摘要:
There is provided a method and apparatus for measuring the optical properties of bulk samples. A probe laser beam is fed into the two arms of the apparatus, a reference arm and a measurement arm, both of which contain optical fiber to conduct the laser lights. The measurement arm includes a free space area for mounting a sample to be tested. The probe beam is directed into the sample in free space. The sample also receives light in free space, rather than via the optical fiber, from a second, pump laser. The interaction of the sample and the pump laser affect the optical properties of the sample. This change in optical properties can be detected by comparing the output signals from the measurement and reference arms.
摘要:
A polarization stabilizing device and method based on controlling the phase retardations of a pair of variable rotators with an optically interposed quarter-wave plate, with a controller such that the first of the variable rotators has its phase retardation switched between first and second values whenever the phase retardation of the second of the variable rotators reaches an upper or a lower limit. The upper and lower limits of the second rotator and the first and second values of the first rotator are chosen so that discontinuities in the power of the output optical radiation are avoided when the first variable rotator is switched, thereby providing endless polarization stabilization using rotators that themselves may have limited retardation ranges.
摘要:
Optical switch matrix having at least an input matrix port defining at least a row of the matrix, a plurality of output matrix ports defining columns of the matrix, a plurality of switching elements, each one being disposed at the intersection of at least one row and one of the columns. Each switch element in a predetermined position of the matrix, in an activated condition, connects an input matrix port to an output matrix port, the ports being correspondents respectively to the predetermined position of the matrix.
摘要:
A polarization stabilizing device and method based on controlling the phase retardation of a pair of variable phase retarders with a controller such that the first of the variable retarders has its phase retardation switched between first and second values whenever the phase retardation of the second of the variable retarders reaches an upper or a lower limit. The upper and lower limits of the second retarder and the first and second values of the first retarder are chosen so that discontinuities in the power of the output optical signal are avoided when the first variable retarder is switched, thereby providing endless polarization stabilization using phase retarders that themselves have only limited retardation ranges.
摘要:
A wavelength converter device is provided for generating a converted radiation at frequency ωg through interaction between at least one signal radiation at frequency ωs and at least one pump radiation at frequency ωp, including an input for the at least one signal radiation at frequency ωs, a pump light source for generating the at least one pump radiation at frequency ωp, an output for taking out the converted radiation at frequency ωg, a structure for transmitting the signal radiation, including two optical resonators having a non-linear material, having an optical length of at least 40*λ/2, λ being the wavelength of the pump radiation, and resonating at the pump, signal and converted frequencies ωp, ωs and ωg, wherein by propagating through the structure, the pump and signal radiation generate the converted radiation by non-linear interaction within the optical resonators.
摘要:
In an interferometer configuration, a retarder in the form of a half-wave plate (125) and a phase shifter in the form of a glass plate (120) are arranged in one arm (114). The phase shifter provides an optical path difference between the interferometer arms which needs to be greater than the coherence length of the input light to be polarization stabilized. A polarizer in the form of a linear polarizer (118) aligned at 45° to the half-wave plate is arranged across both interferometer arms (114 & 116). Polarization stabilization action is achieved by the retarder in combination with the polarizer. More specifically, for at least one input polarization state, the polarization states in the two interferometer arms are rendered orthogonal by the retarder, the polarizer being aligned to allow only one of the two orthogonal states to be transmitted, the other being absorbed. The device is expected to find application for WDM networks based on broadband sources, such as superluminescent diodes. The device is also expected to be useful for providing a front-end polarization stabilization of the signal supplied to optical elements that are sensitive to the polarization state of their input. Examples of such elements are semiconductor optical amplifiers, integrated optical splitters and electro-optical switches.
摘要:
A method of phase modulating optical radiation by the steps of phase modulating the optical radiation by using a modulator having an extinction ratio in order to provide a multilevel phase shift key signal, and applying to each optical pulse a phase-shift having an absolute value depending on the extinction ratio and a sign depending, for each of the optical pulses, on the respective optical phase value. An apparatus implementing the method is also disclosed.
摘要:
An optical device is provided for processing a digital optical signal in parallel and in free space. A device consistent with the invention provides for inputting a digital optical signal in guided propagation, converting the digital optical signal to n digital optical signals in guided propagation, and converting the n digital optical signals to n digital optical signals in free space. In addition, the invention provides for selecting a bit preselected from the at least one temporal series of n bits of each of the n digital optical signals, modifying optically, at least one bit of the spatial figure of the n bits, and outputting the at least one bit of the spatial figure of n bits.
摘要:
An optical communication system is disclosed. The optical communication system comprises an optical transmitter and a substantially circular multi-mode optical fiber. The optical transmitter comprises a generator of at least two free space circular vortices and comprises an optical element configured to receive the at least two free space circular vortices and to couple them to an input facet of the optical fiber. The optical fiber is configured to receive at the input facet the at least two free space circular vortices and is configured to generate therefrom at least two corresponding guided circular vortices having respective propagation constants, wherein the values of the propagation constants at a defined frequency are different each other.