{"title":"Raman Suppression Using Chirp-Moire Fiber Bragg Grating in High-Power Fiber Lasers","authors":"Weixuan Lin, M. Rochette","doi":"10.1109/PN.2018.8438839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2018.8438839","url":null,"abstract":"We simulate the performance of chirped-moire OC-FBG in high-power fiber oscillator, including Raman threshold, backward leakage and conversion efficiency.","PeriodicalId":423625,"journal":{"name":"2018 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127552753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. R. Warnes-Lora, I. Zaldívar-Huerta, J. Rodríguez-Asomoza, R. Amezcua-correa, J. Antonio-Lopez, A. García-Juárez
{"title":"Performance Evaluation of a Photonic Lantern by Transmitting Microwave Signals","authors":"J. R. Warnes-Lora, I. Zaldívar-Huerta, J. Rodríguez-Asomoza, R. Amezcua-correa, J. Antonio-Lopez, A. García-Juárez","doi":"10.1109/PN.2018.8438830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2018.8438830","url":null,"abstract":"A full performance evaluation of a photonic lantern (PL) by transmitting microwave signals is carried out. The PL used in this experiment is composed by three single-mode fibers (SMF) and one of few-mode fiber (FMF). The PL is placed in a microwave photonic filter architecture, where individually is evaluated the transmission of modulated optical signals on the modes LP01, LP11a and LP11b. Results allow to propose the use of this PL in an optical system communication.","PeriodicalId":423625,"journal":{"name":"2018 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123788912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancement of Bioactivity of Glass by Deposition of Nanofibrous Ti Using High Intensity Laser Induced Reverse Transfer Method","authors":"N. Safaie, Amirkianoosh Kiani","doi":"10.1109/pn.2018.8438844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pn.2018.8438844","url":null,"abstract":"In this research, a novel method for deposition of biocompatible Ti nanofibrous thin-film on bio-glass via laser induced reverse transfer method, has been demonstrated. Since this deposited biocompatible Ti coating on bioglass provides good layer for adhesion of Ca and P elements available in simulated body fluid (SBF), it, significantly, enhances bioactivity of the substrate glass for in-vitro and potentially in-vivo utilization.","PeriodicalId":423625,"journal":{"name":"2018 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131972410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spot-Size Converters with Shaped Oxide Cladding","authors":"Huai Yang, O. Liboiron-Ladouceur","doi":"10.1109/PN.2018.8438836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2018.8438836","url":null,"abstract":"A novel spot-size converter without polymer deposition is presented. Simulation results shows a coupling loss of 2.3/2.8 dB for TE/TM at 1550 nm with an optical bandwidth greater than 300 nm.","PeriodicalId":423625,"journal":{"name":"2018 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130381102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatial Light Modulator Optical Switch for Multicore Fiber","authors":"Mahmoud Gadalla, V. François, B. Ung","doi":"10.1109/PN.2018.8438826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2018.8438826","url":null,"abstract":"We propose an optical switch for multicore fiber based on a spatial light phase modulator and present its preliminary results. Such device will support the foreseen transition towards space-division multiplexing and its implementation in multicore fiber communication networks.","PeriodicalId":423625,"journal":{"name":"2018 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131221840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Noise Reduction Performance of Nonlinear Amplitude Discriminator Schemes","authors":"Wasim Firdaus Lashkor, M. Rochette","doi":"10.1109/PN.2018.8438846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2018.8438846","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate the performance of three different schemes of fiber amplitude discriminators, optimizing the suppression of amplified spontaneous emission noise of pulsed fiber lasers.","PeriodicalId":423625,"journal":{"name":"2018 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126824994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-Stage Perturbation Technique Based Nonlinear Fourier Transform for Fiber Optic Systems","authors":"Elham Bidaki, Shiva Kumar","doi":"10.1109/PN.2018.8438621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2018.8438621","url":null,"abstract":"A multi-stage perturbation technique to realize the nonlinear Fourier transform is proposed. This technique uses the cascade of discrete Fourier transforms and hence, the computational cost is significantly reduced.","PeriodicalId":423625,"journal":{"name":"2018 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"98 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114506333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Temporal and Spectral Measurement of Red-Shifted Spectrum in Multi-Frequency Raman Generation","authors":"Zujun Xu, Abdullah Rahnama, D. Strickland","doi":"10.1109/PN.2018.8438840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2018.8438840","url":null,"abstract":"Frequency resolved optical gating is applied to study the temporal structure and spectrum of the first anti-Stokes. We observe a double peaked, and red-shifted spectrum. Together with phase information, we think there is two separated processes in the Multi-frequency Raman Generation.","PeriodicalId":423625,"journal":{"name":"2018 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116882288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ANN-Based Mitigation of Optical Fiber Nonlinear Distortions in Data Center Networks","authors":"M. M. T. Maghrabi, Shiva Kumar, M. Bakr","doi":"10.1109/PN.2018.8438620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2018.8438620","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents a novel electrical equalization technique for mitigating the nonlinear distortions adhered to the received signals in data center networks. These distortions are due to the combination of the chromatic dispersion induced by the optical fiber channel and the direct detection system. An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is trained to reverse the combined effect of the chromatic dispersion and direct detection.","PeriodicalId":423625,"journal":{"name":"2018 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128134018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Murate, Mehraveh Javan Roshtkhari, X. Ropagnol, F. Blanchard
{"title":"Adaptive Optical Pulse Front Tilt Using MEMS Mirrors","authors":"K. Murate, Mehraveh Javan Roshtkhari, X. Ropagnol, F. Blanchard","doi":"10.1109/PN.2018.8438832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2018.8438832","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate an alternative pulse-fro nt-tilt (PFT) scheme for ultrashort laser pulses using microelectromechanical system (MEMS), also known as digital micromirror device (DMD). Furthermore, using a pair of DMDs, we demonstrate a novel PFT scheme that allows fine tune adjustment of the tilt and its orientation.","PeriodicalId":423625,"journal":{"name":"2018 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"334 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114240902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}