Compact temperature-insensitive modulator based on a silicon microring assistant Mach-Zehnder interferometer

<正>On the silicon-on-insulator platform,an ultra compact temperature-insensitive modulator based on a cascaded microring assistant Mach-Zehnder interferometer is proposed and demonstrated with numerical simulation.According to the calculated results,the tolerated variation of ambient temperature can be as high as 134℃while the footprint of such a silicon modulator is only 340μm~2.     

Backscattering in silicon microring resonators: a quantitative analysis

Silicon microring resonators very often exhibit resonance splitting due to backscattering. This effect is hard to quantitatively and predicatively model. This paper presents a behavioral circuit model for microrings that quantitatively explains the wide variations in resonance splitting observed in experiments. The model is based on an in‐depth analysis of the contributions to backscattering by both the waveguides and couplers. Backscattering transforms unidirectional microrings into bidirectional circuits by coupling the clockwise and counterclockwise circulating modes. In high‐Q microrings, visible resonance splitting will be induced, but, due to the stochastic nature of backscattering, this splitting is different for each resonance. Our model, based on temporal coupled mode theory, and the associated fitting method, are both accurate and robust, and can also explain asymmetrically split resonances. The cause of asymmetric resonance splitting is identified as the backcoupling in the couplers. This is experimentally confirmed and its dependency on gap and coupling length is further analyzed. Moreover, the wide variation in resonance splitting of one spectrum is analyzed and successfully explained by our circuit model that incorporates most linear parasitic effects in the microring. This analysis uncovers multi‐cavity interference within the microring as an important source of this variation.

     

Optical harmonic generation in amorphous silicon nitride microcavities

Second harmonic (SH) and third harmonic (TH) generation in amorphous silicon nitride microcavity are experimentally investigated. The transmitted SH and TH signals are measured in the 0.9-1.4 μm spectral range, showing enhanced nonlinear conversion efficiency corresponding to resonant wavelength and optical band edges. The efficiencies of the SH and TH generation processes are found to be enhanced by about two and one orders of magnitude, respectively, in comparison with the case of reference amorphous silicon nitride sample. The SH spectra can be reasonably interpreted as due to surface/interface harmonic generation, while the TH signal is related to bulk isotropic third-order polarization. The results obtained for the TH signal are discussed in terms of the linear optical properties of amorphous silicon nitride thin films.     

基于微环谐振器阵列与马赫-曾德尔干涉仪的反射型滤波器性能分析

理论分析了一种将微环谐振器阵列与马赫-曾德尔干涉仪(MZI)相结合实现的反射型滤波器结构。将此结构类比为两类四端口网络级联模型,利用传输矩阵法推导出其通用函数形式,并给出单环及三环结构下的能量反射系数具体公式。通过传输函数矩阵模拟计算了取不同耦合系数值情况下的反射谱形变化,给出了原因分析及讨论。并模拟了引入传输损耗对三环结构谐振峰反射率的影响。数值结果表明:适当选取直波导与微型环以及微型环间耦合系数幅值时,此结构能够作为反射型滤波器件应用于密集波分复用(DWDM)系统,也可实现激光器反射镜面的功能;由于传输损耗增加而引起的谐振峰反射率下降程度依赖于所选取的耦合系数值。     

Single mode lasing in transversely multi‐moded PT‐symmetric microring resonators

Conventional techniques for transverse mode discrimination rely on introducing differential external losses to the different competing mode sets, enforcing single‐mode operation at the expense of additional losses to the desirable mode. We show how a parity‐time (PT) symmetric design approach can be employed to achieve single mode lasing in transversely multi‐moded microring resonators. In this type of system, mode selectivity is attained by judiciously utilizing the exceptional point dynamics arising from a complex interplay of gain and loss. The proposed scheme is versatile, robust to deviations from PT symmetry such as caused by fabrication inaccuracies or pump inhomogeneities, and enables a stable operation considerably above threshold while maintaining spatial and spectral purity. The experimental results presented here were obtained in InP‐based semiconductor microring arrangements and pave the way towards an entirely new class of chip‐scale semiconductor lasers that harness gain/loss contrast as a primary mechanism of mode selectivity.

     

微环辅助Mach-Zehnder光调制器的线性特性

分析了有损耗的多环辅助Mach-Zehnder(MZ)光调制器,获得了在偏置点处令二阶和三阶高次项同时为零的方程,并在此基础上解得单环和双环辅助下的设计参量的解析表达式.利用解析式可方便地得到在偏置点处二阶和三阶高次项同时为零的高线性MZ光调制器的设计方案.同时对微环辅助MZ光调制器的特性进行了分析.     

氮化硅薄膜中硅纳米颗粒的形成机制研究

采用等离子体增强化学气相沉积技术,以SiH₄作为硅源, NH₃和N₂共同作为氮源,在单晶硅衬底上制备了不同的氮化硅薄膜. X射线衍射分析薄膜晶体结构,通过计算晶格尺寸大小证明了纳米硅颗粒的存在. 傅里叶变换红外光谱分析了薄膜中的键合作用的变化并结合化学反应过程对氮化硅薄膜中纳米硅颗粒的形成机制进行了研究,发现Si—Si键作为硅纳米颗粒的初始位置, 当反应朝着生成Si—Si的方向进行时,可以促进氮化硅薄膜中硅纳米颗粒的形成. X射线衍射分析和光致发光实验结果表明Si—Si键浓度增大时, 所形成的纳米硅颗粒的尺寸和浓度都随之增大.     

双微环谐振腔耦合的双波长半导体激光器（英）

提出一种新颖的单片集成双微环耦合的双波长半导体激光器结构。集成于激光腔内的2个微环谐振腔作为模式选择滤波器,通过游标效应选择谐振模式,同时还可作为等效的反射镜面以形成行波腔。这种无需解理的行波激光腔代替了需要解理面的法布里-珀罗驻波腔。理论仿真表明,跟驻波腔结构相比,行波腔双微环激光器结构简单,可获得约34 mA的较低的阈值电流和大于31 dB的边模抑制比。合理地控制有源区的增益峰值和谐振模式分布,该激光器能提供一致性和稳定性较好的双波长激光输出。     

The role of birefringence in modulation instability fiber ring resonators

We considered a high birefringence fiber ring cavity, which can be represented by a system of two incoherently coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations with periodic boundary conditions. The stability of the system against time domain periodic perturbations could be strongly conditioned by fiber birefringence. We apply both a perturbative approach and a mean field approximation, in order to highlight the dependence of modulation instability on birefringence and ring detuning. We extend the study of the dynamical properties of the system by means of a phase matching interpretation and a selection of numerical solutions of the governing equations.     

基于纳米硅结构的氮化硅基发光器件电致发光特性研究

利用等离子体增强化学气相沉积法制备了镶嵌于氮化硅的高密度纳米硅薄膜,并以此作为发光有源层构建基于p-Si/氮化硅基发光层/AZO结构发光二极管,在室温下观察到了电致可见发光.在此基础上,在器件p-Si空穴注入层与氮化硅基发光层之间加入纳米硅薄层作为空穴阻挡层,研究器件电致发光性质,实验结果表明器件的发光强度显著增强,并且发光效率较无纳米硅阻挡层的发光器件提高了80%以上.     

环形谐振器辅助马赫-曾德尔干涉仪型波长交错滤波器的研究

将环形谐振器与马赫-曾德尔干涉仪相结合,利用谐振器反馈回路引入的相位调节效应,选择合适的谐振器耦合角,设计出一种具有最大平坦滤波响应的环形谐振器辅助马赫-曾德尔干涉型波长交错滤波器.与普通马赫-曾德尔干涉型波长交错滤波器相比,不仅阻带抑制(>38dB)和过渡带滚降特性明显加强,而且在通带中心15 GHz范围,将色散降低到±10 ps/nm以内,从而可以有效避免对传输信号造成失真.在此基础上,进一步研究环周长(Lr)与马赫-曾德尔干涉臂长差(△L)之间的关系,指出波长交错滤波器奇偶输出端口的带宽分配比直接决定于Lr/△L,当调整Lr/△L=1/2,可以实现具有1;2非对称带宽分配特性的新型波长交错滤波器,为10 Gb/s向10 Gb/s 40 Gb/s系统升级提供一种简单、灵活的方式.     

基于对称结构的光纤谐振环辅助马赫曾德尔干涉仪型梳状滤波器的研究

为了改善常规马赫曾德尔干涉仪(MZI)型滤波器的输出特性, 提出了一种由双耦合器和单模光纤构成的“8”字形谐振环,将该光纤谐振环与一个3 dB光纤方向耦合器相结合,利用光纤谐振环反馈回路引入的相位调节效应,选择合适的谐振环耦合角,设计出一种基于对称结构的光纤谐振环梳状滤波器,具有平坦滤波响应的输出光谱。与普通MZI型梳状滤波器和双级级联MZI型梳状滤波器相比,阻带抑制和过渡带滚降特性明显加强;与不对称结构的光纤谐振环辅助MZI型梳状滤波器相比,在考虑传输损耗的情况下,相干涉的两束光信号不存在幅度差异,降低了传输损耗对梳状滤波器消光特性的影响。     

Bright 547-dimensional Hilbert-space entangled resource in 28-pair modes biphoton frequency comb from a reconfigurable silicon microring resonator

High-dimensional entanglement provides valuable resources for quantum technologies,including quantum communication,quantum optical coherence tomography,and quantum computing.Obtaining a high brightness and dimensional entanglement source has significant value.Here we utilize a tunable asymmetric Mach–Zehnder interferometer coupled silicon microring resonator with 100 GHz free spectral range to achieve this goal.With the strategy of the tunable coupler,the dynamical and extensive tuning range of quality factors of the microring can be obtained,and then the biphoton pair generation rate can be optimized.By selecting and characterizing 28 pairs from a more than 30-pair modes biphoton frequency comb,we obtain a Schmidt number of at least 23.4 and on-chip pair generation rate of 19.9 MHz/m W;under a low on-chip pump power,which corresponds to 547 dimensions Hilbert space in frequency freedom.These results will prompt the wide applications of quantum frequency comb and boost the further large density and scalable on-chip quantum information processing.     

A large bandwidth photonic delay line using passive cascaded silicon-on-insulator microring resonators

This paper investigated the design and the characterization of a photonic delay line based on passive cascaded silicon-on-insulator (SOI) microrings.We considered the compromise of group delay,bandwidth and insertion loss.A 3-stage double channel side-coupled integrated spaced sequence of resonator (SCISSOR) device was optimized by shifting the resonance of each microring and fabricated with electron beam lithography and dry etching.The group delay was measured to be 17 ps for non-return-to-zero signals at different bit rates and the bandwidth of 78 GHz was achieved.The experiment result agreed well with our simulation.     

DQPSK demodulation using integrated silicon microring resonators

In this paper, we fabricate an ultra-small 20 Gb/s differential quadrature phase-shift keying (DQPSK) demodulator using silicon based microring resonators and show that the separation between the microring resonance and optical carrier can be tuned for DQPSK demodulation at different bit rates. The double-waveguide microring resonators enable detection of I (in phase) and Q (quadrature phase) signals as well as inverted I and Q signals simultaneously. Experimental verification is performed for DQPSK demodulation using a single waveguide microring. We generate DQPSK signal in a serial configuration and demodulate the I or Q channel by offsetting the resonance peak. The offset between the resonance and center carrier is adjusted to be 4.87 GHz and the phase shift (phase offset) is calculated to be exactly π/4.     

Improving the spectral purity of single photons by a single-interferometer-coupled microring

We experimentally engineer a high-spectral-purity single-photon source using a single-interferometer-coupled silicon microring. By the reconfiguration of the interferometer, different coupling conditions can be obtained, corresponding to different quality factors for the pump and signal/idler. The ratio between the quality factor of the pump and signal/idler ranges from 0.29 to 2.57. By constructing the signal—idler joint spectral intensity, we intuitively demonstrate the spectral correlation of the signal and idler. As the ratio between the quality factor of the pump and signal/idler increases, the spectral correlation of the signal and idler decreases, i.e., the spectral purity of the signal/idler photons increases. Furthermore, time-integrated second-order correlation of the signal photons is measured, giving a value up to 94.95±3.46%. Such high-spectral-purity photons will improve the visibility of quantum interference and facilitate the development of on-chip quantum information processing.     

Silicon nitride/silicon oxide interlayers for solar cell passivating contacts based on PECVD amorphous silicon

This Letter demonstrates improved passivating contacts for silicon solar cells consisting of doped silicon films together with tunnelling dielectric layers. An improvement is demonstrated by replacing the commonly used silicon oxide interfacial layer with a silicon nitride/silicon oxide double interfacial layer. The paper describes the optimization of such contacts, including doping of a PECVD intrinsic a‐Si:H film by means of a thermal POCl₃ diffusion process and an exploration of the effect of the refractive index of the SiN_x. The n⁺ silicon passivating contact with SiN_x /SiO_x double layer achieves a better result than a single SiN_x or SiO_x layer, giving a recombination current parameter of ～7 fA/cm² and a contact resistivity of ～0.005 Ω cm², respectively. These self‐passivating electron‐selective contacts open the way to high efficiency silicon solar cells. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A study on a microring structure for practical devices

We propose a microring structure based on non-identical waveguides for the implementation in practical devices. Our design pays attention to aspects such as fabrication tolerances and fiber coupling efficiency. A detailed study has been carried out on the coupling between the non-identical waveguides in the analyzed structure.     

Modeling and analysis of silicon-on-insulator elliptical microring resonators for future high-density integrated photonic circuits

We propose a novel resonator containing an elliptical microring based on a silicon-on-insulator platform. Simulations using the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method show that the novel elliptical microring can efficiently enhance the mode coupling between straight bus waveguides and resonator waveguides or between adjacent resonators while preserving relatively high intrinsic quality factors with large free spectral range. The proposed resonator would be an alternative choice for future high-density integrated photonic circuits.