光学学报, 2013, 33 (7): 0706011, 网络出版: 2013-06-07
可编程带宽波长独立可调光纤光栅滤波器
Programmable Bandwidth-Tunable and Wavelength-Variable Fiber Grating Filter
光纤光学 可编程滤波器 热光相移 热打印头 fiber optics programmable filter thermal-optical phase shift thermal printer head
摘要
研究了一种基于线性啁啾光纤布拉格光栅(LCFBG)和热光相移技术的可编程带宽波长独立可调光纤光栅滤波器,透射峰数目、带宽、中心波长及波长间隔独立可调。由于热光效应,对LCFBG局部区域进行加热便可在加热处引入相移,使LCFBG透射禁带上产生透射峰。采用可编程的热打印头作为数字化加热单元,精确加热光纤光栅的特定位置,通过控制加热区域的数目和加热区域的间隔来分别确定透射波长的数目和透射波长的间隔;通过改变LCFBG被加热区域的宽度,实现可变带宽滤波。此可编程带宽波长独立可调光纤光栅滤波器的透射峰带宽调谐范围为0.07~1.55 nm,透射峰中心波长调谐范围为1547.44~1558.64 nm,两透射峰间距最小为0.95 nm。
Abstract
A programmable bandwidth-tunable and wavelength-variable fiber grating filter based on a linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating (LCFBG) and thermal-optical phase shift technique is proposed. The number of transmission peaks, filter bandwidth, central wavelength and wavelength spacing can be adjusted independently. Due to the thermo-optical effect, a phase shift can be induced along the LCFBG by heating a small portion of the LCFBG, then a transmission peak can be obtained within the stop band. The specific location of fiber grating is accurately heated by using a thermal printer head as a digital heating unit. The number of the transmission peaks and the wavelength spacing can be set by changing the number and the spacing of the heating points, respectively. And the peak′s bandwidth can be tuned by changing the width of the heating region. Tunable bandwidth of transmission peak between 0.07 nm and 1.55 nm, central wavelength of transmission peak ranging from 1547.16 nm to 1558.64 nm and the minimum wavelength spacing of 0.95 nm can be achieved using this filter.
张海亮, 唐明, 谢意维, 廖恢齐, 邱拓, 付松年, 刘端, 沈平, 刘德明. 可编程带宽波长独立可调光纤光栅滤波器[J]. 光学学报, 2013, 33(7): 0706011. Zhang Hailian, Tang Ming, Xie Yiwei, Liao Huiqi, Qiu Tuo, Fu Songnian, Liu Duan, Shen Ping, Liu Deming. Programmable Bandwidth-Tunable and Wavelength-Variable Fiber Grating Filter[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2013, 33(7): 0706011.