Photonic crystal channel drop filters with mirror cavities

In this paper, a new channel drop filter in two dimensional photonic crystals with mirror cavities is proposed. In the structure, three cavities are used. One is used for a resonant tunneling-based channel drop filter. The others are used to realize reflection feedback in the bus waveguide, which consists of a point defect micro-cavity side-coupled to a waveguide. The simulation results by using the finite-difference time-domain method conclude 98% output efficiency.     

A compact in-plane photonic crystal channel drop filter

This paper presents a novel in-plane photonic crystal channel drop filter.The device is composed of a resonant cavity sandwiched by two parallel waveguides.The cavity has two resonant modes with opposite symmetries.Tuning these two modes into degeneracy causes destructive interference in bus waveguide,which results in high forward drop efficiency at the resonant wavelength.From the result of numerical analysis by using two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method,the channel drop filter has a drop efficiency of 96% and a Q value of over 3000,which can be used in dense wavelength division multiplexing systems.     

一种新型高效光子晶体多信道下载滤波器的设计

采用二维正方排列的光子晶体,根据微腔缺陷模和波导模共振耦合原理,设计了一种新型的多信道下载滤波器,该滤波器通过主波导、90°弯波导和共振微腔的组合,提高了各个信道下载波导的下载效率。利用二维时域有限差分法模拟了滤波器的传输特性,并理论分析了影响下载效率的因素,进一步对滤波器进行了优化,使得各信道下载波导的下载效率均在91%以上。模拟结果表明该滤波器能有效地实现光波的分波下载,传输谱信道波长间隔约为20nm,中心波长误差为±2nm,传输谱的最大半宽度为3.2nm,有良好的波长选择性,证实了增大下载波导和共振微腔的耦合区域可以有效地提高滤波器的下载效率。     

Contra-directional coupling between two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides

The contra-directional coupling between two photonic crystal (PC) waveguides is studied, using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. A design of contra-directional coupler is presented and its transmission properties are investigated. The device can be used as an add/drop filter. It is also shown that the coupled mode theory is suitable to study the photonic crystal waveguide coupler.     

基于薄膜滤光片的新型可重构光分插复用器

研制了一种基于窄带薄膜滤光片的可重构的光分插复用器(ROADM).它由三个单芯光纤准直器、一对三端口光环形器、一对全反射镜和一片特别设计的角度调谐窄带多腔薄膜滤光片组成.通过步进电机的推动调制角度调谐滤光片的倾斜入射角度,从而实现了可选择波长上下路.对该可重构的光分插复用器进行了实验研究,并对该器件的串扰特性进行了详细的分析与计算.实验中得到的上下路信道隔离度大于34 dB,可调谐范围大于26nm,与理论计算结构相符.该种新型的ROADM具有结构简单、可调谐范围大、隔离度高、低偏振相关损耗、成本低等特点,可广泛应用于各种密集波分复用(DWDM)光网络.     

Design and optimization of photonic crystal based eight channel dense wavelength division multiplexing demultiplexer using conjugate radiant neural network

In this paper, two dimensional photonic crystal, based eight-channel demultiplexer is proposed and designed for DWDM applications. The performance parameters of the demultiplexer such as transmission efficiency, channel spacing, spectral line width, Q factor, and crosstalk have been evaluated. The proposed demultiplexer comprises of bus waveguide, drop waveguide and parellogram resonant cavity (PRC). The bus waveguide transmits light to the PRC and exits through respective drop waveguide. The PRC consists of a parellogram resonator with a nano ring cavity that is used for dropping eight specific wavelength for ITU-T G 694.1 standard with 50 GHz channel spacing. The circular ring resonator is placed above the PRC wherein a resonant air hole (Cr) is positioned for desired channel selection. The channel selection is done by altering the radius of the air hole. In addition, a conjugate radiant neural network is implemented for optimizing the radii of resonant air holes to select the required channel wavelength. The proposed device is very compact and it could be considered for implementing the photonic integrated circuits.     

Transient analysis of static and dynamic responses for a single ring-resonator-based WDM add/drop filter array

This paper has analyzed the static and dynamic characteristics of a single ring-resonator-based optical WDM add/drop filter. The analysis has shown that the coupling coefficient of the coupler between a feeding waveguide and ring waveguide greatly influences the dynamic characteristics of a ring filter. Another determining factor was one round trip time of beam in a ring waveguide. Also, coupling coefficient has had influence on static on-chip losses in both thru and add/drop operation in a ring-resonator filter array. Considering both static and dynamic characteristics, a suitable range of coupling coefficients exists. Also, sideband rejection ratio of single ring resonator based WDM filter was investigated. Our method can provide a guide for the design and realization of a single ring-resonator based WDM add/drop filter.     

基于光子晶体的三端口分插复用器

提出了一种新的基于对称全反射壁的光子晶体分插复用器,与其他类型的光子晶体复用器相比,无需对介质柱进行复杂的调节即可实现100%上/下载,方便实际制造.提出的理论模型与基于二维时域有限差分(FDTD)法的数值实验相当吻合,显示出这种器件具有优良的上/下载性能.     

Integrated 25 GHz and 50 GHz spectral line width dense wavelength division demultiplexer on single photonic crystal chip

We propose a new integrated demultiplexer model using the two-dimensional photonic crystal (2D PC) through the hexagonal resonant cavity (HRC) for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) standard. The integrated model of demultiplexer for both 25 GHz and 50 GHz has been designed for the first time. The demultiplexer consists of bus input waveguide, drop waveguide, Hexagonal Resonant Cavity (HRC), 6 Air Hole Filter (6-AHF), 7 Air Hole Filter (7-AHF). The 7-AHF is used to filter 25GHz wavelength, and the 6-AHF filter is used to filter 50 GHz wavelength. The Q-factor on the designed demultiplexer is flexible based on the idea of increasing the number of air holes between drop waveguide and resonant cavity. The demultiplexer is designed to drop maximum 8 resonant wavelengths. One side of demultiplexer is able to drop 50 GHz ITU standard wavelengths, which are of 1556.3 nm, 1556.7 nm, 1557.1 nm and 1557.5 nm, and further the other facet is able to drop 25 GHz wavelengths, which are of 1551.4 nm, 1551.6 nm, 1551.8 nm, and 1552.0 nm. The proposed demultiplexer may be carried out within the integrated dual system. This system is able to lessen the architecture cost and the size is miniaturized substantially.     

Soliton pulses generation and filtering using micro-ring resonators for DWDM-based soliton communication

We propose a new optical system that can be used to form the multi-soliton pulses within the micro-ring resonators. The system consists of two micro-ring resonators and an add/drop multiplexer that can be integrated into a single system. The large bandwidth signal is generated by using a soliton pulse propagating in a Kerr-type nonlinear medium. The tuned soliton pulses in either spatial or temporal modes are obtained by using the add/drop multiplexer. Results obtained have shown that the multi-soliton pulses can be localized coherently within the micro-ring waveguide. This is shown that the generation of the multi-soliton pulses within the micro-ring resonator is achieved, which is available for long-distance communication with dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM). The significant increase in channel number and spacing are obtained, whereas the large free spectrum range (FSR) of 600 pm is achieved.     

二维异质结光子晶体中含近邻点缺陷的弯曲波导的可调谐滤波特性

应用时域有限差分(FDTD)法,对光在二维异质结光子晶体中含两个近邻点缺陷直角弯曲波导的传输特性进行了数值模拟研究。计算结果表明,具有特定本征共振频率的光子晶体微腔(点缺陷),可将在其邻近波导中传播的相同频率成分的光波"引入"到微腔中。"引入"的频率依赖于异质结光子晶体弯曲波导和微腔的参量,从而能够实现调变"引入"频率。通过改变点缺陷周围介质材料(液晶)的折射率或相关介质柱半径,可分别实现约31 nm或12 nm的波长调谐范围。计算结果为光通信中的调谐、上/下载滤波器,提供了一条新的设计思路和依据。     

Periodically Poled Titanium-Diffused Lithium Niobate Wavelength Filters Utilizing Šolc-Type TE↔TM Mode Converters

Abstract

?olc-type wavelength filters have been demonstrated in a 52-mm long periodically poled titanium-diffused lithium niobate channel waveguide with a domain period of 16.6 μm. At room temperature, the center wavelength and the full-width at half maximum of the filter were about 1,272.49 nm and 0.23 nm, respectively. The nearest side-lobe is about 7 dB. New structures of flat-top bandpass filters and an optical add/drop multiplexer utilizing ?olc-type TE?TM mode converters are proposed for the first time.     

A novel polarization channel drop filter based on two-dimensional photonic crystals

<正>A novel polarization channel drop filter(PCDF) based on two-dimensional(2D) photonic crystals(PCs) is presented.It consists of two line defect waveguides and two point defect micro-cavities.In the line-defect waveguides,the transverse-electric(TE) and transverse-magnetic(TM) polarization lights are guided using photonic band-gap and total internal reflection effect,respectively.The light at the resonant frequency for TE polarization can be transferred from one waveguide to the other using the proposed system.Compared with the existing four-port PCDF based on PCs,the three-port structure can realize a multi-channel wavelength system of PCDF more easily and can be an essential device in future polarization wavelength division multiplexing(PWDM) systems.     

Tunable add/drop channel coupler based on an acousto-optic tunable filter and a tapered fiber

We report a tunable add/drop channel coupler based on an acousto-optic tunable filter and a tapered fiber. The coupling efficiency and central wavelength of the add/drop channel coupler are tunable by simply tuning the power and frequency of the driving radio frequency signal. Further possible improvements on the configuration are also discussed.     

Wavelength demultiplexing structure based on arrayed plasmonic slot cavities

A compact wavelength demultiplexing structure based on arrayed metal-insulator-metal (MIM) slot cavities is proposed and demonstrated numerically. The structure consists of a bus waveguide perpendicularly coupled with a series of slot cavities, each of which captures SPPs at the resonance frequency from the bus waveguide and tunes the transmission wavelength by changing its geometrical parameters. A cavity theory model is used to design the operating wavelengths of the structure. Moreover, single band transmission of each channel and the adjustable transmission bandwidth can be obtained by altering the drop waveguide positions and the coupling distance. The proposed arrayed slot cavity-based structure could be utilized to develop ultracompact optical wavelength demultiplexing device for large-scale photonic integration.     

一种新型三端口可调带通滤波器的结构设计及分析

研制了一种基于DWDM角度调谐薄膜滤光片的新型三端口可调带通光学滤波器,它由三个单芯光纤准直器和一片特别设计的角度调谐窄带多腔薄膜滤光片组成.通过一台步进电机控制滤光片的入射角度实现了可调谐滤波,同时对于剩余波长信号没有影响继续传输.对该三端口可调滤波器进行了理论计算和实验研究,并对该器件的串扰特性进行了详细分析与计算.实验中得到的相邻信道隔离度接近30 dB,可调谐范围大于26 nm,与理论设计较为一致.     

Investigation of 2D-photonic crystal resonant cavity based WDM demultiplexer

In this attempt, Two Dimensional Photonic Crystal (2DPC) Quasi Square Ring Resonator (QSRR) based four channel demultiplexer is proposed and designed for Wavelength Division Multiplexing systems. The performance parameters of the demultiplexer such as transmission efficiency, passband width, line spacing, Q factor and crosstalk are investigated. The proposed demultiplexer is composed of bus waveguide, drop waveguide and QSRR. In the proposed demultiplexer, the output ports are arranged separately in odd and even number, where an odd number of ports are located on the right side and even number of ports are located on the left side of the bus waveguide that are used to reduce the channel interference or crosstalk. Further, the refractive index of rods around the center rod is increased linearly one to another in order to improve the signal quality. The resonant wavelengths of the proposed demultiplexer are of 1521.1?nm, 1522.0?nm, 1523.2?nm and 1524.3?nm, respectively. The footprint of the device is of 180.96?μm². Then, a four channel point to point network is designed and the proposed four channel demultiplexer is implemented by replacing a conventional demultiplexer. Finally, functional parameters of the network, namely, BER, receiver sensitivity and Q factor are estimated by varying the link distance. This attempt could create new dimensions of research in the domain of photonic networks.     

Tunable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers Using Cascaded Mach Zehnder Coupler

A tunable add/drop filter based on Cascaded Mach Zehnder (CMZ) coupler using SiO₂/silicon oxinitride (SiON) is presented with its mathematical model. The increase of filtered width (i.e., free spectral response) and lowering of crosstalk for this filter are optimized using its mathematical model with truncated binomial coupler distribution. The number of wavelength channels with 100 GHz (0.8 nm) channel spacing for 5-stage (M = 9, r = 2) truncated binomial CMZ filter with index contrast ∼5% at -20 dB crosstalk and the bending loss of 0.1 dB per MZ section are obtained as ∼37 (free spectral range of 31 nm). It is seen that if during the fabrication process, waveguide core width w is increased or decreased by 0.1 μm (in percentage terms ∼±6.6%), the crosstalk is slightly increased by ∼7%. Thermal tuning for wavelength channels is achieved by thin film heater with low power thermooptic delay line structure which reduces the heating power by ∼1.58 times in comparison to the conventional structure.     

Dark-bright optical solitons conversion via an optical add/drop filter for signals and networks security applications

We propose a new system of the dark-bright solitons conversion using a micro- and nano-ring resonators incorporating an optical add/drop filter, where the add/drop filter can be used to convert the dark soliton to bright soliton. The key advantage of the system is that the detection of the dark soliton pulse is normally difficult due to low level of input power. Firstly, a dark soliton pulse is input into a micro-ring resonator, then propagating into smaller micro- and nano-ring resonators. Secondly, the add/drop filter is applied (connected) into the ring system, where the bright and the dark solitons are obtained via the drop and through (or throughput) the ports of the add/drop filter, respectively. The results obtained have shown that the detected soliton power can be controlled by the input soliton power and the ring resonator coupling coefficient, which is enough to use in the transmission link. The optical and the quantum networks using dark soliton are also discussed.     

Add/drop channel filter based on two parallel long-period fiber gratings coupler

A wavelength-selective coupler constructed with two parallel long-period fiber gratings (LPFGs) was investigated thoroughly. Both the numerical and experimental results verified that the filter response could be improved by adjusting the UV refractive modulation of the gratings and by controlling the external surrounding. And an add/drop channel filter with high efficiency and good spectral characteristic was achieved even though the claddings of the two gratings were not processed. This feature is very favorable to simplify the fabrication process.