽消偏振研究

倾斜入射时薄膜窄带滤光片的s和p偏振光的带宽会随着入射角度的增大出现分离,限制了滤光片的调谐范围。分析了偏振光带宽分离现象出现的原因和其与滤光片镜层膜系结构的关系,并得到了消除偏振光带宽分离现象的方法。根据该方法对前期设计的100GHz密集波分复用(DWDM)系统四腔角度调谐窄带滤光片进行了改进,结果表明,该方法能有效的解决偏振光带宽的分离问题,扩大调谐范围。     

角度调谐滤光片特性分析及膜系设计

对窄带滤光片的倾斜入射特性作了分析.斜入射时其透射通带和峰值会向短波方向移动,透射曲线的稳定性跟滤光片的间隔层结构相关,多腔间使用相同的间隔层可以保证斜入射时有稳定的峰值透射率和带宽,利用该特点可以制备角度调谐窄带滤光片.透射光S和P偏振分量的中心波长随入射角度的增大出现分离现象,产生较大的偏振相关损耗.通过搭配不同厚度的高低折射率材料作为间隔层,改变其有效折射率,使其两个偏振分量的中心波长实现重合.设计了符合密集波分复用(Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing,DWDM)系统要求的低偏振相关损耗四腔窄带角度调谐滤光片膜系,其可调谐范围达20 nm以上,并评估了所设计角度调谐滤光片的调谐性能.     

一种有效提高薄膜滤光片型密集波分复用器器件性能的方法及其实验研究

对光梳状滤波器加薄膜滤光片型模块制作密集波分复用器(DWDM)的两种应用方案进行了研究,提出了一种提高插损一致性、信道隔离度及减小串扰的结构方案。对新结构方案与常规结构方案进行了理论分析及实验研究,结果表明新结构可将级联次级峰由大于-30dB降至-50dB以下。用16波50GHz的密集波分复用器件拼接进行的实验表明最终器件的插损减小0．869dB,插损一致性减小2．005dB,相邻信道隔离度提高1．004dB,非相邻信道隔离度提高42．903dB．总串扰提高1．68dB。该方案不仅可以应用到光梳状滤波器与薄膜滤光片型模块拼接高性能的超密集波分复用器件．同样也可适用于阵列波导光栅等类型的密集波分复用器件中以降低工艺难度,提高性能指标。     

楔角参量对角度调谐滤光片反射特性影响的光谱学研究

三端口可调谐滤波器是全光智能交换网络和密集波分复用系统中的核心器件。其反射端口的光谱特性,尤其是反射率和信道隔离度对于滤波器的性能至关重要。角度调谐滤光片因其良好的矩形度和温度稳定性被广泛应用于三端口可调谐滤波器的制备,其反射端口的光谱特性不仅与倾斜入射角度的大小有关,而且与其非平行端面间的楔角参量有关。文章详细分析了楔角参量对非平行角度调谐滤光片的反射率及半宽的影响,仿真计算了楔角参量在不同极性和大小条件下角度调谐滤光片的反射光谱特性,揭示了保持适当的楔角参量和方向性可以改善倾斜入射状态下滤光片的反射光谱特性。设计并制备了楔角为0.8°的楔形角度调谐滤光片,实验证明了当保持楔角方向与倾斜入射方向相同时会严重的劣化透反射光谱的半宽和隔离度,方向相反时则可以改善反射光谱的反射率和半宽指标。通过负楔角参量的引入使得角度调谐滤光片较之高平行度的同类器件具有更高的反射率和信道隔离度。     

基于ROADM级联的概率成型光传输方法北大核心CSCD

针对概率成型双偏振64-正交幅度调制相干光传输系统,实验研究了可重构光分插复用器(reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer,ROADM)级联引起的带宽变窄对系统比特级可实现信息速率(bit-wise achievable information rate,BW AIR)的影响。发射端采用基于麦克斯韦玻尔兹曼分布的3个概率成型分布信号。实验装置包括概率成型符号序列的产生、模拟ROADM级联引起整体频率响应带宽变窄的可变带宽光滤波器、简化检测和BW AIR计算。结果表明:对于不同的星座熵,带宽变窄的影响是相似的;对于给定光信噪比,产生最大BW AIR的星座熵取决于ROADM级联导致带宽变窄的程度。通过选择合适的概率成型星座分布,系统可获得最大化BW AIR。     

All-optical microwave notch filter with flat passband based on semiconductor optical amplifier

An all-optical filter structure for interference mitigation of microwave signals is proposed and demonstrated. The structure is based on a recirculating delay line loop (RDLL) and a fiber Bragg grating. The RDLL is comprised of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) followed by a tunable narrowband optical filter and an optical variable delay line. Negative tap is generated using wavelength conversion based on the cross-gain modulation of amplified spontaneous emission spectrum of the SOA. A negative band-pass filter and a broadband all-pass filter are synthesized to achieve a narrow notch filter with flat passband which can excise interference with minimal impact on the wanted signal over a wide microwave range. Experimental results show the notch rejection ratio of 30 dB, good shape factor and tunability.     

A 1550-nm linearly tunable CW single-mode external cavity diode laser based on a single-cavity all-dielectric thin-film Fabry–Pérot filter

A 1550-nm linearly tunable CW single-mode external cavity diode laser (ECDL) based on a single-cavity all-dielectric thin-film Fabry–Pérot filter (s-AFPF) is proposed and realized in this paper. Its internal optical components as well as their operation mechanisms are introduced first, and then its longitudinal mode output characteristic is theoretically analyzed. Afterwards, we set up the experimental platform for the output characteristic measurement of this tunable ECDL; under different experimental conditions, we execute accurate and real-time measurements for the output central wavelength, output optical power, output longitudinal mode distribution, and the line-width of the tunable ECDL in its tuning process. By summing up the optimal experimental condition from the measured data, we obtain the optimal tunable relevant parameters ECDL of the tunable ECDL has a linear mode-hop-free wavelength tuning region of 1547.203 nm-1552.426 nm, a stable output optical power in the range of 40 μW-50 μW, and a stable output longitudinal mode distribution of a single longitudinal mode with a line-width in the range of 100 MHz-150 MHz. This tunable ECDL can be used in environmental gas monitoring, atomic and molecular laser spectroscopy research, precise measurements, and so on.     

C-band three-port tunable band-pass thin film optical filter with low polarization-sensitivity

According to the oblique incidence characteristics of thin film narrowband filter, the stack of 100 GHz DWDM four cavities angle-tuned thin film filter has been designed and optimized. The two polarization modes’ central wavelengths of the thin film filter can be centered at the same one in oblique incidence, and it has a stable tuning range of 20 nm without the phenomenon of polarization central wavelength separation. Using this kind of angle-tuned thin film filter and the polarization beam-splitters, the tuning range of the angle-tuned thin film filter can be further expanded due to the reason that it can transmit only the s-polarization light. In this paper we also developed a three-port bandpass tunable filter device with new structure, which tuning range can cover the whole C-band and its adjacent channel isolation degree is high. The experiments show that the three-port tunable filter has an effective tuning range of 33 nm, and its adjacent channel isolation degree is more than 35 dB. It has a bright application opportunity for its flexibility and effective performance.     

Tunable multilayer narrowband filter containing an ultrathin metallic film and a lithium niobate defect

By using lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) as a defect layer, a tunable multilayer narrowband reflection-and-transmission filter containing an ultrathin metallic film is proposed. Due to the voltage dependence of the refractive index for LiNbO₃, tunable optical filtering properties have been theoretically investigated based on the calculated wavelength-dependent reflectance and transmittance. The dependences of peak wavelength on the applied voltage and the angle of incidence are numerically illustrated. The results reveal that in addition to working as a tunable filter, it can also be expected to act as a refractometric optical sensor.     

多级全通均衡器对介质薄膜滤波器进行色散补偿的探讨

讨论了介质薄膜滤波器的色散特点,并推导了单级全通滤波器的理论色散。比较理论色散曲线与实际测量色散曲线,两者吻合较好。但由于单级全通滤波器的色散带宽及斜率不能满足实际所需的色散补偿曲线,因此提出了多级全通滤波器,通过控制级连的单级全通滤波器的谐振波长及反射率,可以增大色散带宽,改善色散斜率,使之满足实用的要求。文中给出了四级全通滤波器的理论色散曲线。     

Highly efficient tunable fiber Bragg grating filters using multilayer piezoelectric transducers

We realized a wavelength tunable optical filter based on a fiber Bragg grating using multilayer piezoelectric transducers (MLP). The Bragg wavelength of the filter can be easily tuned in proportion to an applied low DC voltage. The tuning range efficiency was as high as 0.2 nm/V. We realized a 10 nm Bragg wavelength shift by applying as low as 50 V to the MLP. The MLP was also used in a higher order dispersion equalizer which consists of a pair of nonlinearly chirped gratings. A zero dispersion wavelength shift of 7 nm was successfully realized for the equalizer.     

Ultranarrow bandwidth tunable atomic filter via quantum interference-induced polarization rotation in Rb vapor

We report the experimental demonstration of an ultranarrow bandwidth atomic filter by optically induced polarization rotation in multilevel electromagnetically induced transparency systems in hot Rb vapor. With a coupling intensity of 2.3 W/cm^2, the filter shows a peak transmission of 33.2% and a bandwidth of 10 MHz. By altering the coupling frequency, a broad tuning range of several Doppler linewidths of the D1 line transitions of STRb atoms can be obtained. The presented atomic filter has useful features of ultranarrow bandwidth, and the operating frequency can be tuned resonance with the atomic transition. Such narrowband tunable atomic filter can be used as an efficient noise rejection tool in classical and quantum optical applications.