To achieve high quality factor and high-sensitivity refractive index sensor,a slot micro-ring resonator(MRR)based on asymmetric Fabry-Perot(FP)cavity was proposed.The structure consisted of a pair of elliptical holes ...To achieve high quality factor and high-sensitivity refractive index sensor,a slot micro-ring resonator(MRR)based on asymmetric Fabry-Perot(FP)cavity was proposed.The structure consisted of a pair of elliptical holes to form an FP cavity and a microring resonator.The two different optical modes generated by the micro-ring resonator were destructively interfered to form a Fano line shape,which improved the system sensitivity while obtaining a higher quality factor and extinction ratio.The transmission principle of the structure was analyzed by the transfer matrix method.The transmission spectrum and mode field distribution of the proposed structure were simulated by the finite difference time domain(FDTD)method,and the key structural parameters affecting the Fano line shape in the device were optimized.The simulation results show that the quality factor of the device reached 22037.1,and the extinction ratio was 23.9 dB.By analyzing the refractive index sensing characteristics,the sensitivity of the structure was 354 nm·RIU−1,and the detection limit of the sensitivity was 2×10−4 RIU.Thus,the proposed compact asymmetric FP cavity slot micro-ring resonator has obvious advantages in sensing applications owing to its excellent performance.展开更多
We demonstrate a highly compact third-order elliptical micro-ring add-drop filter based on a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The elliptical micro-ring resonator has a major radius of 6μm （minor radius of 4.112μm） and ...We demonstrate a highly compact third-order elliptical micro-ring add-drop filter based on a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The elliptical micro-ring resonator has a major radius of 6μm （minor radius of 4.112μm） and a large free spectral range of 18 nm. Experimental results show a box-like channel dropping response, which has a 3 dB bandwidth of -2.7nm, high out-of-band signal rejection of around 40dB and a very low drop loss （〈0.5dB）. Simulation agrees well with the experiments. The footprint of the whole chip is only 0.0003mm2.展开更多
In this paper, bendloss characteristics of an optical fibre are investigated in detail, and the results show that the resonator with a smaller ring radius, wider free spectrum range （FSR）, higher fineness （f） and ...In this paper, bendloss characteristics of an optical fibre are investigated in detail, and the results show that the resonator with a smaller ring radius, wider free spectrum range （FSR）, higher fineness （f） and quality-factor （Q） can be achieved by using microfibres. Based on the improved fused taper technique, a high-quality microfibre with 5 ttm radius has been fabricated, and an all-fibre micro-ring resonator with a radius of only 500μm is realized using self-coiling coupling method. The good-resonant characteristic makes the all-fibre device be expected to avoid bendloss and connection loss associated with planar waveguide integration.展开更多
A nonlinear integrated optical platform that allows the fabrication of waveguide circuits with different material composition,and at small dimensions,offers advantages in terms of field enhancement and increased inter...A nonlinear integrated optical platform that allows the fabrication of waveguide circuits with different material composition,and at small dimensions,offers advantages in terms of field enhancement and increased interaction length,thereby facilitating the observation of nonlinear optics effects at a much lower power level.To enhance the nonlinearity of the conventional waveguide structure,in this work,we propose and demonstrate a microstructured waveguide where silicon rich layer is embedded in the core of the conventional waveguide in order to increase its nonlinearity.By embedding a 20 nm thin film of silicon nanocrystal(Si-nc),we achieve a twofold increase of the nonlinear parameter,γ.The linear relationship between the fourwave mixing conversion efficiency and pump power reveals the negligible nonlinear absorption and small dispersion in the micro-ring resonators.This simple approach of embedding an ultra-thin Si-nc layer into conventional high-index doped silica dramatically increases its nonlinear performance,and could potentially find applications in all-optical processing functions.展开更多
A four-channel integrated optical wavelength de-multiplexer is experimentally illustrated on a silicon-on-insulator （SO1） substrate. With the aid of cascaded micro-ring resonators, the whole performance of the wavel...A four-channel integrated optical wavelength de-multiplexer is experimentally illustrated on a silicon-on-insulator （SO1） substrate. With the aid of cascaded micro-ring resonators, the whole performance of the wavelength de- multiplexer is improved, such as 3 dB bandwidth and channel crosstalk. Based on the transform matrix theory, a four-channel wavelength de-multiplexer with average channel spacing 4.5±0.5 nm （3 dB bandwidth - 2 ± 0.5 nm） is demonstrated at telecommunication bands. For each channel, the extinction at the adjacent channel is below -39dB and the out-of-band rejection ratio is up to 40dB. The channel dropping loss is below 5dB in the five FSR spectral response periods （near 100 nm）.展开更多
We propose an on-chip reconfigurable micro-ring to engineer the spectral-purity of photons.The micro-ring resonator is designed to be coupled by one or two asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers and the coupling coef...We propose an on-chip reconfigurable micro-ring to engineer the spectral-purity of photons.The micro-ring resonator is designed to be coupled by one or two asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers and the coupling coefficients hence the quality-factors of the pump and the converted photons can be dynamically changed by the interferometer’s internal phase-shifter.We calculate the joint-spectrum function and obtain the spectral-purity of photons and Schmidt number under different phases.We show that it is a dynamical method to adjust the spectral-purity and can optimize the spectralpurity of photons up to near 100%.The condition for high-spectral-purity photons is ensured by the micro-ring itself,so it overcomes the trade-off between spectral purity and brightness in the traditional post-filtering method.This scheme is robust to fabrication variations and can be successfully applied in different fabrication labs and different materials.Such high-spectral-purity photons will be beneficial for quantum information processing like Boson sampling and other quantum algorithms.展开更多
The quantum efficiency and the transient response of the InP semiconductor micro-ring resonant detector are analyzed to get the optimum design parameters.Then the side coupling micro-ring resonant is fabricated using ...The quantum efficiency and the transient response of the InP semiconductor micro-ring resonant detector are analyzed to get the optimum design parameters.Then the side coupling micro-ring resonant is fabricated using the InP semiconductor material based on the parameters.The micro-ring resonant cavity has the raius of 80 μm,waveguide width of 3 μm and the coupler gap of 1 μm.The test results show that the FSR is 0.75 nm,and the FWHM is 0.5 nm,which are consistent with the theoretical calculation results.展开更多
Chip-scale micro-photonic biosensors have made significant advancements over the past two decades,with various platforms developed for detecting biomarkers,such as proteins in biological fluids.The influenza virus pan...Chip-scale micro-photonic biosensors have made significant advancements over the past two decades,with various platforms developed for detecting biomarkers,such as proteins in biological fluids.The influenza virus pandemic has notably accelerated research in bio-detection,driving the development of many high-performance sensors.Despite these advancements,there remains a pressing need for technical solutions that offer point-of-care features,including low cost,rapid response,and low limit of detection(LOD).This study investigates the reflective micro-ring resonator(RMRR) cascaded with a loop mirror.By incorporating a loop mirror into the through port of the micro-ring resonator(MRR),the resonant light is reflected back into the micro-ring and interacts with the analyte again,thereby reducing the LOD of the ring resonator sensor.Experimental results show that the LOD of the MRR sensor is 1.2 × 10^(-5)RIU,while the LOD of the RMRR sensor is3.8 × 10^(-6)RIU.After functionalizing the waveguide surface of the ring resonator,the RMRR can detect the alpha-fetoprotein(AFP) molecules with a sensitivity of 0.24 pm/(ng/mL) and an LOD of 3.1 ng/mL.This silicon-based optoelectronic on-chip RMRR shows great potential in the field of biomedical molecular detection.展开更多
In this paper,we demonstrate a silicon micro-ring modulator array chip with eight-wavelength multiplexing and four-port multiplexing.The input light is divided into four equal parts.The modulated light with eight diff...In this paper,we demonstrate a silicon micro-ring modulator array chip with eight-wavelength multiplexing and four-port multiplexing.The input light is divided into four equal parts.The modulated light with eight different wavelengths is combined into one output port through a wavelength multiplexer,which consists of a three-stage cascaded asymmetric MachZehnder interferometer.The number of modulation channels is 32.All micro-ring modulators can support 200 Gb/s PAM4modulation with offline digital signal processing.The total transmit data rate is up to 6.4 Tb/s.These results indicate that this study provides a potential solution for the future 3.2/6.4 Tb/s optical interconnects.展开更多
The increasing demand for miniaturized and portable spectrometers across diverse applications drives the development of computational spectrometers based on algorithmic reconstruction.This work presents an integrated ...The increasing demand for miniaturized and portable spectrometers across diverse applications drives the development of computational spectrometers based on algorithmic reconstruction.This work presents an integrated computational spectrometer fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator(SOI)substrate.The device utilizes six cascaded tunable add-drop micro-rings,each with two tuning states,providing 128 distinct filtering channels within a compact footprint of 0.62 mm^(2).Experimental results demonstrate successful spectral reconstruction within the 1525-1565 nm band,achieving a resolution of 40 pm.The average power consumption of the device is 140 mW.展开更多
Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)face challenges in real-time high-precision tasks such as data acquisition and environmental monitoring,which demand low-latency decision-making and high-speed data transmission.A photoni...Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)face challenges in real-time high-precision tasks such as data acquisition and environmental monitoring,which demand low-latency decision-making and high-speed data transmission.A photonic reservoir computing(PRC)system based on silicon-integrated micro-ring resonators(MRRs)was demonstrated for UAV flight direction recognition,achieving an accuracy of 95.6%.The proposed PRC exhibits short-term memory effects,enabling the detection of subtle changes in flight direction.The PRC operates at the MHz-rate with milliwatt-level power consumption,enabling photonic edge computing with high speed and energy efficiency,providing UAVs the potential to make decisions autonomously and avoid external interference when operating in extreme environments.展开更多
On-chip multidimensional multiplexing has shown considerable potential for enhancing transmission capacity and developing communication networks in integrated optical systems.Micro-ring resonators,which utilize the wa...On-chip multidimensional multiplexing has shown considerable potential for enhancing transmission capacity and developing communication networks in integrated optical systems.Micro-ring resonators,which utilize the wavelength-dependent whispering gallery resonance mechanism and feature customizable cavity lengths,offer inherent advantages for accurate wavelength filtering.These characteristics make them promising candidates for wavelength multiplexers.However,a significant challenge arises from the mismatch in the effective refractive index between orthogonal linear polarizations,which introduces complexities to polarization channel multiplexing and impedes progress in on-chip multidimensional multiplexing that integrates both wavelength and polarization channels.In this work,we propose a double-layer adiabatic structureconnected micro-ring resonator(AMRR)with vertical refractive index asymmetry,demonstrating its utility in multidimensional(de)multiplexers.Our approach enables polarization division multiplexing(PDM)by facilitating polarization rotation between transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarizations through polarization hybridization.The(de)multiplexing of both wavelength and polarization channels is achieved by controlling the incident light direction and filtering the resonance wavelength within the micro-ring resonator.As a proof of concept,we successfully transmitted 144 Gbit/s QPSK-OFDM signals and achieved bit error rates below the forward error correction threshold at-19 d Bm using the proposed multidimensional(de)multiplexer,which accommodates 3 wavelengths and 2 polarizations.Our design,which leverages the AMRR for simultaneous(de)multiplexing of wavelength and polarization channels,not only overcomes the limitation of traditional micro-ring resonators in implementing PDM,but also reduces the footprint of the multidimensional(de)multiplexer to 27μm×219μm,an order of magnitude smaller compared to conventional designs.展开更多
Silicon micro-ring resonators （MRRs） are compact and versatile devices whose periodic frequency response can be exploited for a wide range of applications. In this paper, we review our recent work on linear all-opti...Silicon micro-ring resonators （MRRs） are compact and versatile devices whose periodic frequency response can be exploited for a wide range of applications. In this paper, we review our recent work on linear all-optical signal processing applications using silicon MRRs as passive filters. We focus on applications such as modulation format conversion, differential phase-shift keying （DPSK） demodulation, modulation speed enhancement of directly modulated lasers （DMLs）, and monocycle pulse generation. The possibility to implement polarization diversity circuits, which reduce the polarization dependence of standard silicon MRRs, is illustrated on the particular example of DPSK demodulation.展开更多
A switchable microwave photonic filter(MPF) using a phase modulator(PM) and a silicon-on-insulator microring resonator(MRR) is proposed and demonstrated. By adjusting the polarization controller between the PM and the...A switchable microwave photonic filter(MPF) using a phase modulator(PM) and a silicon-on-insulator microring resonator(MRR) is proposed and demonstrated. By adjusting the polarization controller between the PM and the MRR, the filtering function of the MPF can be switched between a band-stop filter and a band-pass filter. In a proof-of-concept experiment, an MPF with a rejection ratio of 30 dB(or 15 dB) for the band-stop(or band-pass) response and a frequency tuning range from 9.6 to 20.5 GHz is achieved.展开更多
In this work, the behavior of refractive index sensors based on optical micro-ring resonators is studied in detail. Using a result of waveguide perturbation theory in combination with numerical simulations, the optimu...In this work, the behavior of refractive index sensors based on optical micro-ring resonators is studied in detail. Using a result of waveguide perturbation theory in combination with numerical simulations, the optimum design parameters of the system, maximizing the sensitivity of the sensor, are determined. It is found that, when optimally designed, the sensor can detect relative refractive index changes of the order of △n/n≈3×10^-4, assuming that the experimental setup can detect relative wavelength shifts of the order of △λ/λ≈3×10^-5. The behavior of the system as bio-sensor has also been examined. It is found that, when optimally designed, the system can detect refractive index changes of the order of △n≈ 10^-3 for a layer thickness of t=- 10 nm, and changes in the layer thickness of the order of △t≈0.24 nm, for a refractive index change of △n=0.05.展开更多
A highly efficient tunable optical filter of liquid crystal （LC） optical micro-r/rig resonator （MRR） was proposed. The 4-pro-radius ring consists of a silicon-on- insulator （SOI） asymmetric bent slot waveguide w...A highly efficient tunable optical filter of liquid crystal （LC） optical micro-r/rig resonator （MRR） was proposed. The 4-pro-radius ring consists of a silicon-on- insulator （SOI） asymmetric bent slot waveguide with a LC cladding. The geometry of the slot waveguide resulted in the strong electro-optic effect of the LC, and therefore induced an increase in effective refractive index by 0.0720 for the quasi-TE mode light in the slot-waveguide. The ultra-wide tuning range （56.0 nm） and large free spectral range （FSR） （-28.0nm） of the optical filters enabled wavelength reconfigurable multiplexing devices with a drive voltage of only 5 V. The influences of parameters, such as the slot width, total width of Si rails and slot shift on the device＇s performance, were analyzed and the optimal design was given. Moreover, the influence of fabrication tolerances and the loss of device were both investigated. Compared with state-of-the-art tunable MRRs, the proposed electrically tunable micro-ring resonator owns the excellent features of wider tuning ranges, larger FSRs and ultralow voltages.展开更多
Gas sensing for measurement of gas components, concentrations, and other parameters plays an important role in many fields. In this Letter, a micro-ring resonator laser used for gas sensing is experimentally demonstra...Gas sensing for measurement of gas components, concentrations, and other parameters plays an important role in many fields. In this Letter, a micro-ring resonator laser used for gas sensing is experimentally demonstrated. The multi-quantumwells micro-ring laser based on whispering-gallery modes with an annular resonator and an output waveguide was fabricated. A single-mode laser with a wavelength of 1746.4 nm was fabricated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge,experimentally. The output power of 1.65 m W under 40 m A injection current was obtained with a side-mode suppression ratio over 33 d B.展开更多
An ultra-small integrated photonic circuit has been proposed,which incorporates a high-quality-factor passive micro-ring resonator（MR） linked to a vertical grating coupler on a standard silicon-on-insulator（SOI） s...An ultra-small integrated photonic circuit has been proposed,which incorporates a high-quality-factor passive micro-ring resonator（MR） linked to a vertical grating coupler on a standard silicon-on-insulator（SOI） substrate.The experimental results demonstrate that the MR propagation loss is 0.532 dB/cm with a 10μm radius ring resonator,the intrinsic quality factor is as high as 202.000,the waveguide grating wavelength response curve is a 1 dB bandwidth of 40 nm at 1540 nm telecommunication wavelengths,and the measured fiber-to-fiber coupling loss is 10 dB.Furthermore,the resonator wavelength temperature dependence of the 450 nm wide micro-ring resonator is 54.1 pm/℃.Such vertical grating coupler and low loss MR-integrated components greatly promote a key element in biosensors and high-speed interconnect communication applications.展开更多
A scheme for the generation of a pseudo noise(PN)sequence in the optical domain is proposed.The cascaded units of micro-ring resonator(MRR)-based D flip-flop are used to design the device.D flip-flops consist of a sin...A scheme for the generation of a pseudo noise(PN)sequence in the optical domain is proposed.The cascaded units of micro-ring resonator(MRR)-based D flip-flop are used to design the device.D flip-flops consist of a single MRR and share the same optical pump signal.Numerical analysis is performed,and simulated results are discussed.The proposed device can be used as a building block for optical computing and for creating an information processing system.展开更多
We propose and experimentally demonstrate capacitive actuation of a graphene–silicon micro-ring add/drop filter. The mechanism is based on a silicon–SiO_2–graphene capacitor on top of the ring waveguide. We show th...We propose and experimentally demonstrate capacitive actuation of a graphene–silicon micro-ring add/drop filter. The mechanism is based on a silicon–SiO_2–graphene capacitor on top of the ring waveguide. We show the capacitive actuation of the add/drop functionality by a voltage-driven change of the graphene optical absorption. The proposed capacitive solution overcomes the need for continuous heating to keep tuned the filter's in/out resonance and therefore eliminates "in operation" energy consumption.展开更多
基金supported by Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province(No.22JR5RA320).
文摘To achieve high quality factor and high-sensitivity refractive index sensor,a slot micro-ring resonator(MRR)based on asymmetric Fabry-Perot(FP)cavity was proposed.The structure consisted of a pair of elliptical holes to form an FP cavity and a microring resonator.The two different optical modes generated by the micro-ring resonator were destructively interfered to form a Fano line shape,which improved the system sensitivity while obtaining a higher quality factor and extinction ratio.The transmission principle of the structure was analyzed by the transfer matrix method.The transmission spectrum and mode field distribution of the proposed structure were simulated by the finite difference time domain(FDTD)method,and the key structural parameters affecting the Fano line shape in the device were optimized.The simulation results show that the quality factor of the device reached 22037.1,and the extinction ratio was 23.9 dB.By analyzing the refractive index sensing characteristics,the sensitivity of the structure was 354 nm·RIU−1,and the detection limit of the sensitivity was 2×10−4 RIU.Thus,the proposed compact asymmetric FP cavity slot micro-ring resonator has obvious advantages in sensing applications owing to its excellent performance.
基金Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No 2015AA016904the National Key Research and Development Plan of China under Grant No 2016YFB0402502the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61275065
文摘We demonstrate a highly compact third-order elliptical micro-ring add-drop filter based on a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The elliptical micro-ring resonator has a major radius of 6μm （minor radius of 4.112μm） and a large free spectral range of 18 nm. Experimental results show a box-like channel dropping response, which has a 3 dB bandwidth of -2.7nm, high out-of-band signal rejection of around 40dB and a very low drop loss （〈0.5dB）. Simulation agrees well with the experiments. The footprint of the whole chip is only 0.0003mm2.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No60607001)the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing,China(Grant No4052023)the Talents of Beijing Jiaotong University,Beijing,China(Grant No2007RC015)
文摘In this paper, bendloss characteristics of an optical fibre are investigated in detail, and the results show that the resonator with a smaller ring radius, wider free spectrum range （FSR）, higher fineness （f） and quality-factor （Q） can be achieved by using microfibres. Based on the improved fused taper technique, a high-quality microfibre with 5 ttm radius has been fabricated, and an all-fibre micro-ring resonator with a radius of only 500μm is realized using self-coiling coupling method. The good-resonant characteristic makes the all-fibre device be expected to avoid bendloss and connection loss associated with planar waveguide integration.
基金the Research Grants Council,University Grants Committee(GRF 11213618)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB24030300).
文摘A nonlinear integrated optical platform that allows the fabrication of waveguide circuits with different material composition,and at small dimensions,offers advantages in terms of field enhancement and increased interaction length,thereby facilitating the observation of nonlinear optics effects at a much lower power level.To enhance the nonlinearity of the conventional waveguide structure,in this work,we propose and demonstrate a microstructured waveguide where silicon rich layer is embedded in the core of the conventional waveguide in order to increase its nonlinearity.By embedding a 20 nm thin film of silicon nanocrystal(Si-nc),we achieve a twofold increase of the nonlinear parameter,γ.The linear relationship between the fourwave mixing conversion efficiency and pump power reveals the negligible nonlinear absorption and small dispersion in the micro-ring resonators.This simple approach of embedding an ultra-thin Si-nc layer into conventional high-index doped silica dramatically increases its nonlinear performance,and could potentially find applications in all-optical processing functions.
基金Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No 2015AA016904the National Key Research and Development Plan of China under Grant No 2016YFB0402502the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61275065
文摘A four-channel integrated optical wavelength de-multiplexer is experimentally illustrated on a silicon-on-insulator （SO1） substrate. With the aid of cascaded micro-ring resonators, the whole performance of the wavelength de- multiplexer is improved, such as 3 dB bandwidth and channel crosstalk. Based on the transform matrix theory, a four-channel wavelength de-multiplexer with average channel spacing 4.5±0.5 nm （3 dB bandwidth - 2 ± 0.5 nm） is demonstrated at telecommunication bands. For each channel, the extinction at the adjacent channel is below -39dB and the out-of-band rejection ratio is up to 40dB. The channel dropping loss is below 5dB in the five FSR spectral response periods （near 100 nm）.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant Nos.2017YFA0303700 and 2019YFA0308700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61632021 and 11690031)the Open Funds from the State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing of China(HPCL,National University of Defense Technology).
文摘We propose an on-chip reconfigurable micro-ring to engineer the spectral-purity of photons.The micro-ring resonator is designed to be coupled by one or two asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers and the coupling coefficients hence the quality-factors of the pump and the converted photons can be dynamically changed by the interferometer’s internal phase-shifter.We calculate the joint-spectrum function and obtain the spectral-purity of photons and Schmidt number under different phases.We show that it is a dynamical method to adjust the spectral-purity and can optimize the spectralpurity of photons up to near 100%.The condition for high-spectral-purity photons is ensured by the micro-ring itself,so it overcomes the trade-off between spectral purity and brightness in the traditional post-filtering method.This scheme is robust to fabrication variations and can be successfully applied in different fabrication labs and different materials.Such high-spectral-purity photons will be beneficial for quantum information processing like Boson sampling and other quantum algorithms.
基金supported by National "973 Program" of China(2003CB314901)the Program for New Century Excellent Talentsin University of China (NCET-05-0111)+1 种基金the National "111 Project"(B07005)the National Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of China (No.IRT0609)
文摘The quantum efficiency and the transient response of the InP semiconductor micro-ring resonant detector are analyzed to get the optimum design parameters.Then the side coupling micro-ring resonant is fabricated using the InP semiconductor material based on the parameters.The micro-ring resonant cavity has the raius of 80 μm,waveguide width of 3 μm and the coupler gap of 1 μm.The test results show that the FSR is 0.75 nm,and the FWHM is 0.5 nm,which are consistent with the theoretical calculation results.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No.2022YFB2901001)the Science and Technology Program of Zhejiang Province (No.2022C01108)。
文摘Chip-scale micro-photonic biosensors have made significant advancements over the past two decades,with various platforms developed for detecting biomarkers,such as proteins in biological fluids.The influenza virus pandemic has notably accelerated research in bio-detection,driving the development of many high-performance sensors.Despite these advancements,there remains a pressing need for technical solutions that offer point-of-care features,including low cost,rapid response,and low limit of detection(LOD).This study investigates the reflective micro-ring resonator(RMRR) cascaded with a loop mirror.By incorporating a loop mirror into the through port of the micro-ring resonator(MRR),the resonant light is reflected back into the micro-ring and interacts with the analyte again,thereby reducing the LOD of the ring resonator sensor.Experimental results show that the LOD of the MRR sensor is 1.2 × 10^(-5)RIU,while the LOD of the RMRR sensor is3.8 × 10^(-6)RIU.After functionalizing the waveguide surface of the ring resonator,the RMRR can detect the alpha-fetoprotein(AFP) molecules with a sensitivity of 0.24 pm/(ng/mL) and an LOD of 3.1 ng/mL.This silicon-based optoelectronic on-chip RMRR shows great potential in the field of biomedical molecular detection.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No.2022YFB2901001)the Science and Technology Program of Zhejiang Province (No.2022C01108)。
文摘In this paper,we demonstrate a silicon micro-ring modulator array chip with eight-wavelength multiplexing and four-port multiplexing.The input light is divided into four equal parts.The modulated light with eight different wavelengths is combined into one output port through a wavelength multiplexer,which consists of a three-stage cascaded asymmetric MachZehnder interferometer.The number of modulation channels is 32.All micro-ring modulators can support 200 Gb/s PAM4modulation with offline digital signal processing.The total transmit data rate is up to 6.4 Tb/s.These results indicate that this study provides a potential solution for the future 3.2/6.4 Tb/s optical interconnects.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2024YFA1209201)the Fund of State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications(BUPT)(Nos.IPOC2024ZT03 and IPOC2024ZZ03)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U24B20135)。
文摘The increasing demand for miniaturized and portable spectrometers across diverse applications drives the development of computational spectrometers based on algorithmic reconstruction.This work presents an integrated computational spectrometer fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator(SOI)substrate.The device utilizes six cascaded tunable add-drop micro-rings,each with two tuning states,providing 128 distinct filtering channels within a compact footprint of 0.62 mm^(2).Experimental results demonstrate successful spectral reconstruction within the 1525-1565 nm band,achieving a resolution of 40 pm.The average power consumption of the device is 140 mW.
基金supported by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major ProjectNational Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2021YFB2802000 and 2022YFB2804300)+4 种基金the Shanghai Frontiers Science Center Program(2021-2025No.20)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.21DZ1100500)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61975123 and 62305217)the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Program(No.23JC1403100)the Shanghai Pujiang Programme。
文摘Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)face challenges in real-time high-precision tasks such as data acquisition and environmental monitoring,which demand low-latency decision-making and high-speed data transmission.A photonic reservoir computing(PRC)system based on silicon-integrated micro-ring resonators(MRRs)was demonstrated for UAV flight direction recognition,achieving an accuracy of 95.6%.The proposed PRC exhibits short-term memory effects,enabling the detection of subtle changes in flight direction.The PRC operates at the MHz-rate with milliwatt-level power consumption,enabling photonic edge computing with high speed and energy efficiency,providing UAVs the potential to make decisions autonomously and avoid external interference when operating in extreme environments.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62271322,62331004,and 62222501)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(Grant No.2023A1515030152)+5 种基金the Science and Technology Project of Shenzhen(Grant No.ZDSYS201707271014468)Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(Grant No.JCYJ20240813143018024)the Natural Science Foundation of Top Talent of SZTU(Grant No.GDRC202204)Qianxinan Prefecture Science and Technology Plan Project(Grant No.2023123)the Scientific Research Fund Project of Minzu Normal University of Xingyi(Grant No.23XYZD07)Guizhou Province Youth Science and Technology Talent Development Project(Qian Jiaoji[2024]No.244)。
文摘On-chip multidimensional multiplexing has shown considerable potential for enhancing transmission capacity and developing communication networks in integrated optical systems.Micro-ring resonators,which utilize the wavelength-dependent whispering gallery resonance mechanism and feature customizable cavity lengths,offer inherent advantages for accurate wavelength filtering.These characteristics make them promising candidates for wavelength multiplexers.However,a significant challenge arises from the mismatch in the effective refractive index between orthogonal linear polarizations,which introduces complexities to polarization channel multiplexing and impedes progress in on-chip multidimensional multiplexing that integrates both wavelength and polarization channels.In this work,we propose a double-layer adiabatic structureconnected micro-ring resonator(AMRR)with vertical refractive index asymmetry,demonstrating its utility in multidimensional(de)multiplexers.Our approach enables polarization division multiplexing(PDM)by facilitating polarization rotation between transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarizations through polarization hybridization.The(de)multiplexing of both wavelength and polarization channels is achieved by controlling the incident light direction and filtering the resonance wavelength within the micro-ring resonator.As a proof of concept,we successfully transmitted 144 Gbit/s QPSK-OFDM signals and achieved bit error rates below the forward error correction threshold at-19 d Bm using the proposed multidimensional(de)multiplexer,which accommodates 3 wavelengths and 2 polarizations.Our design,which leverages the AMRR for simultaneous(de)multiplexing of wavelength and polarization channels,not only overcomes the limitation of traditional micro-ring resonators in implementing PDM,but also reduces the footprint of the multidimensional(de)multiplexer to 27μm×219μm,an order of magnitude smaller compared to conventional designs.
文摘Silicon micro-ring resonators （MRRs） are compact and versatile devices whose periodic frequency response can be exploited for a wide range of applications. In this paper, we review our recent work on linear all-optical signal processing applications using silicon MRRs as passive filters. We focus on applications such as modulation format conversion, differential phase-shift keying （DPSK） demodulation, modulation speed enhancement of directly modulated lasers （DMLs）, and monocycle pulse generation. The possibility to implement polarization diversity circuits, which reduce the polarization dependence of standard silicon MRRs, is illustrated on the particular example of DPSK demodulation.
基金the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2018YFB2201803)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61604072,61871214,and 61671305)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20180066)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2016M590450)。
文摘A switchable microwave photonic filter(MPF) using a phase modulator(PM) and a silicon-on-insulator microring resonator(MRR) is proposed and demonstrated. By adjusting the polarization controller between the PM and the MRR, the filtering function of the MPF can be switched between a band-stop filter and a band-pass filter. In a proof-of-concept experiment, an MPF with a rejection ratio of 30 dB(or 15 dB) for the band-stop(or band-pass) response and a frequency tuning range from 9.6 to 20.5 GHz is achieved.
文摘In this work, the behavior of refractive index sensors based on optical micro-ring resonators is studied in detail. Using a result of waveguide perturbation theory in combination with numerical simulations, the optimum design parameters of the system, maximizing the sensitivity of the sensor, are determined. It is found that, when optimally designed, the sensor can detect relative refractive index changes of the order of △n/n≈3×10^-4, assuming that the experimental setup can detect relative wavelength shifts of the order of △λ/λ≈3×10^-5. The behavior of the system as bio-sensor has also been examined. It is found that, when optimally designed, the system can detect refractive index changes of the order of △n≈ 10^-3 for a layer thickness of t=- 10 nm, and changes in the layer thickness of the order of △t≈0.24 nm, for a refractive index change of △n=0.05.
文摘A highly efficient tunable optical filter of liquid crystal （LC） optical micro-r/rig resonator （MRR） was proposed. The 4-pro-radius ring consists of a silicon-on- insulator （SOI） asymmetric bent slot waveguide with a LC cladding. The geometry of the slot waveguide resulted in the strong electro-optic effect of the LC, and therefore induced an increase in effective refractive index by 0.0720 for the quasi-TE mode light in the slot-waveguide. The ultra-wide tuning range （56.0 nm） and large free spectral range （FSR） （-28.0nm） of the optical filters enabled wavelength reconfigurable multiplexing devices with a drive voltage of only 5 V. The influences of parameters, such as the slot width, total width of Si rails and slot shift on the device＇s performance, were analyzed and the optimal design was given. Moreover, the influence of fabrication tolerances and the loss of device were both investigated. Compared with state-of-the-art tunable MRRs, the proposed electrically tunable micro-ring resonator owns the excellent features of wider tuning ranges, larger FSRs and ultralow voltages.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Project (Nos. 2017YFB0405300 and 2018YFA0209001)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Nos. 61934007 and 61974141)Beijing MunicipalScienceandTechnologyProject(Nos. Z191100004819011 and 4182064)。
文摘Gas sensing for measurement of gas components, concentrations, and other parameters plays an important role in many fields. In this Letter, a micro-ring resonator laser used for gas sensing is experimentally demonstrated. The multi-quantumwells micro-ring laser based on whispering-gallery modes with an annular resonator and an output waveguide was fabricated. A single-mode laser with a wavelength of 1746.4 nm was fabricated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge,experimentally. The output power of 1.65 m W under 40 m A injection current was obtained with a side-mode suppression ratio over 33 d B.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2009CB326206)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61076111,50975266)+2 种基金the Key Laboratory Fund of China(No.9140C1204040909)the Graduate Innovation Project of China (No.20103083)the Fund for Top Young Academic Leaders of Higher Learning Institutions of Shanxi(TYAL),China
文摘An ultra-small integrated photonic circuit has been proposed,which incorporates a high-quality-factor passive micro-ring resonator（MR） linked to a vertical grating coupler on a standard silicon-on-insulator（SOI） substrate.The experimental results demonstrate that the MR propagation loss is 0.532 dB/cm with a 10μm radius ring resonator,the intrinsic quality factor is as high as 202.000,the waveguide grating wavelength response curve is a 1 dB bandwidth of 40 nm at 1540 nm telecommunication wavelengths,and the measured fiber-to-fiber coupling loss is 10 dB.Furthermore,the resonator wavelength temperature dependence of the 450 nm wide micro-ring resonator is 54.1 pm/℃.Such vertical grating coupler and low loss MR-integrated components greatly promote a key element in biosensors and high-speed interconnect communication applications.
文摘A scheme for the generation of a pseudo noise(PN)sequence in the optical domain is proposed.The cascaded units of micro-ring resonator(MRR)-based D flip-flop are used to design the device.D flip-flops consist of a single MRR and share the same optical pump signal.Numerical analysis is performed,and simulated results are discussed.The proposed device can be used as a building block for optical computing and for creating an information processing system.
文摘We propose and experimentally demonstrate capacitive actuation of a graphene–silicon micro-ring add/drop filter. The mechanism is based on a silicon–SiO_2–graphene capacitor on top of the ring waveguide. We show the capacitive actuation of the add/drop functionality by a voltage-driven change of the graphene optical absorption. The proposed capacitive solution overcomes the need for continuous heating to keep tuned the filter's in/out resonance and therefore eliminates "in operation" energy consumption.
