Optically pumped light emissions in imperfectly aligned dye-doped cholesteric cells with glance and frosted glass substrates of three different cell gap thicknesses are experimentally studied. Alignment imperfections ...
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Optically pumped light emissions in imperfectly aligned dye-doped cholesteric cells with glance and frosted glass substrates of three different cell gap thicknesses are experimentally studied. Alignment imperfections show up in emission spectra by a broadening of the photonic bandgap (PhBG) lasing (allowed) lines at short- and long-wavelength PhBG edges and by an additional (forbidden) emission line inside the PhBG. Forbidden and allowed lines differ distinctively by their stability in the course of pumping. The origin of the forbidden line is discussed. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America
We report light propagation with a group velocity of only 300 km/s, a group index of 1010, and a group delay of 42 ns, in a strong apodized fiber Bragg grating 12.5 mm in length. The grating was fabricated in a deuter...
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We report light propagation with a group velocity of only 300 km/s, a group index of 1010, and a group delay of 42 ns, in a strong apodized fiber Bragg grating 12.5 mm in length. The grating was fabricated in a deuterium-loaded fiber using a femtosecond laser and a phase mask, followed by annealing to reduce residual losses. Data analysis indicates a strong index modulation of 1.98 x 10(-3) and an ultra-low single-pass power loss of 0.010 dB. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America
We report an injection locked flexible wavelength de-multiplexer (de-mux) that shows 24-h frequency stability of 1 kHz for optical comb-based elastic optical networking applications. We demonstrate 50 GHz, 87.5 GHz eq...
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We report an injection locked flexible wavelength de-multiplexer (de-mux) that shows 24-h frequency stability of 1 kHz for optical comb-based elastic optical networking applications. We demonstrate 50 GHz, 87.5 GHz equal spacing and 6.25G-25G-50 GHz, 75G-50G-100 GHz unequal spacing for the de-multiplexer outputs. We also implement an unequally spaced (75G-50G-100 GHz), mixed symbol rate (12.5 GBaud and 40 GBaud) and modulation format (polarization division multiplexed quadrature phase shift keying and on-off keying) wavelength division multiplexed transmission system using the de-multiplexer outputs. The results show 0.6 dB receiver sensitivity penalty, at 7% hard decision forward error correction coding limit, of the 100 km transmitted de-mux outputs when compared to comb source seeding laser back-to-back. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America
Multiwavelength shearing interferometry, a full-field, real-time, and vibration-insensitive method with enhanced accuracy, is proposed. Theoretically, the more wavelengths that are used for shearing interferometers, t...
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Multiwavelength shearing interferometry, a full-field, real-time, and vibration-insensitive method with enhanced accuracy, is proposed. Theoretically, the more wavelengths that are used for shearing interferometers, the higher the precision that can be achieved in the measurement of slopes, curvatures, and the shapes of reflective surfaces. A spherical mirror with specified curvature radius is used to calibrate this method, and then the nonuniform deformation and shape of the TiNi film/Si substrate system are obtained experimentally. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
The important, but difficult-to-measure zero and low-angle scattering spectrum, as well as the broader angular spectrum, was obtained by use of an optical vortex corona-graphic scatterometer (patent pending). The expe...
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The important, but difficult-to-measure zero and low-angle scattering spectrum, as well as the broader angular spectrum, was obtained by use of an optical vortex corona-graphic scatterometer (patent pending). The experimental measurements agreed well with the predictions from the Mie scattering theory. High contrast discrimination allowed us to remove the unscattered coherent illumination, revealing a low-angle superimposed scattered signal. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America
We have studied the degradation process of the laser emission in a cholesteric liquid crystal laser. We have found that there exists a negative correlation between the laser efficiency and the amount of light scattere...
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We have studied the degradation process of the laser emission in a cholesteric liquid crystal laser. We have found that there exists a negative correlation between the laser efficiency and the amount of light scattered by the liquid-crystal sample in the illuminated area. The growth of scattering is attributed to the appearance of small imperfections generated in the sample as a result of certain thermal processes that involve the dye molecules. The scattering implies an increase of the coefficient of distributed losses, which is the main response of the rise of the laser threshold. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America
We report the result of achieving a random fiber laser (RFL) with record 200-W-level power output. The highest output power is realized by a simple 120 m long cavity at a working wavelength of 1173 nm while pumping at...
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We report the result of achieving a random fiber laser (RFL) with record 200-W-level power output. The highest output power is realized by a simple 120 m long cavity at a working wavelength of 1173 nm while pumping at 1120 nm. The maximum observed optical-to-optical efficiency reaches similar to 89%, which is believed to be the highest value ever reported for RFLs. In addition, numerical calculations on different order Raman Stokes wave thresholds based on the theoretical model are carried out for comparison with the experimental data. The presented work effectively advances the power scalability, and the numerical model well describes the lasing thresholds in such short cavity RFLs. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America
Extremely narrow spectral-linewidth characteristics in 1.5 mu m GaInAs/GaInAsP separate-confinement-heterostructure (SCH), quantum-well (QW), distributed-feedback, laser diodes (DFB LDs) are reported. Narrower linewid...
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Extremely narrow spectral-linewidth characteristics in 1.5 mu m GaInAs/GaInAsP separate-confinement-heterostructure (SCH), quantum-well (QW), distributed-feedback, laser diodes (DFB LDs) are reported. Narrower linewidths were obtained in lasers with smaller numbers of quantum wells. Sub-MHz linewidth was achieved for the first time in single laser diodes.
Studies about random lasing phenomena taking place in disordered structures with amplification are gaining great interest, as they can support dual wavelength lasing without cavity length restriction and, hence, the t...
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Studies about random lasing phenomena taking place in disordered structures with amplification are gaining great interest, as they can support dual wavelength lasing without cavity length restriction and, hence, the tunable beat frequency in a microwave can be created in a random cavity and be amplified for applications in the information and communication technology. Here, we present a novel random Brillouin fiber laser scheme using the stimulated Brillouin scattering as gain and strong Rayleigh scattering feedback (10 km) in the single-mode fiber. The high degree of mutual coherence between the two Stokes beams from two different lasers leads to the generation of tunable ultra-narrow linewidth microwave signals (<10 Hz at 3 dB bandwidth) with a 70 dB contrast. This offers a simple and cost-effective design for microwave sources. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America.
We measure the complex-valued spatial coherence function of a multimode broad-area laser diode using Young's classical double slit experiment realized with a digital micromirror device. We use this data to constru...
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We measure the complex-valued spatial coherence function of a multimode broad-area laser diode using Young's classical double slit experiment realized with a digital micromirror device. We use this data to construct the coherent modes of the beam and to simulate its propagation before and after the measurement plane. When comparing the results to directly measured intensity profiles, we find excellent correspondence to the extent that even small details of the beam can be predicted. We also consider the number of measurement points required to model the beam with sufficient accuracy. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
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