XPM对非线性光纤环镜微波光子开关的影响

为了研究交叉相位调制(XPM)对非线性光纤环镜微波光子开关的影响.基于耦合非线性薜定谔方程,彩分步傅里叶法建立考虑XPM在内的数值分析平台,获得了MOLM微波光子开关中XPM对微波调制光载波信号和NOLM功率舆函数的影响.数值计算表明:XPM导致调制波波形畸变,信号能量从主瓣泄露;并且随着调制带宽的增大,旁瓣泄露愈加严重.同时由于XPM效应的非互易性,NOLM功率传输函数扭变,在耦合器分光比f∈(0,0.5)区间减少而在f∈(0,0.5)区间增大.     

基于非线性光纤环形镜的二光平信号全光分离器

非线性光纤环形镜(NOLM)在不同抽运条件下具有不同的连续波开关特性,当单抽运NOLM在抽运峰值功率大于开关阈值功率时具有反转抽运脉冲峰的特点,在抽运脉冲上升与下降沿处各产生一个脉冲输出;当使用双脉冲抽运在两抽运脉冲除峰值功率和波长不同外其他参数一致时,透射输出由两个脉冲的峰值功率差决定,具有脉冲峰值功率比较作用。基于NOLM的这两个特性设计了全光分离两光功率水平信号的方案。利用光子学仿真软件进行了数值仿真,结果显示二光平信号被成功分离,并分别加载到不同波长上。实现了高功率级无基座脉冲输出,表明该方案也具有消除脉冲基座的能力。     

利用NOLM同时实现两个波长的波长变换

最先利用非线性光学环路镜(NOLM)成功地将2.5Gbit/s的归零码光脉冲同时变换到不同的两个波长上.最大波长变换间距为35nm.实验系统中采用增益开关分布反馈半导体激光器(GS DFB-LD)产生的超短光脉冲作为控制光,采用分布反馈半导体激光器(DFB-LD)和波长可调激光器作为信号光.首次在1.55 μm波长段利用非线性光学环路镜进行波长变换过程时观测到了反相波长变换和脉冲畸变现象.     

变占空比脉冲测量非线性光环镜阈值特性的实验研究

光阈值器件是多用户光码分多址(OCDMA)系统接收机中抑制基底噪声和互相关旁瓣峰的重要部件。非线性光环镜(NOLM)是实现光阈值的一种有效方法。对基于高非线性光纤(HNLF)NOLM的阈值特性进行了实验研究及数据分析,提出利用改变抽运脉冲占空比分析阈值特性的方法,实验发现抽运脉冲占空比D为1/25时出现阈值点,阈值功率为3.75W。讨论了抽运光与信号光的波长间隔对NOLM输出信号的影响,得出阈值点处的最优波长间隔为5.8nm,脉冲压缩量为114.47ps。实验搭建了接收机阈值系统,眼图分析表明该系统能较好地抑制噪声。     

非线性光环路镜压缩光脉冲的理论和数值分析

阐述了非线性光环路镜(NOLM)的基本原理．通过研究它的光学特性，我们发现，由于自相位调制(SPM)，NOLM有压缩光脉冲脉宽的功能．因为光的克尔效应是瞬时的(2—4fs)，所以NOLM的这种功能在高速光纤通信系统中有潜在的应用前景．     

基于长周期光纤光栅的全光开关特性研究

基于长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)中脉冲演变遵循的非线性耦合模方程,用数值方法研究了LPFG中超短脉冲的非线性传输,得到了LPFG工作于谐振和非谐振情况下光开关的开关特性。发现在两种工作情况下,利用高阶超高斯脉冲都能够显著提高光开关的开关率,随着超高斯脉冲的阶数增加,光开关的开关率也将增加。     

一种全光纤脉冲压缩器的理论分析

文章对由色散补偿光纤(DCF)、分布式拉曼放大的色散位移光纤(DSF)以及非线性光纤环镜(NOLM)构成的全光纤脉冲压缩器进行了理论分析和数值模拟.结果表明,光脉冲经DCF后可消除啁啾,为压缩提供有利条件;而经分布式拉曼放大的DSF后,脉冲得到了较大的压缩;最后再通过NOLM消基座.利用此压缩器可获得压缩率高且压缩效果好的光脉冲.     

长腔被动锁模掺镱光纤激光器的方波脉冲产生

报道了一种基于非线性光纤环形镜(NOLM)、工作在耗散孤子共振(DSR)区的长腔被动锁模掺镱光纤激光器,该激光器谐振腔的总长度约为1502 m,可以输出重复频率为133.18 kHz的高能量方波脉冲,且输出脉冲的宽度和单脉冲能量均随泵浦功率的增大而呈线性增大。当泵浦功率增大到414.47 mW时,输出的方波脉冲具有最大宽度(761.6 ns),同时单脉冲能量达到了最大值(60.2 nJ)。通过改变NOLM中单模光纤的长度,进一步研究了谐振腔长度对输出方波脉冲特性的影响,结果表明:谐振腔越长,所得DSR方波脉冲越宽,脉冲峰值功率越低。     

Impact of XPM on the Performance of Microwave Photonic Switching with NOLM

The impact of XPM on the microwave photonic switching with NOLM is analyzed by the split-step Fourier method (SSFM) that can solve the coupled nonlinear Schr?dinger equation (CNLSE). The simulation results show that XPM induces the distortion of waveforms and the leak of side lobes. And the larger the modulation bandwidth is, the larger the leak of side lobes is. Furthermore, the power transmission function of NOLM Tm is distorted because of the XPM-induced nonreciprocity: Tm decreases when the splitting ratio of the coupler f ∈(0,0.5) and increases when f ∈(0.5,1.0).     

光纤中的交叉相位调制不稳定性研究

在同时考虑四阶色散和五阶非线性的情况下,以扩展的非线性薛定谔方程为基础,研究了有损光纤中双光束交叉相位调制(XPM)不稳定性.结果表明:由于四阶色散的影响,在光纤的正、反常色散区,XPM所致的调制不稳定性可发生在两个频谱区;正、负五阶非线性的存在分别对XPM不稳定性起加强和减弱作用.     

Simultaneous 4 × 10 Gb/s NRZ-to-RZ Modulation Format Conversion in Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirror With a Photonic Crystal Fiber

Orthogonal cross-phase-modulation (XPM) scheme in a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) is proposed to simultaneously convert four synchronized 10-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero signals into return-to-zero (RZ) format. Modulation format conversion is achieved by using a synchronized optical control pulse train as the pulse carver in a NOLM. The control pulse train and the targeted signals are orthogonal in their states of polarization. This orthogonal nonlinear interaction substantially suppresses the undesirable four-wave mixing (FWM) induced crosstalk in the multichannel operation. Experimental demonstration of the proposed scheme shows that the suppression of the generated FWM idler is >26 dB. Error-free operation is achieved for the four converted 10-Gb/s RZ signals in a single NOLM by sharing the nonlinear XPM effect induced by the control pulse train.     

NOLM全光波长变换输出脉冲波形特性研究

本文分析了在利用非线性光学环形镜的开关效应和光纤内交叉相位调制效应实现全光波长变换系统中,色散位移光纤长度、砂浦脉冲峰值功率、泵浦脉冲宽度以及泵浦脉冲和连续探测波之间群速度失配参量对输出脉冲波形特性的影响。通过优化系统各项参数,可以在实现最高转换效率的同时,降低波长变换脉冲扶真程度,使波长变换脉冲无展宽,从而适用于超高速率通信系统。     

Wavelength and repetition rate tunable optical pulse source using a chirped fiber Bragg grating and a nonlinear optical loop mirror

We experimentally demonstrate a simple and novel scheme for tunable real-repetition-rate multiplication, based on the combined use of fractional Talbot effect in a linearly tunable chirped fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and cross-phase modulation (XPM) effect in a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM). By tuning the group-velocity dispersion of the chirped FBG fabricated with the S-bending method using a uniform FBG, we obtain high quality pulses at pseudorepetition rates of 20/spl sim/50 GHz from an original 8.5-ps 10-GHz soliton pulse train. We subsequently convert this pseudorate multiplication into a real-rate multiplication using XPM effect in an NOLM. A wavelength tuning is also achieved over a /spl sim/15-nm range.     

Fundamental limits of all-optical NRZ-to-soliton conversion bynonlinear optical loop mirrors

All-optical NRZ-to-RZ conversion through nonlinear optical loop mirrors (NOLM) is analysed. By computing the time-bandwidth output characteristics, we investigate the dependence of the NOLM switching power and control envelope on the chirp of the switched RZ pulses. The effect of this chirp on further propagation in the soliton regime and related continuum generation is then analysed by an inverse-scattering transform     

Nonlinear optical loop mirror based on standard communication fiber

We numerically analyze the effectiveness of a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) based on standard communication fiber with randomly varying birefringence for demultiplexing streams of picosecond pulses at 100 GHz. A broad switching window of about three pulse full-width at half maximum (FWHM) can be obtained. The device performance is defined by the pulse duration, the dispersion of the fiber, and the fiber length. We show that imperfect averaging of the randomly varying birefringence causes amplitude fluctuations on the NOLM transmission curve. We also show that the Raman self-frequency shift does not affect the NOLM switching characteristics at picosecond pulse durations     

Nonlinear switching behaviours in a compact all-semiconductoroptical-amplifier Sagnac interferometer device

Nonlinear switching effects in a GaAs-AlGaAs all-semiconductor optical-amplifier loop device with a multimode interference waveguide amplifier (MMIWA) for closing the loop was investigated experimentally and numerically. The miniaturized device, designed to imitate a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM), has a latency more than one hundred times smaller than that of a NOLM. Also, because it used an MMIWA for replacing a coupler in a conventional NOLM, its operation was quite different from that previously reported. In CW signal operation, the nonlinear switching behaviour resulted from the combined effect of nonlinear coupling in the MMIWA and the amplification and lateral field redistribution of the signal through the loop structure. Efficient self-switching and cross-polarized switching were observed. Numerical simulations showed consistent trends in varying device parameters     

Impact of extinction ratio and switching efficiency of nonlinearoptical loop mirror demultiplexer on error rate performance

A theory is evaluated that allows the calculation of the worst-case input power penalty of an optical demultiplexer using a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) as high-speed switch. Due to finite NOLM extinction ratio and switching efficiency reduction there exists a strong dependence of the penalty on the bitrate of the drop channel, which is investigated for different 100 Gbit/s demultiplexer configurations. Assuming a NOLM of 2 km loop fiber, a 20-dB extinction ratio, and a switching pulse EDFA of 14.5 dBm, demultiplexing with a penalty of less than 7 dB should be possible for drop rates between 2.5 GHz and 11.1 GHz