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.

Towards an optical coupler using fine-wire:a study of the photovoltaic effect of a heterojunction formed in a single fine-wire of tungsten oxides

Nanodevices using the photovoltaic effect of a single nanowire have attracted growing interest. In this paper, we consider potential applications of the photovoltaic effect to optical signal coupling and optical power transmission, and report on the realization of a heterojunction formed between WO2 and WO3 in a fine-wire having a diameter on the micrometer scale. Using a laser beam of 514.5 nm as a signal source, the WO2-WO3 heterojunction yields a maximum output power of up to 37.4 pico watt per heterojunction. Fast responses （less than a second） of both photovoltaic voltage and current are also observed. In addition, we demonstrate that it is a simple and effective way to adapt a commercial Raman spectrometer for the combined functions of fabrication, material characterization and photovottaic measurement of an optical signal coupler and optical power transmitter based on a fine-wire. Our results show an attractive perspective of developing nanowire or fine-wire elements for coupling optical signals into and for powering a nanoelectronic or nano-optoelectronic integrated circuit that works under the condition of preventing it from directly electrically connecting with the optical coupler.

Ultrashort optical pulse shaper based on complex-modulated long-period-grating coupler

In this paper,we present a novel ultrashort pulse shaper based on complex-modulated long-period-grating coupler（CM-LPGC）.Temporal rectangular waveform with 2-ps full width at half maximum（FWHM） is obtained by transforming the input Gaussian pulse.Tolerances of the CM-LPGC-based shaper to various non-ideal excitation conditions and fabricating errors are investigated.Results confirm that CM-LPGC is stable and suitable for optical pulse shaping operation.

Numerical Analyses Optical Solitons in Dual Core Couplers with Kerr Law Nonlinearity

In this paper, we present the results of numerical analysis of optical solitons in dual core couplers. We studied the optical couplers as an application for the non-linear Schrödinger equation in the case of Kerr law for non-linear and clarify the exact solution in this case. Then we have provided a numerical study of the effect of changing the constants in the form of the three types of solitons: bright soliton and dark solitons and singular soliton.

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.

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.

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.

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%.

CMOS compatible highly efficient grating couplers with a stair-step blaze profile

A novel grating coupler with a stair-step blaze profile is proposed. The coupler is a CMOS process compatible device and can be used for light coupling in optical communication. The blaze profile can be optimized to obtain a high efficiency of 66.7% for the out-of-plane coupling at the centre wavelength of 1595 nm with a 1 dB bandwidth of 41 nm. Five key parameters of the stair-step blaze grating and their effects on the coupling are discussed for the application in L band telecommunication.

Integrated model optocouplers

Utilizing hybrid integration model.the integrated model optocouplers have successfully developed.The design,fabrication and characteristic parameters of the devices are presented.

High efficiency grating couplers based on shared process with CMOS MOSFETs

Grating couplers are widely investigated as coupling interfaces between silicon-on-insulator waveguides and optical fibers.In this work,a high-efficiency and complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor（CMOS） process compatible grating coupler is proposed.The poly-Si layer used as a gate in the CMOS metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor（MOSFET） is combined with a normal fully etched grating coupler,which greatly enhances its coupling efficiency.With optimal structure parameters,a coupling efficiency can reach as high as ～ 70% at a wavelength of 1550 nm as indicated by simulation.From the angle of fabrication,all masks and etching steps are shared between MOSFETs and grating couplers,thereby making the high performance grating couplers easily integrated with CMOS circuits.Fabrication errors such as alignment shift are also simulated,showing that the device is quite tolerant in fabrication.

Geometrical representation of coherent tunneling process in two-waveguide and three-waveguide coupler

We propose an identical geometrical representation scheme for both Landau-Zener （LZ） tunneling process in two-waveguide coupler with a cubically bent structure and stimulated Raman adiabatic passage （STIRAP） in three-waveguide coupler, similar to the geometrical representation of sum frequency process. The results show that although the two-waveguide coupler with a cubically bent axis has not aperiodic structure, it acts as a chirped quasi-phase-matching （QPM） grating and corrects the relative phase between the two supermodes in the curved coupler system. We present a scheme about how to choose the parameters to design the curved beam splitter.

A Matrix Approach to Study Prism-Waveguide Coupler

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The Zero-gap Directional Coupler Integrated on SOI for 1.3μm Operation

SOI zero-gap directional couplers are studied by using large cross-section single-mode rib waveguide theory and dual-mode interference principle in silicon direct bonding SOI by back-polishing. And they are fabricated by using KOH anistropic etching. The insertion loss is measured to 4.81 dB, and the crosstalk is below —18.6 dB at a wavelength of 1.3μm.

Unitary transformation of general nonoverlapping-image multimode interference couplers with any input and output ports

An explanation of optical unitary transformation is presented for general nonoverlapping-image multimode interference(MMI)couplers with any number of input and output ports.The light transformation in the MMI coupler can be considered as an optical field matrix acting on an input light column vector.We investigate the general phase principle of output light image.The complete proof of nonoverlapping-image MMI coupler’s optical unitarity along with the phase analysis of matrix element is provided.Based on a two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain(2 D-FDTD)simulation,the unitary transformation is obtained for a 4×4 nonoverlapping-image MMI coupler within a deviation of 4×10-2 for orthogonal invariance and 8×10-2 for transvection invariance in the C-band spectral range.A compact 1×4 splitter based on cascaded MMI coupler is proposed,showing a phase deviation less than 5.4°while maintaining a low-loss performance in C-band spectra.

Design of Polarization-independent Wavelength-interleave Coupler in Fluorinated Polyimide Waveguide

Based on the measurement of dispersion characteristic and birefractive index of the fluorinated polyimide film,a statistical optimum design method is proposed and used to realize the design of 32- and 36-wavelengths optical waveguide wavelength-interleave coupler(i,e.,interleaver) with the optimization of polarization fluctuation and wavelength interval of 0.8 nm at 1 550 nm.The largest cross coupling ratios of the two interleavers are respectively less than 1.8% and 3.5%,while the least through coupling ratios are respectively greater than 98.2% and 96.5%.The output differences due to polarization fluctuation are less than ±1.7% and ±3.2%.

Analysis of As₂S₃-Ti: LiNbO₃Taper Couplers Using Supermode Theory

In this work, we develop a simulation method based on supermode theory and transfer matrix formalism, and then apply it to the analysis and design of taper couplers for vertically integrated As2S3 and Ti: LiNbO3 hybrid waveguides. Test structures based on taper couplers are fabricated and characterized. The experimental results confirm the validity of the modeling method, which in turn, is used to analyze the fabricated couplers.

Temperature Dependence of Characteristics for Multimode Interference Based 3-dB Coupler in SOI

The temperature dependence of characteristics for multimode interference(MMI) based 3-dB coupler in silicon-on-insulator is analyzed, which originates from the relatively high thermo-optic coefficient of silicon. For restricted interference 3-dB MMI coupler, the output power uniformity is ideally 0 at room temperature and becomes 0.32 dB when temperature rises up to 550 K.For symmetric interference 3-dB MMI coupler, the power uniformity keeps ideally 0 due to its intrinsic symmetric interference mechanism. With the temperature rising, the excess loss of the both devices increases. The performance deterioration due to temperature variety is more obvious to restricted interference MMI 3-dB coupler, comparing with that of symmetric interference MMI 3-dB coupler.