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373 results about "Phase matching" patented technology

Phase matching. A condition in which the polarization wave produced by two or more beams of incident radiation in a nonlinear medium has the same phase velocity as a freely propagating wave of the same frequency; the amplitude of the polarization wave is then greatly enhanced.

Compact monolithic dual-wavelength distributed feedback laser device and manufacturing method thereof

The invention discloses a compact monolithic dual-wavelength distributed feedback laser device and a manufacturing method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of laser, the laser device is composed of a front part, a middle part and a rear part, and the middle part comprises two equivalent Pi phase shift chirp sampling gratings. The laser is based on a reconstruction equivalent chirp technology and has a tunable wavelength interval. A chirp sampling grating with two equivalent phase shifts is arranged in the laser, and the grating is composed of a front part, a middle part and a rear part. Phase matching is achieved through the microstructure quasi-phase matching technology, it is ensured that a laser resonant cavity reaches the phase matching condition at the phase shift position, and wide-range adjustment expanded from 59.50 GHz to 116.25 GHz can be effectively achieved by changing injection current. The invention has the advantages of accurate wavelength control, simple structure, low power consumption, high integration level and the like.
Owner:NANJING UNIV

Formitamidine thiosulfate second-order nonlinear optical crystal and preparation and application thereof

The invention relates to a formamidine thiosulfate second-order nonlinear optical crystal and preparation and application thereof, the chemical formula of the crystal material is [CH (NH2) 2] 2SO3S, the molecular weight is 203.27, the crystal material belongs to an orthorhombic crystal system, the space group is P212121, the unit cell parameter is # imgabs 0 # alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees, Z = 4, and the unit cell volume is # imgabs 1 #. Under 1064nm laser irradiation, the frequency doubling intensity of the powder is about two times that of monopotassium phosphate crystals, and phase matching can be realized. In addition, the crystal material has a wide light transmission wave band, the ultraviolet absorption cut-off edge is 253 nm, the optical band gap is 4.90 eV, and the crystal material is easy to grow. The wavelength range of the coherent light source can be expanded by using optical frequency conversion technologies such as second harmonic generation and optical parametric amplification. Therefore, the crystal material has important application value in the fields of laser frequency conversion, photoelectric information storage and the like.
Owner:TONGJI UNIV

Non-linear optical structure with perfect phase matching and high-efficiency second harmonic generation efficiency

The invention discloses a non-linear optical structure with perfect phase matching and high second harmonic generation efficiency. The non-linear optical structure comprises a fundamental frequency wave resonance structure, a non-linear optical layer, a second harmonic reflection structure and a substrate, the fundamental frequency wave resonance structure is used for generating electromagnetic field local enhancement at an incident fundamental frequency wavelength and realizing a phase matching condition by optimizing electric field phase distribution; the nonlinear optical layer is used for frequency conversion from fundamental frequency waves to second harmonics and regulating and controlling harmonic radiation capability and phase regulation and control; the second harmonic reflection structure is used for controlling coupling-out of second harmonics; the rotary nonlinear optical layer can adjust the phase characteristic of the radiated second harmonic so as to realize perfect phase matching of a harmonic field; according to the nonlinear optical structure with perfect phase matching and high-efficiency second harmonic generation efficiency, accurate control of phase matching conditions is realized through reasonable optical film stacking and phase matching technologies, and high-efficiency coupling-out and utilization of second harmonics are ensured.
Owner:SUN YAT SEN UNIV

Second harmonic laser direct writing system

According to the technical scheme, the second harmonic laser direct writing system comprises a control system and a sensor module, the control system comprises an embedded controller and a closed-loop control system, the embedded controller is responsible for receiving sensor data and sending a control instruction, the closed-loop control system is used for adjusting the temperature and the angle in real time through the sensor data, and the temperature and the angle are adjusted in real time. And control software based on machine learning or an optimization algorithm, a temperature sensor is used on the sensor module to monitor the temperature of the nonlinear optical crystal in real time, an optical sensor monitors the intensity and phase of fundamental frequency light and second harmonic light, and an angle sensor monitors and feeds back the cutting angle of the crystal. An optimized nonlinear optical crystal phase matching technology is adopted, phase matching of fundamental frequency light and second harmonic light is ensured by accurately adjusting the cutting angle and temperature of the crystal, in addition, the stability of a laser light source is improved through improved design, the conversion efficiency of the second harmonic light is improved, and the laser output power is enhanced.
Owner:ABNER MICRO-NANO TECH (JIANGSU) CO LTD

Device for realizing low-loss work of long-wave infrared femtosecond optical parametric oscillator

The invention discloses a device for realizing low-loss work of a long-wave infrared femtosecond optical parametric oscillator, which belongs to the field of optical parametric oscillators and comprises a pumping source, a pumping focusing lens, a long-wave infrared nonlinear crystal cut at a Brewster angle, a laser medium dichroscope and an output coupling mirror. Wherein the nonlinear crystal meets the I-type phase matching condition for the optical parameter process, and the front and rear surfaces of the crystal cut the central wavelength of the oscillated signal pulse at a Brewster angle so as to reduce the loss of the pulse in the resonant cavity. According to the long-wave infrared femtosecond optical parametric oscillator, the limitation of residual loss of a crystal antireflection film is broken through by adopting Brewster angle cutting on the crystal, so that the construction of the femtosecond optical parametric oscillator based on the long-wave infrared nonlinear crystal becomes possible, and the bottleneck of the existing long-wave infrared femtosecond optical parametric oscillator in the aspects of wavelength tuning range, output power and the like is expected to be broken through; and a practical low-cost technical scheme is provided for construction and application of the long-wave infrared femtosecond optical parametric oscillator.
Owner:HUAZHONG UNIV OF SCI & TECH +1

High-speed large-capacity intermediate infrared laser communication method and system based on integrated waveguide

The invention provides a high-speed large-capacity intermediate infrared laser communication method and system based on an integrated waveguide, and is mainly used for solving the problems that when an existing space laser communication system adopts intermediate infrared band transmission, a frequency conversion scheme based on a block material is poor in phase matching, large in size, low in conversion efficiency, low in cost and the like. And the actual requirements of high-speed and large-capacity communication are difficult to meet. According to the high-speed large-capacity mid-infrared laser communication method based on the integrated waveguide, the first integrated waveguide is adopted to realize conversion from a near-infrared band to a mid-infrared band frequency comb, the wavelength division multiplexing technology is combined to maximize the channel capacity, and then the second integrated waveguide is adopted to restore a near-infrared band optical signal. The problems of insufficient capacity, generation of attenuation and loss, low rate and the like when near-infrared band optical signals are transmitted in an atmospheric channel are avoided, space laser communication with the rate of Tbps magnitude is realized, an optical field can be restrained in a micro-nano waveguide structure to the greatest extent, and the frequency conversion efficiency is improved.
Owner:NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIV

Reflective array antenna control method and system based on broadband dual-polarization unit

The invention discloses a reflective array antenna control method and system based on a broadband dual-polarization unit, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining a target wave beam pointing instruction, and carrying out the orthogonal decomposition of the target wave beam pointing instruction into a first polarization control vector and a second polarization control vector; calculating a theoretical phase frequency spectrum of each unit according to the polarization control vector; calling a preset database to extract a basic phase spectrum; quantitative mapping is carried out by calculating a matching error between a theory and a basic phase frequency spectrum, a phase control code containing the first polarization and the second polarization is obtained and loaded to a corresponding broadband dual-polarization unit to drive the switching of a physical state of the broadband dual-polarization unit, and real-time reconstruction of a wave beam is realized. Compared with the prior art, the antenna can overcome the defects that a traditional reflective array antenna is serious in polarization component coupling, low in phase matching degree in a broadband range and inaccurate in phase control code acquisition, and remarkably enhances the independent pointing precision and the full-band gain stability of dual-polarization beams. Therefore, flexible reconstruction of the wave beam in polarization and frequency dimensions is realized.
Owner:SUZHOU ZHONGXING ZHIHANG AEROSPACE TECH CO LTD

Adaptive on-chip optical coherence beam combiner and optical coherence beam combining method thereof

The invention relates to a self-adaptive on-chip optical coherence beam combiner and a method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of integrated photonics and optical coherence combination. Aiming at the problems of difficult phase matching, high system complexity, insufficient stability and the like in the prior art, the invention provides an efficient solution based on an intelligent optimization algorithm and a closed-loop feedback mechanism. The optimal voltage setting is quickly found through an intelligent optimization algorithm, and accurate phase and amplitude adjustment of the multi-path input light field is realized; based on a closed-loop feedback mechanism, the phase and amplitude of the beam combining unit are monitored in real time and dynamically adjusted, and the stability and reliability of the system are ensured. The high-integration-level on-chip optical system is realized, the complexity and the operation difficulty of the system are remarkably reduced, and meanwhile, the performance of each beam combining unit is ensured to be optimal through step-by-step optimization, so that the output power of a beam combining port is maximized. The method can be applied to the fields of optical communication, optical sensing and the like, and a new solution is provided for development of the optical coherent combination technology.
Owner:BEIJING UNIV OF POSTS & TELECOMM

Ultra-wideband femtosecond optical parametric oscillator capable of being quickly tuned

The invention discloses an ultra-wideband femtosecond optical parametric oscillator capable of being quickly tuned, and relates to the technical field of optical parametric oscillators. The oscillator comprises a frequency doubling device, an optical parametric oscillator resonant cavity device and a dispersion compensation chirp mirror pair module. According to the invention, the original phase matching bandwidth is further broken through by adopting a non-collinear phase matching mode that the transmission included angle between the pump light and the signal light is 2.5 degrees, and rapid wavelength tuning can be realized only by finely tuning the cavity length under the condition that the angle of the nonlinear crystal is not adjusted; the broadband tunable optical parametric oscillator can break through the bottlenecks in the aspects of wavelength tuning range, wavelength tuning speed and the like of the existing near-infrared optical parametric oscillator, and provides a novel light source with larger wavelength tuning range and higher tuning speed for the fields needing broadband tunable light sources, such as spectroscopy, micro-nano processing, optical frequency combs and the like.
Owner:TIANJIN UNIV

Aminoguanidine oxalate second-order nonlinear optical crystal material as well as preparation and application thereof

The invention relates to an aminoguanidine oxalate second-order nonlinear optical crystal material and preparation and application thereof, the chemical formula of the crystal material is (CN4H7) + (C2O4H)-, the crystal material belongs to a monoclinic system, the space group is P21, the cell parameters are # imgabs0 # and # imgabs1 #, alpha is equal to 90 degrees, beta is equal to 95-100 degrees, gamma is equal to 90 degrees, and Z is equal to 2. The powder frequency-doubled effect of the nonlinear optical crystal (CN4H7) + (C2O4H)-disclosed by the invention under the irradiation of 1064nm laser is about 1.0 time of that of a KH2PO4 (KDP) crystal, and phase matching can be realized. In addition, the crystal material has the advantages of being short in ultraviolet absorption cut-off edge (290 nm), easy to grow and the like, and has important application value in the photoelectric conversion fields of stereolithography, solid-state lasers, optical communication, optical parametric amplifiers, optical parametric oscillators, laser frequency converters and the like.
Owner:TONGJI UNIV

Trimethylamine methanesulfonate second-order nonlinear optical crystal material as well as preparation and application thereof

The invention relates to a trimethylamine methanesulfonate second-order nonlinear optical crystal material and preparation and application thereof, the chemical formula of the crystal material is [(CH3) 3NH] < + > [SO3CH3] <->, the molecular weight is 154.21, the crystal material belongs to an orthorhombic crystal system, and the space group is Pca21 (No.29). According to the present invention, the powder frequency doubling effect of the nonlinear optical crystal [(CH3) 3NH] + [SO3CH3]-under 1064nm laser irradiation is about 0.5 time of the powder frequency doubling effect of the nonlinear optical crystal [(CH3) 3NH] + [SO3CH3]-under 1064nm laser irradiation, phase matching can be achieved, and the ultraviolet absorption cutoff edge is less than 200nm. The crystal material is easy to grow and shows important application value in the aspects of electro-optical modulation, holographic storage elements, frequency doubling devices and the like.
Owner:TONGJI UNIV

Method and structure for realizing nonlinear waveguide quasi-phase matching

The invention belongs to the technical field of nonlinear optics, and discloses a method and a structure for realizing nonlinear waveguide quasi-phase matching. A plurality of groups of micro-nano structures are formed on the nonlinear waveguide along the waveguide propagation direction, each group of micro-nano structures comprises one or more air holes, the micro-nano structures are utilized to cause relative phases between different wavelength modes to generate jump, phase differences caused by phase mismatch are compensated, and quasi-phase matching is realized. The phase matching scheme provided by the invention is applicable to all nonlinear materials and waveguides, and has the advantage of high universality.
Owner:SONGSHAN LAKE MATERIALS LAB

High-power wide-spectrum long-wave infrared femtosecond laser generation method

The invention provides a high-power wide-spectrum long-wave infrared femtosecond laser generation method, and relates to the technical field of infrared ultrafast laser. According to the method, the 1.5 [mu] m pumping BGSe crystal is adopted, compared with a traditional 1 [mu] m pumping BGSe crystal, the heat accumulation effect is greatly reduced, and the operation stability of the system is remarkably improved in combination with a water-cooling heat dissipation device. Through crystal cutting angle optimization and phase matching design, 10-16 [mu] m wide-spectrum long-wave infrared femtosecond laser output is achieved, the power reaches 100 mW, and the application requirements in the fields of molecular spectrum recognition, environment monitoring and the like are met.
Owner:SICHUAN UNIV

Broadband nonlinear frequency converter and preparation method

The invention discloses a broadband nonlinear frequency converter which comprises a silicon dioxide coating layer, an x-cut lithium niobate film layer, a silicon dioxide buffer layer and a silicon substrate layer from top to bottom, the x-cut lithium niobate film layer is provided with a weak bending ridge waveguide, and the bending angle of the weak bending ridge waveguide is not larger than 5 degrees. According to the invention, birefringence phase matching is realized on the lithium niobate film in a weak bending waveguide form, so that broadband second harmonic generation, birefringence phase matching wavelength and matching angle correlation are realized, and an included angle between a wave vector of transmitted fundamental frequency light and a crystal optical axis is continuously and slightly changed through the weak bending film, so that the broadband second harmonic generation is realized. Therefore, birefringence phase matching of different wavelengths can be realized at different matching angles, and the purpose of broadband matching is achieved.
Owner:SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIV

High-efficiency frequency doubling system for laser

The utility model belongs to the technical field of fiber lasers, and particularly relates to a high-efficiency frequency doubling system for a laser. The high-efficiency frequency doubling system for the laser comprises a first lens, a first frequency doubling crystal, a 4f system and a second frequency doubling crystal which are arranged in sequence. According to the high-efficiency frequency doubling system for the laser, the two frequency doubling crystals are used, phase matching is adopted, S polarization light and P polarization light of fundamental frequency light are subjected to frequency doubling in sequence to form P polarization frequency doubling light and S polarization frequency doubling light, two times of frequency doubling of the non-polarization-maintaining fiber laser are achieved through two times of frequency doubling, and high-power green light in the mixed polarization direction is obtained. And under the condition that the infrared fundamental frequency power is kept unchanged, the proportion of S polarization component light to P polarization component light is changed due to the change of the polarization state, but two generated green light beams are complementary, so that the power output is more stable than that of one crystal.
Owner:INNO LASER TECH CORP LTD

Polarization-independent prism coupling method and waveguide structure

The invention relates to the technical field of optical waveguides, and particularly provides a polarization-independent prism coupling method and a waveguide structure, an optical anisotropic material is introduced into a substrate layer, a core layer and / or a cladding in a prism coupling waveguide, and a transverse electric mode and a transverse magnetic mode in the waveguide have the same effective refractive index by adjusting the refractive index distribution of the optical anisotropic material, so that the polarization-independent prism coupling method is realized. Different polarization states in the same light beam can be coupled into an optical waveguide at the same time, prism coupling is not limited by polarization sensitivity any more, the problem that a traditional prism coupling mode is limited by phase matching constraint is solved, and light of different polarization states in the same light beam has the optimal coupling angle.
Owner:CHANGCHUN INST OF OPTICS FINE MECHANICS & PHYSICS CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

Tunable narrowband medium wave infrared detection method based on up-conversion

The invention discloses a tunable narrow-band medium-wave infrared detection method based on up-conversion, and the method mainly comprises the steps: building a tunable narrow-band medium-wave infrared detection system, adjusting the power of signal light and pump light and the size of a beam waist, and controlling the temperature of a nonlinear crystal at a room temperature level to suppress the noise of a static system. A nonlinear crystal is designed through displacement of a multi-polarization period of a mechanical motion module, so that quasi-phase matching of signal light and pump light in a range of 3-5 microns is realized in different polarization period channels, sum frequency light of a visible wave band is generated, and flexible tuning of the signal light in a wide spectral range is realized; after stray light is filtered out, a sum frequency signal is received by a detector, a corresponding curve is obtained according to detected intensity information corresponding to each wavelength, and narrow-band response characteristics of different polarization periods are obtained.
Owner:NANJING UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Radio frequency signal control device and method and related equipment

The invention discloses a radio frequency signal control device and method and related equipment, and relates to the technical field of radiotherapy, and the device comprises a main control module which is used for the execution of radio frequency signal control logic, and is used for collecting the signal of a radio frequency cavity and the incident power and reflection power of a directional coupler in real time, and feeding back the power to the main control module, the signal of the radio frequency cavity comprises D box power; the phase detection module is used for detecting the phase error of the incident power and the D box power in real time and generating an oscillation driving signal during phase matching; the amplification module is used for amplifying the oscillation driving signal; and the base signal generation module is used for generating a radio frequency base signal according to the received oscillation driving signal so as to realize closed-loop control of a radio frequency signal of the synchrocyclotron and realize stable and efficient acceleration of a proton beam in the synchrocyclotron system.
Owner:MEVION MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CO LTD

Self-focusing laser Doppler vibration measurement method and system capable of resisting natural vibration of optical fiber

The invention belongs to the technical field of laser vibration measurement, and provides a self-focusing laser Doppler vibration measurement method and system capable of resisting self-vibration of an optical fiber, and the method comprises the steps: adding a compensation light path which is used for sensing and generating reference light which is equal to an interference signal in amplitude and is opposite to the interference signal in real time in a Doppler vibration measurement light path, and taking the minimum mean square error as a self-adaptive matching criterion; interference phases obtained by synchronous demodulation of the compensation light path and the main light path are subjected to adaptive matching and cancellation in amplitude and phase dimensions, residual errors of vibration of the vibration measurement system and other environmental interferences are suppressed below noise of the vibration measurement system, and the purpose of balancing and weakening optical fiber vibration interferences in an instrument is achieved. The influence of the vibration factor of the instrument is reduced, and the interference influence is accurately eliminated through amplitude and phase matching by a demodulation algorithm corresponding to a compensation light path; meanwhile, by dynamically observing and updating the return light intensity threshold, low-frequency disturbance is resisted, and accurate automatic focusing is achieved.
Owner:SHANDONG UNIV

Compound cesium ammonium fluoroborate, cesium ammonium fluoroborate nonlinear optical crystal, and preparation method and application of compound cesium ammonium fluoroborate nonlinear optical crystal

The invention provides a preparation method and application of a compound cesium ammonium fluoborate and a cesium ammonium fluoborate nonlinear optical crystal. The chemical formula of the compound is CsNH4B8O12F2; the chemical formula of the crystal is CsNH4B8O12F2, the crystal belongs to a trigonal system, the space group is P321, and the unit cell parameters are as follows: a = b = 6.5858 (4) + / -0.02, c = 7.8163 (6) + / -0.02, alpha = beta = 90 degrees, gamma = 120 degrees and Z = 1. The crystal is grown by adopting a vacuum high-temperature solution method, a room-temperature solution method or a hydrothermal method, and the ultraviolet transmission cut-off edge of the crystal is lower than 190 nm. The nonlinear optical effect of the crystal is about 2.5 times of that of KH2PO4 (KDP), and the shortest I-type phase matching wavelength is 175.5 nm. The crystal has the advantages of simple preparation method, low toxicity of used initial raw materials, small harm to human bodies, stable physical and chemical properties, uniaxial crystal, easiness in application and the like. The method can be widely applied to nonlinear optical devices such as ultraviolet and deep ultraviolet all-solid-state lasers, optical parametric oscillators and the like.
Owner:XINJIANG TECH INST OF PHYSICS & CHEM CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

Broadband tunable light emission chip based on asymmetric multi-quantum well technology and preparation method

The invention provides a broadband tunable light emitting chip based on an asymmetric multi-quantum well technology and a preparation method, the tunable light emitting chip comprises a plurality of laser units distributed in columns, and each column of laser units comprises a plurality of lasers connected in series; the laser units achieve single-waveguide laser output through cascade Y waveguide combination, each laser comprises an asymmetric multi-quantum well layer and a grating layer, the thickness of each quantum well is gradually decreased from top to bottom, and a grating is located on the surface of the upper limiting layer. The tunable lasers connected in series and in parallel are adopted, and single-waveguide laser output is achieved through cascade Y waveguide combination; the asymmetric multiple quantum wells are arranged, so that the overall tunable range of the laser can be widened; a sampling grating is manufactured through a reconstruction equivalent chirp technology to select a lasing wavelength, and pi phase shift is introduced to carry out phase matching so as to ensure single wavelength output; according to the invention, gains can be provided for a plurality of laser units, the density of monolithic integration is improved, the transmission capacity is increased, and the single-mode yield is improved.
Owner:NANJING HUAFEI OPTOELECTRONICS TECH CO LTD

Terahertz generation chip based on thin-film lithium niobate and preparation of terahertz generation chip

The invention provides a terahertz generation chip based on a thin film lithium niobate platform and a preparation method of the terahertz generation chip, and belongs to the field of integrated optics and microwave photons. According to the chip, terahertz waves are generated by utilizing a second-order nonlinear difference frequency effect on thin-film lithium niobate, and phase matching of an optical field and a terahertz field is realized through parameter design of an optical waveguide structure of the lithium niobate layer and a terahertz waveguide structure of the silicon layer. The device comprises a nonlinear action layer, an isolation layer, a terahertz transmission layer and a substrate layer. Firstly, a silicon layer is thinned through a mechanical polishing process, then polytetrafluoroethylene is bonded to the bottom of the thinned silicon layer, finally, waveguide structure etching is carried out, a specific waveguide shape and size are constructed, and efficient generation and transmission of terahertz waves are achieved. The method has strong practical operability, and has wide application prospects in the fields of terahertz communication, spectroscopy, remote sensing and the like.
Owner:UNIV OF ELECTRONICS SCI & TECH OF CHINA

Integrated pockels laser device

A lithium niobate (LN) external cavity includes a Vernier mirror structure which includes two or more microresonators where: one or more or all of the Vernier microresonators are tuned by the electro-optic Pockels effect of LN, with tuning electrodes integrated with the resonators, and one of the Vernier microresonators could be tuned by the thermo-optic effect, with a local heater integrated with the resonator. One or more or all of the Vernier microresonators include a section or the whole resonator that is periodically poled to achieve quasi-phase matching for nonlinear frequency conversion directly inside the laser cavity. The lithium niobate (LN) external cavity also includes a phase shifter whose phase is tuned by the electro-optic Pockels effect of LN. A Sagnac loop mirror is placed at the end of the device to function as the output end mirror of the laser cavity.
Owner:UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Single-mode high-nonlinearity photonic crystal fiber capable of maintaining circular polarization transmission and preparation method of single-mode high-nonlinearity photonic crystal fiber

A single-mode high-nonlinearity photonic crystal fiber capable of maintaining circular polarization transmission comprises a solid fiber core and a porous cladding structure arranged periodically, and the nonlinearity of the fiber is improved by optimizing the size of the fiber core and the duty ratio of cladding air holes. The torsion rate alpha introduced in the axial direction of the optical fiber is 0-8 rad / mm to introduce 10 <-3 >-order circular birefringence to maintain the circular polarization state, and effective refractive index change curves in different modes are changed. A plurality of cladding air holes are selected on the cross section of the optical fiber for selective filling or doping to realize phase matching of a fiber core high-order mode and a plurality of cladding modes, so that the fiber core high-order mode with the refractive index changing under torsion is filtered out by means of intermode coupling, the loss of the filtered high-order mode is increased by more than two orders of magnitude, and the high-order mode loss is reduced by more than two orders of magnitude. And single-mode transmission is effectively realized. Meanwhile, the characteristics of circular polarization state transmission and high nonlinearity are kept, and the optical fiber can be applied to application research of high-precision optical fiber sensing, optical fiber lasers with special circular polarization state output and the like.
Owner:SHANGHAI INST OF OPTICS & FINE MECHANICS CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

Power-scalable optical system for nonlinear frequency conversion

A system for frequency conversion of laser pump radiation includes an optical element for frequency conversion of lasers or laser beams with power scalability. The element has a nonlinear birefringent, thin plate crystal. A pump beam generates frequency-shifted radiation. Phase or quasi-phase matching conditions are in the crystal between beams. Frontside and backside of the crystal have high-reflective and partially-reflective coatings, obtaining intensity enhancement of the pump and frequency-converted radiation, and maintaining relative phase delay between beams, maximizing conversion efficiency. The crystal contacts a heat sink through the high-reflective coating, minimizing temperature inhomogeneity in the crystal. Intrinsic longitudinal heat flow provides power scalability. The element, used intra-cavity, acts as a wavelength-selective component forcing laser operation on resonance of the element, maximizing frequency conversion. The wavelength selectivity allows single-frequency operation of high-power lasers with intra-cavity frequency conversion.
Owner:PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT +1

Display system with tunable wavelength conversion in a nanophotonic periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide

According to examples, a tunable visible light source may include a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide and a control mechanism to optimize the phase-matching of the PPLN waveguide in response to an input signal with a varied wavelength. The control mechanism may include an electro-optic (EO) tuning mechanism, a microheater-based thermo-optic (TO) control mechanism, and / or an acousto-optic (AO) control mechanism. The control mechanisms may, respectively, generate an electric field, heat, or an acoustic wave to affect a change in refractive index of the PPLN waveguide and thereby optimize the conversion efficiency to maximize the output power of the output wavelength of the PPLN waveguide as the input wavelength is tuned.
Owner:META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Systems and methods for pump-based entanglement generation source enabling entanglement-assisted communication over turbulent free-space optical (FSO) channels

Examples are disclosed of systems including a two-pumps based entanglement generation source enabling entanglement-assisted communication over turbulent free-space optical (FSO) channels. In some examples, it is proposed to employ two S- / L-band pumps, satisfying PPLN-waveguide quasi-phase-matching condition over entire C-band, providing needed flexibility in wavelength-selection for signal-idler photon pairs. By performing phase-conjugation over idler photons, the present disclosure demonstrates entanglement-assisted communication at both 1Gb / s and 10Gb / s in 1.5km FSO link operated in beyond strong turbulence regime.
Owner:THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIV OF ARIZONA

Devices and methods for polarization control and wavelength multiplexing

A system for a waveguide-based diplexer (wavelength multiplexer / demultiplexer) and polarizer having ultra-broad bandwidth, a compact footprint, low losses, fabrication robustness and a simple single etch fabrication process. The polarizer (TE-pass) is based on the phase-matched coupling of the unwanted TM0 mode in an input waveguide to the TM1 mode in a tapered directional coupler (DC), which is then guided through a low-loss bend (180-degree) and scattered in a terminator section with low back reflections. An S-bend is added before the output for filtering any residual TM0mode present in the input waveguide. The diplexer is based on a multimode interference (MMI) coupler and is designed at the first imaging length for 1550 nm wavelength resulting in a compact MMI length. In order to improve the extinction ratio, the output ports are made asymmetric in width.
Owner:NEW YORK UNIV IN ABU DHABI CORP

An anticoupler based on a thin-film lithium niobate platform

This invention belongs to the field of wavelength division multiplexing optical communication technology, specifically relating to a reverse coupler based on a thin-film lithium niobate platform. The reverse coupler includes: a lithium niobate-on-insulator substrate, a first waveguide, a second waveguide, and a coupling region. The first and second waveguides are disposed in the device layer of the lithium niobate-on-insulator substrate. The first and second waveguides are arranged in parallel along the light propagation direction within the coupling region. A periodic grating perturbation structure is disposed on the first and / or second waveguides. This reverse coupler utilizes the grating perturbation structure to ensure that the modes of the two waveguides satisfy the phase matching condition. The optical signal input to one waveguide is reverse-coupled to the falling port of the other waveguide. Utilizing the large photoelectric coefficient of lithium niobate material, this reverse coupler can tune its spectrum under specific conditions by applying a voltage.
Owner:GUANGDONG UNIV OF TECH

On-chip super-continuum spectrum light source based on cascaded polarized ferroelectric material and design method thereof

ActiveCN121500646AOptical waveguide light guideNon-linear opticsGroup velocity dispersionEngineering
The invention discloses an on-chip super-continuum spectrum light source based on a cascaded polarized ferroelectric material and a design method thereof. The pump light source is used for providing pump light; the pump light enters the super-continuum spectrum generation waveguide; the super-continuum spectrum generation waveguide meets the requirements that the group velocity dispersion is close to 0 under the wavelength of the pump light, the group velocity mismatch of the wavelength of the pump light and the wavelength of the frequency doubling light is close to 0, and the polarization period of the super-continuum spectrum generation waveguide meets the phase matching of frequency doubling. The polarization period of the super-continuum spectrum expansion waveguide changes along the propagation direction, and the super-continuum spectrum expansion waveguide outputs a super-continuum spectrum; the conical transition waveguide is used for connecting the super-continuum spectrum generation waveguide and the super-continuum spectrum expansion waveguide and eliminating mode mismatch between the super-continuum spectrum generation waveguide and the super-continuum spectrum expansion waveguide. The system has the advantages of low cost, high integration level and wide spectrum coverage, and is suitable for the fields of environmental monitoring, medical diagnosis, spectral analysis and the like.
Owner:ZHEJIANG UNIV