摘要:
The optical fiber is doped at the core thereof with Tm ions and Nd ions. When light at a wavelength in a 800-nm band for exciting the Nd ions, is incident upon the optical fiber through an incident portion thereof, the Nd ions emit light at a wavelength in the vicinity of 1,012 .mu.m. Through three excitations by absorption of light emitted from the Nd ions and/or energy transfer from the Nd ions, the Tm ions experience three excitation transitions and reach a third high energy level through first and second high energy levels. Thereafter, the Tm ions experience a radiative transition from the third high energy level, thereby to emit blue light at a wavelength of 480 nm.
摘要:
A first pumping beam at a wavelength of 1210 nm emitted from a first pumping source is focused by a first lens system on an optical fiber. A second pumping beam at a wavelength of 650 nm emitted from a second pumping source passes through a coupler and a second lens system and arrives at the optical fiber to be incident thereon. Tm ions with which a core portion of the optical fiber is doped sequentially experience a ground-state level absorption transition upon absorption of the first pumping beam, an excited-state level absorption transition to an upper laser level upon absorption of the second pumping beam, and a radiative transition from the upper laser level to a ground-state level, thereby emitting light at a wavelength of 460 to 500 nm. The light at a wavelength of 460 to 500 nm emitted from the Tm ions is resonated by a resonator consisting of an incident mirror and an emitting mirror and outputted as a laser beam.
摘要:
The effective rate of deactivation from the terminal state to the ground state of a rare earth ion doped optical material in a four-level amplifying or lasing scheme may be increased greatly by doping the optical material with two rare earth ions, an activator and a deactivator. Energy transfer occurs between the terminal state in the activator ion and the deactivator ion. The transition from the deactivator to the ground state occurs via phonon emission. By increasing the deactivation rate, the efficiency of the laser and the amplifier is increased.
摘要:
A core of a fluorozirconate optical fiber is doped with rare earth ions, namely trivalent Dy ions. The Dy ion makes an absorption transition with excitation light generated by an 800 nm semiconductor laser module. Then the Dy ion undergoes transitions, namely a nonradiative transition involving phonon emission, a transition to a metastable excited level, and a radiative transition wherein radiation corresponding to the 1.28 .mu.m to 1.35 .mu.m range occurs, thereafter returning to its ground state level. The Dy ion having an electrovalence of three can be pumped with a high-output 800 nm semiconductor laser module and is not subject to saturation at a lower energy level of population inversion. Using an optical fiber of the invention, a higher gain is obtained in the region of 1.3 .mu.m telecommunications window.
摘要:
The optical device of the present invention includes a substrate, at least one first groove formed on the substrate, an optical fiber placed in the first groove, and at least one second groove diagonally formed across the optical fiber. Furthermore, the optical device includes an optical member inserted in the second groove, having a surface which reflects or diffracts at least a part of light propagating through the optical fiber. A photodetector is placed at a position where light which is reflected or diffracted by the optical member is received. As a result, an miniaturized optical device having a low loss and high reliability can be provided at low cost.
摘要:
An analog transmission system for transmitting a multi-channel analog signal including plural carrier signals having different frequencies, comprises: a laser unit responsive to the multi-channel analog signal for emitting laser light signal intensity-modulated by the multi-channel analog signal, the laser unit having an oscillation wavelength W1; an optical fiber amplifier for amplifying the laser light signal with a peak gain at a wavelength W2; an optical fiber for transmitting the amplified laser light; and an optical receiver for receiving the transmitted laser light and for converting the received laser light into an electric signal as an output. In this system, a total distortion characteristic of the laser unit is compensated by distortions developed in the optical fiber amplifier.
摘要:
The fiber amplifier of this invention includes: a first rare earth element doped fiber; a second rare earth element doped fiber; and a pump light source for generating pump light for exciting the first rare earth element doped fiber and the second rare earth element doped fiber, the fiber amplifier receiving analog signal light and amplifying the analog signal light, wherein the fiber amplifier further includes a directional transmitter disposed between the first rare earth element doped fiber and the second rare earth element doped fiber, and a transmittance of the directional transmitter for at least light having the same wavelength as the signal light propagating from the first rare earth element doped fiber to the second rare earth element doped fiber is larger than a transmittance of the directional transmitter for the light propagating from the second rare earth element doped fiber to the first rare earth element doped fiber.
摘要:
The optical fiber amplifier of the invention includes: a rare earth element doped optical fiber, and a pump light generator for optically pumping the rare earth element doped optical fiber. The optical fiber amplifier further includes a reflector for selectively reflecting an optical signal input from an input end of the rare earth element doped optical fiber to the input end, so as to give a gain to the optical signal.
摘要:
An optical fiber amplifier for optically amplifying a plurality of signals having different wavelengths includes a series of rare earth doped optical fibers and at least one pump light source generating pump light for exciting the series of rare earth doped optical fibers. A first signal among the plurality of signals propagates through a part of the series of rare earth doped optical fibers, and a second signal among the plurality of signals propagates through all of the series of rare earth doped optical fibers.
摘要:
The optical fiber amplifier includes a rare earth doped optical fiber and a pumping light source for outputting pumping light for pumping the rare earth doped optical fiber, the optical fiber amplifier optically amplifying signal light received at an input end and outputting the amplified signal light from an output end, wherein the optical fiber amplifier further includes an optical fiber resonator for laser-oscillating a portion of light of spontaneous emission generated in the rare earth doped optical fiber, which has a wavelength shorter than the wavelength of the signal light, thereby to keep a gain substantially fixed independent of a variation in the wavelength of the signal light.