Complete dispersion compensation for 400-fs pulse transmission over10-km fiber link using dispersion compensating fiber and spectral phaseequalizer

We have demonstrated essentially complete dispersion compensation for 400-fs pulses over a 10-km fiber link using dispersion compensating fiber and a programmable femtosecond pulse shaper functioning as a spectral phase equalizer. The pulse shaper impresses adjustable quadratic and cubic phases onto the spectrum and removes all the residual dispersion and dispersion slope in the dispersion compensated fiber link. Our work shows that the pulse shaper technique provides a powerful and convenient tool for programmable fiber dispersion compensation over broad optical bandwidth. This allows distortion-free femtosecond pulse transmission over a fiber link in excess of 10 km without requiring the exact trimming of the dispersion-compensating fiber     

色散管理传输系统中克尔效应对偏振模色散的补偿研究

光纤的随机双折射效应可导致脉冲无规展宽即偏振模色散(PMD)。在零路径色散管理孤子传输系统中，二阶色散和三阶色散效应均被完全补偿，克尔效应成为一种有害因素会使脉冲变窄，但是当光纤的随机双折射被考虑时，克尔效应正好与PMD相互抵消，使光脉冲准稳定传输，不同的光纤偏振模色散参数分别对应不同的最佳系统功率。此外，如果考虑不同偏振方向的损耗差异，则即使在最佳匹配条件下，微小的偏振损耗差异也可产生很大的脉宽波动。因此，偏振相关损耗是影响脉冲传输质量的相当重要的因素，不论在理论计算还是在工程设计中都应当认真考虑。     

Effects of self-phase modulation on sub-500 fs pulse transmissionover dispersion compensated fiber links

The effects of nonlinearity on sub-500 fs pulse transmission over dispersion compensated fiber links using dispersion compensating fiber technique are investigated numerically and experimentally. The pulse broadening and recompression ratio of the 2.5-km transmission link is over 300. The postcompensated and precompensated links are compared when the input pulse energy ranges from 15 to 159 pJ. At high powers, self-phase modulation (SPM) degrades the pulse recompression process and provides an upper bound on the transmitted pulse energy. The SPM effect is stronger in the postcompensated link than in the precompensated link. A dramatic spectral narrowing effect was observed in the postcompensated link. Pulse energies up to tens of pJ, consistent with high quality communication, should be possible for a sub-500 fs pulse in such dispersion compensated links     

Highly nonlinear bismuth-oxide fiber for supercontinuum generation and femtosecond pulse compression

Highly nonlinear normally dispersive bismuth-oxide fiber shows promise for applications such as supercontinuum generation and femtosecond pulse compression in the telecommunications-wavelength range. To generate a wideband and flat supercontinuum spectrum, the balance between fiber nonlinearity and normal group velocity dispersion (GVD) is important. Highly nonlinear bismuth-oxide fiber exhibits a large nonlinearity due to the small effective area and nonlinear index of the host glass material. The fiber also has a relatively flat dispersion profile over a large wavelength range. Utilizing these features, we generate a smooth unstructured supercontinuum between 1200 and 1800 nm. This supercontinuum is passed through a grating pair, and pulses, originally of 150-fs length, are compressed to 25 fs.     

自陡峭效应对相位共轭系统脉冲传输的影响

光学相位共轭(OPC)技术能够同时且高效地补偿光纤传输过程中色散及非线性效应所导致的信号失真，且该技术同脉冲调制方式无关。从理论上分析了在自陡峭效应(SS)作用下高斯脉冲信号在中距相位共轭系统中的传输演化特性，数值模拟了在其作用下超短飞秒高斯脉冲的动态传输过程，讨论了自陡峭效应对中距相位共轭系统复原性能的影响。结果表明自陡峭效应将导致高斯脉冲信号发生峰值漂移和脉冲后沿变陡，相位共轭系统不能补偿由此导致的脉冲失真和畸变。引入合适的色散可以减小这种信号失真，并使得相位共轭系统能够同时补偿由于色散、自相位调制和自陡峭效应而引起的信号失真。     

光纤通信中高阶色散对飞秒光脉冲传输影响的数值研究

数值模拟了光纤通信中三阶色散和四阶色散对飞秒光脉冲传输的影响,结果表明三阶色散和四阶色散都会影响通信质量,三阶色散起主要作用,正常色散使光脉冲向前沿偏移,反常色散使光脉冲向后沿偏移,它们都使脉冲展宽且形成振荡带;四阶色散使脉冲展宽且光谱出现旁瓣。     

Investigation of wave breaking in the normal dispersion region of nano-structured photonic crystal fibers

The propagation of femtosecond laser pulses with wavelengths of 1550 nm, 1064 nm, 800 nm and 700 nm, respectively, which are in the normal dispersion region of the nano-structured photonic crystal fiber (N-PCF) with interesting broadband normal dispersion and highly nonlinear properties, is studied. For the effect of chirp variation mainly induced by group velocity dispersion (GVD) and self-phase modulation (SPM), after propagation over a short length, the wave breaking occurs. Namely, oscillatory structures are presented near pulse edges and sidelobes appear in the pulse spectrum. In the case of 800 nm, after the propagation of 20 mm, a super flat spectrum is obtained. The bandwidth of the super flat spectrum is associated with the dispersion length and the nonlinear length. By choosing N-PCF and laser pulse with appropriate parameters, a broadband super flat spectrum in a short length can be achieved.     

光子晶体光纤中非线性传输的数值研究

数值模拟了飞秒激光脉冲在光子晶体光纤中的非线性传输过程,详细计算分析了自相位调制（SPM）、脉冲内拉曼散射（ISRS）、自陡峭（SS）以及群速度色散（GVD）、三阶色散（TOD）、四阶色散(FOD)对脉冲传输和频谱的影响。结果表明,在反常色散区,脉冲内拉曼散射以及三阶、四阶色散对频谱的展宽和脉冲的平滑都有着重要作用;而自陡峭是使高阶孤子分量产生分裂衰变,对光谱的不对称展宽有一定影响。     

高次谐波锁模飞秒掺镱光纤激光器的噪声情况

高重复频率的飞秒激光在高速激光测距和三维成像等领域有着非常重要的作用。其中基于飞秒光纤激光器的高次谐波锁模是获得GHz量级以上高重复频率脉冲的重要手段之一。基于含腔内光栅对色散补偿的非线性偏振旋转（NPR）锁模的掺镱（Yb）光纤激光器,在180 mW泵浦光时获得了稳定的143 MHz基频锁模脉冲序列,当泵浦光功率升至1 W时获得了最高20次谐波（2.86 GHz）锁模脉冲序列输出。系统地对比研究了基频锁模与高次谐锁模状态下,脉冲重复频率精密锁定后的艾伦偏差和相位噪声,7次谐波锁模状态下重复频率锁定精度能够保持在10?13 Hz@1 s的稳定度,为高次谐波锁模飞秒激光脉冲序列用于精密测量提供了实验依据。     

偏振模色散对200 Gbit/s零路径色散控制光纤链系统的影响

基于一种二阶和三阶色散都作了完全补偿 (路径平均色散为零 )的光纤级联系统模型 ,用数值法研究了偏振模色散对皮秒光脉冲传输的影响。在零路径色散补偿系统中 ,线性色散得以完全补偿 ,为了减小非线性效应引起的脉冲窄化 ,系统必须保持较小的功率 ,但这样会影响系统的信噪比。计算结果表明 ,偏振模色散与非线性效应相互平衡 ,可使系统在较高的功率下保持脉冲宽度基本不变 ,从而获得较好的传输性能     

离散效应对光子晶体光纤中飞秒脉冲压缩影响

为了研究离散效应对光子晶体光纤中飞秒信号脉冲压缩的影响,采用分步傅里叶方法数值求解耦合的非线性薛定谔方程,模拟了双飞秒脉冲在光子晶体光纤中的非线性传输过程;计算和分析了离散效应和非同步耦合对信号脉冲压缩的影响。结果表明,当抽运脉冲在反常色散区进行抽运,而信号脉冲在正常色散区入射时,在群速度色散、3阶色散,自相位调制及交叉相位调制联合作用下,信号脉冲在传输过程中不仅被压缩且存在最佳光纤长度;离散效应导致信号脉冲压缩因子减小,所需最佳光纤长度增加以及压缩后的脉冲频谱呈现不对称,采用非同步耦合有利于改善信号脉冲的压缩质量。     

Bi-end dispersion compensation for ultralong optical communicationsystem

Bi-end dispersion compensation (DC) for ultralong nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) optical transmission system is studied. Both the loss and dispersion of the transmission fiber are periodically compensated. Two dispersive elements are placed at the input and output ends of a compensation period, respectively, to compensate for fiber dispersion. The pulse compression owing to self-phase modulation (SPM) can be adjusted by the compensation ratios of the dispersive elements at the two ends of a compensation period. Therefore, the pulse compression can be optimized and the system performance can be improved to compare with the system with either pre- or postdispersion compensation. The rules to design the system are considered. The transmission system of 10-Gb/s bit rate, 9000-km transmission distance, and 100-km compensation period is taken as an example. The second-order fiber dispersion is assumed to be completely compensated. Wave equation is numerically solved to study the system performance which is represented by Q factor. The relations of several system parameters and Q factor are studied. The system parameters include the compensation ratios of the dispersive elements at the two ends of a compensation period, dispersion of transmission fiber, signal power, and the compensation ratios of third-order fiber dispersion. If the third-order fiber dispersion cannot be completely compensated, it is found that one can use a higher signal power to improve the system performance     

Demonstration of timing skew compensation for bit-parallel WDM datatransmission with picosecond precision

We demonstrate transmission of seven wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) bit-parallel channels with a total of 15-nm spectral span over a 2.5-km standard single-mode fiber/dispersion-compensating fiber link with less than 3-ps timing skew. The synchronized WDM channels are generated by spectrally slicing pulses from a single femtosecond fiber laser using a femtosecond pulse shaper. The small residual timing skew arises from the residual dispersion slope of the link. We measure a dispersion slope of D'=0.017 ps/km/mn², which is roughly four times less than for an equivalent length of dispersion-shifted fiber. Our work shows that the dispersion-compensating fiber technique could significantly reduce the timing skew for WDM bit-parallel transmission over a several-kilometer fiber link     

基于光子晶体光纤和飞秒激光源的近红外波段宽带孤子和可见区高效色散波产生的实验

将钛宝石激光器产生的飞秒激光脉冲泵浦实验室自制的高非线性双折射光子晶体光纤,脉冲的中心波长为820 nm,位于光子晶体光纤的接近于零色散的反常色散区.实验结果表明:随着泵浦功率的增加,一阶孤子的中心波长发生了红移,同时产生的色散波的中心波长则发生蓝移进入可见光区.当泵浦功率达到0.45 W时,色散波与残余泵浦的输出功率比为42.67,色散波的带宽达到81 nm,而处于近红外波段的红移孤子带宽可达231 nm.利用高非线性光子晶体光纤产生近红外波段宽带孤子和可见区高效色敬波的实验对飞秒激光频率转换和光谱展宽具有很好的借鉴意义.     

光孤子通信系统的仿真

光孤子通信技术充分利用了光纤中色散参数和非线性效应的相互作用,可以使光脉冲在光纤中无畸变的进行传输,不受外界条件的影响,从而可以实现脉冲的超长距离传输。利用OptiSystem提供的强大的工具箱,模拟了光孤子通信系统的模型。并在给定的参数下,实现了系统的仿真,证实了仿真模型的可行性和正确性,为将来在此基础上实现改进的光孤子通信系统提供了有力的实验依据。     

基于微结构光纤的10 GHz超过1100信道的平坦超连续谱光源

报道了一种基于微结构光纤的宽带、平坦超连续谱(SC)光源。利用锁模半导体激光器产生的1.6ps,重复率为10GHz的光脉冲,通过一段80m的色散平坦高非线性微结构光纤(HNL-MF),在1.55μm波长区域产生了谱宽超过100nm的平坦超连续谱。实验中采用的微结构光纤的非线性系数约为11W-1·km-1。光纤具有小的正常色散和平坦的色散特性,在1550nm波长处,光纤的色散值约为-0.58ps·nm-1·km-1,而在1500～1650nm波长范围内,光纤的色散值变化小于1.5ps·nm-1·km-1。实验中获得的宽带、平坦超连续谱在1503～1593nm宽达90nm的波长范围内,具有±2.5dB的平坦度。该宽带、平坦超连续谱能同时提供波长间隔为10GHz,超过1100路的多波长载波信道。通过对光谱滤波,获得了速率为10Gbit/s的多波长脉冲序列。这样的超连续谱光源在波分复用(WDM)光通信系统、光波长变换等方面都有重要的应用。     

Finite-difference time-domain calculation with all parameters ofSellmeier's fitting equation for 12-fs laser pulse propagation in asilica fiber

In order to both experimentally and numerically investigate nonlinear femtosecond ultrabroadband-pulse propagation in a silica fiber, we have extended the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculation of Maxwell's equations with nonlinear terms to that including all exact Sellmeier-fitting values. We have compared results of this extended FDTD method with experimental results, as well as with the solution of the generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation by the split-step Fourier method with a slowly varying-envelope approximation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comparison between FDTD calculation and experimental results for nonlinear propagation of a very short (12 fs) laser pulse in a silica fiber     

光子晶体光纤中飞秒激光脉冲传输的研究

为更精细地描绘飞秒光脉冲在光子晶体光纤中的传输和演化,在用分步傅里叶方法求解广义非线性薛定谔方程的基础上,详细考虑光纤参数随脉冲峰值频移的变化,模拟了飞秒光脉冲在光子晶体光纤中传输和演化的过程。研究发现,光纤色散和强非线性对飞秒脉冲在光子晶体光纤中传输、演化以及超连续谱的展宽有很大影响。     

High Power Highly Nonlinear Holey Fiber with Low Confinement Loss for Supercontinuum Light Sources

The high power holey fiber is an efficient supercontinuum light source by using picosecond pulse, which is a less expensive laser source compared with low power and expensive femtosecond laser sources. In this paper, a high power highly nonlinear holey fiber (HN-HF) with a low confinement loss is proposed for supercontinuum light sources. The finite difference method is used to calculate the different properties of the proposed HN-HF. High nonlinear coefficients are obtained at 1.06 μm, 1.31 μm, and 1.55 μm wavelengths with flattened chromatic dispersion and low confinement losses simultaneously. Moreover, numerical simulation results show that high power broad supercontinuum spectra with very short length of the proposed photonic crystal fiber are achieved.     

40GHz皮秒光脉冲序列光谱展宽的实验研究

实验采用具有较大正常色散值的高非线性光纤（HNLF）,应用脉冲啁啾补偿压缩技术的改进方案实现了40GHz、1．2ps光脉冲序列光谱的更大展宽。在该方案中,脉冲首先通过一定长度的HNLF,成为光谱展宽的线性正啁啾脉冲;然后经过相应长度的普通单模光纤（SMF）进行啁啾补偿压缩以重新提高峰值功率;最后进人第2段HNLF实现脉冲光谱的进一步展宽。实验结果表明,在使用相同长度HNLF（150m）和相同抽运脉冲输入条件下,改进方案10dB带宽增加了3．28nm,并且相干特性保持良好。实验表明,对于40GHz皮秒光脉冲序列,在其峰值功率受自身高重复频率限制不能被光功率放大器充分放大的情况下,该方案是实现脉冲光谱在此类HNLF中展宽的有效途径。