Mean Field Method with Different Dispersion Maps for WDM Systems

Using mean field method proposed in Ref. [4], the 40 Gb/s multi--channel WDM optical fiber transmission systems with different dispersion maps are simulated. By this method, the computation time can be greatly reduced since following only the full time evolution of a limited number of channels while treating the other ehannels as continuous wave. But since dispersion plays an important role in the process of FWM and XPM,different dispersion maps will affect the application of the method. The dependence of the method on dispersion maps is investigated. The results not only confirm the mean field method,but also give useful approach for system design.     

复增益耦合型取样光栅DFB激光器的设计制作与性能

A complex-coupled DFB Laser with sampled grating has been designed and fabricated. The key concepts of the approach are to utilize the +1st order reflection of the sampled grating for laser single mode operation, and use a conventional holographic exposure combined with the usual photolithography to fabricate the sampled grating. The typical threshold current of the sampled grating based DFB laser is 25mA, and the optical output is about 10mW at the injected current of 100mA. The lasing wavelength of the device is 1.5385μm, which is the +1st order wavelength of the sampled grating.     

Design of Dispersion Compensation and Nonlinear Distortion Self-compensation in Co-network Transmission Systems

Dispersion and nonlinear distortion have an effect on transmission performances of optical fiber transimission systems,The schemes of dispersion compensation and nonlinear distortion self-compensation in telecom-CATV co-network transmission systems are reported,followed by investigation on (1) the impact of dispersion compensation fiber (DCF) on fiber nonlinear effects with a cascade of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) and different dispersion compensation schemes,(2) the impact of the complex on the total nonlinear distortion induced by EDFA gain tilt and the light source.As a result,dispersion compensation optimal scheme and EDFA negative gain tilt are suggested as a solution to dispersion compensation optimal scheme and EDFA negative gain tilt are suggested as a solution to dispersion compensation and the nonlinear distortion self-compensation.     

Hybrid material integration in silicon photonic integrated circuits

Hybrid integration ofⅢ-Ⅴand ferroelectric materials is being broadly adopted to enhance functionalities in silicon photonic integrated circuits(PICs).Bonding and transfer printing have been the popular approaches for integration of III–V gain media with silicon PICs.Similar approaches are also being considered for ferroelectrics to enable larger RF modulation bandwidths,higher linearity,lower optical loss integrated optical modulators on chip.In this paper,we review existing integration strategies ofⅢ-Ⅴmaterials and present a route towards hybrid integration of bothⅢ-Ⅴand ferroelectrics on the same chip.We show that adiabatic transformation of the optical mode between hybrid ferroelectric and silicon sections enables efficient transfer of optical modal energies for maximum overlap of the optical mode with the ferroelectric media,similar to approaches adopted to maximize optical overlap with the gain section,thereby reducing lasing thresholds for hybridⅢ-Ⅴintegration with silicon PICs.Preliminary designs are presented to enable a foundry compatible hybrid integration route of diverse functionalities on silicon PICs.     

A novel single-polarization single-mode photonic crystal fiber with circular and elliptical air-holes arrays

A novel single-polarization single-mode photonic crystal fiber (SPSM-PCF) with circular and elliptical air-holes is proposed. The characteristics of the proposed SPSM-PCF are investigated by using a full-vector finite element method (FEM) with perfect matched layer (PML) boundary conditions. The results show that the SPSM operation is achieved with wider band, and the total dispersion profile of the SPSM-PCF is dispersion-flattened from 1.193 μm to 1.384 μm. This dispersion property makes the proposed SPSM-PCF useful for various applications, such as optical transmission and dispersion compensation for conventional fiber at long wavelength band with 500 nm negative dispersion region. It indicates that this is a good solution to realize broadband SPSM operation.     

Effects of discharge power on the structural and optical properties of TGZO thin films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering technique

The transparent semiconductors of Ti and Ga-incorporated ZnO (TGZO) thin films were prepared by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering onto glass substrates. The effects of discharge power on the physical properties of thin films are studied. Experimental results show that all nanocrystalline TGZO thin films possess preferential orientation along the (002) plane. The discharge power significantly affects the crystal structure and optical properties of thin films. When the discharge power is 200 W, the TGZO thin film has the optimal crystalline quality and optical properties, with the narrowest full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 1.76´10-3 rad, the largest average grain size of 82.4 nm and the highest average transmittance of 84.3% in the visible range. The optical gaps of thin films are estimated by the Tauc’s relation and observed to increase firstly and then decrease with the increase of the discharge power. In addition, the optical parameters, including refractive index, extinction coefficient, dielectric function and dissipation factor of the thin films, are determined by optical characterization methods. The dispersion behavior of the refractive index is also analyzed using the Sellmeier’s dispersion model.     

Supercontinuum generation at 1.55 μm in an all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber with high-repetition-rate picosecond pulses

We demonstrate the generation of supercontinuum（SC） spectrum covering S＋C＋L band of optical communication by injecting 1.4 ps optical pulses with center wavelength of 1552 nm and repetition rate of 10 GHz into an all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber（PCF） with length of 80 m. The experimental results are in good agreement with the numerical simulations, which are used to illustrate the SC generation dynamics by self-phase modulation and optical wave breaking（WB）.     

Investigation on bismuth-oxide photonic crystal fiber for optical parametric amplification

A hexagonal solid-core bismuth-oxide micro-structure fiber is developed to balance its dispersion and nonlinearity.This simulation and calculation results show that the bismuth-oxide photonic crystal fiber(Bi-PCF) has near zero dispersion around 1550 nm.Its dispersion slop in the communication wavelength range is also relatively flat.Moreover,both nonlinear coefficient and model field distribution are obtained.Compared with the experimental results by SiO2-PCF,it can be seen that the Bi-PCF shows excellent characteristics for the optical parametric amplification(OPA).     

Monolithic DWDM source with precise channel spacing

We report a low-cost manufacturing approach for fabricating monolithic multi-wavelength sources for dense wavelength division multiplexing(DWDM)systems that offers high yield and eliminates crystal regrowth and selective area epitaxy steps that are essential in traditional fabrication methods.The source integrates an array of distributed feedback(DFB)lasers with a passive coupler and semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA).Ridge waveguide lasers with sampled Bragg side wall gratings have been integrated using quantum well intermixing to achieve a fully functional four-channel DWDM source with 0.8 nm wavelength spacing and residual errors<0.13 nm.The output power from the SOA is>10 mW per channel making the source suitable for use in passive optical networks(PONs).We have also investigated using multisection phase-shifted sampled gratings to both increase the effective grating coupling coefficient and precisely control the channel lasing wavelength spacing.An 8-channel DFB laser array with 100 GHz channel spacing was demonstrated using a sampled grating with twoπ-phase-shifted sections in each sampling period.The entire array was fabricated by only a single step of electron beam lithography.     

Design of chirped fiber gratings for optical beamforming networks

The properties of the linear chirped fiber grating (CFG) which is used in the true time delay unit of the optical beamforming networks (OBFNs) are studied intensively through theoretical analyses and numerical calculations. It is concluded that the dispersion of the CFG is equal to 1/(3Gc), where G is the chirp coefficient of CFG and c is the light speed. Based on this relationship, a simplified designing process of a CFG which satisfies the requirements of the OBFN is given. The simulation results are coincident with the theoretical conclusions.     

波分复用系统中偏振模色散特性的研究

推导了双折射光纤中两个波长的光波所满足的耦合非线性薛定谔方程。建立了研究两信道波分复用(WDM)系统中偏振模色散效应的模型。基于这一模型,在考虑偏振模色散情况下,数值模拟了在两信道WDM系统中光信号的传输变化,并且分析了在此系统中偏振模色散的影响     

弱非周期性相位取样啁啾光栅的优化方法

取样光栅可以同时对多个信道进行滤波或色散补偿，所以在波分复用(WDM)系统中有广泛的应用，其中周期相位取样光栅是一种很有前途的设计方法，但周期取样的方法会使取样光栅的所有信道具有相同的色散补偿能力。提出设计弱非周期性相位取样啁啾光栅的优化方法，通过引入一组与信道色散补偿量有关的啁啾控制参数，可使不同信道的色散补偿量存在差异。运用该方法设计出弱非周期的取样光栅后，可用传输矩阵法来模拟该光栅的复反射谱，结果显示通过调整啁啾控制参数，可方便地控制不同信道的色散补偿能力，从而能实现对光纤链路色散与色散斜率的同时补偿，而且取样函数的幅度值的起伏则被完全消除。     

Cross-phase modulation in multispan WDM optical fiber systems

The spectral characteristics of cross-phase modulation (XPM) in multispan intensity-modulation direct-detection (IM-DD) optical systems are investigated, both experimentally and theoretically. XPM crosstalk levels and its spectral features are found to be strongly dependent on fiber dispersion and optical signal channel spacing. Interference between XPM-induced crosstalk effects created in different amplified fiber spans is also found to be important to determine the overall frequency response of XPM crosstalk effects. XPM crosstalk between channels with different data rates is evaluated. The crosstalk level between higher and lower bit rate channels is found to be similar to that between two lower bit rate channels. The effect of dispersion compensation on XPM crosstalk in multispan optical systems is discussed and per span dispersion compensation was found to be the most effective way to minimize the effect of XPM crosstalk     

Analysis of interchannel crosstalk in a dispersion-managed analog transmission link

A technique for computing the effect of cross-phase modulation (XPM) on two copropagating analog channels in an optical fiber link is presented. In this approach, the interaction between the two channels is linearized by keeping the self-phase modulation (SPM) and XPM interactions in the strong optical carrier components only at lowest order and then at the next order, deriving the effect on the modulation components of both channels when the optical carrier is strong relative to the other components of the channel. In contrast to some previously suggested approaches, it is not assumed that the pump is undistorted, and therefore, this method accurately describes distortions due to SPM, XPM, and dispersion management in both channels. This method is easily applied to systems with multiple spans employing dispersion management with loss and gain. The expressions for the received radio frequency power and crosstalk between the two channels when direct detection is used are then provided. Using this approach, new expressions for the amplitude modulation and phase modulation modes of the two channels are derived, and the way they exchange energy when SPM, XPM, and dispersion are all considered is explained. This method yields excellent agreement between theory and experimental data.     

WDM high speed chirped DPSK fiber optical system transmission modeling in presence of PMD,PDL, and CD

An analytic model is reported to evaluate the electric output signals and their variance (eye diagram) for multichannel high-speed DPSK fiber optical system in presence of polarization mode dispersion (PMD), polarization dependent loss (PDL), and chromatic dispersion (CD). It is also found that even under linear cross talks, the balanced receiver output show a strong asymmetric phenomenon if adjacent channels are nonsynchronous.     

Phased-only sampled fiber Bragg gratings for high-channel-count chromatic dispersion compensation

Binary and multilevel phase-only sampling functions are proposed for the sampled fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) with high channel count, which require significantly less refractive-index modulation than that does the sampled grating with amplitude sampling. The design using the new simulated quenching optimization with temperature rescaling results in high channel uniformity and minimum energy in the out-of-band channels. The technique can be applied to the sampled FBGs with very high channel count. A five-channel nonlinearly chirped multilevel phase-only sampled FBG for tunable chromatic dispersion compensation is demonstrated.     

基于递阶粒子群优化径向基函数人工神经网络的光性能监控

为解决差错反向传输神经网络在透明可重构光网络光性能监测中精度不足的问题,提出一种基于优化的径向基函数人工神经网络的光性能监测方案。在该方案中,以信号眼图参数为网络输入,以光信噪比、色散和偏振模色散为网络输出;采用二进制与十进制相结合编码的递阶粒子群方法,用适应度函数引导粒子向小规模和小误差方向运动,进行神经网络的结构与参数自适应优化;分别以不同光信噪比,不同色散和偏振模色散水平仿真信道中传输速率为40 Gb/s差分相移键控仿真信号,进行网络训练和测试,并将测试结果与相同情形下基于差错反向传输法神经网络的光性能监测结果进行比较。结果表明,所提方案在保有人工神经网络方案优点的基础上,有着更好的监测精度。     

Scalability of optical multiwavelength switching networks: powerbudget analysis

The scalability of multiwavelength switching networks with respect to bit rate, number of wavelength channels per fiber, and number of inputs/outputs per optical node is examined. High bit rates will require use of dispersion compensation, a large number of channels per fiber will require low-loss wavelength demultiplexing and multiplexing, and many input/output fibers per node will require corresponding large space switching stages. These requirements implemented at the same time seem feasible from the power budget point of view to give networks with very high data capacity (3000 Tb/s·km). The limits considered here are those imposed by optical noise accumulation, static and dynamic gain saturation in the optical amplifiers, and dispersion in the transmission fibers     

On the performance of electrical equalization in optical fiber transmission systems

A variety of equalizers have been proposed to improve the bit-error rate (BER) of optical fiber communications by reducing the effects of chromatic dispersion (CD), polarization-mode dispersion (PMD), and other fiber impairments. Therefore, it is of interest to establish the ultimate performance of electrical equalizers under different conditions. The results presented here are based on the fact that maximum-likelihood sequence detection (MLSD) obtains the lowest BER of all possible detectors, under mild conditions. Thus, the MLSD performance is a lower bound on the BER of any electrical equalizer. We consider linear channels with PMD (all orders), CD, and the nonlinear effect of the photodetector.     

在光缆割接中如何调整高速环网的色散补偿值

DWDM技术的广泛应用,对维护人员提出了更高的要求,光缆割接的相关要求也更加严格.在每次光缆割接完成后,光缆的衰耗值、距离都发生了变化,造成某些或全部波道发生误码而不能正常恢复.武汉站北电设备高速环网维护过程中多次出现过类似问题,经过反复的研究和分析,发现是因为色散原因造成的,因此在割接之前需要重新考虑调整色散补偿值.为了更好地完成光缆割接工作,文中通过历次光缆割接积累的经验,总结出一套完整的用于光缆割接中调整高速环网的色散补偿值的方法,作为未来光缆割接提供帮助和参考.