Health Monitoring of Long-Haul Fiber Communication System Using Chaotic OTDR

A novel chaotic optical time-domain reflectometry(OTDR)-based approach was proposed for monitoring long-haul fiber communication systems with multiple fiber segments. The self-phase modulation and group velocity dispersion effects of the optical cable was considered in demonstrating the proof-of-concept experiment and simulation. In experiments, the correlation peaks are clearly obtained from the correlation trace between the reference and reflected(or scattered) light signals propagating in three optical-fiber segments. The technique affords a high spatial resolution of 2 m, and further long-haul fiber simulations indicate that the sensing distance can be more than 3300 km. Thus, the new proposed technique can be effectively applied for health monitoring of long-haul fiber communication systems.

Optimization of Spectral Inverters in Optical Fiber Communication Systems with Mid-Span Spectrum Inversion

In this paper, signal distortions caused by spectral inverters which are used in 10Gb/s optical fiber communication systems with mid span spectrum inversion in terms of dispersion shift fibers are analyed numerically. It is shown that there exist the optimal input signal power, fiber length and fiblter bandwidth for the spectral in verters. System transmission penalty can be minimized by optimizing these parameters.

Transmission Restriction and Suppression of Radio over Fiber Communication System

This article puts forward long-reach and high-performance Radio over Fiber (RoF) Communication Systems.Two schemes are proposed for solving the transmission restriction factors of the RoF system and verifies the system through experiments.One scheme is 40GHz RoF system based on external modulation with odd-order sideband-suppressed.The other one is 40GHz Optical Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system based on Optical Carrier-Suppression (OCS),external modulation.Both theory and experiment prove that the two systems allow not only low chromatic dispersion,but also long-distance transmission.

Polarization Jitters Caused by Fiber Nonlinearity in PM Optical Communication System

The phenomenon of polarization jitters caused by fiber nonlinearity is investigated. A general formula about the polarization jitter is concluded in polarization multiplexing (PM) system based on two orthogonal linear polarization states when the best polarization correction is used. A 100 Gb/s PM system based on NRZ code is investigated by simulation, and the Stocks parameter about polarization jitter and Poincare sphere diagrams are got for different power and phase difference of two orthogonal polarized light. The results show that the polarization jitters will be suppressed when the combined PM signal is the linear or circular polarization state.

Toward Low-Cost Flexible Intelligent OAM in Optical Fiber Communication Networks

Low-cost,flexible and intelligent optical performance monitoring and management is a key enabling technology for network quality guarantee,especially in the era of explosive growth of communication capacity and network scale.However,to the best of our knowledge,it is extremely challenging to implement real-time performance monitoring and operations,administration and maintenance(OAM) in a highly complex dynamic network.In this paper,we propose an innovative optical identification(OID) scheme that can realize both performance monitoring and some advanced OAM sub-functions.The basic concepts,applications,challenges and evolution directions of this OID tool are also discussed.

Detecting Threats of Acoustic Information Leakage Through Fiber Optic Communications

Information leaks through regular fiber optic communications is possible in the form of eavesdropping on conversations, using standard fiber optic communications as illegal measuring network. The threat of leakage of audio information can create any kind of irregular light emission, as well as regular light beams modulated at acoustic frequencies. For information protection can be used a means of sound insulation, filtration and noising. This paper discusses the technical possibilities of countering threats by monitoring the optical radiation to detect eavesdropping.

352-Gbit/s single line rate THz wired transmission based on PS-4096QAM employing hollow-core fiber

We successfully demonstrate 32-Gbaud Probabilistically Shaped 4096-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation(PS-4096QAM)TeraHertz(THz)signal wired transmission at 325 GHz over the 1-m Hollow-Core Fiber(HCF)in a photon-assisted THz-wave communication system.By employing advanced Digital Signal Processing(DSP)and the PS technique,the 352-Gbit/s line rate(288-Gbit/s net rate)delivery with a net Spectral Efficiency(SE)of 9 bit/s/Hz is realized in the experiment,satisfying the 0.86-Normalized Generalized Mutual Information(NGMI)Low-Density Parity-Check(LDPC)threshold.

Applied electric field to fabricate colloidal crystals with the photonic band-gap in communication waveband

The macropore silica colloidal crystal templates were assembled orderly in a capillary glass tube by an applied electric field method to control silica deposition. In order to achieve the photonic band gap （PBG） of colloidal crystal in optical communication waveband, the diameter of silica microspheres is selected by Bragg diffraction formula. An experiment was designed to test the bandgap of the silica crystal templates. This paper discusses the formation process and the close-packed fashion of the silica colloidal crystal templates was discussed. The surface morphology of the templates was also analyzed. The results showed that the close-packed fashion of silica array templates was face-centered cubic （FCC） structure： The agreement is very good between the experimental data and the theoretical calculation.

Discussion on the Integrated Communication System of Local Electric Power Network in China

This paper describes current situation and special requirements of local electric power communication network in China. The paper discusses the disadvantages of SDH and fiber loop carrier system applied to electric power communication network. It presents a new Communication System-IDS-2000 integrated digital communication system. The paper introduces the characteristics and application of IDS-2000 system in the local electric power communication network.

Density-matrix-formalism based scheme for polarization mode dispersion monitoring and compensation in optical fiber communication systems

We propose a density-matrix-formalism based scheme to study polarization mode dispersion(PMD)monitoring and compensation in optical fiber communication systems.Compared to traditional monitoring and compensation schemes based on the PMD vector in the Stokes space,the scheme we proposed requires no auxiliary matrices and can be handily extended to any higher-dimensional modal space,which is advantageous in mode-division multiplexing(MDM)systems.A 28 GBaud polarization division multiplexing quadrature phase-shift keying(PDM-QPSK)coherent simulation system is built to demonstrate that our scheme can implement the monitoring and compensation of 170 ps large differential-group-delay(DGD)that far exceeds the typical DGDs in practical optical communication systems.The results verify the effectiveness of the density-matrix-formalism based scheme in PMD monitoring and compensation,thus pave the way for further applications of the scheme in more general MDM optical communication systems.

Experimental demonstration of single-mode fiber coupling using adaptive fiber coupler

Coupling plane wave into a single-mode fiber （SMF） with high and steady coupling efficiency is crucial for fiber- based free-space laser systems, where random angular jitters are the main influencing factors of fiber coupling. In this paper, we verified a new adaptive-optic device named adaptive fiber coupler （AFC） which could compensate angular jitters and improve the SMF coupling efficiency in some degree. Experiments of SMF coupling under the angular jitter situation using AFC have been achieved. Stochastic parallel gradient descent （SPGD） algorithm is employed as the control strategy, of which the iteration rate is 625 Hz. In closed loop, the coupling efficiency keeps above 65% when angular errors are below 80/3tad. The compensation bandwidth is 35 Hz at sine-jitter of 15 ~rad amplitude with average coupling efficiency of above 60%. Also, experiments with simulated turbulence have been studied. The average coupling efficiency increases from 31.97% in open loop to 61.33% in closed loop, and mean square error （MSE） of coupling efficiency drops from 7.43% to 1.75%.

Design of Photonic Crystal Fiber Capable of Carrying Multiple Orbital Angular Momentum Modes Transmission

For the traditional photonic crystal fibers with circular air holes, rectangular air holes are added to the fiber cladding. The periodic arrangement of the inner rectangular air holes allows the fiber structure to better match the annular mode field distribution of the vortex beam. The fiber structure was analyzed and calculated by COMSOL Multiphysics 5.4 finite element software, and the characteristics of fiber were analyzed, such as the dispersion, confinement loss, effective mode area and nonlinear coefficient. The results reveal that the photonic crystal fiber structure capable of carrying 50 orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes at the wavelength of 1.15 to 2.0 μm (850 nm). The effective refractive index difference Δneff between vector modes can reach 1 × 10-3, and larger difference can effectively separate the vector modes and improve the transmission performance of OAM modes. Moreover, the fiber has good performance, such as flat dispersion distribution of the low-order modes, low confinement loss below 10-9 dB·m-1, large effective mode field area and small nonlinear coefficient in the 850 nm wavelength range. Therefore, this fiber structure can be applied to the high-capacity communication system of fiber multiplexing OAM. In addition, the good characteristics of this fiber structure are of great significance for the transmission of vortex beam in fiber.

Thulium-Doped Fiber Amplifier for Blue Light Signal Amplification

Fluoride-based thulium-doped visible light fiber amplifier(TmVLFA), which can be used to amplify the blue light signal for a visible light communication(VLC) system,is theoretically demonstrated for the first time according to the best of our knowledge. The transition rate equations and power propagation equations are solved to predict the dependence of the gain and noise figure on fiber parameters. The numerical results show that with the pump wavelength 1150 nm and pump power 800 mW, 2.75 m long thulium-doped fiber can amplify blue light(480 nm) signal up to 33.3 dB, and the noise figure is in the range from 3.0 to 3.5 dB. The model and numerical results encourage the use of fiber amplifier in VLC system for blue light amplification to extend the range of VLC.

Research on Additional Loss of Guidance Optical Fiber

The factors which cause additional losses of guidance optical fiber in wound state were analyzed.A mathematical model used to analyze the macro-bend losses in the cross region producing in the precision winding process was established.For an actual guidance optical fiber,the measured data of the fiber's additional losses under low temperature and the loss curves with radius were given in the paper.The simulation results were compared with the test data.It shows that the additional losses of optical fiber caused by bending and low temperature can meet the actual requirements of the fiber optical guidance system.The established model can be used to predict the change trend of fiber losses in the winding process with a certain tensile force.

FAST EVALUATION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBERS

This paper describes a method for fast engineering evaluation of the transmission characteristicsof single-mode optical fibers.A versatile microcomputer program is presented which can be utilized to ana-lyze mode field characteristics of single-mode fibers with arbitrary refractive index profiles.Our computationshows that the mathematical algorithm and the corresponding programs developeod in this paper are rela-tively simple and accurate enough for the engineenring design of single-mode fibers for optical communica-tion systems.

Impacts of operational parameters on nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser

The operational parameters including the polarization controlling and the pump power in a nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser are studied in this paper.The carrier rate equations of the activated erbium-doped fiber are first employed together with the nonlinear Shro¨dinger equations to reveal the relation between the operational parameters and the output state of the passively mode-locked fiber laser.The numerical and experimental results demonstrate that the output state of the mode-locked laser varies with the polarization controlling and the pump power.The periodicity of the polarization controlling is observed.With given pump power,there exists a set of polarization controlling under which the ultra-short pulse can be generated.With given polarization controlling,the mode-locked state can be maintained generally except for some particular values of pump power.Three shapes of the output optical spectra from the fiber cavity can be identified when the pump power changes.The results in this paper provide a comprehensive insight into the operation of the nonlinear polarization rotation-based passively mode-locked fiber laser.

Computationally Efficient Nonlinearity Compensation for Coherent Fiber-Optic Systems

Split-step digital backward propagation （DBP） can be combined with coherent detection to compensate for fiber nonlinear impairments. A large number of DBP steps is usually needed for a long-haul fiber system, and this creates a heavy computational load. In a trade-off between complexity and performance, interchannel nonlinearity can be disregarded in order to simplify the DBP algorithm. The number of steps can also be reduced at the expense of performance. In periodic dispersion-managed long-haul transmission systems, optical waveform distortion is dominated by chromatic dispersion. As a result, the nonlinearity of the optical signal repeats in every dispersion period. Because of this periodic behavior, DBP of many fiber spans can be folded into one span. Using this distance-folded DBP method, the required computation for a transoceanic transmission system with full inline dispersion compensation can be reduced by up to two orders of magnitude with negligible penalty. The folded DBP method can be modified to compensate for nonlinearity in fiber links with non-zero residua dispersion per span.

Design and Implementation of Optical Fiber Test Equipment

In order to meet the needs of the rapid development of optical fiber communication technology, combined with the thinking of the Internet of Things, a new idea of designing an optical fiber test equipment using Raspberry Pi is proposed. At the same time, the design of a multi-parameter measuring device for optical fiber signals based on Flask was completed.

Realization of quantum secure direct communication over 100 km fiber with time-bin and phase quantum states

Rapid progress has been made in quantum secure direct communication in recent years.For practical application,it is important to improve the performances,such as the secure information rate and the communication distance.In this paper,we report an elaborate physical system design and protocol with much enhanced performance.This design increased the secrecy capacity greatly by achieving an ultra-low quantum bit error rate of<0.1%,one order of magnitude smaller than that of existing systems.Compared to previous systems,the proposed scheme uses photonic time-bin and phase states,operating at 50 MHz of repetition rate,which can be easily upgraded to over 1 GHz using current on-the-shelf technology.The results of our experimentation demonstrate that the proposed system can tolerate more channel loss,from 5.1 dB,which is about 28.3 km in fiber in the previous scheme,to 18.4 dB,which corresponds to fiber length of 102.2 km.Thus,the experiment shows that intercity quantum secure direct communication through fiber is feasible with present-day technology.