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Hsu WC, Nujhat N, Kupp B, Conley JF, Wang AX. On-chip wavelength division multiplexing filters using extremely efficient gate-driven silicon microring resonator array. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5269. [PMID: 37002281 PMCID: PMC10066274 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32313-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Silicon microring resonators (Si-MRRs) play essential roles in on-chip wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems due to their ultra-compact size and low energy consumption. However, the resonant wavelength of Si-MRRs is very sensitive to temperature fluctuations and fabrication process variation. Typically, each Si-MRR in the WDM system requires precise wavelength control by free carrier injection using PIN diodes or thermal heaters that consume high power. This work experimentally demonstrates gate-tuning on-chip WDM filters for the first time with large wavelength coverage for the entire channel spacing using a Si-MRR array driven by high mobility titanium-doped indium oxide (ITiO) gates. The integrated Si-MRRs achieve unprecedented wavelength tunability up to 589 pm/V, or VπL of 0.050 V cm with a high-quality factor of 5200. The on-chip WDM filters, which consist of four cascaded ITiO-driven Si-MRRs, can be continuously tuned across the 1543-1548 nm wavelength range by gate biases with near-zero power consumption.
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- Wei-Che Hsu
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97356, Waco, TX, 76798, USA.
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Nakamura S, Sekiya K, Matano S, Shimura Y, Nakade Y, Nakagawa K, Monnai Y, Maki H. High-Speed and On-Chip Optical Switch Based on a Graphene Microheater. ACS NANO 2022; 16:2690-2698. [PMID: 35156795 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c09526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Graphene is a promising material for producing optical devices because of its optical, electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties. Here, we demonstrated on-chip optical switches equipped with a graphene heater, which exhibited high modulation speed and efficiency. We designed the optimal structure of the optical switch with an add/drop-type racetrack resonator and two output waveguides (the through and drop ports) by the electromagnetic field calculation. We fabricated the optical switch in which the graphene microheater was directly placed on the resonator and directly observed its operation utilizing a near-infrared camera. As observed from the transmission spectra, this device exhibited high wavelength tuning efficiency of 0.24 nm/mW and high heating efficiency of 7.66 K·μm3/mW. Further, we measured the real-time high-speed operation at 100 kHz and verified that the graphene-based optical switch achieved high-speed modulation with 10%-90% rise and fall response times, 1.2 and 3.6 μs, respectively, thus confirming that they are significantly faster than typical optical switches that are based on racetrack resonators and metal heaters with response times of ∼100 μs. These graphene-based optical switches on silicon chips with high efficiency and speed are expected to enable high-performance silicon photonics and integrated optoelectronic applications.
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- Shoma Nakamura
- Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
- Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (KISTEC), Ebina 243-0435, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
- Center for Spintronics Research Network (CSRN), Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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We report two high birefringence and low viscosity nematic mixtures for phase-only liquid-crystal-on-silicon spatial light modulators. The measured response time (on + off) of a test cell with 2π phase change at 1550 nm, 5 V operation voltage, and 40 °C is faster than 10 ms. To improve the photostability, a distributed Bragg reflector is designed to cutoff the harmful ultraviolet and blue wavelengths. These materials are promising candidates for future 6G optical communications.
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Silicon Photonic Mode-Division Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers with Mode-Selective Integrated MEMS Switches. PHOTONICS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/photonics7040080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mode-division multiplexing (MDM) is an attractive solution for future on-chip networks to enhance the optical transmission capacity with a single laser source. A mode-division reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) is one of the key components to construct flexible and complex on-chip optical networks for MDM systems. In this paper, we report on a novel scheme of mode-division ROADM with mode-selective silicon photonic MEMS (micro-electromechanical system) switches. With this ROADM device, data carried by any mode-channels can be rerouted or switched at an MDM network node, i.e., any mode could be added/dropped to/from the multimode bus waveguide flexibly and selectively. Particularly, the design and simulation of adiabatic vertical couplers for three quasi-TE modes (TE0, TE1, and TE2 modes) based on effective index analysis and mode overlap calculation method are reported. The calculated insertion losses are less than 0.08 dB, 0.19 dB, and 0.03 dB for the TE0 mode, TE1 mode, and TE2 mode couplers, respectively, over a wavelength range of 75 nm (1515–1590 nm). The crosstalks are below −20 dB over the bandwidth. The proposed device is promising for future on-chip optical networks with flexible functionality and large-scale integration.
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Silicon Integrated Nanophotonic Devices for On-Chip Multi-Mode Interconnects. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10186365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mode-division multiplexing (MDM) technology has drawn tremendous attention for its ability to expand the link capacity within a single-wavelength carrier, paving the way for large-scale on-chip data communications. In the MDM system, the signals are carried by a series of higher-order modes in a multi-mode bus waveguide. Hence, it is essential to develop on-chip mode-handling devices. Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) has been considered as a promising platform to realize MDM since it provides an ultra-high-index contrast and mature fabrication processes. In this paper, we review the recent progresses on silicon integrated nanophotonic devices for MDM applications. We firstly discuss the working principles and device configurations of mode (de)multiplexers. In the second section, we summarize the multi-mode routing devices, including multi-mode bends, multi-mode crossings and multi-mode splitters. The inverse-designed multi-mode devices are then discussed in the third section. We also provide a discussion about the emerging reconfigurable MDM devices in the fourth section. Finally, we offer our outlook of the development prospects for on-chip multi-mode photonics.
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Wang X, Yu H, Qiu H, Zhang Q, Fu Z, Xia P, Chen B, Guo X, Wang Y, Jiang X, Yang J. Hitless and gridless reconfigurable optical add drop (de)multiplexer based on looped waveguide sidewall Bragg gratings on silicon. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:14461-14475. [PMID: 32403486 DOI: 10.1364/oe.390218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Reconfigurable optical add-drop filters in future intelligent and software controllable wavelength division multiplexing networks should support hitless wavelength switching and gridless bandwidth tuning. The hitless switching implies that the central wavelength of one channel can be shifted without disturbing data transmissions of other channels, while the gridless tuning means that the filter bandwidth can be adjusted continuously. Despite a lot of efforts, very few integrated optical filters simultaneously support the hitless switching of central wavelength and the gridless tuning of bandwidth. In this work, we demonstrate a hitless add-drop filter with gridless bandwidth tunability on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. The filter comprises the two identical multimode anti-symmetric waveguide Bragg gratings (MASWBG) which are connected to a loop. The phase apodization technique is utilized to weaken the intrinsic sidelobe interference of grating-based devices. By sequentially manipulating central wavelengths of the two MASWBGs with the thermo-optical effect, we can reconfigure the spectral response of the filter gridlessly and hitlessly. Specifically, the central wavelength of the device is shifted by 14.5 nm, while its 3 dB bandwidth is tuned from 0.2 nm to 2.4 nm. The dropping loss and the sidelobe suppression ratio (SLSR) are dependent on the bandwidth selected. Measured variation ranges of dropping loss and SLSR are from -1.2 dB to -2.5 dB and from 12.8 dB to 21.4 dB, respectively. The hitless wavelength switching is verified by a data transmission measurement at a bit rate of 25 Gbps.
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Liu Z, Zhao Y, Xiao H, Deng L, Meng Y, Guo X, Liu G, Tian Y, Yang J. Demonstration of an optical directed half-subtracter using integrated silicon photonic circuits. APPLIED OPTICS 2018; 57:2564-2569. [PMID: 29714241 DOI: 10.1364/ao.57.002564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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An integrated silicon photonic circuit consisting of two silicon microring resonators (MRRs) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for the purpose of half-subtraction operation. The thermo-optic modulation scheme is employed to modulate the MRRs due to its relatively simple fabrication process. The high and low levels of the electrical pulse signal are utilized to define logic 1 and 0 in the electrical domain, respectively, and the high and low levels of the optical power represent logic 1 and 0 in the optical domain, respectively. Two electrical pulse sequences regarded as the operands are applied to the corresponding micro-heaters fabricated on the top of the MRRs to achieve their dynamic modulations. The final operation results of bit-wise borrow and difference are obtained at their corresponding output ports in the form of light. At last, the subtraction operation of two bits with the operation speed of 10 kbps is demonstrated successfully.
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Shao S, Ding J, Zheng L, Zou K, Zhang L, Zhang F, Yang L. Optical PAM-4 signal generation using a silicon Mach-Zehnder optical modulator. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:23003-23013. [PMID: 29041604 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.023003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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An analytic model is proposed to study the linearity performance of the silicon Mach-Zehnder optical modulator. According to the simulation results, we optimize the width of the silicon rib waveguide and the location of the PN junction to improve the linearity performance. The fabricated silicon Mach-Zehnder optical modulator has a spurious free dynamic range of 113.3 dB.Hz2/3 and 88.9 dB.Hz1/2 for the third-order intermodulation distortion and the second-order harmonic distortion. We also demonstrate the optical four-level pulse-amplitude-modulation (PAM-4) signal generation through the device. The generated optical PAM-4 signal is characterized at the rates up to 35 Gbaud. The BERs of the optical PAM-4 signals can reach 5.2╳10-6 at 20 Gbaud and 6.6╳10-5 at 32 Gbaud, which are much lower than the threshold of hard decision forward error correction (3.8 ╳10-3).
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Tian Y, Liu Z, Xiao H, Zhao G, Liu G, Yang J, Ding J, Zhang L, Yang L. Experimental demonstration of a reconfigurable electro-optic directed logic circuit using cascaded carrier-injection micro-ring resonators. Sci Rep 2017; 7:6410. [PMID: 28743874 PMCID: PMC5527009 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06736-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We experimentally demonstrate a reconfigurable electro-optic directed logic circuit which can perform any combinatorial logic operation using cascaded carrier-injection micro-ring resonators (MRRs), and the logic circuit is fabricated on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate with the standard commercial Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication process. PIN diodes embedded around MRRs are employed to achieve the carrier injection modulation. The operands are represented by electrical signals, which are applied to the corresponding MRRs to control their switching states. The operation result is directed to the output port in the form of light. For proof of principle, several logic operations of three-operand with the operation speed of 100 Mbps are demonstrated successfully.
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- Yonghui Tian
- Institute of Microelectronics and Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Materls of MOE, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China.
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- Institute of Microelectronics and Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Materls of MOE, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Microelectronics and Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Materls of MOE, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Microelectronics and Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Materls of MOE, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Microelectronics and Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Materls of MOE, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Microelectronics and Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Materls of MOE, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing, 100083, China
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Wang S, Feng X, Gao S, Shi Y, Dai T, Yu H, Tsang HK, Dai D. On-chip reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer for hybrid wavelength/mode-division-multiplexing systems. OPTICS LETTERS 2017; 42:2802-2805. [PMID: 28708173 DOI: 10.1364/ol.42.002802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A silicon-based on-chip reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) is presented for hybrid wavelength-division-multiplexing-mode-division-multiplexing systems. The present ROADM consists of a four-channel mode demultiplexer, four wavelength-selective thermo-optic switches based on microring resonators, and a four-channel mode multiplexer. With the present ROADM, one can add/drop one of wavelength channels of any mode to/from the multimode bus waveguide successfully with an excess loss of 2-5 dB and an extinction ratio of ∼20 dB over a wavelength range of 1525-1555 nm.
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Ding Y, Kamchevska V, Dalgaard K, Ye F, Asif R, Gross S, Withford MJ, Galili M, Morioka T, Oxenløwe LK. Reconfigurable SDM Switching Using Novel Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuit. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39058. [PMID: 28000735 PMCID: PMC5175277 DOI: 10.1038/srep39058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Space division multiplexing using multicore fibers is becoming a more and more promising technology. In space-division multiplexing fiber network, the reconfigurable switch is one of the most critical components in network nodes. In this paper we for the first time demonstrate reconfigurable space-division multiplexing switching using silicon photonic integrated circuit, which is fabricated on a novel silicon-on-insulator platform with buried Al mirror. The silicon photonic integrated circuit is composed of a 7 × 7 switch and low loss grating coupler array based multicore fiber couplers. Thanks to the Al mirror, grating couplers with ultra-low coupling loss with optical multicore fibers is achieved. The lowest total insertion loss of the silicon integrated circuit is as low as 4.5 dB, with low crosstalk lower than −30 dB. Excellent performances in terms of low insertion loss and low crosstalk are obtained for the whole C-band. 1 Tb/s/core transmission over a 2-km 7-core fiber and space-division multiplexing switching is demonstrated successfully. Bit error rate performance below 10−9 is obtained for all spatial channels with low power penalty. The proposed design can be easily upgraded to reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer capable of switching several multicore fibers.
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- Yunhong Ding
- DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), MQ Photonics Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), MQ Photonics Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Ding J, Shao S, Zhang L, Fu X, Yang L. Method to improve the linearity of the silicon Mach-Zehnder optical modulator by doping control. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:24641-24648. [PMID: 27828189 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.024641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We optimize the linearity performance of silicon carrier-depletion Mach-Zehnder optical modulator through controlling the doping concentration. The optical field distribution in the waveguide is a Gaussian-like distribution. As the doping concentration increases, the dynamic depletion width of the PN junction under the same modulation signal will decrease, and the integration width of the overlap between the Gaussian-like optical field distribution and the depletion region will become smaller. Therefore the modulated signal has less nonlinear components. Our simulation results proved this analysis. We also fabricated different devices with different doping concentrations. By adopting a ten times doping concentration, the spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) for third-order intermodulation distortion (TID) increases from 109.2 dB.Hz2/3 to 113.7 dB.Hz2/3 and the SFDR for second harmonic distortion (SHD) increases from 87.6 dB.Hz1/2 to 97.5 dB.Hz1/2 at a driving frequency of 2 GHz. When the driving frequency is 20 GHz, the SFDRs for TID and SHD distortions are 110.3 dB.Hz2/3 and 96 dB.Hz1/2, respectively.
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Schall D, Mohsin M, Sagade AA, Otto M, Chmielak B, Suckow S, Giesecke AL, Neumaier D, Kurz H. Infrared transparent graphene heater for silicon photonic integrated circuits. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:7871-7878. [PMID: 27137229 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.007871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Thermo-optical tuning of the refractive index is one of the pivotal operations performed in integrated silicon photonic circuits for thermal stabilization, compensation of fabrication tolerances, and implementation of photonic operations. Currently, heaters based on metal wires provide the temperature control in the silicon waveguide. The strong interaction of metal and light, however, necessitates a certain gap between the heater and the photonic structure to avoid significant transmission loss. Here we present a graphene heater that overcomes this constraint and enables an energy efficient tuning of the refractive index. We achieve a tuning power as low as 22 mW per free spectral range and fast response time of 3 µs, outperforming metal based waveguide heaters. Simulations support the experimental results and suggest that for graphene heaters the spacing to the silicon can be further reduced yielding the best possible energy efficiency and operation speed.
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Tian Y, Zhao Y, Chen W, Guo A, Li D, Zhao G, Liu Z, Xiao H, Liu G, Yang J. Electro-optic directed XOR logic circuits based on parallel-cascaded micro-ring resonators. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:26342-26355. [PMID: 26480148 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.026342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report an electro-optic photonic integrated circuit which can perform the exclusive (XOR) logic operation based on two silicon parallel-cascaded microring resonators (MRRs) fabricated on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. PIN diodes embedded around MRRs are employed to achieve the carrier injection modulation. Two electrical pulse sequences regarded as two operands of operations are applied to PIN diodes to modulate two MRRs through the free carrier dispersion effect. The final operation result of two operands is output at the Output port in the form of light. The scattering matrix method is employed to establish numerical model of the device, and numerical simulator SG-framework is used to simulate the electrical characteristics of the PIN diodes. XOR operation with the speed of 100Mbps is demonstrated successfully.
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Zhang X, Zhang Y, Liu X, Wang K, Xu C, Wu Y, Yuan P. Reconfigurable dual-channel dropping filters based on a self-coupled resonator Sagnac interferometer. OPTICS LETTERS 2014; 39:6985-6988. [PMID: 25503047 DOI: 10.1364/ol.39.006985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We report a reconfigurable dual-mode resonator-based dual-channel dropping filter. The dual dropping channels are generated within a free spectral range (FSR) via the interference between the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT)-like and electromagnetically induced absorption (EIA)-like resonances despite only one resonator used. The reconfiguration of the dual channels enabling the truly on/off switching mechanism is realized, and the output modes resembling the add/drop/neutral states are provided. The compact, reliable, flexible, versatile, and extendable filter has profound implications for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) applications in optical interconnection networks.
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Chen Q, Zhang F, Ji R, Zhang L, Yang L. Universal method for constructing N-port non-blocking optical router based on 2 × 2 optical switch for photonic networks-on-chip. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:12614-12627. [PMID: 24921378 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.012614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We propose a universal method for constructing N-port non-blocking optical router for photonic networks-on-chip, in which all microring (MR) optical switches or Mach-Zehnder (M-Z) optical switches behave as 2 × 2 optical switches. The optical router constructed by the proposed method has minimum optical switches, in which the number of the optical switches is reduced about 50% compared to the reported optical routers based on MR optical switches and more than 30% compared to the reported optical routers based on M-Z optical switches, and therefore is more compact in footprint and more power-efficient. We also present a strict mathematical proof of the non-blocking routing of the proposed N-port optical router.
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Tian Y, Zhang L, Ding J, Yang L. Demonstration of electro-optic half-adder using silicon photonic integrated circuits. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:6958-6965. [PMID: 24664044 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.006958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We report a silicon photonic integrated circuit which can perform the operation of half-adder based on two cascaded microring resonators (MRRs). PIN diodes embedded around MRRs are employed to achieve the carrier injection modulation. Two electrical pulse sequences representing the two operands of the half-add operation are applied to PIN diodes to modulate two MRRs through the plasma dispersion effect. The final operation results of bitwise Sum and Carry operation are output at two different output ports of the device. Microheaters fabricated on the top of MRRs are employed to compensate two MRRs resonance mismatch caused by the fabrication error through the thermo-optic effect. Addition operation of two bits with the operation speed of 100 Mbps is demonstrated.
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Ikeda T, Hane K. A tunable notch filter using microelectromechanical microring with gap-variable busline coupler. OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 21:22034-22042. [PMID: 24104095 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.022034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A microelectromechanical tunable notch filter using silicon-photonic freestanding waveguides is proposed, and the basic characteristics are experimentally investigated. The proposed filter is composed of a wavelength-tunable silicon microring resonator and a busline switch. The tunable microring consists of freestanding single-mode waveguides and air-gap directional waveguide couplers. The optical path length of the microring is varied physically by a displacement of electrostatic comb-drive actuator. The busline switch consists of a gap-variable waveguide coupling mechanism, which enables coupling the tunable microring with the busline by another electrostatic comb-drive actuator. During the wavelength tuning of microring, the busline can be disconnected from the microring. Therefore, the proposed device operates as a hitless wavelength-selective switch if they are connected in series. The waveguides are 320 nm in width and 340 nm in thickness. The resonant wavelength shift of the microring is 9.96 nm at the voltage of 26 V with the actuator displacement of 1.0 μm. The coupling to busline is adjusted from the switch-off state at the gap of 600 nm to the switch-on state corresponding to the critical coupling condition at the gap of 383 nm. The whole size of the wavelength-tunable filter with hitless mechanism is about 150 μm by 80 μm. Due to the capacitive operation of the comb-drive actuators, the power consumption is negligibly small.
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Boeck R, Chrostowski L, Jaeger NAF. Thermally tunable quadruple Vernier racetrack resonators. OPTICS LETTERS 2013; 38:2440-2442. [PMID: 23939074 DOI: 10.1364/ol.38.002440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The spectral responses of series-coupled racetrack resonators exhibiting the Vernier effect have many attractive features as compared to the spectral responses of identical series-coupled racetrack resonators, such as free spectral range (FSR) extension and enhanced wavelength tunability. Here we present experimental results of a thermally tunable quadruple series-coupled silicon racetrack resonator exhibiting the Vernier effect. We thermally tune two of the four racetrack resonators to enable discrete switching of the major peak by 15.54 nm. Also, our device has an interstitial peak suppression of 35.4 dB, a 3 dB bandwidth of 0.45 nm, and an extended FSR of 37.66 nm.
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- Robert Boeck
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Mancinelli M, Bettotti P, Fedeli JM, Pavesi L. Interferometric switching in coupled resonator optical waveguides-based reconfigurable optical device. OPTICS LETTERS 2013; 38:217-219. [PMID: 23454967 DOI: 10.1364/ol.38.000217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Integrated optical devices based on coupled resonator optical waveguides (CROW) for reconfigurable band routing are explored. A reconfiguration principle based on two bus interferometric CROW resonant structures is proposed. This device extends the functionalities of simple add-drop filters, adding more switching features. These new functionalities yield three functional states that comprehend a complete reconfigurability and a 50% splitter mode.
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- Mattia Mancinelli
- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, Trento 38123, Italy.
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Zhang L, Ding J, Tian Y, Ji R, Yang L, Chen H, Zhou P, Lu Y, Zhu W, Min R. Electro-optic directed logic circuit based on microring resonators for XOR/XNOR operations. OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 20:11605-11614. [PMID: 22714146 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.011605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report the implementation of the XOR and XNOR operations using an electro-optic directed logic circuit based on two cascaded silicon microring resonators (MRRs), which are both modulated through the plasma dispersion effect. PIN diodes are embedded around the MRRs to achieve the carrier-injection modulation. The inherent resonance wavelength mismatch between the two nominally identical MRRs caused by fabrication errors is compensated by two local microheaters above each MRR through the thermo-optic effect. Two electrical modulating signals applied to the MRRs represent the two operands of the two operations. Simultaneous bitwise XOR and XNOR operations at 100 Mbit/s are demonstrated.
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- Lei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics and Optoelectronic System Laboratory, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 912, Beijing 100083, China
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Ding J, Chen H, Yang L, Zhang L, Ji R, Tian Y, Zhu W, Lu Y, Zhou P, Min R, Yu M. Ultra-low-power carrier-depletion Mach-Zehnder silicon optical modulator. OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 20:7081-7087. [PMID: 22453389 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.007081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We demonstrate a 26 Gbit/s Mach-Zehnder silicon optical modulator. The doping concentration and profile are optimized, and a modulation efficiency with the figure of merit (VπL) of 1.28 V·cm is achieved. We design an 80-nm-wide intrinsic silicon gap between the p-type and n-type doped regions to reduce the capacitance of the diode and prevent the diode from working in a slow diffusion mode. Therefore, the modulator can be driven with a small differential voltage of 0.5 V with no bias. Without the elimination of the dissipated power of the series resistors and the reflected power of the electrical signal, the maximum power consumption is 3.8 mW.
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- Jianfeng Ding
- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics & Optoelectronic System Laboratory, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, China
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Ding J, Chen H, Yang L, Zhang L, Ji R, Tian Y, Zhu W, Lu Y, Zhou P, Min R. Low-voltage, high-extinction-ratio, Mach-Zehnder silicon optical modulator for CMOS-compatible integration. OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 20:3209-3218. [PMID: 22330558 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.003209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We demonstrate a carrier-depletion Mach-Zehnder silicon optical modulator, which is compatible with CMOS fabrication process and works well at a low driving voltage. This is achieved by the optimization of the coplanar waveguide electrode to reduce the electrical signal transmission loss. At the same time, the velocity and impedance matching are both considered. The 12.5 Gbit/s data transmission experiment of the fabricated device with a 2-mm-long phase shifter is performed. The driving voltages with the swing amplitudes of 1 V and 2 V and the reverse bias voltages of 0.5 V and 0.8 V are applied to the device, respectively. The corresponding extinction ratios are 7.67 and 12.79 dB.
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- Jianfeng Ding
- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, China
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Hu Y, Jenkins RM, Gardes FY, Finlayson ED, Mashanovich GZ, Reed GT. Wavelength division (de)multiplexing based on dispersive self-imaging. OPTICS LETTERS 2011; 36:4488-4490. [PMID: 22139218 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.004488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We proposed and experimentally demonstrated wavelength division (de)multiplexers (WDMs) utilizing the wavelength dispersive nature of self-imaging multimode interferometers. Proof-of-principle devices fabricated on the silicon-on-insulator platform operated as 4-channel WDMs with a free spectral range of >90 nm, an averaging cross talk of <-20 dB for a 1 nm band, and an insertion loss of <2.0 dB. The potential for higher channel counts and smaller channel wavelength spacing was also predicted. This type of WDM is easy to design and fabricate. The underlying concept is applicable to all planar waveguide platforms.
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- Y Hu
- Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK.
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Zhang L, Ji R, Tian Y, Yang L, Zhou P, Lu Y, Zhu W, Liu Y, Jia L, Fang Q, Yu M. Simultaneous implementation of XOR and XNOR operations using a directed logic circuit based on two microring resonators. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:6524-6540. [PMID: 21451681 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.006524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report the simultaneous implementation of the XOR and XNOR operations at two ports of a directed logic circuit based on two cascaded microring resonators (MRRs), which are both modulated through thermo-optic effect. Two electrical modulating signals applied to the MRRs represent the two operands of each logic operation. Simultaneous bitwise XOR and XNOR operations at 10 kbit/s are demonstrated in two different operating modes. We show that such a circuit can be readily realized using the plasma dispersion effect or the electric field effects, indicating its potential for high-speed operation. We further employ the scattering matrix method to analyze the spectral characteristics of the fabricated circuit, which can be regarded as a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) in whole. The two MRRs in the circuit act as wavelength-dependent splitting and combining units of the MZI. The degradation of the spectra observed in the experiment is found to be related to the length difference between the MZI's two arms. The evolution of the spectra with this length difference is presented.
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- Lei Zhang
- Optoelectronic System Laboratory, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Dahlem MS, Holzwarth CW, Khilo A, Kärtner FX, Smith HI, Ippen EP. Reconfigurable multi-channel second-order silicon microring-resonator filterbanks for on-chip WDM systems. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:306-316. [PMID: 21263570 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.000306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report the fabrication of a reconfigurable wide-band twenty-channel second-order dual filterbank, defined on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform, with tunable channel spacing and 20 GHz single-channel bandwidth. We demonstrate the precise tuning of eleven (out of the twenty) channels, with a channel spacing of 124 GHz (~1 nm) and crosstalk between channels of about -45 dB. The effective thermo-optic tuning efficiency is about 27 μW/GHz/ring. A single channel of a twenty-channel counter-propagating filterbank is also demonstrated, showing that both propagating modes exhibit identical filter responses. Considerations about thermal crosstalk are also presented. These filterbanks are suitable for on-chip wavelength-division-multiplexing applications, and have the largest-to-date reported number of channels built on an SOI platform.
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- Marcus S Dahlem
- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
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Dong P, Qian W, Liang H, Shafiiha R, Wang X, Feng D, Li G, Cunningham JE, Krishnamoorthy AV, Asghari M. 1x4 reconfigurable demultiplexing filter based on free-standing silicon racetrack resonators. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:24504-24509. [PMID: 21164797 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.024504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We present a 1x4 reconfigurable demultiplexing filter based on cascaded thermally tunable silicon racetrack resonators with ultralow tuning powers. The use of free-standing silicon resonators with undercut structures significantly reduces the tuning power, with a figure of ~2.9 mW per free spectral range. Even with the presence of thermal crosstalk between two adjacent resonators, we demonstrate multiplexing functionality for channel spacings of 200 GHz, 100 GHz, and 50 GHz, with channel wavelengths aligned to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) grid specifications. Crosstalk values for 200 GHz and 50 GHz channel spacings are less than -20 dB and -11.5 dB, respectively. The total power to achieve this performance is in the range of 1.84 mW to 2.4 mW. Such low-power, compact, and reconfigurable filters are particularly useful in chip-scale optical interconnects.
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- Po Dong
- Kotura Inc., 2630 Corporate Place, Monterey Park, California 91754, USA.
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Dong P, Qian W, Liang H, Shafiiha R, Feng D, Li G, Cunningham JE, Krishnamoorthy AV, Asghari M. Thermally tunable silicon racetrack resonators with ultralow tuning power. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:20298-304. [PMID: 20940921 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.020298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We present thermally tunable silicon racetrack resonators with an ultralow tuning power of 2.4 mW per free spectral range. The use of free-standing silicon racetrack resonators with undercut structures significantly enhances the tuning efficiency, with one order of magnitude improvement of that for previously demonstrated thermo-optic devices without undercuts. The 10%-90% switching time is demonstrated to be ~170 µs. Such low-power tunable micro-resonators are particularly useful as multiplexing devices and wavelength-tunable silicon microcavity modulators.
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- Po Dong
- Kotura Inc., 2630 Corporate Place, Monterey Park, CA 91754, USA.
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Atabaki AH, Shah Hosseini E, Eftekhar AA, Yegnanarayanan S, Adibi A. Optimization of metallic microheaters for high-speed reconfigurable silicon photonics. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:18312-23. [PMID: 20721224 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.018312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The strong thermooptic effect in silicon enables low-power and low-loss reconfiguration of large-scale silicon photonics. Thermal reconfiguration through the integration of metallic microheaters has been one of the more widely used reconfiguration techniques in silicon photonics. In this paper, structural and material optimizations are carried out through heat transport modeling to improve the reconfiguration speed of such devices, and the results are experimentally verified. Around 4 micros reconfiguration time are shown for the optimized structures. Moreover, sub-microsecond reconfiguration time is experimentally demonstrated through the pulsed excitation of the microheaters. The limitation of this pulsed excitation scheme is also discussed through an accurate system-level model developed for the microheater response.
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- A H Atabaki
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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Shen H, Khan MH, Fan L, Zhao L, Xuan Y, Ouyang J, Varghese LT, Qi M. Eight-channel reconfigurable microring filters with tunable frequency, extinction ratio and bandwidth. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:18067-18076. [PMID: 20721194 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.018067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We demonstrate an eight-channel reconfigurable optical filter on a silicon chip. It consists of cascaded microring resonators and integrated compact heaters. With an embedded Mach-Zehnder (MZ) arm coupling to a microring resonator, the important parameters of a filter such as center frequency, extinction ratio and bandwidth can be controlled simultaneously for purposes of filtering, routing and spectral shaping. Thus our device could potentially be useful in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and radio frequency arbitrary waveform generation (RFAWG). Multichannel filter response was successfully tuned to match the International Telecommunication Unit (ITU) grid with 50, 100 and 200 GHz in channel spacing. Programmable channel selectivity was demonstrated by heating the MZ arm, and continuous adjustment of through-port extinction ratio from 0 dB to 27 dB was achieved. Meanwhile, the 3 dB bandwidth in the drop port changed from 0.12 nm to 0.16 nm. The device had an ultra-compact footprint (1200 microm x 100 microm) excluding the metal leads and contact pads, making it suitable for large scale integration.
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- Hao Shen
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, 1205 W. State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Zhang L, Ji R, Jia L, Yang L, Zhou P, Tian Y, Chen P, Lu Y, Jiang Z, Liu Y, Fang Q, Yu M. Demonstration of directed XOR/XNOR logic gates using two cascaded microring resonators. OPTICS LETTERS 2010; 35:1620-1622. [PMID: 20479828 DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.001620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We have designed and fabricated a directed logic architecture consisting of two silicon microring resonators that can perform XOR and XNOR operations. The microring resonators are modulated through thermo-optic effect. Two electrical modulating signals applied to the microring resonators represent the two operands of the logical operation. The logical function is evaluated through the directed propagation of light in the device, and the result is represented by the output optical signal. Both XOR and XNOR operations at 20 kbits are demonstrated.
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- Lei Zhang
- 1Optoelectronic System Laboratory, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
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Dong P, Qian W, Liang H, Shafiiha R, Feng NN, Feng D, Zheng X, Krishnamoorthy AV, Asghari M. Low power and compact reconfigurable multiplexing devices based on silicon microring resonators. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:9852-9858. [PMID: 20588834 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.009852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We present thermally reconfigurable multiplexing devices based on silicon microring resonators with low tuning power and low thermal crosstalk. Micro-heaters on top of the rings are employed to tune the resonant wavelengths through the thermo-optic effect of silicon. We achieve a low tuning power of 21 mW per free spectral range for a single ring by exploiting thermal isolation trenches close to the ring waveguides. Negligible thermal crosstalk is demonstrated for rings spaced by 15 microm, enabling compact multiplexing devices. The tuning time constant is demonstrated to be less than 10 micros.
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- Po Dong
- Kotura Inc., Monterey Park, CA 91754, USA.
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Jia L, Geng M, Zhang L, Yang L, Chen P, Liu Y, Fang Q, Yu M. Effects of waveguide length and pump power on the efficiency of wavelength conversion in silicon nanowire waveguides. OPTICS LETTERS 2009; 34:3502-3504. [PMID: 19927191 DOI: 10.1364/ol.34.003502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We point out the use of a wrong definition for conversion efficiency in the literature and analyze the effects of the waveguide length and pump power on conversion efficiency according to the correct definition. The existence of the locally optimal waveguide length and pump power is demonstrated theoretically and experimentally. Further analysis shows that the extremum of conversion efficiency can be achieved by global optimization of the waveguide length and pump power simultaneously, which is limited by just the linear propagation loss and the effective carrier lifetime.
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- Lianxi Jia
- Optoelectronic System Laboratory, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China.
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Prabhathan P, Murukeshan VM, Jing Z, Ramana PV. Broadband tunable bandpass filters using phase shifted vertical side wall grating in a submicrometer silicon-on-insulator waveguide. APPLIED OPTICS 2009; 48:5598-5603. [PMID: 19823244 DOI: 10.1364/ao.48.005598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We propose the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) based, phase shifted vertical side wall grating as a resonant transmission filter suitable for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) communication channels with 100 GHz channel spacing. The gratings are designed and numerically simulated to obtain a minimum loss in the resonant cavity by adjusting the grating parameters so that a high transmittivity can be achieved for the resonant transmission. The resonant grating, which is designed to operate in the DWDM International Telecommunication Union (ITU) grid C band of optical communication, has a high free spectral range of 51.7 nm and a narrow band resonant transmission. The wavelength selectivity of the filter is improved through a coupled cavity configuration by applying two phase shifts to the gratings. The observed channel band width and channel isolation of the resonant transmission filter are good and in agreement with the ITU specifications.
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- P Prabhathan
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University,50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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