摘要:
An optical resonant device comprises a laser diode (14), a graded-index collimating lens (11) and a prism grating (17). The lens (11) is rigidly connected to the prism grating (17). Coarse tuning by adjustment of the angle of incidence of light on the grating (17) is achieved by laterally offsetting the laser (14) relative to the central optical axis C of the lens (11). The grating (17) is angled relative to the optical axis C so that the tuned position of the laser (14) is at or close to the optical axis C.
摘要:
An extension of the noncollinear second harmonic generation technique for lse autocorrelation measurements is described. A diffraction-grating is used to produce a tailored, expanded beam, with a differential time delay along its expanded axis. When this beam is combined with an inverted replica of itself at the frequency-doubling crystal, the monitored spatial profile of the generated second harmonic beam gives directly the duration of the incident laser pulse. A time resolution of better than 1 picosecond (ps) is obtained at 500 nanometers (nm), and a total measurement range of .about.80 ps. The optical system here described enables the extension of the measurement range in a simple manner.
摘要:
A hybrid integrated tuneable optical laser device, suitable for tuning to different wavelengths via a piezo micromotor (6) controlled optical filter (4) in an external cavity. Once the laser is fixed at a selected wavelength, no power is required to be applied to the wavelength tuning element to maintain the wavelength stability.
摘要:
In one of many possible embodiments, a system for optimizing bit utilization in data encoding is provided. The exemplary system includes a data processing subsystem configured to identify a total number of unique characters within a set of data, which number represents an original base of representation of the set of data. The data processing subsystem is further configured to convert the set of data to a base of representation that is higher than the original base of representation and then encode the base-converted data with a fixed-length encoding scheme.
摘要:
In one of many possible embodiments, a system for optimizing bit utilization in data encoding is provided. The exemplary system includes a data processing subsystem configured to identify a total number of unique characters within a set of data, which number represents an original base of representation of the set of data. The data processing subsystem is further configured to convert the set of data to a base of representation that is higher than the original base of representation and then encode the base-converted data with a fixed-length encoding scheme.
摘要:
A section of tapered optical fiber is provided to protect optical components from catastrophic damage that may propagate within an optical route. The tapered section functions as a fuse to arrest the propagation of optical power induced damage by leaking optical power from a waveguiding region below a threshold, below which further propagation of damage is not supported.
摘要:
In a switch with multiple physical links to a destination, data is forwarded to the destination by distributing received data across the physical links. A flow hash is selected for the received data's data flow dependent on a destination address and source address included in the received data. The flow hash selects one of the physical links to the destination for a data flow but potentially a different physical link for a different data flow, thereby forwarding the received data by distributing the received data across the physical links while maintaining frame ordering within a data flow.
摘要:
A thulium doped silica based glass capable of supporting lasing activity including Tm3+ as a lasing species disposed in a host composition, including oxides of germanium, silicon and tantalum. The preferred concentration of silicon in the host composition being between 15-25 weight percent. The preferred concentration of germanium in the host composition being between 0.1-1 weight percent. The preferred concentration of tantalum in the host composition is greater than 15 weight percent. The preferred concentration of thulium ions being in the range of 500-1000 parts per million by weight.
摘要:
In a gain-controlled erbium-doped optical amplifier, gain control is achieved by clamping the gain of a laser cavity to be equal to the overall cavity loss and by fixing the resonant wavelength of the amplifier to be at a first wavelength. When an optical signal to be amplified having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength passes through the amplifier the gain experienced by the signal depends entirely on the gain of the cavity, and not on the intensity of the signal. If the first wavelength is arranged to be at the peak of the sum of the absorption and emission cross sections of erbium, the amplifier exhibits minimum sensitivity to ambient changes in temperature.
摘要:
An external cavity laser assembly in which the laser chip is within a hermetically sealed package and the external cavity is outside the hermetic package. A collimating lens in a screw threaded mounting is disposed outside the hermetic package, the screw thread permitting focussing. The cavity is turned by rotation and translation of a grating, the position of which is electrically controlled via piezoelectric stacks. Thermal expansion of the stacks is compensated by mounting the grating on a rod of suitable material (e.g., ceramic) which also serves to reduce the cavity length while allowing maximum piezoextension. In a second embodiment the assembly is a tunable laser amplifier, with a grating being driven in a similar manner to provide the tuning.