应用HFSS和Designer对电光调制器的协同仿真

应用ANSYS公司的HFSS和Designer对一种内嵌共面波导电极结构的聚合物电光调制器进行了协同仿真,设计出了带宽为56 GHz的聚合物电光调制器.通过对光波有效折射率和微波有效折射率的优化,实现了速度匹配.同时利用协同仿真方法对电极进行了优化设计,实现了阻抗匹配并降低了微波损耗.结果表明应用协同仿真方法可以提高计...     

行波电吸收调制器中脊宽对频带宽度的影响

根据行波电吸收调制器（TW-EAM）的微波传输特性,提出了等效电路模型.制作了工作波长为850 nm的GaAs/GaAlAs材料的TW-EAM,并通过等效电路模型分析了特性阻抗Z0、微波传输常数γ和S21,得出脊宽对器件微波特性的影响.从理论上验证了较小脊宽可以降低微波和光波之间的速度失配、波导的传输损耗及传输线和终端及源端之间的阻抗失配.理论模拟得出：脊宽为2 μm时,器件提供的带宽为23.9 GHz.     

高速光学模数转换器的分析

详细分析了由x切LiNbO3干涉式共面波导行波调制器阵列构成的模数(A/D)转换器，包括其研究进展。采用保角变换方法分析了梯形共面波导电极参数(包括电极厚度、缓冲层厚度与中心电极和接地电极的边沿倾角β1，βg)与转换器的带宽、损耗、特征阻抗和驱动功率的关系。β1=βg=10°，电极厚度为3μm时，4位A/D转换器的工作带宽为7.3GHz，所需驱动功率为6.7W。数值仿真结果表明，采用梯形共面波导调制器阵列设计分辨率适中的高速A/D转换器是可行的。     

An improved optical TE-TM mode splitter and modulator using a Ti-LiNbO3 Y-junction waveguide

An optical TE-TM mode splitter and modulator with an improved design using a Y-junction waveguide by Ti-diffusion in a Y-cut LiNbO₃ substrate has been fabricated and characterized. Improvements in fabrication and measurement techniques are discussed. Experimental results on the device characteristics are presented.     

超高速行波电吸收调制器的k值设计方法

介绍了一种用于超高速行波电吸收调制器(TW-EAM)设计的“k值带宽法”.该方法考虑了影响调制器带宽的阻抗失配、相速度失配、微波衰减等因素,说明一个优化设计的TW-EAM其带宽可达到140 GHz.     

Nonlinearity of traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator according to microwave characteristics

In this paper, we introduce a model to analyze the linearity of multiple-quantum-well (MQW) traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator (TW-EAM). The device length, microwave loss (ML), velocity mismatch (VM) between lightwaves and the microwaves, and internal reflection (IR) due to impedance mismatch have effect on the linearity of a TW-EAM. ML has little effect on the intermodulation distortions (IMDs). VM also has little influence on IMD3 (third-order IMD), but severely affect IMD2 (second-order IMD), which become as high as 30 dB for the input frequency of 100 GHz, the device length of 0.8 mm, and VM of 20%. IR has different nonlinear characteristics according to the wavelength of the input frequency and the device length. As a result, it is known that IMDs improve when the device length equal to a quarter of the wavelength of the input signal and that the device length of 0.4 mm is appropriate for the analog fiber-optic communication with the frequency range of 50 GHz.     

Crosstie overlay slow-wave structure for broadbrand traveling-wave type electro-optical modulators

This paper proposes a new crosstie overlay slow-wave structure for a traveling-wave electro-optical modulator and presents a design method including design considerations for the optimum structure. This structure can be designed to satisfy the phase velocity and impedance matching conditions simultaneously over a broad spectral bandwidth. This idea can be applied to a number of electrode structures for broadband traveling-wave optical modulators.     

Design and modeling of microwave photonic devices

Different types of finite element methods (FEMs) for microwave and optical waveguides are reviewed and are utilized for modeling of a traveling-wave (TW) optical modulator, as one of the typical microwave photonic devices. Using the quasi-TEM and the full-wave vector FEM solvers for microwave waveguides and the scalar FEM solver for optical waveguides, the behaviour of a TW Z-cut Ti:LiNbO3 Mach–Zehnder optical modulator with a ridge structure is investigated.     

InP基矩形马赫-曾德高速电光调制器行波电极设计与测试

提出了一种由新型沟槽耦合器和90°弯曲波导构成的InGaAsP/InP基矩形马赫-曾德电光调制器,对该调制器的L型波导相移臂设计了T型类微带行波电极.首先利用电极的等效电路估算带宽上限,进而在考虑阻抗匹配、回波损耗以及带宽等性能的基础上,使用有限元方法对电极的传输、输入/输出以及过渡区的结构参量进行优化.仿真结果表明由于受到电极输入及过渡区的性能限制,设计的整体行波电极匹配阻抗大于42Ω,回波损耗小于-15dB,带宽可达65GHz.测试制备的Ti/Au行波电极,得到回波损耗为-12dB和带宽为20GHz的最优性能.     

GaAs／GaAlAs定向耦合器型行波调制器：1.设计

从理论上重点分析和研究了器件行波电极的微波特性，在半绝缘ＧａＡｓ衬底上设计了具有ｎ＾＋重掺杂外延层和共平面电极的ＧａＡｓ／ＧａＡｌＡｓ定向耦合器型行波调制器，针对实验中发现的行波电极上微波的高传输损耗问题。分析了起因并提出了器件的改进设计方案，从而设计出可达到３５ＧＨｚ带宽的高速调制效应的光波导调制器。     

双音调制下星上微波光子系统的交调失真分析

马赫-曾德尔调制器的非线性会严重恶化星上微波光子系统的性能。建立了包括光源、马赫-曾德尔调制器和光电探测器的双音调制理论模型,利用傅里叶级数展开、傅里叶变换和Gegenbauer加法定理,推导出了调制器非线性失真的严格通用解析解。根据该解析解,可精确地预计不同调制方式下星上微波光子系统的非线性失真,优化系统性能。分析结果表明,双边带和单边带调制条件下,将调制器输出信号保留至二次谐波能较好地近似计算三阶交调失真比和三阶交调截点,三阶交调失真比随调制系数的增大先增大后减小。当调制系数小于1.4674时,单边带调制三阶交调失真比至少比双边带调制小6dB,适合于星上微波光子系统的应用。     

GaAs traveling-wave optical modulator using a modulated coplanar strip electrode with periodic cross-tie overlay

This paper proposes and analyzes a GaAs traveling-wave optical modulator which uses a modulated coplanar strip electrode with periodic cross-tie overlay. This slow-wave structure can be designed to satisfy phase velocity and impedance matching conditions simultaneously. The dominant conductor loss in the slow-wave structure is reduced using the modulated coplanar strip electrode. The calculated 3-dB modulation bandwidth (100 GHz) is much wider than the bandwidth limit (30 GHz) of conventional electrode structures that are limited by phase velocity mismatch.This work was supported by the U.S. Army Research Office under contract DAAL-03-88-K-0005 and the Texas Advanced Technology Program.     

Full wave analysis of non-radiative dielectric waveguide modulator for the determination of electrical equivalent circuit

This paper reports the determination of electrical equivalent circuit of ON/OFF modulator in non-radiative dielectric (NRD) guide configurations at Ka-band. Schottky barrier mixer diode is used to realize this modulator and its characteristics are determined experimentally using vector network analyzer. Full wave FEM simulator HFSS is used to determine an equivalent circuit for the mounted diode and modulator in ON and OFF states. This equivalent circuit is used to qualitatively explain the experimental characteristics of modulator.      

Optical Single-Sideband Modulators and Their Applications

We review our recent work in the implementation of optical single-sideband (OSSB) modulation and in the application of this modulation format to microwave photonics and optical testing systems. We have developed an enhanced OSSB modulator for wide-band operation, the so-called bidirectional OSSB modulator, and a simplification of this scheme for narrow-band applications. These OSSB modulators are based on the use of a standard single-electrode Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator (MZ-EOM) and passive fiber-optic components. In both designs, the OSSB operation is shown to be independent of the MZ-EOM bias. Therefore, the optical modulation depth at the output of the device can be enhanced using minimum transmission biasing to provide suppression of the optical carrier. Finally, we demonstrate the application of OSSB modulators to the improvement of microwave/millimeter-wave subcarrier multiplexing fiber-optic links and to narrow-band fiber radio systems. In addition, we analyzed the feasibility and the limitations of an optical vector network analysis technique based on OSSB modulation that can provide sub-picometer wavelength resolution.     

Optical Single-Sideband Modulators and Their Applications

We review our recent work in the implementation of optical single-sideband (OSSB) modulation and in the application of this modulation format to microwave photonics and optical testing systems. We have developed an enhanced OSSB modulator for wide-band operation, the so-called bidirectional OSSB modulator, and a simplification of this scheme for narrow-band applications. These OSSB modulators are based on the use of a standard single-electrode Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator (MZ-EOM) and passive fiber-optic components. In both designs, the OSSB operation is shown to be independent of the MZ-EOM bias. Therefore, the optical modulation depth at the output of the device can be enhanced using minimum transmission biasing to provide suppression of the optical carrier. Finally, we demonstrate the application of OSSB modulators to the improvement of microwave/millimeter-wave subcarrier multiplexing fiber-optic links and to narrow-band fiber radio systems. In addition, we analyzed the feasibility and the limitations of an optical vector network analysis technique based on OSSB modulation that can provide sub-picometer wavelength resolution.     

Calculation of the crosstalk between Mach-Zehnder interferometers with traveling-wave electrodes

The crosstalk of electrodes on lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) Mach-Zehnder interferometers was studied. Three specific electrode configurations—Z-cut twin-electrode, Y-cut twin-electrode, and Y-cut tri-electrode—were analyzed. The capacitive coupling coefficient between electrodes was calculated by the method of moment and measured by an impedance analyzer. A scaled-up experimental setup was used to measure this coupling coefficient. The experimental data show good agreement with the numerical results. From the results, it was found that the coupling coefficient on Z-cut substrate with symmetric twin-electrode is larger than that of Y-cut substrate using twin- and tri-electrodes. In the case of asymmetric electrodes, however, the crosstalk between electrodes becomes smaller as the electrode width is increased.     

Generation of a Periodic Sequence of High-Power Ultrashort Pulses in a Chain of Coupled Backward-Wave and Traveling-Wave Tubes Operating in the Regimes of Amplification and Nonlinear Kompfner Suppression

We have studied the dynamics of an electronic microwave generator with backward-wave and traveling-wave tubes connected in the feedback circuit and operating in the regimes of amplification and nonlinear Kompfner absorption, respectively. It is shown that radiation generated in such a system can have the form of a periodic sequence of ultrashort pulses. The studied mechanism of pulse generation is analogous to the method of passive mode locking, which is widely used in laser physics.     

Polymer-based photonic integrated circuits

A myriad of passive and active guided-wave devices has been successfully demonstrated using the photolime gel polymer. These include high density linear and curved channel waveguide arrays, electro-optic modulator and modulator arrays, highly multiplexed waveguide holograms for wavelength division demultiplexing and optical interconnects, waveguide lens, and rare-earth ion-doped polymer waveguide amplifiers. A single-mode linear channel waveguide array with device packaging density of 1250 channels cm^-1 has been achieved. The first 12-channel wavelength division demultiplexer working at 830, 840, 850, 860, 870, 880, 890, 900, 910, 920, 930 and 940 nm on a GaAs substrate is also described in this paper. A polymer-based electro-optic travelling wave modulator with 40 GHz electrical bandwidth is further delineated. A rare-earth ion-doped polymer waveguide amplifier working at 1.06 μm with 8.5 dB optical gain is also achieved using this polymer matrix. The tunability of the waveguide refractive index of photolime gel polymer allows the formation of a graded index (GRIN) layer. As a result, these active and passive guided wave devices can be realized on any substrate of interest. High quality waveguides (loss<0.1 dB cm^-1) have been made on glass, LiNbO3, fused silica, quartz, PC board, GaAs, Si, Al, Cu, Cr, Au, Kovar, BeO, Al₂O₃ and AIN.     

多通道全光纤声光调制器的理论研究

对于全光纤调制，以前的研究者多着眼于单通道调制的研究。为了利用光纤的巨大承载能力，对多通道调制进行研究也是非常必要的。从理论上研究了多通道全光纤声光调制器。利用微扰形式的光纤耦合模方程，讨论了一根光纤多个部分受到周期性微扰的情况，并进一步讨论了多通道全光纤调制的情况，最后讨论了相位匹配条件下的输出结果。这对于实验、器件研究具有指导意义。     

Simultaneous demultiplexing and clock recovery using a single electroabsorption modulator in a novel bi-directional configuration

A single electroabsorption modulator was used to demultiplex a 10 Gbit/s channel from a 40 Gbit/s OTDM data stream, whilst simultaneously recovering the 10 GHz electrical clock. This was achieved using a new bi-directional operation of the EA modulator, combined with a simple phase-locked loop feedback circuit. Excellent system performance was achieved, indicating that operation up to and beyond 100 Gbit/s is possible using current technology.