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Why Optical Communication?
Current Economic Motivation
= 1.6
5
10.49
Initial motivation was telephony
Overview of photonic
transmission Impairments - I
13
-
( ( CHROMATIC DISPERSION (CD)
LOSS
NON-LINEARITY
Gets worse with TX power
POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION
IMPAIRMENTS
NOISE SOURCES
RX+OA dependent
TX Power
Optical Signal/Noise
Pulse spreadingISIBER
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Fiber loss spectrum
THIRD WINDOW (low Loss):
Conventional, or C-band:
~1525 nm - 1565 nm,
Long, or L-band:
1570 nm to 1610 nm..
SECOND WINDOW (low CD):
1260 to 1360 nm
(InGaAsP lasers, SMF)
FIRST WINDOW:
800 to 900 nm (GaAs lasers, MMF)
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Charles K. Kao working with fiber optics
at the Standard Telecommunication Laboratories in England in the 1960s.
Substantially reducing fiber loss is what
made fiber-optical communication possible
The masters of light: This year's (2009) Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded for two
scientific achievements that have helped to shape the foundations of todays
networked societies. They have created many practical innovations for everyday life
and provided new tools for scientific exploration.
In 1966, Charles K. Kao made a discovery that led to a breakthrough in fiber optics.
He carefully calculated how to transmit light over long distances via optical glass
fibers. With a fiber of purest glass it would be possible to transmit light signals over
100 kilometers, compared to only 20 meters for the fibers available in the 1960s.
Kao's enthusiasm inspired other researchers to share his vision of the future potential
of fiber optics. The first ultrapure fiber was successfully fabricated just four years
later, in 1970.
Today optical fibers make up the circulatory system that nourishes our
communication society. These low-loss glass fibers facilitate global broadband
communication such as the Internet. Light flows in thin threads of glass, and it carries
almost all of the telephony and data traffic in each and every direction. Text, music,
images and video can be transferred around the globe in a split second.
If we were to unravel all of the glass fibers that wind around the globe, we would get
a single thread over one billion kilometers long which is enough to encircle the
globe more than 25 000 times and is increasing by thousands of kilometers every
hour.
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self-study
Loss mechanisms
Intrinsic losses (fundamental to the glass material wavelength and material
composition dependent):
Si0
2
absorption resonances with tails extending in the communication wavelength range
with peaks located at UV (0.1um electronic origin) and mid IR (lattice vibrational
modes, at 7 and 11um)
Rayleigh scattering (excitation and re-radiation of light by atomic dipoles of dimensions
much smaller than a wavelength) only excited due to irregularities of the atomic structure
rapid random variations in the density, hence in the refractive index of the glass and of
dopant materials introduced into the Si02 lattice structure
Extrinsic losses (impurities, structural imperfections):
Metallic and Rare Earth Impurities (V, Cr, Ni, Mn, Cu, Fe Er, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy)
must be kept to concentration levels to few parts per billion by the vapor-phase processing
technologies.
OH (hydroxil group) losses OH may enter in the fabrication process OH resonates
between 2.7 and 3.0 um the OH vibrational modes are slightly anharmonic, generating
intermodulation tones at 1.38 um (2
nd
harmonic) and 0.95 um (3
rd
harmonic). There is also
a sideband at 1.25 um from the coupling of the 2
nd
harmonic with the fundamental Si-O
vibrational resonance.
Bending losses:
Macrobending - curved guiding fiber bent into a loop
Microbending - when the fiber comes in contact with rough surface, or small random axial
deformations, fluctuations in the core radius) all random along z.
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Fiber Loss spectrum with
individual loss mechanisms
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[J. Buck, Fundamentals of Optical Fibers]
Fiber dispersion Pulse Broadening
InterSymbol Interference (ISI)degraded Bit Error Rate (BER)
FIBER WITH CHROMATIC DISPERSION (CD)
CDPulse Broadening (Animation)
Different colors (wavelengths( travel at different velocities
1, 1, 0 1, 1, 1
THRESHOLD
1, 0, 0
1, 1, 0
Pulse BroadeningISIBER
Note: The ISI effect is complex: Sometimes the tail (RX response to a single pulse),
may last even longer than a single pulse slot (bit duration), and several such
tails from a few past symbols may superpose in any given bit interval
(the details depend on the transmitted bit sequence, the basic transmitter pulse,
the fiber channel CD, and the RX electrical response)
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Fiber dispersion spectrum
The proportionality constant called Dispersion Parameter, D, is plotted below:
DL t A = A
psec/
( /
k
)
m
nm
g
d L
D
d
t
=
(
(
Pulse spread [ps] is proportional to distance [Km] and to light bandwidth [nm]:
@1.3um, standard fiber
is ideally CD-free
(but is lossier)
@1.5um, standard fiber
has large CD
(but has lowest loss)
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>
H
i
g
h
e
r
p
o
w
e
r
The CD induced broadening
is a larger percentage
of the shorter pulses
at higher bitrate
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Overview of Optical
Amplification and
Dense Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (DWDM)
23
ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER (EDFA)
An optical amplifier is a device that amplifies an optical signal directly, without the
need to first convert it to an electrical signal. An optical amplifier may be thought of as
a laser without an optical cavity, or one in which feedback from the cavity is
suppressed. Stimulated emission in the amplifier's gain medium causes amplification
of incoming light. [WIKI]
980 or 1,480 nm
Optical gain in the 1,550 nm region.
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Doped fibre amplifiers (DFAs) are optical amplifiers that use a doped optical fibre as a gain medium to amplify an optical signal.
The signal to be amplified and a pump laser are multiplexed into the doped fibre, and the signal is amplified through interaction
with the doping ions. The most common example is the Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA), where the core of a silica fiber is
doped with trivalent Erbium ions and can be efficiently pumped with a laser at a wavelength of 980 nm or 1,480 nm, and exhibits
gain in the 1,550 nm region.
Amplification is achieved by stimulated emission of photons from dopant ions in the doped fibre. The pump laser excites ions into
a higher energy from where they can decay via stimulated emission of a photon at the signal wavelength back to a lower energy
level. The excited ions can also decay spontaneously (spontaneous emission) or even through nonradiative processes involving
interactions with phonons of the glass matrix.
The amplification window of an optical amplifier is the range of optical wavelengths for which the amplifier yields a usable gain.
The amplification window is determined by the spectroscopic properties of the dopant ions, the glass structure of the optical fibre,
and the wavelength and power of the pump laser. Although the electronic transitions of an isolated ion are very well defined,
broadening of the energy levels occurs when the ions are incorporated into the glass of the optical fibre and thus the amplification
window is also broadened. The broad gain-bandwidth of fibre amplifiers make them particularly useful in wavelength-division
multiplexed communications systems as a single amplifier can be utilized to amplify all signals being carried on a fiber and whose
wavelengths fall within the gain window.
Noise: The principal source of noise in DFAs is Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE), which has a spectrum approximately the
same as the gain spectrum of the amplifier. As well as decaying via stimulated emission, electrons in the upper energy level can
also decay by spontaneous emission, which occurs at random, depending upon the glass structure and inversion level. Photons
are emitted spontaneously in all directions, but a proportion of those will be emitted in a direction that falls within the numerical
aperture of the fibre and are thus captured and guided by the fibre. Those photons captured may then interact with other dopant
ions, and are thus amplified by stimulated emission.
Gain saturation: Gain is achieved in a DFA due to population inversion of the dopant ions. The inversion level of a DFA is set,
primarily, by the power of the pump wavelength and the power at the amplified wavelengths. As the signal power increases, or the
pump power decreases, the inversion level will reduce and thereby the gain of the amplifier will be reduced. This effect is known
as gain saturation - as the signal level increases, the amplifier saturates and cannot produce any more output power, and
therefore the gain reduces. Saturation is also commonly known as gain compression.
EDFAs have two commonly-used pumping bands - 980 nm and 1480 nm. The 980 nm band has a higher absorption cross-section
and is generally used where low-noise performance is required. The absorption band is relatively narrow and so wavelength
stabilised laser sources are typically needed. The 1480 nm band has a lower, but broader, absorption cross-section and is
generally used for higher power amplifiers. A combination of 980 nm and 1480 nm pumping is generally utilised in amplifiers.
[WIKI]
Self-study
Fiber links evolution
26
Overview of photonic
transmission Impairments - II
27
28
Linear
Impairments
29
A
30
MULTIPLEXING
In order to increase the capacity beyond the single
channel limit use Multiplexing in either time domain
(OTDM) or wavelength domain (WDM)
WDM became the most important development of the 90
ies
which enabled the Internet in turn DWDM was enabled by
the emergence of broadband optical amplifiers in the late 80
ies
.
Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)
WDM is the optical equivalent of FDM: Frequency Division Multiplexing
(e.g. as used in Terrestrial Broadcast and Cable Television)
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32
33
DWDM Systems
Current
Soon
34
24 very wide (~350 GHz) WDM channels
launched over the C- and L-bands
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/ f c =
Modern DWDM Core Network
37
Tx=Transmitter
Rx=Receiver
pre= opt. preamp
NF= Noise Figure
ROADM= Reconfig.
Opt. Add Drop Mux
post = opt. post-amp
An elementary introduction to
AM radio
From Lecture I gave to 2
nd
semester students in the 1 point course
Directions in Electrical Engineering
Analog Communication background
The concept of modulation and demodulation
ESSENTIAL BACKGROUND FOR COHERENT DETECTION
The communication technology
of a sufficiently advanced
civilization is indistinguishable
from magic
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Modulation-Demodulation
Modulation: (at the TX)
Alteration of one waveform (the carrier( according to the
characteristics of another waveform (the message(
The modulated carrier is an information-bearing waveform
best suited for transmission over the channel.
Demodulation: (at the RX)
Extraction of the message out of the modulated carrier.
Continuous-wave (CW) modulation systems:
LINEAR MODULATION (direct freq. translation of message spectrum)
Amplitude Modulation (AM) -alternatively called DSB-LC (Large Carrier)
Double-Sideband (DSB) -alternatively called DSB-SC (Suppressed
Carrier)
Single Sideband Modulation (SSB)
Vestigial Sideband (VSB)
NON-LINEAR MODULATION (Exponential)
FM
PM
RX
(demod)
recovered
message
Local oscillator
carrier
TX
(mod)
Channel
message
modulated carrier
carrier
(audio)
(RF)
-1 -0.5 0.5 1
-1
-0.5
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
cos( ) t e u +
AM Modulation ( )
-1 -0.5 0.5 1
-1
-0.5
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
-1 -0.5 0.5 1
-1
-0.5
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
( ) X t
( ) Y t
0
cos(2 ) f t t
( ) X t
0
cos(2 ) f t t
( ) Y t
Q: Why bother with trigo in highschool?
2
cos ( ) ... o =
1 1
cos(2 )
2 2
o = +
A: To understand AM radio
@Technion, dummy!
| | | |
cos cos .... o | =
| | | |
1 1
... cos cos
2 2
o | | o = + +
AM modulation
( ) V t
( ) R t
cos(2 )
c
A f t t
Transmitter
( ) 1 cos(2 )
v
V t m f t t = +
| |
( ) 1 cos(2 ) cos(2 )
v c
R t m f t A f t t t = +
cos(2 ) cos(2 ) cos(2 )
c v c
A f t mA f t f t t t t = + =
( )
( )
cos(2 ) cos 2
2
cos 2
2
c c v
c v
mA
A f t f f t
mA
f f t
t t
t
( = + + +
( +
o
|
o | +
o |
100
c
f KHz =
400
v
f Hz =
AM modulation
( ) V t
( ) R t
cos(2 )
c
A f t t
Transmitter
( ) 1 cos(2 )
v
V t m f t t = +
( )
( )
( ) cos(2 )
cos 2
2
cos 2
2
c
c v
c v
R t A f t
mA
f f t
mA
f f t
t
t
t
= +
( + + +
( +
Freq.
Spectrum
of
( ) R t
2
mA
2
mA
A
Spectrum
of
( ) V t
0
100 f KHz =
400
v
f Hz =
100.4 99.6
100
[ ] KHz
0.4
0.3
0.5
Single Tone amplitude modulated (AM) signal
Spectrum of AM signals
c
f c
f W +
c
f W
Complete AM radio link
( ) V t
( ) R t
cos(2 )
c
f t t
Transmitter
-1 -0.5 0.5 1
-1
-0.5
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
( ) aR t ~
( ) W t
cos(2 )
c
f t t
Receiver
Low-Pass
FILTER
-1 -0.5 0.5 1
-1
-0.5
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
-1 -0.5 0.5 1
-1
-0.5
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
-1 -0.5 0.5 1
-1
-0.5
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
Complete AM DSB radio link
( ) V t
( ) R t
cos(2 )
c
f t t
Transmitter
( ) aR t ( ) W t
cos(2 )
c
f t t
Receiver
( ) cos(2 ) ( )
c
V t f t R t t =
( ) ( ) cos(2 )
c
W t aR t f t t =
( ) cos(2 ) cos(2 )
c c
aV t f t f t t t =
2
( ) cos (2 )
c
aV t f t t = =
1 1
( ) cos(2 2 )
2 2
c
aV t f t t
(
= + =
(
( ) ( ) cos(2 2 )
2 2
c
a a
V t V t f t t = +
Low-Pass
FILTER
( )
2
a
V t
-1 -0.5 0.5 1
-1
-0.5
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
2o
o
Frequency Division Multiple
Access (FDMA)
CH. 1
TX
CH. 2
TX
CH. N
TX
.
.
.
CH. 1
RX
CH. 2
RX
CH. N
RX
.
.
.
Upconverter
x
cos 2tf1t
Upconverter
x
cos 2tf2t
Upconverter
x
cos 2tfNt
Downconverter
x
cos 2tf1t
LPF
Downconverter
x
cos 2tf1t
LPF
Downconverter
x
cos 2tf1t
LPF
E
FDM MUX
FDM DEMUX
...
FDMA
C
H
.
1
C
H
.
2
C
H
.
N
analog
medium
Brief preview of the next
generation: Coherent
Detection with Digital Signal
Processing (DSP)
50
51
Differential Phase Shift Keying
(DPSK)
A revolution akin to the transition from spark radio
to (super)heterodyne radio [Armstrong, 1918]
COHERENT
OPTICAL
TRANSMISSION
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
1 1
2 2
cos cos cos cos
r LO r LO r LO
t t t t e e e e e e = + + ( (
LO laser
LO
mixer
r
e
LO
e
IF
e
IF
e
Tunable
r
E
LO
E
The photo-diode
acts as a mixer:
2
2
2 2
( )
2
tot
LO
LO
LO
r
r
r
i t E
E E
E E
E E
= +
= +
+
Mixing term
52
Signal analysis background:
Representations of narrowband
signals and systems:
-Complex envelopes, analytic signals
Quadrature (I&Q) Components
53
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Analytic signals, complex envelopes, in the time & freq. domains
Cmplx
Env.
Analytic
sig.
Real sig.
Analytic
sig.
Analytic
sig.
Cmplx Env.
c
v
c
v
0
carrier
harmonic
tone
( ) 2 ( ) ( )
a
Y u Y v v v =
( ) 2 Re ( )
a
y t y t =
2 Re ( )
c
j t
y t e
e
=
( ) ( )
c
j t
a
y t y t e
e
=
( ) ( )
c
j t
a
y t y t e
e
=
| |
( ) ( ) ( )
a c c a
Y Y v Shift v Y v v v = + =
| |
( ) ( ) ( )
a c c
Y Y v Shift v Y v v v = =
| |
( ) 2 ( ) ( )
c
Y Shift v u Y v v v =
0
j t
e
e
( ) 2u v
PHASE
SPLITTER
( ) y t
( ) y t
(analytic) downconverter
( )
a
y t
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Passband analog transmission and quadrature representations
0
j t
e
e
PHASE
SPLITTER
( ) x t
( ) x t
(analytic) downconverter
( )
a
x t
0
j t
e
e
2 Re{}
( ) x t
(analytic) upconverter BP real sig.
LP sig.
(CE)
LP sig.
(CE)
( )
a
x t
Reversible
Transformations
LPF
2
0
cos 2 t v
| |
|
\ .
2
0
- sin 2 t
| |
|
\ .
LPF
2
0
cos 2 t
| |
|
\ .
2
0
- sin 2 t v
| |
|
\ .
( ) I
x t
( ) Q
x t
( ) I
x t
( ) Q
x t
QUADRATURE
SYNTHESIZER
(MODULATOR)
QUADRATURE ANALYZER
(DEMODULATOR)
Narrowband
real signal
( ) x t
( ) ( )
0 0
2 2 co sin 2 ( )= ( 2 ) ) s - (
I Q
t x t x t x t t tv tv
Quadrature representation of narrowband signal:
( ) ( )
{ }
0 0
cos 2 sin 2 = Re ( ) ( ) + 2
I Q
j t x t x t t j t t v v ( + (
0
2
Re ( ) 2
j t
x t e
tv
=
( ) 2u v
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2
0
cos 2 t v
| |
|
\ .
2
0
sin 2 t v
| |
|
\ .
( )
C
X t
( )
S
X t
QUADRATURE
MOD
( )
C
x t
( )
S
x t
Quadrature and env/phase representations of narrowband signals
( )
( )
0
0 0
Re ( )
Re
( )
( )
( )
( ) si cos ( ) n
2
2
Q I
Q I
j t
x t j
j
x t
x t t j
x t
x t t
e
e
e e
+ =
= + +
cmplx env.
analytic sig.
( )
0 0
( ) s ( ) cos ( ) ( ) cos ( ) in 2 2
e c I Q nv
x x t t x t t t t t x t e e e = = +
( ) x t
( ) x t
0
j t
e
e
( ) x t
( ) x t
( )
a
x t
2Re
0
( ( ) )
a
j t
x t x t e
e
=
I
x
Q
x
/ 2
env
x
( ) t
( ) x t
Re
Im
( ) 2 ( )
env
x t x t =
( ) ( ) t x t = Z
( )
( )
j t
e x t
=
0 0
( ) cos ( ) sin 2 2
I Q
x t t x t t e e =
0
( Re )
j t
x t e
e
=
) ( ( )
Q I
jx x t t +
( )
0
cos ( ) ( ) 2 x t t t e = +
0
cos t e
0
sin t e
Q-comp.
I-comp.
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Analog quadrature BP Link complex representation
0
j t
e
e
2 ( ) u v
PHASE
SPLITTER
( ) s t
0
j t
e
e
2 Re{}
( ) s t
( )
a
s t
BPF
( ) N t
LPF
optional
Assume an ideal BPF channel
and no noise
0
e
0
e
0
( ) s t
( ) S e
( ) s t
0
e
0
e
0
PHASE
SPLITTER
output:
0
0
DEMOD
output:
( ) s t
0
( ) S e
analytic U/C
analytic D/C
{ }
0 0
0 0
2
2
1
2
( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
j t j t
S
s t s t
F
S S
e e
e e
e
e e e e
=
+
=
`
)
= + +
( )
a
s t
0
( ) ( )
a
S S e e e =
( ) S e
Self-study
EXERCISE: Show that the energy of pulses and the power of random waveforms
is preserved between the real and complex domains.Therefore, the energies and powers
are unafffected by up/down conversion
Elements of
electro-magnetic wave propagation
(the least background for this course
-mainly brought here to establish notation)
WHOLE SECTION IS SELF-STUDY
(REVIEW OF KNOWN MATERIAL FROM PRIOR COURSES)
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Maxwells equations
( )
( )
( ) 0
( ) 0
t
t
c
c
V = c
V = c
V =
V =
E
E
E
H
H
H
In the absence of sources ( ):
0 = = J
, [ , , ]
t x y z
f
f
t
c
c V c c c
c
( , , , ) x y z t = E
Electric Field
( , , , ) x y z t = H
Magnetic Field
permittivity c = permeability =
( )
( )
( )
y z z y
z x x z
x y y x
v v
v v
v v
V = c c
+ c c
+ c c
v x
y
z
x x y y z z
v v v V = c + c + c v
Divergence:
Rotor (curl):
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Simple media
(linear, homogeneous, isotropic)
Linear: , c independent of , E H
Homogeneous:
( , , , ) ( ) x y z t t c c = ( , , , ) ( ) x y z t t =
Isotropic:
, c
are scalars, not tensors (matrices).
( )
( )
( ) 0
( ) 0
t
t
c
c
V = c
V = c
V =
V =
E
E
E
H
H
H
Maxwells equations
B H
c D E
Note:
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Wave equations in simple media
( )
t
V = c H E
V
{ ( )}
t
VV = V c H E
Maxwell
2
( ) V V V E E
0 ( ) c = V E
Maxwell
0 V = E
2 2 2 2
( ) ( )
x y z
V VV = c +c +c E E E
[ , , ]
x y z
s s s s V = c c c
Gradient
[ , , ]
x y z
V c c c
Laplacian
Del
2 2
0
t
c V c = E E
Wave equation
const c =
Maxwell
( )
t
c c E
( ( ))
t t
c VV = c c E E
0
( )
t
= c VH
const; , commute
t
= V c
Vector Identity
2
t
c = c E
c = V E
2
1
v
c
self-study
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Wave equations in simple media
2 2
2
1
0
t
v
V c = E E
Wave equation
2 2
2
1
0
t
v
V c = H H
0
( , , , ) ( / ) x y z t g t z c = E E
Particular plane wave solutions (verify by substitution):
2
1
v
c
1
v
c
=
0
( , , , ) ( / ) x y z t g t z c = H H
(apply on 2
nd
Maxwells eq.(
V
2 2 2 2 2
( )
x y z x
V c +c +c c E E E
2 2 2
0
x t
v
c c = E E
1-D wave equation
( ) g
arbitrary
v is the speed of light
in the medium.
The speed of light
in vacuum is denoted
c
self-study
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Wave equations in simple media
2 2 2
0
t
v
V c = E E
Wave equation
0
( , , , ) ( / ) x y z t g t z v = E E
2 2 2 2 2
( )
x y z z
V c +c +c c E E E
2 2 2
0
z t
c
c c = E E
Wave equation in 1-D:
Verify solution:
Laplacian:
2 2 2
( / ) ( / )
z t
g t z c c g t z c
c = c
Verify:
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Wave equations in simple media
0
( , ) ( / ) (0, / ) z t g t z c t z c = = E E E
Interpet solution:
2 2 2
0
t
v
V c = E E
Wave equation
0 z =
z
Travelling wave
0
( , ) ( )
s
z t g z vt = E E
( ) ( )
s
z
g z g
v
=
(
(
0
( , ) cos[ ] z t t z e | | = + E E
Spatial (angular) frequency
Wavenumber
k-vector
Propagation constant
Phase constant (phase/length)
Spatial snapshot at an instance t:
Time evolution at location z:
sinusoidal with frequency (time period ) e
2 / T t e =
sinusoidal with spatial frequency (spatial period )
| 2 / t | =
c
vT
f
= =
rad
sec
2
2 f
T
t
e t = =
(
(
v
T
e
|
=
Phase velocity in material
Wavelength (spatial period)
Temporal (angular) frequency
1
v
c
=
0 0
1
c
c
=
Phase velocity in vacuum
2 [ ] [ ] m rad t
2 z | | t = =
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Phase velocity, refractive index
0
( , ) cos[ ] z t t z e | | = + E E
v
T
e
|
=
Phase velocity
in vacuum
1
v
c
=
0
0 0
1
v
c
=
Phase velocity in material with :
0
, c v
Phase velocity in vacuum (with ): c
0 0
, c
c
n
v
Refractive index:
(velocity slowdown factor)
0 0
0
0
1/
1/
c
c
c
c
= =
2
0
n c c =
r
c
Relative permittivity:
Phase velocity
in material
1 _ = +
r
c =
susceptibility
0
c _ = P E
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Material dispersion relation
0
( , ) cos[ ] z t t z e | | = + E E
c
n
v
Refractive index:
(velocity slowdown factor)
/
n
v c n c
e e e
| = = =
| |
0 0
0
2
k
c
t e
| e
= =
Vacuum wavenumber
Wavenumber in the material
0
2
n
v
t e
| |
= = =
| |
0
( ) nk n
c
e
e
| e e = =
Material dispersion relation
0
0
|
|
= =
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Harmonic plane wave propagation
0
( , ) cos[ ] z t t z e | | = + E E
Real optical (electric) field:
0
( )
( , ) 2 Re 2 Re
j t z j t j z
z t e e e
e | | e | +
= = E E E
Representation in terms of analytic signal and complex envelope:
analytic signal temporal
complex-envelope
Spatio-temporal
complex-envelope
( , )
a
z t E
( , ) z t E
0
( )
( , ) Re Re
j t z j t j z
z t e e e
e | | e | +
= = H H H
Similarly, for the magnetic field:
0
j
e
|
E E
real-valued
Note: linearly polarized, else phases of the
components would be different
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Maxwells equations -
time-harmonic (monochromatic) formulation
( )
( )
( ) 0
( ) 0
t
t
c
c
V = c
V = c
V =
V =
E
E
E
H
H
H
( , ) Re ( , , )
( , ) Re ( , , )
j t
j t
z t e x y z
z t e x y z
e
e
=
= H H
E E
0
0
j
j
e
ec
c
V =
V =
V =
V =
H
H
E
E
E
H
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Wave equation - time-harmonic formulation
( , ) 2 Re ( , , )
( , ) 2 Re ( , , )
j t
j t
z t e x y z
z t e x y z
e
e
=
= H H
E E
0
0
j
j
e
ec
V =
V =
V =
V =
E
E
H
E
H
H
Simple media
2 2
2
1
0
t
v
V c = E E
2 2
2
1
0
t
v
V c = H H
| |
2
2 2 2
2 2
1 1
( )
t
j k
v v v
e
e e
| |
c = =
|
\ .
1/
k
v
e
e e
e c
c
= = =
2 2
2 2
0
0
k
k
e
e
V + =
V + =
E E
H H
Time-harmonic (Helmholtz)
wave equations
2 2
( ) k
e
V V V = E E E
Alternative proof:
2
( )
j
j j
e
e ec e c
VV = V
= =
E
E
H
E
wavenumber (in a medium):
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Wave equation - time-harmonic solutions (I)
2 2
2 2
0
0
k
k
V + =
V + =
E
H H
E
Time-harmonic wave equations
Example 1: Harmonic plane wave in a simple medium (along the z-axis):
Assume uniform solution in the x-y plane:
( , , , ) Re ( )
( , , , ) Re ( )
j t
j t
x y z t e z
x y z t e z
e
e
=
= H
E
H
E
2 2 2 2 2
( )
x y z z
V c +c +c c E E E
2 2
2 2
0
0
z
z
k
k
c + =
c + =
E
H H
E
0
jkz
e = E E
2 2 2 2 2
( )
x y z z
V c +c +c c H H H
0
jkz
e = H H
( ) ( )
( , ) Re ( , ) Re
j t kz j t kz
z t e z t e
e e
= = H H E E
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Modeling loss (I)
Harmonic plane wave in a simple lossy medium
2 2
2 2
0
0
z
z
k
k
c + =
c + =
E
H H
E
0
jkz
e = E E
jkz
e = H H
( ) ( )
0
( , ) Re ( , ) Re
j t kz j t kz
z t e z t e
e e
= = H H E E
Loss is modeled by complexifying
, , n k c
0
re im
k n k n n jn j
c c c
e e e e e e e
e e e
| o = = = =
- the imaginary part is associated with the loss
0
re im
n n jn
e
e e e
c
c
= =
re im
j
e e e
c c c =
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Modeling loss (II)
Harmonic plane wave in a simple lossy medium
2 2
2 2
0
0
z
z
k
k
c + =
c + =
E
H H
E jkz
e = E E
j
e e
| o
( ) jkz j j z j z z
e e e e
| o | o
= = = E E E E
Right-propagating wave:
Attenuation
Attenuation is exponential in z here
When power is measured in dB, the power is linear decreasing in z
Phase-shift
2 2
2
( ) ( ) ( ) (0)
z
P z z P z e
o
= = = E E
[dB] 0[dB] [ / ] [ ]
10log ( ) ( ) 2
dB km km
P z P z P z o =
Note: measure E in units
such that 2
( ) P z = E
Exercise: Relate
[ / ]
,
dB km
o o
Guided wave optics
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Wave equation - time-harmonic solutions (II)
2 2
2 2
0
0
k
k
V + =
V + =
E
H H
E
Time-harmonic (Helmholtz) wave equations
Example 2: Lossless waveguide / fiber (along the z-axis):
Assume separable solution: general x-y pattern times z-harmonic variation
( , , , ) Re ( , )
( , , , ) Re ( , )
j z j t
j z j t
x y z t x y e e
x y z t x y e e
| e
| e
=
= H H
E E
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
( , ) ( ) ( , ) ( ( ) ) ( , )
j z j z j z
x y z T
x y e x y e j x y e
| | |
|
V V c +c +c + = = V E E E E
2 2 2
2 2 2
0
0
T
T
k
k
|
|
V + =
V + = H H
E E E
H
2 2
x y
c +c
t- and z-harmonic solutions
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y
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tangential & normal
are continuous
at the interfaces
Guided wave solutions of the wave equation (I)
Lossless waveguide / fiber (along the z-axis):
( )
( )
( , , , ) Re ( , )
( , , , ) Re ( , )
j t z
j t z
x y z t x y e
x y z t x y e
e |
e |
=
= H H
E E
2 2 2
2 2 2
( , ) ( ) ( , ) 0
( , ) ( ) ( , ) 0
T
T
x y k x y
x y k x y
e
e
|
|
V + =
V + =
E
H H
E
Transverse wave equations for the modes
modes
0
k
c
e e
e
e c = =
x
y
z
Note: As assumed in our wave eq. derivation, we consider piecewise homogeneous media,
and further assume cylindrical geometry along z:
( , , ) ( , ) n x y z n x y
e e
=
( , ) k k x y
e
=
piecewise constant !
CORE
CLADDING
Boundary conditions
stitch together the solutions
in the various piecewise constant
regions (enforcing the same ) |
, H E
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Guided wave solutions of the wave equation (II)
Lossless waveguide / fiber (along the z-axis):
( )
( )
( , , , ) Re ( , )
( , , , ) Re ( , )
j t z
j t z
x y z t x y e
x y z t x y e
e |
e |
=
= H H
E E
2 2 2
2 2 2
( , ) ( , ) ( , )
( , ) ( , ) ( , )
T
T
k x y x y x y
k x y x y x y
e
e
|
|
( V + =
( V + =
H H
E E
Transverse wave equation expressed as an eigenvalue problem
(analogous to Shroedingers eq.(
modes
x
y
z
0
( , ) ( , ) k k x y n x y
c
e e
e
= =
piecewise constant !
CORE
CLADDING
( , ) n x y
e
e
Typically, the eigenspectrum of
allowed -s is discrete
The m-th eigen-solution
(at a fixed ) is described by
|
( , ( ) ), ( , , )
m m m
x y x y | e H E
In the core the
transverse fields
typically oscillate.
In the cladding the
fields decay away from
the axis (evanscent)
core
n
clad
n
For consistent guidance
core clad
n n >
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Guided wave solutions of the wave equation (III)
Example 2: Lossless waveguide / fiber (along the z-axis):
x
y
z CORE
CLADDING
core
n
clad
n
( )
( )
( , , , ) Re ( , )
( , , , ) Re ( , )
j t z
j t z
x y z t x y e
x y z t x y e
e |
e |
=
= H H
E E
modes
Ex
Ey I
m=2
p=2
m=2
p=1
m=0
p=2
m=0
p=1
m=2
p=2
m=2
p=1
m=4
p=2
m=4
p=1
Ez
MODES OF A MULTI-MODE FIBER
(courtesy: Maxim Greenberg)
SINGLE-MODE fiber is used for
long-haul optical communication
(sufficiently reducing the core diameter,
just a single-mode is supported)
The eigenspectrum of -s means
the various modes propagate
with different speeds modal dispersion:
pulses get smeared, causing ISI degradation
|
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Single-mode fiber
Mecozzi ECOC05
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Single-mode fiber (II)
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Solving the wave equation for
rotationally symmetric step-index
fibers
WHOLE SECTION IS SELF-STUDY
(elements of it covered in TA class)
Wave propagation in optical fibers
0
0
0
0
B
XE
t
D
XH
t
D D E P
B B H
c
c
V =
c
c
V =
c
V = = +
V = =
Maxwell equations in differential form
The polarization and electric field are linearly dependent
0
( , ) ( , ') ( , ') ' P r t r t t E r t dt c _
+
=
}
( )
2 2 2
0
2 2 2 2
1
B D
X XE X
t t t
E P
E P
t c t t
c
| | c c c
V V = V = =
|
c c c
\ .
c c c
+ =
c c c
Fourier transformation of
and E P
0 0
( , ) ( , )exp( ) , ( , ) ( , )exp( ) E r E r t i t dt P r P r t i t dt e c e e c e
+ +
= =
} }
| |
2
2
0 0
2
2 2
2 2
( , ) ( , ) ( , )
( , ) 1 ( , ) ( , ) ( , )
X XE E r r E r
c
E r r r E r
c c
e
e e c _ e e
e e
e _ e c e e
V V = + =
+ =
and substituting leads to
| |
( , ) 1 ( , ) r r c e _ e = +
Is defined as the complex frequency dependent
Dielectric constant
2
( , ) ( / 2 )
1 Re Im
r n i c
n
nc
c e o e
e
_ o _
= +
= + =
Refractive index Absorption (loss)
n and o frequency dependent.
The solution to the propagation problem is vastly simplified by introducing
the so called Gloge Approximation which assumes that
I) o = 0 or c = n
2
II) n is independent of r or An = 0
Using the identity
2 2
( )
0
X XE E E E
D
E
c
V V = V V V = V
V = V =
Leads to the wave equation
2 2 2
0 0 0
( ) 0 / 2 / E n k E k c e e t V + = = =
In cylindrical coordinates, the equation for E
z
(for example) is
2 2 2
2 2
0
2 2 2 2
1 1
0
z z z z
z
E E E E
n k E
r r
r r z |
c c c c
+ + + + =
c
c c c
1
2
n r a
n
n r a
s
=
>
=
'
+ >
=
>
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 0 2 0 0
0
2
n k n k k
t
k | |
= = =
Jm, Ym, Km, Im are Bessel functions and A,A,C,C are constants
with
Similarly for H
z
( ) exp( ) exp( )
( )
( ) exp( ) exp( )
m
z
m
BJ r im i z r a
H r
DK r im i z r a
k | |
| |
s
=
>
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
-0.5
0
0.5
1
J0(x)
J1(x)
J2(x)
x
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
K0(x)
K1(x)
K2(x)
x
The form of the Bessel functions is
The Maxwell equations are used to calculate the four other field components
0
2
0
2
2
0
2
2
0
2
z z
r
z z
z z
r
z z
i E H
E
r r
i E H
E
r r
i H E
H n
r r
i H E
H n
r r
|
|
e
|
|
k
|
e
|
k
e
| c
|
k
|
c e
|
k
| | c c
= +
|
c c
\ .
| | c c
=
|
c c
\ .
| | c c
=
|
c c
\ .
| | c c
=
|
c c
\ .
There are now six equations describing all the fields in the core and
in the cladding. There are four coefficients A B C D which need to be
computed. The coefficients are found using the boundary condition
need to be continuous at
z z
E E H H r a
| |
=
The boundary conditions yield four equations which have to be
satisfied simultaneously. The determinant of this set of equations
is set to zero and this leads to the important Eigenvalue Equation for
the propagation constant |
2
2
2
1
2 2
2 2
1 0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
1 1
( )
[ ]
m m m m
m m m m
m
m
J a K a J a n K a
J a K a J a K a
n
m J
J a
n ak a
k k
k k k k
|
k
k
k
(
( ' ' ' '
+ + =
(
(
| | | |
c
'
+ =
| |
c
\ . \ .
The Eigenvalue equation is cumbersome relative to the case of a dielectric
slab. Even for the dielectric slab, the solutions are not intuitive and have to
be found numerically and some times graphically.
Given a fiber and an operating wavelength, n
1
n
2
a, k
0
the Eigenvalue equation
can be solved (at least numerically) to yield the propagation constant | for
the specific mode solved for.
The solutions are periodic in m and are counted successively
so a mode is labeled |
mn
n = 1, 2, 1 . . .
Each |
mn
represents a field distribution described by the six field equations.
In general E
z
and H
z
are non zero, except for the case of m = 0.
The modes are labeled HE
mn
or EH
mn
and for m=0, TE
0n
or TM
0n
.
Some times the modes are labeled LP
mn
0 1 2
/ n k n n n | = > >
Define modal index
A given mode with a given | defines and this is the index
that mode experiences. For example established the phase velocity
of that mode.
When changes, say because the wavelength (and therefore k
0
) changes
the mode may reach cut off
n
n
n
2
n n <
Cut off The mode is no more guided.
For a propagating mode, the field changes in the cladding
According to
( ) exp( ) 1
2
m
K r r r
r
t
~ >>
At cut off
2
2
0 n n < s
and hence there is no exponential field reduction and no guiding.
At cut off
2 2
0 1 2
( ) k n n k =
Normalized Frequency V
Define
2 2
0 1 2 1
2
( 2 V k a n n an
t
| |
= ~ A
|
\ .
V is proportional to
e or 1/ or k
0
Normalized propagation constant b
Define
0 2
1 2 1 2
/ k n n
b
n n n n
|
= =
B versus V
Given a frequency or wavelength, V is completely defines for a given fiber
A large V number yield many modes
A very approximate and crude rule of thumb states that the number of
modes is V
2
/2
For small V numbers the number of modes is small, V = 5 yields 7 modes
The most important case is that for which there is only one mode
Single Mode Conditions
A single mode, HE
11
is obtained when all other, higher, modes are cut off.
Inserting m = 0 in the Eigenvalue equation
Cut off in the TE
0n
modes
0 0 0 0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 0 J a K a J a K a k k k
' '
+ =
Cut off in the TM
0n
modes
2 2
2 0 0 2 0 0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 0 n J a K a n J a K a k k k
' '
+ =
0 0
0
For 0 ( ) 0 ( ) 0
The properties of the Bessel function dictate that
the value for which ( ) 0 is 2.405
The condition for single mode operation is therefore
J a J V
V J V V
k = = = =
= =
11
2.405
For 2.405, the only propagating mode is the TE
A standard single mode fiber designed for 1.3 m-1.6 m has
a cut off at 1.2 m.
V
V
<
<
3
1
2 1 2 2
2
For 1.45, =5 10 and 2.405, 3.2 m
Modal index ( ) (1 )
Approximate (empirical) expression for ( )
0.996
( ) 1.428-
V
in the range 1.5 2.5, ( ) is accurate to within
n V a
n n b n n n b
b V
b V
V b V
= A < <
= + ~ + A
| |
~
|
\ .
= 0.2%
Field distribution
The fundamental mode of the fiber is such that in general it
is linearly polarized along E
x
or E
y
.
For E
x
x y
x
E n H
z i a K r K
z i a J r J
E E
2 / 1
0
0
2
0 0
0 0
0
) )[exp( ( / ) (
) )[exp( ( / ) ( [
|
|
.
|
\
|
=
>
s
=
c
| k k
| k k
a r
a r
Actually, there always exists another mode E
y
and in theory the
two modes have the same
Spot size
The basic field distribution is a Bessel function for which is it
hard to develop a simple intuitive picture. The field distribution
can be approximated by a Gaussian so that
) exp( exp
2
2
z i
W
r
A E
x
|
|
|
.
|
\
|
=
W is the spot size
W and a are related by a formula
6 2 / 3
879 . 2 619 . 1 65 . 0
+ + ~ V V
a
w
Also, the spot size determines the confinement factor
|
|
.
|
\
|
= ~
}
}
2
2
2
0
2
0
2
exp 1
w
a
E drr
E drr
P
P
x
a
x
total
core