Research of a New All-Optical Solid-State Scanner Based on GaAs

Design an all-optical solid-state scanner chip, which can realize high speed light deflection in a very small space, instead of electron beam deflection scan image converter tube and opto-mechanical scanner, cancel the complicated mechanical components, use the all-optical scanning to realize the super fast phenomenon observation. The beam deflection system is based on semiconductor optical waveguide core layer carrier induced refractive index change effect to realize, its development work is mainly divided into semiconductor optical waveguide and saw prisms two parts. And through the experiment, we measured deflection angle of the scanner chip to 1053nm signal light.

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A Solid-State On-Load Tap Changer for the Power Transformers of 10—0.4 kV Distribution Networks

Vestnik MEI ◽

10.24160/1993-6982-2020-3-82-90 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (6) ◽

pp. 82-90

Author(s):

Dmitriy I. Panfilov ◽

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Mikhail G. Astashev ◽

Aleksandr V. Gorchakov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solid State ◽

Physical Model ◽

High Speed ◽

Power Transformer ◽

Voltage Control ◽

Power Transformers ◽

Control Algorithms ◽

Load Voltage ◽

Tap Changer ◽

Load Tap Changer

The specific features relating to voltage control of power transformers at distribution network transformer substations are considered. An approach to implementing high-speed on-load voltage control of serially produced 10/0.4 kV power transformers by using a solid-state on-load tap changer (SOLTC) is presented. An example of the SOLTC circuit solution on the basis of thyristor switches is given. On-load voltage control algorithms for power transformers equipped with SOLTC that ensure high reliability and high-speed operation are proposed. The SOLTC performance and the operability of the suggested voltage control algorithms were studied by simulation in the Matlab/Simulink environment and by experiments on the SOLTC physical model. The structure and peculiarities of the used simulation Matlab model are described. The SOLTC physical model design and its parameters are presented. The results obtained from the simulating the SOLTC operation on the Matlab model and from the experiments on the SOLTS physical model jointly with a power transformer under different loads and with using different control algorithms are given. An analysis of the experimental study results has shown the soundness of the adopted technical solutions. It has been demonstrated that the use of an SOLTC ensures high-speed voltage control, high efficiency and reliability of its operation, and arcless switching of the power transformer regulating taps without load voltage and current interruption. By using the SOLTC operation algorithms it is possible to perform individual phase voltage regulation in a three-phase 0.4 kV distribution network. The possibility of integrating SOLTC control and diagnostic facilities into the structure of modern digital substations based on the digital interface according to the IEC 61850 standard is noted.

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10 Gbit/s all-optical pulse discriminator using a high-speed saturable absorber optical gate

11th International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications. 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications IOOC-ECOC97 ◽

10.1049/cp:19971425 ◽

1997 ◽

Author(s):

A. Hirano

Keyword(s):

Saturable Absorber ◽

High Speed ◽

Optical Pulse ◽

All Optical ◽

Optical Gate

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An all optical photonic crystal half adder suitable for optical processing applications

Journal of Optical Communications ◽

10.1515/joc-2020-0261 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Hamed Azhdari ◽

Sahel Javahernia

Keyword(s):

Photonic Crystal ◽

Optical Waveguides ◽

High Speed ◽

Building Blocks ◽

Optical Signal ◽

Ring Resonators ◽

Optical Processing ◽

Nonlinear Photonic Crystal ◽

Half Adder ◽

All Optical

Abstract Increasing the speed of operation in all optical signal processing is very important. For reaching this goal one needs high speed optical devices. Optical half adders are one of the important building blocks required in optical processing. In this paper an optical half adder was proposed by combining nonlinear photonic crystal ring resonators with optical waveguides. Finite difference time domain method wase used for simulating the final structure. The simulation results confirmed that the rise time for the proposed structure is about 1 ps.

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Accelerating laser processes with a smart two-dimensional polygon mirror scanner for ultra-fast beam deflection

Advanced Optical Technologies ◽

10.1515/aot-2021-0014 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Florian Roessler ◽

André Streek

Keyword(s):

Energy Distribution ◽

Real Time ◽

Laser Processing ◽

High Speed ◽

Beam Deflection ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Heat Accumulation ◽

Field Programmable ◽

Drill Holes ◽

Average Laser

Abstract In laser processing, the possible throughput is directly scaling with the available average laser power. To avoid unwanted thermal damage due to high pulse energy or heat accumulation during MHz-repetition rates, energy distribution over the workpiece is required. Polygon mirror scanners enable high deflection speeds and thus, a proper energy distribution within a short processing time. The requirements of laser micro processing with up to 10 kW average laser powers and high scan speeds up to 1000 m/s result in a 30 mm aperture two-dimensional polygon mirror scanner with a patented low-distortion mirror configuration. In combination with a field programmable gate array-based real-time logic, position-true high-accuracy laser switching is enabled for 2D, 2.5D, or 3D laser processing capable to drill holes in multi-pass ablation or engraving. A special developed real-time shifter module within the high-speed logic allows, in combination with external axis, the material processing on the fly and hence, processing of workpieces much larger than the scan field.

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Sulfophosphate Glass Doped with Er3+ and TiO2 Nanoparticles: Thermo-Optical Characterization by Photothermal Spectroscopy

Photonics ◽

10.3390/photonics8040115 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 115

Author(s):

Zeinab Ebrahimpour ◽

Humberto Cabrera ◽

Fahimeh Ahmadi ◽

Asghar Asgari ◽

Joseph Niemela

Keyword(s):

Optical Properties ◽

Tio2 Nanoparticles ◽

Refractive Index Change ◽

Optical Path Length ◽

Beam Deflection ◽

Time Resolved ◽

Tio2 Nps ◽

Amorphous Glass ◽

Laser Media ◽

Materials Used

In this work, time-resolved thermal lens and beam deflection methods were applied to determine the thermo-optical properties of Er3+ doped sulfophosphate glass in which different concentrations of Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) were embedded. Thermal diffusivity (D), thermal conductivity (κ), and the temperature coefficient of the optical path length (ds/dT) were determined as a function of NPs concentrations. Moreover, the growth of TiO2 NPs inside the amorphous glass matrix was evidenced by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) images as well as through optical effects such as refractive index change of the glass. The outcomes indicated relatively high values for D and κ as well as a low ds/dT as required for most optical components used for laser media. The addition of TiO2 NPs with concentration of dopants up to 0.6 mol% improved the optical properties of the glass samples but did not affect its thermal properties. The results indicate that the enhanced optical and thermal performance of the proposed co-doped glass fits the quality standards for materials used in photonic devices.

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Dual-shot dynamics and ultimate frequency of all-optical magnetic recording on GdFeCo

Light Science & Applications ◽

10.1038/s41377-020-00451-z ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sicong Wang ◽

Chen Wei ◽

Yuanhua Feng ◽

Hongkun Cao ◽

Wenzhe Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Magnetization Reversal ◽

Energy Efficient ◽

High Speed ◽

Data Transfer ◽

Laser Pulses ◽

Time Resolved ◽

All Optical ◽

Fs Laser ◽

High Speed Data ◽

Natural Way

AbstractAlthough photonics presents the fastest and most energy-efficient method of data transfer, magnetism still offers the cheapest and most natural way to store data. The ultrafast and energy-efficient optical control of magnetism is presently a missing technological link that prevents us from reaching the next evolution in information processing. The discovery of all-optical magnetization reversal in GdFeCo with the help of 100 fs laser pulses has further aroused intense interest in this compelling problem. Although the applicability of this approach to high-speed data processing depends vitally on the maximum repetition rate of the switching, the latter remains virtually unknown. Here we experimentally unveil the ultimate frequency of repetitive all-optical magnetization reversal through time-resolved studies of the dual-shot magnetization dynamics in Gd27Fe63.87Co9.13. Varying the intensities of the shots and the shot-to-shot separation, we reveal the conditions for ultrafast writing and the fastest possible restoration of magnetic bits. It is shown that although magnetic writing launched by the first shot is completed after 100 ps, a reliable rewriting of the bit by the second shot requires separating the shots by at least 300 ps. Using two shots partially overlapping in space and minimally separated by 300 ps, we demonstrate an approach for GHz magnetic writing that can be scaled down to sizes below the diffraction limit.

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