用于光学传感的可调谐光波
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再一次, OFS光纤 are paving the way for researchers to bring cutting-edge technology out of the lab 和 into practical applications. This time, we’re delving into the realm of 光纤传感 – a technology that relies on a carefully tuned light source with specific traits like wavelength, 权力, 脉冲宽度.
Generally 光纤传感 starts with a laser, but they come with a catch: lasers have their materials carefully selected to emit stable light pulses at a specific desired wavelength, 限制他们的灵活性. A system with wavelength modulation promises exciting innovations for fields as diverse as quantum computing 和 激光雷达遥感.
Enter the optical parametric oscillator (OPO). It transforms regular laser light into controlled wavelength pulses by guiding the laser light into an optical cavity, bouncing it around nonlinear crystals 和 resonators. As the light moves through the cavity 和 is sent back over itself multiple times the system changes wavelengths 和 creates parametric amplification.
然而, there’s a hiccup in this dazzling performance: OPOs are quite s实体itive to temperature 和 environmental changes. Even small changes impact the wavelength 和 权力 of the light as it exits the cavity, confining OPOs mostly to high-maintenance lab settings.
研究人员推测，随机激光, which encourages scatter in the light source, would make the system more robust because the scattering would come from the controlled design of the laser 和 not be at the mercy of environmental changes in the optical cavity.
A groundbreaking paper from the University of Ottawa 验证了这个概念. A team demonstrated, for the first time, that an augmented s实体ing optical fiber like OFS’ AcoustiS实体 能让这个想法成为现实吗. AcoustiS实体 is manufactured with enhanced Rayleigh scattering 和 this scattering allowed the OPO system to have stable, tuned wavelengths in a simple 和 robust optical cavity.
Congratulations to the University of Ottawa team 和 to all the technologists working to unshackle OPOs from the lab.
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