摘要:
A wavelength selective optical fiber coupler having various applications in the field of optical communications is disclosed. The coupler is composed of dissimilar waveguides in close proximity. A light induced, permanent index of refraction grating is recorded in the coupler waist The grating filters and transfers energy within a particular range of wavelengths from a first waveguide to a second waveguide. Transversely asymmetric gratings provide an efficient means of energy transfer. The coupler can be used to combine or multiplex a plurality of lasers operating at slightly different wavelengths into a single fiber. Other embodiments such as a dispersion compensator and gain flattening filter are disclosed.
摘要:
A polymer material is exposed to radiation of a type that changes some aspect of the polymer's radiation passing properties. The radiation that caused the property change is then contained by the material. The property change can be self-focusing or self-trapping light can be used. In that case, the same light that causes the photopolymerization is contained by the change in index of refraction that is caused by the polymerization.
摘要:
A wavelength selective optical fiber coupler having various applications in the field of optical communications is disclosed. The coupler is composed of dissimilar waveguides in close proximity. A light induced, permanent index of refraction grating is recorded in the coupler waist. The grating filters and transfers energy within a particular range of wavelengths from a first waveguide to a second waveguide. Transversely asymmetric gratings provide an efficient means of energy transfer. The coupler can be used to combine or multiplex a plurality of lasers operating at slightly different wavelengths into a single fiber. Other embodiments such as a dispersion compensator and gain flattening filter are disclosed.
摘要:
New methods are presented for multiplexing volume holograms in electrooptic materials. Multiple volume holograms can be superimposed in a medium and be individually addressed by tuning the underlying refractive index of the medium or the crystal parameters, while keeping the external parameters (wavelength, angles) fixed. According to the presented methods, the refractive index and crystal parameters of the material can be varied via the electrooptic, elastooptic or piezoelectric effects, alone or in combination with each other, by tuning the value of an applied electric field, or by tuning an applied mechanical stress, or by changing the material temperature. Volume holograms that have been multiplexed by either wavelength or angle or electric field or mechanical stress or temperature can be individually addressed by any one of the same five parameters. Additionally, selective, updatable fixing and erasing of volume holograms in photorefractive media is described. Each holographic page may be fixed individually and overwritten without destroying the other fixed pages. Further, Second Harmonic Generation and Parametric Amplification by optically induced periodic poling in ferroelectric photorefractive materials is described.
摘要:
A polymer material is exposed to radiation of a type that changes some aspect of the polymer's radiation passing properties. The radiation that caused the property change is then contained by the material. The property change can be self-focusing or self-trapping light can be used. In that case, the same light that causes the photopolymerization is contained by the change in index of refraction that is caused by the polymerization.
摘要:
Using the wavelength selectivity and low loss characteristics of optical couplers, in which index of refraction gratings in a non-evanescent waveguide merged region reflect only a selected wavelength band, signal switching and control systems of novel characteristics are provided for multi-wavelength optical communication systems. In a router, for example, selected wavelengths or wavelength bands on an add/drop line can be added to or dropped from a main fiber, by cross switching between wavelength selective loops disposed sequentially in the lines. In a collector box, as another example, selected wavelength bundles can be routed from one fiber onto multiple fibers. In a bandpass filter a selected wavelength band is transmitted with low loss while those wavelengths outside the selected wavelength band are rejected with very high loss.
摘要:
Wavelength selective devices and subsystems having various applications in the field of optical communications are disclosed. These devices and subsystems are composed of bi-directional grating assisted mode couplers. The high add/drop efficiency and low loss of this coupler enable low loss wavelength selective elements such as optical switches, amplifiers, routers, and sources to be fabricated. The grating assisted mode coupler can be wavelength tuned by modifying the optical properties of the coupler interaction region. A programmable, wavelength selective router composed of multiple grating assisted mode couplers is also disclosed.
摘要:
Coupled-resonator optical waveguides (CROW) can be used to control a speed of an optical signal. In particular, the coupling distance between the resonators can be adjusted to precisely control a group delay of an optical wave. Systems and methods are described to control such coupling distance in a CROW.
摘要:
This invention relates to opto-electronic systems using semiconductor lasers driven by optical phase-locked loops that control the laser's optical phase and frequency. Feedback control provides a means for precise, wideband control of optical frequency and phase, augmented further by four wave mixing stages and digitally stitched independent optical waveforms for enhanced tunability.
摘要:
This invention relates to opto-electronic systems using semiconductor lasers driven by optical phase-locked loops that control the laser's optical phase and frequency. Feedback control provides a means for precise, wideband control of optical frequency and phase, augmented further by four wave mixing stages and digitally stitched independent optical waveforms for enhanced tunability.