Characterization and Spatial Matching of Laser Diode Beams

It is shown that the type of lateral waveguide of a laser diode cannot be determined uniquely based on just the measured magnitude of astigmatism. For a unique determination, the K-factor of Petermann, which characterizes the wavefront curvature at the laser output facet, must be measured as well. In order to determine the type of lateral waveguide, a setup for measuring astigmatic distances in the range 0–200 m with an error of ±2 m and a K-factor with an error of 20% was developed. Operational features of the setup were analyzed, and a technique that allows one to minimize the effect of beam ellipticity on the measurement results was found. Using the technique, the optimization of spatial matching of a laser diode with a ring interferometer of the butterfly type was accomplished. For transformation of the astigmatic elliptical beam into the axially symmetric mode of the interferometer, we have used an optical system that consists of two cylindrical and one spherical lenses. The algorithm for designing the matching system was developed, and the 85% injection of radiation of a AlGaAs laser diode into the principal mode of a ring interferometer was experimentally demonstrated.     

钛扩散铌酸锂矩形波导中的双折射耦合对传播常数的影响

 从亥姆霍兹方程出发，得到了各向异性光波导在弱导近似下的耦合模理论。耦合系数包括偏振耦合项和双折射耦合项。并用马卡提里近似下的模式作为零级近似。用一级微扰法计算了折射率渐变分布的钛扩散铌酸锂矩形波导的传播常数。在给定参数的情况下，得到双折射项引起的传播常数的改变约为主微扰项的3%，因此双折射耦合对钛扩散铌酸锂矩形波导的性能影响不可忽略，这对设计和分析与它相关的光波导器件具有指导意义。     

Design of Transmission Line for Submillimeter Wave Gyrotron Using Dielectric-Lined Waveguide

The excitation and transmission losses of a dielectric-lined waveguide have been calculated with real, experimentally measured output beams of a submillimeter wave gyrotron. It is shown that for not-so-long transmission lines the coupling losses far exceed the transmission losses in the waveguide.     

渐变折射率光纤标量近似的微扰修正方法

在弱波导近似下,计及了折射率梯度的影响,把▽ε看作微扰项,应用微扰理论,给出了修正到任一级近似的标量场方程,建立了一级修正解的一般表达式,并给出了相关参量的确定方法。最后,以抛物线折射率剖面单模光纤为例,给出了简要分析结果。     

斜波导喇曼振荡器

 采用斜波导的喇曼氢气池, 使泵浦激光束在波导内部传播, 增大了受激喇曼散射的作用区域。在传播过程中光束截面逐渐被压缩, 补偿因波导内壁的反射损耗而引起的功率密度下降。在一定气压范围内提高了喇曼转换的效率, 并利用波导对激光束的均匀作用, 使输出的一阶斯托克斯光光强的均匀性获得改善。     

Propagation Characteristics of a High-Power Microwave in Waveguide Filled with Plasma

Analytical theory of high-power microwave propagation in waveguide filled with plasma is presented in this paper. The ponderomotive force effect of high power microwave is taken into consideration and preliminary numerical calculations are carried out, the propagation characteristics of the high-power microwave and the influence of microwave power on the distribution of plasma density are calculated and discussed.     

Modeling and Simulation of Saturation Gain of IR Integrated Photonic Amplifiers

IR integrated photonic amplifiers at 1.55m operation will have good foreground in optical phasedarray radars for splitters and signal processing. The saturation gain characteristics of IR integrated photonic waveguide amplifiers (taken Er³⁺Yb³⁺ co-doped phosphate glass waveguide amplifiers as an example) are studied theoretically. For the homemade laser glass materials the calculated saturation intensities are 2.22kw /cm² for signal and 10.15kw/cm² for pump. The effects of absorption saturation of signal and pump lights on the gain of amplifiers are discussed.     

Investigations of the E-O behavior in the poled polymer waveguide

The electro-optic (E-O) properties of the slab polymer waveguide induced by electric poling have been studied experimentally. The thin film waveguide was prepared by a synthesized polymer polypelargonamide and poled by applying voltage between the electrodes. I–V curves and E-O characteristics of the polymer films were in-situ measured during poling. In order to evaluate the molecular dipole orientation under the poling field, the absorption spectra of this film was observed by FTIR. The E-O performance of the polymer slab film was also estimated by the Mach–Zehnder interferometer.