A state space model(SSM) is derived for quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers(QD-SOAs).Rate equations of QD-SOA are formulated in the form of state update equations,where average occupation probabilities along ...A state space model(SSM) is derived for quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers(QD-SOAs).Rate equations of QD-SOA are formulated in the form of state update equations,where average occupation probabilities along QD-SOA cavity are considered as state variables of the system.Simulations show that SSM calculates QD-SOA′s static and dynamic characteristics with high accuracy.展开更多
We propose a novel optical signal regeneration system based on wavelength converters by use of cross gain modulation in cascaded semiconductor optical amplifiers. The nonlinearity in optical input/output characteristi...We propose a novel optical signal regeneration system based on wavelength converters by use of cross gain modulation in cascaded semiconductor optical amplifiers. The nonlinearity in optical input/output characteristics and eye opening using NRZ signal were archived.展开更多
A review is presented of the state-of-the-art in vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers (VCSOAs), focusing in particular on recent developments in theoretical analysis, wavelengths of operation, materials sy...A review is presented of the state-of-the-art in vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers (VCSOAs), focusing in particular on recent developments in theoretical analysis, wavelengths of operation, materials systems, potential applications and a design example.展开更多
Some intra-4/-configurational transitions of lanthanide, of which radiative emissions cover in wavelengths the optical communication window of the currently available OH-free silica-based line fibers, are discussed in...Some intra-4/-configurational transitions of lanthanide, of which radiative emissions cover in wavelengths the optical communication window of the currently available OH-free silica-based line fibers, are discussed in terms of relationship between their emission properties and host fiber materials.展开更多
International standardization activities for Optical Amplifiers at IECTC86 and ITU-T SG15 are reviewed. Current discussions include Optical Amplifier safety guideline, Reliability standard, Rest methods of Noise and P...International standardization activities for Optical Amplifiers at IECTC86 and ITU-T SG15 are reviewed. Current discussions include Optical Amplifier safety guideline, Reliability standard, Rest methods of Noise and PMD, Definitions of Raman amplifier parameters and OA classification.展开更多
Novel configuration for cross-gain modulation (XGM) wavelength conversion based on the single-port-coupled semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), in which the input and the output share one port, has been demonstrated...Novel configuration for cross-gain modulation (XGM) wavelength conversion based on the single-port-coupled semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), in which the input and the output share one port, has been demonstrated with the output extinction ratio as high as 15 dB, even in the 2.5 Gbit/s wavelength up conversion with a 12.8 nm span. Owing to the existence of double-pass gain and the transmission loss of the rear facet, the novel scheme can be achieved with simpler implementation and higher output extinction ratio, compared with the conventional schemes based on double-port-coupled SOA either with identical long chip or double long chip.展开更多
The design concept of semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA)and gain chip used in wavelength tunable lasers(TL)is discussed in this paper.The design concept is similar to that of a conventional SOA or a laser;however,th...The design concept of semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA)and gain chip used in wavelength tunable lasers(TL)is discussed in this paper.The design concept is similar to that of a conventional SOA or a laser;however,there are a few different points.An SOA in front of the tunable laser should be polarization dependent and has low optical confinement factor.To obtain wide gain bandwidth at the threshold current,the gain chip used in the tunable laser cavity should be something between SOA and fixed-wavelength laser design,while the fixed-wavelength laser has high optical confinement factor.Detailed discussion is given with basic equations and some simulation results on saturation power of the SOA and gain bandwidth of gain chip are shown.展开更多
The perfect photon absorption is studied in a cavity quantum electrodynamics(CQED) system, in which an optical parameter amplifier(OPA) is coupled to the cavity mode. This makes it possible to control the optical phas...The perfect photon absorption is studied in a cavity quantum electrodynamics(CQED) system, in which an optical parameter amplifier(OPA) is coupled to the cavity mode. This makes it possible to control the optical phase to realize the perfect photon absorption. It is found that in the presence of one and two injected fields, the perfect photon absorption is present in these two cases and can be controlled by adjusting the parametric phase. Moreover, different from the previous predictions of perfect photon absorption in atomic CQED systems, the perfect photon absorption can be changed significantly by the relative phase. Our work provides a new platform to use the parametric processes to make an available way to control the behaviors of photons and to take advantage of the optical phase to achieve the perfect photon absorption.展开更多
We demonstrate a novel picosecond optical parametric preamplification to generate high-stability, high-energy and high-contrast seed pulses. The 5 ps seed pulse is amplified from 60 pJ to 300μJ with an 8.6 ps/3 mJ pu...We demonstrate a novel picosecond optical parametric preamplification to generate high-stability, high-energy and high-contrast seed pulses. The 5 ps seed pulse is amplified from 60 pJ to 300μJ with an 8.6 ps/3 mJ pump laser in a signal stage of short pulse non-collinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplification. The total gain is more than 10~6 and the rms energy stability is under 1.35%. The contrast ratio is higher than 10~8 within a scale of 20 ps before the main pulse. Consequently, the improvement factor of the signal contrast is approximately equal to the gain 10~6 outside the pump window.展开更多
Using Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexer (TOAD) based switch we have designed all-optical parallel half adder and full adder. The approach to design this all-optical arithmetic circuit not only enhances the co...Using Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexer (TOAD) based switch we have designed all-optical parallel half adder and full adder. The approach to design this all-optical arithmetic circuit not only enhances the computational speed but also is capable of synthesizing light as input to produce desire output. The main advantage of parallel circuit is synchronization of input which is not required. All the circuits are designed theoretically and verified through numerical simulations.展开更多
An all-optical 3:8 decoder unit with the help of terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD) is proposed. The all-optical 3:8 decoder unit with a set of all-optical full-adders and optical exclusive-ORs (XORs), ...An all-optical 3:8 decoder unit with the help of terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD) is proposed. The all-optical 3:8 decoder unit with a set of all-optical full-adders and optical exclusive-ORs (XORs), can be used to perform a fast central processor unit using optical hardware components. We try to exploit the advantages of TOAD-based optical switch to design an integrated all-optical circuit which can perform decoding of signal. A theoretical model is presented and verified through numerical simulation. The new method promises both higher processing speed and accuracy. The model can be extended for studying more complex all-optical circuit of enhanced functionality in which decoder is the basic building block. The operation of the proposed circuit is parallel in nature. The impact of the switching energy with small signal gain and variation of extinction ratio and contrast ration with control pulse energy of the switching outcome is explored and assessed by means of numerical simulations.展开更多
An all-optical 2-to-4 decoder unit with the assist of terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD) is presented. The all-optical 2-to-4 decoder with a set of all-optical switches is designed which can be used to ...An all-optical 2-to-4 decoder unit with the assist of terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD) is presented. The all-optical 2-to-4 decoder with a set of all-optical switches is designed which can be used to achieve a high-speed central processor unit using optical hardware. The unique output lines can be used for all-optical header processing. We attempt to develop an integrated all-optical circuit which can perform decoding of signal. This scheme is very simple and flexible for performing different logic operation and to design advanced complex logic. Simulated results are confirming the described methods.展开更多
The idea of a slot waveguide amplifier based on erbium-doped tellurite glass is first theoretically discussed in this work.Choosing the horizontal slot for low propagation loss,the TM mode profile compressed in the in...The idea of a slot waveguide amplifier based on erbium-doped tellurite glass is first theoretically discussed in this work.Choosing the horizontal slot for low propagation loss,the TM mode profile compressed in the insertion layer was simulated,and the gain characteristics of the slot waveguide amplifier were calculated.Combining the capacity to confine light locally and the merits of tellurite glass as an emission host,this optimized amplifier shows enhanced interactions between the electric field and erbium ions and achieves a net gain of 15.21 dB for the 0.01 mW input light at 1530 nm,implying great promise of a high-performance device.展开更多
We report a low-cost manufacturing approach for fabricating monolithic multi-wavelength sources for dense wavelength division multiplexing(DWDM)systems that offers high yield and eliminates crystal regrowth and select...We report a low-cost manufacturing approach for fabricating monolithic multi-wavelength sources for dense wavelength division multiplexing(DWDM)systems that offers high yield and eliminates crystal regrowth and selective area epitaxy steps that are essential in traditional fabrication methods.The source integrates an array of distributed feedback(DFB)lasers with a passive coupler and semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA).Ridge waveguide lasers with sampled Bragg side wall gratings have been integrated using quantum well intermixing to achieve a fully functional four-channel DWDM source with 0.8 nm wavelength spacing and residual errors<0.13 nm.The output power from the SOA is>10 mW per channel making the source suitable for use in passive optical networks(PONs).We have also investigated using multisection phase-shifted sampled gratings to both increase the effective grating coupling coefficient and precisely control the channel lasing wavelength spacing.An 8-channel DFB laser array with 100 GHz channel spacing was demonstrated using a sampled grating with twoπ-phase-shifted sections in each sampling period.The entire array was fabricated by only a single step of electron beam lithography.展开更多
There is a constant growth in the demand of data information transmission capacity, that is, more and more people send data, voice, video signals, among others, through communications networks. Due to the above there ...There is a constant growth in the demand of data information transmission capacity, that is, more and more people send data, voice, video signals, among others, through communications networks. Due to the above there is great interest in improving network devices, such as optical amplifiers, which must cover a large bandwidth and generate greater gain than those currently available. For this reason in this work a computational simulation for a Quasi-system was carried out</span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">three energy levels of Erbium and Ytterbium varying their concentrations and proving that they are optimal candidates in a zinc phosphate matrix as this type of glass contains properties such as, high transparency, low melting point, high thermal stability, high gain density due to high solubility, low refractive index and low dispersion, which makes them optimal as signal amplifiers. The results confirm that by increasing the doping of the Erbium ion the gain of the amplifier decreases, contrary to the Ytterbium ion that by increasing the doping the gain of the amplifier increases.展开更多
We present a compact and cost-effective mJ-level femtosecond laser system operating at a center wavelength of approximately 2.15μm.An affordable two-stage ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet(Yb:YAG)chirped pulse ...We present a compact and cost-effective mJ-level femtosecond laser system operating at a center wavelength of approximately 2.15μm.An affordable two-stage ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet(Yb:YAG)chirped pulse amplifier provides more than 10 mJ,approximately 1.2 ps pulses at 1030 nm to pump a three-stage optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier(OPCPA)based on bismuth borate crystals and to drive the supercontinuum seed in the YAG crystal.The energy of the amplified pulses in the wavelength range of 1.95–2.4μm reached 2.25 mJ with a pump-tosignal conversion efficiency of approximately 25%in the last OPCPA stage.These pulses were compressed to 38 fs in a pair of Suprasil 300 glass prisms.展开更多
A theoretical scheme is proposed to enhance the sensitivity of force sensors with quantum nondemolition measurement(QND)in an optomechanical setup assisted by four-tone optical driving and an optical parametric amplif...A theoretical scheme is proposed to enhance the sensitivity of force sensors with quantum nondemolition measurement(QND)in an optomechanical setup assisted by four-tone optical driving and an optical parametric amplifier(OPA).With the help of special drive,the system can be simplified as the typical type of QND for force sensing,so that the backaction noise can be evaded to surpass the standard quantum limit.Besides,the added noise can be suppressed owing to the modified optical susceptibility resulting from the OPA.By introducing two oscillators coupling with two charged bodies respectively,the signal can be enhanced with the nonlinearity caused by Coulomb interaction,while the noise presents an exponential decrease.Moreover,considering the homodyne detection effect,the range of system parameters and frequency bands will be broadened.The present investigation may provide a route toward simultaneously evading backaction noise,reducing the mechanical thermal noise,and enhancing the external signal,which can be an alternative design for sensitive devices.展开更多
An angled facet strained bulk InGaAs SOA has been designed and fabricated. A device with double-layer antireflection coatings had <2dB polarization sensitivity and <0.5dB gain ripple.
We propose and demonstrate a multi-wavelength converter using FP-LD with linear optical amplifier (LOA) which based on cross-gain modulation can convert an input signal to many wavelengths simultaneously for reconfigu...We propose and demonstrate a multi-wavelength converter using FP-LD with linear optical amplifier (LOA) which based on cross-gain modulation can convert an input signal to many wavelengths simultaneously for reconfigurable wavelength conversion in OXC and broadcasting in WDM systems.展开更多
文摘A state space model(SSM) is derived for quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers(QD-SOAs).Rate equations of QD-SOA are formulated in the form of state update equations,where average occupation probabilities along QD-SOA cavity are considered as state variables of the system.Simulations show that SSM calculates QD-SOA′s static and dynamic characteristics with high accuracy.
文摘We propose a novel optical signal regeneration system based on wavelength converters by use of cross gain modulation in cascaded semiconductor optical amplifiers. The nonlinearity in optical input/output characteristics and eye opening using NRZ signal were archived.
文摘A review is presented of the state-of-the-art in vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers (VCSOAs), focusing in particular on recent developments in theoretical analysis, wavelengths of operation, materials systems, potential applications and a design example.
文摘Some intra-4/-configurational transitions of lanthanide, of which radiative emissions cover in wavelengths the optical communication window of the currently available OH-free silica-based line fibers, are discussed in terms of relationship between their emission properties and host fiber materials.
文摘International standardization activities for Optical Amplifiers at IECTC86 and ITU-T SG15 are reviewed. Current discussions include Optical Amplifier safety guideline, Reliability standard, Rest methods of Noise and PMD, Definitions of Raman amplifier parameters and OA classification.
基金The authors would like to thank Dr. Zhang Zheming, Dr. Huang Gefan, Dr. Gong Wei and Dr. Fu Yan-feng at Wuhan Institute of Post and Telecommunication for their kind help This work was supported by the National High Technology Development Program of Chi
文摘Novel configuration for cross-gain modulation (XGM) wavelength conversion based on the single-port-coupled semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), in which the input and the output share one port, has been demonstrated with the output extinction ratio as high as 15 dB, even in the 2.5 Gbit/s wavelength up conversion with a 12.8 nm span. Owing to the existence of double-pass gain and the transmission loss of the rear facet, the novel scheme can be achieved with simpler implementation and higher output extinction ratio, compared with the conventional schemes based on double-port-coupled SOA either with identical long chip or double long chip.
文摘The design concept of semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA)and gain chip used in wavelength tunable lasers(TL)is discussed in this paper.The design concept is similar to that of a conventional SOA or a laser;however,there are a few different points.An SOA in front of the tunable laser should be polarization dependent and has low optical confinement factor.To obtain wide gain bandwidth at the threshold current,the gain chip used in the tunable laser cavity should be something between SOA and fixed-wavelength laser design,while the fixed-wavelength laser has high optical confinement factor.Detailed discussion is given with basic equations and some simulation results on saturation power of the SOA and gain bandwidth of gain chip are shown.
基金supported by the Scientific and Technological Innovation Program of Higher Eduation Institutions in Shanxi Province,China (Grant Nos. 2020L0471and 2020L0472)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11847128, 11775040, and 11971277)the Science Technology Plan Project of Datong City,China (Grant No. 2020153)。
文摘The perfect photon absorption is studied in a cavity quantum electrodynamics(CQED) system, in which an optical parameter amplifier(OPA) is coupled to the cavity mode. This makes it possible to control the optical phase to realize the perfect photon absorption. It is found that in the presence of one and two injected fields, the perfect photon absorption is present in these two cases and can be controlled by adjusting the parametric phase. Moreover, different from the previous predictions of perfect photon absorption in atomic CQED systems, the perfect photon absorption can be changed significantly by the relative phase. Our work provides a new platform to use the parametric processes to make an available way to control the behaviors of photons and to take advantage of the optical phase to achieve the perfect photon absorption.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11604350 and 61405211
文摘We demonstrate a novel picosecond optical parametric preamplification to generate high-stability, high-energy and high-contrast seed pulses. The 5 ps seed pulse is amplified from 60 pJ to 300μJ with an 8.6 ps/3 mJ pump laser in a signal stage of short pulse non-collinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplification. The total gain is more than 10~6 and the rms energy stability is under 1.35%. The contrast ratio is higher than 10~8 within a scale of 20 ps before the main pulse. Consequently, the improvement factor of the signal contrast is approximately equal to the gain 10~6 outside the pump window.
文摘Using Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexer (TOAD) based switch we have designed all-optical parallel half adder and full adder. The approach to design this all-optical arithmetic circuit not only enhances the computational speed but also is capable of synthesizing light as input to produce desire output. The main advantage of parallel circuit is synchronization of input which is not required. All the circuits are designed theoretically and verified through numerical simulations.
文摘An all-optical 3:8 decoder unit with the help of terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD) is proposed. The all-optical 3:8 decoder unit with a set of all-optical full-adders and optical exclusive-ORs (XORs), can be used to perform a fast central processor unit using optical hardware components. We try to exploit the advantages of TOAD-based optical switch to design an integrated all-optical circuit which can perform decoding of signal. A theoretical model is presented and verified through numerical simulation. The new method promises both higher processing speed and accuracy. The model can be extended for studying more complex all-optical circuit of enhanced functionality in which decoder is the basic building block. The operation of the proposed circuit is parallel in nature. The impact of the switching energy with small signal gain and variation of extinction ratio and contrast ration with control pulse energy of the switching outcome is explored and assessed by means of numerical simulations.
文摘An all-optical 2-to-4 decoder unit with the assist of terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD) is presented. The all-optical 2-to-4 decoder with a set of all-optical switches is designed which can be used to achieve a high-speed central processor unit using optical hardware. The unique output lines can be used for all-optical header processing. We attempt to develop an integrated all-optical circuit which can perform decoding of signal. This scheme is very simple and flexible for performing different logic operation and to design advanced complex logic. Simulated results are confirming the described methods.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(No.61975221)the Shanghai Science and Technology International Cooperation Fund(No.19520743900).
文摘The idea of a slot waveguide amplifier based on erbium-doped tellurite glass is first theoretically discussed in this work.Choosing the horizontal slot for low propagation loss,the TM mode profile compressed in the insertion layer was simulated,and the gain characteristics of the slot waveguide amplifier were calculated.Combining the capacity to confine light locally and the merits of tellurite glass as an emission host,this optimized amplifier shows enhanced interactions between the electric field and erbium ions and achieves a net gain of 15.21 dB for the 0.01 mW input light at 1530 nm,implying great promise of a high-performance device.
基金This work was supported by the U.K.Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EP/R042578/1)and the National Science Foundation of China(61320106013).We would like to acknowledge the staff of the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre at the University of Glasgow for help in fabricatingthe devices.
文摘We report a low-cost manufacturing approach for fabricating monolithic multi-wavelength sources for dense wavelength division multiplexing(DWDM)systems that offers high yield and eliminates crystal regrowth and selective area epitaxy steps that are essential in traditional fabrication methods.The source integrates an array of distributed feedback(DFB)lasers with a passive coupler and semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA).Ridge waveguide lasers with sampled Bragg side wall gratings have been integrated using quantum well intermixing to achieve a fully functional four-channel DWDM source with 0.8 nm wavelength spacing and residual errors<0.13 nm.The output power from the SOA is>10 mW per channel making the source suitable for use in passive optical networks(PONs).We have also investigated using multisection phase-shifted sampled gratings to both increase the effective grating coupling coefficient and precisely control the channel lasing wavelength spacing.An 8-channel DFB laser array with 100 GHz channel spacing was demonstrated using a sampled grating with twoπ-phase-shifted sections in each sampling period.The entire array was fabricated by only a single step of electron beam lithography.
文摘There is a constant growth in the demand of data information transmission capacity, that is, more and more people send data, voice, video signals, among others, through communications networks. Due to the above there is great interest in improving network devices, such as optical amplifiers, which must cover a large bandwidth and generate greater gain than those currently available. For this reason in this work a computational simulation for a Quasi-system was carried out</span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">three energy levels of Erbium and Ytterbium varying their concentrations and proving that they are optimal candidates in a zinc phosphate matrix as this type of glass contains properties such as, high transparency, low melting point, high thermal stability, high gain density due to high solubility, low refractive index and low dispersion, which makes them optimal as signal amplifiers. The results confirm that by increasing the doping of the Erbium ion the gain of the amplifier decreases, contrary to the Ytterbium ion that by increasing the doping the gain of the amplifier increases.
基金This research was sponsored by the Research Council of Lithuania under contract S-MIP-21-30.Two of the authors are grateful for NATO SPS G5734 fellowships.
文摘We present a compact and cost-effective mJ-level femtosecond laser system operating at a center wavelength of approximately 2.15μm.An affordable two-stage ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet(Yb:YAG)chirped pulse amplifier provides more than 10 mJ,approximately 1.2 ps pulses at 1030 nm to pump a three-stage optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier(OPCPA)based on bismuth borate crystals and to drive the supercontinuum seed in the YAG crystal.The energy of the amplified pulses in the wavelength range of 1.95–2.4μm reached 2.25 mJ with a pump-tosignal conversion efficiency of approximately 25%in the last OPCPA stage.These pulses were compressed to 38 fs in a pair of Suprasil 300 glass prisms.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China Grant No.2021YFA1400700National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant No.11974125。
文摘A theoretical scheme is proposed to enhance the sensitivity of force sensors with quantum nondemolition measurement(QND)in an optomechanical setup assisted by four-tone optical driving and an optical parametric amplifier(OPA).With the help of special drive,the system can be simplified as the typical type of QND for force sensing,so that the backaction noise can be evaded to surpass the standard quantum limit.Besides,the added noise can be suppressed owing to the modified optical susceptibility resulting from the OPA.By introducing two oscillators coupling with two charged bodies respectively,the signal can be enhanced with the nonlinearity caused by Coulomb interaction,while the noise presents an exponential decrease.Moreover,considering the homodyne detection effect,the range of system parameters and frequency bands will be broadened.The present investigation may provide a route toward simultaneously evading backaction noise,reducing the mechanical thermal noise,and enhancing the external signal,which can be an alternative design for sensitive devices.
基金This work was supported by the major state basic research program under grant No. G2000036606.
文摘An angled facet strained bulk InGaAs SOA has been designed and fabricated. A device with double-layer antireflection coatings had <2dB polarization sensitivity and <0.5dB gain ripple.
文摘We propose and demonstrate a multi-wavelength converter using FP-LD with linear optical amplifier (LOA) which based on cross-gain modulation can convert an input signal to many wavelengths simultaneously for reconfigurable wavelength conversion in OXC and broadcasting in WDM systems.