Fabrication of Triplexers Based on Flattop SOI AWG

A triplexer is fabricated based on SOI arrayed waveguide gratings （AWGs）. Three wavelengths of the triplexer operate at different diffraction orders of an arrayed waveguide grating. The signals of 1490nm and 1550nm, which are input from central input waveguide of an AWG, are demultiplexed and the signal of 131Onto, which is input from central output waveguide of an AWG, is uploaded. The tested results show that the downloaded and uploaded signals have fiat-top response. The insertion loss is 9 dB on chip, the nonadjacent crosstalk is less than -30 dB for 1490nm and 1301 nm, and is less than -25 dB for 1550nm, the 3dB bandwidth equates that of the input light source.     

通过以太无源光网的射频电视传送技术

论述了1550 nm射频电视(CATV)通道与1490 nm数据通道的相互干扰问题。针对1490 nm光波通过光纤中受激拉曼效应对1550 nm光波的非线性串扰和1550 nm光波通过粗波分复用(CWDM)分波器对1490 nm光波的线性串扰提出了理论计算公式,进行了定量分析和计算。结果表明,数据非线性串扰可使射频电视系统低频端的载噪比下跌9 dB;而在常规融锥型粗波分复用分波器情况下,射频电视线性串扰可使数据光接收机的光功率代价达到2.5dB。最后指出了克服串扰的方法,如以太空闲字符扰码和高隔离度粗波分复用等。     

Dispersion of the nonlinear refractive index in sapphire

The nonlinear refractive index, n2, of sapphire was experimentally measured in the 550-1550-nm wavelength range by use of a picosecond Z-scan technique. It was found that in this spectral region the value of n2 decreases monotonically from approximately 3.3 x 10(-16) to approximately 2.8 x 10(-16) cm2/W. An empirical expression for the wavelength dependence of the nonlinear refractive index in the 270-1550-nm range was obtained.     

The cascaded exponential-tapered multimode interference couplers based triplexer design for FTTH system

A novel compact triplexer, which consists of series cascaded exponential-tapered multimode interference couplers, is introduced in this paper. General self-image properties of the exponential-tapered multimode interference couplers are investigated thoroughly to fulfill the compact integrated triplexer. By combining four exponential-tapered MMI couplers, a novel compact 0.6 cm-long triplexer that is with ITU standard wavelength of 1310 nm, 1490 nm and 1550 nm for FTTH is achieved without requiring complicated design. And it can be fabricated by common planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology. From the simulation results for wavelength of 1310 nm, 1490 nm and 1550 nm, the insertion losses are 0.34 dB, 0.9 dB and 1.17 dB, with isolations for each output waveguide ranging from 12.74 dB to 37.15 dB. The 3 dB passband widths for 1310 nm, 1490 nm and 1550 nm are 112.39 nm, 29.44 nm and 26.7 nm.     

1.55 μm偏振无关半导体光放大器腔面减反膜的研制

设计并制作了1.55 μm偏振无关半导体光放大器腔面TiO2/SiO2多层减反膜, 工艺过程中设计并使用了反射率实时监控装置, 得到了低于5×10－4的腔面剩余反射率. 器件测试结果表明, 管芯在250 mA电流下仍处于未激射状态, 表明减反膜有效抑制了芯片的激射. 半导体光放大器的自发辐射（ASE）谱波动在0.4 dB以下, 3 dB带宽大于52 nm, 半导体光放大器小信号增益近27 dB, 在1520~1580 nm波长范围内偏振灵敏度小于0.5 dB.     

DWDM Devices Based on Planar Waveguide Technologies

A review is presented on some of our recent results for designs, simulations and fabrication of several photonic integrated devices, such as arrayed-waveguide gratings (AWGs) and etched diffraction gratings (EDGs), based on planar waveguide technologies. Some novel designs for flat-top AWGs and EDGs with flat-top spectral responses are presented.     

Compact triplexer in two-dimensional hexagonal lattice photonic crystals

We design a compact triplexer based on two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal lattice photonic crystals (PCs).A folded directional coupler (FDC) is introduced in the triplexer beside the point-defect micro-cavities and line-defect waveguides.Because of the reflection feedback of the FDC,high channel drop efficiency can be realized and a compact size with the order of micrometers can be maintained.The proposed device is analyzed using the plane wave expansion method,and its transmission characteristics are calculated using the finite-difference time-domain method.The footprint of the triplexer is about 12× 9 μm,and its extinction ratios are less than –20 dB for 1310 nm,approximately –20 dB for 1490 nm,and under –40 dB for 1550 nm,making it a potentially essential device in future fiber-to-the-home networks.     

Low-noise operation of fluoride-based erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with (4)I(11/2)-level pumping

The low-noise operation of fluoride-based erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA's) is demonstrated with (4)I(11/2)-level pumping for what we believe to be the first time. A noise figure as low as 3.5 +/- 0.5 dB at 1550 nm is achieved by means of 970-nm pumping. It is shown that it is possible to construct fluoride-based EDFA's with a noise figure as low as that of silica-based EDFA's.     

基于硅基槽波导的单纤三向滤波器的研究

设计了基于硅基槽波导的微环谐振型单纤三向滤波器。基于电磁场理论得到了二维情形下的硅基槽波导的模场及有效折射率随波长的变化关系,在此基础上,利用硅基槽微环谐振腔谐振波长与微环半径的关系,优化得到了可将1490nm和1550nm两个下载波长分开的谐振环半径,并同时将1310nm波长上传,三个波长信号从不同端口输出,成功地实现了三向器滤波功能。利用传递函数法模拟了所设计的硅基槽微环谐振型三向滤波器的输出光谱,结果显示其串扰可低至-16.9dB。     

Design and fabrication of multi-channel photodetector array monolithic with arrayed waveguide grating

We have provided optical simulations of the evanescently coupled waveguide photodiodes integrated with a 13-channels AWGs. The photodiode could exhibit high internal efficiency by appropriate choice of layers geometry and refractive index. Aseamless joint structure has been designed and fabricated for integrating the output waveguides of AWGs with the evanescently coupled waveguide photodiode array. The highest simulation quantum efficiency could achieve 92% when the matching layer thickness of the PD is 120 nm and the insertion length is 2 μm. The fabricated PD with 320-nm-thick matching layer and 2-μm-length insertion matching layer present a responsivity of 0.87 A/W.     

Phase-referenced interferometer with subwavelength and subhertz sensitivity applied to the study of cell membrane dynamics

We report a highly sensitive means of measuring cellular dynamics with a novel interferometer that can measure motional phase changes. The system is based on a modified Michelson interferometer with a composite laser beam of 1550-nm low-coherence light and 775-nm CW light. The sample is prepared on a coverslip that is highly reflective at 775 nm. By referencing the heterodyne phase of the 1550-nm light reflected from the sample to that of the 775-nm light reflected from the coverslip, small motions in the sample are detected, and motional artifacts from vibrations in the interferometer are completely eliminated. We demonstrate that the system is sensitive to motions as small as 3.6 nm and velocities as small as 1 nm/s. Using the instrument, we study transient volume changes of a few (approximately three) cells in a monolayer immersed in weakly hypotonic and hypertonic solutions.     

基于准周期光学超晶格的高效电光调制差频转换

为获得尽可能大的差频转换效率,基于准周期极化铌酸锂(QPPLN)光学超晶格,提出了级联电光和差频理论,用于高效的差频转换。其方法是沿QPPLN光学超晶格的y方向施加一个外加电场,用来控制能量在抽运光、信号光、o偏振的差频光和e偏振的差频光四个光波之间的转移。计算结果表明,在一个100℃,40mm长的QPPLN光学超晶格中,当1550nm信号光与1064nm抽运光光强比值r<0.324时,对光强超过特定值的任意抽运光都可以通过施加一个适当的外加电场将抽运光完全转化为1550nm信号光和3393.4nm差频光;当r≥0.324,只当抽运光光强落在一定范围内时,才可以通过施加外加电场使抽运光完全转化为信号光和差频光;超过该范围,外加电场不能增加差频光转换效率。计算结果还表明,电光调制差频转换效率对温度和畴构造误差都不敏感。     

Polarization Insensitive Ion-Exchanged Arrayed-Waveguide Grating Multiplexers in Glass

Wavelength multiplexers based on the arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) principle are fabricated with ion-exchanged waveguides in glass for 1550 nm. The insertion loss is 6 and 4 dB with a cross talk of 15 and 20 dB for 8-channel 50 GHz and 4-channel 100 GHz devices, respectively. The AWGs are almost polarization insensitive because the refractive index profile of the waveguides is nearly concentric and the waveguides are diffused into stress-free glass substrates. The transverse electric transverse magnetic (TETM) shift of the wavelength response is only 0.02 nm (2.5GHz) for an 8-channel 50 GHz AWG. The temperature sensitivity is 1.4 GHz C.     

Demonstration of two-point velocity measurement using diffraction grating elements for integrated multi-point differential laser Doppler velocimeter

We have proposed a configuration of an integrated multi-point differential laser Doppler velocimeter (LDV) using arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) as grating elements. This paper demonstrates two-point velocity measurement using the proposed configuration with diffraction grating elements. An experiment was conducted using a free-space optical setup with bulk diffraction gratings instead of AWGs. The experimental results indicate that velocities at different positions can be measured using the proposed configuration. The measured separation of the two measurement positions was about 20.5 mm, about 11% of the working distance.     

Wavelength and temperature characteristics of BiYbIG film/YIG crystal composite structure for magneto-optical applications

We report the wavelength and temperature characteristics of novel Bi-substituted rare-earth iron garnet films grown on a YIG substrate by a modified liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) technique. The Faraday-rotation spectrum was measured by the magneto-optically modulated dual-frequency technique with the wavelength varied from 800 nm to 1700 nm. The resultant Bi_0.37Yb_2.63Fe₅O₁₂ (BiYbIG) LPE film/YIG crystal structure showed an increased Faraday-rotation coefficient due to Bi³⁺-ion doping on the dodecahedral sites of the iron garnet without increasing absorption loss; therefore, a good magneto-optical figure of merit, defined by the ratio of Faraday rotation and optical absorption loss, has been achieved (21.5 deg/dB and 30.2 deg/dB at 1300-nm and 1550-nm wavelengths, respectively, at room temperature). In addition, since the Yb³⁺ and Y³⁺ ions provide opposite contributions to the wavelength and temperature characteristics of the Faraday rotation, the resultant BiYbIG LPE film/YIG crystal structure showed a flat Faraday-rotation curve versus wavelength and temperature. The Faraday-rotation wavelength coefficient was reduced to 0.06 %/nm at 1550-nm wavelength. The Faraday-rotation temperature derivative was reduced to 0.006 deg/°C at 1300-nm wavelength and 0.007 deg/°C at 1550-nm wavelength, respectively. PACS 78.20.Ls; 81.15.Lm; 75.50.Gg     

Monolithically integrated 64‐channel silicon hybrid demultiplexer enabling simultaneous wavelength‐ and mode‐division‐multiplexing

A compact 64‐channel hybrid demultiplexer based on silicon‐on‐insulator nanowires is proposed and demonstrated experimentally to enable wavelength‐division‐multiplexing and mode‐division‐multiplexing simultaneously in order to realize an ultra‐large capacity on‐chip optical‐interconnect link. The present hybrid demultiplexer consists of a 4‐channel mode multiplexer constructed with cascaded asymmetrical directional‐couplers and two bi‐directional 17 × 17 arrayed‐waveguide gratings (AWGs) with 16 channels. Here each bi‐directional AWG is equivalent as two identical 1 × 16 AWGs. The measured excess loss and the crosstalk for the monolithically integrated 64‐channel hybrid demultiplexer are about ‐5 dB and ‐14 dB, respectively. Better performance can be achieved by minimizing the imperfections (particularly in AWGs) during the fabrication processes.

     

Photonic crystal slabs demonstrating strong broadband suppression of transmission in the presence of disorders

We characterize the transmission spectra of out-of-plane, normal-incidence light of two-dimensional silicon photonic crystal slabs and observe excellent agreement between the measured data and finite-difference time-domain simulations over the 1050-1600-nm wavelength range. Crystals that are 340 nm thick and have holes of 330-nm radius on a square lattice of 998-nm pitch show 20-dB extinction in transmission from 1220 to 1255 nm. Increasing the hole radius to 450 nm broadens the extinction band further, and we obtain >85% extinction from 1310 to 1550 nm. Discrepancies between simulation and measurement are ascribed to disorder in the photonic lattice, which is measured through image processing on high-resolution scanning electron micrographs. Analysis of crystal imperfections indicates that they tend to average out narrowband spectral features, while having relatively small effects on broadband features.     

Comparison of radiation degradation induced by x-ray and 3-MeV protons in 65-nm CMOS transistors

The total ionizing dose(TID) response of 65-nm CMOS transistors is studied by 10-ke V x-ray and 3-Me V protons up to 1 Grad(SiO_2) total dose.The degradation levels induced by the two radiation sources are different to some extent.The main reason is the interface dose enhancement due to the thin gate oxide and the low energy photons.The holes' recombination also contributes to the difference.Compared to these two mechanisms,the influence of the dose rate is negligible.     

A 32-channel 100 GHz wavelength division multiplexer by interleaving two silicon arrayed waveguide gratings

A 32-channel wavelength division multiplexer with 100 GHz spacing is designed and fabricated by interleaving two silicon arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs). It has a parallel structure consisting of two silicon 16-channel AWGs with 200 GHz spacing and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with 200 GHz free spectral range. The 16 channels of one silicon AWG are interleaved with those of the other AWG in spectrum, but with an identical spacing of 200 GHz. For the composed wavelength division multiplexer, the experiment results reveal 32 wavelength channels in C-band, a wavelength spacing of 100 GHz, and a channel crosstalk lower than -15 dB.     

Highly efficient hybrid fiber taper coupled microsphere laser

A novel hybrid fiber taper is proposed and demonstrated as the coupler in a microsphere laser system. The pump wave and the laser emission, respectively, are more efficiently coupled to and from the sphere modes with this taper structure. A 980-nm pumped erbium-ytterbium codoped phosphate microsphere laser is demonstrated in the 1550-nm band. As much as 112microW of single-frequency laser output power was measured, with a differential quantum efficiency of 12%.