光纤型偏振器消光比测试方法研究

介绍了单模光纤偏振器和保偏光纤偏振器 (包括研磨型保偏光纤偏振器和线圈型保偏光纤偏振器 )消光比的基本测试方法。单模光纤偏振器的基本测试方法有偏振控制器法和旋转波片法 ;研磨型保偏光纤偏振器的基本测试方法有起偏器 45°法和消偏法 ;线圈型保偏光纤偏振器的基本测试方法有偏振控制器法和消偏法。对每种方法的优点和缺点以及在测试过程中可能会出现的问题进行了详细分析 ,并通过实验进行了验证     

单偏振单模聚合物光子晶体光纤设计

 设计了一种聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)基的单偏振单模(SPSM)微结构聚合物光纤(MPOF)。利用全矢量有限元法和光束传播法相结合分析了这种光纤的偏振特性和约束损耗。通过优化光纤结构参数,发现在0.51 μm～0.62 μm的可见光波长范围,由于基模两个正交偏振模的截止波长不同,这种微结构聚合物光纤只能传输基模中的一个偏振模,从而实现单偏振单模运转。该11圈圆空气孔六角排列光纤结构的传导偏振模在0.57 μm波长处约束损耗仅为1.13 dB/m,这种低损耗的单偏振单模微结构聚合物光纤可有效消除传统保偏光纤固有的偏振串扰和偏振模色散。     

高消光比掺Yb3+锁模脉冲光纤激光器研究

报道了使用976 nm半导体激光器作为抽运源,利用非线性放大环形镜(NALM)锁模运行的掺Yb3+光纤激光器的实验研究.采用偏振相关隔离器代替偏振无关光隔离器、保偏光纤耦合器代替普通单模光纤耦合器,得到了高消光比的锁模脉冲输出,重复频率13.46 MHz,光谱宽度约2 nm,消光比高于25 dB.     

保偏光纤偏振器

利用保偏光纤的弯曲损耗特性绕制而成的光纤偏振器已有过报道。但文献[1]中报道的偏振器尺寸太大(φ=100mm),不利于光纤陀螺的小型化。本文介绍一种采用“熊猫”型光纤制成的偏振器,其尺寸较小(φ=30mm),消光比可达到33dB。     

基于熔融拉锥技术的双折射晶体包层型光纤偏振器的研究

建立简单模型,推导了晶体包层型光纤偏振器消光比的表达式,分析了消光比随锥腰直径和晶体包层长度的变化关系。兼顾锥腰光纤强度要求,对偏振器制作参数进行优化分析,并进行相应的实验研究。实验结果表明选择合适参数制作的偏振器,消光比优于30 dB,损耗小于0.5 dB,在-50 ℃~+70 ℃温度范围内消光比变化小于1.5 dB,损耗变化小于0.5 dB,具有很好的温度性能和稳定性     

一种新型高双折射光子晶体光纤

提出了一种新的高双折射光子晶体光纤结构.应用全矢量频域有限差分方法所做的数值分析表明：该结构光纤基模的两个正交偏振态不再简并，其模式呈现很强的线偏振特性,并且模式双折射与结构参数设置有密切关系.通过选择合适的结构参数，可以使之达到10^-2量级，比传统的D型和熊猫型保偏光纤高出2个数量级.合理设计光纤包层的几何结构，可以取得理想的色散效果.这种结构的光子晶体光纤可用于制作具有适当色散特性或偏振特性的保偏光纤及相关光纤器件. 关键词： 光子晶体光纤 模式双折射 偏振特性 频域有限差分法     

保偏光纤偏振特性自动测试系统的研制与开发

介绍了保偏光纤偏振特性的基本测试原理,给出了高精度检偏系统的光路结构,硬件检测电路和分析软件的结构框图,并对实验结果进行了精度分析。实验表明:光功率测试范围可达0 2nW—2mW,测得2m长保偏光纤最大消光比47 2dB,对于40dB以下的偏振态测量,误差优于±0 1dB。     

光纤陀螺消偏结构与偏振度关系的研究

利用在光源出端加单段保偏光纤和在消偏器后端加Loyt消偏器,可以使进入光纤线圈的光的偏振度降到10－3数量级,降低了因外界因素对线圈中光偏振态的影响而产生的光纤陀螺偏振误差.并用琼斯矩阵计算的方法,分析了光路中四个胶合角与偏振度的关系及每个角度的取值范围.最后探讨了工艺上胶合角度测量与实现.     

基于悬浮式双芯多孔光纤的太赫兹偏振分离器

提出了一种基于悬浮式双芯多孔光纤的低损耗、宽带太赫兹偏振分离器.通过纤芯的多孔结构实现器件的低损耗特性,利用两个纤芯微结构的正交关系实现宽带的单偏振模式匹配.结构参数设计采用折射率反转匹配耦合法;数值计算采用全矢量有限元法;光纤基底材料选择太赫兹波段低损耗环烯烃共聚物COC.首先对单芯高双折射悬浮式多孔光纤的色散、模式双折射、基模在空气中的能量分数、以及损耗等特性进行了分析,在此基础上,对悬浮式双芯多孔光纤偏振分离器的特性进行了详细研究.发现该偏振分离器的工作带宽超过1.5 THz(0.8 THz到2.3 THz).其偏振分离长度和吸收损耗随频率的增大而增大,在1 THz,分离长度仅为0.66 cm;x,y两偏振的消光比分别为-14.64 dB和-14.84 dB,两偏振模式的实际吸收损耗均小于0.12 dB.相对于其他双芯光纤偏振分离器设计,该结构具有宽带、低损耗、设计简单、拉制容易、以及抗环境干扰等优点.     

保偏光纤干涉型陀螺的磁场误差分析与抑制方法

基于保偏光纤的琼斯矩阵,建立了保偏光纤线圈的Faraday非互易相移模型,利用该模型进行计算发现:线圈保偏光纤的慢轴与快轴的Faraday非互易相移大小近似相等,但符号相反。并进一步提出了偏振环行干涉型保偏光纤陀螺(PCPM-IFOG),它能使顺时针(CW)和逆时针(CCW)光在保偏光纤线圈中沿慢和快轴分别传输一次,因此顺时针和逆时针光总的Faraday非互易相移等于0,实现了Faraday非互易相移的完全抑制。500m保偏光纤线圈的偏振环行干涉型保偏光纤陀螺的实验结果显示其输出与地球磁场无关,而对于相同传感线圈的干涉型保偏光纤陀螺,当磁场方角发生变化时,陀螺有约±0.3°/h的Faraday零偏漂移。     

White light interferometry test and analysis of LiNbO3 polarizer

White light interferometer can be used to measure the amplitude extinction ratio (ER) of polarizer and coupling distribution in fiber. A LiNbO₃ polarizer coupled with a polarization maintaining fiber and a silica planar waveguide at the two ends was measured using white light interferometer. According to the principles of optical coherence domain polarimeter (OCDP) technique, the test scheme is analyzed and presented to measure the ER of LiNbO₃ polarizer with its apparatus proposed correspondingly. By analyzing the interference intensity, both the ER of LiNbO₃ polarizer and its coupling crosstalk with optical fiber and waveguide are obtained. The results illustrate that the ER of a 5 mm-long LiNbO₃ polarizer is 71 dB and the crosstalk of the coupling points are around 40 dB. The results have good agreement with analysis.     

A stable and tunable linear polarization single longitudinal mode fiber ring laser

A stable and tunable linear polarization single longitudinal mode fiber ring laser is proposed and demonstrated. A high extinction ratio spatial mode interference filter utilizing two-mode graded-index fiber supresses irregular side modes effectively, the combination of fiber polarizer and polarization maintaining fiber act as a polarization dependent comb filter, and tunable bandpass filter is adopted to select proper lasing wavelength. The power fluctuation and wavelength fluctuation at 1549.88 nm are less than 0.05 dB and 0.02 nm in 1 h, respectively. Only one longitudinal mode appears within a free spectral range of 7.5 GHz, and the degree of polarization in percentage is approximately as high as 99.07%.     

A low transmission loss THz polarization splitter based on dual-core optical fiber

We propose a design of a low loss terahertz polarization splitter based on a dual-core terahertz fiber with crossed dielectric strips in the fiber cross section. Low transmission loss is realized by extending the mode field to the air holes adjacent to the solid material. An 11.4-cm-long terahertz polarization splitter is obtained with the extinction ratio better than −15 dB and a bandwidth of 16 μm.     

Dual-core leaky optical waveguide as an integrated-optic polarizer

We present a design of a dual-core leaky waveguide that can be used as an integrated-optic polarizer. The proposed polarizer works on the principle of mode filtering. The structure is characterized by two cores, namely core-1 and core-2 and a high index layer in the upper-most region, such a structure supports leaky modes. The leakage losses of the modes have been calculated by using the transfer matrix method (TMM). Single polarization operation is ensured by high differential leakage loss between fundamental TE and TM modes. We show TE-pass operation with 0.5 dB/mm loss in TE₀ mode and 13 dB/mm loss in TM₀ mode, and TM-pass operation with 0.36 dB/mm loss in TM₀ mode and 7.45 dB/mm loss in TE₀ mode. Besides single-polarization operation, single-mode operation of the structure is ensured by high leakage loss of all the other higher-order modes.     

Interference method of measuring the extinction coefficient of birefringent optical fibers

The extinction coefficient of a birefringent optical fiber (the ratio between the radiation power output of the polarization mode and the radiation power transferred from this mode to another one) characterizes the capability of a birefringent fiber to retain the polarization state of the radiation. In relatively short birefringent fibers (1–100 m), the extinction coefficient may reach 10⁴–10⁶. Such high values of the extinction coefficient are difficult to measure by standard techniques (excitation of one polarization mode by an incoherent source with subsequent recording of the light intensity at the output of the analyzer). An interference method of measuring the extinction coefficient of birefringent fibers is suggested. It is based on using a coherent source and measuring interference oscillations caused by an additional phase modulation at the input of the fiber. This method does not require precise polarization matching between the laser source and fiber and considerably loosens requirements for the polarizer-analyzer extinction and resolution of the photodetector. As a result, using simple standard components (semiconductor laser, film polarizer, and photodetector), one can measure extinction coefficient as high as 10⁶. The suggested interference method of measuring the extinction coefficient of birefringent fibers receives a theoretical analysis, and experimental data obtained for 2- to 1000-m-long fibers are presented.     

信噪比对偏振耦合测试影响分析

以白光麦克尔逊干涉仪对双折射保偏光纤的偏振耦合进行测试,并基于仪器结构建立了测试扫描结果的数学模型.分析及仿真了信噪比对耦合强度及耦合位置检测的影响大小及变化趋势.信噪比大于32dB,可满足偏振耦合测试的要求.     

Highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber polarization splitter made of soft glass

A soft glass dual core polarization splitter based on highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is proposed and the full vector finite element method (FEM) is employed to analyze the impacts of structural parameters on birefringence and the coupling length, and simulation results show that high birefringence on the order of 10⁻² can be obtained at 1.55 μm, moreover, hole size, hole pitch and elliptic ratio all affect birefringence and the coupling length. Based on these results, the PCF's structure is optimized to realize a polarization splitter of 282 μm whose largest extinction ratio is around −45.42 dB at 1.55 μm. Meanwhile, the bandwidth at the extinction ratio of −10 dB is about 90 nm, and around 32 nm at −20 dB.     

Fiber devices using polarization- maintaining fibers

Fiber devices using polarization-maintaining fibers called PANDA fibers are presented. They are polarization-maintaining couplers and polarization-splitting couplers, optical isolators and optical circulators, and multi/demultiplexers designed for 1.3 μm wavelength. Crosstalk of-32 dB and excess loss of 0.03 dB for the polarization-maintaining coupler, and polarization-splitting ratio of 17 dB and excess loss of 0.5 dB for the polarization-splitting coupler have been fabricated by a fusion-elongation method. A fiber polarizer with the extinction ratio of more than 40 dB has been presented by using the difference of bending loss between the orthogonal modes in the PANDA fibers. Multi/demultiplexer with narrow band-pass of 1.4 nm utilizing combination of PANDA fiber polarization dispersion and the polarization-splitting coupler has been realized. An optical isolator consisting of fiber polarizers and a spherical YIG with a lens function and an optical circulator consisting of polarizing-splitting couplers and spherical YIGs have been achieved.     

In-fiber polarizer based on a long-period fiber grating written on photonic crystal fiber

A novel in-fiber polarizer based on a long-period fiber grating (LPFG) is written by using a focused CO2 laser beam to notch a photonic crystal fiber periodically. Such a polarizer exhibits a high polarization extinction ratio of more than 20 dB over a wide wavelength range of ~11 nm near 1550 nm and a very low temperature sensitivity of 3.9 pm/ degrees C, which overcomes the disadvantages of the temperature sensitivity of other in-fiber polarizers created on conventional single-mode fiber.     

Design of a compact polarization splitter based on the dual-elliptical-core photonic crystal fiber

We propose a compact polarization splitter based on dual-elliptical-core photonic crystal fiber. Two elliptical cores are introduced to increase the difference of effective index between x-polarized and y-polarized mode and three elliptical modulation air holes are used to control the power transfer between the two cores. By optimizing the structure parameters, the length of the polarization splitter is distinctly shortened. Numerical results demonstrate that the compact splitter has the length of 775 μm and up to 50 dB extinction ratio at the central wavelength of 1.55 μm. The corresponding bandwidth of 32 nm could be achieved from the wavelength of 1.534–1.566 μm with the extinction ratio over 20 dB