Precise design of integrated diffractive optical mode converter for fiber-to-waveguide coupling

Integrated diffractive optical mode converter, consisting of a diffractive optical element (DOE) and a slab waveguide, is used for fiber-to-waveguide coupling. The phase of the DOE is generally designed by optimization algorithm. In this paper, the precise design, a new method with one more restrictive way, is adopted to design the diffractive optical mode converter for fiber-to-waveguide coupling. Through this method, the intensity of any point on the output plane is fully filled with the required demand. Compared with what previously published, the coupling loss of the precise designed converter is lower.

Multi-coupler side-pumped Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser

The side-coupler of angle polished method, using angle-polished multimode fiber and optical adhesive, is used to efficiently pump an Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser. The maximum coupling efficiency of 78.6% is achieved by the side-coupler for a multimode fiber with a circular core of 200μm and a double-clad fiber with a 350/400μm D-shaped inner cladding. While laser diodes (LDs) with three side-couplers are simultaneously used as pump sources, maximum output power of 1.38 W and slope efficiency of 48.9% are demonstrated in the fiber laser system.

Stable single frequency Er-doped all-fiber ring laser with fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot filter

Using a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and a Fabry-Perot cavity composed of two fiber Bragg gratings (FBGFP) as its frequency-selective components, a type of single frequency all-fiber ring laser permits oscillation only on one longitudinal mode of the main cavity without modehopping while the cavity length can be up to tens of meters. The salient feature is due to the single narrowband resonance of the FBGFP filter. Such a fiber ring laser is achieved experimentally, and the laser mode is limited inside the single resonance of the FBGFP.

Numerical analysis of multicore photonic crystal fibers

A Galerkin's method-based numerical procedure is extended to obtain the modal field distribution of multicore photonic crystal fibers for the first time to our knowledge, which can reveal how the air hole size influences the mode coupling and how the coupling strength varies with wavelength. These results will be helpful in the future design of multicore photonic crystal fibers with proper guidance properties.

Fiber-coupled diode end-pumped Q-switched Tm,Ho:YLiF_4 laser

At liquid-nitrogen temperature, at 10-kHz pulse repetition rate, Q-switched 36-ns pulses with average output power of 4 W at 2.05 μm and 4.5-W continuous wave output power with a total optical-optical conversion efficiency of 30%, were achieved from a 6% Tm, 0.5% Ho:YLiF4 laser. This laser was end-pumped by a fiber-coupled laser diode emitting up to 15 W around 792 nm. The 1-m-long optical fiber carrying the pump radiation has a core diameter of 700 μm with a numerical aperture of 0.22.

Characteristics of light polarization in magneto-optic fiber Bragg gratings with linear birefringence

The coupling between guided optical waves in magneto-optic fiber Bragg gratings （MFBGs） with linear birefringence is investigated using the eigen-mode and coupled-mode approaches. The relationship between the polarization-dependent loss （PDL） and the eigen states of polarization （SOPs） in the MFBGs is discussed. Only the MFBCs with low linear birefringence are applied to the peak PDL-based magnetic field measurement, after which the linear dynamic range is determined using the relative magnitude of linear and magnetically induced circular birefringence. In this letter, a theoretical model is presented to explain the experimental results and help develop novel MFBG-based devices.

All solid-state passively Q-switched frequency-doubled intra-cavity Nd:GdVO_4/KTP laser

In this paper, laser frequency-double and passive Q-switching are studied. The optimum coupling at endpump and optimum design of resonator are also investigated. The maximum output power of TEMoo is 1.68 W at 1.06-μm wavelength. Optic-optic conversion efficiency is 48.6%, and the slope efficiency is 56.3%. The maximum output of greeh light is 0.235 W. The smallest pulse-width of green light is 27.42 ns, optic-optic conversion efficiency of green light is 7%, and beam quality factor M^2 〈 1.2. Thermal lens effect is discussed.

A Heterodyne Interferometer with Separated Beam Paths for High-Precision Displacement and Angular Measurements

As standard concepts for precision positioning within a machine reach their limits with increasing measurement volumes,inverse concepts are a promising approach for addressing this problem.The inverse principle entails other limitations,as for high-precision positioning of a sensor head within a large measurement volume,three four-beam interferometers are required in order to measure all necessary translations and rotations of the sensor head and reconstruct the topography of the reference system consisting of fixed mirrors in the x-,y-,and z-directions.We present the principle of a passive heterodyne laser interferometer with consequently separated beam paths for the individual heterodyne frequencies.The beam path design is illustrated and described,as well as the design of the signal-processing and evaluation algorithm,which is implemented using a System-On-a-Chip with an integrated FPGA,CPU,and A/D converters.A streamlined bench-top optical assembly was set up and measurements were carried out to investigate the remaining non-linearities.Additionally,reference measurements with a commercial homodyne interferometer were executed.

Design of two-dimensional apodized grating couplers with Gaussian diffractive mode

Two-dimensional apodized grating couplers are proposed with grating grooves realized by a series of nano- rectangles, with the feasibility of digital tailoring the equivalent refractive index of each groove in order to obtain the Gaussian output diffractive mode in order to enhance the coupling efficiency to the optical fiber. According to the requirement of leakage factor distribution for a Gaussian output profile, the corresponding effective re- fractive index of the grating groove, duty cycle, and period are designed according to the equivalent medium theory. The peak coupling efficiency of 93.1% at 1550 nm and 3 dB bandwidth of 82 nm are achieved.