We propose a joint look-up-table (LUT)-based nonlinear predistortion and digital resolution enhancement scheme to achieve high-speed and low-cost optical interconnects using low-resolution digital-to-analog converters (DACs). The LUT-based predistortion is employed to mitigate the pattern-dependent effect (PDE) of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), while the digital resolution enhancer (DRE) is utilized to shape the quantization noise, lowering the requirement for the resolution of DAC. We experimentally demonstrate O-band intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD) transmission of 124-GBd 4 / 6-level pulse-amplitude modulation ( PAM ) -4 / 6 and 112-GBd PAM-8 signals over a 2-km standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) with 3 / 3.5 / 4-bit DACs. In the case of 40-km SSMF transmission with an SOA-based preamplifier, 124-GBd on-off-keying (OOK)/PAM-3/PAM-4 signals are successfully transmitted with 1.5 / 2 / 3-bit DACs. To the best of our knowledge, we have achieved the highest net data rates of 235.3-Gb / s PAM-4, 289.7-Gb / s PAM-6, and 294.7 Gb / s PAM-8 signals over 2-km SSMF, as well as 117.6-Gb / s OOK, 173.8-Gb / s PAM-3, and -231.8 Gb / s PAM-4 signals over 40-km SSMF, employing low-resolution DACs. The experimental results reveal that the joint LUT-based predistortion and DRE effectively mitigate the PDE and improve the signal-to-quantization noise ratio by shaping the noise. The proposed scheme can provide a powerful solution for low-cost IM/DD optical interconnects beyond 200 Gb / s.

基于色散傅里叶变换技术研究了反常色散腔内传统孤子和正常色散腔内耗散孤子建立时的孤子动力学过程。为探究脉冲在光放大器中如何随放大功率演变, 实验和模拟研究了这两类孤子经放大器放大后的动态变化。结果表明, 这两类孤子的光谱在建立时会经历不同的振荡过程, 传统孤子光谱会由能量有剧烈振荡的调制拍频状态过渡至稳定, 耗散孤子光谱则会由无序调制状态平稳展宽至稳定。在放大器中, 随着放大器泵浦功率的上升, 传统孤子光谱中心能量将被转移而展宽, 耗散孤子光谱则在保持谱宽不变的情况下在边沿出现尖峰。这些锁模光纤激光器和光放大器中的动态孤子非线性现象在超快激光及其放大系统中有着潜在的应用价值。

单片集成式主振荡功率放大器（MOPA）具有体积小、功率大、光束质量高等优势，通过集成布拉格光栅，还能够实现窄线宽和动态单模，在倍频、泵浦、光通信和传感等领域具有重要应用价值，是近年来半导体光电子器件的研究热点。本文梳理了单片集成式MOPA的主流结构，包括锥形、脊型、布拉格光栅型和三段式MOPA，以各自的工作原理和性能特征为出发点，介绍其主要的研究方向，并结合它们各自面临的问题介绍最新的发展趋势。针对单片集成式MOPA中普遍存在的高功率下光束质量退化的问题，梳理了近年在外延层结构、腔面光学薄膜和电极设置等方面的优化设计，重点总结了单片集成式MOPA在提高光束质量及高功率、容线宽及高亮度方面的重要进展。围绕不同领域的应用需求，整理了具备高功率、窄线宽、高光束质量和高亮度等性能特征的单片集成式MOPA的研究进展，最后展望了单片集成式MOPA的发展趋势。

An actively mode-locked fiber laser with controllable pulse repetition rate and tunable pulse duration is presented, in which an optical delay line (ODL) is used to adjust the cavity length precisely for regulating the repetition rate, and a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is introduced for enabling the pulse duration control. Experimentally, continuous tuning of the repetition rate from 2 GHz to 6 GHz is realized, which is limited by the availability of an even higher repetition rate radio-frequency (RF) source. Specifically, when the repetition rate is fixed at 2.5 GHz, the pulse duration can be tuned from 4 ps to 30 ps, which is, to the best of our knowledge, the widest tuning range of pulse duration ever achieved in a gigahertz (GHz) repetition rate actively mode-locked 1.5 µm fiber laser oscillator.