Tunable polymer double micro-ring filters

Based on the vernier effect, widely tunable polymer double micro-ring filters using the thermooptic effect or the electrooptic effect are demonstrated. A tuning enhancement factor of 40 was achieved at wavelengths near 1550 nm. The tuning rate for the thermooptic device is 120 GHz/mW and for the electrooptic device is 120 GHz/12 V. A tunable laser with a side-mode suppression ratio greater than 30 dB was demonstrated using this filter and erbium-doped fiber amplifier gain. Thermal tuning over 35 nm was achieved.     

Electrically tunable semiconductor Fabry-Perot filter

A key component of Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) networks is a tunable broadband wavelength demultiplexer, with good selectivity and high tuning speed. In this communication we report low waveguide loss InGaAsP Fabry-Perot filters, grown by Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy, with tuning ranges up to 3.07 nm (380 GHz). These filters have waveguides with bandgap wavelengths between 1.3 and 1.48 μm so that they are transparent at zero bias and at low tuning currents (<2 mA) for 1.55 μm light. Their performance is independent of light level and they should be capable of high speed operation     

基于SAG和QWI结合技术的电吸收调制器与可调谐DBR激光器的单片集成

报道了基于选择区域生长和量子阱混杂结合技术的电吸收调制器与可调谐DBR激光器的单片集成.集成器件显示出了良好的静态特性:阈值电流为37mA;100mA激光器增益区偏置电流下,直流输出功率为3.5mW;当使用单模光纤耦合(耦合效率15%),调制器偏压在0～-2V之间时,静态消光比大于20dB;波长调谐范围为4.4nm,覆盖了6个100GHz间隔的WDM信道.     

A Wavelength Tunable DBR Laser Integrated with an Electro-Absorption Modulator by a Combined Method of SAG and QWI

We report a wavelength tunable electro-absorption modulated DBR laser based on a combined method of SAG and QWI.The threshold current is 37mA and the output power at 100mA gain current is 3.5mW.When coupled to a single-mode fiber with a coupling efficiency of 15%,more than a 20dB extinction ratio is observed over the change of EAM bias from 0 to -2V.The 4.4nm continuous wavelength tuning range covers 6 channels on a 100GHz grid for WDM telecommunications.     

Long resonator micromachined tunable GaAs-AlAs Fabry-Perot filter

We present novel concepts for tunable optical filters. Long resonant cavities of about 30-/spl mu/m length have been realized with two-chip designs. GaAs technology has been applied to filters that are designed for the use in dense wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) at wavelengths around 1550 nm. A finesse of 46.7, a full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 1.2 nm and electrostatic tuning over a range of 103 nm with an applied voltage of 35 V has been achieved. An alternative tuning concept that allows to tune the resonator length 4 /spl mu/m by heating Ni-Cr resistors placed on the suspending beams of a membrane with an applied voltage of 2.7 V has been realized.     

A widely tunable erbium-doped fiber laser pumped at 532 nm

A tunable erbium-doped fiber laser with a very wide continuous-tuning range (1522-1567 nm) is discussed. The wide tuning range was achieved using an aluminum/erbium-doped fiber; the aluminum codoping is known to broaden the gain spectrum substantially. The tunable fiber laser has a ring laser configuration utilizing an inline tunable etalon as the tuning element. Continuous tuning over 45 nm in the spectral range of 1522-1567 nm was achieved with 80 nW of pumping at 532 nm, using the second harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser as the pump source     

Alternate and simultaneous generation of 1-GHz dual-wavelengthpulses from an electrically tunable harmonically mode-locked fiber laser

A new scheme of producing dual-wavelength mode-locked pulses from a fiber laser is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. In addition to the simultaneous generation of two selected wavelength components, the scheme also allows the alternate generation of mode-locked pulses at different wavelengths. The alternate switching of wavelengths is demonstrated at 1 GHz, and has been achieved over an electrical tuning range of 13.1 nm using the dispersion-tuning approach. A constant mode spacing of 7.1 nm is maintained during the tuning process     

Multiwavelength 10-GHz picosecond pulse generation from asingle-stripe semiconductor diode laser

A single-stripe GaAs-AlGaAs semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) has been used to generate four tunable wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) channels simultaneously, each transmitting 12-ps pulses at 2.5 GHz, for an aggregate pulse rate of 10 GHz. Wavelength tuning over 18 nm has been demonstrated with channel spacing ranging from 0.8 to 2.1 nm. A potential spectral correlation across the multiwavelength spectrum has been studied in both experiment and simulation methods. These results show the potential for utilizing single stripe laser diodes as multiwavelength sources in WDM-TDM network     

Highly optimized tunable Er3+-doped single longitudinalmode fiber ring laser, experiment and model

A continuous wave (CW) tunable diode-pumped Er³⁺-doped fiber ring laser, pumped by diode laser at wavelengths around 1480 nm, is discussed. Wavelength tuning range of 42 nm, maximum slope efficiency of 48% and output power of 14.4 mW have been achieved. Single longitudinal mode lasing with a linewidth of 6 kHz has been measured. A fast model of erbium-doped fiber laser was developed and used to optimize output parameters of the laser     

波长间隔为20 GHz的多波长布里渊光纤激光器

设计了一种基于环形腔的双倍布里渊频移间隔的可调谐光纤激光器实验装置。 该实验装置由一个3 dB耦合器、一台可调谐激光源(TLS)、一台980 nm泵浦和一个实现双倍布里渊频移环形腔构成。该结构耦合输出偶数阶Stokes光,从而实现间隔约为20 GHz或0.16 nm的多波长输出。并研究了980 nm泵浦光和BP光功率对输出偶数阶Stokes光波数的影响。当980 nm 泵浦功率固定为26 dBm(400 mW),BP功率为10 dBm时,获得了间隔为0.16 nm的11个稳定激光输出以及36 nm(1530~1566 nm)的可调谐范围。     

Bragg grating fast tunable filter for wavelength divisionmultiplexing

A Bragg grating fast tunable filter prototype working over a linear tuning range of 45 nm with a maximum tuning speed of 21 nm/ms has been realized. The tunable filter system is based on two piezoelectric stack actuators moving a mechanical device thus compressing an apodized fiber Bragg grating. The filter allows both traction and compression and can work in transmission and in reflection. It is designed to work with a channel spacing of 100 GHz according to the ITU specifications for wavelength division multiplexing systems     

主动锁模光纤环形激光器的悬臂梁调谐法

利用悬臂梁来对光纤光栅的Bragg波长进行调谐,并将可调谐光纤光栅用于主动锁模光纤环形激光器中,获得了5.24nm的波长调谐范围。同时,在1547.883nm处,获得了脉宽为55ps,谱宽为0.017nm锁模脉冲输出。     

A novel integrated micromachined tunable laser using polysilicon3-D mirror

A prototype tunable laser of ~2 mm×1.5 mm size has been developed for wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) application. This device is an integrated micromachined polysilicon three-dimensional (3-D) mirror with a single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode and an antireflection-coated optical fiber. The micromirror can be driven to move laterally by an electrostatic comb-drive that changes the external cavity length of laser diode enabling wavelength tuning. A wavelength-tunable range of 16 nm is obtained using a driving voltage within ±3 V at a bias voltage of 10 V     

Quasicontinuous tunable fiber-ring laser applied as localoscillator in an absolute calibrated spectrometer for WDM systems

A special tunable fiber-ring laser is introduced. With this laser as local oscillator, a calibrated optical spectrometer was realized, which allows the determination of the wavelength of all transmitters of a wavelet division multiplexing (WDM) system in one sweep. The system is based on a fiber ring laser including a high finesse Fabry-Perot resonator with a high free spectral range and a 1-km-long dispersion shifted fiber. To achieve a high wavelength determination accuracy two auxiliary signals are generated: one with a Krypton filled absorption tube and another with a simple, silica based, periodical filter. With that, the wavelength of every transmitter of a WDM signal can be determined with an absolute frequency accuracy of better than ±0.8 GHz in a range of 1527-1562 nm in one sweep. The relative frequency accuracy is better than ±0.3 GHz     

基于非线性色散补偿光栅的可调谐光电振荡器

为实现光电振荡器(OEO)输出频率的连续可调,提出一种新型的基于非线性色散补偿光栅(FBG)实现可调谐OEO方案。本文方案不需要电滤波器,且振荡频率随着光源的波长变化而变化。其中,三阶色散补偿FBG可以采用FBG重构算法设计。当光源波长从1 550.6nm变化到1 551.4nm时,相应的色散为340～1 460ps/nm,输出频率的调谐范围为6.5～13.5GHz,实现了振荡频率的大范围可调谐。     

High-power continuous-wave operation of a fiber optical parametric oscillator in L and U bands

Fiber optical parametric oscillators (OPOs), based on a highly-efficient four-wave mixing process in a χ⁽³⁾ medium, are reviewed. Their capability to provide very large tuning ranges with high output power is discussed. A novel architecture for CW fiber OPOs is presented, which has allowed us to significantly extend the performance of these devices. To do so we used: (i) a highly-nonlinear fiber (HNLF) as the parametric gain medium; (ii) a narrowband tunable intracavity filter; (iii) a high output coupling fraction from the feedback loop (up to 3 dB). With these features, we have been able to obtain excellent performance in terms of output power and tuning range, even with a reduced pump power. With only about 2 W of pump power, we have obtained the following performances: (i) tuning range of 254 nm; (ii) output power in excess of 1 W at some wavelengths; (iii) external conversion efficiency in excess of 60% at some wavelengths; (iv) linewidth as low as 8 GHz.This architecture of fiber OPO can be used for providing narrow linewidth tunable high-power CW radiation over hundreds of nanometers. Such sources could find applications in remote sensing, optical communication, nonlinear optics, etc.     

Wide and continuously tunable (30 nm) detector with uniformcharacteristics over tuning range

A wide and continuously tunable detector with a tuning range of 30 nm (Δλ/λ=3.7%) is demonstrated. Uniform responsivity of ~0.13 A/W and a linewidth of ~5 nm is achieved over the tuning range. This device is well suited for both single and multimode, dense and sparse channel separation WDM applications     

基于双光源的可调谐微波光子滤波器

提出了一种基于双光源与双相移光纤光栅(DPS- FBG)的可调谐微波光子滤波器。双光源经过相 位调制后,利用DPS-FBG的反射模式中的两超窄陷波分别对两相位调制光信号的边带进行抑 制,实现相 位调制至强度调制的转换。通过调节两光源的中心波长可以实现单通带与双通带之间的切换 ,实现单通带 的中心频率可调以及3dB带宽可调,实现双通带频率同时可调或者单独可调。建立了理论模 型并进行了数 值分析,最后通过实验进行了验证。实现了滤波器通带的3dB带宽由180MHz增加为319MHz,中心频率从1GHz到7GHz可调。     

利用非线性偏振旋转效应的可调谐多波长光纤激光器

提出了一种基于非线性偏振旋转(NPR)效应的可调谐多波长掺铒光纤(EDF)激光器,非线性偏振旋转诱导的强度相关非均匀损耗有效地抑制了均匀加宽增益介质掺铒光纤中的模式竞争,使光纤激光器在室温下产生稳定的多波长输出。其中利用保偏光纤和偏振相关隔离器组成的等效Lyot 双折射光纤滤波器作为波长选择器件,该滤波器可以通过选择合适的双折射光纤长度改变波长间隔,调节偏振控制器改变偏振态实现对波长的精密调谐。实验采用10 m长的保偏光纤(PMF),得到了波长间隔为0.35 nm、最多17个波长的稳定激光输出,并且实现了输出波长在4 nm范围内的连续可调谐。分别采用10:90、30:70和50:50的输出耦合器,激光信号分别从10%、30%和50%的端口输出,得到了最多17、14和13个波长的输出,其波长功率浮动分别为13 dB、10 dB和7 dB,另外,其最大输出功率分别为-7 dBm、-3 dBm和0 dBm。实验结果表明,输出耦合器输出端比例越大,输出波长就越少,各波长激光输出功率越平坦,且输出功率越高。     

Mode stabilization method for superstructure-grating DBR lasers

A wavelength stabilization method for widely tunable superstructure-grating (SSG) distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser is described. The output characteristics under tuning are studied theoretically and experimentally. It is found that peak reflectivity states, in which the lasing mode is just aligned with the reflection peaks of both DBR's, are obtained at saddle points in the output characteristics while changing the two SSG-DBR currents. Based on these results, a method for the Bragg frequency control of the two SSG-DBRs is proposed. The feedback control circuit keeps the lasing mode at a peak reflectivity state, and it suppresses mode hopping. Additionally, the oscillation mode is locked to arbitrary reference wavelengths of an optical filter. Stabilization at 200 GHz (1.6 nm)-spaced 16 wavelengths was achieved within the wide tuning range of the SSG-DBR laser. Control was maintained under a laser temperature variation of ±5°C as a result of the Bragg frequency control of the two DBR's