Wide tuning characteristics of double-ring coupled lasers

The wide tuning characteristics of double-ring coupled lasers with/without an extended waveguide are analyzed and optimized using the scattering matrix formalism. To obtain the optimum design schemes of the tunable laser diodes, the cross coupling ratios of two rings, the tuning enhancement factor, the propagation loss of passive waveguides, the optical gain of an active region, and the back and front-facet reflectivity of the waveguide are taken into account. When the coupling ratio of the ring and input/output waveguides is fixed, the extinction ratio and the linewidth are decreased as the tuning enhancement factor is increased, while the tuning range is increased.     

N2-broadening coefficients in the ν2 and ν4 bands of PH3 at low temperature

N₂-broadening coefficients have been measured for 41 transitions of PH₃ at −100 °C in the ^QR branch of the ν₂ band and the ^PP, ^RP, and ^SP branches of the ν₄ band, using a tunable diode-laser spectrometer. The recorded lines with J values ranging from 1 to 13 and K from 0 to 10 are located between 1026 and 1093 cm⁻¹. The collisional widths are determined by fitting each spectral line with a Voigt profile, a Rautian profile, and a speed-dependent Rautian profile. The latter models provide larger broadening coefficients than the Voigt model. These coefficients have also been calculated on the basis of a semiclassical model of interacting linear molecules by considering an atom-atom Lennard-Jones potential in addition to the electrostatic contributions. By comparing broadening coefficients at room and low temperatures, the temperature dependence of these broadenings has been determined both experimentally and theoretically.     

Tunable subnanosecond laser pulse generation using an active mirror concept

We report (theory, experimental check) an improved approach for generation of a tunable, subnanosecond pulse (0.1–0.4 ns), based on a single pulsation (“spike”) separation from the transient oscillations in a dye laser with active mirror (AMIR). A pumping by 20–50 ns pulses from Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is considered. The separation is in original, two-spectral selective channels cavity, where the forced by AMIR quenched generation at one of the wavelength stops initially started spiking generation at the other wavelength after the first spike development. The AMIR quickly starts the quenching generation at a precisely controlled moment and with necessary intensity thus assuring the desired separation. An advantage is a high reproducibility of the separation for high (~250%) pump power fluctuations combined with tuning in large range (~20 nm). To obtain such an operation we form ~1 ns leading front pump pulse by electrooptical temporal cutting of the input pump pulse and use an optical delay line. This increases also a few times the power in the separated spike (to be ~100 kW). Our approach widens the combinations of lasers for effective applications of spike separation technique (dye lasers excited by Q-switched solid-state or Cu-vapor lasers).     

用于目标跟踪/识别中红外AOTF光谱相机光学系统的设计与优化

为获得红外目标的空间信息和光谱信息,设计了一种用于中波红外声光可调谐光谱相机的光学系统.设计中引入折/衍射混合透镜,在用6片透镜的情况下达到了12×变倍,在长焦处时能识别2 000m远的目标.采用ZEMAX光学设计软件模拟声光晶体的衍射,在晶体出射面上优化设计了4°的楔角,使-1级衍射光能共轴出射.该光学系统在空间频率17lp/mm处调制传递函数值最大达到0.7,能量集中度大于90%,能够满足光谱相机用于识别/跟踪目标的要求.     

Polymer Optical Fiber Photosensitivities and Highly Tunable Fiber Gratings

In this paper, recent progress in the investigation of photosensitivities of polymer optical fibers and the development of polymer optical fiber grating is reported. Photosensitivities in various polymer fibers, including doped and undoped, multimode and single-mode polymer fibers, have been experimentally characterized and evaluated for fiber grating application. In particular, the wavelength dependence of material absorption and photosensitivity has been found essential to the fabrication of polymer optical fiber grating. Based on the results of photosensitivity research, polymer optical fiber gratings have been successfully fabricated. More importantly, polymer optical fiber grating has been demonstrated highly tunable, with a tuning range more than 70 nm. The unique feature of high tunability in polymer optical fiber grating has great potential in various applications including optical fiber WDM systems and fiber sensor systems. Several important issues that remain to be investigated will also be discussed.     

Photonic band gaps structure properties of two-dimensional function photonic crystals

The tunable two-dimensional photonic crystals band gap, absolute photonic band gap and semi-Dirac point are beneficial to designing the novel optical devices. In this paper, tunable photonic band gaps structure was realized by a new type two-dimensional function photonic crystals, which dielectric constants of medium columns are functions of space coordinates. However for the two-dimensional conventional photonic crystals the dielectric constant does not change with space coordinates. As the parameter adjustment, we found that the photonic band gaps structures are dielectric constant function coefficient, medium columns radius, dielectric constant function form period number and pump light intensity dependent, namely, the photonic band gaps position and width can be tuned. we also obtained absolute photonic band gaps and semi-Dirac point in the photonic band gaps structures of two-dimensional function photonic crystals. These results provide an important theoretical foundation for design novel optical devices.     

基于CIC的数字正交锁相放大器的甲烷检测实验研究

针对甲烷在大气中背景气体成分复杂、检测难度大、稳定性差等问题,本文基于可调谐二极管激光吸收光谱技术和波长调制光谱技术,将积分梳状滤波器与有限脉冲响应滤波器相结合应用于数字正交锁相放大器,开展大气中甲烷气体的痕量检测实验研究.实验表明,与传统的数字正交锁相放大器相比较,改进的数字正交锁相放大器提取的二次谐波信号的信噪比从...     

新型Sr_3Y(PO_4)_3∶Ce~(3+),Tb~(3+)绿光荧光粉的制备与发光机理的研究

采用传统的高温固相法合成了一种新型的绿色荧光粉Sr3Y(PO4)3∶Ce3+,Tb3+,利用X射线衍射(XRD)和荧光光谱(PL)对该材料的晶体结构和光学性能进行表征。结果分析表明,制得样品的XRD图谱不含Sr3Y(PO4)3以外的杂峰,稀土掺杂并未改变基质的晶体结构,得到的样品为纯相的磷酸钇锶。从本文实验中明显观察到Sr3Y(PO4)3∶Tb3+的激发光谱和Ce3+的发射光谱在320~390nm有重叠,表明在Sr3Y(PO4)3基质中可存在从Ce3+到Tb3+的能量传递。在紫外光(315nm)激发下该荧光粉发射出了Ce3+的蓝光(320~420nm)和Tb3+的黄绿光(480~500nm)和(530~560nm),当Ce3+的浓度为7%,Tb3+的浓度由1%增大到50%时,通过Ce3+的4f→5d电子跃迁将能量传递到Tb3+,然后发生5 D4→7 Fj电子跃迁,该荧光粉发射光谱可由蓝光逐渐调节为黄绿光。本文绘制了Ce3+,Tb3+的能级和Sr3Y(PO4)3∶Ce3+,Tb3+荧光粉中的能量转移过程示意图,并详细阐述了由Ce3+到Tb3+的能量传递过程。通过对比Ce3+和Tb3+的发光强度以及由Ce3+到Tb3+能量转移效率的相对变化,可以得出,随着掺入的Tb3+浓度不断增加,Tb3+的发射强度(5 D4→7 Fj)和能量转移效率(Ce3+到Tb3+)也在增大,而Ce3+的发射强度却有了明显的下降。当Tb3+的浓度为50%时能量转移效率可高达80%。通过CIE色度图也可以看出,当Tb3+浓度不断增大,样品的色坐标从图中的蓝色区域移动到绿色区域。所以在紫外光激发下,Ce3+和Tb3+共掺Sr3Y(PO4)3可作为一种绿光荧光粉应用在白光LED或LCD背光源上。     

Self-swept erbium fiber laser around 1.56 μm

Self-swept erbium fiber laser emitting around 1.56?μm is reported in detail. Both sweep directions were registered: pointing toward longer and shorter wavelengths, redshift and blueshift sweeping, respectively. We describe method of determining the direction of the wavelength drift using the monochromator based optical spectrum analyzer. Possible root for this sweeping regime, i.e., the gain modulation along active fiber, is discussed with the help of a simple model calculating the overall cavity gain that can predict the direction of the laser wavelength sweeping.     

Fiber Optical Bragg Grating Refractometer

We have demonstrated an evanescent field refractive indexfiber sensor comprising a 42-mm Bragg grating in an etched fiber together with a tunable Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) laser. Characterization of different aqueous sucrose solutions resulted in a resolution of roughly 10 mM sucrose. The sensor in the presented form has a theoretical sensitivity of higher than 10 5 refractive index unit (riu) in a refractive index region close to the cladding index of the fiber. However, the technique allows for an even higher sensitivity than 10 6 riu with a proper signal processing scheme.