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Shim J, Lim J, Geum DM, You JB, Yoon H, Kim JP, Baek WJ, Kim I, Han JH, Kim S. High-sensitivity waveguide-integrated bolometer based on free-carrier absorption for Si photonic sensors. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:42663-42677. [PMID: 36366716 DOI: 10.1364/oe.469862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Conventional photon detectors necessarily face critical challenges regarding strong wavelength-selective response and narrow spectral bandwidth, which are undesirable for spectroscopic applications requiring a wide spectral range. With this perspective, herein, we overcome these challenges through a free-carrier absorption-based waveguide-integrated bolometer for infrared spectroscopic sensors on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform featuring a spectrally flat response at near-infrared (NIR) range (1520-1620 nm). An in-depth thermal analysis was conducted with a systematic investigation of geometry dependence on the detectors. We achieved great performances: temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) of -3.786%/K and sensitivity of -26.75%/mW with a low wavelength dependency, which are record-high values among reported waveguide bolometers so far, to our knowledge. In addition, a clear on-off response with the rise/fall time of 24.2/29.2 µs and a 3-dB roll-off frequency of ∼22 kHz were obtained, sufficient for a wide range of sensing applications. Together with the possibility of expanding an operation range to the mid-infrared (MIR) band, as well as simplicity in the detector architecture, our work here presents a novel strategy for integrated photodetectors covering NIR to MIR at room temperature for the development of the future silicon photonic sensors with ultrawide spectral bandwidth.
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Thiel L, Logan AD, Chakravarthi S, Shree S, Hestroffer K, Hatami F, Fu KMC. Precise electron beam-based target-wavelength trimming for frequency conversion in integrated photonic resonators. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:6921-6933. [PMID: 35299466 DOI: 10.1364/oe.446244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We demonstrate post-fabrication target-wavelength trimming with a gallium phosphide on a silicon nitride integrated photonic platform using controlled electron-beam exposure of hydrogen silsesquioxane cladding. A linear relationship between the electron-beam exposure dose and resonant wavelength red-shift enables deterministic, individual trimming of multiple devices on the same chip to within 30 pm of a single target wavelength. Second harmonic generation from telecom to near infrared at a target wavelength is shown in multiple devices with quality factors on the order of 104. Post-fabrication tuning is an essential tool for targeted wavelength applications including quantum frequency conversion.
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Zarebidaki H, Fathipour M, Shahabadi M, Bogaerts W. Disk-loaded silicon micro-ring resonator for high-Q resonance. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:22688-22703. [PMID: 34266027 DOI: 10.1364/oe.430268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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By adding two disks to a standard silicon micro-ring resonator, a very high-quality factor (Q) asymmetric resonance with Q values as high as 7.773 × 105 and slope rates in excess of 880 dB/nm can be achieved. A circuit model has been proposed for this device based on which an analysis has been carried out that can predict the effect of reflections in the coupling components. Depending on the coupling coefficient between the disks and the micro-ring resonator (MRR), it is possible to use this design in three regimes, with different spectral features. Moreover, it is shown that the disks introduce a discontinuity in the transmission spectrum and the relative positioning of the disks in the ring provides a new degree of freedom in the design step. The proposed device features a high extinction ratio (ER) around 1550 nm and could be fabricated in any standard silicon photonics technology without requiring any extra materials or processing steps. The proposed resonator has a high sensitivity of ΔλRes (nm)/Δn > 299 nm/RIU, which makes it suitable for sensing applications and efficient modulators.
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Sun P, Van Vaerenbergh T, Fiorentino M, Beausoleil R. Adjoint-method-inspired grating couplers for CWDM O-band applications. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:3756-3767. [PMID: 32122037 DOI: 10.1364/oe.382986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We have designed a grating coupler on Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) platform that has sufficient bandwidth to cover the entire CWDM O-band from 1270 nm to 1330 nm. The grating architecture is inspired by adjoint method-based geometry optimization, and then parameterized to accommodate DOE construction for tapeouts at commercial CMOS foundries and wafer-level testing on fiber probe stations. One grating design achieved peak loss of 3.2 dB with 1-dB bandwidth spanning from 1265 nm to 1338 nm in simulations.
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Sethi P, Selvaraja SK. Alignment-tolerant broadband compact taper for low-loss coupling to a silicon-on-insulator photonic wire waveguide. APPLIED OPTICS 2019; 58:6222-6227. [PMID: 31503763 DOI: 10.1364/ao.58.006222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We experimentally demonstrate a broadband, fabrication-tolerant compact silicon waveguide taper (34.2 μm) in a silicon-on-insulator wire waveguide. The taper works on multimode interference along the length of the taper. A single taper design has broadband operation with coupling efficiency >70% over 700 nm that can be used in O-, C-, and L-bands. The compact taper is highly tolerant to fabrication variations; ±100 nm change in the taper and end waveguide width varies the taper transmission by <5%. The footprint of the device, i.e., the taper along with linear gratings, is ≈442 μm2, 11.5× smaller than the adiabatic taper. The taper with linear gratings provides coupling efficiency comparable to standard focusing gratings. We have also experimentally compared the translational and rotational alignment tolerance of the focusing grating with linear grating couplers.
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Van Gasse K, Wang R, Roelkens G. 27 dB gain III-V-on-silicon semiconductor optical amplifier with > 17 dBm output power. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:293-302. [PMID: 30645375 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.000293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Hybrid III-V-on-silicon semiconductor optical amplifiers with high-gain and high-output-power are important in many applications such as transceivers, integrated microwave photonics and photonic beamforming. In this work we present the design, fabrication and characterization of high-gain, high-output-power III-V-on-silicon semiconductor optical amplifiers. The amplifiers support a hybrid III-V/Si optical mode to reduce confinement in the active region and increase the saturation power. A small-signal gain of 27 dB, a saturation power of 17.24 dBm and an on-chip output power of 17.5 dBm is measured for a current density of 4.9 kA/cm2 (power consumption of 540 mW) at room temperature for an amplifier with a total length of 1.45 mm. The amplifiers were realized using a 6 quantum well InGaAsP active region, which was previously used to fabricate high-speed directly modulated DFB lasers, enabling their co-integration.
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Mak JCC, Sacher WD, Ying H, Luo X, Lo PGQ, Poon JKS. Multi-layer silicon nitride-on-silicon polarization-independent grating couplers. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:30623-30633. [PMID: 30469956 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.030623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A polarization-independent grating coupler is proposed and demonstrated in a 3-layer silicon nitride-on-silicon photonic platform. Polarization independent coupling was made possible by the supermodes and added degrees of geometric freedom unique to the 3-layer photonic platform. The grating was designed via optimization algorithms, and the simulated peak coupling efficiency was -2.1 dB with a 1 dB polarization dependent loss (PDL) bandwidth of 69 nm. The fabricated grating couplers had a peak coupling efficiency of -4.8 dB with 1 dB PDL bandwidth of over 100 nm.
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Güsken NA, Nielsen MP, Nguyen NB, Maier SA, Oulton RF. Nanofocusing in SOI-based hybrid plasmonic metal slot waveguides. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:30634-30643. [PMID: 30469957 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.030634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Through a process of efficient dielectric to metallic waveguide mode conversion, we calculate a >400-fold field intensity enhancement in a silicon photonics compatible nanofocusing device. A metallic slot waveguide sits on top of the silicon slab waveguide with nanofocusing being achieved by tapering the slot width gradually. We evaluate the conversion between the numerous photonic modes of the planar silicon waveguide slab and the most confined plasmonic mode of a 20 x 50 nm2 slot in the metallic film. With an efficiency of ~80%, this system enables remarkably effective nanofocusing, although the small amount of inter-mode coupling shows that this structure is not quite adiabatic. In order to couple photonic and plasmonic modes efficiently, in-plane focusing is required, simulated here by curved input grating couplers. The nanofocusing device shows how to efficiently bridge the photonic micro-regime and the plasmonic nano-regime whilst maintaining compatibility with the silicon photonics platform.
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Uvin S, Kumari S, De Groote A, Verstuyft S, Lepage G, Verheyen P, Van Campenhout J, Morthier G, Van Thourhout D, Roelkens G. 1.3 μm InAs/GaAs quantum dot DFB laser integrated on a Si waveguide circuit by means of adhesive die-to-wafer bonding. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:18302-18309. [PMID: 30114011 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.018302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In this paper we report a single mode InAs/GaAs quantum dot distributed feedback laser at 1.3 μm wavelength heterogeneously integrated on a Si photonics waveguide circuit. Single mode lasing around 1300 nm with a side-mode suppression ratio higher than 40 dB is demonstrated. High temperature operation with continuous wave lasing up to 100°C is obtained. Threshold current densities as low as 205 A/cm2 were measured. These devices are attractive candidates to use in uncooled silicon photonic transceivers in data centers.
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Hong J, Qiu F, Spring AM, Yokoyama S. Silicon waveguide grating coupler based on a segmented grating structure. APPLIED OPTICS 2018; 57:3301-3305. [PMID: 29714320 DOI: 10.1364/ao.57.003301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We present the simulation, fabrication, and experimental results of a high-efficiency and wide-bandwidth segmented waveguide grating coupler on a silicon-on-insulator platform for near vertical optical coupling between the waveguide and optical fiber. The coupler comprises segmented gratings, which can increase vertical coupling to the optical fiber and reduce backward reflection. The proposed grating coupler has a 3 dB bandwidth of 71.4 nm and a coupling efficiency of 51.7% at a wavelength of 1550 nm. Compared with the standard uniform waveguide grating coupler, the coupling efficiency was improved by 25.64%.
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Dhoore S, Rahim A, Roelkens G, Morthier G. 12.5 Gbit/s discretely tunable InP-on-silicon filtered feedback laser with sub-nanosecond wavelength switching times. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:8059-8068. [PMID: 29715779 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.008059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A heterogeneously integrated InP-on-silicon fast tunable filtered feedback laser is demonstrated. The laser device consists of a main Fabry-Pérot cavity connected to an integrated arrayed waveguide grating of which the outputs form external cavities in which semiconductor optical amplifiers can be switched to provide single-mode operation and tunability. The laser can operate at four different wavelengths whereby switching between each wavelength channel is done within one nanosecond. For each wavelength channel 12.5 Gbit/s NRZ-OOK direct modulation is demonstrated. The combination of fast wavelength switching with straightforward wavelength control and high-speed direct modulation characteristics make the demonstrated laser structure very attractive for use in optical packet or burst switching systems.
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A compact silicon grating coupler based on hollow tapered spot-size converter. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2540. [PMID: 29416080 PMCID: PMC5803240 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20875-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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A new compact silicon grating coupler enabling fibre-to-chip light coupling at a minimized taper length is proposed. The proposed coupler, which incorporates a hollow tapered waveguide, converts the spot-size of optical modes from micro- to nano-scales by reducing the lateral dimension from 15 µm to 300 nm at a length equals to 60 µm. The incorporation of such a coupler in photonic integrated circuit causes a physical footprint as small as 81 µm × 15 µm with coupling efficiency and 3-dB coupling bandwidth as high as 72% and 69 nm respectively.
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Wang Y, Xu L, Kumar A, D'Mello Y, Patel D, Xing Z, Li R, Saber MG, El-Fiky E, Plant DV. Compact single-etched sub-wavelength grating couplers for O-band application. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:30582-30590. [PMID: 29221085 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.030582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We demonstrate two single-etched sub-wavelength grating coupler (SWGC) designs for O-band application, one targeting at high coupling efficiency and the other targeting at broad operating bandwidth. The high-efficiency SWGC has a measured peak coupling efficiency of -3.8 dB and a 3-dB bandwidth of 40 nm, and the broadband SWGC has a measured peak coupling efficiency of -4.3 dB and a 3-dB bandwidth of 71 nm. Focusing gratings have been used in our SWGCs to reduce the design footprints and the dimensions of our SWGCs are smaller than 45 μm × 24 μm. The back reflections of our SWGCs are suppressed to be below -15 dB over the wavelength range from 1260 nm to 1360 nm.
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Weimann C, Lauermann M, Hoeller F, Freude W, Koos C. Silicon photonic integrated circuit for fast and precise dual-comb distance metrology. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:30091-30104. [PMID: 29221043 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.030091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We demonstrate an optical distance sensor integrated on a silicon photonic chip with a footprint of well below 1 mm2. The integrated system comprises a heterodyne receiver structure with tunable power splitting ratio and on-chip photodetectors. The functionality of the device is demonstrated in a synthetic-wavelength interferometry experiment using frequency combs as optical sources. We obtain accurate and fast distance measurements with an unambiguity range of 3.75 mm, a root-mean-square error of 3.4 µm and acquisition times of 14 µs.
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Zhang J, Li Y, Dhoore S, Morthier G, Roelkens G. Unidirectional, widely-tunable and narrow-linewidth heterogeneously integrated III-V-on-silicon laser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:7092-7100. [PMID: 28381049 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.007092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A heterogeneously integrated widely tunable III-V-on-silicon ring laser with unidirectional operation is demonstrated. 40 nm tuning range (from 1560 nm to 1600 nm) is obtained using the Vernier effect between two ring resonators incorporated in the ring laser cavity. Unidirectional operation is obtained by integrating a DBR reflector coupling the clockwise and counterclockwise mode of the ring laser cavity. Unidirectional operation is obtained over the entire tuning range with about 10 dB suppression of the clockwise mode. The laser linewidth is lower than 1 MHz over the entire tuning range, down to 550 kHz in the optimum operation point. The waveguide-coupled output power is above 0 dBm over the entire tuning range.
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Dhoore S, Roelkens G, Morthier G. III-V-on-silicon three-section DBR laser with over 12 nm continuous tuning range. OPTICS LETTERS 2017; 42:1121-1124. [PMID: 28295063 DOI: 10.1364/ol.42.001121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Device and tuning characteristics of a novel heterogeneously integrated III-V-on-silicon three-section distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser are presented. The laser exhibits a continuous wavelength tuning range of more than 12 nm. Thermal tuning is achieved through carrier injection in the passive tuning layer of a III-V tunable twin-guide membrane. Single-mode lasing with a side-mode suppression ratio larger than 30 dB over the entire tuning range is realized through implementation of a sidewall-corrugated silicon-on-insulator waveguide grating as one of the laser mirrors.
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Wang Y, Shi W, Wang X, Lu Z, Caverley M, Bojko R, Chrostowski L, Jaeger NAF. Design of broadband subwavelength grating couplers with low back reflection. OPTICS LETTERS 2015; 40:4647-4650. [PMID: 26469585 DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.004647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We present a methodology to design broadband grating couplers using one-dimensional subwavelength gratings. Using the presented method, we design subwavelength grating couplers (SWGCs) with 1-dB bandwidths ranging from 50 to 90 nm. Our designed SWGCs have competitive coupling efficiency, as high as -3.8 dB for the fundamental TE mode, and state-of-the-art back reflections, as low as -23 dB.
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Akhlaghi MK, Schelew E, Young JF. Waveguide integrated superconducting single-photon detectors implemented as near-perfect absorbers of coherent radiation. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8233. [PMID: 26359204 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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At the core of an ideal single-photon detector is an active material that absorbs and converts every incident photon to a discriminable signal. A large active material favours efficient absorption, but often at the expense of conversion efficiency, noise, speed and timing accuracy. In this work, short (8.5 μm long) and narrow (8 × 35 nm(2)) U-shaped NbTiN nanowires atop silicon-on-insulator waveguides are embedded in asymmetric nanobeam cavities that render them as near-perfect absorbers despite their small volume. At 2.05 K, when biased at 0.9 of the critical current, the resulting superconducting single-photon detectors achieve a near-unity on-chip quantum efficiency for ∼1,545 nm photons, an intrinsic dark count rate <0.1 Hz, a reset time of ∼7 ns, and a timing jitter of ∼55 ps full-width at half-maximum. Such ultracompact, high-performance detectors are essential for progress in integrated quantum optics.
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- Mohsen K Akhlaghi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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Keyvaninia S, Uvin S, Tassaert M, Fu X, Latkowski S, Mariën J, Thomassen L, Lelarge F, Duan G, Verheyen P, Lepage G, Van Campenhout J, Bente E, Roelkens G. Narrow-linewidth short-pulse III-V-on-silicon mode-locked lasers based on a linear and ring cavity geometry. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:3221-3229. [PMID: 25836180 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.003221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Picosecond-pulse III-V-on-silicon mode-locked lasers based on linear and ring extended cavity geometries are presented. In passive mode-locked operation a 12 kHz -3dB linewidth of the fundamental RF tone at 4.7 GHz is obtained for the linear cavity geometry and 16 kHz for the ring cavity geometry. Stabilization of the repetition rate of these devices using hybrid mode-locking is also demonstrated.
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Dai M, Ma L, Xu Y, Lu M, Liu X, Chen Y. Highly efficient and perfectly vertical chip-to-fiber dual-layer grating coupler. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:1691-1698. [PMID: 25835925 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.001691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A novel high-efficiency silicon-chip-to-fiber grating coupler is investigated here. By introducing a dual layer grating structure with an inter-layer lateral shift to mimic 45° tilted mirror behavior, perfectly vertical coupling is successfully demonstrated. Our numerical results show that a peak silicon-chip-to-fiber coupling efficiency about 70% is possible near 1550 nm. Meanwhile, for the entire telecom C-band, i.e. wavelengths from 1530 nm to 1565 nm, the coupling efficiency is > 50% and the back reflection is less than < 1%. Our proposed high-performance silicon perfectly vertical coupling structure is suitable for interfacing with multi-core fiber platform, which may play an important role in the future CMOS photonic integration technology.
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Yurtsever G, Weiss N, Kalkman J, van Leeuwen TG, Baets R. Ultra-compact silicon photonic integrated interferometer for swept-source optical coherence tomography. OPTICS LETTERS 2014; 39:5228-31. [PMID: 25166116 DOI: 10.1364/ol.39.005228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We demonstrate an ultra-compact silicon integrated photonic interferometer for swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). The footprint of the integrated interferometer is only 0.75×5 mm2. The design consists of three 2×2 splitters, a 13 cm physical length (50.4 cm optical length) reference arm, and grating couplers. The photonic integrated circuit was used as the interferometer of an SS-OCT system. The sensitivity of the system was measured to be -62 dB with 115 μW power delivered to the sample. Using the system, we demonstrate cross-sectional OCT imaging of a layered tissue phantom. We also discuss potential improvements in passive silicon photonic integrated circuit design and integration with active components.
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Sacher WD, Huang Y, Ding L, Taylor BJF, Jayatilleka H, Lo GQ, Poon JKS. Wide bandwidth and high coupling efficiency Si3N4-on-SOI dual-level grating coupler. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:10938-10947. [PMID: 24921792 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.010938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We propose and experimentally demonstrate fiber-to-chip grating couplers with aligned silicon nitride (Si(3)N(4)) and silicon (Si) grating teeth for wide bandwidths and high coupling efficiencies without the use of bottom reflectors. The measured 1-dB bandwidth is a record 80 nm, and the measured peak coupling efficiency is -1.3 dB, which is competitive with the best Si-only grating couplers. The grating couplers are integrated in a Si(3)N(4) on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) integrated optics platform with aligned waveguides in both the Si(3)N(4) and Si, and we demonstrate a 1 × 4 tunable multiplexer/demultiplexer using the Si(3)N(4)-on-SOI dual-level grating couplers and thermally-tuned Si microring resonators.
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Li Y, Vermeulen D, De Koninck Y, Yurtsever G, Roelkens G, Baets R. Compact grating couplers on silicon-on-insulator with reduced backreflection. OPTICS LETTERS 2012; 37:4356-4358. [PMID: 23114294 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.004356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The backreflection in commonly used grating couplers on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) is not negligible for many applications. This reflection is dramatically reduced in our improved compact grating coupler design, which directs the reflection away from the input waveguide. Realized devices on SOI show that the reflection can be reduced down to -50 dB without an apparent transmission penalty.
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- Yanlu Li
- Photonics Research Group, INTEC-department, Ghent University-IMEC, Ghent, Belgium.
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