Experimental study of nonlinear switching characteristics of conventional 2×2 fused tapered couplers

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2005-04-14
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Thenonlinearswitchingcharacteristicsoffusedfiberdirectionalcouplerswerestudiedexperimentally.Byusingfemtosecondlaserpulseswithpulsewidthof100fsandwavelengthofabout1550nmfromasystemofTi:sapphirelaserandopticalparametricamplifier(OPA),thenonlinearswitchingpropertiesofanullcoupleranda100%couplerweremeasured.Theexperimentalresultswerecoincidentwiththesimulationsbasedonnonlinearpropagationequationsinfiberbyusingsuper-modetheory.Nonlinearlossinfiberwasalsomeasuredtogettheinjectedpoweratthecoupler.Afterdeductingthenonlinearlossandinputefficiency,thenonlinearswitchingcriticalpeakpowersfora100%andanullfusedcouplerswerecalculatedtobe9410and9440W,respectively.ThenonlinearlossparameterPNinanexpressionofαNL=αP/PNwasobtainedtobePN=0.23W.