A Passband-Flattened EDG Demultiplexer with an Air-Trenched Taper

A novel passband flattening method for a planar waveguide demultiplexer based on an etched diffraction grating is presented. A strongly confined taper is formed by etching air trenches at both sides of the input waveguide. The geometric parameters of the taper are optimized by considering the figure of merit, ripple, and loss. Numerical simulation for a design example is given to illustrate the passband flattening method.     

低插损平坦谱响应阵列波导光栅解复用器优化设计

通过在输入波导与输入平板波导之间加入一种模式转换结构,获得了一个具有平坦光谱响应,低插损,光谱响应对称的阵列波导光栅型波分复用器,该模式转换结构由一个与输入波导的输出端连接的第一锥形波导,一个与此锥形波导输出端连接的细直波导,一个与细直波导输出端连接的第二个锥形波导以及一个连接输入平板波导和第二个锥形波导的梯形波导组成,通过优化设计梯形波导和第二个锥形波导的形状可以获得较宽的1dB通带带宽和较低的插损,同时光谱响应具有非常好的平坦性,而且通过对第一个锥形波导和细直波导的优化设计,在不引入明显的额外插损的条件下,能大大减小由于输入波导的弯曲引入的光谱响应的不平坦.     

A flat-topped etched diffraction grating demultiplexer with low polarization-dependent loss using a tapered MMI structure

A flat-topped etched diffraction grating(EDG)demultiplexer with a low polarization-dependent loss(PDL)is designed.A design and simulation method based on the method of moment(MoM)is proposed.A 65-channel EDG demultiplexer with channel spacing of 100 GHz is considered as a design example.A tapered multi-mode interferometer(MMI)is used to flatten the passband of the EDG demultiplexer.The numerical results show that the exit width of the tapered waveguide impacts the loss of the TE case more than that of the TM case.Based on this fact,the exit width of the taper is optimized to obtain the lowest PDL.The tapering angle is also optimized where the minimal ripple is obtained.The designed EDG demultiplexer has an excellent flat-topped spectral response and a very low PDL.     

电光聚合物波导中的锥形结构

提出并设计了一种基于电光聚合物的锥形波导,可用于单模光纤与电光聚合物波导器件之间的连接.锥形波导中采用了宽度锥形和折射率锥形结构.宽度锥形采用劈形形状,通过宽度和折射率的缓慢变化实现模场转换.劈形形状的宽度锥形具有较小的损耗且易于制作,折射率锥形可采用灰度掩膜光刻技术制作.研究了锥形波导的传输损耗与锥形波导的长度、波导宽度和厚度、材料吸收损耗等参数的关系及其优化,分析了锥形波导中的功率传输、模场分布与模式转换效率.结果显示锥形波导的传输损耗小于0.37 dB,光纤-波导-光纤的连接损耗优于1.62 dB,对插入损耗的改善达到8.78 dB,模场转换效率达到了83.7%.     

光子晶体平面波导与脊波导高效耦合技术的研究

利用一维变周期谐振腔阵列和非线性缓变边界，可以实现光波从脊波导到光子晶体平面波导 （PCW）的高效耦合.基于平面波展开法（PWE）和时域有限差分法（FDTD），深入分析和讨 论了普通脊波导、2D-PCW结构和本征模以及工作模式、缓变边界形状等对耦合效率的影响， 从而得出光波从脊波导到2D-PCW、再返回脊波导的统一图景.指出考虑模式转换和采用缓变 边界条件可以极大提高PCW与脊波导间的耦合效率.对PC-PW边界采用线性和非线性缓变结构 进行了仿真，讨论了边界缓变程度对耦合效率的影响.结果表明，采用模式耦合和PC-PW余弦 缓变边界时的耦合效率在较宽的带宽内超过了95%. 关键词： 光子晶体波导 脊波导 PWE FDTD 耦合边界     

Analysis and design of the taper in metal-grating periodic slow-wave structures for rectangular Cerenkov masers

The hybrid-mode dispersion equation of the metal-grating periodic slow-wave structure for a rectangular Cerenkov maser is derived by using the Borgnis function and field-matching methods.An equivalent-circuit model for the taper of the groove depth that matches the smooth waveguide to the metal-grating structure is proposed.By using the equivalentcircuit method,as well as the Ansoft high frequency structure simulator(HFSS) code,an appropriate electromagnetic mode for beam-wave interaction is selected and the equivalent-circuit analysis on the taper is given.The calculated results show that a cumulative reflection coefficient of 0.025 for the beam-wave interaction structure at a working frequency of 78.1 GHz can be reached by designing the exponential taper with a TE z10 rectangular waveguide mode as the input and the desired TE x10 mode as the output.It is worth pointing out that by using the equivalent-circuit method,the complex field-matching problems from the traditional field-theory method for taper design can be avoided,so the taper analysis process is markedly simplified.     

Engineering Computation and Analysis of Enhancing Efficiency for Folded Waveguide TWT in MMW

Large signal operating equations in TWT have been solved by numerical solve method. The relations between interaction efficiency and design parameters in TWT are analyzed. A fast engineering design method of enhancing efficiency for folded waveguide TWT by velocity resynchronization is described. The computation is shown that the efficiency of Ka-band folded waveguide TWT with double taper can be enhanced over twice as original tube. This method of approach is very useful for tube designer.     

Design of 40 GHz-Band Iris-Type Waveguide Bandpass Filter

In this paper, a design method of an iris-coupled waveguide bandpass filter having 0.1 dB passband ripple and 3.5% ripple bandwidth at the center frequency of 41 GHz is described. Mode matching method is used to analyze H-plane discontinuity of waveguide and an equivalent circuit of the thick inductive obstacle is obtained from the results of the analysis. Simulation and experimental results show the validity of waveguide bandpass filter design method using mode matching method.     

Acrylic and metal based Y-branch plastic optical fiber splitter with optical NOA63 polymer waveguide taper region

We proposed a simple low-cost acrylic and metal-based Y-branch plastic optical fiber (POF) splitter which utilizes a low cost optical polymer glue NOA63 as the main waveguiding medium at the waveguide taper region. The device is composed of three sections: an input POF waveguide, a middle waveguide taper region and output POF waveguides. A desktop high speed CNC engraver is utilized to produce the mold inserts used for the optical devices. Short POF fibers are inserted into the engraved slots at the input and output ports. UV curable optical polymer glue NOA63 is injected into the waveguide taper region and cured. The assembling is completed when the top plate is positioned to enclose the device structure and connecting screws are secured. Both POF splitters have an average insertion loss of 7.8 dB, coupling ratio of 55: 45 and 57: 43 for the acrylic and metal-based splitters respectively. The devices have excess loss of 4.82 and 4.73 dB for the acrylic and metal-based splitters respectively.     

Fabrication of 1×2 asymmetric plastic optical fiber coupler for portable optical access-card system

We proposed a simple low-cost acrylic and metal-based Y-branch plastic optical fiber (POF) splitter which utilizes a low cost optical polymer glue NOA63 as the main waveguiding medium at the waveguide taper region. The device is composed of three sections: an input POF waveguide, a middle waveguide taper region and output POF waveguides. A desktop high speed CNC engraver is utilized to produce the mold inserts used for the optical devices. Short POF fibers are inserted into the engraved slots at the input and output ports. UV curable optical polymer glue NOA63 is injected into the waveguide taper region and cured. The assembling is completed when the top plate is positioned to enclose the device structure and connecting screws are secured. Both POF splitters have an average insertion loss of 7.8 dB, coupling ratio of 55: 45 and 57: 43 for the acrylic and metal-based splitters respectively. The devices have excess loss of 4.82 and 4.73 dB for the acrylic and metal-based splitters respectively.     

1.5μm波导声光可调滤光器研究

对１．５μｍ波导型声光ＴＥ－ＴＭ模式转换光滤波器进行了研究。采用了可降低驱动功率的表面声波导结构。在１．５￣１．６μｍ波段实现了可调滤光，通带宽度小于２ｎｍ，达到９７￥以上转换率所需的射频驱动功率约８０ｍＷ（１９ｄＢｍ），器件总插入损耗约９ｄＢ。     

Double Stage Flat Passband Acousto-Optic Wavelength Filter

We developed a flat passband acoustooptic filter. For the passband flattening, cascaded bandpass and notch filters with different mode converter lengths and conversion strengths were used. We attained a flat passband with flatness of less than 1 dB in the 2 nm range using the device with a second- to first-stage mode converter length ratio of 1.2.     

Machining of acrylic-based Y-branch plastic optical fiber coupler with suspended waveguide taper

An acrylic-based Y-branch plastic optical fiber (POF) with a middle suspended waveguide taper has been developed. The suspended high index contrast waveguide taper structure has been designed in such a way that it is surrounded by air-cladding. Non-sequential ray tracing has been performed on the device giving an insertion loss of 4.68 dB and coupling ratio of 50: 50. The middle waveguide taper is constructed on the acrylic block itself without using any additional optical waveguiding medium injected into the engraved taper region. Fabrication of the devices is done by producing the device structures on an acrylic block using high speed computer numerical control (CNC) machining tool. Input and output POF fibers are inserted into this device structure in such a way that they are passively aligned to the middle waveguide taper structure. The device shows an insertion loss of 5.9 dB, excess loss of 2.9 dB and a splitting ratio of 50: 50.     

A taper coupler for integrated optics formed by ion-exchange under a non-uniform electric field

A method for the formation of gradient index tapered optical waveguides with predicted shape is proposed and described analytically. The method is applicable for structures fabricated by electric-field assisted ion-exchange in glass. The technique is based on the control of the taper shape by applying a non-uniform electrical field during the waveguide formation process. For experimental verification optical waveguides with tapers were formed by electrically induced migration of K⁺ ions. An optical coupler based on such a tapered waveguide has demonstrated 1.2° outcoupled beam divergence. The method proposed can be used to form different integrated optical elements, e.g. mode filters, horn structures etc.     

A new semi-analytical method for the analysis of tapered optical waveguides

Tapered waveguide are used in number of integrated optic devices such as directional couplers, modulators, switches mode converters, etc. Most of the methods analyzing tapered waveguide are numerical in nature. In this paper we present a simple, fast and accurate semi analytical method for z-varying waveguide. However, very few idealized structures can be analyzed directly. The present method consists of separating transverse and longitudinal variation in the wave equation, leading to a differential equation with z-varying coefficients for the field variation along z-axis. For the transverse variation local normal theory is applied. Now this equation is applied to specific taper geometries like linear down taper. Computational are done assuming typical values. We observe variation of power mode profile and mode width. Waveguide loss is also including in the analysis. Finally the analytical simulation results have been verified by the commercial Opti-BPM software.     

二维光子晶体线缺陷结构的光谱辐射特性

光子晶体的禁带特性是该新兴材料的最根本特征。本文运用平面波展开法(PWE)计算了一种正方晶格Si光子晶体材料的禁带特性,并基于该材料设计出一种红外波段的线缺陷光子晶体波导结构。运用时域有限差分法(FDTD)研究了线缺陷二维光子晶体波导宽度对通频带、电场强度及透射能量的影响,研究结果为二维光子晶体波导器件的开发和利用提供了理论支撑。     

锥形太赫兹量子级联激光器输出功率与光束特性研究

针对锥形太赫兹量子级联激光器, 利用有限差分波束传播法和速率方程法, 建立了准三维的太赫兹有源器件仿真模型, 能够对具有轴向非线性波导结构的激光器进行模拟. 利用此模型, 研究了锥角大小对激光器输出光功率及光束质量的影响. 仿真结果表明, 考虑到器件之间的光耦合效率, 为了达到最大的有效输出光功率, 锥形太赫兹量子级联激光器的锥角存在一个最优值.     

先进微波成像诊断技术中高通滤波板的优化设计

介绍了频率选择表面的理论模型和高通滤波板的模拟结果. 通过在高通滤波板中规律性地加入介质, 提高了高通滤波板高通上升沿的上升速度, 并在模拟中证明了其可行性. 论证了使用介质填充的方法可明显优化上升沿速度, 并拓展通带带宽, 拓展了高通滤波板的使用范围, 提高了工作性能. 为先进微波成像的高斯光束空间滤波提供了理想部件.     

用级联缓变结构实现光子晶体波导和传统波导的耦合

为了提高光子晶体波导与传统介质波导的耦合效率,设计了级联缓变结构.先将传统介质波导中的光耦合进尺寸相当的光子晶体W5波导中,然后W5波导中的光被耦合进尺寸较小些的W3波导中,最后光被耦合进尺寸最小的W1波导.各级波导之间由半径逐渐增大的空气孔连接,空气孔半径逐渐变化相当于波导有效折射率在变化,所以各级波导可以看作是被折射率缓变结构连接起来.由于折射率的缓变,使得光从前一级波导耦合进相邻的后一级波导时反射很小,从而能有效地提高耦合效率.数值计算表明,在光子晶体禁带范围内,除了波导有限长度和波导微小禁带造成的微小不通带外,耦合系数一般能达80%左右,最高可达到95%.     

Ultra-low-loss inverted taper coupler for silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguide

An ultra-low-loss coupler for interfacing a silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguide and a single-mode fiber in both polarizations is presented. The inverted taper coupler, embedded in a polymer waveguide, is optimized for both the transverse-magnetic and transverse-electric modes through tapering the width of the silicon-on-insulator waveguide from 450 nm down to less than 15 nm applying a thermal oxidation process. Two inverted taper couplers are integrated with a 3-mm long silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguide in the fabricated sample. The measured coupling losses of the inverted taper coupler for transverse-magnetic and transverse-electric modes are ∼ 0.36 dB and ∼ 0.66 dB per connection, respectively.