Nonlinear imaging through a golden spiral multicore fiber

We report two-photon lensless imaging through a novel golden spiral multicore fiber. This unique layout optimizes the sidelobe levels, field of view, cross-talk, group delay and mode density to achieve a sidelobe contrast of atleast 10.9 dB. We demonstrate experimentally the ability to generate and scan a focal point with a femtosecond pulse and perform two-photon imaging.Comment: Submitted to Optics Letter

Flexible lensless endoscope with a conformationally invariant multi-core fiber

The lensless endoscope represents the ultimate limit in miniaturization of imaging tools: an image can be transmitted through a (multi-mode or multi-core) fiber by numerical or physical inversion of the fiber's pre-measured transmission matrix. However, the transmission matrix changes completely with only minute conformational changes of the fiber, which has so far limited lensless endoscopes to fibers that must be kept static. In this letter we report for the first time a lensless endoscope which is exempt from the requirement of static fiber by designing and employing a custom-designed conformationally invariant fiber. We give experimental and theoretical validations and determine the parameter space over which the invariance is maintained

Flexible lensless endoscope with a conformationally invariant multi-core fiber

International audienceThe lensless endoscope represents the ultimate limit in miniaturization of imaging tools: an image can be transmitted through a (multi-mode or multi-core) fiber by numerical or physical inversion of the fiber's pre-measured transmission matrix. However, the transmission matrix changes completely with only minute conformational changes in the fiber, which has so far limited lensless endoscopes to fibers that must be kept static. In this paper, we report for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, a lensless endoscope that is exempt from the requirement of static fiber by designing and employing a custom-designed conformationally invariant fiber. We give experimental and theoretical validations and determine the parameter space over which the invariance is maintained

Theoretical study of linear and nonlinear optical properties of solid-core photonic bandgap fibers

Cette thèse concerne l'étude des propriétés linéaires des fibres optiques à bandes interdites photoniques et à coeur solide et l'utilisation de leurs caractéristiques singulières en optique non-linéaire guidée. La partie I est consacrée au calcul des bandes interdites photoniques que présente la gaine microstructurée. Nous avons mis en place un outil numérique de calcul de bandes par la méthode de décomposition en ondes planes en tenant compte de la dispersion des matériaux. Cet outil a été utilisé pour concevoir une fibre permettant la photo-inscription d'un réseau de Bragg. La méthode des perturbations stationnaires est ensuite appliquée pour déterminer les indices effectifs des modes autorisés aux grandes longueurs d'onde et identifier les modes linéairement polarisés vers lesquels ils évoluent.Dans la partie II, l'équation de Schrödinger non-linéaire généralisée est établie. Dans le cas d'une fibre effilée, il apparaît un terme supplémentaire permettant la conservation du nombre de photons. L'expression analytique usuelle du taux d'auto-décalage Raman est étendue au cas des solitons de courte durée jouant un rôle majeur dans le processus de génération de supercontinuum.La partie III est consacrée aux résultats obtenus en régime non-linéaire dans les fibres à bandes interdites photoniques à coeur solide. Nous montrons théoriquement que la forte valeur de la dispersion du troisième ordre est à l'origine de la suppression de l'auto-décalage Raman juste avant le bord de bande et sans pertes significatives. Cette suppression est ensuite utilisée pour limiter l'étendue spectrale et augmenter la stabilité tir-à-tir d'un supercontinuum.This thesis concerns the linear properties of solid-core photonic bandgap fibers and the use of their specific properties for guided non-linear optics.Part I focuses on optical properties of the core mode whose guidance mechanism is related to the photonic bandgaps of the microstructured cladding. A numerical tool is developed for bandgap calculation using the plane wave expansion method with the dispersion taken into account. This tool was used for the design of a fiber which allows the photo-writing of a Bragg grating. Then, the stationary perturbation method is applied to the determination of the effective index of the allowed modes at long wavelengths and to the identification of linearly polarized modes towards which they evolve.In part II, the generalized non-linear Schrödinger equation is established. In the case of a tapered fiber, an extra-term appears in the equation allowing the exact conservation of the photons number. Then, the principles of the soliton red-shift and supercontinuum generation are recalled. The usual analytical expression of soliton self-frequency shift rate is extended to the case of short-duration solitons which play an important part in the dynamics of supercontinuum generation.Part III focuses on results obtained in nonlinear regime in solid-core photonic bandgap fibers. We show that the strong value of the third order dispersion term is the cause of the soliton self-frequency shift suppression near the bandgap edge without significant energy loss. Then, this suppression was used to tailor the spectral extent of the supercontinuum and to reduce pulse-to-pulse fluctuations

Etude théorique des propriétés optiques linéaires et non-linéaires des fibres à bandes interdites photoniques à coeur solide

This thesis concerns the linear properties of solid-core photonic bandgap fibers and the use of their specific properties for guided non-linear optics. Part I focuses on optical properties of the core mode whose guidance mechanism is related to the photonic bandgaps of the microstructured cladding. A numerical tool is developed for bandgap calculation using the plane wave expansion method with the dispersion taken into account. This tool was used for the design of a fiber which allows the photo-writing of a Bragg grating. Then, the stationary perturbation method is applied to the determination of the effective index of the allowed modes at long wavelengths and to the identification of linearly polarized modes towards which they evolve. In part II, the generalized non-linear Schrödinger equation is established. In the case of a tapered fiber, an extra-term appears in the equation allowing the exact conservation of the photons number. Then, the principles of the soliton red-shift and supercontinuum generation are recalled. The usual analytical expression of soliton self-frequency shift rate is extended to the case of short-duration solitons which play an important part in the dynamics of supercontinuum generation. Part III focuses on results obtained in nonlinear regime in solid-core photonic bandgap fibers. We show that the strong value of the third order dispersion term is the cause of the soliton self-frequency shift suppression near the bandgap edge without significant energy loss. Then, this suppression was used to tailor the spectral extent of the supercontinuum and to reduce pulse-to-pulse fluctuations.Cette thèse concerne l'étude des propriétés linéaires des fibres optiques à bandes interdites photoniques et à coeur solide et l'utilisation de leurs caractéristiques singulières en optique non-linéaire guidée. La partie I est consacrée au calcul des bandes interdites photoniques que présente la gaine microstructurée. Nous avons mis en place un outil numérique de calcul de bandes par la méthode de décomposition en ondes planes en tenant compte de la dispersion des matériaux. Cet outil a été utilisé pour concevoir une fibre permettant la photo-inscription d'un réseau de Bragg. La méthode des perturbations stationnaires est ensuite appliquée pour déterminer les indices effectifs des modes autorisés aux grandes longueurs d'onde et identifier les modes linéairement polarisés vers lesquels ils évoluent. Dans la partie II, l'équation de Schrödinger non-linéaire généralisée est établie. Dans le cas d'une fibre effilée, il apparaît un terme supplémentaire permettant la conservation du nombre de photons. L'expression analytique usuelle du taux d'auto-décalage Raman est étendue au cas des solitons de courte durée jouant un rôle majeur dans le processus de génération de supercontinuum. La partie III est consacrée aux résultats obtenus en régime non-linéaire dans les fibres à bandes interdites photoniques à coeur solide. Nous montrons théoriquement que la forte valeur de la dispersion du troisième ordre est à l'origine de la suppression de l'auto-décalage Raman juste avant le bord de bande et sans pertes significatives. Cette suppression est ensuite utilisée pour limiter l'étendue spectrale et augmenter la stabilité tir-à-tir d'un supercontinuum

Étude théorique des propriétés optiques linéaires et non-linéaires des fibres à bandes interdites photoniques à coeur solide

Cette thèse concerne l'étude des propriétés linéaires des fibres optiques à bandes interdites photoniques et à coeur solide et l'utilisation de leurs caractéristiques singulières en optique non-linéaire guidée. La partie I est consacrée au calcul des bandes interdites photoniques que présente la gaine microstructurée. Nous avons mis en place un outil numérique de calcul de bandes par la méthode de décomposition en ondes planes en tenant compte de la dispersion des matériaux. Cet outil a été utilisé pour concevoir une fibre permettant la photo-inscription d'un réseau de Bragg. La méthode des perturbations stationnaires est ensuite appliquée pour déterminer les indices effectifs des modes autorisés aux grandes longueurs d'onde et identifier les modes linéairement polarisés vers lesquels ils évoluent.Dans la partie II, l'équation de Schrödinger non-linéaire généralisée est établie. Dans le cas d'une fibre effilée, il apparaît un terme supplémentaire permettant la conservation du nombre de photons. L'expression analytique usuelle du taux d'auto-décalage Raman est étendue au cas des solitons de courte durée jouant un rôle majeur dans le processus de génération de supercontinuum.La partie III est consacrée aux résultats obtenus en régime non-linéaire dans les fibres à bandes interdites photoniques à coeur solide. Nous montrons théoriquement que la forte valeur de la dispersion du troisième ordre est à l'origine de la suppression de l'auto-décalage Raman juste avant le bord de bande et sans pertes significatives. Cette suppression est ensuite utilisée pour limiter l'étendue spectrale et augmenter la stabilité tir-à-tir d'un supercontinuum.This thesis concerns the linear properties of solid-core photonic bandgap fibers and the use of their specific properties for guided non-linear optics.Part I focuses on optical properties of the core mode whose guidance mechanism is related to the photonic bandgaps of the microstructured cladding. A numerical tool is developed for bandgap calculation using the plane wave expansion method with the dispersion taken into account. This tool was used for the design of a fiber which allows the photo-writing of a Bragg grating. Then, the stationary perturbation method is applied to the determination of the effective index of the allowed modes at long wavelengths and to the identification of linearly polarized modes towards which they evolve.In part II, the generalized non-linear Schrödinger equation is established. In the case of a tapered fiber, an extra-term appears in the equation allowing the exact conservation of the photons number. Then, the principles of the soliton red-shift and supercontinuum generation are recalled. The usual analytical expression of soliton self-frequency shift rate is extended to the case of short-duration solitons which play an important part in the dynamics of supercontinuum generation.Part III focuses on results obtained in nonlinear regime in solid-core photonic bandgap fibers. We show that the strong value of the third order dispersion term is the cause of the soliton self-frequency shift suppression near the bandgap edge without significant energy loss. Then, this suppression was used to tailor the spectral extent of the supercontinuum and to reduce pulse-to-pulse fluctuations.LILLE1-Bib. Electronique (590099901) / SudocSudocFranceF

Numerical analysis of broad band fiber optical parametric amplifiers pumped by two chirped pulses

International audienceOptical parametric amplifier pumped by two chirped pump pulses has been analytically and numerically investigated to predict the spectral gain bandwidth and its temporal distribution. We highlight that the properties of the amplifier depend strongly on the relative chirp values and a uniform spectro-temporal gain can be obtained when the two chirps have opposite signs. A chirped signal pulse owing a very broad bandwidth has also been injected and we demonstrate the amplification of ultra-short pulse with this type of amplifiers

Ultra-broad band fiber optical parametric amplifiers pumped by chirped pulses. Part2: sub-30 fs pulse amplification at high gain

International audienceWe report numerical investigations on ultrashort pulse amplification with high gain in a fiber-based optical parametric amplifier pumped by a broadband chirped pulse. The amplifier has been tailored for ultrabroadband amplification with an analytical model and has key features to overcome gain narrowing and pulse distortion, which are usually observed in ion-doped fiber amplifiers. By combining chirped pump and signal pulses in a fiber, we highlight the possibility to amplify sub-30-fs pulses with standard ultrafast technologies

Ultra-broad band fiber optical parametric amplifiers pumped by chirped pulses. Part1: analytical model

International audienceAn analytical model has been developed to fully understand the concept of fiber optical parametric amplifiers pumped by broadband chirped pulses. Our model is in good agreement with the numerical resolution of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation and was used to tailor the gain bandwidth. In particular, we showed that the group delay difference between the pump and the signal can play a crucial role in the spectral extension of the gain. This exciting amplification concept should pave the way toward high gain ultrashort (<30  fs) pulse amplification in fiber

Un nouveau genre de Prioniens du Yunnan [Col.]

Boppe Paul-L. Un nouveau genre de Prioniens du Yunnan [Col.]. In: Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, volume 16 (2),1911. pp. 29-33