摘要:
A multi-user quantum cryptography system and method are described herein. The system comprises a relay including a quantum information server so configured as to generate quantum information communications having different wavelengths and a multiplexer so configured as to separate the different quantum information communications generated by the quantum information server by their wavelength and to supply each communication to a respective user.
摘要:
There is described a multimode interferometric device and a method for performing multimode interferometry. The device comprises at least one single-mode transmission input connectable to a light source for receiving single-mode light, a multimode output for emitting multimode light and collecting reflected multimode light, at least one photonic lantern operatively connected between the at least one single-mode transmission input and the multimode output and designed for converting the single-mode light into multimode light and converting the reflected multimode light into single-mode light, at least one single-mode reference input for generating at least one interference pattern between the reflected single-mode light and at least one single-mode reference signal, and at least one single-mode output connectable to a photodetector for detecting the at least one interference pattern.
摘要:
The invention provides an all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which the composition of one of the arms, which connect the couplers, or of a segment of such arm, is doped with dopants, such as GeO2, P2O5, B2O3 and F. The doping is adjusted to obtain a desired thermal dependence of the interferometer within a given temperature range. The segments can further be tapered with an adiabatic taper.
摘要翻译:本发明提供了一种全光纤马赫 - 曾德尔干涉仪,其中连接耦合器的臂之一或这种臂的一部分的组成被掺杂有掺杂剂,例如GeO 2,P 2 O 5,B 2 O 3和F。 调整掺杂以在给定温度范围内获得干涉仪的期望的热依赖性。 这些段可以进一步用绝热锥度锥形。
摘要:
There is described a double-clad fiber coupler (DCFC) composed of two double-clad fibers that have been fused together and tapered. The DCFC allows the propagation of light in the fundamental mode in its single-mode core with very little loss. Back reflected light may be collected two ways: by the core of the double-clad fiber and by the inner cladding of the double-clad fiber.
摘要:
There is described a double-clad fiber coupler (DCFC) composed of two double-clad fibers that have been fused together and tapered. The DCFC allows the propagation of light in the fundamental mode in its single-mode core with very little loss. Back reflected light may be collected two ways: by the core of the double-clad fiber and by the inner cladding of the double-clad fiber.
摘要:
A multi-user quantum cryptography system and method are described herein. The system comprises a relay including a quantum information server so configured as to generate quantum information communications having different wavelengths and a multiplexer so configured as to separate the different quantum information communications generated by the quantum information server by their wavelength and to supply each communication to a respective user.
摘要:
A tunable laser cavity for selectively emitting laser light having a first wavelength and a second wavelength using pump light emitted by a pump light source. The tunable laser cavity includes an optical resonator, the optical resonator having a configuration, optical properties and dimensions such that a first round-trip time of the laser light having the first wavelength in the optical resonator differs from a second round-trip time of the laser light having the second wavelength in the optical resonator; a gain medium inserted in the optical resonator, the gain medium being responsive to the pump light for converting the pump light to the laser light; a pump light input port optically coupled to the gain medium for receiving the pump light and conveying the pump light to the gain medium; an optical intensity modulator inserted in the optical resonator for absorbing a portion of the laser light as the laser light propagates back and forth in the optical resonator, the optical intensity modulator having a light absorption coefficient that is modulated with a modulation period, the modulation period being selectively adjustable between a first modulation period value and a second modulation period value, the first and second round-trip times being substantially equal to a respective integer multiple of respectively the first and second modulation period values; and an output port for releasing the laser light from the optical resonator.
摘要:
An all-fiber optical depolarizer is provided in which polarized light is controllably injected into a polarization beam splitter at a 45° angle. The beam splitter is combined with a loop made of standard non-birefringent fiber through which one of the polarizations split by the beam splitter circulates. The loop has a length greater than the coherence length of the light source. The interaction of the beam splitter and the loop produces incoherent depolarized light at the output transmission port of the beam splitter.
摘要:
A tunable laser cavity for selectively emitting laser light having a first wavelength and a second wavelength using pump light emitted by a pump light source. The tunable laser cavity includes an optical resonator, the optical resonator having a configuration, optical properties and dimensions such that a first round-trip time of the laser light having the first wavelength in the optical resonator differs from a second round-trip time of the laser light having the second wavelength in the optical resonator; a gain medium inserted in the optical resonator, the gain medium being responsive to the pump light for converting the pump light to the laser light; a pump light input port optically coupled to the gain medium for receiving the pump light and conveying the pump light to the gain medium; an optical intensity modulator inserted in the optical resonator for absorbing a portion of the laser light as the laser light propagates back and forth in the optical resonator, the optical intensity modulator having a light absorption coefficient that is modulated with a modulation period, the modulation period being selectively adjustable between a first modulation period value and a second modulation period value, the first and second round-trip times being substantially equal to a respective integer multiple of respectively the first and second modulation period values; and an output port for releasing the laser light from the optical resonator.
摘要:
A Mach-Zehnder device including an input port, an output port, a substantially achromatic first coupling region optically connected to the input port and a substantially achromatic second coupling region optically connected to the output port. An intermediate region is optically connected to the first and second coupling regions. The intermediate region includes a first intermediate branch and a second intermediate branch. The first intermediate branch defines a phase shifting portion. The phase shifting portion, in turn, defines a phase shifting portion level of birefringence over the length of the phase shifting portion. The phase shifting portion level of birefringence is different that the level of birefringence prevailing over the remainder of the first intermediate branch. The birefringence differential between the phase shifting portion level of birefringence and the level of birefringence prevailing over the remainder of the first intermediate branch creates a polarization selective phase shift enabling the generally wavelength insensitive device to be used either as a coupler or splitter.