Real-Time 4-Mode MDM Transmission Using Commercial 400G OTN Transceivers and All-Fiber Mode Multiplexers

Weakly-coupled mode division multiplexing(MDM)technique is considered a promising candidate to enhance the capacity of an optical transmission system,in which mode multiplexers/demultiplexers(MMUX/MDEMUX)with low insertion loss and modal crosstalk are the key components.In this paper,a low-modal-crosstalk 4-mode MMUX/MDEMUX for the weakly-coupled triple-ring-core few-mode fiber(TRC-FMF)is designed and fabricated with side-polishing processing.The measurement results show that a pair of MMUX/MDEMUX and 25 km weakly-coupled TRC-FMF MDM link achieve low modal crosstalk of lower than−17.5 dB and insertion loss of lower than 11.56 dB for all the four modes.Based on the TRC-FMF and all-fiber MMUX/MDEMUX,an experiment for 25 km real-time 4-mode 3-λwavelength division multiplexing(WDM)-MDM transmission is conducted using commercial 400G optical transport network(OTN)transceivers.The experimental results prove weakly-coupled MDM techniques facilitate a smooth upgrade of the optical transmission system.

Calculation of the Coupling Coefficient of Twin-Core Fiber Based on the Supermode Theory with Finite Element Method

Currently, coupled mode theory (CMT) is widely used for calculating the coupling coefficient of twin-core fibers (TCFs) that are used in a broad range of important applications. This approach is highly accurate for scenarios with weak coupling between the cores but shows significant errors in the strong coupling scenarios, necessitating the use of a more accurate method for coupling coefficient calculations. Therefore, in this work, we calculate the coupling coefficients of TCFs using the supermode theory with finite element method (FEM) that has higher accuracy than CMT, particularly for the strong coupling TCF. To investigate the origin of the differences between the results obtained by these two methods, the modal field distributions of the supermodes of TCF are simulated and analyzed in detail.

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%.

Relationship between rheological manufacturing process and optical performance of optical fiber coupler

Through theoretical analysis and experiments, the viscoelastic mechanical model of optical fiber coupler in the process of fused biconical taper was established, and the numerical analysis in non-uniform temperature field was made. The results show that the rheological parameters, such as drawing speed and fused temperature, have a tremendous influence on stress distribution and performance of optical fiber coupler, especially the influence of fused temperature. The change of fused temperature by 5℃ can lead to the change of the maximum stress by 30% and stress difference by 20% in the same cross section. The change of temperature gradient by 3% can result in the change of stress difference by 90%. In the present condition of rheological technology, rheological defects such as crystallizations and microcracks are easy to generate in the optical fiber coupler.

Experimental measurement and numerical analysis of fused taper shape for optical fiber coupler

To find out the effect of the shape of fused taper region on the optical fiber coupler, the fiber couplers were fabricated at different drawing speeds with a six-axes fiber coupler machine. The results, which were obtained fi＇om the shape of fused taper region measured with microscope, show that there is a close correlation between the cone angle and optical performance of fiber coupler. High-performance fiber coupler cannot be obtained until rheological shape is controlled accurately. The numerical analysis model, which was built based on generalized Maxwell viscoelastic theory, is resolved with ANSYS software. The calculated results accord with the experimental data. It can apply a theoretic basis for forecasting the shape of fiber coupler fabricated under the conditions of different technological parameters.

Novel manufacturing method of optical fiber coupler

Based on the coupling mode theory that the coupling ratio of fiber coupler changes periodically with center distance of two optical fibers, a novel manufacturing method of optical fiber couplers was developed with fused biconical taper experimental system. Its fabrication process is that the fiber is fused but not stretched when light begins to split, and the reduction of diameter of fiber is dependent on the theological characteristic of the fused fiberglass. The performance of the coupler was tested. The results show that the performance of the novel optical fiber coupler meets the performance expectations, and its diameter of coupling region （about 30 μm） is twice as long as that of classical fused biconical taper coupler （about 16 μm）, so the default, that is, the device is easy to fracture, is restrained and the reliability is greatly improved.

Visible-light all-fiber vortex lasers based on mode selective couplers

We demonstrate visible-light all-fiber vortex lasers by incorporating the home-made mode selective couplers (MSCs). The MSC at green or red wavebands is fabricated by specially designing and fusing a single-mode fiber (SMF) and a few-mode fiber (FMF). The MSCs inserted into visible fiber cavities act as power splitters and mode converters from the LP01 to LP11 mode at green and red wavelengths, respectively. The red-light all-fiber vortex laser is formed by a 10-cm Pr3+/Yb3+:ZBLAN fiber, a fiber Bragg grating, a fiber end-facet mirror and the MSC at 635 nm, which generates vortex beams with OAM±1 at 634.4 nm and an output power of 13 mW. The green-light all-fiber vortex laser consists of a 12-cm Ho3+:ZBLAN fiber, two fiber pigtail mirrors, and the MSC at 550 nm, which generates vortex beams with OAM±1 at 548.9 nm and an output power of 3 mW.

Structure analysis of optical fiber coupler with infrared spectrometry

To obtain excellent performance optical fiber couplers, the structural difference of SiO2 in couplers with different manufacturing techniques was investigated. With 740-FT-IR infrared spectrometric analyzer, the infrared absorption spectrum of SiO2 in couplers at different drawing velocities was measured, and two characteristic peaks in the wavenumber range of 6502000 cm-1 were observed. One characteristic peak is at about 943 cm-1, which is （attributed） to Si—O—Si bond asymmetric stretching vibration, the other is at about 773 cm-1, which is attributed to （Si—O—Si） bond symmetric stretching vibration. From the infrared spectrum, it is found that the intensity and wavenumber of the characteristic peaks are related to the manufacturing technique of couplers. The characteristic peak at （about） 943 cm-1 becomes steeper when increasing the drawing velocity. At the drawing velocity of 150 μm/s, the distance between the two characteristic peaks is maximum, and then the optical fiber coupler has excellent performance, indicating that the performance of the optical fiber coupler has a close relationship with the wavenumber of the two characteristic peaks.

Effect of technological parameters on optical performance of fiber coupler

To find out the influence of technological parameters on optical performance of fused optical fiber device, the fiber coupler was served as subject investigated by using the fused biconical taper machining as experimental setup. Fused fiber coupler's optical performances such as insertion loss, excess loss, directivity and uniformity were tested with the optical test system that was constituted of tunable laser and optical spectrum analyzer. Especially the relationship between optical performance and drawing speed was investigated. The experimental results show that the optical performance is closely related to process conditions. At fused temperature of 1 200 ℃, there exists a drawing speed of 150 μms, which makes the device's performance optimum. Out of this speed region, the optical performance drops quickly. At drawing speed of 200 μms, the excess loss is relatively small when the fused temperature is above 1 200 ℃. So the technological parameters have close relationship with optical performance of the coupler, and the good performance coupler can't get until the drawing speed and fused temperature match accurately.

Low Cost Acrylic-Based 1×2 Asymmetric Plastic Optical Fiber Coupler for Optical Code Generating Devices

An optical code generating device has been developed based on a 1×2 asymmetric plastic optical fiber （POF） coupler. The code generating device provides a unique series of output power which are successively used as an optical code in a portable optical access-card system. The device utilizing a tap-off ratio （TOFR） technique based on a simple variation of the tap width of an asymmetric Y-branch splitter, allows various ratios of optical power to be generated. The POF coupler has been fabricated using low cost acrylic material and computer numerical control （CNC） machining technique. The simulated and fabricated results show the same linear characteristics between the TOFR and the tap width. The fabricated device enables a variation of the TOFR from 10% up to 50% for a tap width of 500 um to 1 mm.

基于对称光纤模式选择耦合器的多波长高阶横模光纤激光器

提出并实现了一种基于对称光纤模式选择耦合器和单模-少模-单模光纤滤波器的环形腔高阶横模光纤激光器,获得了多波长、高纯度的LP11模式激光输出。实验结果表明,该激光器可以稳定地工作在单波长、双波长、三波长和四波长状态,对应的LP11模式激光纯度分别为97.60%、97.54%、97.34%和97.19%。对称光纤模式选择耦合器制造工艺简单,性能稳定,为高阶横模光纤激光的获得提供了一种新的可选方案,在光通信、光传感等领域具有潜在的应用价值。

百兆赫兹重频的轨道角动量模式飞秒光纤激光器

轨道角动量(orbital angular momentum,OAM)模式激光器在大容量通信系统、激光加工、微粒子操作、量子光学领域研究有潜在应用价值.OAM模式飞秒光纤激光器具有结构简单、成本低、峰值功率高等优势而被重点研究.当前OAM模式飞秒光纤激光器在重复频率、脉冲宽度、光谱宽度等关键参数上分别都有突破,但性能难以兼得,且重复频率目前在数十MHz.本文基于模式相位匹配原理,制作了大带宽的模式耦合器,结合非线性偏振旋转锁模机理,通过优化腔内的色散,搭建了百兆赫兹重复频率的OAM模式飞秒光纤激光器.实验结果表明,一阶OAM模式光纤激光器的重复频率可达113.6 MHz,脉冲半高全宽98 fs,10 d B带宽可达101 nm;二阶OAM模式光纤激光器的重复频率可达114.9 MHz,脉冲半高全宽60 fs,10 d B带宽可达100 nm.相对于已报道的方案,本文报道的方案在重复频率、脉宽和光谱宽度等关键参数上综合性能较好,有望更广泛地应用于OAM通信、粒子操控等研究领域.

High coupling efficiency and low signal light loss(2+1)×1 coupler

The coupling efficiency of the pump coupler determines the pump light injection capacity of a laser system. Experi- mental analysis of the influences of different factors on the pump coupling efficiency is in accordance with this conclusion. We use two Nufern fibers （400 Ixrn/440 p.m with NA = 0.22） as pump arm, one Nufern fiber （20 μm/400 μm with NA = 0.06/0.46） as a main fiber to make a side-pumping （2 ＋ 1） × 1 coupler. The experimental result shows that the total output power of this （2 ＋ 1） × 1 coupler is about 1160 W, corresponding to a coupling efficiency as high as 98.6%. The loss of signal light is less than 1%.

Periodic Modulation of Nonlinearity in a Two-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber: A Numerical Investigation

We present a numerical investigation of the propagation and the switching of ultra-short pulses (100 fs) in a two-core nonlinear coupler of photonic crystal fibers constructed with periodically modulated the non-linearity fiber (PMNL-PFC). Our simulations are taking into account different amplitude and frequency modulations of the PMNL-PFC. A coupler for coupling whose length is Lc = 1.8 cm, the transmission characteristics, the compression factor, the crosstalk (Xtalk) and extinction ratio (Xratio) levels of the first order solitons were studied for low to high pump energies considering 2Lc. By an analysis on the reference channel (channel 2), it is observed that at low modulation frequencies an increase occurs in the switching power increasing transmission efficiency. For high modulation frequencies, the transmitted energy efficiency loses. The switching pulses are stronger for low frequency and high amplitude modulation. The Xtalk is a function of the measurement made on the secondary channel (channel 1). It was observed that this unwanted high-frequency energy increases to lessen the measure of the amplitude modulation. In summary, we have demonstrated that introduction of a non-linearity profile takes the periodically modulated PMNL-PFC to strong variations at transmission efficiency, Xtalk, Xratio a function of frequency and modulation amplitude and the input power.

High-frequency fused high-voltage arc tapering process power supply for of fiber

The performance of the optical fiber coupler prepared with fused biconical taper method is determined by the quality of fused stretching. Besides, the stable high-temperature heat source is the essential guarantee for fused stretching process to go smoothly. The way of using AC （alternating current） arc as the heat source is proposed in this article. In addition, the paper also introduces high-frequency high-voltage power supply with the characteristics of constant current and restricted voltage, which is composed of preceding voltage regulation part and following inverter.

Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Michelson Interferometer

A new Michelson interferometer based on fiber Bragg grating（FBG） is demonstrated. FBCs are used as reflectors, and the laser is replaced by a broadband source as input light in this interferometer. To demodulate the signals, a 3 × 3 coupler is used as a splitter. By combining with software demodulation, the outer interference can be obtained from the outputs of the interferometer. This kind of interferometer can also be wavelength-multiplexed easily by composing a series Michelson interferometer. The experiment results show that the clear interference fringe can be obtained by adjusting the path difference to make it less than interference length of FBG. The signals are also demodulated.

Trichromatic Optical Fiber Radiation Thermometer

The study on trichromatic optical fiber radiation thermometers is especially useful for the non-contact accurate temperature measurement of those materials with the emissivities changing dramatically with wavelength.On the basis of the trichromatic thermometry principle,the operation wavelengths of the thermometer are selected properly so as to compensate the emissivity influence on measurement result effectively. Using 1×3 branching fiber coupler and narrow band filter significantly improves the instrument reliability.The instrument is self-calibrated,multi -functional and easy touse due to the embodied microcontroller and some other techniques.

2.856 GHz microwave signal extraction from mode-locked Erfiber lasers with sub-100 femtosecond timing jitter

A balanced optical microwave phase detector(BOMPD) based on a 3 × 3 coupler is presented. This system was developed to extract ultra-low-jitter microwave signals from optical pulse trains emitted by mode-locked Er-fiber lasers, and synchronized microwave and laser systems. We demonstrate that the BOMPD achieves a precision of synchronization of less than 100 femtosecond of timing jitter. The experimental setup can be applied to the soft X-ray free-electron laser located on the campus of the Shanghai synchrotron radiation facility. A microwave signal with a 2.856 GHz frequency is extracted from a238 MHz mode-locked Er-laser, with an absolute timing jitter of 34 fs in the 10 Hz–10 MHz frequency offset range.In addition, the microwave and 238 MHz optical pulse signals are synchronized with a relative timing jitter of16 fs at the same frequency offset range.

一种基于3×3光纤耦合器的激光波长测量方法

针对现有激光波长测量方法复杂、成本高、缺乏普遍适用性的问题,提出了一种基于3×3光纤耦合器的激光波长测量方法,理论推导了测量方法的基本原理,并搭建了激光波长实验测试验证系统。利用光纤延时线(FDL)改变干涉仪测量臂的传输时延,采用现场可编程逻辑门阵列(FPGA)采样得到该时延变化量对应的干涉信号条纹半周期数,根据半周期数与时延差之间的关系,计算出待测激光波长。实验测试结果表明:当用该测量方法测量出激光波长分别为1310.84、1550.78 nm时,使用光谱仪测得的激光波长分别为1310.56、1550.63 nm,两者结果几近一致。

针对3×3耦合器幅相非对称的光纤水听器解调方法

基于3×3耦合器法的光纤水听器解调容易受耦合器分光比非理想对称特性影响,导致水听器解调结果及测量信号不准确。为解决实际中3×3耦合器普遍存在的幅度、相位非对称引入的解调偏差问题,提出基于微分交叉相乘的干涉信号幅度和相位修正解调方法。通过对三路非对称干涉信号进行两两最小二乘椭圆拟合,得到干涉信号的实际幅度和相位参数,经去直流、归一化消除幅度不对称,并将所得包含非对称相位信息的信号两两微分交叉相乘,经三角函数变换解算信号相位及其修正系数,从而实现对光纤水听器输出信号的准确解调。仿真对比了本文方法和仅考虑幅度非对称情况的解调结果,并分析比较了两种处理方法随声信号频率、幅值变化的解调误差,前者得到接近理想信号波形的解调结果和更小的解调误差。依托消声水池开展了光纤水听器解调实验,在5~30 kHz频率范围对解调方法进行了对比验证,证明了本文解调方法的有效性和稳定性。