阵列波导光栅平坦化的研究

阵列波导光栅的平坦化在实际应用中有很重要的意义.本文系统地研究了阵列波导光栅的平坦化.在输入波导、输出波导、阵列波导输入端与输出端上分别引入了指数型锥形波导.通过改变锥形波导的形状和尺寸来实现平坦化的优化.本文首先从理论上论述了引入指数型锥形波导的输出光谱特性,给出了结构参量的关系表达式,阐明了输入波导处的锥形波导是影响输出光谱平坦化的主要因素,阵列波导和输出波导处的锥形波导对输出光谱的平坦化有一定的影响.其次采用数值模拟的方法模拟了输出光谱,优化了结构参量,总结出了指数型锥形波导对平坦化影响的趋势和规律.模拟结果显示,输出光谱1 dB带宽大于通道间隔的50％,插入损耗从5.2 dB减小到了4.0 dB,串扰小于-30 dB.最后,本文给出了实验结果,插入损耗减小了0.87 dB,串扰减小了3.67 dB,1 dB带宽增加0.1 nm,增加了54.7％.实验结果表明引入指数型锥形波导提高了阵列波导光栅器件的光谱性能.     

Novel wavelength-accurate InP-based arrayed waveguide grating

A 13-channel, InP-based arrayed waveguide grating （AWG） is designed and fabricated in which the on-chip loss of the central channel is about -5 dB and the crosstalk is less than -23 dB in the center of the spectrum response. However, the central wavelength and channel spacing are deviated from the design values. To improve their accuracy, an optimized design is adopted to compensate the process error. As a result, the central wavelength 1549.9 nm and channel spacing 1.59 nm are obtained in the experiment, while their design values are 1549.32 nm and 1.6 nm, respectively. The route capability and thermo-optic characteristic of the AWG are also discussed in detail.     

Quantum key distribution transmitter chip based on hybrid-integration of silica and lithium niobates

A quantum key distribution transmitter chip based on hybrid-integration of silica planar light-wave circuit (PLC) and lithium niobates (LN) modulator PLC is presented. The silica part consists of a tunable directional coupler and 400-ps delay line, and the LN part is made up of a Y-branch, with electro-optic modulators on both arms. The two parts are facet-coupled to form an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer. We successfully encode and decode four BB84 states at 156.25-MHz repetition rate. Fast phase-encoding of 0 or $\pi $ is achieved, with interference fringe visibilities 78.53% and 82.68% for states $|+\rangle$ and $|-\rangle$, respectively. With the aid of an extra off-chip LN intensity modulator, two time-bin states are prepared and the extinction ratios are 18.65 dB and 15.46 dB for states $|0\rangle$ and $|1\rangle$, respectively.     

硅-有机物材料混合电光调制器的优化设计

设计了一种基于绝缘上层硅的硅-有机物材料混合马赫-曾德干涉型高速电光调制器.利用光束传播法对顶层硅为220nm的绝缘上层硅基片上的3dB分束器/合束器的结构参数进行模拟,优化后附加损耗仅为0.106dB.为提高模式转换效率,在条形波导和slot波导之间设计了模式转换器,光耦合效率高达98.8%,实现了光模式高效转化.利用时域有限差分法模拟了slot波导平板区掺杂浓度对波导内光学损耗的影响,在几乎不产生光学损耗的情况下,得到平板区轻掺杂浓度为71017/cm3,调制器设计总损耗为0.493dB.利用薄膜模式匹配法对slot波导结构进行仿真分析,考虑slot区等效电容及平板区等效电阻对带宽的影响,优化后得到slot波导结构的限制因子为0.199.采用slot波导与强非线性有机材料LXM1结合的绝缘上层硅平台实现了强普克尔效应,得到电光调制器半波电压长度积为1.544V·mm,电学响应3dB带宽为137GHz.     

Temperature characterizations of silica asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer chip for quantum key distribution

Quantum key distribution (QKD) system based on passive silica planar lightwave circuit (PLC) asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers (AMZI) is characterized with thermal stability, low loss and sufficient integration scalability. However, waveguide stresses, both intrinsic and temperature-induced stresses, have significant impacts on the stable operation of the system. We have designed silica AMZI chips of 400 ps delay, with bend waveguides length equalized for both long and short arms to balance the stresses thereof. The temperature characteristics of the silica PLC AMZI chip are studied. The interference visibility at the single photon level is kept higher than 95% over a wide temperature range of 12 ℃. The delay time change is 0.321 ps within a temperature change of 40 ℃. The spectral shift is 0.0011 nm/0.1 ℃. Temperature-induced delay time and peak wavelength variations do not affect the interference visibility. The experiment results demonstrate the advantage of being tolerant to chip temperature fluctuations.     

High efficiency,small size,and large bandwidth vertical interlayer waveguide coupler

Since the advent of three-dimensional photonic integrated circuits,the realization of efficient and compact optical interconnection between layers has become an important development direction.A vertical interlayer coupler between two silicon layers is presented in this paper.The coupling principle of the directional coupler is analyzed,and the traditional method of using a pair of vertically overlapping inverse taper structures is improved.For the coupling of two rectangular waveguide layers,a pair of nonlinear tapers with offset along the transmission direction is demonstrated.For the coupling of two ridge waveguide layers,a nonlinear taper in each layer is used to achieve high coupling efficiency.The simulation results show that the coupling efficiency of the two structures can reach more than 90%in a wavelength range from 1500 nm to 1650 nm.Moreover,the crosstalk is reduced to less than-50 d B by using multimode waveguides at intersections.The vertical interlayer coupler with a nonlinear taper is expected to realize the miniaturization and dense integration of photonic integrated chips.     

阵列波导光栅平坦化的研究

阵列波导光栅的平坦化在实际应用中有很重要的意义.本文系统地研究了阵列波导光栅的平坦化.在输入波导、输出波导、阵列波导输入端与输出端上分别引入了指数型锥形波导.通过改变锥形波导的形状和尺寸来实现平坦化的优化.本文首先从理论上论述了引入指数型锥形波导的输出光谱特性,给出了结构参量的关系表达式,阐明了输入波导处的锥形波导是影响输出光谱平坦化的主要因素,阵列波导和输出波导处的锥形波导对输出光谱的平坦化有一定的影响.其次采用数值模拟的方法模拟了输出光谱,优化了结构参量,总结出了指数型锥形波导对平坦化影响的趋势和规律.模拟结果显示,输出光谱1 dB带宽大于通道间隔的50%,插入损耗从5.2 dB减小到了4.0 dB,串扰小于-30 dB.最后,本文给出了实验结果,插入损耗减小了0.87 dB,串扰减小了3.67 dB,1 dB带宽增加0.1 nm,增加了54.7%.实验结果表明引入指数型锥形波导提高了阵列波导光栅器件的光谱性能.     

4 × 20 GHz silica-based AWG hybrid integrated receiver optical sub-assemblies

Both the 4 × 20 GHz coarse wavelength division multiplexing and LAN-WDM receiver optical sub-assemblies(ROSAs) were developed. The ROSA package was hybrid integrated with a planar lightwave circuit arrayed waveguide grating(AWG) with 2% refractive index difference and a four-channel top-illuminated positive-intrinsicnegative photodetector(PD) array. The output waveguides of the AWG were designed in a multimode structure to provide flat-top optical spectra, and their end facet was angle-polished to form a total internal reflection interface to realize vertical coupling with a PD array. The maximum responsivity of ROSA was about 0.4 A/W, and its 3 dB bandwidth of frequency response was up to 20 GHz for each transmission lane. The hybrid integrated ROSA would be a cost-effective and easy-assembling solution for 100 Gb E data center interconnections.     

硅基光波导化学传感器研究

研究了基于硅基集成光波导的马赫-曾德干涉仪(MZI)型化学传感芯片的设计、制备及相关敏感特性的模拟和分析.传感芯片采用硅基二氧化硅光波导材料,利用与传统互补型金属氧化物半导体(CMOS)兼容的工艺技术制作.通过波导的单模设计以及对MZI结构的优化,获得了有效折射率分辨率达到10-7量级的高灵敏度传感芯片.作为化学传感器,把MZI的其中一臂设计成传感臂.并进行适当的表面修饰,可制作出高灵敏度的干涉型光波导化学传感器.最后,对该传感器的折射率分辨率、敏感特性等进行了分析、模拟,同时,对面临的关键问题进行了分析和讨论.     

用于数据中心发射端的同侧阵列波导光栅复用器

针对数据中心互连用波分复用芯片需求,采用折射率差为1.5％的硅基二氧化硅光波导,设计并制备了应用于数据中心发射端的同侧、小型化、低损耗4通道粗波分复用芯片,尺寸为6.6 mm×2.2 mm,最小插入损耗小于2.33 dB,1 dB带宽大于11.35 nm,偏振相关损耗小于0.14 dB,波长精准度偏差小于0.38 nm...