A 32-channel 100 GHz wavelength division multiplexer by interleaving two silicon arrayed waveguide gratings

A 32-channel wavelength division multiplexer with 100 GHz spacing is designed and fabricated by interleaving two silicon arrayed waveguide gratings(AWGs).It has a parallel structure consisting of two silicon 16-channel AWGs with200 GHz spacing and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI)with 200 GHz free spectral range.The 16 channels of one silicon AWG are interleaved with those of the other AWG in spectrum,but with an identical spacing of 200 GHz.For the composed wavelength division multiplexer,the experiment results reveal 32 wavelength channels in C-band,a wavelength spacing of 100 GHz,and a channel crosstalk lower than-15 dB.

Kinetics and Dynamics of the H(^(2)S)+NO(X^(2)Π)→N(^(4)S)+OH(X^(2)Π) Reaction:A Quasi-classical Trajectory Study

A quasi-classical trajectory study of the H(^(2)S)+NO(X^(2)Π)→N(^(4)S)+OH(X^(2)Π) reaction kinetics and dynamics is reported on an accurate potential energy surface.The total integral cross sections of the reaction were calculated at the collision energy ranging from 2.00 e V to 2.80 e V.It was found that the total reaction integral cross section increases monotonically with the collision energy.Specifically at the collision energy range of 2.40-2.57 e V,our calculated results are in reasonably good agreement with the experimental data.The calculated thermal rate constants are in fairly good agreement with available experimental results.Through the trajectory analysis at the collision energy of 2.57 e V,it was found that the title reaction is dominated by the indirect trajectories(1.4 times more compared to the direct trajectories),which sheds light on the reaction dynamics of the title reaction in the high collision energy range.

EOM-CCSD-Based Neural Network Diabatic Potential Energy Matrix for ^(1)πσ^(*)-Mediated Photodissociation of Thiophenol

A new diabatic potential energy matrix(PEM)of the coupled~^(1)ππ^(*)and~1πσ*states for the~1πσ*-mediated photodissociation of thiophenol was constructed using a neural network(NN)approach.The diabatization of the PEM was specifically achieved by our recent method[Chin.J.Chem.Phys.34,825(2021)],which was based on adiabatic energies without the associated costly derivative couplings.The equation of motion coupled cluster with single and double excitations(EOM-CCSD)method was employed to compute adiabatic energies of two excited states in this work due to its high accuracy,simplicity,and efficiency.The PEM includes three dimensionalities,namely the S-H stretch,C-S-H bend,and C-C-S-H torsional coordinates.The root mean square errors of the NN fitting for the S1 and S2 states are 0.89 and 1.33 me V,respectively,suggesting the high accuracy of the NN method as expected.The calculated lifetimes of the S1 vibronic 00 and31 states are found to be in reasonably good agreement with available theoretical and experimental results,which validates the new EOM-CCSD-based PEM fitted by the NN approach.The combination of the diabatization scheme solely based on the adiabatic energies and the use of EOM-CCSD method makes the construction of reliable diabatic PEM quite simple and efficient.

Three-Dimensional Diabatic Potential Energy Surfaces of Thiophenol withNeural Networks

Three-dimensional(3D)diabatic potential energy surfaces(PESs)of thiophenol involving the S0,and coupled 1ππ^(*) and 1πσ^(*) states were constructed by a neural network approach.Specifically,the diabatization of the PESs for the 1ππ^(*) and 1πσ^(*) states was achieved by the fitting approach with neural networks,which was merely based on adiabatic energies but with the correct symmetry constraint on the off-diagonal term in the diabatic potential energy matrix.The root mean square errors(RMSEs)of the neural network fitting for all three states were found to be quite small(<4 meV),which suggests the high accuracy of the neural network method.The computed low-lying energy levels of the S_(0) state and lifetime of the 0^(0) state of S_(1) on the neural network PESs are found to be in good agreement with those from the earlier diabatic PESs,which validates the accuracy and reliability of the PESs fitted by the neural network approach.

High-performance ultra-compact polarization splitterrotators based on dual-etching and tapered asymmetrical directional coupler

High-performance ultra-compact polarization splitter-rotators(PSRs)are designed and experimentally demonstrated,using dual etching and a tapered asymmetrical directional coupler.First,two novel PSRs are designed with nanowire and subwavelength grating cross-port waveguides and verified in simulations.Then,one of the two PSRs is fabricated.Experiment results reveal that the extinction ratio is higher than 28 dB or 32 dB at 1550 nm for the launched fundamental transverse magnetic or the transverse electric modes,while the corresponding insertion loss and polarization conversion loss are 0.33 dB and 0.18 dB,respectively.