Highly efficient Cherenkov radiation generation in the irregular point of hollow-core photonic crystal fiber

Highly efficient Cherenkov radiation （CR） is generated by the soliton self-frequency shift （SSFS） in the irregular point of a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber （HC-PCF） in our laboratory. The impacts of pump power and wavelength on the CR are investigated, and the corresponding nonlinear processes are discussed. When the average power of the 120 fs pump pulse increases from 500 mW to 700 mW, the Raman soliton shifts from 2210 nm to 2360 nm, the output power of the CR increases by 2.3 times, the maximum output power ratio of the CR at 539 nm to that of the residual pump is calculated to be 24.32：1, the width of the output optical spectrum at the visible wavelength broadens from 35 nm to 62 nm, and the conversion efficiency η of the CR in the experiment can be above 32%.

Polarization characteristics of chiral photonic crystal fibers with an elliptical hollow core

The theoretical study of dielectric-chiral photonic crystal fiber （PCF） with an elliptical hollow core is presented. The band structure of chiral photonic crystal （PhC） is calculated by using a modified plane-wave expansion （PWE） method. By examining the out-of-plane photonic bandgaps （PBGs） of chiral PhC, a kind of chiral PCF with a hollow core is designed and their eigenstates are calculated. The distributions of mode field and polarization state are demonstrated, and how the structural asymmetry of the core together with the chirality in the background affects the modal polarization is discussed. The dependences of birefringence on chirality for different ellipticities of core are investigated.

Modification of spontaneous emission rate of micrometer-sized light sources using hollow-core photonic crystal fibers

We investigate numerically and experimentally the modification of the spontaneous emission rate for micrometersized light sources embedded in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber （HCPCF）. The diameter of the light source is deliberately chosen such that they could be easily introduced into the central hole of the hollow-core photonic crystal fiber by capillary force. The photoluminescence from the microparticles is measured by using an inverted microscope in combination with a spectrometer. The modification of the spontaneous emission rate is observed in a wavelength region where there is no band gap. The experimental observations are consistent with the simulation results obtained by the plane wave expansion and finite-difference time-domain techniques.

Polarization-dependent efficient Cherenkov radiation at visible wavelengths in hollow-core photonic crystal fiber cladding

Efficient Cherenkov radiation （CR） is experimentally generated by a soliton self-frequency shift （SSFS） in a knot of hollow-core photonic crystal fiber （HC-PCF）. When the angle of the half-wave plate is rotated from 0° to 45°, the Raman soliton shifts from 2227 to 2300 nm, the output power of the CR increases 8.15 times, and the maximum output power ratio of the CR at 556 nm to the residual pump is estimated to be 20：1. The width of the output optical spectrum at visible wavelengths broadens from 25 to 45 nm, and the conversion efficiency of the CR can be above 28%. Moreover, the influences of the pump polarization and wavelength on the CR are studied, and the corresponding nonlinear processes are discussed.

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE BIOSENSOR

The hollow core photonic crystal waveguide biosensor is designed and described.The biosensor was tested in experiments for artificial sweetener identifcation in drinks.The photonic crystal waveguide biosensor has a high sensitivity to the optical properties of liquids flling up the hollow core.The compactness,good integration ability to different optical systems and compatibility for use in industrial settings make such biosensor very promnising for v arious biomedical applicat ions.

Study of ultraflattened dispersion square-lattice photonic crystal fiber with low confinement loss

A new type ultraflattened dispersion square-lattice photonic crystal fiber with two different air-hole diameters in cladding region is proposed and the dispersion is investigated using a compact 2-D finite difference frequency domain method with the anisotropic perfectly matched layers (PML) absorbing boundary conditions. Through numerical simulation and opti- mizing the geometrical parameters, we find that the photonic crystal fibers proposed can realize ultraflattened dispersion of 0±0.06 ps/(km·nm) in wa...

Thermal sensitivity of photonic crystal fibers in opto-electronic oscillators

Stable opto-electronic oscillators （OEOs） are realized using long fiber delay lines and changes in the index of refraction of high quality factor delay line results in temperature sensitivity of OEOs. Temperature sensitivity of various OEOs is measured to compare index of refraction variation of standard （SMF-28） and photonic crystal fiber （PCF）. Both hollow-core （HC） and solid-core （SC） versions of PCF are quantified. SC-PCF exhibited a factor of three reductions in the rate of index of refraction change （about ＋4.7 ppm/℃） with temperature over SMF-28 （about 12 ppm/℃） based OEO. Although HC-PCF have a greater attenuation per unit length, but those fibers have demonstrated a negative rate of change （about - 0.6 ppm/℃） in the effective index of refraction with temperature and prospect of thermal stability in the OEO using passive techniques is great when a combination of HC-PCF and SMF-28 are employed as fiber delay lines.

光子晶体光纤陀螺技术及其首次空间试验

光子晶体光纤具有抗辐射、抗弯曲、抗磁场干扰和温度敏感性低等优势,是空间用光纤陀螺的理想选择。针对空间用光纤陀螺,提出了四层孔和双层孔陀螺用光子晶体光纤结构,突破了光子晶体光纤长距离拉制关键技术,批量制备了陀螺用长距离低损耗实芯光子晶体光纤与空芯光子晶体光纤,利用开发的光子晶体光纤周向散射、背向散射、温度、磁等性能测试设备,全面测试与验证了光子晶体光纤性能优势。实现了光子晶体光纤耦合器、敏感环等光学器件,研制的高精度光子晶体光纤陀螺样机于2017年4月随“天舟一号”货运飞船发射成功,实现了光子晶体光纤陀螺的首次空间应用,于2020年12月用于某卫星主控,这是国际首次此类型陀螺用于卫星主闭环控制,验证了其可行性和优势,为将来广泛应用奠定了基础。

基于光子晶体光纤传感器的瓦斯监测系统

空芯带隙型光子晶体光纤以其独特的结构和导光机制,具有其它普通光纤无法比拟的优势,这种光纤传感器在气体检测方面灵敏度更高。设计了以这种传感器为检测元件,基于Zig Bee的无线传感器网络的瓦斯监测系统,实验测试结果与样本值比较表明:相对误差在10%以内,基本达到了实时在线监测瓦斯的目的。

空心光子晶体光纤在拉曼光谱仪中的应用

针对拉曼散射是一种弱散射,同时由于空心光子晶体光纤(HC—PCF)能显著增强光与填充介质之间的相互作用,提出将HC—PCF应用到拉曼光谱仪中,利用平面波展开法对HC—PCF的光子带隙与场分布进行模拟分析,探讨了HC—PCF的参数对拉曼散射强度的影响。通过理论研究发现光子晶体光纤可根据实际应用的需要,通过改变光纤的周期结构或包层气孔之间的间距来改变光子带隙,从而可传输不同波段的光。结果表明了HC—PCF在拉曼光谱仪中应用的可行性,为拉曼光谱仪在分子结构检测与分析提供了新的技术方法,也为HC—PCF的应用和研究开拓了广阔前景。

Kagome结构空芯光子晶体光纤纤芯参数对传输特性的影响

应用全矢量有限元方法,研究大间距Kagome结构空芯光子晶体光纤中纤芯的大小、形状与壁厚对光纤传输损耗谱的影响。结果表明,某些纤芯尺寸会造成包层中的结构缺陷,易使纤芯基模、表面模及包层模之间发生能量耦合,产生较大损耗。而纤芯形状与壁厚的改变会引起表面模式的变化,从而影响发生在基模与表面模之间反向耦合的位置和强度,使光纤传输频带变窄和损耗变大。据此,提出Kagome结构光纤的纤芯设计思路,即纤芯的大小应使包层保持完整的微结构,纤芯形状应与包层中的单元微结构相楔合,纤芯壁厚应与包层中玻璃支柱的宽度相同。

光子晶体光纤长周期光栅制作技术与应用最新进展

详细介绍了光子晶体光纤长周期光栅几种典型制作方法,包括相位掩模法、CO2激光脉冲激励法,机械压力诱导法、电弧放电法、液晶法和声波诱导法,并且分析了各种方法的优缺点,简单介绍了光子晶体光纤长周期光栅的温度、应变、折射率传感特性。简要介绍了光子晶体光纤长周期光栅在光通信和光传感领域的应用情况,并且展望了基于光子晶体光纤长周期光栅的新型光子器件的未来发展情况。

一种基于空芯光子晶体光纤的气体检测装置研究

光谱分析技术在大气污染检测领域具有广泛的应用前景。文章从吸收光谱的测量原理出发,提出一种基于空芯光子晶体光纤的气体检测装置实验方案,通过对不同浓度的甲醇和三氯乙烯样品进行测量,并根据3标准对测量结果进行分析,发现系统对甲醇和三氯乙烯的检测灵敏度可以达到ppmv量级。

2.5THz环烯烃聚合物中空芯光子晶体光纤设计与实验

采用全矢量有限元法,仿真设计了一种工作在2.5THz频段的中空芯太赫兹光子晶体光纤,用环烯烃聚合物材料(COC)制备了光纤样品,利用CO2激光泵浦气体太赫兹源搭建了测试平台并对光纤的太赫兹波传输性能进行了测试。实测光纤最低损耗0.17dB/cm、平均损耗约0.5dB/cm,在弯曲90°情况下光纤传输损耗波动小于5%,具有良好的可弯曲性;光纤输出端口的模场分布测试结果表明,光纤是以主模进行传输,太赫兹能量很好地被束缚在光纤芯中。

空芯光子晶体光纤中光子带隙的测量

利用全矢量法对空芯光子晶体光纤的光子带隙的存在进行了数值模拟,并通过实验进行了证实。采用透射谱的方法对带隙型光子晶体光纤分别在可见光以及近红外波段进行了测量,光从光纤的一端注入,探测器从另一端接收,实验结果发现可见光附近没有明显的透射带,而在波长为2591nm处出现了一个很强的透射带,证明了光子带隙的存在,与理论模拟相一致,实验的重复性好。

多孔芯光子晶体光纤及其偏振特性

强激光与气体的长距离相互作用能产生许多新奇的物理效应,而自由空间光束的自聚焦、衍射、散射等问题限制了该科技领域的发展。本文提出了一种新型多孔芯光子晶体光纤,纤芯亚波长、低折射率空气孔可以传光,具有宽带、低损耗、单模传输特性。利用倏逝波耦合效应,研究了纤芯亚波长空气孔束缚光的原理。根据光波传输的电磁场理论,分析了低折射率空气孔中的光强增大效应。强光在空气孔中长距离传输,为光与物质的相互作用提供了新条件,可以用于气体传感、非线性光学、高集成光子技术、原子操控等。由于纤芯空气孔可以传光,改变空气孔的大小,直接影响模场分布,进而可以获得很高的结构双折射。通过光纤结构参数的合理设计,分别获得了B=4×10-2的高双折射、纤芯直径5μm的大模场高双折射、大模面积单偏振单模特性,在光纤偏振器、光纤滤波器、光开关及光纤传感等领域有广泛的应用前景,为新型光场调控提供了新方法。

空芯光子晶体光纤的塌缩及选择性液体填充

研究了一种空芯光子晶体光纤(HC-PCF)的微孔塌缩特性,所用设备为传统光纤熔接机,对塌缩后的光纤实现了液体的选择性填充。并通过有限元法仿真分析了该空芯光纤在液体填充前后的基本参数:有效折射率、模场有效面积、数值孔径。通过仿真对比发现空芯光纤在中心孔选择性液体填充后非线性效应增大;通过实验得出了最佳光纤塌缩参数为光纤端面距离放电中心距离为50μm,放电时间800ms,放电强度为15.5mA。

空芯光子晶体光纤研究新进展

空芯光子晶体光纤(HC—PCF)是新近发展起来的新一代特种光纤,具有奇特的基于光子带隙效应的导波机制与传输特性,在光波传输与控制、光信息操作与处理以及新型光子器件等领域都具有重要应用．综合评述了有关HC—PCF研究的最新进展,包括HC—PCF的模式传输、损耗机制、色散和非线性等基本特性,以及HC-PCF在高能光波光纤传输、超短光脉冲的色散与非线性传输控制、光与物质非线性相互作用、新型光信息传输功能器件等方面的应用。

基于空芯光子晶体光纤的反射式气体传感器

以光子晶体光纤(PCF)为研究对象,以提高气体测量灵敏度为研究目标,提出一种反射式的光纤气体传感技术.首先,利用宽谱光源谐波检测技术,并结合实际应用需求,设计了基于空芯PCF的反射式气体传感系统,并详细分析了系统的工作原理.然后,针对空芯PCF与单模光纤耦合困难、气体填充时间长的问题,设计了集密封、固定及连接于一体的机械耦合装置作为测量气室.最后,以乙炔气体为例,测试了该系统的传感特性,体积分数分辨力可达0.02%,最大相对误差为1.39%.该技术将进一步推动PCF在气体传感中的应用,并为其在实际气体浓度测量中的应用提供了理论和实验基础.

光子晶体光纤SF_6气体传感器设计与泄漏监控网络

应用在大量电力设备中的SF6气体泄漏不可避免。针对现有电化学和负电晕放电等气体泄漏检测技术存在的测量精度低、实时性差等问题,设计了一种新型光子晶体光纤SF6气体传感器,并采用谐波检测方法和计算机无线传输网络构建了远程实时监控系统。实验表明:气体检测相对误差在2%以内,SF6体积分数大于10-3时能实时报警,同时开启风机,系统具有极好的应用前景。