A novel polarization beam splitter(PBS)based on dual-core photonic crystal fiber(DC-PCF)is proposed in this work.The proposed DC-PCF PBS contains two kinds of lattices and three kinds of air holes to form the asymmetr...A novel polarization beam splitter(PBS)based on dual-core photonic crystal fiber(DC-PCF)is proposed in this work.The proposed DC-PCF PBS contains two kinds of lattices and three kinds of air holes to form the asymmetrical elliptic dual-core structure.By using the full-vector finite element method,the propagation characteristics of the proposed DC-PCF PBS are investigated.The simulation results show that the bandwidth of the proposed DC-PCF PBS can reach to 340 nm,which covers the S+C+L+U communication bands,the shortest splitting length is 1.97 mm,and the maximum extinction ratio appears near wavelength 1550 nm.Moreover,the insertion loss of the proposed DC-PCF PBS is very low.It is believed that the proposed DC-PCF PBS has important applications in the field of all-optical communication and network.展开更多
The research of high-performance polarization controllers is of great significance for expanding the application field of polarization optics. Here, a polarization switch is demonstrated by using a dual-core photonic ...The research of high-performance polarization controllers is of great significance for expanding the application field of polarization optics. Here, a polarization switch is demonstrated by using a dual-core photonic crystal fiber(DCPCF)with four symmetrical air holes, placed above and below each core, filled with magnetic fluid(MF). The switch, which utilizes a magnetic field to change the coupling length ratio of the x and y polarization modes, enables dynamic tuning of the polarization state and extinction ratio. Numerical results show that when the working length is 36.638 mm, the magneto–optical polarization switch can operate in four communication bands, i.e., 1509 nm to 1520 nm, 1544 nm to1556 nm, 1578 nm to 1591 nm, and 1611 nm to 1624 nm. Moreover, the extinction ratio(ER) is greater than 20 d B in the fiber length range of 38.5 mm to 38.7 mm, indicating that the device has a good fault tolerance for the interception of the fiber length.展开更多
The bending photonic crystal fiber grating sensor is an important role in underwater monitoring and fire alarm systems. It is studied that the resonant wavelength expression of bending long period photonic crystal fib...The bending photonic crystal fiber grating sensor is an important role in underwater monitoring and fire alarm systems. It is studied that the resonant wavelength expression of bending long period photonic crystal fiber gratings is deduced, it is designed that a bending long period photonic crystal fiber grating sensor system, it is calculated in theory that between the bending long period photonic crystal fiber gratings sensor resonance wavelength and the grating period and the bending strain. The result is shown by calculating and analysing in theory, the grating curvature is increased by the increase of the bending strain of the grating, and the resonance wavelength of the grating sensor is drifted, the drift amount is increased, one in this grating, the drifted amount of the resonant wavelength is 0.014 nm.展开更多
A new type of V-shaped photonic crystal fiber with elliptical air-holes is proposed to realize simultaneous high birefringence and nonlinearity at a wavelength of 1.55μm.The full vector finite element method was adop...A new type of V-shaped photonic crystal fiber with elliptical air-holes is proposed to realize simultaneous high birefringence and nonlinearity at a wavelength of 1.55μm.The full vector finite element method was adopted to investigate its characteristics,including birefringence,nonlinearity,and dispersion.The PCF exhibited a very high birefringence of 2.89×10^(-2) and very high nonlinear coefficient of 102.69 W^(-1)·km^(-1).In particular,there were two zero-dispersion wavelengths(ZDWs)in the visible(X:640-720 nm and Y:730-760 nm)and near-infrared regions(X:1050-1606 nm and Y:850-1500 nm).The combination of high birefringence and nonlinearity allowed the PCF to maintain the polarization state and generate a broadband super continuum,with potential applications in nonlinear optics.展开更多
Broadband normal dispersion pumping supercontinuum(SC) generation in silica photonic crystal fiber(PCF) is investigated in this paper.A 1064-nm picosecond fiber laser is used to pump silica PCF for the SC generation.T...Broadband normal dispersion pumping supercontinuum(SC) generation in silica photonic crystal fiber(PCF) is investigated in this paper.A 1064-nm picosecond fiber laser is used to pump silica PCF for the SC generation.The length of PCF is optimized for the most efficient stimulated Raman scattering process in the picosecond pump pulse region.The first stimulated Raman Stokes peak is located in the anomalous dispersion regime of the PCF and near the zero dispersion wavelength;thus the SC generation process can benefit from both a normal dispersion pumping scheme and an anomalous dispersion pumping scheme.The 51.7-W SC spanning from about 700 nm to beyond 1700 nm is generated with an all-fiber configuration,and the pump-to-SC conversion efficiency is up to 90%.In order to avoid the output fiber end face damage and increase the stability of the system,an improved output solution for the high power SC is proposed in our experiment.This high-efficiency near-infrared SC source is very suitable for applications in which average output power and spectral power density are firstly desirable.展开更多
We implement an experimental study for the generation of wideband tunable femtosecond laser with a home-made power-scaled mode-locked fiber oscillator as the pump source.By coupling the sub-100 fs mode-locked pulses i...We implement an experimental study for the generation of wideband tunable femtosecond laser with a home-made power-scaled mode-locked fiber oscillator as the pump source.By coupling the sub-100 fs mode-locked pulses into a nonlinear photonic crystal fiber(NL-PCF),the exited spectra have significant nonlinear broadening and cover a spectra range of hundreds of nm.In experiment,by reasonably optimizing the structure parameters of NL-PCF and regulating the power of the incident pulses,femtosecond laser with tuning range of 900-1290 nm is realized.The research approach promotes the development of femtosecond lasers with center wavelengths out of the traditional laser gain media toward the direction of simplicity and ease of implementation.展开更多
We propose a novel all fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer(MZI) based on photonic crystal fiber(PCF) filled with liquid crystal(LC). The interference between the core mode and the cladding modes of a PCF is utilized.To...We propose a novel all fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer(MZI) based on photonic crystal fiber(PCF) filled with liquid crystal(LC). The interference between the core mode and the cladding modes of a PCF is utilized.To excite the cladding modes, a region is formed using fiber fusion splicer. Due to the fact that varying effective index difference between the core region and the LC-filled cladding region can cause different transmission spectra,we mainly study the MZIs with different LC-filled structures and different lengths of LC filling. The measured results demonstrate that quite clear interference spectra can be obtained. Through analysis spatial frequency spectrum and temperature spectrum of two MZIs with different LC-filled structures, we can obtain that the MZI with adjacent two LC-filled holes has clearer interference spectrum and higher temperature sensitivity. Thus we choose this MZI to measure the temperature sensitivity with different lengths of LC filling. When the length of LC filling is 2 cm, the temperature sensitivities can be enlarged to 1.59 nm/C. The interferometer shows a good temperature tunability and sensitivity, which can be a good candidate for a highly tunable optical filtering and temperature sensing applications.展开更多
Optical fiber temperature sensors have been widely employed in enormous areas ranging from electric power industry,medical treatment,ocean dynamics to aerospace.Recently,graphene optical fiber temperature sensors attr...Optical fiber temperature sensors have been widely employed in enormous areas ranging from electric power industry,medical treatment,ocean dynamics to aerospace.Recently,graphene optical fiber temperature sensors attract tremendous attention for their merits of simple structure and direct power detecting ability.However,these sensors based on transfer techniques still have limitations in the relatively low sensitivity or distortion of the transmission characteristics,due to the unsuitable Fermi level of graphene and the destruction of fiber structure,respectively.Here,we propose a tunable and highly sensitive temperature sensor based on graphene photonic crystal fiber(Gr-PCF)with the non-destructive integration of graphene into the holes of PCF.This hybrid structure promises the intact fiber structure and transmission mode,which efficiently enhances the temperature detection ability of graphene.From our simulation,we find that the temperature sensitivity can be electrically tuned over four orders of magnitude and achieve up to~3.34×10^(-3) dB/(cm·℃)when the graphene Fermi level is~35 meV higher than half the incident photon energy.Additionally,this sensitivity can be further improved by~10 times through optimizing the PCF structure(such as the fiber hole diameter)to enhance the light–matter interaction.Our results provide a new way for the design of the highly sensitive temperature sensors and broaden applications in all-fiber optoelectronic devices.展开更多
The dynamic characteristics of high sensitivity temperature sensor are studied by using siphon method to fill the air hole near the core of the hollow photonic crystal fiber with Cargille matching liquid,and the two e...The dynamic characteristics of high sensitivity temperature sensor are studied by using siphon method to fill the air hole near the core of the hollow photonic crystal fiber with Cargille matching liquid,and the two ends are fused with single-mode fiber in this work.We analyzed the working principle of filled photonic crystal fiber sensor by using the standard coupling mode theory of directional coupler.The coupling process was simulated by COMSOL software.When the photonic crystal fiber filled with 10 mm liquid was scanned by tunable laser,the temperature sensitivity was 7.50 nm /℃,the average temperature response time was 0.317 s,the average release time was 3.732 s,and the temperature variation linearity was 100%.The experimental results show that the liquid filled photonic crystal fiber has the advantages of high temperature sensitivity,fast response time and good linearity.展开更多
A novel ultra-broadband polarization splitter based on a dual-core photonic crystal fiber(DC-PCF)is designed.The full-vector finite element method and coupled-mode theory are employed to investigate the characteristic...A novel ultra-broadband polarization splitter based on a dual-core photonic crystal fiber(DC-PCF)is designed.The full-vector finite element method and coupled-mode theory are employed to investigate the characteristics of the polarization splitter.According to the numerical results,a graphene-filled layer not only broadens the working bandwidth but also reduces the size of the polarization splitter.Furthermore,the fluorine-doped region and the germanium-doped region can broaden the bandwidth.Also,the 4.78 mm long polarization splitter can achieve an extinction ratio of-98.6 d B at a wavelength of 1550 nm.When extinction ratio is less than-20 d B,the range of the wavelength is 1027 nm-1723 nm with a bandwidth of 696 nm.Overall,the polarization splitter can be applied to all-optical network communication systems in the infrared and near-infrared wavelength range.展开更多
We numerically investigate the mid-infrared(MIR)supercontinuum(SC)and SC-based optical frequency comb(OFC)generations when the three optical modes(LP_(01),LP_(02),and LP_(12))are considered in a multimode tellurite ph...We numerically investigate the mid-infrared(MIR)supercontinuum(SC)and SC-based optical frequency comb(OFC)generations when the three optical modes(LP_(01),LP_(02),and LP_(12))are considered in a multimode tellurite photonic crystal fiber(MM-TPCF).The geometrical parameters of the MM-TPCF are optimized to support the multimode propagation and obtain the desired dispersion characteristics of the considered three optical modes.When the pump pulse with center wavelengthλ=2.5μm,width T=80 fs,and peak power P=18 kW is coupled into the anomalous dispersion region of the LP_(01),LP_(02),and LP_(12)modes of the MM-TPCF,the-40-dB bandwidth of the generated MIR SCs can be up to 2.56,1.39,and 1.12 octaves,respectively,along with good coherence.Moreover,the nonlinear dynamics of the generated SCs are analyzed.Finally,the MIR SCs-based OFCs are demonstrated when a train of 50 pulses at 1-GHz repetition rate is used as the pump source and launched into the MM-TPCF.展开更多
A circular photonic crystal fiber(C-PCF)based on As2 Se3 is designed,which has three zero dispersion wavelengths and flat dispersion.Using this fiber,a wide mid-infrared supercontinuum(MIR-SC)can be generated by launc...A circular photonic crystal fiber(C-PCF)based on As2 Se3 is designed,which has three zero dispersion wavelengths and flat dispersion.Using this fiber,a wide mid-infrared supercontinuum(MIR-SC)can be generated by launching a femtosecond pulse in the first anomalous dispersion region.The simulation results show that the MIR-SC is formed by soliton self-frequency shift and direct soliton spectrum tunneling on the long wavelength side and self-phase modulation,soliton fission on the short wavelength side.Further,optical shocking and four-wave mixing(FWM)are not conducive to the long-wavelength extension of MIR-SC,while the number and intensity of fundamental solitons have a greater effect on the short-wavelength extension of MIR-SC.The generation of optical shocking waves,FWM waves and fundamental solitons can be obviously affected by changing the fiber length and input pulse parameters,so that the spectrum range and flatness can be adjusted with great freedom.Finally,under the conditions of 4000 W pulse peak power,30 fs pulse width,47 mm fiber length,and 0 initial chirp,a wide MIR-SC with a coverage range of 2.535μm-16.6μm is obtained.These numerical results are encouraging because they demonstrate that the spread of MIR-SC towards the red and blue ends can be manipulated by choosing the appropriate incident pulse and designing optimized fiber parameters,which contributes to applications in such diverse areas as spectroscopy,metrology and tomography.展开更多
We present a numerical and experimental study of the propagation characteristics of photonic crystal fibers(PCFs)selectively filled with ionic liquid(IL;1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodine).Three types of IL-filled PCF...We present a numerical and experimental study of the propagation characteristics of photonic crystal fibers(PCFs)selectively filled with ionic liquid(IL;1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodine).Three types of IL-filled PCF are investigated:one with all air holes filled,one with an IL-filled air hole in the second ring,and one with an IL-filled air hole in the third ring.The results show that the third type of IL-filled PCF is the most sensitive to temperature;the sensitivity of resonant dips between the LP01 and LP21 modes is−2.9 nm/XC.Moreover,the intensity of the resonant dips changes with the polarization angle of the light source;the sensitivity is−0.79 dB per unit polarization angle.Based on this property,IL-filled PCFs with different utilities can be realized by changing the filling position flexibly.Consequently,IL-filled PCFs can be used under flexible conditions and controllable temperatures to create a compact polarization-angle sensor.展开更多
An ultra-broadband polarization splitter based on graphene layer-filled dual-core photonic crystal fiber(GDC-PCF)that can work in a wavelength range from 1120 nm to 1730 nm is proposed in this paper. Through optimizin...An ultra-broadband polarization splitter based on graphene layer-filled dual-core photonic crystal fiber(GDC-PCF)that can work in a wavelength range from 1120 nm to 1730 nm is proposed in this paper. Through optimizing fiber configuration, the polarization splitter has an extinction ratio of-56.3 dB at 1.55 μm with a fiber length of 4.8 mm.Compared with the photonic crystal fiber reported splitters, to our knowledge, the GDC-PCF splitter with the extinction ratio below-20 dB has a super wide bandwidth of 610 nm. Due to the excellent splitting characteristics, the GDC-PCF will be used in coherent optical communication systems in a wavelength range from infrared to mid-infraed.展开更多
A high sensitivity plasmonic temperature sensor based on a side-polished photonic crystal fiber is proposed in this work.In order to achieve high sensitivity and high stability,the gold layer is coated on the side-pol...A high sensitivity plasmonic temperature sensor based on a side-polished photonic crystal fiber is proposed in this work.In order to achieve high sensitivity and high stability,the gold layer is coated on the side-polished photonic crystal fiber to support surface plasmon resonance.The mixture of ethanol and chloroform is used as the thermosensitive liquid.The performances of the proposed temperature sensor were investigated by the finite element method(FEM).Simulation results indicate that the sensitivity of the temperature sensor is as high as 7.82 nm/℃.It has good linearity(R;=0.99803),the resolution of 1.1×10;℃,and the amplitude sensitivity of 0.1008℃;.In addition,the sizes of the small air hole and polishing depth have little influence on the sensitivity.Therefore,the proposed sensor shows a high structure tolerance.The excellent performance and high structure tolerance of the sensor make it an appropriate choice for temperature measurement.展开更多
The optical control ability of photonic crystal fiber(PCF)is a distinctive property suitable for improving sensing and plasma performance.This article proposes a dual-core D-channel PCF sensor that can detect two samp...The optical control ability of photonic crystal fiber(PCF)is a distinctive property suitable for improving sensing and plasma performance.This article proposes a dual-core D-channel PCF sensor that can detect two samples simultaneously,which effectively solves the problems of coating difficulty and low wavelength sensitivity.The PCF has four layers of air holes,which dramatically reduces the optical fiber loss and is more conducive to the application of sensors in actual production.In addition,by introducing dual cores on the upper and lower sides of the central air hole,reducing the spacing between the core and the gold nanolayer,a stronger evanescent field can be generated in the cladding air hole.The optical fiber sensor can detect the refractive index of two samples simultaneously with a maximum sensitivity of 21300 nm/RIU.To the best of our knowledge,the sensitivity achieved in this work is the highest sensitivity with the dual sample synchronous detection sensors.The detection range of the refraction index is 1.35-1.41,and the resolution of the sensor is 4.695×10^(-6).Overall,the sensor will be suitable for medical detection,organic chemical sensing,analyte detection,and other fields.展开更多
A new structure of the photonic crystal fiber(PCF)based Mach-Zednder interferometer(MZI)is fabricated and presented.The structure has microholes ablated by a femtosecond laser.The fringe visibility can be enhanced mor...A new structure of the photonic crystal fiber(PCF)based Mach-Zednder interferometer(MZI)is fabricated and presented.The structure has microholes ablated by a femtosecond laser.The fringe visibility can be enhanced more than 10 dB compared with the interferometer without a microhole.The interferometer is characterized by sodium chloride solutions for refractive index(RI)sensing.The RI sensitivities are greatly increased by the hole fabrication since it directly changes the cladding modes of the PCF.For the interferometer sensor with two holes,the RI sensitivity is 157.74 nm/RIU,which is 5 times than that of the sensor without a microhole.Microholes ablation with a femtosecond laser on PCF can increase the sensor's sensitivity dramatically.Femtosecond laser has a wide application prospect in the field of performance improvement of the sensors.展开更多
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors have grown in popularity owing to their sensitivity, precision, and capacity for a variety of applications, including detection, monitoring, and sensing, among others. Sensitivi...Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors have grown in popularity owing to their sensitivity, precision, and capacity for a variety of applications, including detection, monitoring, and sensing, among others. Sensitivity and resolution are two areas where this technology has room for development. A plasmonic biosensor based on an asymmetric slotted PCF structure with extremely high sensitivity has been described and theoretically investigated. This high performance sensor is constructed and completely characterized using finite element method in COMSOL Multiphysics software environment. Sensitivity and resolution are analyzed as performance parameters for the proposed sensor. Numerical simulation exhibits the maximum wavelength-sensitivity of 1100 nm/RIU with 9.09 × 10<sup>-6</sup> RIU resolution in the broad measurement range of refractive index from 1.30 to 1.44. A polarization controller can be used to fine-tune this extremely sensitive and wide-ranging refractive index sensor to fulfil a variety of practical needs. This is performed with the consideration of the variation in the refractive index (RI) of the analyte channels. In comparison with earlier PCF-based sensors, the fiber design structure is basic, symmetrical, simple to produce, and cost-effective. Because of the asymmetric air holes and higher sensitivities of the refractive index detector, it is possible to identify biomolecules, biochemicals and other analytes.展开更多
Tuberculosis is one of the most contagious and lethal illnesses in the world,according to the World Health Organization.Tuberculosis had the leading mortality rate as a result of a single infection,ranking above HIV/A...Tuberculosis is one of the most contagious and lethal illnesses in the world,according to the World Health Organization.Tuberculosis had the leading mortality rate as a result of a single infection,ranking above HIV/AIDS.Early detection is an essential factor in patient treatment and can improve the survival rate.Detection methods should have high mobility,high accuracy,fast detection,and low losses.This work presents a novel biomedical photonic crystal fiber sensor,which can accurately detect and distinguish between the different types of tuberculosis bacteria.The designed sensor detects these types with high relative sensitivity and negligible losses compared to other photonic crystal fiber-based biomedical sensors.The proposed sensor exhibits a relative sensitivity of 90.6%,an effective area of 4.342×10^(-8)m^(2),with a negligible confinement loss of 3.13×10^(-9)cm^(-1),a remarkably low effective material loss of 0.0132cm-f,and a numerical aperture of 0.3462.The proposed sensor is capable of operating in the terahertz regimes over a wide range(1 THz-2.4 THz).An abbreviated review of non-optical detection techniques is also presented.An in-depth comparison between this work and recent related photonic crystal fiber-based literature is drawn to validate the efficacy and authenticity of the proposed design.展开更多
A new D-shaped tellurite photonic crystal fiber sensor based on the four-wave mixing(FWM)effect with the surface plasmon resonance(SPR)effect is designed and optimized.The substrate of the D-shaped photonic crystal fi...A new D-shaped tellurite photonic crystal fiber sensor based on the four-wave mixing(FWM)effect with the surface plasmon resonance(SPR)effect is designed and optimized.The substrate of the D-shaped photonic crystal fiber(D-PCF)is tellurite glass,and the polished surface is plated with the gold film and hydrogen gas-sensitive film.An air hole of the inner cladding,which is plated with the gold film and methane gas-sensitive film,is selected as the second sensing channel to simultaneously measure the concentration of hydrogen and methane.Based on the four-wave mixing,the wavelength shifts of the Stokes and anti-Stokes spectra resulting from the variation of the gas concentration can be used to accurately detect the concentrations of methane and hydrogen.Meanwhile,it is found that the SPR effect can increase the wavelength shifts,which means the sensitivity of methane and hydrogen augment.After parameter optimization,the maximum sensitivities of methane and hydrogen are 4.03 nm/%and-14.19 nm/%,respectively.Both the linearities are up to 99.9%.The resolution of methane is 1.25×10^(-2)%and hydrogen is 7.14×10^(-3)%.Moreover,the fiber length of this sensor is only 20mm,which is conducive to the construction of a compact or ultra-compact embedded FWM fiber sensor.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China(Grant No.2019YFB2204001)。
文摘A novel polarization beam splitter(PBS)based on dual-core photonic crystal fiber(DC-PCF)is proposed in this work.The proposed DC-PCF PBS contains two kinds of lattices and three kinds of air holes to form the asymmetrical elliptic dual-core structure.By using the full-vector finite element method,the propagation characteristics of the proposed DC-PCF PBS are investigated.The simulation results show that the bandwidth of the proposed DC-PCF PBS can reach to 340 nm,which covers the S+C+L+U communication bands,the shortest splitting length is 1.97 mm,and the maximum extinction ratio appears near wavelength 1550 nm.Moreover,the insertion loss of the proposed DC-PCF PBS is very low.It is believed that the proposed DC-PCF PBS has important applications in the field of all-optical communication and network.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China “National Quality Infrastructure” (Grant No. 2021YFF0600902)。
文摘The research of high-performance polarization controllers is of great significance for expanding the application field of polarization optics. Here, a polarization switch is demonstrated by using a dual-core photonic crystal fiber(DCPCF)with four symmetrical air holes, placed above and below each core, filled with magnetic fluid(MF). The switch, which utilizes a magnetic field to change the coupling length ratio of the x and y polarization modes, enables dynamic tuning of the polarization state and extinction ratio. Numerical results show that when the working length is 36.638 mm, the magneto–optical polarization switch can operate in four communication bands, i.e., 1509 nm to 1520 nm, 1544 nm to1556 nm, 1578 nm to 1591 nm, and 1611 nm to 1624 nm. Moreover, the extinction ratio(ER) is greater than 20 d B in the fiber length range of 38.5 mm to 38.7 mm, indicating that the device has a good fault tolerance for the interception of the fiber length.
文摘The bending photonic crystal fiber grating sensor is an important role in underwater monitoring and fire alarm systems. It is studied that the resonant wavelength expression of bending long period photonic crystal fiber gratings is deduced, it is designed that a bending long period photonic crystal fiber grating sensor system, it is calculated in theory that between the bending long period photonic crystal fiber gratings sensor resonance wavelength and the grating period and the bending strain. The result is shown by calculating and analysing in theory, the grating curvature is increased by the increase of the bending strain of the grating, and the resonance wavelength of the grating sensor is drifted, the drift amount is increased, one in this grating, the drifted amount of the resonant wavelength is 0.014 nm.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61475029)
文摘A new type of V-shaped photonic crystal fiber with elliptical air-holes is proposed to realize simultaneous high birefringence and nonlinearity at a wavelength of 1.55μm.The full vector finite element method was adopted to investigate its characteristics,including birefringence,nonlinearity,and dispersion.The PCF exhibited a very high birefringence of 2.89×10^(-2) and very high nonlinear coefficient of 102.69 W^(-1)·km^(-1).In particular,there were two zero-dispersion wavelengths(ZDWs)in the visible(X:640-720 nm and Y:730-760 nm)and near-infrared regions(X:1050-1606 nm and Y:850-1500 nm).The combination of high birefringence and nonlinearity allowed the PCF to maintain the polarization state and generate a broadband super continuum,with potential applications in nonlinear optics.
基金supported by the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2012DFG11470)the State Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61235008)+3 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10904173,11004247,11274385,61077076,and 61007037)the Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Hunan Province,China (Grant No. 12JJ1010)the Postgraduate Innovation Foundation of Hunan Province,China (Grant No. CX2011B034)the Postgraduate Innovation Foundation of National University of Defense Technology,China (Grant No. B110704)
文摘Broadband normal dispersion pumping supercontinuum(SC) generation in silica photonic crystal fiber(PCF) is investigated in this paper.A 1064-nm picosecond fiber laser is used to pump silica PCF for the SC generation.The length of PCF is optimized for the most efficient stimulated Raman scattering process in the picosecond pump pulse region.The first stimulated Raman Stokes peak is located in the anomalous dispersion regime of the PCF and near the zero dispersion wavelength;thus the SC generation process can benefit from both a normal dispersion pumping scheme and an anomalous dispersion pumping scheme.The 51.7-W SC spanning from about 700 nm to beyond 1700 nm is generated with an all-fiber configuration,and the pump-to-SC conversion efficiency is up to 90%.In order to avoid the output fiber end face damage and increase the stability of the system,an improved output solution for the high power SC is proposed in our experiment.This high-efficiency near-infrared SC source is very suitable for applications in which average output power and spectral power density are firstly desirable.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61805274)the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12034020)Research Foundation of Inner Mongolia University of China(Grant No.21200-5215108)。
文摘We implement an experimental study for the generation of wideband tunable femtosecond laser with a home-made power-scaled mode-locked fiber oscillator as the pump source.By coupling the sub-100 fs mode-locked pulses into a nonlinear photonic crystal fiber(NL-PCF),the exited spectra have significant nonlinear broadening and cover a spectra range of hundreds of nm.In experiment,by reasonably optimizing the structure parameters of NL-PCF and regulating the power of the incident pulses,femtosecond laser with tuning range of 900-1290 nm is realized.The research approach promotes the development of femtosecond lasers with center wavelengths out of the traditional laser gain media toward the direction of simplicity and ease of implementation.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos U1531102,61107059,61308052 and U1331114the 111 Project to the Harbin Engineering University under Grant No B13015the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘We propose a novel all fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer(MZI) based on photonic crystal fiber(PCF) filled with liquid crystal(LC). The interference between the core mode and the cladding modes of a PCF is utilized.To excite the cladding modes, a region is formed using fiber fusion splicer. Due to the fact that varying effective index difference between the core region and the LC-filled cladding region can cause different transmission spectra,we mainly study the MZIs with different LC-filled structures and different lengths of LC filling. The measured results demonstrate that quite clear interference spectra can be obtained. Through analysis spatial frequency spectrum and temperature spectrum of two MZIs with different LC-filled structures, we can obtain that the MZI with adjacent two LC-filled holes has clearer interference spectrum and higher temperature sensitivity. Thus we choose this MZI to measure the temperature sensitivity with different lengths of LC filling. When the length of LC filling is 2 cm, the temperature sensitivities can be enlarged to 1.59 nm/C. The interferometer shows a good temperature tunability and sensitivity, which can be a good candidate for a highly tunable optical filtering and temperature sensing applications.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52021006,52025023,51991342,and 11888101)the Key R&D Program of Guangdong Province,China(Grant Nos.2019B010931001,2020B010189001,and 2018B030327001)+6 种基金the Pearl River Talent Recruitment Program of Guangdong Province,China(Grant No.2019ZT08C321)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB33000000)Beijing Natural Science Foundation,China(Grant No.JQ19004)Beijing Municipal Science&Technology Commission,China(Grant No.Z181100004818003)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2020M680177)National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents of China(Grant No.BX20190016)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2019M660280).
文摘Optical fiber temperature sensors have been widely employed in enormous areas ranging from electric power industry,medical treatment,ocean dynamics to aerospace.Recently,graphene optical fiber temperature sensors attract tremendous attention for their merits of simple structure and direct power detecting ability.However,these sensors based on transfer techniques still have limitations in the relatively low sensitivity or distortion of the transmission characteristics,due to the unsuitable Fermi level of graphene and the destruction of fiber structure,respectively.Here,we propose a tunable and highly sensitive temperature sensor based on graphene photonic crystal fiber(Gr-PCF)with the non-destructive integration of graphene into the holes of PCF.This hybrid structure promises the intact fiber structure and transmission mode,which efficiently enhances the temperature detection ability of graphene.From our simulation,we find that the temperature sensitivity can be electrically tuned over four orders of magnitude and achieve up to~3.34×10^(-3) dB/(cm·℃)when the graphene Fermi level is~35 meV higher than half the incident photon energy.Additionally,this sensitivity can be further improved by~10 times through optimizing the PCF structure(such as the fiber hole diameter)to enhance the light–matter interaction.Our results provide a new way for the design of the highly sensitive temperature sensors and broaden applications in all-fiber optoelectronic devices.
基金Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61675137)。
文摘The dynamic characteristics of high sensitivity temperature sensor are studied by using siphon method to fill the air hole near the core of the hollow photonic crystal fiber with Cargille matching liquid,and the two ends are fused with single-mode fiber in this work.We analyzed the working principle of filled photonic crystal fiber sensor by using the standard coupling mode theory of directional coupler.The coupling process was simulated by COMSOL software.When the photonic crystal fiber filled with 10 mm liquid was scanned by tunable laser,the temperature sensitivity was 7.50 nm /℃,the average temperature response time was 0.317 s,the average release time was 3.732 s,and the temperature variation linearity was 100%.The experimental results show that the liquid filled photonic crystal fiber has the advantages of high temperature sensitivity,fast response time and good linearity.
基金Project supported by the State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications(Grant No.SKLA-2020-01)。
文摘A novel ultra-broadband polarization splitter based on a dual-core photonic crystal fiber(DC-PCF)is designed.The full-vector finite element method and coupled-mode theory are employed to investigate the characteristics of the polarization splitter.According to the numerical results,a graphene-filled layer not only broadens the working bandwidth but also reduces the size of the polarization splitter.Furthermore,the fluorine-doped region and the germanium-doped region can broaden the bandwidth.Also,the 4.78 mm long polarization splitter can achieve an extinction ratio of-98.6 d B at a wavelength of 1550 nm.When extinction ratio is less than-20 d B,the range of the wavelength is 1027 nm-1723 nm with a bandwidth of 696 nm.Overall,the polarization splitter can be applied to all-optical network communication systems in the infrared and near-infrared wavelength range.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12074331,61875238,and 61971373)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(Grant Nos.F2021203002,F2019203549,and F2020203050)the Science and Technology Support Projects of Research and Development Plans of Qinhuangdao City(Grant No.202004A001).
文摘We numerically investigate the mid-infrared(MIR)supercontinuum(SC)and SC-based optical frequency comb(OFC)generations when the three optical modes(LP_(01),LP_(02),and LP_(12))are considered in a multimode tellurite photonic crystal fiber(MM-TPCF).The geometrical parameters of the MM-TPCF are optimized to support the multimode propagation and obtain the desired dispersion characteristics of the considered three optical modes.When the pump pulse with center wavelengthλ=2.5μm,width T=80 fs,and peak power P=18 kW is coupled into the anomalous dispersion region of the LP_(01),LP_(02),and LP_(12)modes of the MM-TPCF,the-40-dB bandwidth of the generated MIR SCs can be up to 2.56,1.39,and 1.12 octaves,respectively,along with good coherence.Moreover,the nonlinear dynamics of the generated SCs are analyzed.Finally,the MIR SCs-based OFCs are demonstrated when a train of 50 pulses at 1-GHz repetition rate is used as the pump source and launched into the MM-TPCF.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61275137)the Opened Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics(Grant No.IOSKL2020KF20)。
文摘A circular photonic crystal fiber(C-PCF)based on As2 Se3 is designed,which has three zero dispersion wavelengths and flat dispersion.Using this fiber,a wide mid-infrared supercontinuum(MIR-SC)can be generated by launching a femtosecond pulse in the first anomalous dispersion region.The simulation results show that the MIR-SC is formed by soliton self-frequency shift and direct soliton spectrum tunneling on the long wavelength side and self-phase modulation,soliton fission on the short wavelength side.Further,optical shocking and four-wave mixing(FWM)are not conducive to the long-wavelength extension of MIR-SC,while the number and intensity of fundamental solitons have a greater effect on the short-wavelength extension of MIR-SC.The generation of optical shocking waves,FWM waves and fundamental solitons can be obviously affected by changing the fiber length and input pulse parameters,so that the spectrum range and flatness can be adjusted with great freedom.Finally,under the conditions of 4000 W pulse peak power,30 fs pulse width,47 mm fiber length,and 0 initial chirp,a wide MIR-SC with a coverage range of 2.535μm-16.6μm is obtained.These numerical results are encouraging because they demonstrate that the spread of MIR-SC towards the red and blue ends can be manipulated by choosing the appropriate incident pulse and designing optimized fiber parameters,which contributes to applications in such diverse areas as spectroscopy,metrology and tomography.
基金supported partly by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11804171,11674177,and 61775107)partly by the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin,China(Grant No.16JCZDJC31000)partly by the Self-made Experiment Teaching Instrument Project of Nankai University 2018(Grant No.2018NKZZYQ04).
文摘We present a numerical and experimental study of the propagation characteristics of photonic crystal fibers(PCFs)selectively filled with ionic liquid(IL;1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodine).Three types of IL-filled PCF are investigated:one with all air holes filled,one with an IL-filled air hole in the second ring,and one with an IL-filled air hole in the third ring.The results show that the third type of IL-filled PCF is the most sensitive to temperature;the sensitivity of resonant dips between the LP01 and LP21 modes is−2.9 nm/XC.Moreover,the intensity of the resonant dips changes with the polarization angle of the light source;the sensitivity is−0.79 dB per unit polarization angle.Based on this property,IL-filled PCFs with different utilities can be realized by changing the filling position flexibly.Consequently,IL-filled PCFs can be used under flexible conditions and controllable temperatures to create a compact polarization-angle sensor.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61405096 and 61504058)the Introduction of Talent Research and Research Fund of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications,China(Grant No.NY214158)+1 种基金the Open Fund of Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures,Nanjing University,China(Grant No.M28035)the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.SKLST201404)
文摘An ultra-broadband polarization splitter based on graphene layer-filled dual-core photonic crystal fiber(GDC-PCF)that can work in a wavelength range from 1120 nm to 1730 nm is proposed in this paper. Through optimizing fiber configuration, the polarization splitter has an extinction ratio of-56.3 dB at 1.55 μm with a fiber length of 4.8 mm.Compared with the photonic crystal fiber reported splitters, to our knowledge, the GDC-PCF splitter with the extinction ratio below-20 dB has a super wide bandwidth of 610 nm. Due to the excellent splitting characteristics, the GDC-PCF will be used in coherent optical communication systems in a wavelength range from infrared to mid-infraed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12074331)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(Grant No.F2020203050)the Postdoctoral preferred funding research project of Hebei Province,China(Grant No.B2018003008)。
文摘A high sensitivity plasmonic temperature sensor based on a side-polished photonic crystal fiber is proposed in this work.In order to achieve high sensitivity and high stability,the gold layer is coated on the side-polished photonic crystal fiber to support surface plasmon resonance.The mixture of ethanol and chloroform is used as the thermosensitive liquid.The performances of the proposed temperature sensor were investigated by the finite element method(FEM).Simulation results indicate that the sensitivity of the temperature sensor is as high as 7.82 nm/℃.It has good linearity(R;=0.99803),the resolution of 1.1×10;℃,and the amplitude sensitivity of 0.1008℃;.In addition,the sizes of the small air hole and polishing depth have little influence on the sensitivity.Therefore,the proposed sensor shows a high structure tolerance.The excellent performance and high structure tolerance of the sensor make it an appropriate choice for temperature measurement.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61601183 and 31671580)the Key Technologies Research and Development Program of Henan Province,China(Grant No.202102210390 and 222102210242)Young Backbone Teachers in University of Henan Province,China(Grant No.2020GGJS099)。
文摘The optical control ability of photonic crystal fiber(PCF)is a distinctive property suitable for improving sensing and plasma performance.This article proposes a dual-core D-channel PCF sensor that can detect two samples simultaneously,which effectively solves the problems of coating difficulty and low wavelength sensitivity.The PCF has four layers of air holes,which dramatically reduces the optical fiber loss and is more conducive to the application of sensors in actual production.In addition,by introducing dual cores on the upper and lower sides of the central air hole,reducing the spacing between the core and the gold nanolayer,a stronger evanescent field can be generated in the cladding air hole.The optical fiber sensor can detect the refractive index of two samples simultaneously with a maximum sensitivity of 21300 nm/RIU.To the best of our knowledge,the sensitivity achieved in this work is the highest sensitivity with the dual sample synchronous detection sensors.The detection range of the refraction index is 1.35-1.41,and the resolution of the sensor is 4.695×10^(-6).Overall,the sensor will be suitable for medical detection,organic chemical sensing,analyte detection,and other fields.
文摘A new structure of the photonic crystal fiber(PCF)based Mach-Zednder interferometer(MZI)is fabricated and presented.The structure has microholes ablated by a femtosecond laser.The fringe visibility can be enhanced more than 10 dB compared with the interferometer without a microhole.The interferometer is characterized by sodium chloride solutions for refractive index(RI)sensing.The RI sensitivities are greatly increased by the hole fabrication since it directly changes the cladding modes of the PCF.For the interferometer sensor with two holes,the RI sensitivity is 157.74 nm/RIU,which is 5 times than that of the sensor without a microhole.Microholes ablation with a femtosecond laser on PCF can increase the sensor's sensitivity dramatically.Femtosecond laser has a wide application prospect in the field of performance improvement of the sensors.
文摘Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors have grown in popularity owing to their sensitivity, precision, and capacity for a variety of applications, including detection, monitoring, and sensing, among others. Sensitivity and resolution are two areas where this technology has room for development. A plasmonic biosensor based on an asymmetric slotted PCF structure with extremely high sensitivity has been described and theoretically investigated. This high performance sensor is constructed and completely characterized using finite element method in COMSOL Multiphysics software environment. Sensitivity and resolution are analyzed as performance parameters for the proposed sensor. Numerical simulation exhibits the maximum wavelength-sensitivity of 1100 nm/RIU with 9.09 × 10<sup>-6</sup> RIU resolution in the broad measurement range of refractive index from 1.30 to 1.44. A polarization controller can be used to fine-tune this extremely sensitive and wide-ranging refractive index sensor to fulfil a variety of practical needs. This is performed with the consideration of the variation in the refractive index (RI) of the analyte channels. In comparison with earlier PCF-based sensors, the fiber design structure is basic, symmetrical, simple to produce, and cost-effective. Because of the asymmetric air holes and higher sensitivities of the refractive index detector, it is possible to identify biomolecules, biochemicals and other analytes.
文摘Tuberculosis is one of the most contagious and lethal illnesses in the world,according to the World Health Organization.Tuberculosis had the leading mortality rate as a result of a single infection,ranking above HIV/AIDS.Early detection is an essential factor in patient treatment and can improve the survival rate.Detection methods should have high mobility,high accuracy,fast detection,and low losses.This work presents a novel biomedical photonic crystal fiber sensor,which can accurately detect and distinguish between the different types of tuberculosis bacteria.The designed sensor detects these types with high relative sensitivity and negligible losses compared to other photonic crystal fiber-based biomedical sensors.The proposed sensor exhibits a relative sensitivity of 90.6%,an effective area of 4.342×10^(-8)m^(2),with a negligible confinement loss of 3.13×10^(-9)cm^(-1),a remarkably low effective material loss of 0.0132cm-f,and a numerical aperture of 0.3462.The proposed sensor is capable of operating in the terahertz regimes over a wide range(1 THz-2.4 THz).An abbreviated review of non-optical detection techniques is also presented.An in-depth comparison between this work and recent related photonic crystal fiber-based literature is drawn to validate the efficacy and authenticity of the proposed design.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51874301)Primary Research&Development Plan of Xuzhou City(Grant No.KC20162).
文摘A new D-shaped tellurite photonic crystal fiber sensor based on the four-wave mixing(FWM)effect with the surface plasmon resonance(SPR)effect is designed and optimized.The substrate of the D-shaped photonic crystal fiber(D-PCF)is tellurite glass,and the polished surface is plated with the gold film and hydrogen gas-sensitive film.An air hole of the inner cladding,which is plated with the gold film and methane gas-sensitive film,is selected as the second sensing channel to simultaneously measure the concentration of hydrogen and methane.Based on the four-wave mixing,the wavelength shifts of the Stokes and anti-Stokes spectra resulting from the variation of the gas concentration can be used to accurately detect the concentrations of methane and hydrogen.Meanwhile,it is found that the SPR effect can increase the wavelength shifts,which means the sensitivity of methane and hydrogen augment.After parameter optimization,the maximum sensitivities of methane and hydrogen are 4.03 nm/%and-14.19 nm/%,respectively.Both the linearities are up to 99.9%.The resolution of methane is 1.25×10^(-2)%and hydrogen is 7.14×10^(-3)%.Moreover,the fiber length of this sensor is only 20mm,which is conducive to the construction of a compact or ultra-compact embedded FWM fiber sensor.
