High-Efficiency Bistable Switching Based on One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals with Single-Negative Materials

We study theoretically the nonlinear responses of one-dimensional photonic crystals （PCs） composed of alternating two kinds of single-negative （permittivity-negative and permeability-negative） materials embedded with a Kerrtype nonlinear defect layer. In conventional PCs, it is difficult to realize a bistable switching with both low threshold and quick response time. However, in PCs with single-negative materials, by changing the ratio of the thicknesses of the two types of layers, with the decreasing size of the structure, the switching response time is shortened and the threshold intensity decreases simultaneously.     

Impact of optical–electrical conversion responsivity in sub-sampled photonic analog-to-digital converter

This Letter investigates the impact of the photodiode(PD) saturation in a sub-sampled photonic analogto-digital converter(PADC) with two individual pulse lasers. It is essentially proved that when the optical power to the saturated PD increases, the optical–electrical conversion(OEC) responsivity and digitized output power of the PADC decrease. If femtosecond pulses are employed for the PADC sampling clock, the time-stretching process in a dispersive medium is necessary to decrease the impact of the PD saturation. In contrast, when the sampling clock with picosecond pulses is utilized, the PD saturation is more tolerable, and thus, the OEC responsivity can be improved by an increase of the optical power to the PD no matter if the time-stretching process is employed.     

Gain-assisted optical switching in plasmonic nanocavities

A plasmonic cavity filled with active material is proposed to explain optical switching. Optical properties, including transmission, response time, and field distribution of on/off state, are numerically investigated. We demonstrate that such a gain-assisted plasmonic structure can achieve optical switching in the nan- odomain and shorten the switching time to the subpicosecond level. Our results indicate the potential application of the proposed structure in optical communication and photonic integrated circuits.     

Stability optimization of channel-interleaved photonic analog-to-digital converter by extracting of dual-output photonic demultiplexing

We investigate a channel-interleaved photonic analog-to-digital conversion(PADC)system’s ability to work stably over a long duration with an optimal driving voltage.The influence of optimum bias point drift of a Mach–Zehnder modulator(MZM)-based photonic switch on this system was analyzed theoretically and experimentally.The feasibility of extracting feedback signals from the PADC system was derived.A high-stability channel-interleaved PADC was constructed by extracting a feedback signal from a parallel demultiplexing module to control the MZM-based photonic switch’s driving voltage.Consequently,the amplitude mismatch between the channels was limited to within 0.3 d B over 12 hours of operation.     

Switchable optical nonlinear properties of W_(18)O_(49) nanowires by Ag nanoparticles supported

<正>During the past decades,nonlinear optical(NLO)materials have attracted special interest because of their potential applications in photonic devices,such as optical switching,frequency conversion and electro-optic modulators.Among the finding ways to obtain excellent NLO materials with both large NLO response and short response time,the most common approach is to design and prepare new materials     

Optical attenuator based on phase modulation of a spatial light modulator

In this Letter, we propose an optical attenuator based on the phase modulation of a spatial light modulator(SLM). In this system, we use two polarized beam splitters(PBSs) to control the polarized light and one SLM to modulate the phase of the polarized light. In the initial state, the light beam is divided into p-light and s-light when it passes through the first PBS. When the light passes through the second PBS, s-light is reflected and p-light is detected by the CCD camera. By loading different grayscales on the SLM, p-light changes its polarized state to s-light. The light power can be attenuated during the loading process. Our experiment shows that the system can obtain a wide optical attenuation from 1–27.2 d B. When loading two grayscales,the SLM has a fast switching time of 25 ms under a low actuated voltage of 5.5 V. The response time of the optical attenuator depends on the switching time of the SLM. Therefore, the system can also have a fast response time. By using the method of spatial multiplexing and adding two mirrors in the system, it can also be extended into a 1 × 2 optical switch. The results verify its feasibility. The optical attenuator has wide applications in photonic signal processing and fiber-optic communication.     

A novel coupled quantum well structure with large field-induced refractive index change and low absorption loss at 1.55 μm

In future networks, very-high-speed and high-capacity di-rect optical switching systems will play a very importantrole, and an optical switching device is considered to be akey device for the construction of such high-speed opticalswitching systems or photonic integrated circuits[1]. Soit is imperative for optical switching device to search fora material with high-speed and large field-induced re-fractive index change in the case of low absorption loss.It is well known that a large electric fi…     

Wideband tunable optoelectronic oscillator based on a single-bandpass microwave photonic filter and a recirculating delay line

A wideband tunable optoelectronic oscillator(OEO) based on a tunable single-bandpass microwave photonic filter(MPF) and a recirculating delay line is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The MPF is formed by cascading a finite impulse response filter and an infinite impulse response filter, which can enhance the quality factor of the MPF and suppress the side modes of the OEO. The frequency response of the tunable MPF is theoretically analyzed. By placing the MPF into the OEO, tunable microwave signals from 10.3 GHz to 26.7 GHz and a 100 MHz step tunability are experimentally demonstrated. The phase noise is-113 dBc∕Hz@10 kHz. The results agree well with the theory.     

Lasing emission of dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystal microdroplet wrapped by polyglycerol in hollow glass microsphere

In this Letter,a dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystal(DDCLC)-filled hollow glass microsphere is demonstrated to be a resonator with good temperature response.A diglycerol layer is used to wrap the DDCLCs microdroplet to keep it steady and control its orientation.The whispering gallery mode(WGM)lasing and photonic band gap(PBG)lasing caused by two different mechanisms were obtained under the pump of a pulsed laser,and the temperature response of these two kinds of lasing was studied.For the liquid crystal and chiral material used in this Letter,both the WGM lasing and the PBG lasing have a blue shift in wavelength with increasing temperature.     

A fast-response in-plane switching liquid crystal display with a protrusion structure

The widespread use and application of in-plane switching liquid crystal displays （IPS-LCDs） is limited by their slow response. In this letter, a fast-response IPS-LCD with a protrusion structure is proposed. The gray-to-gray response time of the IPS-LCD is reduced by 20% to 30%. The difference in cell gap induced by the protrusion accounts for the faster response. Moreover, the viewing angle and ganmla shift of tile proposed IPS-LCD are simulated and found to be better than that of conventional IPS-LCDs.     

Hybrid Active-Passive Microwave Photonic Filter with High Quality Factor

A hybrid high quality factor （Q-factor） microwave photonic filter with a cascaded active filter and a passive filter is presented and experimentally demonstrated. The active infinite impulse response filter is realized by a recirculating delay line loop with a semiconductor optical amplifier, and a much narrower 3 dB bandwidth of response peaks can be achieved. A passive finite impulse response filter is realized by an unbalance Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and it is cascaded to select the desired filter frequencies and to suppress the intermediate peaks. Compared with the purely active filter scheme, the free spectrum range and the Q-factor of the hybrid structure can be doubled. Stable operation and a high Q-factor of 362 are experimentally demonstrated.     

Low Threshold Bistable Switching by the Nonlinear One—Dimensional Photonic Crystal

In the approximation of the fast Debye relaxation of a nonlinear Kerr medium,the nonlinear finite-difference timedomain method is derived to simulate numerically the one-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystqal sandwiched by the Kerr medium.Bistable switching with a low threshold intensity of 0.01kW/cm^2 is obtained,and the corresponding refractive index change of the Kerr media is about 0.038.     

Microwave photonic filter with a continuously tunable central frequency using an SOI high-Q microdisk resonator

Utilizing a high-Q microdisk resonator(MDR) on a single silicon-on-insulator(SOI) chip, a compact microwave photonic filter(MPF) with a continuously tunable central frequency is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Assisted by the optical single side-band(OSSB) modulation, the optical frequency response of the MDR is mapped to the microwave frequency response to form an MPF with a continuously tunable central frequency and a narrow 3-dB bandwidth. In the experiment, using an MDR with a compact size of 20×20 μm2and a high Q factor of 1.07×105, we obtain a compact MPF with a high rejection ratio of about 40 dB, a 3-dB bandwidth of about 2 GHz, and a frequency tuning range larger than12 GHz. Our approach may allow the implementation of very compact, low-cost, low-consumption, and integrated notch MPF in a silicon chip.     

Trichromatic phase manipulation of the response of a two-level medium to an arbitrarily intense probe field

The phase dependence and independence of the response of a trichromatically driven two-level medium to an arbitrarily intense probe field have been studied. The sum of the relative phases of the sideband components of the trichromatic field compared to the central component plays a crucial role in the response of the medium. For a weak probe field, as the sum of the relative phases changes from The phase dependence and independence of the response of a trichromatieally driven two-level medium to an arbitrarily intense probe field have been studied. The sum of the relative phases of the sideband components of the trichromatic field compared to the central component plays a crucial role in the response of the medium. For a weak probe field, as the sum of the relative phases changes from 0 to π, multiple switching can be achieved, in which switching from normal to anomalous dispersion occurs in multiple separate frequency regimes. The remarkable dependence on the sum phase is also shown for a strong probe field. On the other hand, when the sum of the two relative phases is fixed, the changes in the respective phases have no influence on the response of the medium.     

Thermally tunable microfiber knot resonator with flexible graphene heater

Efficiently tuning the output intensity of an optical device is of vital importance for the establishment of optical interconnects and networks. Thermo-optical modulation is an easily implemented and convenient approach and has been widely employed in photonic devices. In this paper, we proposed a novel thermo-optical modulator based on a microfiber knot resonator(MKR) and graphene heater. Upon applying voltage to graphene, the resonant property of the MKR could be thermally tuned with a maximum phase shift of 2.1π. Intensity modulation shows a fast optical response time thanks to the high thermal conductivity of graphene and the thin microfiber diameter of the MKR.     

Homogeneous-aligned high-transmission and fast-response liquid crystal display with three-layer electrodes

A homogeneous-aligned, high-transmission, and fast-response liquid crystal display (LCD) with three-layer electrodes is proposed. The molecules of liquid crystals are more inclined to rotate above and between the pixel electrodes. This induces a much higher transmission than that of the cell driven by the fringe field switching method and a wide viewing angle simultaneously because of the combined fringe and in-plane electric fields. Furthermore, a trigger pulse voltage is applied between the top and common electrodes to forcibly align the liquid crystal molecules vertically to show the transient dark state, which results in a very fast turn-off time (～1 ms). With high degree of transmission and fast response time, this kind of LCD is a potential candidate for large LCD panels.     

Modulation and enhancement of photonic spin Hall effect with graphene in broadband regions

The photonic spin Hall effect(SHE)holds great potential applications in manipulating spin-polarized photons.However,the SHE is generally very weak,and previous studies of amplifying photonic SHE were limited to the incident light in a specific wavelength range.In this paper,we propose a four-layered nanostructure of prism-graphene-air-substrate,and the enhanced photonic SHE of reflected light in broadband range of 0 THz–500 THz is investigated theoretically.The spin shift can be dynamically modulated by adjusting the thickness of air gap,Fermi energy of graphene,and also the incident angle.By optimizing the structural parameter of this structure,the giant spin shift(almost equal to its upper limit,half of the incident beam waist)in broadband range is achieved,covering the terahertz,infrared,and visible range.The difference is that in the terahertz region,the Brewster angle corresponding to the giant spin shift is larger than that of infrared range and visible range.These findings provide us with a convenient and effective way to tune the photonic SHE,and may offer an opportunity for developing new tunable photonic devices in broadband range.     

Structure Tuning of Line-Defect Waveguides Based on Silicon-on-Insulator Photonic Crystal Slabs

We present fabrication and experimental measurement of a series of photonic crystal waveguides. The complete devices consist of an injector taper down from 3 μm into a triangular-lattice air-hole single-line-defect waveguide with lattice constant from 410nm to 470nm and normalized radius 0.31. We fabricate these devices on a silicon- on-insulator substrate and characterize them using a t unable laser source over a wavelength range from 1510 nm to 1640nm. A sharp attenuation at photonic crystal waveguide mode edge is observed for most structures. The edge of guided band is shifted about 30nm with the 10nm increase of the lattice constant, We obtain high-efficiency light propagation and broad flat spectrum response of the photonic crystal waveguides.     

All-optical switching effect based on azodye-doped polymer thin films

A simple all-optical switch based on photoinduced birefringence effect is demonstrated in azo dye (DR1) doped polymer (PMMA) thin films. The all-optical switching effect has been studied at different control beam power and different temperatures of the sample. With a control power of 30.7 mW and at 56 ℃, the response time of the switching is less than 5 ms, and the depth of the modulation reaches 80%.     

Novel optical packet with non-return-to-zero label and duobinary carrier-suppressed return-to-zero payload

A novel packet format with non-return-to-zero(NRZ)label and duobinary carrier-suppressed return-to-zero (DCS-RZ)payload is proposed for optical packet switching networks.NRZ label is followed by DCS-RZ payload with a certain guard time.The spectra of the low-rate NRZ label locate around the optical carrier frequency where some parts of the corresponding spectra of the high-rate DCS-RZ payload have been suppressed due to DCS-RZ modulation.At the switching node,the label or payload extraction can be realized simply through an optical bandpass or notch filter respectively.The feasibility of the scheme is verified by the simulation on the famous photonic design platform designed by Virtual Photonics Inc. (VPI).The effects of optical filter bandwidth on the received signal quality are discussed by analyzing bit error rate(BER)and contrast ratio performances.