Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
A hybrid type passively and actively mode-locked laser scheme is disclosed, in which not only the capability of producing ultra-short optical pulses by the conventional passively mode-locked optical fiber laser scheme is utilized, but also the repetition rate variation capability and the optical pulse synchronization capability of the conventional actively mode-locked laser scheme are utilized. Consequently, all the advantages of the two conventional laser schemes are obtained in the present invention. Specifically, two loops are coupled together, and one of the two loops consists of a non-linear amplifying loop of the existing passively mode-locked scheme, while the other loop includes an optical modulator and an optical gain medium for the loop to perform the function of an actively mode-locked scheme. Further the other loop includes a time delay line so as to adjust the laser oscillation repetition rate. The ultra-short optical pulses of the present invention will be applied to high speed time division multiplexed optical communication system, high speed optical signal processors, and ultrafast optical phenomenon studies.
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a tunable optical filtering system using fiber-optic polarimetric interferometer. The tunable optical filtering system using fiber-optic polarimetric interferometer in accordance with the present invention comprises a stabilization light source, a first polarization beam splitter, a first optical fiber node, a number of polarization maintaining optical fibers, a phase modulator, a stabilization electronics, a second optical fiber node, a second polarization beam splitter, and two wavelength division optical multiplexers. The stabilization light source supplies stabilization light. The first polarization beam splitter polarizes the stabilization light and the input light to be filtered and generates polarized light. The first optical fiber node connects the output of the first polarization beam splitter with polarization maintaining fibers with the angle of 45 degree between their birefringent axes and splits the polarized light. The number of polarization maintaining optical fibers carries the split light by the first optical fiber node. The phase modulator maintains phase difference between two birefringent axes of the polarization maintaining fibers. The stabilization electronics supply feedback signal to the phase modulator. The second optical fiber node connects the polarization maintaining fibers with the input of second polarization beam splitter with the angle of 45 degree between their birefringent axes, receives split light by said first optical fiber node, and generates interference signals. The second polarization beam splitter divides the interference signals into output signals by polarization axes. The wavelength division optical multiplexers divide the output signals into signals for the stabilization electronics and filtered signals by wavelengths.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a demultiplexer for generating a constant four-wave-mixing beam without regard to an input polarization state using a dispersion-shifted fiber that is a nonlinear material with high refractive index. A number of parts in conventional demultiplexer implementations, which are sensitive to input polarization state has been replaced with optical fibers of high polarization mode dispersion.
Abstract:
A fiber-optic address detector comprises fiber-optic delay lines on one surface of which a metal thin film is evaporated, the fiber-optic delay lines being connected in a melting state to fiber-optic couplers, wherein inputting address photonic signals are tapped by the inputting fiber-optic couplers, reflected by the metal thin films at the end portion of the fiber-optic delay line and then re-combined by the inputting fiber-optic coupler, whereby it can reduce the number of the fiber-optic coupler used in the conventional fiber-optic address detector to one half as well as obtain the same address detection effect.