摘要:
The present invention relates to a main wavelength band of a pump light source capable of improving the pump efficiency while using 1.6 μm fluorescence emitted from Ho3+:5I5→5I7 transition as an optical amplifier, and an assistant pump wavelength band capable of accomplishing population inversion between 5I5 level and 5I7 level to improve the signal gain characteristics of such amplifier. The optical amplifier using optical materials to which holmium or holmium and terbium, holmium and europium, holmium and neodymium or holmium and dysprosium, etc. are doped can be pumped using a light source that emits light of 11,200˜11,500 cm−1 or a light source that emits light of 6,000˜6,500 cm−1.
摘要:
The present invention relates to the fabrication of an optical device; and, more particularly to an electrode for fabricating periodically poled optical fibers and a fabrication method of periodically poled optical fibers using the electrode. To fabricate periodically poled optical fibers for improving the effect of three wave mixing in accordance with the second-order nonlinear optical phenomenon, the periodically poled optical fibers of the present invention is formed by using one or more electrodes with holes or grooves for a period satisfying the quasi phase matching condition between light waves in use. Also, using the electrodes described above, one or more holes or one or more grooves are formed on the surface of the optical fiber around the core in its length direction, and thereby make an optical fiber poled periodically.
摘要:
There is disclosed a mode-locked optical fiber laser stabilizing apparatus for stabilizing the length of the optical fiber laser resonator by feedbacking the optical signals to the laser resonator, in the direction where the signal reflected by the optical fiber loop mirror is detected as an error signal to minimize the signal, and method thereof. According to the present invention, a resonator stabilizing apparatus in an optical fiber laser includes a non-linear optical amplitude loop mirror (NALM) for non-linearly amplifying a laser pumped laser light, a linear loop mirror of a closed loop shape for confining the laser light sufficiently amplified by the non-linear optical amplitude loop mirror; a light isolator for proceeding the light confined by said linear loop mirror only in one direction, an optical coupler for detecting the light proceeding in the direction opposite to the light isolator by the linear loop mirror, the phase of which is varied in the non-linear optical amplitude loop mirror, and a piezo-electric transducer (PZT) for performing a signal processing for minimizing the amount of light proceeding in an opposite direction when the light detector detects the light proceeding in the opposite direction and feedbacking again the light to stabilize the light, the light detector is coupled by the linear loop mirror and the optical coupler.
摘要:
A dual wavelength optical fiber laser includes a first and a second optical fibers which generating stimulated scattering by a pump light source; two short period optical fiber gratings that is resonating each of a first and a second wavelength light which are generated by the optical fibers and regulating reflecting characteristics according to the first and the second wavelengths; a WDM optical fiber coupler which inputs a pump wavelength to the optical fibers and outputs a laser operation wavelength; and an interference removing unit which is connected between the optical fibers and removes an interference in the first and the second wavelength of resonating.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a complex rare-earths doped optical waveguide. In particular, the complex rare-earths doped optical waveguide in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is for modifying emission spectrum of erbium that is able to obtain gain from shorter wavelength than 1530 nm. A complex rare-earths doped optical wavelength is provided. The complex rare-earths doped optical waveguide in accordence with an embodiment of the present invention includes clad and core. The core is doped with erbium (Er) ion. The internal or surface of the core is doped with at least one complex rare-earth ions. The internal and the surface of the core is distanced by certain length from center of the core.
摘要:
An apparatus for measurement of an optical pulse shape intended to measure the temporal waveform of an ultrashort single optical pulse is disclosed. The present invention comprises a linearly chirped supercontinuum light source that is synchronized with an optical pulse to be measured; a nonlinear optical interferometer to transform the temporal waveform of an incident optical pulse into a spectrum using an incident light from said supercontinuum light source; and an optical spectrum analyzer to measure the wavelength of the light passing through the nonlinear interferometer so that it can measure the temporal waveform of a single optical pulse. The present invention employs the method that transforms the temporal waveform of an incident optical pulse into a spectrum and measures the wavelength using a linearly chirped supercontinuum light source, a nonlinear optical interferometer, and an optical spectrum analyzer. The present invention provides an apparatus for measurement of an optical pulse shape that is able to measure the waveform not with the repeated measurements but with a single shot measurement.
摘要:
An improved multi-wavelength channel transmission filter, by which it is possible to selectively and simultaneously separate multiple wavelength channel signals without any optical time delays among, different wavelength channels, includes one optical circulator with four terminal ports, one polarization beam splitter (PBS), one half-wave plate, and a number of Brag, gratings formed in an optical waveguide for reflection of multi-wavelength channels by combining the wavelength characteristic of each Bragg grating which is determined in accordance with the grating structure.
摘要:
The present invention discloses an optical fiber laser and a method of harmonic mode locking utilizing the optical fiber laser, which is capable of locking a harmonic frequency occurred by inserting an optical modulator between a Faraday rotator mirror and a non-linear amplifying loop mirror to coincide the frequency component of the optical modulator with the frequency component of the longitudinal mode of the laser. In order to achieve the object of the present invention, it comprises an optical fiber laser which comprises a non-linear amplifying loop mirror, a linear mirror and an optical fiber directional coupler or fiber coupler.
摘要:
An optical fiber laser is disclosed capable of generating an ultrashort pulse which has intensive energy and is stable against polarization by using a sagnac loop mirror and a Faraday rotator mirror, which includes a light pumping laser diode; an erbium doped fiber-added optical fiber; a wavelength division multiplier fiber coupler; a dispersion shifted fiber; and an optical fiber directional coupler; a nonlinear amplifier loop mirror; a second polarization controller; a linear mirror having a Faraday rotator mirror for rotating the polarization plane of a proceeding light wave; and a directional coupler being connected between the nonlinear amplifier loop mirror and the linear mirror.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a measurement method of the chromatic dispersion of an optical waveguide using an optical interferometer with a broadband multi-wavelength light source and an optical spectrum analyzing apparatus, wherein one arm, called “reference arm” of the interferometer's two arms has an adjustable air spacing and the other arm, called “sample arm” can contain said optical waveguide to be measured, and including the following measurement and analysis steps: measuring interference spectra of the optical beam output exiting from the said interferometer with an optical spectrum analyzing apparatus when said optical waveguide is connected to said sample arm, and when said optical waveguide is not connected to said sample arm respectively; by adjusting the reference arm length for appearance of clear interference patterns; converting the wavelength-domain interference spectra into frequency-domain interference spectra and calculating phase difference values of the interference peaks of one of the spectra from a predetermined reference peak as a function of the frequency change by counting the interference peak (or valley) points; finding a Taylor series curve fit function for each set of the phase difference value data corresponding to each of the two interference spectra; and calculating a chromatic dispersion coefficient of the optical waveguide by using the coefficients of the Taylor series curve fit functions.