两点法设计平场型EDG波分复用器件

利用两点法(two stigmatic points method)对平场型蚀刻衍射光栅(EDG)波分复用器件进行了优化设计.与传统EDG相比,该方法以较小的性能损失为代价,极大简化了制作工艺.通过标量波动衍射理论对16通道的该型器件进行了数值模拟,结果表明:在用光探测器陈列接收的情况下,额外的功率损耗约为1dB,信道间的不均匀性小于0.3dB,串绕小于-30dB.     

一种改善频谱性能的蚀刻衍射光栅输出结构新设计

对波分复用系统中一种重要的解复用器-衍射蚀刻光栅(EDG)的输出结构进行了研究,并提出一种新的采用渐变波导和空气槽相结合的结构设计,在保持器件原有的紧凑结构的前提下极大的提高了器件的频谱特性.该结构设计不需要额外的工艺过程,并且具有很好的工艺容差性.结构的有效性通过波束传播方法(BPM)和模式传播分析(MPA)得到了验证.在所给的数值模型中,-1 dB带宽和品质因素分别比传统设计提高了1.474和1.383倍.同时,相邻信道间的串扰降低了15 dB以上,而整个结构引入的功率损耗仅仅为0.65 dB.     

Optimization of Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers Based on Arrayed Waveguide Gratings with Fabrication Errors for Transparent Optical Networks

A transparent optical network (TON) composed by optical add-drop multiplexers based on arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) with fabrication errors is optimized for 10 Gbit/s per channel and channel spacing of 25 GHz. The optimization takes into account the effect of inter-symbol interference, amplified spontaneous emission noise accumulation, and coherent and incoherent homodyne crosstalk. Numerical results reveal that AWG fabrication errors can have a high influence on the TON performance; however, in all investigated situations, they do not affect the AWG parameters values corresponding to the optimum AWG frequency response. This surprising behavior is due to the fabrication errors affect mainly the AWG response outside the passband for the required AWG crosstalk level. It is shown that the optimum AWG frequency response is a flat-top response with a mean amplitude response outside the passband lower than -30 dB and the switch isolation should exceed 30 dB.     

Optimization of Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers Based on Arrayed Waveguide Gratings with Fabrication Errors for Transparent Optical Networks

A transparent optical network (TON) composed by optical add-drop multiplexers based on arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) with fabrication errors is optimized for 10 Gbit/s per channel and channel spacing of 25 GHz. The optimization takes into account the effect of inter-symbol interference, amplified spontaneous emission noise accumulation, and coherent and incoherent homodyne crosstalk. Numerical results reveal that AWG fabrication errors can have a high influence on the TON performance; however, in all investigated situations, they do not affect the AWG parameters values corresponding to the optimum AWG frequency response. This surprising behavior is due to the fabrication errors affect mainly the AWG response outside the passband for the required AWG crosstalk level. It is shown that the optimum AWG frequency response is a flat-top response with a mean amplitude response outside the passband lower than ?30 dB and the switch isolation should exceed 30 dB.     

Analysis for fabrication errors of arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers

Based on the transmission theory, parameter optimization is performed, and effects of fabrication errors on transmission characteristics are analyzed for a 33×33 polymer arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) multiplexer around the central wavelength of 1550.918 nm with the wavelength spacing of 0.8 nm. Simulated results show that fabrication errors result in the shift of the transmission spectrum, and lead to the increase of the crosstalk compared with the device theoretically designed. Furthermore, accumulation and compensation of fabrication errors are investigated. In order to realize the normal demultiplexing of the fabricated AWG device, the allowed fabrication errors are discussed.     

基于Si3N4/SiNx/Si3N4三明治结构的偏振无关1×2多模干涉型解复用器的设计

提出一种基于Si3N4/SiNx/Si3N4三明治结构多模干涉波导的偏振无关1×2解复用器,用于分离1310和1550 nm两个波长.通过合理选择三明治结构中间层SiNx的折射率,可以调节同一波长两个正交偏振态的拍长相等,实现偏振无关;根据多模干涉原理,通过合理选择多模干涉波导的长度与宽度,可以使两个波长的输出像点分别成正像和反像,实现解复用功能.运用三维有限时域差分法进行建模仿真,对结构参数进行优化,并对器件关键结构参数的制作容差进行了分析.结果表明:该器件多模干涉波导的尺寸为4.6μm×227.7μm,插入损耗低至0.18dB,输出波导间的串扰低至–25.7dB, 3dB带宽可达60 nm.另外,本文提出的器件采用Si3N4/SiO2平台,可有效减小波导尺寸,提高集成度,不仅实现了偏振无关,而且结构紧凑、损耗低,在未来的集成光路中具有潜在的应用价值.     

Investigation of 2D-photonic crystal resonant cavity based WDM demultiplexer

In this attempt, Two Dimensional Photonic Crystal (2DPC) Quasi Square Ring Resonator (QSRR) based four channel demultiplexer is proposed and designed for Wavelength Division Multiplexing systems. The performance parameters of the demultiplexer such as transmission efficiency, passband width, line spacing, Q factor and crosstalk are investigated. The proposed demultiplexer is composed of bus waveguide, drop waveguide and QSRR. In the proposed demultiplexer, the output ports are arranged separately in odd and even number, where an odd number of ports are located on the right side and even number of ports are located on the left side of the bus waveguide that are used to reduce the channel interference or crosstalk. Further, the refractive index of rods around the center rod is increased linearly one to another in order to improve the signal quality. The resonant wavelengths of the proposed demultiplexer are of 1521.1?nm, 1522.0?nm, 1523.2?nm and 1524.3?nm, respectively. The footprint of the device is of 180.96?μm². Then, a four channel point to point network is designed and the proposed four channel demultiplexer is implemented by replacing a conventional demultiplexer. Finally, functional parameters of the network, namely, BER, receiver sensitivity and Q factor are estimated by varying the link distance. This attempt could create new dimensions of research in the domain of photonic networks.     

Calculation of the spectral response of an arrayed-waveguide gating demultiplexer with a wide-angle beam propagation method in a cylindrical coordinate system

The spectral response of an arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) demultiplexer is calculated by simulating the field propagation in the output section of an AWG with a wide-angle beam propagation method (BPM) in a cylindrical coordinate system. As in a practical design of an AWG demultiplexer, each output waveguide consists of two straight sections connected by a bending section. The spectral response obtained by the present algorithm is more accurate than those obtained with two popular approximate methods, namely, the conventional overlapped integral method and the standard BPM for radially straight and infinitely long output waveguides. With the present algorithm, the dependence of the spectral response on the parameters of the output section is analyzed. The channel crosstalk and the 3 dB passband width of the spectral response depend mainly on the length of the first straight section, the end separation and the angular separation of the output waveguides. The bending section results in an asymmetrical spectral response with remarkable sidelobes which can be reduced by increasing the bending radius.     

密集波分复用条件下的光轨网络串扰分析与仿真

光轨网络是一种能够利用成熟的光学器件实现带宽灵活分配和信息交换的新型网络.串扰是限制光轨网络的物理层性能及其扩展性的重要因素.本文讨论了典型的光轨网络节点中异频串扰和同频串扰的产生原因,理论分析了两者对光轨网络的物理层传输性能的影响.给出了3种串扰性能的评价方法.以密集波分复用技术为应用背景,分别搭建了器件隔离度为20dB和30dB的、具有3个节点5个波长且单波长速率为2.5Gbps的光轨网络,仿真了串扰在光轨网络中的传播过程,并计算了光轨网络的误码率、功率代价和相对串扰.理论分析和仿真结果表明:光滤波器、解复用器和复用器是光轨网络中串扰产生的关键器件,且提高器件的隔离度等性能对于提高光轨网络的传输性能会有较显著的效果;在密集波分复用条件下,串扰对单波长速率为2.5Gbps的光轨网络的误码率和功率代价具有显著的影响,从而限制了光轨网络实际可用的节点数目.     

密集波分复用条件下的光轨网络串扰分析与仿真

光轨网络是一种能够利用成熟的光学器件实现带宽灵活分配和信息交换的新型网络.串扰是限制光轨网络的物理层性能及其扩展性的重要因素.本文讨论了典型的光轨网络节点中异频串扰和同频串扰的产生原因,理论分析了两者对光轨网络的物理层传输性能的影响.给出了3种串扰性能的评价方法.以密集波分复用技术为应用背景,分别搭建了器件隔离度为20 dB和30 dB的、具有3个节点5个波长且单波长速率为2.5 Gbps的光轨网络,仿真了串扰在光轨网络中的传播过程,并计算了光轨网络的误码率、功率代价和相对串扰.理论分析和仿真结果表明:光滤波器、解复用器和复用器是光轨网络中串扰产生的关键器件,且提高器件的隔离度等性能对于提高光轨网络的传输性能会有较显著的效果;在密集波分复用条件下,串扰对单波长速率为2.5 Gbps的光轨网络的误码率和功率代价具有显著的影响,从而限制了光轨网络实际可用的节点数目.     

Etched-Diffraction-Grating-Based Planar Waveguide Demultiplexer on Silicon-on-Insulator

An optical wavelength demultiplexer with the etched diffraction grating (EDG) on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) material is demonstrated. Fabricated by the wet-anisotropic-etching method, 90° turning mirrors are used to bend waveguides, and the size of the EDG-based demultiplexer is minimized to only 16×2.5 mm². The crosstalk is below −16 dB. The on-chip loss is about 9.97 dB, which is composed of about 8.72 dB excess loss and 1.25 dB diffraction loss. The polarization-dependent central wavelength shift is below 0.13 nm, and the polarization-dependent loss is about 0.35 dB. The sources of the crosstalk and loss are discussed in details, and the related measures to improve the performance are also presented.     

基于电吸收调制器的解复用器窗口特性分析及优化

数值模拟了基于电吸收调制器 (Electro absorptionmodulator,EAM)解复用器的开关窗口特性 ,在考虑邻道串扰和强度抖动 (由同步偏离和时间抖动导致 )的光时分复用数值模型中对解复用信号的误码率进行分析。数值模拟结果表明 ,电吸收调制器的窗口特性 (消光比和窗口宽度 )满足 4× 10Gb/s的光时分复用通信系统中解复用器的要求 ;在小的偏置电压下 ,邻道串扰和解复用器的透过率特性必须仔细考虑以达到最小的误码率 ;在大的偏置电压下 ,较大的射频幅度将会使解复用信号误码率最小     

Performance analysis of an eight channel demultiplexer using a 2D-photonic crystal quasi square ring resonator

Recent years, the design of photonic crystal (PC) based optical devices is receiving keen interest in research and scientific community. In this paper, two dimensional (2D) PC based eight channel demultiplexer is proposed and designed and the functional characteristics of demultiplexer namely resonant wavelength, transmission efficiency, quality factor, spectral width, channel spacing and crosstalk are investigated. The demultiplexer is designed to drop the wavelength centred at 1537.6 nm, 1538.5 nm, 1539.4 nm, 1540.4 nm, 1541.2 nm, 1541.9 nm, 1542.6 nm and 1543.1 nm. The proposed demultiplexer is primarily composed of bus waveguide, drop waveguide and quasi square ring resonator. The quasi square ring resonator and square ring micro cavity (inner rods) are playing a vital role for a desired channel selection. The operating range of the devices is identified through a photonic band gap (PBG) which is obtained using a plane wave expansion (PWE) method. The functional characteristics of the proposed demultiplexer are attained using a 2D finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. The proposed device offers low crosstalk and high transmission efficiency with ultra-compact size, hence, it is highly desirable for DWDM applications.     

反相电极聚合物定向耦合电光开关的优化设计

为了消除单节电极定向耦合电光开关的工艺误差对器件性能的不良影响,应用耦合模理论、电光调制理论、保角变换及镜像法,优化设计了一种两节交替反相电极聚合物定向耦合电光开关.模拟结果表明,该器件具有良好的开关性能:在1 550 nm的工作波长下,器件耦合区的长度为4 753.5 μm,交叉态电压为1.22 V,直通态电压为2.65 V,插入损耗小于2.21 dB,串扰小于-30 dB.通过微调状态电压,可以很容易地消除工艺误差对器件性能产生的不良影响.本文方法的设计结果与光束传播法的仿真结果符合得很好.     

Athermal metal-free planar waveguide concave grating demultiplexer

An athermal metal-free planar waveguide concave grating demultiplexer is proposed. We designed the dielectric mirror at the grating facet instead of coating with the metal on the back wall of the grating facet. The transfer-matrix method is introduced to design the dielectric mirror and the reflectance spectral responses of the 2D waveguide structure are simulated using the FDTD software (RSoft, Inc.). To reduce the temperature sensitivity of the device, the three-focal-point method is introduced. We use the design example to show the high-reflectance bandwidth of the dielectric mirror. The fabrication errors are also taken into consideration. By using the numerical model of the scalar diffraction theory, the flat-top spectral responses of the channels are simulated.     

Cascade Grating Structure for Increasing the Channel Number on Holographic Demultiplexer

The expansion capability of the channel number in the optical demultiplexer using two cascaded photopolymer volume gratings is reported. It could be accomplished by designing of two gratings with different spectral range. As a result of the experiment, a 0.4-nm-spaced 130-channel demultiplexer with the channel uniformity of 3.5 dB, the 3 riB-bandwidth of 0.12nm, and the channel crosstalk of-20 dB is experimentally demonstrated.     

InP-based 1.3/1.55 μm wavelength demultiplexer with multimode interference and chirped grating

We propose a novel 1.3/1.55 m wavelength demultiplexer for integration with lasers and detectors on the InP material system. A chirp grating is placed inside a multimode interference (MMI) structure to shorten the device length and increase wavelength tolerance. The simulation using the bi-directional beam propagation method proves that the demultiplexer can have very low insertion loss and high isolation ratio. The approach of grating fabrication is also described.     

硅基槽式微环谐振腔型偏振解复用器全矢量分析

提出一种紧凑型偏振解复用器, 其中两条常规硅基波导作为输入/输出信号通道, 居于其中的槽式微环谐振腔用于偏振态/波长选择组件. 采用全矢量频域有限差分法详细分析了硅基常规及槽波导的模式特性, 结果发现其横磁模的模场布及其有效折射率相似, 而其横电模相应的特性则差异明显, 结果输入横磁模能够在谐振工作波长下从下路端口输出, 而输入横电模与微环耦合可以忽略, 直接从直通端口输出, 从而实现两偏振态的高效分离. 采用全矢量时域有限差分法详细分析了该偏振解复用器的光波传输特性, 结果表明, 当微环半径为3.489 μm时, 在1.55 μm工作波长下, 横磁模与横电模的消光比与插入损耗分别为 ～ 26.12 (36.67) dB与 ～ 0.49 (0.09) dB. 另外, 论文详细讨论了器件关键结构参数的制作容差, 并给出了输入模场在器件中的传输演变情况.     

A new design of tunable four-port wavelength demultiplexer by photonic crystal ring resonators

A four-channel wavelength demultiplexer based on photonic crystal ring resonators (PCRR), which can be used for photonic integrated circuits, is designed. Dropping efficiency and Q factor of single improved ring are 100% and 842, respectively. In order to achieve the structure of demultiplexer, three improved rings have been used, that every ring has an individual inner rod radius; it means that each ring has a varying resonant wavelength. The results of simulation using finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method in our proposed structure reveals an average transmitted power higher than 90% for each output port, Channel spacing is about 8 nm and bandwidth for each individual channel is about 2.8 nm. The mean value of the crosstalk between output channels and the area of the proposed structure are about −29 dB and 317 μm², respectively. By changing the radius of inner rods, various wavelengths can be chosen, therefore this device is tunable.     

大角度蚀刻衍射光栅的模拟

研究了平面波导密集波分复用器件中很有发展潜力的蚀刻衍射光栅(EDG).小角度范围光栅的模拟通常采用高斯近似的输入光场,由于近轴的高斯光场接近实际光场,所以模拟结果很准确.但这种方法应用于大角度范围的光栅则有偏差.本文提出了大角度蚀刻衍射光栅的模拟方法,分析了这种偏差并给出了模拟结果.事实上这种方法也适合于实际任意输入光场的模拟.