Research on the characteristics of a twisted high birefringence fiber grating

In recent years ,the demand of the project survey grewincreasingly,sothetorsionsensor has obtainedextensiveattention.But the related studies about optical fiber tor-sionsensor are veryfewinthe domestic andforeign[1-3].Inthe traditional torsion sensor we p…     

High-power superfluorescent source of Yb^3＋ -doped double-cladding photonic crystal fiber

A new type of high-power broadband superfluorescent source of Yb^3＋ -doped double-cladding photonic crystal fiber is reported experimentally, which is pumped at 976 nm by a high-power laser diode with the end-coupling method. We have obtained a smooth broadband output of superfluorescence The maximum output power is 1.649 W with a slope efficiency of 56.7%. The 3 dB bandwidth is 22.4 nm To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report about SFS with such high output power of 1.649 W.     

Pulse-width compression based on photonic crystal fiber

Since the first PCF was fabricated in 1996 ,PCF hasattractedthe significant attention due toits unique char-acteristics . One of the highlights is that ,according tothe flexibility of conveniently changing the core area ofPCF,a smaller mode-field area can…     

S-band gain flattened distributed fiber Raman amplifier with chirped fiber bragg grating filter

IPTV,video-phone,video-conference,distance learn-ing,distance medical ,e-governmental affairs ,etc .will be-come commonthings in people' s daily life with the fastdevelopment of Internet technology.During this processextra-capacity of fiber communication …     

Design of low-confinement-loss and highly birefringent index-guiding photonic crystal fibers

We present a systematic scheme to achieve both high birefringence and low confinement loss in index-guiding photonic crystal fibers （PCFs）, using a structurally-simple PCF with finite number of air holes in the cladding region. By increasing the size of the outermost-ring air holes in the cladding region, highly birefringent PCFs with low confinement loss can be successfully achieved. The design strategy is based on the fact that the modal birefringence of PCFs is dominated by the inner-ring air holes in PCF, which is verified by a full-vector finite element method with anisotropic perfectly matched layers. Numerical results show that modal birefringence in the order of 10-3 and confinement loss less than 0.1 dB/km can be easily realized in the proposed PCF with only four rings of air holes in the cladding region. We expect that such fibers will be much easier to be fabvicated than those with more air holes in the cladding region.     

Influence of stress birefringence on the performance of a FBG pressure sensor

No matter designing and manufacturing a FBG pres-sure sensor ,or monitoringthe strain on material surfaceby using FBGas a pressure sensor ,the difficult technicalproblems to be solved are as follows :first ,howto effec-tively couple and propagatethe external stresstothe ax-ial direction of FBGthrough the underlay material ;sec-ond,howto make the FBGpressure sensor achieving aneffect of enhancing sensitivity;third,how to ensure alinear relationship between FBG′s reflection wavelengthand t…     

Design of photonic crystal fibers with anomalous dispersion

Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) have attracted greatattentionin recent years due to their interesting proper-ties ,such as endless single-mode operation,unique dis-persion and nonlinear characteristics[1 ,2].It has been re-ported that PCFs offer a wide range of potential applica-tions ,such as 2Rregenerators ,optical parametric ampli-fiers ,dispersioncompensationandsuper-continuumgen-eration[3].Also called holey fibers or microstructure fi-bers ,PCFs are optical fibers possessing periodic a…     

L-band tunable erbium doped fiber ring laser using fiber loop mirror filters

We present a novel and efficient L-band wavelength-tunable Er^3＋ doped fiber laser of ring structure. In the cavity two segments of Er^3＋ doped fiber and a fiber Bragg grating are used to improve pump efficiency. Tunable filters based on fiber loop mirrors are also applied inside the cavity to act as both a wavelength selector and a line-width compressor. Using these techniques, a tunable laser with tuning range up to 42 nm, output power larger than 1 mW, power uniformity controlled within 1.75 dB and side mode suppression ratio about 40 dB is achieved.     

A new setup to tune the center wavelength of FBGs

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG)[1]is one of the most i m-portant optical passive components in recent decades .The center wavelength tuning of fiber Bragg grating isof i mportant valueinthe fields of the fiber communica-tion andthe fiber sensing[2-7].The research of FBGcen-ter wavelengthtuningis concentrated onits practicality,si mplicity and high sensitivity.In the paper[8],a shift ofcenter wavelength upto 5 .02 nmcan be aroused underthelongitudinal force of 3 .60 Newton withthe sensitivi-ty ab…     

New modulator for the optical signal in a fiber

Generally,there are two kinds of modulator used inthefiber system.Oneis electro-optic modulator based onthe change of guided modes in plane waveguides .Theother oneis electro-absorbingsemiconductor diode mod-ulator with internal structure si milar to the …     

Theoretical analysis of radiation-balanced double clad fiber laser

Recently,double clad fiber lasers with an output ofkilo-watt power have been reported[1].Thermal prob-lems such as thermal stressinducedfracture,decreasingof quantumefficiency andthermal lens effect are seriousinthis kind of high powerfiberlaser[2].In1995 ,fluores-cence cooling in Yb doped ZBLANP(ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF-PbF2) glass was realizedfor thefirst ti me[3].Consequently,a section of Yb doped ZBLANP glass fi-ber laser was cooled from298 Kto 282 Kin the vacu-um[4].According t…     

Demodulated method of optical fiber stokes temperature sensors

The optical fiber temperature sensoris one of the dis-tributed measurement apparatus applied to the smartstructures of civil and military engineering.In the dis-tributedfiber Ramantemperature sensor ,the anti-Stokesand Stokes scattering radiation is sensi…     

Modeling laser-diode-pumped Tm3+-doped fiber amplifiers

A theoretical model is developed for the laser-diode-pumped Tm³⁺-doped fiber amplifier, and a set of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) governing the dynamics of dual-wavelength pumping scheme (1.4μ+1.56μ) based on the rate equations and propagation equations was established. The relationship between the spectra gain and pump power was described and analyzed by numerically solving the ODEs. Spectral gain as a function of longitudinal position along the fiber was given to optimize the fiber length; spectral gain per unit length, and fractional inversion were used to explain the gain shift property of TDFA. The theoretical results agree well with the experimental data. Received 28 March Supported by China Scholarship Council, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (grant no. Y2003G01 and Y2002G06), Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (grant no. 2002022048     

New design of 2-D photonic crystal waveguide couplers

Optical couplers arei mportant componentsinthe sys-temof optical signal processing,optical communicationand optical calculation.Therefore many people areinter-estedinseekingfor those couplers with uniquefunction.Photonic crystals (PC)[1-2]have drawn great…     

Impact of apodisation functions on group delay and reflectivity ripple of chirped fiber Bragg gratings

With the rapid development of fiber communicationsystem,fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) especially linear-chirped FBGis widely appliedtothe fiber compensationby its character of linear delay[1-2].However ,the per-formance is degraded because of reflectivity an…     

Novel method to optimize the distributed pump powers in a kilowatt ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser

High-power ytterbium-doped fiber laser has attractedmuch attention recently in commercial and military ap-plications due to its high efficiency,compactness andhigh beam quality.In kilowatt power domain,the heatdissipation will play an i mportant role and …     

Experimental and theoretical analysis of fiber Bragg gratings under Transverse Force to a Small Grating Section

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) technology has been de-veloped rapidlyinrecent years ,and has beenextensivelystudied in today′s optical communication and sensingsystems . Because of the linearity between the Braggwavelength and outside environmental parameters ,theaxial strain response of FBGhas been fullyinvestigatedand usedin measurement for strain,pressure,andther-mal expansion coefficient etc . By contrast ,fewstudieshave been carried out onthe transverseload response ofFBG[1-3].Gafsi and …     

Reconstruction of strain distribution in fiber Bragg gratings with differential evolution algorithm

Differential evolution algorithm is used to solve the inverse problem of strain distribution in fiber Bragg grating （FBG）. Linear and nonlinear strain profiles are reconstructed based on the reflection spectra. An approximate solution could be obtained within only 50 rounds of evolutions. Numerical examples show good agreements between target strain profiles and reconstructed ones. Online performance analysis illuminates the efficiency and practicality of differential evolution algorithm in solving the inverse problem of FBG.     

Analysis of fiber lens with gradient index based on thin lens equivalence

Optical communication components have been devel-oped currentlytowards the direction of micromation andintegration. The problem which li mits the componentperformancesis howto couple the function slugs to theinput-output fiber effectively,as appeared in a…