MEMS可调谐平顶窄带光学滤波器

设计了一种基于MEMS技术的可调谐光学滤波器,它通过光栅将输入的宽带光信号色散展开,以一个MEMS扭镜选择将对应滤波器通带的光信号反射至输出端,从而实现光学滤波和波长调谐功能。滤波器的输入端采用单模光纤,输出端采用多模或者少模光纤,可以实现窄带且平顶的通带特性。经过参数优化,仿真分析得结果显示,采用多模/少摸光纤输出的两种滤波器,其0.5 dB和25 dB带宽分别为0.95 nm/0.29 nm和1.39 nm/0.69 nm,分别满足100 GHz和50 GHz信道间隔的DWDM系统要求。由于输出端采用多模或者少摸光纤,从该滤波器输出的光信号不能继续在单模光纤中传输,只能由光探测器接收,因此该滤波器一般应用于全光网络节点中的下载端口。     

22 μm波段多波长可调谐光纤激光器研究

设计了一种基于马赫-曾德(M-Z)光纤干涉滤波器的可调谐多波长掺铥环形光纤激光器,M-Z光纤滤波器由两个3 d B耦合器级联构成,通过光纤耦合器接入环形腔中,并利用Sagnac光纤反射镜实现反射式滤波。实验利用一个发射功率为250 m W的1573 nm光纤激光器作为泵浦源,通过一个1570/2000 nm波分复用器(WDM)注入一段4 m长单模掺铥光纤(TDF)中获得2μm波段光增益。环形腔内加入偏振控制器(PC)调节腔内损耗,实现了2μm波段可调谐多波长输出,观测到最多3个波长激光。     

偏振控制C波段波长可调谐掺铒光纤激光器

报道了一种结构简单的波长可调谐掺铒光纤激光器。该光纤激光器由增益平坦型掺铒光纤放大器(EDFA)、偏振相关光隔离器、光纤偏振控制器及输出耦合器组成。利用光纤偏振控制器和偏振相关光隔离器作为波长调谐器件,实现了光纤激光器的波长可调谐输出及双波长输出。利用琼斯矩阵理论分析了光纤激光器腔内不同波长的损耗与偏振控制器状态的关系,指出通过调节光纤偏振控制器,光纤激光器可以实现波长可调谐输出,同时阐述了光纤激光器双波长输出的机制。实验上获得了中心波长在1542~1564nm连续可调,平均功率大于2.6mW,边模抑制比大于35dB的连续激光输出。同时获得了波长为1549nm和1564nm的双波长连续激光输出。     

采用可调Mach-Zehnder滤波的波长可切换掺铒光纤激光器

为了实现高稳定性的可调谐激光输出,提出并设计了一种基于马赫-曾德（M-Z）结构和光纤光栅串结合的掺铒光纤激光器,在M-Z干涉结构的一个干涉臂中加入光学延迟线（ODL）,实现对干涉间隔的灵活可调。系统结构设计采用976 nm波长的LD作为泵浦源,长度为6 m的掺铒光纤作为增益介质;采用光栅串将特定波长的光反射回环形腔形成振荡;采用M-Z结构产生梳状滤波用来对光栅串反射回的光进行选择;通过调节ODL来改变腔内损耗,进而实现激光的可调谐输出,并通过在系统中加入可饱和吸收体（SA）和子腔结构来抑制波长的跳变。实验中,在泵浦功率为100 mW时,实现了单波长双波长和三波长的稳定的激光输出。单波长共输出13个,调谐范围为1 570~1 596 nm,调谐间隔为2 nm,边模抑制比均大于50 dB。     

基于Hi-Bi FLM的离散式L带可调谐掺铒光纤激光器

研究了利用高双折射光纤环形镜（HiBiFLM）结合L带可调谐的波长选择薄膜滤波器,以掺Er^3＋光纤为增益介质,以0．8nm波长间隔计,可获得L波段41个离散可调谐波长的可调谐输出,各信道波长输出功率变化的最大幅度小于3．1dB,光信噪比（OSNR）优于32dB。     

基于DMD滤波器的波长间隔可调谐的双波长单纵模光纤环形激光器

提出一种稳定的波长间隔可调谐的双波长单纵模环形光纤激光器。在复合环形谐振腔中,采用由数字微镜装置（DMD）滤波器和两个不同长度的次级环形谐振腔组成的多重滤波的方式来选择激光器的工作模式。其中,DMD滤波器可以从掺铒光纤的自发增益谱中任意选择两个波长并将它们耦合进光路中;次级环形谐振腔作为模式滤波器,可以保证激光器输出单纵模激射;利用非线性光子晶体光纤（HN-PCF）的四波混频（FWM）效应,使激光器输出均衡平稳的双波长激射。在室温条件下,不用移动实验装置中的任何器件,通过将位置不同的光栅映射在DMD滤波器上来实现双波长间隔可调谐,调谐范围为0.165nm到1.08nm,调谐步长为0.055nm。     

单FBG双波长掺铒光纤激光器的设计与实验研究

为给密集波分复用(DWDM)光纤通信及光纤传感系统提供理想光源,设计了一种双波长环形腔掺铒光纤激光器。该激光器采用单支光纤光栅(FBG)和2个3dB耦合器构成可调谐光滤波器,结合多模光纤的偏振烧孔效应,通过改变系统的偏振态来获得波长可调谐的双波长激光输出。实验结果表明:改变系统的偏振态时,可分别获得单波长和双波长激光输出,双波长光纤激光器的最大波长差为4.692nm。引入多模光纤后,激光跳模现象得到明显抑制。     

基于单模光纤的可调谐声光滤波器

从模式转换效率、带宽和波长调谐范围等角度分析了普通单模光纤中声光模式转换的性质 ,并在实验上实现了插入损耗小于 0 1dB ,带宽小于 1nm ,调谐范围大于 30nm的光纤声光滤波器。     

基于并行SMS结构的可开关可调谐掺铒光纤激光器

提出了一种基于并行单膜光纤(SMF)-多膜光纤(MM F)-SMS(SMS)结构的可调谐掺铒光纤(EDF)激光器,其总体结构是在环形激光腔中 采用了两个并行的SMS结构作为滤波器件。通过控制腔内的损耗,具有单、双波长 可 开关特性。单、双波长状态下的边模抑制比(SMSR)均大于35dB 。波长调谐采用弯曲调谐的方式, 单波长状态下,当螺旋测微计控制的位移量从0μm变化到60μm时 ,输出激光中心波长从 1558.3nm变化到1557.3nm。实验结果表明,此结构的光纤激光器不仅具有结构简单、成本 低的优点,还具有波长可开关和可调谐特性,在波分复用(WDM)光通信系统、光纤传感和高 精度光谱测量等众多领域有着很好的应用前景。     

半导体光纤环形腔激光器调谐输出特性研究

针对半导体光纤环形腔激光器（ERSLs)的结构特点,考虑到半导体光放大器（SOA）的增益谱特性,引入Lorentz型波长修正项,得到适用于FRSLs的单模行波速率方程,继而通过求解方程,推出了光子流密度分布的解析表达式,为深入研究FRSLs的稳态和动态特性奠定了理论基础。在输出调谐特性的研究中,分别从振荡波长的控制、波长调谐范围的扩展、以及输出光功率的提高等多方面进行了理论模拟分析,力求预测FRSLs的重要特性参量与FRSLs器件参数（分光比、耦合效率、SOA的端面剩余反射率）之间的依赖关系。通过实验获得3dB输出功率带大于36nm的单模调谐,并对理论计算和模拟分析结果进行了验证。     

A tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser using a self-seeded Fabry-Perot laser diode

A tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser using a self-seeded Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD) is proposed and demonstrated. By adding an FP-LD incorporated with a tunable bandpass filter within the ring cavity, the fiber laser can lase two wavelengths simultaneously because of the self-seeded mechanism. This dual-wavelength output exhibits a good performance having the optical side-mode suppression ratio over 31 dB. The wavelength-tuning range of this tunable dual-wavelength fiber laser can be up to 9 nm.     

基于M-Z滤波的波长可调谐掺铒光纤随机激光器

提出了一种基于M-Z结构的可调谐掺铒光纤随机激光器,并对随机激光输出过程、随机激光的波长可调谐输出以及随机激光的稳定性进行了实验研究。通过采用光纤熔接手段将两个2×2光纤耦合器进行熔接,构成全光纤M-Z滤波结构。实验结果表明,激光器的阈值功率为120mW,调整可调谐衰减器改变增益损耗,实现波长可调谐输出,其中单波长输出分别为1554.4,1555.2和1556.3nm,信噪比达到31.65dB;双波长输出分别为1525.9,1556.2和1531.6,1556.2nm,信噪比优于21.92dB;三波长输出分别为1527.4,1546.9,1551.6和1526.9,1530.0,1549.8nm,信噪比优于20.10dB;四波长输出为1525.9,1530.1,1547.9和1552.3nm,信噪比优于18.95dB;其中单波长和双波长的功率波动分别优于1.65和1.99dB;激光器斜率效率为0.627%。     

Microwave photonic bandpass filter based on spectrumslicing and phase modulator

A tunable microwave photonic bandpass filter with high mainlobe-to-sidelobe ratio (MSR) based on a phase modulator and a dispersive device is proposed. The multi-tap characteristics of the filter are realized by slicing a broadband source using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) which results in a high MSR of 25 dB. The tunability of the filter is realized by an optical variable delay line (OVDL) in one arm of the MZI, which changes the wavelength spacing of the sliced broadband source and results in a tunable free spectrum range (FSR) of the filter. The central frequency of the bandpass filter is tunable from 10.7 GHz to 27 GHz by changing the wavelength spacing from 0.145 nm to 0.054 nm.     

Widely tunable single-frequency erbium-doped fiber lasers

In this letter, we report on experimental results on a 70-nm-wide quasi-continuously tunable single-frequency erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser, in which the laser produced a single-longitudinal mode oscillation between 1510-1580 nm, an output power of 0.5 mW, and a tuning step of about 25 MHz. The cavity incorporates three tunable bandpass filters (TBFs): a bulk-grating-based TBF, a fiber-ring-cavity filter, and an autotracking saturable absorption-induced grating filter generated by an unpumped EDF. This laser had a frequency drift of 100 MHz and a signal-to-source spontaneous emission ratio higher than 60 dB.     

掺铥光纤激光器波长可调谐输出特性

利用1 550 nm光纤激光器搭建了一个同带泵浦环形腔掺铥光纤激光器,并对其光谱输出特性进行了研究。在1 550 nm激光泵浦下,1.6 m掺铥光纤自发辐射谱覆盖1 800~1 900 nm范围,3 dB带宽大于60 nm;通过在腔内插入隔离器,获得了线宽小于0.2 nm的激光输出,中心波长在1900 nm附近;进一步在腔内加入FP腔,获得了可调谐的窄线宽输出,光谱调谐范围达60 nm,覆盖从1 840~1 900 nm的光谱范围,激光线宽仅为0.07 nm。另外,在腔内使用通信波段用FP腔,同样获得了较宽调谐范围的窄线宽输出。输出光谱分为1 820~1 850 nm和1 865~1 915 nm两个区域,调谐范围共达80 nm。结合使用2 000 nm FP腔的可调谐光谱范围,该激光器在1 820~1 915 nm的范围都可以获得激光输出,与掺铥光线的自发辐射谱基本相符。     

An electronically tunable microstrip bandpass filter using thin-film Barium-Strontium-Titanate (BST) varactors

A tunable third-order combline bandpass filter using thin-film barium-strontium-titanate varactors and fabricated on a sapphire substrate is reported. Application of 0-200-V bias varied the center frequency of the filter from 2.44 to 2.88 GHz (16% tuning) while achieving a 1-dB bandwidth of 400 MHz. The insertion loss varied from 5.1 dB at zero bias to 3.3 dB at full bias, while the return loss exceeded 13 dB over the range. The third-order intercept of the filter was found to be 41 dBm.     

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.     

Dual-wavelength 10-GHz actively mode-locked erbium fiber laser

We present the first 10 GHz dual-wavelength actively mode-locked erbium fiber laser (ML-EFL). Dual-wavelength operation is achieved by introducing two intracavity branches, each containing a tunable optical bandpass filter. A variable output coupler combining the filter branches also equalizes the effective cavity gain for the two wavelengths, By adjusting the filters and the coupler, dual-wavelength ML-EFL operation is achieved at different wavelengths. Nearly transform-limited, 4- and 6.2-ps-wide 10-GHz soliton pulses are e.g., simultaneously generated at 1542.3 and 1563.8 nm, respectively. The experimental results agree very well with analytical calculations     

The design of a 3-V 900-MHz CMOS bandpass amplifier

A new bandpass amplifier which performs both functions of low-noise amplifier (LNA) and bandpass filter (BPF) is proposed for the application of 900-MHz RF front-end in wireless receivers. In the proposed amplifier, the positive-feedback Q-enhancement technique is used to overcome the low-gain low-Q characteristics of the CMOS tuned amplifier. The Miller-capacitance tuning scheme is used to compensate for the process variations of center frequency. Using the high-Q bandpass amplifier in the receivers, the conventional bulky off-chip filter is not required. An experimental chip fabricated by 0.8-μm N-well double-poly-double-metal CMOS technology occupies 2.6×2.0 mm² chip area. Under a 3 V supply voltage, the measured quality factor is tunable between 2.2 and 44. When the quality factor is tuned at Q=30, the measured center frequency of the amplifier is tunable between 869-893 MHz with power gain 17 dB, noise figure 6.0 dB, output 1 dB compression point at -30 dBm, third-order input intercept point at -14 dBm, and power dissipation 78 mW     

A 500-stage CCD transversal filter for spectral analysis

The operation and design of 500-stage charge-coupled device (CCD) transversal filters are described. The filters have been mask programmed for implementing two spectral analysis techniques: 1) bandpass filtering and 2) Fourier analysis using the chirp z transform (CZT) algorithm. The bandpass filter has a measured fractional 3 dB bandwidth of 0.0108 and 38 dB sidelobe rejection. The dynamic range is 75 dB with less than 45 dB total harmonic distortion. A sliding transform is defined which is useful for calculations of the power spectral density and is shown to be particularly advantageous in a CCD-CZT implementation. Using the sliding transform, a 500-point spectrum is calculated using CCD's with resolutions which can be varied from 1-200 Hz. The dynamic range of the power spectral output was measured to be 80 dB. A discussion is given of the performance limitation of a general CCD filter due to the inherent characteristics of the device. The results are evaluated for the 500-stage devices described above and indicate that sample rates from 25 Hz to 10 MHz are possible with a dynamic range approaching 100 dB while retaining high linearity.