The effects of carrier dependant nonlinear gain on quantum well VCSEL characteristics

In this paper, we present a numerical opto-electro-thermal model for studying vertical cavity surface emitting lasers operation. The model is applied to an index-guided structure with an oxide aperture and multiple quantum-wells in active layer. The interdependent process of carrier transport, heat generation and optical field are solved self-consistently using finite difference time domain in cylindrical system. The gain of quantum wells (QWs) is calculated based on the solution of Schrödinger equation considering heavy hole-light hole band-mixing effect. The calculated maximum gain versus injected carriers is fitted by a 3th order polynomial function and used in opto-electro-thermal model. The inclusion of QW maximum gain calculation for constant wavelength in the model allows us to study threshold current value and higher order transverse modes as well as their dependencies on variation of gain and refractive index induced by carrier and heat more accurately than linear gain approximation. The results show a lower threshold current compared with linear gain approximation. For injection current above the threshold, we consider the spatial hole burning, thermal lensing and self focusing effects.     

All optical logic gates based on cavity solitons with nonlinear gain

In this work we present a scheme based on the complementary behavior of the two effective parameters in Cavity Soliton switching process by which it is possible to design logic gates, namely “OR” and “AND”. By considering two independent writing beams, it is shown that by properly adjusting the amplitude and duration of switching pulses, “AND” and “OR” logical operations can be carried out. Specifically, the output of the system, which is the on or off state of the Cavity Soliton, is determined according to the inputs of the system which depend on the type of desired operation. The simulations show that these processes take place in a time scale of less than a nanosecond. The cascadibility of these gates is also studied.     

Reconfigurable dynamic all-optical chaotic logic operations in an optically injected VCSEL

In a chaotic system of vertical cavity surface emitting laser(VCSEL) with external optical-injection, we propose a novel implementation scheme for reconfigurable dynamic all-optical chaotic logic operations(AOCLOs). Under different key parameters, such as the bias current, the injection strength and the frequency detuning of the injected light field and the VCSEL, we also explore the evolutions of the polarization-bistability with the amplitude of the injected light field when the output of VCSEL is chaotic wave. According to the dynamic evolutions, we find out the optimal value of the frequency detuning that is considered as a control logic signal, and further implement different AOCLOs, such as AND, NAND, OR,NOR, XOR, and XNOR, by controlling the logic operation of the control logic signal between two logic inputs. Moreover,the ability to reconstruct these logic operations is demonstrated under relatively low noise strength of the spontaneous emission.     

基于偏振旋转光反馈下的外光注入VCSEL产生高性能毫米波

本文提出一种基于偏振旋转光反馈下的外光注入垂直腔 表面发射激光器(VCSEL)产生高性能毫米波的方案, 并利用描述外部扰动下VCSEL动态特性的自旋反转模型(SFM), 对所产生的毫米波的特性进行了数值研究. 研究结果表明: 一个受到主VCSEL(M-VCSEL)光注入的副VCSEL(S-VCSEL)在一定条件下可以产生单周期(P1)振荡, 即在光波上调制了一个微波信号. 通过调节外光注入强度ξ_i以及S-VCSEL与M-VCSEL之间频率失谐Δν, 可以获得频率在30---60 GHz范围内连续可调的毫米波信号. 在外光注入VCSEL中引入偏振旋转光反馈, 通过选取合适的反馈强度ξ_f以及反馈延迟时间τ, 产生的毫米波信号的线宽可以得到明显窄化. 对于光注入S-VCSEL所产生的线宽为5.509 MHz的毫米波, 在引入偏振旋转光反馈后, 毫米波线宽可以降低到230.2 kHz. 本文的研究对高速光载无线(RoF)系统中优质毫米波信号的获取具有一定的参考意义.     

Incoherent and coherent writing and erasure of cavity solitons in an optically pumped semiconductor amplifier

Cavity solitons in semiconductor amplifiers were, from the beginning of their study and observation, obtained either spontaneously or in a controlled manner by local coherent excitation. We describe two experiments that demonstrate coherent and, we believe for the first time, incoherent writing and erasure of cavity solitons in an optically pumped vertical-cavity semiconductor amplifier by short optical pulses.     

The tuning characteristics of optically pumped fir cavity laser

Based on the quantum mechanics theory of density matrix and the principle of multiple-beam interference, the tuning characteristics of optically pumped NH₃ FIR lasers were studied. A series of metallic mesh Fabry-Perot cavity lasers with sample tubes of 10cm, 20cm and 100cm in length were constructed and operated successfully, and the FIR laser spectra of the NH₃ cavity lasers pumped by a TEA-CO₂ laser were measured. Supported by the Natural Sciences Foundation of Guangdong Province, PRC     

Dissipative solitons in a waveguide with nonlinear gain and absorption

The results of numerical analysis of dissipative localized structures (“dissitons”) in a single-mode waveguide with nonlinear gain and absorption are presented. An allowance is made for the finite relaxation times in the active and passive media and the finite width of the spectral profiles of absorption and gain.     

分立式色散补偿拉曼放大器增益特性及非线性现象研究

分立式色散补偿拉曼放大器具有兼顾色散补偿和信号放大的特点，在通信系统中展现出广阔的应用前景.对反向抽运的C波段色散补偿分立式拉曼放大器的增益谱形状，增益饱和及受激布里渊散射等特性进行了较为详细的实验研究. 关键词： 分立式色散补偿拉曼放大器 增益饱和 受激布里渊散射 斯托克斯波     

Diffusion-induced deflection and the effect of two-wave mixing gain on dissipative photovoltaic solitons

In an open-circuit dissipative photovoltaic (PV) crystal, by considering the diffusion effect, the deflection of bright dissipative photovoltaic (DPV) solitons has been investigated by employing numerical technique and perturbational procedure. The relevant results show that the centre of the optical beam moves along a parabolic trajectory, while the central spatial-frequency component shifts linearly with the propagation distance; furthermore, both the spatial deflection and the angular derivation are associated with the photovoltaic field. Such DPV solitons have a fixed deflection degree completely determined by the parameters of the dissipative system. The small bending cannot affect the formation of the DPV soliton via two-wave mixing.     

Zeno effect and switching of solitons in nonlinear couplers

The Zeno effect is investigated for soliton type pulses in a nonlinear directional coupler with dissipation. The effect consists in increase of the coupler transparency with increase of the dissipative losses in one of the arms. It is shown that localized dissipation can lead to switching of solitons between the arms. Power losses accompanying the switching can be fully compensated by using a combination of dissipative and active (in particular, parity-time-symmetric) segments.     

Evolution of dark solitons in the presence of Raman gain and self-steepening effect

Based on the equation satisfied by optical pulse that is a slowly varying function, the higher-order nonlinear Schr o¨dinger equation(NLSE) including Raman gain and self-steepening effect is deduced in detail, and a new Raman gain function is defined. By using the split-step Fourier method, the influence of the combined effect between Raman gain and self-steepening on the propagation characteristic of dark solitons is simulated in the isotropic fiber. The results show that gray solitons can be symmetrically formed by high order dark soliton, however self-steepening effect will inhibit the formation mechanism through the phenomenon that gray solitons are produced only in the trailing edge of the central black soliton. Meanwhile, the Raman gain changes the propagation characteristic of optical soliton and inhibits the self-steepening effect, resulting in the broadening of pulse width and the decreasing of pulse offset.     

有源耦合腔激光器锁模特性研究

本文在理论上首次发现有源耦合腔激光器的自启动锁模和时域调制特性,并对其进行了全面的分析和计算.对有源耦合腔激光器的自启动锁模机制和时域调制特性给予详尽的数值计算结果和清晰的物理图象解释,提出在有源耦合腔锁模激光器中可用连续泵浦源代替锁模泵浦源,而且有产生更短的光脉冲可能性.     

光抽运多层石墨烯太赫兹表面等离子体增益特性的研究

本文建立了光抽运多层石墨烯表面等离子体模型,计算了光抽运多层石墨烯等离子体传播系数的实部和吸收系数,讨论了动量弛豫时间、温度、层数、准费米能级对表面等离子体传播系数的实部和吸收系数的影响.研究结果表明,光抽运多层石墨烯使其动态电导率的实部在太赫兹频段内出现负值时,石墨烯表面等离子体实现增益.通过光抽运剥离层石墨烯和含有底层石墨烯结构表面等离子体传播系数和吸收系数比较,表明光抽运剥离层石墨烯能更有效地实现表面等离子体的增益.同时,在低温下,光抽运具有合适层数的石墨烯比光抽运单层石墨烯能获得更大的表面等离子体增益.     

Dependence of the experimental stability diagram of an optically injected semiconductor laser on the laser current

An experimental study of the dynamical properties of a semiconductor laser subjected to external optical injection is presented. The effect of the laser current on the dynamical regions as found in an experiment is reported on for the first time. The nonlinear dynamical regions are mapped in the parameter plane consisting of the detuning between lasers and the injection strength, by utilizing a method of condensing the information in output spectra to two-dimensional images. Corresponding maps for different values of the slave laser current are recorded. The recordings present conclusive experimental evidence that the overall locations of the dynamical regions scale with respect to the relaxation–oscillation frequency and the injection strength relative to the free running laser power. The results further support the theoretical prediction that the linewidth-enhancement factor is the parameter which most strongly affects the dynamics. Locally, specific chaotic regions are found to grow for higher operating points of the slave laser. A complete characterization of the parameters that enter the rate-equations for the visible output AlGaInP laser used in this experiment is performed.     

Bifurcation transitions in an optically injected diode laser: theory and experiment

We show how bifurcation theory and experimental measurements can be used hand-in-hand to analyse transitions to complicated dynamics in a semiconductor laser subject to optical injection. By a direct comparison of theoretical and experimental optical spectra we identify and explain the underlying dynamics in phase space. This is demonstrated with four distinct bifurcation transitions, including a transition near a saddle-node Hopf point and an intermittent transition to chaos.     

The enhanced nonlinear stimulated emission effect of an atomic beam by using an injection Fabry-Perot spherical cavity

When a high-intensity laser beam passes through a resonant atomic beam,non-linear stimulated emission effect will be produced.This effect can be enhanced up to two or-ders of magnitude by using an injection Fabry-Perot cavity.Experiments show that thismethod has high measuring contrast and high spectral resolution when it is used to measure thehyperfine absorption lines of atomic beams.     

Frequency characteristics of the dark and bright surface solitons at a nonlinear metamaterial interface

We investigate the generation and properties of dark and bright surface waves at the interface of a conventional medium and a metamaterial. It is shown that the stable dark and bright surface solitons can coexist even when the nonlinear Kerr coefficients of the two media are negative, completely different from those at the interface between two conventional media. Most importantly, both the dark and bright surface solitons exist only within a certain range of the effective refractive index of the metamaterial, greatly depending on the frequency of the electromagnetic wave propagating in it. Therefore, the generation conditions for surface solitons, and the properties of the generated surface solitons such as the peak positions and the intensity of the dark and bright surface solitons, can be controlled by adjusting the structure parameters of the metamaterial and/or the frequency of the electromagnetic wave.     

Study of the spectral characteristics and the output coupling of pulse optically pumped cavity SMMW laser

The miniaturization of OPFIRL plays an important role in application of this new wavelength range of electromagnetic wave, especially in that of spaceflight where efficiency and miniature are emphasized.[1][8] So it is important to optimize the operating parameters of OPFIRL. This article will start with density matrix equations, then calculate the FIR output power density under different operating conditions by means of iteration calculation. And then parameters of the laser will be changed in order to study it's spectral characteristic of the FIR laser. We found that, working under the optimum operating gas pressure, FIF output power varies with the output coupling of the cavity OPFIRL. There is an optimum value of reflection coefficient R_o of the output window which makes the output FIR power denity and spectral characteristic of miniature OPFIRL optimum.     

Catastrophes and phase hysteresis in an optically nonlinear corrugated waveguide

Special features of propagation of light in a nonlinear corrugated optical waveguide were studied in relation to the control parameters. The phase hysteresis in the waveguide is studied, and the expressions for the phase jumps resulting from the state switching are derived.