Abstract:
Techniques and devices based on optical resonators made of nonlinear optical materials to form triple-oscillator devices for generating a single optical tone, a radio frequency (RF) oscillation signal and an optical frequency comb signal having different optical frequencies.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for a polarization matched resonator fiber optic gyroscope are provided. In one embodiment an RFOG comprises: a light source; a fiber optic ring resonator; a photodetector that outputs an electrical signal that varies as a function of optical intensity; and an input light polarization servo. A light beam from the servo is launched into the resonator ring in a first direction of circulation. The input polarization servo comprises a birefringence modulator that modulates a phase shift between two components of an input polarization state of the light beam at ω m , the modulator is controlled to drive towards zero a 1 st harmonic of ω m as measured in the electrical signal. The servo further comprises a tunable ½ waveplate that adjusts an amplitude of the two components of the input polarization state relative to each other. The tunable ½ waveplate is controlled to maximize a peak optical intensity as measured in the electrical signal.
Abstract:
A method of generating radiation comprises: manufacturing a structure comprising a substrate supporting a layer of InGaAs, InGaAsP, or InGaAlAs material doped with a dopant, said manufacturing comprising growing said layer such that said dopant is incorporated in said layer during growth of the layer; illuminating a portion of a surface of the structure with radiation having photon energies greater than or equal to a band gap of the doped InGaAs, InGaAsP, or InGaAlAs material so as to create electron-hole pairs in the layer of doped material; and accelerating the electrons and holes of said pairs with an electric field so as to generate radiation. In certain embodiments the dopant is Fe. Corresponding radiation detecting apparatus, spectroscopy systems, and antennas are described.
Abstract:
According to an aspect, the present invention relates to an optical communication system for transmitting digital optical signals comprising a data generator adapted to generate a digitally encoded data signal comprising sequences of data at a data rate and comprising two signal levels representing a first state and a second state of the data signal; an optical source adapted to receive the data signal and to produce an optical signal substantially frequency modulated with frequency excursion Δν comprising a first instantaneous frequency (von) associated to the first state and a second instantaneous frequency (ν 1 ) associated to the second state; an optical converter that receives the substantially frequency modulated (FM) optical signal and has an optical transfer function varying with frequency and including at least one pass band with at least a peak transmittance and at least a low-transmittance region, wherein the first frequency of the FM optical signal is spectrally aligned with the low-transmittance region of the optical transfer function of the optical converter so as to convert the substantially FM signal into a substantially amplitude modulated (AM) signal and the at least one pass band has a FWHM comprised between 70% and 200% of the data rate of the FM optical signal According to a second aspect, the present invention relates to an optical communication system including an electrical signal path between a data generator and an optical source emitting a substantially FM optical signal with frequency excursion Δν, the electrical signal path being adapted to receive the data signal generated by the data generator and to input the data signal into the optical source and having a low-pass transfer function with a cut-off frequency f c not larger than about 2.2(Δν).
Abstract:
The signal processing device (100) comprises a light source (50) to emit light (SEMIT) at a wavelength which is substantially equal to the carrier wavelength (λ0) of an optical input signal (SIN), an optical resonator (10) to provide a filtered signal (SSIDE) by optical filtering of said optical input signal (SIN), said optical resonator (10) being non-matched with the carrier wavelength (λ0) of said optical input signal (SIN), and an optical combiner (80) to combine said filtered signal (SSIDE) with said emitted light (SEMIT) to form an optical output signal (SOUT). The signal processing device (100) may be adapted to recover the clock frequency of a modulated input signal (SIN). The intensity of said output signal (SOUT) exhibits periodic variations at the clock frequency when the resonator (10) is adjusted at least approximately to the predetermined sideband of the modulated input signal (SIN).
Abstract:
The present invention causes spatial-mode light emitted from an optical fiber (11), which is a multimode fiber, to pass through a photorefractive medium (13). The photorefractive medium (13) includes holograms for signal separation that are written by irradiation of the photorefractive medium with (i) guide light having a wave front identical to the wave front of signal light having a particular spatial mode and (ii) control light. The photorefractive medium includes holograms recorded in a multiplex manner with use of control light having different incidence angles in correspondence with respective spatial modes. For signal separation, irradiating the photorefractive medium (13) with control light (15) having a particular angle separates signal light having a spatial mode corresponding to the incidence angle of the control light (15).
Abstract:
[Problem] To provide a method capable of easily compensating waveform distortion due to a non-linear effect caused by a complicated electric circuit, and a device for implementing the method. [Solution] Provided are a method capable of effectively compensating signal degradation such as waveform distortion due to a nonlinear effect caused by an optical fiber that is an optical transfer path using an optical phase conjugate signal pair at the time of optical up-conversion or down-conversion, and a device capable of implementing the method. This emission device 25 includes an optical modulator 11, a signal source 13, an optical fiber 15, a multiplexing unit 17, a multiplexing local signal source 19, an optical detector 21, and a transmission antenna 23.
Abstract:
An imaging module has a spatial light modulation element which applies spatial modulation to an incident luminous flux and emits it; an image sensor which obtains the luminous flux to which the spatial modulation has been applied by the spatial light modulation element as image information; and a fixing part which integrally fixes the spatial light modulation element and the image sensor, and the fixing part has a gap-defining member which is arranged between the spatial light modulation element and the image sensor and forms a gap structure having a certain distance, and an imaging device includes the imaging module.