布里渊光时域分析传感器中光偏振控制技术的研究

普通单模光纤的布里渊光频移是光纤温度和应变的函数,可利用布里渊光时域分析(BOTDA)技术来测量光纤各点的温度、应变分布情况。但受激布里渊散射信号在光纤中存在偏振相关性问题,这会影响信号的精度和准确性。本文实验研究正交偏振控制和随机偏振控制技术抑制布里渊光时域分析系统的偏振相关性,优化BOTDA系统的检测性能。

读出光偏振态控制的Ce:KNSBN光折变开关

理论分析了以读出光偏振态控制Ce:KNSBN晶体衍射光强从而实现光折变光开关操作的基本原理:在o光和e光读出条件下实验测量了o光两波耦合写入体光栅的衍射效率与写入光光强比的关系。结果表明,e光读出时最大光栅衍射效率为o光读出的13.6倍;e光读出与o光读出衍射效率之比随写入光强比的变化近似为一常数;Ce:KNSBN晶体具有良好的开关性能。

Enhanced Deflection of Light Ray by Atomic Ensemble on Coherent Population Oscillation

In recent experiments [e.g., Nature Physics 2 （2006） 332], the enhanced light deflection in an atomic ensemble due to inhomogeneous fields is demonstrated by the electromagneticaJly induced transparency （EIT） based mechanism. In this paper, we explore a different mechanism for the similar phenomenon of the enhanced light deflection. This mechanism is based on the coherent population oscillation, which leads to the hole burning in the absorption spectrum. The medium causing the deflection of probe light is an ensemble of two-level atoms manipulated by a strong controlled field on the two photon resonances. In the large detuning condition, the response of the medium to the pump field and signal field is obtained with steady state approximation. And it is found that after the probe field travels across the medium, the signal ray bends due to the spatial-dependent profile of the control beam.

A switchable and tunable ytterbium-doped fiber ring laser with a Sagnac loop mirror

A switchable and tunable ytterbium-doped fiber ring laser(YDFL) is reported and demonstrated. Employing a Sagnac loop mirror fabricated by an 85-cm-long polarization-maintaining fiber(PMF), the proposed YDFL can operate with stable dual-wavelength lasing or tunable single-wavelength lasing around 1 064 nm. Both stable dual-wavelength lasing and tunable single-wavelength lasing are achieved by adjusting a polarization controller in the Sagnac loop mirror. The experimental results show that the output of the proposed fiber laser with two different operation modes is rather stable at room temperature.

Chaotic generation based on figure-of-eight erbium-doped fiber laser with an optical fiber ring

We experimentally demonstrate the chaotic generation in a figure-of-eight erbium-doped fiber laser (F8L) with an optical fiber ring (OFR). With an appropriate combination of polarization controllers, we find that the fiber laser exhibits period-doubling route to chaos, and the chaotic self-synchronous dynamics has a tendency to be reduced significantly. The experimental results show the tendency is related to the interference and the nonlinear phase shift of light in the optical fiber ring. Meanwhile, the chaotic dynamics is related to the polarization state and pump power.

A widely tunable microwave photonic notch filter with adjustable bandwidth based on multi-wavelength fiber laser

A widely tunable microwave photonic notch filter with adjustable bandwidth based on multi-wavelength fiber laser is proposed and demonstrated. The multi-wavelength fiber laser generates the multi-taps of the microwave photonic filter （MPF）. In order to obtain notch frequency response, a Fourier-domain optical processor （FD-OP） is introduced to con- trol the amplitude and phase of the optical carrier and phase modulation sidebands. By adjusting the polarization con- troller （PC）, different numbers of taps are got, such as 6, 8, 10 and 121 And the wavelength-spacing of the multi-wavelength laser is 0.4 nm. The bandwidth of the notch filter is changed by adjusting the number of taps and the corresponding bandwidths are 4.41 GHz, 3.30 GHz, 2.64 GHz and 2.19 GHz, respectively. With the additional phase shift introduced by FD-OP, the notch position is continuously ttmed in the whole free spectral range （FSR） of 27.94 GHz. The center frequency of the notch filter can be continuously tuned from 13.97 GHz to 41.91 GHz.

Control of Spontaneous Emission via a Single Elliptically Polarized Light in a Five-Level Atomic System

We investigate the features of the spontaneous emission spectra in a cold five-level atomic system coupled by a single elliptically polarized control field. We use wave function approach to derive the explicit and analytical expressions of atomic spontaneous emission spectra. It is shown that some interesting phenomena such as spectralline enhancement, spectral-line suppression, spectral-line narrowing, spectral-line splitting and dark fluorescence can be observed in the spectra by appropriately modulating the phase difference between the right-hand circularly (LHC) and left-hand circularly (RHC) polarized components of the elliptically polarized control field and the intensity of external magnetic field. The number of emission peaks, the positions of fluorescence-quenching points can be also controlled. Furthermore, we propose an ultracold 87Rb atomic system for experimental observation. These investigations may find applications in high-precision spectroscopy.

A microwave photonic filter based on multi-wavelength fiber laser and infinite impulse response

A microwave photonic filter(MPF) based on multi-wavelength fiber laser and infinite impulse response(IIR) is proposed. The filter uses a multi-wavelength fiber laser as the light source, two sections of polarization maintaining fiber(PMF) and three polarization controllers(PCs) as the laser frequency selection device. By adjusting the PC to change the effective length of the PMF, the laser can obtain three wavelength spacings, which are 0.44 nm, 0.78 nm and 1.08 nm, respectively. And the corresponding free spectral ranges(FSRs) are 8.46 GHz, 4.66 GHz and 3.44 GHz, respectively. Thus changing the wavelength spacing of the laser can make the FSR variable. An IIR filter is introduced based on a finite impulse response(FIR) filter. Then the 3-d B bandwidth of the MPF is reduced, and the main side-lobe suppression ratio(MSSR) is increased. By adjusting the gain of the radio frequency(RF) signal amplifier, the frequency response of the filter can be enhanced.