Multi-focus optical fiber lens based on all-dielectric metasurface

A multi-focus optical fiber lens is numerically demonstrated based on an all-dielectric metasurface structure. The metasurface consists of an array of rectangular silicon resonators with varying widths in order to obtain the required phase distribution. The core diameter of the multimode fiber is large enough to contain sufficient resonance units. The spatial distribution of the dielectric resonators is dictated by spatial multiplexing, including interleaving meta-atoms and lens aperture division, to achieve multi-focus properties. The proposed optical fiber metalens can produce two or three focal points along the longitudinal direction with high focusing efficiency. The size of every focal point is close to the diffraction limit, and the relative intensity on each focus can be controlled by adjusting the number of the respective resonators. The proposed optical fiber lens will have a great potential in the fields of integrated optics and multifunctional micro/nano devices.     

Multimode integrated optics using dielectric and hollow metallic waveguides

For multimode optical fiber links integrated optical circuits are needed. A first approach has been made by using thick film techniques. We demonstrate an advanced technology using two different materials for the guide. By that we can fabricate high efficient micro optics, like lenses, prisms, beam splitters etc.. To avoid loss within the dielectric guide hollow metallic optical waveguides have been investigated. A 3dB fiber-fiber coupler with an overall loss of 1.3 dB was realized as well as the principle of an integrated prism spectrometer.     

Coherent fiber supercontinuum for biophotonics

Biophotonics and nonlinear fiber optics have traditionally been two independent fields. Since the discovery of fiber‐based supercontinuum generation in 1999, biophotonics applications employing incoherent light have experienced a large impact from nonlinear fiber optics, primarily because of the access to a wide range of wavelengths and a uniform spatial profile afforded by fiber supercontinuum. However, biophotonics applications employing coherent light have not benefited from the most well‐known techniques of supercontinuum generation for reasons such as poor coherence (or high noise), insufficient controllability, and inadequate portability. Fortunately, a few key techniques involving nonlinear fiber optics and femtosecond laser development have emerged to overcome these critical limitations. Despite their relative independence, these techniques are the focus of this review, because they can be integrated into a low‐cost portable biophotonics source platform. This platform can be shared across many different areas of research in biophotonics, enabling new applications such as point‐of‐care coherent optical biomedical imaging.     

Numerical ray tracing through a modified cladding fiber optic segment sensors

By using 3-D geometric optics, the effect of a modified cladding on the transmission of light through optical fiber is investigated. Analysis of the light transmission of the optical fiber as function of the modified cladding refraction index and length are presented for various input illumination focused and compared with 3-D ray theory. Applications to chemical sensors are also discussed.The intensity of light signal transmitted through an optical fiber, which its cladding over a finite length is removed, is used as a sensor of refractive of liquids, in which the fiber is immersed. The transmitted light intensity is measured as a function of liquid refractive index for different lengths of the unclad section of the fiber and at each unclad length its sensitivity to change in refractive index of liquid is presented.     

Faster electro optical switching with a highly viscous Nematic Liquid Crystal mixture

This paper concentrates on the switching dynamics of a Nematic Liquid Crystal light modulator. This Liquid Crystal, called 1294-1b, has outstanding optical properties such as high birefringence which makes it a promising material for optical applications. Though this potential has been already implicated in optical data storage and integrated optics, it’s high viscosity limits the application in light modulators and electro-optics. This paper uses methods such as alternation in sample thickness, temperature and applied voltage to overcome this shortage. Finally, with the mentioned techniques a variety of switching times ranging from seconds to micro second are obtained.     

Integration of fluorescence collection optics with?a?microfabricated surface electrode ion trap

We have successfully demonstrated an integrated optical system for collecting the fluorescence from a trapped ion. The system, consisting of an array of transmissive, dielectric micro-optics and an optical fiber array, has been intimately incorporated into the ion-trapping chip without negatively impacting trapping performance. Epoxies, vacuum feedthrough, and optical component materials were carefully chosen so that they did not degrade the vacuum environment, and we have demonstrated light detection as well as ion trapping and shuttling behavior comparable to trapping chips without integrated optics, with no modification to the control voltages of the trapping chip.     

Microfabricated surface ion trap on a high-finesse optical mirror

A novel approach to optics integration in ion traps is demonstrated based on a surface electrode ion trap that is microfabricated on top of a dielectric mirror. Additional optical losses due to fabrication are found to be as low as 80 ppm for light at 422 nm. The integrated mirror is used to demonstrate light collection from, and imaging of, a single Sr88(+) ion trapped 169±4 μm above the mirror.     

微纳结构光纤光谱学

微纳结构光纤光谱学是指以空芯微结构或微纳光纤为样品池,光和物质在纤芯内部或表面进行相互作用的光谱学技术。本文回顾空芯和微纳光纤导光的基本原理,介绍气体、液体样品池构建的理论和方法,综述基于光谱吸收、光热、光声、荧光、拉曼等效应的微纳结构光纤光谱学的最新进展及今后可能的发展方向。微纳结构光纤对光场的束缚能力强、模场能量在空气中的比例高,可实现光和物质在其中的高效、长距离相互作用。微纳结构光纤样品池的采用,可提升传统光谱学系统的性能或构建新型的光谱学系统;应用传输光纤与其他光学元器件进行柔性连接,可促进光谱学仪器和传感器的小型化和实用化。     

Fiber Fourier optics

The Fourier transform of a coherent optical image can be evaluated physically by use of a single lens plus free-space propagation, thereby providing the basis for the field of Fourier optics. I point out that one can similarly evaluate the discrete Fourier transform of a sampled or pixelated optical array physically by passing the discrete array amplitudes through a network of single-mode fibers or optical waveguides. A passive optical network that evaluates the fast Fourier transform of a coherent array can be fabricated by use of (N/2)log(2)[N] optical 3-dB couplers plus small added phase shifts. Implementing such networks in fiber or integrated optical form could provide the basis for a possible technology of fiber Fourier optics.     

Design considerations for efficient planar-optical systems

Planar integrated free-space optics is well suited for various applications, e.g., in telecommunication, optical interconnects and security application. However the overall efficiency of purely diffractive systems is low, i.e., in the range of a few percent. We show that it is possible to raise the efficiency significantly by integration of refractive optical elements (prisms, wedges) for coupling into the substrate. In this case, the systems design is particularly challenging. We compare the impact of different coupling mechanisms on the optical designs of integrated 4f-imaging systems.     

Low-Loss Many-to-One Fiber Couplers with Few or Single-Moded Inputs and a Multi-Mode Output

The coupling of light from a number of few or single-moded fibers into a single multi-mode fiber is analyzed using geometric optics, and simple results demonstrating mode conservation are derived. Coupling from multiple single-mode fibers into a multi-mode fiber is investigated in detail using the overlap integral to determine coupling into each mode of the output fiber as a function of the light phase in the inputs. As well as results with practical relevance to fiber tapped delay-line filters and optical CDMA, the analysis provides pedagogic insight into light propagation and the light-gathering properties of fiber.     

Design and fabrication of AlGaAs/GaAs phase couplers for optical integrated-circuit applications

As integrated electronic circuits based on GaAs are getting faster and more complex and the relatively new fiber optic communication industry is expanding into new markets, such as shipboard communication links, the need for high-speed optical signal processing in a GaAs-based system has become increasingly evident. The economy and flexibility of fabricating both electronic and optical circuits on the same wafer promises significant increases in the computing power and speed of large distributed systems (those involving more than a few medium-density chips). The obvious medium for integration of optics with electronics is GaAs. High-speed ICs utilizing GaAs MESFETS are already in the marketplace, as are GaAs/AlGaAs laser diodes and detectors. Thus the two building blocks exist and only wait to be stacked together in a useful manner. What must hold these together is any combination of passive waveguides, modulators, switches, or optical fibers which will provide high-speed links between several electronic systems. It does not matter that these systems may be miles apart or on the same wafer: the interconnecting optical circuits are the same except for the possible insertion of an optical fiber.     

Low-Loss Many-to-One Fiber Couplers with Few or Single-Moded Inputs and a Multi-Mode Output

The coupling of light from a number of few or single-moded fibers into a single multi-mode fiber is analyzed using geometric optics, and simple results demonstrating mode conservation are derived. Coupling from multiple single-mode fibers into a multi-mode fiber is investigated in detail using the overlap integral to determine coupling into each mode of the output fiber as a function of the light phase in the inputs. As well as results with practical relevance to fiber tapped delay-line filters and optical CDMA, the analysis provides pedagogic insight into light propagation and the light-gathering properties of fiber.     

Design and fabrication of AlGaAs/GaAs phase couplers for optical integrated-circuit applications

As integrated electronic circuits based on GaAs are getting faster and more complex and the relatively new fiber optic communication industry is expanding into new markets, such as shipboard communication links, the need for high-speed optical signal processing in a GaAs-based system has become increasingly evident. The economy and flexibility of fabricating both electronic and optical circuits on the same wafer promises significant increases in the computing power and speed of large distributed systems (those involving more than a few medium-density chips). The obvious medium for integration of optics with electronics is GaAs. High-speed ICs utilizing GaAs MESFETS are already in the marketplace, as are GaAs/AlGaAs laser diodes and detectors. Thus the two building blocks exist and only wait to be stacked together in a useful manner. What must hold these together is any combination of passive waveguides, modulators, switches, or optical fibers which will provide high-speed links between several electronic systems. It does not matter that these systems may be miles apart or on the same wafer: the interconnecting optical circuits are the same except for the possible insertion of an optical fiber.     

可调谐超构透镜的发展现状

随着新兴光学设备对微型化、一体化、智能化光学变焦系统的需求与日俱增,大大促进了纳米光电子学的迅猛发展。超构透镜是由具有特殊电磁属性的人造元素按照一定的排列方式组成的具有透镜功能的二维平面结构,其最大优点就是:轻薄和易于集成。然而,集成在超构透镜上的微纳结构一旦制备完成,便难以再改变其形貌或者尺寸,因而无法对其聚焦性能进行实时调控,限制了其功能及应用范围的进一步扩展。近年来,科学家们探索了实现超构透镜聚焦性能实时调控的多种途径,其中最引人注目的是将智能材料与超构透镜相结合。本文首先回顾了可调谐超构透镜的最新进展,分别详细阐述和分析了它们的调节原理和器件性能。最后,归纳分析了当前阻碍可调谐超构透镜发展的主要问题,并进一步对未来可调谐超构透镜的发展趋势做出了展望。     

Ion Beam Polishing for K9 Glass

K9 glass is a common material of optics and micro system, with cheaper price and better processing function. With the development of the optical and micro system, the technique of manufacturing micron/nanometer dimensions microstructure and micro device on K9 glass has used in photoelectron, microwave and diffraction optics device et al The coarse surface of optics and microwave device can cause the light scattering and signal losing, and the function of device reduced. So the supersmooth surface plays an important role in optic and microwave device.     

光纤光栅传感器的应用

在光纤传感领域，光纤光栅传感技术是十多年来发展最为迅速的技术之一，传感系统本身和应用领域均有了很大发展．文章介绍了光纤光栅的结构、性能以及传感的原理，回顾了光纤光栅传感器在地球动力学、航天器及船舶航运、民用工程结构、电力工业、医学、和化学传感中的应用．     

Atomic spectroscopy and quantum optics in hollow‐core waveguides

Atomic spectroscopy is a well‐established, integral part of the physicist's toolbox with an extremely broad range of applications ranging from astronomy to single atom quantum optics. While highly desirable, miniaturization of atomic spectroscopy techniques on the chip scale was hampered by the apparent incompatibility of conventional solid‐state integrated optics and gaseous media. Here, the state of the art of atomic spectroscopy in hollow‐core optical waveguides is reviewed The two main approaches to confining light in low index atomic vapors are described: hollow‐core photonic crystal fiber (HC‐PCF) and planar antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides (ARROWs). Waveguide design, fabrication, and characterization are reviewed along with the current performance as compact atomic spectroscopy devices. The article specifically focuses on the realization of quantum interference effects in alkali atoms which may enable radically new optical devices based on low‐level nonlinear interactions on the single photon level for frequency standards and quantum communication systems.     

Closely packed micro optical fiber arrays in laser scanning system

Closely packed optical fiber arrays are used to increase the scanning speed in some laser scanning systems, but standard optical fibers are shown to be unsuitable for these systems. In this paper, a closely packing technique of micro optical fiber arrays is presented. The fabrication and properties of micro fibers, whose diameters range from several hundred nanometers to several microns, are introduced. These micro fibers are arranged side by side in V-shaped grooves, which are fabricated by photolithography and etching techniques on silicon substrate. Comparing to standard optical fiber arrays, such closely packed micro optical fiber arrays can eliminate the dark area among output light spots and can solve the problem of high accuracy demand of exposure location. This closely packing technique is also proved to be a feasible method in practical scanning systems.     

脉冲激光在光纤中时间波形传输特性研究

给出了光纤传输激光脉冲波形特性测试的实验光路图，对比测量了经过空气传输和光纤传输两种方式的脉冲波形。实验测试了光束耦合到不同长度的单模和多模光纤与经空气传输后的时间脉冲波形，得到了激光脉冲波形的精细结构。实验结果表明，所选的多模和单模光纤经数百米传输后的脉冲展宽在容许误差范围之内，说明所选用的光纤可以作为纳秒激光时间脉冲波形测试的理想传输介质。