CN1430369A - Coarse wave division complexing apparatus and preparation method of its used conpler - Google Patents
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A preparing method of rude wavebranch multiplexer and its optical fiber coupler for use of a base structure built by N numbers of optical fibre couplers as each optical fibre coupler divides light signal into two path as per wavelengths; the two path of signals are separately sent to the optical fibre coupler at the next stage to form N+1 channels as each channel of output light signal is connected with a filter in series to increase channel bandwidth and isolation ability. A preparing method of coupler is as follows: a) selecting optical fibre of inner packaging layer in reflecting rate to be increased step by step type as coupling material; b) using strong coupling mode and drawing cone by fusion to make selected material waveguide with fibre core near closely as well as to make centre wavelength interval period of optical fibre coupler at the next stage two times of optical fibre coupler at the last stage.
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Technical field the present invention relates to a kind of multi-wavelength device that optical fiber communication uses and preparation method of parts thereof of being used for, in particular, this is a kind of preparation method who improves Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer He its used fiber coupler of simple optical fiber message capacity.
Background technology light wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) is that optical wavelength is separated and synthetic optical passive component, in light communication the earliest, article one, optical fiber only designs the light transmission to a specific wavelength, after adopting WDM technology, article one, optical fiber can transmit a plurality of wavelength signals, under identical laying cost, the utilization rate of optical fiber improves, the higher DWDM technology of wavelength density has been widely used in the long distance High-speed optical communication system as national backbone network at present, on the submarine fiber cable communication system, but DWDM technical sophistication, the cost height is not suitable for being applied in metropolitan area network and the Access Network.
EPON (PON) access net system that uses adopts single wavelength time-sharing format at present, owing to will coordinate the synchronous of multiple terminals, pass band width is little, and costs an arm and a leg.
Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM that wavelength density is lower) multi-wavelength transmission plan has been expanded access bandwidth widely, and can have been transmitted the signal of different-format simultaneously.It has following several manufacture method: a kind of is to adopt Thin Film Filter, principle with vapour deposition, it is on glass that required rete is plated in thin flat plate, after light passed through filter plate not of the same race, different wavelength was just leached respectively, reaches the effect of partial wave, the CWDM that this mode is produced is bigger to the light difficulty, technology is held difficulty, also needs collimating mirror, the cost height; The another kind of array waveguide grating that adopts, it is deposition of silica rete on silicon chip, continue and define the array waveguide with micro-photographing process and reactive ion etch method, adding protective layer makes, this technology can once be told than multichannel, but waveguide is subject to the influence of environment such as temperature, need add the temperature control system, the cost of manufacture height; The employing fiber grating that also has, utilize ultraviolet irradiation optical fiber, make the refraction index profile of fiber core become cyclic variation, total reflection on the wavelength that satisfies the Bragg grating condition, and its commplementary wave length all passes through, be a kind of full optical fiber notch filter, the shortcoming of this method is that making is complicated, cost is high; The Chinese patent communique discloses a kind of pyrometric cone high density wave divided multiplexing device, the patent No. 96116575, include many window waves division multiplexer of several 1*2 or 2*2, they constitute the wavelength division multiplexer of 1*N passage by window center wavelength interval cycle multiplying power wavelength-division cascade successively, proposition utilizes fiber coupler to realize the imagination of dense wave division multipurpose, but the fiber coupler that general technology is made can not be realized the purpose of a plurality of wavelength divisions, and the wavelength division multiplexer of this structure fails to realize always.
Making optical coupler at present can have several different methods, is broadly divided into classes such as discrete optical elements sets mould assembly, planar waveguide-type, full fiber type.Wherein the fiber fuse in the full fiber type draws the awl legal system to make quite maturation of single-mode optical-fibre coupler manufacture craft, and has remarkable advantages on cost, thereby becomes the main method of current making optical coupler.The fused biconical taper method is drawn close the optical fiber that two (or more than two) remove coat exactly in some way, heating and melting at high temperature, stretch to both sides simultaneously, finally form the special Wave guide structure of bicone form, realize a kind of method of transmitting optical power coupling in the thermal treatment zone.But common single mode optical fibres and fused biconical taper method can only be made the WDM device of light splitting coupler and two wavelength, can not make the coupler that satisfies a plurality of wavelength.
Summary of the invention the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer simple, that cost is low, bandwidth chahnel is big, isolation is high and preparation method of used fiber coupler thereof of making.
The structure of Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer of the present invention is as follows: it includes a basic structure of being made up of N fiber coupler, each fiber coupler is divided into two-way by wavelength with the light signal of importing, this two ways of optical signals is sent to respectively on the fiber coupler of next stage, forms N+1 passage; It is characterized in that: on the passage of each output light signal, be connected in series a filter respectively, increase bandwidth chahnel and isolation.
Described filter can be two fiber couplers that fiber core is very close that adopt close coupling pattern fused biconical taper method to make.
Two optical fiber making fiber coupler are refractive index increase type gradually inner cladding monomode fiber.
Described filter also can be the Thin Film Filter of two-port structure, and by the light signal of wavelength separated, an other end increases bandwidth chahnel and isolation by Thin Film Filter in end input.
The present invention also comprises a kind of method for preparing fiber coupler, and it comprises following step,
A, select the optical fiber of refractive index increase type gradually inner cladding for use, as coupling material;
B, the coupling material selected for use is adopted the close coupling pattern, fused biconical taper makes it become the very close waveguide of fibre core, and to make the centre wavelength gap periods of next stage fiber coupler be the twice of upper level fiber coupler;
C, encapsulation are with the fiber optic materials encapsulation of fused biconical taper.
The coupling material cut-off wavelength of the refractive index increase type gradually inner cladding of selecting near but less than operation wavelength.
The very close waveguide cross section of fibre core that the close coupling pattern forms is circular or oval.
Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer of the present invention adopts fiber coupler serial connection mode, can reduce cost greatly, the part of the just existing thin-film device of cost, light inserts the insertion loss uniformity of low and each passage of loss, the Thin Film Filter or the fiber coupler of serial connection have increased bandwidth chahnel and isolation, the manufacturing process of Thin Film Filter or fiber coupler is simple, and cost is low, and good environmental stability is arranged.
In the preparation method of optical fiber, because select for use the optical fiber of refractive index increase type gradually inner cladding and cut-off wavelength near but less than the optical fiber of operation wavelength and adopt the close coupling pattern, make in this way preparation fiber coupler it have long wavelength sensitivity, can make eight passages or more multichannel channel-splitting filter and wave multiplexer etc.The fiber coupler of Sheng Chaning has extremely low supplementary load loss in this way, can be lower than 0.1dB, good directionality, and cost of manufacture is cheap, is suitable for producing in batches.
The present invention is described in further detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and concrete execution mode for description of drawings.
Fig. 1 is the basic structure schematic diagram of four-way Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer;
Fig. 2 is the four-way Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer structural representation of concatenated fiber coupler;
Fig. 3 is the four-way Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer structural representation of serial connection Thin Film Filter;
Fig. 4 is the distribution schematic diagram of refractive index increase type gradually monomode fiber refractive index;
Fig. 5 is a close coupling Mode Coupling district cross sectional shape schematic diagram;
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram that concerns that is used for the coupling ratio of fiber coupler of four-way CWDM and wavelength;
Fig. 7 is the structural representation of four-way CWDM wave multiplexer.
Embodiment the present invention includes the basic structure of being made up of N fiber coupler by one, each fiber coupler is divided into two-way by wavelength with the light signal of importing, this two ways of optical signals is sent to respectively on the fiber coupler of next stage, forms N+1 passage; On the passage of each output light signal, be connected in series a filter respectively, increase bandwidth chahnel and isolation.
Fig. 1 is the basic structure of a four-way Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer, it is by C1, C2, three fiber couplers of C3 are formed, four tunnel wavelength optical signals λ 1 are arranged, λ 2, λ 3, λ 4 delivers to fiber coupler C1 by same optical fiber, C1 is divided into λ 1 with it by wavelength, λ 3 and λ 2, λ 4 two-way, this two ways of optical signals is delivered to fiber coupler C2 and C3 respectively then, C2 is divided into λ 1 again by wavelength, λ 3 two-way, C3 is divided into λ 2 again by wavelength, λ 4 two-way, therefore four tunnel wavelength optical signals from an Optical Fiber Transmission just have been transferred to respectively four optical fiber by wavelength by these three fiber couplers.
As shown in Figure 2, in N+1 the passage that the basic structure of N fiber coupler composition forms, be connected in series two fiber couplers that fiber core is very close that adopt close coupling pattern fused biconical taper method to make on the passage of each output light signal respectively, be used to increase bandwidth chahnel and isolation.Adopt the close coupling pattern can increase the coupled oscillations cycle of fiber coupler, realize a plurality of wavelength divisions.
Two optical fiber making fiber coupler are refractive index increase type gradually inner cladding monomode fiber.The fiber coupler of this optical fiber fabrication increases the sensitiveness of wavelength, makes the flashlight of less wavelength interval have bigger coupling efficiency difference, thereby light signal is separated by wavelength.
As shown in Figure 3, it is the Thin Film Filter that the back of every road output on the basis of basic structure is connected in series a two-port structure again.F1, F2, F3, F4 are to be respectively the Thin Film Filter of the logical two-port structure of arrowband band of centre wavelength with λ 1, λ 2, λ 3, λ 4 among the figure, these Thin Film Filter effects are to increase bandwidth chahnel and isolation, the Thin Film Filter one end input of two-port structure is by the light signal of wavelength separated, and an other end increases bandwidth chahnel and isolation by Thin Film Filter.
Correspondingly eight passage Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer basic structures are made up of seven fiber couplers, the channel-splitting filter of basic structure is connected in series eight fiber couplers can improve bandwidth chahnel and isolation, and the Thin Film Filter that is connected in series the logical two-port structure of eight arrowband bands also can increase bandwidth chahnel and isolation.
The present invention also comprises a kind of preparation fiber coupler method, comprises following step,
A, select the optical fiber of refractive index increase type gradually inner cladding for use, as coupling material;
B, the coupling material selected for use is adopted the close coupling pattern, fused biconical taper makes it become the very close waveguide of fibre core, and to make the centre wavelength gap periods of next stage fiber coupler be the twice of upper level fiber coupler;
C, encapsulation are with the fiber optic materials encapsulation of fused biconical taper.
In said method, structure as shown in Figure 4, the coupling material that is elected to be the optical fiber of refractive index increase type gradually inner cladding and cut-off wavelength near but less than operation wavelength.N among the figure
1Be the refractive index of fibre core, its diameter is 2a; n
2Be the refractive index of inner cladding, its diameter also is 2a, n
3Be the refractive index of surrounding layer, its diameter extends to infinity.
As shown in Figure 5, the very close waveguide cross section of fibre core of close coupling coupling material formation is circular or oval.
In said method, the fused biconical taper method is drawn close the optical fiber that two (or more than two) remove coat exactly in some way, heating and melting at high temperature, stretch to both sides simultaneously, finally form the special Wave guide structure of bicone form in the thermal treatment zone, concern as shown in Figure 6, it is λ 1 that the fiber coupler C1 that the present invention makes satisfies wavelength, the light signal coupling ratio of λ 3 is a maximum, and wavelength is λ 2, the light signal coupling ratio of λ 4 is a minimum value, promptly has only λ 1 this moment, the light signal of λ 3 transmits in this optical fiber, and λ 2, the light signal of λ 4 then transmits in another root optical fiber, has realized that the partial wave of a plurality of wavelength closes ripple.The coupling ratio of C2, C3 and the relation of wavelength also should satisfy relation shown in Figure 6.
The present invention adopts three encapsulation that the fiber optic materials of fused biconical taper is encapsulated.
Fig. 7 is the four-way CWDM wave multiplexer schematic diagram that the fiber coupler made of an above-mentioned preparation method of usefulness is formed, and it is made up of C1, C2, three fiber couplers of C3.The effect of C2 is that the light to λ 1,3 two kinds of wavelength of λ closes ripple; The effect of C3 is that the light to λ 2,4 two kinds of wavelength of λ closes ripple; The effect of C1 is that the light with λ 1, λ 3 and λ 2,4 four kinds of wavelength of λ closes ripple.Like this in four optical fiber respectively the wavelength optical signals of transmission just be synthesized in the optical fiber after by these three fiber couplers and transmitted.
Draw the awl control principle basic identical to the fiber coupler that is used for eight passage Coarse Wave Division Multiplexers, just need the partial wave of 8 kinds of different wave length light signals considering and close ripple, so need the fiber coupler made more.
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1, a kind of Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer, include a basic structure of forming by N fiber coupler, each fiber coupler is divided into two-way by wavelength with the light signal of importing, and this two ways of optical signals is sent to respectively on the fiber coupler of next stage, forms N+1 channel; It is characterized in that: on the passage of each output light signal, be connected in series a filter respectively, increase the bandwidth and the isolation of passage.
2, a kind of Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer according to claim 1 is characterized in that: two piece the fiber couplers that fiber core very close of described filter for adopting close coupling pattern fused biconical taper method to make.
3, a kind of Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer according to claim 2 is characterized in that: two optical fiber making fiber coupler are refractive index increase type gradually inner cladding monomode fiber.
4, a kind of Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described filter is the Thin Film Filter of two-port structure, by the light signal of wavelength separated, an other end increases bandwidth chahnel and isolation by Thin Film Filter to the input of one end.
5, a kind of fiber coupler preparation method of composition Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: comprise following step,
A, select the optical fiber of refractive index increase type gradually inner cladding for use, as coupling material;
B, the coupling material selected for use is adopted the close coupling pattern, fused biconical taper makes it become the very close waveguide of fibre core, and to make the centre wavelength gap periods of next stage fiber coupler be the twice of upper level fiber coupler;
C, encapsulation are with the fiber optic materials encapsulation of fused biconical taper.
6, fiber coupler preparation method according to claim 5 is characterized in that: the coupling material cut-off wavelength of the refractive index increase type gradually inner cladding of selection near but less than operation wavelength.
7, according to claim 5 or 6 described fiber coupler preparation methods, it is characterized in that: the very close waveguide cross section of the fibre core that the close coupling material forms is circle or oval.
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