摘要
Microring resonators have been widely used in passive optical devices such as wavelength division multiplexers,differentiators,and integrators.Research on terahertz(THz)components has been accelerated by these photonics technologies.Compact and integrated time-domain differentiators that enable low-loss,high-speed THz signal processing are necessary for THz applications.In this study,an on-chip THz temporal differentiator based on all-silicon photonic technology was developed.This device primarily consisted of a microring waveguide resonator and was packaged with standard waveguide compatibility.It performed time-domain differentiation on input signals at a frequency of 405.45 GHz with an insertion loss of 2.5 dB and a working bandwidth of 0.36 GHz.Various periodic waveforms could be handled by this differentiator.This device could work as an edge detector,which detected step-like edges in high-speed input signals through differential effects.This development holds significant promise for future THz data processing technologies and THz communication systems.
基金
support from the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology(No.2021ZD0303401)
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62271245,62227820,62271242,62071214,62004093,12033002,62035014,62288101,and 11227904)
National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2018YFB1801504)
Excellent Youth Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20200060)
Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,Key Lab of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems with Extreme Performance,and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Techniques for Manipulating Electromagnetic Waves.