摘要:
A few-moded fiber device has several discrete sections of few-moded fibers that are separated by mode converters, with each mode converter accomplishing mode conversion between one or more pairs of modes. The mode conversions can be accomplished using a sequence, such as a periodic or cyclic sequence that would cause (1) a signal wave launched with any mode to assume every other mode for one or more times; (2) the number of times the signal remains in any modal state is substantially the same; and (3) the net signal gain or loss or group delay of the input signal is substantially the same regardless of the state of input mode. A laser few-mode amplifier is provided. An optical transmission system is also provided.
摘要:
A microbend-induced fiber grating is formed from a section of optical fiber configured to exhibit "splitting" between the resonant wavelengths supported by the TE and TM components of the LP 1m mode and the resonant wavelength supported by the odd/even HE 2m components of the LP 1m mode. Since only the TE and TM components are polarization dependent, by splitting and shifting the resonant wavelengths for these modes away from a system-desired wavelength(s) supported by the odd/even HE modes, a polarization insensitive microbend-induced fiber grating can be formed. A fiber core configuration including a central core region, trench and ring is formed to exhibit a large radial gradient in core refractive index profile, with a significantly steep transition between the ring index and the trench index, to provide the desired splitting between the (undesired, polarization sensitive) TE/TM modes and the HE mode.
摘要:
This invention relates to optical devices such as a fiber-optic frequency shifter and an optical interferometer. This invention also relates to a method of generating optical interference signals to obtain reliable sensor signals independent of polarization fluctuations of the optical waves in the fiber. Fiber-optic interferometers have many advantages such as high sensitivity and convenient way of using even in poor surrounding environments. These interferometer, however, exhibit polarization dependent signal degradation since the polarization of a light wave passing through an optical fiber irregularly changes depending on the birefringence of the fiber. This invention is characterized in that the frequencies of two orthogonal eigen polarizations of a light wave are shifted to different frequency values at one optical path of the interferometer. They produce two beat interference signals after interfering with the light wave passed through the other optical paht of the interferometer. The two beat interference signals have amplitudes varying complementarily. Selecting the larger one from the two beat signals can prevent polarization dependent signal degradation. Moreover, the beat signals from the optical interferometer according to the invention requires simpler signal processing compared to the output of conventional fiber-optic interferometer.
摘要:
Optical radiation can be efficiently removed from, or injected into, single mode optical fiber at an intermediate point along the fiber, by causing quasi-resonant coupling of the guided mode LP 01 to an appropriate tunneling leaky (TL) mode, e.g., LP 11 . Such coupling is caused by means of a "grating" in the fiber, with the grating being formed by impressing a periodic (or pseudo-periodic) modulation on the fiber, or by causing a periodic (or pseudo-periodic) variation of the refractive index of the fiber by means of the photoelastic or the photorefractive effect. The nominal grating spacing ^(z) is chosen such that O o = (2π/ ) > β 01 -2πn cl ^ o , where w is the average grating spacing, β 01 , is the propagation constant of the LP 01 mode, n cl is the refractive index of the fiber cladding, and o is the wavelength of the radiation to be coupled from or into the fiber. Furthermore, ^(z) is to be chosen such that O o β 01 , - β rs , where β rs is the propagation constant of the selected TL mode. In order for the coupling to be quasi-resonant, it is necessary that α rs , the attenuation constant of the selected TL mode, be relatively small, typically
摘要:
Long-period fiber gratings are placed in a predetermined pattern along a double-clad optical fiber having an outer cladding, an inner cladding and a core. The core is doped with an optically active material such as, for example, a rare earth ion or other laser ion. The long-period fiber gratings couple light between a mode of the inner cladding and a mode of the core. As a consequence of increased coupling into the core resulting from the use of long-period fiber gratings, the length of double-clad optical fiber needed to transfer light between the inner cladding and the core is reduced.
摘要:
Long-period fiber gratings are placed in a predetermined pattern along a double-clad optical fiber having an outer cladding, an inner cladding and a core. The core is doped with an optically active material such as, for example, a rare earth ion or other laser ion. The long-period fiber gratings couple light between a mode of the inner cladding and a mode of the core. As a consequence of increased coupling into the core resulting from the use of long-period fiber gratings, the length of double-clad optical fiber needed to transfer light between the inner cladding and the core is reduced.
摘要:
An apparatus (10) for optically pumping an optical fiber (16) from the side comprising a laser (12) for supplying a beam of pump light (14), and an optical fiber (16) having a longitudinal surface disposed to the beam (14), a grating (34) formed in the flat surface (26) for diffracting the beam (14) at a predetermined angle, and an outer clad layer (22) proximate the grating (34) and so as to establish at least one propagating mode characterized by an angle, the predetermined angle being matched to such angle.
摘要:
Efficient conversion between the LP₀₁ and the LP₁₁ modes in a two-mode optical fiber (10) is realized in a fiber grating fabricated by forming a series of longitudinally-spaced cuts (41) in the fiber cladding, and then annealing the fiber in the region of the cuts (41). The latter step uses the surface tension of the molten glass to transform the corrugation on the cladding into a sinusoidal deformation of the fiber core.
摘要:
A few-moded fiber device has several discrete sections of few-moded fibers that are separated by mode converters, with each mode converter accomplishing mode conversion between one or more pairs of modes. The mode conversions can be accomplished using a sequence, such as a periodic or cyclic sequence that would cause (1) a signal wave launched with any mode to assume every other mode for one or more times; (2) the number of times the signal remains in any modal state is substantially the same; and (3) the net signal gain or loss or group delay of the input signal is substantially the same regardless of the state of input mode. A laser few-mode amplifier is provided. An optical transmission system is also provided.