1.5 μm two-section Fabry-Perot wavelength tunable optical filter

A 1.5 μm two-section Fabry-Perot wavelength tunable optical filter is studied. As opposed to DFB filters, this wavelength tunable optical filter has the advantage that the wavelength tuning range and the transmission bandwidth can be designed independently. This two-section Fabry-Perot filter also controls the transmissivity (gain) and the transmission wavelength independently by current injection and the constant-gain and constant-bandwidth wavelength tuning is achieved. The wavelength tuning range is as wide as 188 GHz (15 Å), the constant-gain is as high as 23 dB and the constant-bandwidth is as narrow as 5 GHz during wavelength tuning. A 25-channel wavelength selection with less than -10 dB crosstalk is expected with this filter     

1.5 μm phase-shift-controlled distributed feedback wavelengthtunable optical filter

A 1.5-μm phase-shift-controlled distributed feedback wavelength tunable optical filter is studied. This wavelength tunable optical filter controls the transmissivity (gain) and the transmission wavelength independently by current injection. During wavelength tuning, the submode suppression ratio is large and a wavelength tuning range as wide as 120 GHz (9.5 Å) with 24.5-dB constant gain is achieved. An 18-channel wavelength selection with less than -10 dB crosstalk is expected with this filter. The effect of the light input, whose wavelength is in the sidelobe, on the transmission spectrum shape is shown     

Analysis of a λ/4-phase-shifted doublephase-shift-controlled distributed feedback wavelength tunable opticalfilter

We have proposed a new λ/4-phase-shifted double phase-shift-controlled distributed feedback wavelength tunable optical filter structure. Theoretical analysis based on the transfer matrix method reveals that this filter can achieved a wavelength tuning range of 28.3 and 34.3 Å for the grating coupling coefficients of 6 and 10 mm, respectively. The filter has almost constant peak transmissivity (gain) of more than 30 dB within its tuning range, and its side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) ranges from 15 to 34.7 dB     

全新布里渊散射可切换微波光子滤波器

提出了一个新的基于布里渊散射效应的微波光子滤波器。该滤波器可通过调谐系统中光滤波器的中心波长,实现高解析度带通滤波器与陷波滤波器之间的灵活切换,并且通过调谐产生受激布里渊散射的泵浦光的波长可实现滤波器通带或阻带的中心频率在很大频率范围内连续调谐。该滤波器为全光结构,因此具有非常大的调谐范围（调谐上限仅受限于试验中使用的矢量网络分析仪的显示频率上限）。系统中采用相位调制器,因此没有偏置电压漂移问题。实验结果展示了一个带通与陷波滤可灵活切换的高解析度微波光子滤波器,并且通带和阻带的中心频率在9～26.5 GHz范围内连续可调谐,其中带通滤波器的通带具有极窄3 dB带宽,约28 MHz（由光纤本身布里渊增益区线宽所决定）。     

74 nm wavelength tuning range of an InGaAsP/InP vertical gratingassisted codirectional coupler laser with rear sampled grating reflector

A vertical-grating-assisted codirectional coupler laser with rear sampled grating reflector (GCSR laser) combines single-mode operation over a very wide tuning range of 74 nm with a side-mode suppression of better than 30 dB over most of the wavelength span. The total tuning span is limited by the combined bandwidths of the active material gain curve and the envelope of the sampled grating reflection peak spectrum, while the tuning capacity of the directional coupler filter alone is estimated to be at least 140 nm     

Continuously wavelength-tunable MQW fabry-perot laser diode pulse source with a fiber-based external cavity

A simple continuously wavelength-tunable fiber ring laser pulse source is demonstrated. Such a source employs a gain-switched multiple quantum-well Fabry-Perot laser diode in a self-seeding scheme and the output pulse wavelength can be tuned continuously via a tunable optical filter. The optical pulses generated exhibit a pulsewidth of 92 ps at the frequency of 2.6 GHz. Within a wide wavelength tuning range of 46 nm, the side-mode suppression ratio and the average power of the output optical pulses obtained are higher than 50.1 dB and 3.3 dBm, respectively, and the pulse spectral stability can be maintained in the whole wavelength tuning range.     

一种新的互注入锁定产生单/双波长光脉冲的方案

本文提出了使用两个F-P半导体激光器互注入锁定来产生单/双波长光脉冲的方法.其中一个FP做增益开关调制,另一个给定直流偏置.通过简单调节一个可调光滤波器,可以输出所需波长,且重复频率保持不变.对于单波长输出,在19nm范围内其边模抑制比超过30dB;对于双波长输出,在12.1nm范围内其边模抑制比超过25dB.该系统具有简单,成本低的优点.     

Tuning performance and spectral selectivity of widely tunablevertical Mach-Zehnder lasers

The filtering mechanism, spectral selectivity, and tuning performance of the vertical Mach-Zehnder (VMZ) laser diode are studied. Wavelength selection in this device is due to the interference of two modes with different and electronically controllable optical path lengths in analogy to a common Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Different design approaches for the VMZ laser are investigated. The calculations presented show that tuning ranges between 50 nm and 100 nm with side-mode suppression ratios (SSR's) of more than 20 dB are feasible. Designs with tuning ranges of about 35 nm show SSR values of over 30 dB at the 1.55 μm wavelength enabling the realization of widely tunable laser diodes with full wavelength access within the tuning range, suitable for applications in optical communication systems     

Multiwavelength fiber ring laser source based on a delayed interferometer

A multiwavelength fiber laser source is demonstrated with a semiconductor optical amplifier as the gain medium. A delayed interferometer is incorporated in the ring cavity serving as a comb-like multichannel filter. A stable 75-wavelength simultaneous operation spaced at 40 GHz with the extinction ratio of 40 dB is achieved. By tuning the cavity loss, the center wavelength of the generated lasing waveband could be varied by as much as 20 nm.     

Low threshold tunable soliton source

An actively mode-locked erbium-fiber laser with continuous wavelength tuning over the range 1528-1565 nm has been demonstrated. A gain-saturated InGaAsP NTW semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is used as the active mode locking element, functioning as an amplitude modulator which provides gain and has <1 dB polarization dependence. The fiber laser is diode pumped at 1480 nm with a threshold of 6 mW, and provides pulses of 25 ps (FWHM) with a transform product of 0.4 and >12 dBm peak power     

1.5 μm optical filter using a two-section Fabry-Perot laserdiode with wide tuning range and high constant gain

The 1.5-μm optical filter exhibits a tuning range as wide as 188 GHz (15 Å), with 23-dB constant gain and 5-GHz constant bandwidth. A 25-channel wavelength selection with less than -10-dB crosstalk is expected with this filter. The wavelength-tunable optical filter has applications in wavelength-division multiplexing lightwave transmission systems and wavelength division photonic switching systems     

基于镀铜长周期FBG的波长可调谐环形光纤激光器

将采用化学镀铜膜技术封装的长周期光纤光栅（LPFG）串人环形腔中,设计了一种新颖的波长可调谐掺Er3＋光纤激光器（EDFL）。铜镀膜（化学涂镀）的LPFG在激光器环腔中用作带阻滤波器,利用恒电流源调节LPFG所处温度场,影响LPFG透射谱,改变激光器环形腔增益最高点,实现输出激光波长的可调谐。在LPFG环境温度调谐20...     

Polarization-independent low-crosstalk polymeric AWG-based tunablefilter operating around 1.55 μm

A wavelength tunable optical filter is a beneficial optical component for dense wavelength-division-multiplexed systems. We report a high-performance polymeric arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG)-based tunable filter made of cross-linked silicone and operating around 1.55 μm. This filter exhibited a TE-TM polarization shift of <0.03, a crosstalk of <-35 dB, an insertion loss of <3 dB, and an 8.8-nm tuning range in the 25°C-75°C temperature region     

Wide tunable double ring resonator coupled lasers

A double ring resonator coupled laser (DR-RCL) is proposed and analyzed in this letter. Benefiting from the uniform peak transmission, narrow bandwidth and other superior characteristics of traveling wave supported high-Q resonators, DR-RCLs offers many promising advantages over the conventional tunable lasers, including ultra wide wavelength tuning range, high side mode suppression ratio, uniform threshold and efficiency, narrow linewidth, low frequency chirp, and simple fabrication. A DR-RCL with a moderate optical loss ~10 dB/cm in the ring resonators can achieve a wavelength tuning enhancement of ~50. With such a large tuning leverage, DR-RCLs could utilize the electrooptic effects to achieve ultrafast tuning speed with a wide tuning range covering the material gain bandwidth     

A 10-Gb/s Monolithically Integrated Filterless InGaAsP/InP Widely Tunable Wavelength Converter With Conversion Gain

In this paper, we present the details of a monolithically integrated filterless wavelength converter based on photocurrent-driven technology. The device consists of an integrated tunable laser transmitter and an optical receiver. The transmitter includes a sampled-grating distributed-Bragg-reflector laser, an electroabsorption modulator, and a semiconductor optical amplifier. The optical receiver employs two semiconductor optical amplifiers and a quantum-well p-i-n photodetector. The wavelength converter is characterized at 10 Gb/s over a variety of bias conditions at various input-power levels in various digital-system experiments. Bit-error-rate measurements at 10 Gb/s over an output tuning range of 32 nm between 1531 and 1563 nm show power penalties less than 1 dB. Similar experiments over an input wavelength range of 25 nm from 1535 to 1560 nm show a power penalty less than 2.5 dB. For a wavelength conversion from 1548 nm to a range of output wavelengths between 1531 and 1563 nm, the facet-to-facet gain ranges from 9 to 13 dB, neglecting fiber coupling losses.     

Analysis of optical gain enhanced erbium-doped fiber amplifiersusing optical filters

Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) with enhanced optical gain obtained by incorporating narrow-bandpass optical filters into the amplifier length are studied. It is shown in theory that it is possible to increase optical gain by more than 10 dB for optical signals around the wavelength of 1.55 μm, compared with conventional EDFAs without filters. It is also shown that the gain improvement at longer wavelengths away from the amplifier gain peak is much higher than that of the EDFA with an optical isolator within the amplifier length. The optimum filter position is found to be around 42% of the total amplifier length from the input end. The effects of filter insertion loss and pump loss are discussed. This amplifier can be used as an optical preamplifier in a receiver for a wide range of wavelengths     

Characterization of wavelength-tunable single-frequency fiber laser employing acoustooptic tunable filter

This paper demonstrates and characterizes a novel wavelength-tunable single-frequency erbium-doped fiber ring laser incorporating an all-fiber acoustooptic tunable bandpass filter and a self-constructed saturable absorption grating (SAG). Stable single-longitudinal-mode operation was achieved over the wavelength range of 48 nm with a sidemode suppression ratio higher than 50 dB. The wavelength tuning characteristics, and the laser dynamics in wavelength switching and sweeping are analyzed in detail. A theoretical analysis on the effect of the SAG is also described.     

基于氮化硅微环和载波分离的可重构微波光子带通滤波器

基于Add-Drop型氮化硅微环滤波器,利用光学单边带调制和光载波分离的方法,实现可重构微波光子带通滤波器。滤波器带宽和带外抑制比分别达到726 MHz和37.0dB。并且通过改变光载波波长实现1.64~23.41GHz的滤波器频率调谐;通过调节微环耦合系数实现0.683~2.246GHz的滤波器带宽调谐,在带宽调谐范围内带外抑制比大于26dB。     

External cavity wavelength tunable laser with on-chip VOA using etched mirror based integration technology

An external cavity wavelength tunable laser using a novel gain chip with a monolithically integrated variable optical attenuator is demonstrated. An output power tuning range of 55 dB and output powers in excess of 15 dBm were obtained over the whole C-band.     

Extended Tunability in a Two-Chip VECSEL

We demonstrate a widely tunable vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL) with a W-shaped cavity, in which two VECSEL chips serve as fold mirrors and a birefringent filter is inserted at Brewster's angle. These two chips provide much higher modal gain and broader bandwidth of the gain than a single chip does, enhancing the VECSEL tuning range and reducing the variation of tunable output power with the tuned wavelength. This two-chip VECSEL configuration makes it possible to shape the modal gain spectra of the laser or to manipulate the tuning curve of the laser by two different chips with certain gain peak detuning (offset). Multiwatts high-brightness linearly polarized output with a tuning range of 33 nm is demonstrated in such a two-chip VECSEL