SBIR Phase I: Highly Nonlinear Total Internal Reflection (HINTIR) Fiber for All-Optical Wavelength Conversion

SBIR 第一阶段：用于全光波长转换的高度非线性全内反射 (HINTIR) 光纤

• 批准号: 0319117
• 负责人: Vladimir Fuflyigin
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: OmniGuide Communications, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2004-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0319117&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Highly; Nonlinear; Total

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project aims to produce a highly nonlinear hgh-index-contrast total internal reflection fiber (HINTIR Fiber) for all-optical signal processing. The projected nonlinear response of this fiber is five orders of magnitude greater than that of a typical silica fiber. Because of this extraordinary enhancement of non-linearity, these HINTIR Fibers will be superior for most nonlinear applications at 1.55 micron. The main engineering challenge in manufacturing HINTIR Fibers is finding highly nonlinear materials with highly dissimilar optical properties (i.e. very different indices of refraction) and very similar thermo-mechanical properties, which are necessary for co-drawing these materials in a single fiber. HINTIR Fibers could be an enabling technology for a large class of all-optical devices, including wavelength conversion, all-optical logic, all-optical pulse reshaping and regeneration, etc. This project will focus on the application of these fibers for wavelength conversion. The optical networking equipment was a $12B market in 2002. Line cards account for roughly 50% of this market. They perform wavelength conversion by converting the signal from the optical to the electrical domain and back at a different wavelength (OEO conversion) and signal regeneration by processing the signal in the electrical domain. This requires expensive high-speed electronic and opto-electronic devices operating at the line rate of the network. If deployed in the context of an all-optical network, the proposed technology could dramatically reduce the need for OEO conversions, thus opening up a $6B market. While the adoption of all-optical networks has not happened yet, it is expected to take place in a few years by both the equipment vendors and the network operators, when current network capacity is used up. This transition will open up a large market

该小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目旨在生产用于全光信号处理的高度非线性高折射率对比度全内反射光纤（HINTIR光纤）。这种光纤的投影非线性响应比典型的石英光纤大五个数量级。由于这种非线性的非凡增强，这些HINTIR光纤将在1.55微米的大多数非线性应用中具有上级优势。制造HINTIR光纤的主要工程挑战是寻找具有高度不同光学特性（即折射率非常不同）和非常相似的热机械特性的高度非线性材料，这对于在单根光纤中共同绘制这些材料是必要的。 HINTIR光纤可以成为一种使能技术，用于一大类全光器件，包括波长转换，全光逻辑，全光脉冲整形和再生等。光网络设备在2002年是一个120亿美元的市场。 线路卡约占该市场的50%。它们通过将信号从光域转换到电域并以不同的波长返回（OEO转换）来执行波长转换，并通过在电域中处理信号来执行信号再生。这需要昂贵的高速电子和光电设备以网络的线速率工作。如果部署在全光网络的背景下，所提出的技术可以大大减少对OEO转换的需求，从而打开一个60亿美元的市场。虽然全光网络的采用尚未发生，但预计设备供应商和网络运营商将在几年内完成，届时当前的网络容量将用完。这一转变将打开一个大市场