Employing inverse return-to-zero and Manchester formats for uplink wavelength reuse in RoF systems

The inverse return-zero (IRZ) modulation format and Manchester format were investigated as wavelength reusing schemes in the RoF downlink systems. Since both of the modulation formats featured power remaining in the bit slot regardless of the bit value, the downlink optical carrier can be reused as the uplink light source. The performances of two formats were analyzed in the symmetrical and asymmetrical duplex RoF system. It was found that IRZ is more suitable for symmetrical system, and the duty cycle of IRZ pulse is the critical factor on the asymmetrical RoF system performance. However the Manchester format demonstrated the large system tolerance on asymmetrical duplex RoF system with the receiver sensitivity degradation within 1 dB.     

Simulative investigation on the impact of laser-spectral width in single-tone radio-over-fiber transmission system using optical single side-band technique

In this paper, we analyzed the impact of laser-spectral width incorporating dual-electrode Mach–Zehnder modulator (DEMZM) in single-tone radio-over-fiber (RoF) transmission system by simulation setup. It is shown that an improvement in the measurement of received radio frequency (RF) power is achieved by reducing the laser line width from 100 MHz to 100 kHz, which further improves the BER rate and optical link by transmitting the information with low power. The results are calculated for 20 and 50 km optical single sideband (OSSB)–RoF transmission system by varying the chirp from 0 to −3 as it requires less bandwidth than optical dual sideband (ODSB)–RoF system and is tolerable for power degradation due to a chromatic fiber-dispersion, through a standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) carried by a continuous wave (CW) laser at 1550 nm of laser-spectral width varying from 100 MHz to 100 kHz with CW power of 10 mW that modulates a single RF channel of 20 GHz. Further, deployment of such lasers with OSSB scheme helps the telecom industry to reduce the designing cost of RoF communication systems.     

Challenges to radio over fiber (RoF) technology and its mitigation schemes – A review

For realization of future high performance integrated networks, broadband distribution and access networks and to meet the increasing demand of multimedia services with a guaranteed quality of service, RoF technology comes out as the most promising technology that combines the capacity of optical networks with the flexibility and mobility of wireless networks. Reduction in complexity at the antenna site, reduction in installation cost of access networks, possibility of dynamically allocation of radio carriers to different antenna sites, transparency and scalability are the few advantages of radio-over-fiber (RoF) technology. In this paper, we review the different challenges that limit the probable capabilities of RoF communication networks and different mitigation techniques to combat with these challenges to realize high-performance RoF links.     

On-ground simulation of optical links for free-space laser communications

A method of on-ground simulation of optical links for free-space communications by Fourier-transform, image magnification and wavefront sampling with limited apertures was proposed. An optical simulator for free-space laser links was designed, which has the range of equivalent links distances from 160,000 km to 25 km. It can be used for the evaluation of communication performances of optical links in space, particularly for measuring the bit error rate under a constant transmission distance or for testing the equivalent transmission distance under a constant bit error rate. System analysis indicates that the wavefront aberrations of Fourier-transform lens have the main influence on the measurement results. But these effects can be corrected only if the RMS value of wavefront aberrations of Fourier-transform lens on the work aperture is known. Simulation experiment further shows that this method will be feasible by providing excellent optical devices and fine calibration accuracy and by overcoming the environmental disturbances.     

基于偏振旋转光反馈下的外光注入VCSEL产生高性能毫米波

本文提出一种基于偏振旋转光反馈下的外光注入垂直腔 表面发射激光器(VCSEL)产生高性能毫米波的方案, 并利用描述外部扰动下VCSEL动态特性的自旋反转模型(SFM), 对所产生的毫米波的特性进行了数值研究. 研究结果表明: 一个受到主VCSEL(M-VCSEL)光注入的副VCSEL(S-VCSEL)在一定条件下可以产生单周期(P1)振荡, 即在光波上调制了一个微波信号. 通过调节外光注入强度ξ_i以及S-VCSEL与M-VCSEL之间频率失谐Δν, 可以获得频率在30---60 GHz范围内连续可调的毫米波信号. 在外光注入VCSEL中引入偏振旋转光反馈, 通过选取合适的反馈强度ξ_f以及反馈延迟时间τ, 产生的毫米波信号的线宽可以得到明显窄化. 对于光注入S-VCSEL所产生的线宽为5.509 MHz的毫米波, 在引入偏振旋转光反馈后, 毫米波线宽可以降低到230.2 kHz. 本文的研究对高速光载无线(RoF)系统中优质毫米波信号的获取具有一定的参考意义.     

Distortions compensation in linear optical links adopting wavelength converters based on FWM in semiconductor amplifiers

Wavelength conversion by four-wave mixing in high-speed, long-distance optical links compensates for fiber dispersion and source chirping. Wavelength converters based on four-wave mixing in semiconductor amplifiers could be key components in wavelength-switched networks. The link performances are estimated by simulation using a physical model of all devices; the bit error rate is evaluated by a semianalytical model.     

Effects of Direct Current Bias-Drifting on Radio on Fiber Link

The effects of direct current (dc) bias-drifting on radio on fiber (RoF) links are quantitative investigated and simulated. Single sideband (SSB) modulation and carrier suppressed double sideband (CS-DSB) modulation RoF links are considered, power variation of targeted signal and harmonic suppression on account for bias-drifting are calculated and evaluated. Our results suggest that power variation can be maintained within 1.1 dB with dc bias drift ε less than 5% in the SSB modulation RoF link and the degradation of harmonic suppression is evident with ε exceed 2% in the CS-DSB modulation RoF link.     

Compensation of dispersion-induced power fading for highly linear radio-over-fiber link using carrier phase-shifted double sideband modulation

A carrier phase-shifted (CPS) double sideband (DSB) modulation technique in radio-over-fiber (RoF) system is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. By tuning the biases in a single-drive dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (SD-DPMZM), the optical carrier in the DSB spectrum acquires additional phase shift. The transmittance response of a dispersive RoF link is thus being controlled and shifted in the frequency domain. Experiments successfully turned the maximum transmission frequency to 10?GHz and 15?GHz for both 25 and 39?km fiber links. This is also a highly linear scheme, of which a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of 111.3?dB·Hz^2/3 is experimentally obtained.     

A full-duplex radio-over-fiber link with 12-tupling mm-wave generation and wavelength reuse for upstream signal

A full-duplex radio-over-fiber (RoF) link with a novel scheme to generate 60 GHz mm-waves from a 5 GHz RF signal source is investigated. In the RoF downlink, the required frequency of the RF oscillator is reduced greatly. Since the optical carrier is not modulated by downstream data, part of it is reused to carry upstream data and the upstream data is transmitted to the central station using optical single-sideband modulation. In this way, a single wavelength is used for both downstream and upstream transmissions. Based on this scheme, a full-duplex RoF link is built and its transmission performance is analyzed. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation show that the downstream signal cannot only eliminate code form distortion caused by time shift of the code edges, but also reduce the influence of the fading effect as the 60 GHz DSB optical mm-wave signal is transmitted along the fiber, and the upstream signal is immune to both fading effect and time shift of the code edges.     

超短光脉冲的平均功率和脉宽及锁模状态对双光子显微镜成象的影响

显微镜成象是研究生物活体细胞结构及活动规律的重要技术.飞秒光脉冲是多光子显微镜的主要光源,它的性能(脉宽、平均功率和锁模状态等)严重影响成象的质量.双光子激发荧光强度正比于超短脉冲平均功率的平方,反比于脉宽,锁模稳定状态严重影响成象的清晰度.对用Cameleon转染的HeLa细胞和GFP转基因水稻叶的实验研究结果与理论一致.     

High-repetition-rate mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator based on PPMgOLN

A compact source of high-repetition-rate, high-efficiency, mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate (PPMgOLN) was reported. To ensure high conversion efficiency at high repetition rate, a high beam quality and high peak power Q-switched pump source was developed specially. The performances at different repetition rates were compared and average output power of 8.7 W at 3.8 ??m was obtained when the pump power was 48 W at the repetition rate of 120 kHz with an optimal plane-concave resonator configuration. The conversion efficiency from the 1.06 ??m laser to the 3.8 ??m laser was 18.1%.     

Performance improvement and wavelength reuse in millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber links incorporating all-fiber optical interleaver

Simultaneous downlink performance improvement and uplink wavelength reuse in a full-duplex millimeter-wave (MMW) radio-over-fiber (RoF) system by using a simple and cost-effective all-fiber optical interleaver are proposed and demonstrated. The MMW RoF downlink performance improvement is based on suppressing optical carrier-to-sideband ratio (OCSR), with which the mechanism is confirmed by theoretic analysis and derived experimental results. Measured results show that, by suppressing OCSR using a fabricated all-fiber optical interleaver, the downlink optical receiver sensitivity is improved about 2.1 dB. The downlink data rate is 1.25 Gbit/s and the carrier frequency is 58.1 GHz; the link consists of 6 km optical single-mode fiber and 1 m wireless connection. On the other hand, with the interleaver suppressing downlink OCSR, simultaneously an optical carrier is recovered from the RoF downlink and is reused for RoF uplink transmission. The uplink is operated at 62.9 GHz and the data rate is the same 1.25 Gbit/s. With the recovered optical carrier, a laser-free remote access point is achieved. The principle, structure, and fabrication of an all-fiber optical interleaver are also presented in this paper.     

激光回馈效应及其传感应用研究的进展

对基于激光回馈效应的传感应用研究进展进行了综述。由于激光回馈引起激光器功率波动一个条纹对应外部反射镜移动半个光波波长,功率波动深度与传统双光束干涉系统相当,基于该现象的激光回馈干涉仪与传统的干涉仪相比具有相同的相位灵敏度。但其结构简单、紧凑、易准直的特点,引起了国内外科研者浓厚的兴趣,开发了很多全新概念、经济实用的精密测量仪器。对激光回馈效应在位移测量、速度测量、振动测量、距离测量、角度测量和形貌测量中的原理进行了介绍,同时对各传感应用系统进行了评述。     

Impact of interferometer delay time on the performance of ODSB-SC RoF system with wavelength interleaving

In this paper, we investigate the impact of interferometer delay time in a 5 Gb/s optical double sideband-suppressed carrier (ODSB-SC) RoF system transmitting two wavelength interleaved radio frequency (RF) signals at 10 and 15 GHz over an optical fiber. Here, an optical Mach–Zehnder modulator is used for both optical carrier suppression and signal modulation. At the receiver, delay interferometer is used for the separation of RF frequency signals. We analyze the performance of the RoF system by varying the value of delay time of interferometer from 0.02 to 0.14 ns. The result shows that the RoF system performance is optimum for the time delay of 0.1 ns. Further, the optical spectrums, RF spectrums and eye diagrams of two interleaved RF signals have been compared.     

Generation of 5 fs, 0.7 mJ pulses at 1 kHz through cascade filamentation

Two-cycle optical pulses with duration of 5 fs and energy of 0.7 mJ have been generated at 1 kHz by compressing the 38 fs laser pulses from a carrier-envelope phase (CEP) controlled Ti:sapphire laser system through a cascade filamentation compression technique. A simple and effective method is developed to suppress multiple filament formation and stabilize a single filament by inserting a soft aperture with an appropriate diameter into the driving laser beam prior to focusing, resulting in an excellent compressed beam quality. The good beam quality and potentially higher peak power make this ultrashort laser pulse source a significant tool for high-field physics applications.     

Bidirectional radio-over-fiber systems with SSB modulation and wavelength reuse based on injection-locked semiconductor lasers

A 60-GHz bidirectional radio-over-fiber （RoF） system using two-carrier-injected distributed feedback （DFB） laser is proposed and demonstrated to realize optical single sideband （SSB） modulation for downlink.An injection-locked Fabry-P＇erot laser is also carried out to realize wavelength reuse in uplink.Transmission of 2.5 Gb/s on a 60-GHz carrier for downlink and 622-Mb/s baseband signal for uplink are both successfully demonstrated over 50-km single mode fiber without chromatic dispersion compensation.     

Effect of Nd~(3 ) Concentration on theLaser Performance of a New Laser Crystal: Nd: NaY(WO_4)_ 2

The transmission and emission spectra of a new crystal, Nd:NaY(WO4)2(Nd:NYW) have been measured. Using a Ti: Sapphire laser as the pump source, the laser performances of Nd: NYW crystals with different concentrations are compared for the first time. The Nd3 concentrations used are 1, 2, 4 and 5 at.-% . The experiments show that 2 at.-% is the optimum concentration. When the incident pump power is 575 mW, the 1. 06 μm output can reach 184 mW, corresponding to an optical to optical efficiency of 32 % . The experimental results show that the work is significant to the further research and praction application of this promising laser crystal.     

Analytical and Experimental Studies on Nd:YVO4/KTP Lasers Pumped by High-brightness Laser Diodes

We report analytical and experimental studies on the characteristics of a high-brightness laser diode endpumped Nd:YVO₄/KTP laser. A simple model was developed to optimize the cavity parameters and estimate the green output power of intracavity frequency doubled lasers. Using a 1 W high-brightness laser diode as the pump source, high efficiency operation was realized. The second-harmonic output power at 532 nm was measured to be 286.5 mW at an incident pump power of 881.4 mW, corresponding to an optical to optical efficiency of 32.5%.     

Effect of Nd3+ Concentration on the Laser Performance of a New Laser Crystal∶Nd∶NaY(WO4)2

The transmission and emission spectra of a new crystal, Nd∶NaY(WO4)2 (Nd∶NYW) have been measured. Using a Ti∶Sapphire laser as the pump source, the laser performances of Nd:NYW crystals with different concentrations are compared for the first time. The Nd3+ concentrations used are 1, 2, 4 and 5 at.-%. The experiments show that 2 at.-% is the optimum concentration. When the incident pump power is 575 mW, the 1.06 μm output can reach 184 mW, corresponding to an optical to optical efficiency of 32%. The experimental results show that the work is significant to the further research and praction application of this promising laser crystal.     

Arbitrary laser beam propagation in free space

The propagation of arbitrary laser beams in free space is examined. For this purpose, starting with an incident field of arbitrary field distribution, the intensity at the receiver plane is formulated via Huygens Fresnel diffraction integral. Arbitrary source field profile is produced by decomposing the source into incremental areas (pixels). The received field through the propagation in free space is found by superposing the contributions from all source incremental areas. The proposed method enables us to evaluate the received intensity originating from any type of source field. Using the arbitrary beam excitation, intensity of various laser beams such as cos-Gaussian, cosh-Gaussian, general type beams are checked to be consistent with the already existing results in literature, and the received intensity distributions are obtained for some original arbitrary beam field profiles. Our received intensity formulation for the arbitrary source field profiles presented in this paper can find application in optics communication links, reflection from rough surfaces, optical cryptography and optical imaging systems.