A method based on the wavelet transform is proposed for processing white light Interferograms from optical fiber interferometers.With this method,the envelope and the zero optical path difference(ZOPD) of white light ...A method based on the wavelet transform is proposed for processing white light Interferograms from optical fiber interferometers.With this method,the envelope and the zero optical path difference(ZOPD) of white light interferograms are obtained with high accuracy.The results agree well with those obtained by the method of center of gravity.Reasons for the insensitivity to noises of this method are discussed.The method is expected to be useful when processing white light interferograms from optical fiber interferometers,especially with low signal-to-noise ratio.展开更多
A new scheme based on SOA-MZI for all-optical 2R regeneration is proposed. The characteristics of gain and switching window of this device are investigated in detail. Numerical simulation results indicate that the non...A new scheme based on SOA-MZI for all-optical 2R regeneration is proposed. The characteristics of gain and switching window of this device are investigated in detail. Numerical simulation results indicate that the nonlinear gain compression, the time delay between the input optical signal and the width of the optical pulse are essential parameters for a good performance of all-optical 2R regeneration.展开更多
A flat response silica-based arrayed waveguide grating （AWG） with 10-channels and 0.8 nm （100 GHz） channel spacing has been designed and fabricated using multimode interferometer （MMI） at the end of input wavegu...A flat response silica-based arrayed waveguide grating （AWG） with 10-channels and 0.8 nm （100 GHz） channel spacing has been designed and fabricated using multimode interferometer （MMI） at the end of input waveguide. Proper width of MMI is theoretically optimized using beam propagation method （BPM）. An AWG with a 1 6 um width MMI is fabricated experimentally. The measurement results show that the 3 clB bandwidth is 0.62 nm,insertion loss （IS） ranges from 5.2 dB to 7.5 dB,and the crosstalk is less than - 20 dB. The 3dB bandwidth,channel numbers and channel spacing of the AWG agree well with the simulation values.展开更多
A microwave photonic filter(MPF) with variable coefficient is proposed and demonstrated, which is constructed by a multi-wavelength fiber laser and Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI). Through changing the slope characte...A microwave photonic filter(MPF) with variable coefficient is proposed and demonstrated, which is constructed by a multi-wavelength fiber laser and Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI). Through changing the slope characteristics of Mach-Zehnder interference spectrum adjusted by optical variable delay line(OVDL), the conversion from phase modulation(PM) to intensity modulation(IM) is realized. The multi-wavelength fiber laser with Lyot-Sagnac optical filter has variable wavelength spacing. So the designed filter has a variable number of taps and tap weights. As a result, the tunable range of passband center frequency is 2.6 GHz. The reconfigurability of MPF can be also realized by adjusting the output of fiber laser.展开更多
We report on a fast and sensitive temperature sensor using a micro-structured or photonic crystal fiber interferometer with a high germanium doped fiber core. The wavelength sensitivity for temperature variation was a...We report on a fast and sensitive temperature sensor using a micro-structured or photonic crystal fiber interferometer with a high germanium doped fiber core. The wavelength sensitivity for temperature variation was as high as △λ/△T= 78 pm/℃ up to 500℃, which was 6 times more sensitive than the fiber Bragg grating temperature sensitivity of △λ/△TT= 13pm/℃ at 1550nm. The sensor device was investigated conceming the sensitivity characteristics and response time.展开更多
In this paper, a technique based on laser self-mixing effect for acquiring pulse wave profile is proposed and demonstrated. For the characteristics of extremely weak vibration in human pulse waves, a method of multipl...In this paper, a technique based on laser self-mixing effect for acquiring pulse wave profile is proposed and demonstrated. For the characteristics of extremely weak vibration in human pulse waves, a method of multiple reflections with external cavity is designed to improve the measurement accuracy to λ/4. Based on the fringe counting algorithm, one period of pulse wave is successfully reconstructed. The measurement results show that the root mean square error(RMSE) of the reconstructed pulse wave is 0.912 μm at sampling rate of 8 k Hz. Besides, the correlation coefficients and heart beats of this method and the traditional photoplethysmography(PPG) measurement are analyzed.展开更多
An investigation of the properties ofa LiNbO3 photoelastic waveguide via the acceleration-induced effect is presented. A novel three-component hybrid-integrated optical accelerometer based on a Mach-Zehnder interferom...An investigation of the properties ofa LiNbO3 photoelastic waveguide via the acceleration-induced effect is presented. A novel three-component hybrid-integrated optical accelerometer based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a LiNbO3 photoelastic waveguide has been designed, which is capable of detecting seismic acceleration in high-accuracy seismic exploration. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer was successfully fabricated and a lighting test used to check its quality. The frequency response characteristic of the accelerometer was measured2 The accelerometer with a resonant frequency of 3549 Hz was demonstrated to show good linear frequency responding characteristics in the range of 100-3000 Hz. The accelerometer also shows good stability and consistency. Experimental results indicate that the outputs of the on- and cross-axis are 147 and 21.3 mV, respectively.展开更多
The high temperature liquid is injected into the micro-size capillary and its light propagation behavior is investigated. We focus on two different liquid pumping methods. The first method can pump the high temperatur...The high temperature liquid is injected into the micro-size capillary and its light propagation behavior is investigated. We focus on two different liquid pumping methods. The first method can pump the high temperature liquid tin into the micro-size capillary by using a high pressure difference system. After pumping, a single mode fiber(SMF) connected with the optical carrier based microwave interferometry(OCMI) system is used to measure different liquid tin levels in the micro-size capillary. The second method can pump the room temperature engine oil into the capillary by using a syringe pump. This method can avoid the air bubbles when the liquids are pumped into the capillary.展开更多
By using poled-polymer/silicon slot waveguides in the active region and the Pockels effect of the poled-polymer,we propose a kind of Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI) electro-optic(EO) switch operated at 1 550 nm.Struc...By using poled-polymer/silicon slot waveguides in the active region and the Pockels effect of the poled-polymer,we propose a kind of Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI) electro-optic(EO) switch operated at 1 550 nm.Structural parameters are optimized for realizing normal switching function.Dependencies of switching characteristics on the slot waveguide parameters are investigated.For the silicon strip with dimension of 170 nm×300 nm,as the slot width varies from 50 nm to 100 nm,the switching voltage can be as low as 1.0 V with active region length of only 0.17–0.35 mm,and the length of the whole device is only about 770–950 μm.The voltage-length product of this switching structure is only 0.17–0.35 V·mm,and it is at least 19–40 times smaller than that of the traditional polymer MZI EO switch,which is 6.69 V·mm.Compared with our previously reported MZI EO switches,this switch exhibits some superior characteristics,including low switching voltage,compact device size and small wavelength dependency.展开更多
文摘A method based on the wavelet transform is proposed for processing white light Interferograms from optical fiber interferometers.With this method,the envelope and the zero optical path difference(ZOPD) of white light interferograms are obtained with high accuracy.The results agree well with those obtained by the method of center of gravity.Reasons for the insensitivity to noises of this method are discussed.The method is expected to be useful when processing white light interferograms from optical fiber interferometers,especially with low signal-to-noise ratio.
文摘A new scheme based on SOA-MZI for all-optical 2R regeneration is proposed. The characteristics of gain and switching window of this device are investigated in detail. Numerical simulation results indicate that the nonlinear gain compression, the time delay between the input optical signal and the width of the optical pulse are essential parameters for a good performance of all-optical 2R regeneration.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60477035 ,No.60507006) and The Ministry of Science and Technology "973" Plan (No.G2000036602)
文摘A flat response silica-based arrayed waveguide grating （AWG） with 10-channels and 0.8 nm （100 GHz） channel spacing has been designed and fabricated using multimode interferometer （MMI） at the end of input waveguide. Proper width of MMI is theoretically optimized using beam propagation method （BPM）. An AWG with a 1 6 um width MMI is fabricated experimentally. The measurement results show that the 3 clB bandwidth is 0.62 nm,insertion loss （IS） ranges from 5.2 dB to 7.5 dB,and the crosstalk is less than - 20 dB. The 3dB bandwidth,channel numbers and channel spacing of the AWG agree well with the simulation values.
基金supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(No.2013AA014200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61107052)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin in China(No.14JCYBJC16500)the Science and Technology Development Fund Project of Tianjin University(No.2012)
文摘A microwave photonic filter(MPF) with variable coefficient is proposed and demonstrated, which is constructed by a multi-wavelength fiber laser and Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI). Through changing the slope characteristics of Mach-Zehnder interference spectrum adjusted by optical variable delay line(OVDL), the conversion from phase modulation(PM) to intensity modulation(IM) is realized. The multi-wavelength fiber laser with Lyot-Sagnac optical filter has variable wavelength spacing. So the designed filter has a variable number of taps and tap weights. As a result, the tunable range of passband center frequency is 2.6 GHz. The reconfigurability of MPF can be also realized by adjusting the output of fiber laser.
文摘We report on a fast and sensitive temperature sensor using a micro-structured or photonic crystal fiber interferometer with a high germanium doped fiber core. The wavelength sensitivity for temperature variation was as high as △λ/△T= 78 pm/℃ up to 500℃, which was 6 times more sensitive than the fiber Bragg grating temperature sensitivity of △λ/△TT= 13pm/℃ at 1550nm. The sensor device was investigated conceming the sensitivity characteristics and response time.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61675174 and 61308048)
文摘In this paper, a technique based on laser self-mixing effect for acquiring pulse wave profile is proposed and demonstrated. For the characteristics of extremely weak vibration in human pulse waves, a method of multiple reflections with external cavity is designed to improve the measurement accuracy to λ/4. Based on the fringe counting algorithm, one period of pulse wave is successfully reconstructed. The measurement results show that the root mean square error(RMSE) of the reconstructed pulse wave is 0.912 μm at sampling rate of 8 k Hz. Besides, the correlation coefficients and heart beats of this method and the traditional photoplethysmography(PPG) measurement are analyzed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40774067)the Applied Basic Research Program of Sichuan Province, China (No. 07JY029-135)
文摘An investigation of the properties ofa LiNbO3 photoelastic waveguide via the acceleration-induced effect is presented. A novel three-component hybrid-integrated optical accelerometer based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a LiNbO3 photoelastic waveguide has been designed, which is capable of detecting seismic acceleration in high-accuracy seismic exploration. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer was successfully fabricated and a lighting test used to check its quality. The frequency response characteristic of the accelerometer was measured2 The accelerometer with a resonant frequency of 3549 Hz was demonstrated to show good linear frequency responding characteristics in the range of 100-3000 Hz. The accelerometer also shows good stability and consistency. Experimental results indicate that the outputs of the on- and cross-axis are 147 and 21.3 mV, respectively.
基金supported by the U.S.Department of Energy,National Energy Technology Laboratory,Morgantown,WV,USA(No.DEFE0012272)the Joint Funds(NSFC-Henan)of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U1204615)
文摘The high temperature liquid is injected into the micro-size capillary and its light propagation behavior is investigated. We focus on two different liquid pumping methods. The first method can pump the high temperature liquid tin into the micro-size capillary by using a high pressure difference system. After pumping, a single mode fiber(SMF) connected with the optical carrier based microwave interferometry(OCMI) system is used to measure different liquid tin levels in the micro-size capillary. The second method can pump the room temperature engine oil into the capillary by using a syringe pump. This method can avoid the air bubbles when the liquids are pumped into the capillary.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61107021,61177027 and 61077074)the Ministry of Education of China(Nos.20110061120052 and 20120061130008)the Science and Technology Department of Jilin Province of China(No.20130522161JH)
文摘By using poled-polymer/silicon slot waveguides in the active region and the Pockels effect of the poled-polymer,we propose a kind of Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI) electro-optic(EO) switch operated at 1 550 nm.Structural parameters are optimized for realizing normal switching function.Dependencies of switching characteristics on the slot waveguide parameters are investigated.For the silicon strip with dimension of 170 nm×300 nm,as the slot width varies from 50 nm to 100 nm,the switching voltage can be as low as 1.0 V with active region length of only 0.17–0.35 mm,and the length of the whole device is only about 770–950 μm.The voltage-length product of this switching structure is only 0.17–0.35 V·mm,and it is at least 19–40 times smaller than that of the traditional polymer MZI EO switch,which is 6.69 V·mm.Compared with our previously reported MZI EO switches,this switch exhibits some superior characteristics,including low switching voltage,compact device size and small wavelength dependency.
