A compact and highly linear quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy（QEPAS） sensor for the measurement of water vapor concentration in the air is demonstrated. A cost-effective quartz tuning fork（QTF） is used as...A compact and highly linear quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy（QEPAS） sensor for the measurement of water vapor concentration in the air is demonstrated. A cost-effective quartz tuning fork（QTF） is used as the sharp transducer to convert light energy into an electrical signal based on the piezoelectric effect, thereby removing the need for a photodetector. The short optical path featured by the proposed sensing system leads to a decreased size. Furthermore, a pair of microresonators is applied in the absorbance detection module（ADM） for QTF signal enhancement. Compared with the system without microresonators, the detected QTF signal is increased to approximately 7-fold. Using this optimized QEPAS sensor with the proper modulation frequency and depth, we measure the water vapor concentration in the air at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. The experimental result shows that the sensor has a high sensitivity of 1.058parts-per-million.展开更多
A new technique to generate a millimeter（mm）-wave carrier of 32.57 GHz（f_（LO）=10.85 GHz） with single sideband modulation（SSB） for radio-over-fiber（RoF） systems is experimentally demonstrated by using stimula...A new technique to generate a millimeter（mm）-wave carrier of 32.57 GHz（f_（LO）=10.85 GHz） with single sideband modulation（SSB） for radio-over-fiber（RoF） systems is experimentally demonstrated by using stimulated Brillouin scattering（SBS）.The SSB is realized by directly amplifying the ＋3rd sideband of the modulated optical carrier in the process of SBS.The pump wave is provided through a double Brillouin scattering frequency shifting configuration.The use of the same laser source to generate the pump wave ensures the stability of the mm-wave generation system since the relative frequency shift between them can be eliminated.In addition, the mm-wave carrier obtains an RF power gain of 21 dB with the SBS amplification and a 3-dB bandwidth of 10kHz.展开更多
Harmonic millimeter wave （mm-wave） generation and frequency up-conversion are experimentally demonstrated using optical injection locking and Brillouin selective sideband amplification （BSSA） induced by stimulated...Harmonic millimeter wave （mm-wave） generation and frequency up-conversion are experimentally demonstrated using optical injection locking and Brillouin selective sideband amplification （BSSA） induced by stimulated Brillouin scattering in a 10-km single-mode fiber. By using this method, we successfully generate third-harmonic mm-wave at 27 GHz （fLO = 9 GHz） with single sideband （SSB） modulation and up-convert the 2 GHz intermediate frequency signal into the mm-wave band with single mode modulation of the SSB modes. In addition, the mm-wave carrier obtains more than 23 dB power gain due to the BSSA. The transmission experiments show that the generated mm-wave and up-converted signals indicate strong immunity against the chromatic dispersion of the fibers.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61107070,61127018,and 61377071)
文摘A compact and highly linear quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy（QEPAS） sensor for the measurement of water vapor concentration in the air is demonstrated. A cost-effective quartz tuning fork（QTF） is used as the sharp transducer to convert light energy into an electrical signal based on the piezoelectric effect, thereby removing the need for a photodetector. The short optical path featured by the proposed sensing system leads to a decreased size. Furthermore, a pair of microresonators is applied in the absorbance detection module（ADM） for QTF signal enhancement. Compared with the system without microresonators, the detected QTF signal is increased to approximately 7-fold. Using this optimized QEPAS sensor with the proper modulation frequency and depth, we measure the water vapor concentration in the air at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. The experimental result shows that the sensor has a high sensitivity of 1.058parts-per-million.
基金Project supported by the Meteorology Industry Research Project of China(Nos.GYHY200806033,GYHY201006045)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61021003,61090391,60837001,60820106004)+1 种基金the National Basic Research Program of China (No.2009AA03Z409)the Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications(Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications),Ministry of Education
文摘A new technique to generate a millimeter（mm）-wave carrier of 32.57 GHz（f_（LO）=10.85 GHz） with single sideband modulation（SSB） for radio-over-fiber（RoF） systems is experimentally demonstrated by using stimulated Brillouin scattering（SBS）.The SSB is realized by directly amplifying the ＋3rd sideband of the modulated optical carrier in the process of SBS.The pump wave is provided through a double Brillouin scattering frequency shifting configuration.The use of the same laser source to generate the pump wave ensures the stability of the mm-wave generation system since the relative frequency shift between them can be eliminated.In addition, the mm-wave carrier obtains an RF power gain of 21 dB with the SBS amplification and a 3-dB bandwidth of 10kHz.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 60820106004, 60837001 and 60777029, and the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant Nos 2006CB604902 and 2006CB302806, the National High-Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No 2009AA03Z409, and the Meteorology Industry Research Project of China under Grant No GYHY200806033.
文摘Harmonic millimeter wave （mm-wave） generation and frequency up-conversion are experimentally demonstrated using optical injection locking and Brillouin selective sideband amplification （BSSA） induced by stimulated Brillouin scattering in a 10-km single-mode fiber. By using this method, we successfully generate third-harmonic mm-wave at 27 GHz （fLO = 9 GHz） with single sideband （SSB） modulation and up-convert the 2 GHz intermediate frequency signal into the mm-wave band with single mode modulation of the SSB modes. In addition, the mm-wave carrier obtains more than 23 dB power gain due to the BSSA. The transmission experiments show that the generated mm-wave and up-converted signals indicate strong immunity against the chromatic dispersion of the fibers.
