简介:Wedemonstrateasilicon-basedmicrowavephotonicfilter(MPF)withflattoppassbandandadjustablebandwidth.TheproposedMPFisrealizedbyusinga10th-ordermicroringresonator(MRR)andaphotodetector,bothofwhichareintegratedonaphotonicchip.Thefullwidthathalf-maximum(FWHM)bandwidthoftheopticalfilterachievedatthedropportofthe10th-orderMRRis21.6GHz.Therippleofthepassbandislessthan0.3dB,whiletherejectionratiois32dB.Byadjustingthedeviationoftheopticalcarrierwavelengthfromthecenterwavelengthoftheopticalbandpassfilter,thebandwidthoftheMPFcanbegreatlychanged.Intheexperiment,theFWHMbandwidthoftheproposedMPFistunedfrom5.3to19.5GHz,andtherejectionratioishigherthan30dB.
简介:Wepresentintegrated-opticbuildingblocksandfunctionalphotonicdevicesbasedonamorphoussiliconon-insulatortechnology.Efficientdeep-etchedfiber-to-chipgratingcouplers,low-losssingle-modephotonicwirewaveguides,andcompactpowersplittersarepresented.Basedonthesub-μmphotonicwires,2×2Mach–Zehnderinterferometersandadd/dropmicroringresonators(MRRs)withlowdevicefootprintsandhighfinesseupto200wererealizedandstudied.Compactpolarizationrotatorsandsplitterswith≥10dBpolarizationextinctionratiowerefabricatedforthepolarizationmanagementon-chip.Thetuningandtrimmingcapabilitiesofthematerialplatformaredemonstratedwithefficientmicroheatersandapermanentdevicetrimmingmethod,whichenabledtherealizationofenergy-efficientphotoniccircuits.Wavelengthmultiplexersintheformofcascadedfilterbanksand4×4routersbasedonMRRswitchesarepresented.Fabricationimperfectionswereanalyzedandpermanentlycorrectedbyanaccuratelaser-trimmingmethod,thusenablingeight-channelmultiplexerswithrecordlowmetricsofsub-mWstaticpowerconsumptionand≤1°Ctemperatureoverhead.Thehighqualityofthefunctionaldevices,thehightuningefficiency,andtheexcellenttrimmingcapabilitiesdemonstratethepotentialtorealizelow-cost,denselyintegrated,andultralow-power3D-stackedphotoniccircuitsontopofCMOSmicroelectronics.
简介:Inordertorealizetheplanargradientrefractiveindex(GRIN)microlenswhichisbaseduponporoussilicon(PSi)andfabricatedonsilicononinsulator(SOI),anovelanodizationmethodisusedbyapplyinglateralelectricfield.Themicrolenswithsmoothvariationoftheeffectiveopticalthicknessisachieved.Thelensistransparentintheinfraredregion,includingtheopticalcommunicationwindow(1.3μm
简介:Inthispaper,wepresentsimulationresultsofanelectroopticalvariableopticalattenuator(VOA)inte-gratedinsilicon-on-insulatorwaveguide.Thedeviceisfunctionallybasedonfreecarriersabsorptiontoachieveattenuation.Beampropagationmethod(BPM)andtwo-dimensionalsemiconductordevicesimu-lationtoolPISCES-Ⅱwereusedtoanalyzethedcandtransientcharacteristicsofthedevice.Thedevicehasaresponsetime(includingrisetimeandfalltime)lessthan200ns,muchfasterthanthethermoopticandmicro-electromechanicalsystems(MEMSs)basedVOAs.
简介:Thesilicon-on-insulator(SOI)1×2Y-junctionopticalwaveguideswitchhasbeenproposedandfabricated,whichisbasedonthelargecross-sectionsingle-moderibwaveguidecondition,thewaveguide-vanishingeffectandthefree-carrierplasmadispersioneffect.Intheswitch,theSOItechniqueutilizersiliconandsilicondioxidethermalbondingandback-polishing.Theinsertionlossandextinctionratioofthedevicearemeasuredtobelessthan4.78dBand20.8dBrespectivelyatawavelengthof1.3μmandaninjectioncurrentof45mA.Responsetimeisabout160ns.
简介:PolysiliconMicroelectromechanicalsystems(MEMS)arethesubjectofintensiveresearches.SurfacechemistryandtopographyofaMEMSteststructurefabricatedatSandiaNationalLaboratory,USA,werestudiedbymeansofscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM),X-rayphotoelectronspectroscopy(XPS)andatomicforcemicroscopy(AFM).XPSC()andSi2,spectrafromthepolysilieoncomponents,siliconnitridesubstrateandareferencesiliconwaferwerecompared.Theresultsconfirmthepresenceofaself-assembledmonolayer(SAM)ontheMEMSsurface.Anisland-likemorphologywasfoundonbothpolysiliconandsiliconnitridesurfacesoftheMEMS.Theislandstaketheformofcaps,beingupto0.5μmindiameterand20nminheight.Itisconcludedthattheco-existenceofcolumnargrowthandequiaxedgrowthduringthelowpressurechemicalvapordeposition(LPCVD)oftheselayersleadstotheobservedmorphologyandtheislandsarecapstothecolumnarstructures.
简介:Weproposeanddemonstrateanultrasensitiveintegratedphotoniccurrentsensorthatincorporatesasiliconbasedsingle-mode-multimode-single-modewaveguide(SMSW)structure.ThiskindofSMSWstructureisplacedoveradirectcurrentcarryingpowerresistor,whichproducesJoule’sheattochangethetemperatureoftheSMSWandfurtherresultsinthechangeoftheeffectiverefractiveindexbetweendifferentpropagatingmodes.Interferenceoccurswhenthemodesrecombineatthesecondsinglemodewaveguide.Finally,thecurrentvariationismeasuredbymonitoringtheshiftintheoutputspectrumofthemultimodeinterferometer.Inlowcurrent,thewavelengthshifthasalmostlineardependence:Δλ∝Ic.Thiseffectcanbeusedasacurrentsensorwithaslopeefficiencyof4.24nm/Aintherangeof0–200mA.
简介:TheelectricalnonlinearityofsiliconmodulatorsbasedonreversedPNjunctionswasfoundtoseverelylimitthelinearityofthemodulators.Thiseffect,however,wasinadvertentlyneglectedinpreviousstudies.Consideringtheelectricalnonlinearityinsimulation,a32.2dBdegradationintheCDR3(i.e.,thesuppressionratiobetweenthefundamentalsignalandintermodulationdistortion)ofthemodulatorwasobservedatamodulationspeedof12GHz,andthespuriousfreedynamicrangewassimultaneouslydegradedby17.4dB.ItwasalsofoundthatthelinearityofthesiliconmodulatorcouldbeimprovedbyreducingtheseriesresistanceofthePNjunction.Thefrequencydependenceofthelinearityduetotheelectricalnonlinearitywasalsoinvestigated.
简介:ANewmethod,namedatmosphericpressureplasmapolishing,fortheultra-smoothmachiningofthesiliconbasedmaterialsisintroduced.ByinputtingtheCF4gasintotheatmosphericpressureplasmaflame,highdensityreactiveradicalswillbegenerated,whichwillthenreactwiththesiliconbasedmaterials.ThereactionproductisthevaporizationoftheSiF4,whichcanbeeasilyprocessed.Inthisway,theatomicscalematerialremovalcanberealizedandthedefectfreeultra-smoothsurfacecanbeobtained.Anexperimentalsetupisbuiltup,andtheSiCpolishingexperimentiscarriedout.TheAFMtestresultshowsthatthefinishedsurfaceroughness(Ra)canbeimprovedfrom4.529nmto0.926nmin3minutes.
简介:Aplasmonicrefractiveindexsensorbasedonmetal-insulator-metal(MIM)waveguide-coupledstructureisproposedanddemonstratedinthispaper.Thephysicalmechanismofthedeviceisdeduced,andthefinitedifferencetimedomain(FDTD)methodisemployedtosimulateandstudyitsindexsensingcharacteristics.Bothanalyticandsimulatedresultsshowthattheresonantwavelengthofthesensorhasalinearrelationshipwiththerefractiveindexofmaterialundersensing.Basedontherelationship,therefractiveindexofthematerialcanbeobtainedfromthedetectionoftheresonantwavelength.Theresultsshowthatthesensitivityofthesensorcanexceed1600nm/RIU,anditcanbeusedinchemicalandbiologicaldetections.
简介:photoluminescence(PL)lromone-dimensionalphotonicbandstructuresisinvestigated.Thedopedphotoniccrystalwithmicrocavitlesarefabricatedbyusingalternatinghydrogenatedamorphoussiliconnitride(a-SiNx:H/a-SiNy:H)layersinaplasmaenhancedchemicalvapourdeposition(PECVD)chamber.ItisobservedthatmicrocavitiesstronglymodifythePLspectrafromactivehydrogenatedamorphoussiliconnitride(a-SiNx:H)thinfilm.Bycomparison,thewideemissionbandwidth208nmisstronglynarrowedto11nm,andtheresonantenhancementofthepeakPLintensityisabouttwoordersofmagnitudewithrespecttotheemissionoftheλ/2-thicklayerofa-SiNx:H.AlinewidthofΔλ=11nmandaqualityfactorofQ=69areachievedinourone-dimensionala-SiNzphotoniccrystalmicrocavities.Measurementsoftransmittancespectraoftheas-grownsamplesshowthatthetransmittanceresonantpeakofacavitymodeat710nmisintroducedintothebandgapofone-dimensionalphotoniccrystaldistributedBraggreflector(DBR),whichfurtherverifiesthemicrocavityeffects.
简介:Wereportedonthegenerationofthedual-wavelengthrectangularpulseinanerbium-dopedfiberlaser(EDFL)withatopologicalinsulatorsaturableabsorber.Therectangularpulsecouldbestablyinitiatedwithpulsewidthfrom13.62to25.16nsandfundamentalrepetitionrateof3.54MHzbyproperlyadjustingthepumppowerandthepolarizationstate.Inaddition,weverifiedthatthepulseshapeofthedual-wavelengthrectangularpulsecanbeaffectedbythetotalnetcavitydispersioninthefiberlaser.Furthermore,byproperlyrotatingthepolarizationcontrollers,theharmonicmode-lockingoperationofthedual-wavelengthrectangularpulsewasalsoobtained.Thedual-wavelengthrectangularpulseEDFLwouldbenefitsomepotentialapplications,suchasspectroscopy,biomedicine,andsensingresearch.
简介:All-opticalintegratorsarekeydevicesfortherealizationofultra-fastpassivephotonicnetworks,and,despitetheirbroadapplicabilityrange(e.g.,photonicbitcounting,opticalmemoryunits,analoguecomputing,etc.),theirrealizationinanintegratedformisstillachallenge.Inthiswork,anall-opticalintegratorbasedonasiliconphotonicphase-shiftedBragggratingisproposedandexperimentallydemonstrated,whichshowsawideoperationbandwidthof750GHzandintegrationtimewindowof9ps.Theintegraloperationforsinglepulse,inphasepulses,andπ-shiftedpulseswithdifferentdelayshasbeensuccessfullyachieved.