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Production method of double-pump wavelength-adjustable broad band full-wavelength converter

A technology of wavelength converter and fabrication method, applied in optics, instruments, optical demodulation, etc., can solve problems such as low pump power threshold inconsistency, high pump light power, conversion efficiency sag, etc., and achieve full utilization of fiber bandwidth resources, overcoming conversion dips, effects of low power thresholds

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-07-21
SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIV
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[0004] After searching the literature of the prior art, it was found that the Chinese patent "Manufacturing Method of Wavelength-Tunable Broadband All-Optical Wavelength Converter" (Patent No.: ZL 2005 1 0027943.4) belongs to the cascade effect of single-pump frequency multiplication and difference frequency, and has the following Disadvantages: First, the nonlinear coefficient of frequency doubling is not large, and high pump light power is required to obtain considerable conversion efficiency, which is inconsistent with the low pump power threshold required in optical communication; second, the signal light and converted light are distributed in Both sides of the pump light, so at least one wavelength channel is occupied, which is not conducive to the full utilization of the communication band; moreover, in the single pump wavelength conversion scheme, when the wavelength of the signal light approaches the wavelength of the pump light, the conversion efficiency will decrease. Notching occurs, so some channels near the pump wavelength have to be discarded
That is to say, for a PPLN waveguide with a given period, the wavelengths of the two pump lights must be set at the wavelengths that match the period (that is, satisfy the phase matching condition), and each signal light within the corresponding signal bandwidth can only output one conversion If the pump light wavelength shifts slightly, it is likely that no sum-frequency light will be generated, and there will be no converted light output, which greatly limits the flexible application of wavelength converters.

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[0031] The first step is to select a Z-cut lithium niobate wafer with a magnesium-doped molar ratio of 3%-7%, first fabricate a titanium diffused waveguide structure on the -Z plane of the wafer, and then fabricate a A periodic optical superlattice with a period range of 20-25 μm, that is, by polarizing the wafer with an electric field at room temperature to achieve periodic inversion of the crystal polarization domain; the details are as follows:

[0032] (1) Select a Z-cut magnesium-doped lithium niobate wafer with a size of 20×10×1 mm, that is, a thickness of 1 mm and a 5% mol doping ratio, and polish the + / -Z surfaces.

[0033] (2) Fabricate a strip waveguide with a width of 6 μm by titanium diffusion technology on the -Z plane;

[0034] (3) Form an array metal positive electrode with a period of 20.4 μm, a width of 8 μm, and a length of 10 mm (assuming a duty ratio of 8:12.4) on the +Z surface by photolithography. The grating period is substituted into the formula by the S...

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[0043] The first step is to select a Z-cut lithium niobate wafer with a magnesium-doped molar ratio of 3%-7%, first fabricate a titanium diffused waveguide structure on the -Z plane of the wafer, and then fabricate a A periodic optical superlattice with a period range of 20-25 μm, that is, by polarizing the wafer with an electric field at room temperature to achieve periodic inversion of the crystal polarization domain; the details are as follows:

[0044] (1) Choose a Z-cut magnesium-doped lithium niobate wafer with a size of 20×10×1 mm, that is, a thickness of 1 mm and a 7% mol doping ratio, and polish the + / -Z surfaces.

[0045] (2) Fabricate a strip waveguide with a width of 6 μm by titanium diffusion technology on the -Z plane;

[0046] (3) Form an array metal positive electrode with a period of 23.4 μm, a width of 8 μm, and a length of 10 mm (assuming a duty ratio of 8:12.4) on the +Z surface by photolithography. The grating period is substituted into the formula by the...

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The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a dual pump wavelength broadband-adjustable all-optical wavelength converter in the technical field of optical communication. The invention chooses a Z-cutting lithium niobate wafer with a mg doping molar ratio of 3 to 7 percent; firstly, a Ti-diffused waveguide structure is manufactured on a minus Z surface of the wafer; then a periodic opticalsuperlattice with a periodic range of 20 to 25Mum is manufactured on a plus Z surface of the wafer, that is, through conducting a room temperature electrical-poling on the wafer, periodic inversion of a wafer polarization domain is achieved; two pumping sources are adopted; and a polarization controller is arranged in front of the wafer to control that the polarization characteristics of pumping light and signal light are ordinary light, so that the dual pump wavelength broadband-adjustable all-optical wavelength converter is acquired. On the premises that the conversion efficiency is not reduced and a wavelength conversion output spectrum is not changed, the method realizes N multiplying M wavelength path conversion of an ultra-wideband, thereby achieving network dynamic reconfiguration and the broadcasting function of a wavelength router.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of a wavelength conversion device in the technical field of optical communication, in particular to a manufacturing method of a dual-pump wavelength-tunable broadband all-optical wavelength converter. Background technique [0002] Existing wavelength conversion devices mainly include cross-gain modulation and cross-phase modulation wavelength converters and Mach-Zehnder wavelength converters based on semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA), but they are not completely accurate to the amplitude, frequency and phase of the input signal. Transparent conversion; while based on SOA or passive waveguide, such as four-wave mixing of optical fiber is a completely transparent all-optical conversion, but because it is a third-order nonlinear process, there is a problem of low conversion efficiency; in addition, this wavelength conversion The noise of the device is large and it is easy to cause crosstalk, so ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G02F1/37G02F1/35H04B10/12
CPCG02F1/353G02F2/004G02F2203/58
Inventor 陈玉萍龚明军陈险峰
Owner SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIV