基于单端SOA波长转换器的消光比特性分析

对一种基于单端半导体光放大器(SOA)的交叉增益调制型 (XGM)全光波长转换器结构建立了动态理论模型,以这个模型为基础分析了抽运光功率、探测光功率、剩余反射率、转换波长转换间隔、注入电流对转换后探测光的输出消光比的影响。结果表明,利用单端SOA实现波长转换比普通SOA实现波长转换将获得更好的输出消光比特性。

基于单端耦合SOA的波长转换器啁啾特性分析

提出了一种基于单端半导体光放大器 (SOA)的交叉增益调制型 (XGM)全光波长转换器结构,并针对这种结构建立了动态理论模型,以这个模型为基础分析了泵浦光功率、探测光功率、输出消光比、输入消光比对转换后信号啁啾的影响 结果表明利用这种结构的波长转换器实现波长转换,在提高输出消光比的同时也降低了转换光的啁啾,较传统的波长转换器是一种改进.

基于集成光波导的超快光子微积分运算研究进展

为了克服电子计算的速率瓶颈,采用全光计算可以有效释放光子的巨大带宽资源,同时全光计算在全光通信网络中有着举足轻重的作用,集成光波导器件以其尺寸小、质量轻、功率代价小等优势已经成为最受关注的光子计算芯片资源之一。光子微积分运算是指在光域中直接对输入信号进行微积分数学运算。本文回顾了几种常见的硅基光波导器件用于光子微积分运算的实现方案,包括高阶光子微分运算、分数阶微分运算、高阶常系数微分方程求解、可重构的一阶常系数微分方程求解,分别采用的硅基集成光子器件包括级联马赫增德尔干涉仪、掺杂型马赫增德尔干涉仪、级联微环谐振器和掺杂型微环谐振器。本文指出利用集成光波导器件来实现光子微积分器势必会成为光子微积分运算的重要发展方向。

光电子器件与集成

2015年6月16～19日，2015光电子器件与集成国际学术研讨会在武汉举行。此次会议由武汉光电国家实验室（筹）（WNLO）和美国光学学会（OSA）联合承办，是第8届国际光子与光电子学会议（PO—EM2015）与美国光学学会（OSA）联合举办的两个POEM—OSA专题会议（即光电子器件与集成（OE—DI）和能源光子学（PFE））之一。

现代光电领域交叉学科的创新与开拓

2010年11月3—5日，由华中科技大学、湖北省科学技术厅、武汉东湖国家自主创新示范区主办，英国皇家物理学会、美国物理联合会、国际生物医学光学学会、美国激光协会、美国光学学会、IEEE光电协会（新加坡、香港分会）和中国光学学会协办，武汉光电国家实验室（筹）承办的第3届国际光子与光电子学会议（POEM 2010）成功举行。

硅光非线性效应在数字光子回路中的应用

文章首先介绍了硅光非线性效应在数字光子回路中的应用和研究价值,接着简要介绍了硅基纳米波导中的光力效应和热光效应,最后较详细地阐述了光力效应在路径非对称光传输中的应用,以及利用热光效应实现的光顺序路由传输和光学编码。

Photonic generation of power-efficient FCC-compliant ultra-wideband waveforms using semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA):theoretical analysis and experiment verification

We theoretically design a power-efficient ultra-wideband pulse generator by combining three monocycle pulses with different weights. We also experimentally demonstrate a feasible scheme to generate such power-efficient ultra-wideband waveforms using cross-phase modulation in a single semiconductor optical amplifier. The designed ultra-wideband pulse fully satisfies the requirements for the spectral mask specified by the Federal Communications Commission with high power efficiency. In the experiment, a power-efficient ultra-wideband waveform with a pulse duration of 310 ps is achieved, and the power efficiency is greatly improved compared with that of a single nlonocycle pulse or a mixture of two monoeycles.

Photonic generation of arbitrary waveforms based on incoherent wavelength-to-time mapping

We demonstrate experimentally a radio frequency arbitrary waveform generator using the incoherent wavelength-to-time mapping technique. The system is implemented by amplitude modulation of a broadband optical resource whose spectrum is reshaped by a programmable optical pulse shaper and transmitted over a single mode fiber link. The shape of the generated waveform is controlled by the optical pulse shaper, and the fiber link introduces a certain group velocity delay to implement wavelength-to-time mapping. Assisted by the flexible optical pulse shaper, we obtain different shapes of optical waveforms, such as rectangle, triangle, and sawtooth waveforms. Furthermore, we also demonstrate ultra-wideband generation, such as Gaussian monocycle, doublet, and triplet waveforms, using the incoherent technique.

Theoretical Study of SOA-Based Wavelength Conversion with NRZ and RZ Format at 40 Gb/s

We theoretically discuss 40 Gb/s semiconductor optical amplifier （SOA）-based wavelength conversion （WC） using a detuning optical bandpass Jilter based on ultrafast dynamic characteristics of SOA. Both the inverted and noninverted WCs are obtained by shifting the filter central wavelength with respect to the probe wavelength when input data signal is in return-to-zero （RZ） format. However, we can obtain format conversion from nonreturn- to-zero （NRZ） to pseudo-return-to-zero （PRZ） and inverted WC when the input signal is in NRZ format.

High-Order Ultrawideband Pulse Generation from NRZ-DPSK Signals

A simple method to generate ultrawideband （UWB） doublet and triplet from nonreturn-to-zero （NRZ） differential phase shift keying （DPSK） signals is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The proposed configuration consists of a Mach-Zehnder modulator （MZM） to generate NRZ-DPSK signals, a section of single-mode fibre to form a microwave bandpass filter, which is used to generate doublet pulses, and a Gaussian optical bandpass filter （OBF）, which serves as a frequency discriminator to generate higher-order UWB pulses. A pair of polarity- reversed triplet pulses is achieved by locating the optical carrier at the positive and negative linear Mopes of the OBF, where the OBF detuning is 0.12nm and -0.2 nm, respectively. The spectra of the pair of UWB triplets have a central frequency of 5 GHz and 5.6 GHz, and have a -10 dB bandwidth of 6.9 GHz and 8.1 GHz, respectively. The UWB pulses remain doublet shape when the light wavelength is located at the peak of the OBF. The spectrum of the doublet has a central frequency of 5.6 GHz and a -10 dB bandwidth of 6.9 GHz.

Semiconductor-Optical-Amplifier-Based Inverted and Non-Inverted Wavelength Conversion at 40 Gb/s Using a Detuning Optical Bandpass Filter

We experimentally demonstrate 40Gb/s semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based tunable wavelength conversion （WC） using a detuning optical bandpass filter. Both inverted and non-inverted WCs are obtained by shifting the filter central wavelength with respect to the probe wavelength. When the filter is red shifted by 0.4nm or blue shifted by 0.3nm, the WC is non-inverted. However, when the filter is blue shifted by 0.1 nm, the WC is inverted. It is experimentally demonstrated that the WC has a tunable range covering the C-band.

All-optical error-bit amplitude monitor based on NOT and AND gates in cascaded semiconductor optical amplifiers

This paper proposes and simulates a novel all-optical error-bit amplitude monitor based on cross-gain modulation and four-wave mixing in cascaded semiconductor optical amplifiers （SOAs）, which function as logic NOT and logic AND, respectively. The proposed scheme is successfully simulated for 40 Gb/s return-to-zero （RZ） signal with different duty cycles. In the first stage, the SOA is followed by a detuning filter to accelerate the gain recovery as well as improve the extinction ratio. A clock probe signal is used to avoid the edge pulse-pairs in the output waveform. Among these RZ formats, 33% RZ format is preferred to obtain the largest eye opening. The normalized error amplitude, defined as error bit amplitude over the standard mark amplitude, has a dynamic range from 0.1 to 0.65 for all RZ formats. The simulations show small input power dynamic range because of the nonlinear gain variation in the first stage. This scheme is competent for nonreturn-to-zero format at 10Gb/s as well.

All-Optical Temporal Differentiator Using a High Resolution Optical Arbitrary Waveform Shaper

We experimentally demonstrate an all-optical temporal differentiator using a high resolution optical arbitrary waveform shaper,which is based on liquid crystal on silicon switching elements,and both amplitude and phase of the spectrum are programmable.By designing specific transfer functions with the optical waveform shaper,we obtain first-,second-,and third-order differentiators for periodic pulses with small average errors.We also theoretically analyze the bandwidth limitation of optical waveform shaper on the differentiator.

微波光子网络的可重构与智能化

高性能的光子模拟处理芯片是微波光子处理系统的核心部件,文章通过优化光波导网络结构,实现了一种超宽带可重构的光子模拟运算芯片,通过配置拓扑网络结构实现了多种运算功能的任意切换以及同种功能的运算阶数可调谐。同时,研究了具有自配置能力的光学矩阵计算芯片,以及用于图像处理的片上光子卷积加速器。最后,对微波光子系统与人工智能的交叉融合进行了展望。

Microwave photonic filter with a continuously tunable central frequency using an SOI high-Q microdisk resonator

Utilizing a high-Q microdisk resonator （MDR） on a single silicon-on-insulator （SOI） chip, a compact microwave photonic filter （MPF） with a continuously tunable central frequency is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Assisted by the optical single side-band （OSSB） modulation, the optical frequency response of the MDR is mapped to the microwave frequency response to form an MPF with a continuously tunable central frequency and a narrow 3-dB bandwidth. In the experiment, using an MDR with a compact size of 20×20 μm^2 and a high Q factor of 1.07×10^5, we obtain a compact MPF with a high rejection ratio of about 40 dB, a 3-dB bandwidth of about 2 GHz, and a frequency tuning range larger than 12 GHz. Our approach may allow the implementation of very compact, low-cost, low-consumption, and integrated notch MPF in a silicon chip.

Photonic multi-shape UWB pulse generation using a semiconductor optical amplifier-based nonlinear optical loop mirror

We propose and demonstrate a scheme to implement photonic multi-shape ultra-wideband（UWB） signal generation using a semiconductor optical amplifier（SOA） based nonlinear optical loop mirror（NOLM）.By employing the cross phase modulation（XPM） effect,cross gain modulation（XGM）,or both,multi-shape UWB waveforms are generated including monocycle,doublet,triplet,and quadruplet pulses.Both the shapes and polarities of the generated pulses are flexible to adjust,which may be very useful in UWB pulse shape modulation and pulse polarity modulation.

On-chip optical pulse shaper for arbitrary waveform generation

We propose and demonstrate a silicon-on-insulator （SOI） on-chip optical pulse shaper based on four-tap finite impulse response. Due to different width designs in phase region of each tap, the phase differences for all taps are controlled by an external thermal source, resulting in an optical pulse shaper. We further demonstrate optical arbitrary waveform generation based on the optical pulse shaper assisted by an optical frequency comb injection. Four different optical waveforms are generated when setting the central wavelengths at 1533.78 nm and 1547.1 nm and setting the thermal source temperatures at 23 ℃ and 33 ℃, respectively. Our scheme has distinct advantages of compactness, capability for integrating with electronics since the integrated silicon waveguide is employed.

All-Optical Clock Recovery from NRZ-DPSK Signals at Flexible Bit Rates

We propose and demonstrate all-optical clock recovery （OR） from nonreturn-to-zero differential phase-shift- keying （NRZ-DPSK） signals at different bit rates theoretically and experimentally. By pre-processing with a single optical filter, clock component can be enhanced significantly and thus clock signal can be extracted from the preprocessed signals, by cascading a OR unit with a semiconductor optical amplifier based fibre ring laser. Compared with the previous preprocessing schemes, the single filter is simple and suitable for different bit rates. The clock signals can be achieved with extinction ratio over lOdB and rms timing jitter of 0.86 and 0.9 at 10 and 20 Gb/s, respectively. The output performances related to the bandwidth and the detuning of the filter are analysed. By simply using a filter with larger bandwidth, much higher operation can be achieved easily.

Diversity of photonic differentiators based on flexible demodulation of phase signals

We theoretically propose a multifunctional photonic differentiation （DIFF） scheme based on phase demodulation using two cascaded linear filters. The photonic D1FF has a diversity of output forms, such as the 1 st order intensity DIFF, the 1 st order field DIFF and its inversion, and the 2nd-order field DIFF, depending on the relative shift between the optical carrier and the filter＇s resonant notches. As a proof, we also experimentally demonstrate the DIFF diversity using a phase modulator and two delay interferometers （Dis）. The calculated average deviation is less than 7% for all DIFF waveforms. Our schemes show the advantages of flexible DIFF functions and forms, which may have different optical applications. For example, high order field differentiators can be used to generate complex temporal waveforms, and intensity differentiators are useful for the ultra-wideband pulse generation.

Optical pulse shaper with integrated slab waveguide for arbitrary waveform generation using optical gradient force

Integrated optical pulse shaper opens up possibilities for realizing the ultra high-speed and ultra wide-band linear signal processing with compact size and low power consumption. We propose a silicon monolithic integrated optical pulse shaper using optical gradient force, which is based on the eight-path finite impulse response. A cantilever structure is fabricated in one arm of the Mach–Zehnder interferometer（MZI） to act as an amplitude modulator. The phase shift feature of waveguide is analyzed with the optical pump power, and five typical waveforms are demonstrated with the manipulation of optical force. Unlike other pulse shaper schemes based on thermo–optic effect or electro–optic effect, our scheme is based on a new degree of freedom manipulation, i.e., optical force, so no microelectrodes are required on the silicon chip,which can reduce the complexity of fabrication. Besides, the chip structure is suitable for commercial silicon on an insulator（SOI） wafer, which has a top silicon layer of about 220 nm in thickness.