A flattop PLC polymer waveguide interleaver based on folded two-stage-cascaded Y-junction Mach-Zehnder interferometers

We demonstrate realization of a flattop Y-Junction Planar Optical Waveguide Interleaver (YJPOWI) with a channel spacing of 100 GHz through a novel scheme of folded cascaded two-stage unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZI) fabricated on a polymer Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) platform. The characteristic 0.5 dB passbands of the interleaver centered at ITU wavelength grids at its two output ports were 50 and 45 GHz, respectively. The operating bandwidth of the device spanned the entire C band of a fiber amplifier and it is compact in size (1.3 × 1.4 cm²). In addition, the device is easy to fabricate and do not require any individual heater to trim its performance.     

聚合物Mach-Zehnder脊形波导的优化设计

利用变分有效折射率法计算了TE基模和高阶模的光场分布,计算结果表明,该方法计算量小,精度高,为聚合物集成光电子器件中脊形光波导的理论分析与优化设计提供了简单高效的途径。利用有限差分束传播法对Mach-Zehnder波导的传播及损耗特性进行了理论分析,得到了不同Y分支角、波导宽度、波导间距时波导传输功率与距离的关系,优化得到的结构参数为：Y分支角1.1°,脊宽5 μm,波导间距20 μm。     

聚合物Mach-Zehnder脊形波导的优化设计

 利用变分有效折射率法计算了TE基模和高阶模的光场分布,计算结果表明,该方法计算量小,精度高,为聚合物集成光电子器件中脊形光波导的理论分析与优化设计提供了简单高效的途径。利用有限差分束传播法对Mach-Zehnder波导的传播及损耗特性进行了理论分析,得到了不同Y分支角、波导宽度、波导间距时波导传输功率与距离的关系,优化得到的结构参数为：Y分支角1.1°,脊宽5 μm,波导间距20 μm。     

Low-crosstalk and low-loss waveguide crossings on InP with small dimensions

With the increasing scale of integration, resulting in a higher on-chip complexity, waveguide crossings with good performance are becoming increasingly important. Worst-case paths contain a high number of crossings, depending on the number of channels being processed, in switching matrices [11, multiwavelength add drop filters [2] (up to 151, and optical cross-connects [3]. Crossings with very low crosstalk and loss can be realized in fiber-matched waveguide structures as used in lithium niobate or silica-based technology [4,5]. In highly integrated semiconductor devices, crossings may contribute significantly to the loss and crosstalk performance. In this paper we present the results of a series of experiments for the design of high-performance semiconductor waveguide crossings.     

在一种新的聚合物材料上刻写正弦相位波导光栅及其特性研究

用双光束干涉法在一种新的聚合物材料IAC-4上刻写正弦相位型光栅,实现了光栅耦合光波导,并研究了该光波导对不同偏振态的入射光的传播特性,对光栅的形成进行了理论分析,对光波导的传播常数进行了数值计算,并对该波导光栅在导光的光强调制和方向控制及其在集成光学方面的应用进行了讨论,最后对任意入射角的光栅方程进行了理论探讨. 关键词： 波导光栅 有机聚合物 平板光波导 集成光学     

基于十字连通形环形谐振腔金属-介质-金属波导的折射率传感器和滤波器

提出了由十字连通形环形谐振腔耦合两个金属-介质-金属(metal-insulator-metal, MIM)波导的结构,并用有限元法数值研究了表面等离极化激元在结构中的传输特性.通过对透射谱的研究,系统地分析了MIM结构的传感特性.结果表明,在透射光谱中有三个共振峰,即存在三种共振模式,其中透射峰与材料的折射率呈线性关系.通过对结构参数的优化,得到了折射率灵敏度(S)高达1500 nm/RIU的理论值,相应的传感分辨率为1.33×10~(-4)RIU.更重要的是,灵敏度不受结构参数变化的影响,这意味着传感器的灵敏度不受制造偏差的影响.此外,谐振波长与环形腔中心半径成线性关系,该器件在较大波长范围内实现可调谐带通滤波.透射强度随着波导与环形腔间距的增大而减小,透射带宽同时减小,因此,可以通过控制环形腔与波导的耦合距离来调谐透射强度及透射带宽.研究结果对高灵敏度纳米级折射率传感器和带通滤波器的设计以及在生物传感器方面的应用都具有一定的指导意义.     

Design and demonstration of interferometric integrated-optic sensors in Ti:LiNbO3 waveguides

The design of an integrated optic Michelson interferometer sensor for stress, temperature, and microdisplacement measurements consisting of a semi-asymmetric X-junction made by Ti in-diffused LiNbO₃ waveguides is reported. The possibility of performing simultaneous measurements of strain and temperature is investigated, and different calibration schemes are proposed. Experimental results of displacement-only measurements show a 64% intensity modulation with 33-dB optical loss.     

Optical waveguide with homogeneous refractive index profile in LiNbO3 by double-low-energy Oxygen ion implantation

We report on the formation of the planar waveguide by 550 keV O ion followed by 250 keV O ion implantation in lithium niobate (LiNbO₃), at fluences of 6 × 10¹⁴ ions/cm² and 3 × 10¹⁴ ions/cm², respectively. The Rutherford backscattering/channeling spectra have shown the atomic displacements in the damage region before and after annealing. A broad and nearly homogeneous damage layer has been formed by double-energy ion implantation after annealing. Both the dark mode spectra and the data of refractive index profile verified that the extraordinary refractive index was enhanced in the ion implanted region of LiNbO₃. A homogeneous near-field intensity profile was obtained by double-low-energy ion implantation. There is a reasonable agreement between the simulated modal intensity profile and the experimental data. The estimated propagation loss is about 0.5 dB/cm.     

Rigorous solutions for nonlinear TE waves guided by a waveguide that has a buried secant hyperbolic profile in the film

Dispersion relations for nonlinear TE waves guided by a waveguide that has a buried secant hyperbolic profile in the film with a self-focusing nonlinear cover medium have been obtained rigorously. It is shown that for the same diffusion depth, the local maximum power flow for TE₀, and TE₁ modes increases as the buying depth is increased.     

Modal analysis of rib waveguide through finite element and mode matching methods

Two mode solvers based on the finite element and the mode matching methods are compared by way of analyzing rib waveguides. Differences between the normalized propagation constants provided by the two methods are always less than 10^–4 which is at least about one order of magnitude smaller than previously reported values. Results for lossy waveguides and field comparison are also presented.     

微细笔直写聚合物条形光波导的研究

提出一种采用微细笔直写技术直写聚合物光波导的简便方法，利用该技术成功直写出了氟化聚酰胺条形光波导，并着重研究了气体压力和直写速度对波导宽度的影响规律。实验结果表明：直写获得的条形波导的边缘整齐、表面光滑，而且不存在小孔等缺陷或杂质。当其他工艺参数不变的情况下，波导宽度随着气体压力的增加而增大，随着直写速度的增大而减小。微细笔直写获得的条形光波导成功地实现了通光，在波长为1550nm处的最小传输损耗为0.59dB/cm。     

微纳光纤及其应用

微纳光纤是一种直径接近或小于传输光波长的波导,由物理拉伸方法制得,具有表面光滑、直径均匀性好、机械性能高、强光场约束、强倏逝场、表面场增强效应及反常波导色散等特性,在光通信、激光、传感检测、非线性光学、量子光学等领域具有重要的应用前景。     

Determination of refractive indices and thickness of absorbing crystalline thin films by using prism coupler

Abstract

An improved method has been implemented to study the refection of optical plane waves from anisotropic and absorbing films. The refection from anisotropic non-absorbing films and from isotropic non-absorbing films can be shown as some special cases. The method in this paper can be applied to almost all kinds of materials involved in optical films and integrated optics studies. Guided waves in the anisotropic and absorbing waveguides are determined, and the prism coupler method is employed to determine refractive indices and thickness of the anisotropic and absorbing films. The results show that when we only couple light beams into films with small effective indices, the effect of the absorption can be neglected.     

Determination of refractive indices and thickness of absorbing crystalline thin films by using prism coupler

An improved method has been implemented to study the refection of optical plane waves from anisotropic and absorbing films. The refection from anisotropic non-absorbing films and from isotropic non-absorbing films can be shown as some special cases. The method in this paper can be applied to almost all kinds of materials involved in optical films and integrated optics studies. Guided waves in the anisotropic and absorbing waveguides are determined, and the prism coupler method is employed to determine refractive indices and thickness of the anisotropic and absorbing films. The results show that when we only couple light beams into films with small effective indices, the effect of the absorption can be neglected.     

Ultra‐low loss waveguide platform and its integration with silicon photonics

Planar waveguides with ultra‐low optical propagation loss enable a plethora of passive photonic integrated circuits, such as splitters and combiners, filters, delay lines, and components for advanced modulation formats. An overview is presented of the status of the field of ultra‐low loss waveguides and circuits, including the design, the trade‐off between bend radius and loss, and fabrication rationale. The characterization methods to accurately measure such waveguides are discussed. Some typical examples of device and circuit applications are presented. An even wider range of applications becomes possible with the integration of active devices, such as lasers, amplifiers, modulators and photodetectors, on such an ultra‐low loss waveguide platform. A summary of efforts to integrate silicon nitride and silica‐based low‐loss waveguides with silicon and III/V based photonics, either hybridly or heterogeneously, will be presented. The approach to combine these integration technologies heterogeneously on a single silicon substrate is discussed and an application example of a high‐bandwidth receiver is shown.     

热交联型聚氨酯集成双通道电光调制器的制备及其性质的研究

研究了交联型聚氨酯材料集成衰减全反射型双通道聚合物波导电光调制器的制备和性能。这种电光调制器的制备技术非常简单,只要用两个分立的下电极代替单通道调制器中的下电极即可。通过测量器件的调制特性,在832 nm波长下,获得了最大电光系数为24.2 Pm/V,调制带宽约为500 MHz、插入损耗低于1.5 dB。由于器件上下电极的垂直距离为微米级、而通道之间的水平距离为毫米量级的设计,使各通道之间的场不会引起相互交迭,因而未测到各通道间的串扰。另外,热交联型聚合物材料的采用提高了整个器件的热稳定性,在100℃经过800 h后,电光系数仍然保持初值的88%。     

Mode field distribution of an integrated-optical waveguide generated by UV-laser radiation at the surface of a planar polymer chip

An integrated-optical strip-waveguide is directly written into the surface of a planar polymer substrate by an excimer laser beam. The mode field distribution, the surface refractive index and the refractive index depth profile of the waveguide have been examined. The intensity distribution of the mode field strongly depends on the refractive index depth profile, on the light coupling conditions and on the waveguide fabrication process parameters.     

飞秒激光刻蚀非平行壁光纤微腔Mach-Zehnder干涉仪特性及其流体传感研究

实验发现,飞秒激光微加工光纤微腔时,两个侧壁与纤芯轴向并不完全垂直, 刻蚀的非平行壁光纤微腔Mach-Zehnder干涉仪出现光程差随波长增大而线性减小、 微腔总损耗随波长增大呈递减变化等反常现象.对此,提出非平行壁光纤微腔Mach-Zehnder 干涉仪新模型并初步建立了分析理论,采用新模型及分析理论对新型微腔干涉仪特性进行了研究. 数值分析了微腔底角、深度等参数对谱峰波长位置的影响,理论研究了微腔的光波传输损耗、 吸收损耗、插入损耗、材料红外吸收损耗以及对干涉条纹对比度的影响, 理论分析与实验结果相符.实验获得水溶液干涉条纹对比度高达35 dB的非平行壁光纤微腔Mach-Zehnder干涉仪, 将新型光纤微腔干涉仪用于流体传感,其蔗糖水溶液折射率传感灵敏度高达-12937.31 nm/RIU.     

Potential for size reduction of AlGaAs optical channel waveguide structures fabricated by focused ion beam implantation and oxidation

Optical channel waveguides formed by focused ion beam (FIB) implantation-induced mixing of AlGaAs multiple quantum well structures and subsequent oxidation of the mixed regions have the potential of significantly reducing the size of integrated photonic waveguide structures. Since FIB implantation is a direct write process characterized by nanoscale precision, we suggest its use for forming channel waveguides having nanoscale (submicrometer) widths. Calculations presented for such channel waveguides show reductions in size by at least an order of magnitude are possible for directional couplers and other structures involving curved channel waveguide sections. Such size reductions would allow the realization of significantly higher levels of device integration than are now currently possible.