Microwave Photonics for Modern Radar Systems

The emerging new concepts and technologies based on microwave photonics have led to an ever-increasing interest in developing innovative radar systems with a net gain in functionality,bandwidth /resolution,size,mass,complexity and cost when compared with the traditional implementations. This paper describes the techniques developed in the last few years in microwave photonics that might revolutionize the way to design multifunction radar systems,with an emphasis on the recent advances in optoelectronic oscillators( OEOs),arbitrary waveform generation,photonic mixing,phase coding,filtering,beamforming,analog-to-digital conversion,and stable radio-frequency signal transfer. Challenges in implementation of these components and subsystems for meeting the technique requirements of the multifunction radar applications are discussed.

Recent advances in microwave photonics

Microwave photonics （MWP） is an interdisci- plinary field that combines two different areas of microwave engineering and photonics. It has several key features by transferring signals between the optical domain and microwave domain, which leads to the advantages of broad operation bandwidth for generation, processing and distribution of microwave signals and high resolution for optical spectrum measurement. In this paper, we comprehensively review past and current status of MWP in China by introducing the representative works from most of the active MWP research groups. Future prospective is also discussed fi＇om the national strategy to key enabling technology that we have developed.

Neuromorphic silicon photonics with 50 GHz tiled matrix multiplication for deep-learning applications

The explosive volume growth of deep-learning(DL)applications has triggered an era in computing,with neuromorphic photonic platforms promising to merge ultra-high speed and energy efficiency credentials with the brain-inspired computing primitives.The transfer of deep neural networks(DNNs)onto silicon photonic(SiPho)architectures requires,however,an analog computing engine that can perform tiled matrix multiplication(TMM)at line rate to support DL applications with a large number of trainable parameters,similar to the approach followed by state-of-the-art electronic graphics processing units.Herein,we demonstrate an analog SiPho computing engine that relies on a coherent architecture and can perform optical TMM at the record-high speed of 50 GHz.Its potential to support DL applications,where the number of trainable parameters exceeds the available hardware dimensions,is highlighted through a photonic DNN that can reliably detect distributed denial-of-service attacks within a data center with a Cohen’s kappa score-based accuracy of 0.636.

Optical signal processing based on silicon photonics waveguide Bragg gratings： review

This paper reviews the work done by research- ers at INRS and UBC in the field of integrated microwave photonics （IMWPs） using silicon based waveguide Bragg gratings （WBGs）. The grating design methodology is discussed in detail, including practical device fabrication considerations. On-chip implementations of various fun- darnental photonic signal processing units, including Fourier transformers, Hilbert transformers, ultrafast pulse shapers etc., are reviewed. Recent progress on WBGs- based IMWP subsystems, such as true time delay elements, phase shifters, real time frequency identification systems, is also discussed.

Microwave photonics connected with microresonator frequency combs

Microresonator frequency combs （microcombs） are very promising as ultra-compact broadband sources for microwave photonic applications. Conversely, microwave photonic techniques are also employed inten- sely in the study of microcombs to reveal and control the comb formation dynamics. In this paper, we reviewed the microwave photonic techniques and applications that are connected with microcombs. The future research directions of microcomb-based microwave photonics were also discussed.

On-chip light sources for silicon photonics

Serving as the electrical to optical converter,the on-chip silicon light source is an indispensable component of silicon photonic technologies and has long been pursued.Here,we briefly review the history and recent progress of a few promising contenders for on-chip light sources in terms of operating wavelength,pump condition,power consumption,and fabrication process.Additionally,the performance of each contender is also assessed with respect to thermal stability,which is a crucial parameter to consider in complex optoelectronic integrated circuits(OEICs)and optical interconnections.Currently,III-V-based silicon(Si)lasers formed via bonding techniques demonstrate the best performance and display the best opportunity for commercial usage in the near future.However,in the long term,direct hetero-epitaxial growth of III–V materials on Si seems more promising for low-cost,high-yield fabrication.The demonstration of high-performance quantum dot(QD)lasers monolithically grown on Si strongly forecasts its feasibility and enormous potential for on-chip lasers.The superior temperature-insensitive characteristics of the QD laser promote this design in large-scale high-density OEICs.The Germanium(Ge)-on-Si laser is also competitive for large-scale monolithic integration in the future.Compared with a III-V-based Si laser,the biggest potential advantage of a Ge-on-Si laser lies in its material and processing compatibility with Si technology.Additionally,the versatility of Ge facilitates photon emission,modulation,and detection simultaneously with a simple process complexity and low cost.

On-chip wireless silicon photonics: from reconfigurable interconnects to lab-on-chip devices

Photonic integrated circuits are developing as key enabling components for high-performance computing and advanced networkon-chip,as well as other emerging technologies such as lab-on-chip sensors,with relevant applications in areas from medicine and biotechnology to aerospace.These demanding applications will require novel features,such as dynamically reconfigurable light pathways,obtained by properly harnessing on-chip optical radiation.In this paper,we introduce a broadband,high directivity(4150),low loss and reconfigurable silicon photonics nanoantenna that fully enables on-chip radiation control.We propose the use of these nanoantennas as versatile building blocks to develop wireless(unguided)silicon photonic devices,which considerably enhance the range of achievable integrated photonic functionalities.As examples of applications,we demonstrate 160 Gbit s−1 data transmission over mm-scale wireless interconnects,a compact low-crosstalk 12-port crossing and electrically reconfigurable pathways via optical beam steering.Moreover,the realization of a flow micro-cytometer for particle characterization demonstrates the smart system integration potential of our approach as lab-on-chip devices.

Design and simulation of a silicon-based hybrid integrated optical gyroscope system

By combining a silicon-based lithium niobate modulator and a silicon-based Si3N4resonator with silicon-based photonics technology,a highly systematic design of a hybrid integrated optical gyroscope with enhanced reciprocity sensitivity and a dual micro-ring structure is proposed for the first time in this paper.The relationship between the device's structural parameters and optical performance is also analyzed by constructing a complete simulation link,which provides a theoretical design reference to improve the system's sensitivity.When the wavelength is 1550 nm,the conversion frequency of the dual-ring optical path is 50 MHz,the coupling coefficient is 0.2,and the radius R is 1000μm,the quality factor of the silicon-based Si_(3)N_(4)resonator is 2.58×10^(5),which is 1.58 times that of the silicon-on-insulator resonator.Moreover,the effective number of times the light travels around the ring before leaving the micro-ring is 5.93,which is 1.62 times that of the silicon-on-insulator resonator.The work fits the gyro dynamic output diagram,and solves the problem of low sensitivity at low speed by setting the phase offset.This results provide a basis for the further optimization of design and chip processing of the integrated optical gyroscope.

Silicon photonics for telecom and data‐com applications

In recent decades,silicon photonics has attracted much attention in telecom and data-com areas.Constituted of high refractive-index contrast waveguides on silicon-on-insulator(SOI),a variety of integrated photonic passive and active devices have been implemented supported by excellent optical properties of silicon in the mid-infrared spectrum.The main advantage of the silicon photonics is the ability to use complementary metal oxide semiconductor(CMOS)process-compatible fabrication technologies,resulting in high-volume production at low cost.On the other hand,explosively growing traffic in the telecom,data center and high-performance computer demands the data flow to have high speed,wide bandwidth,low cost,and high energy-efficiency,as well as the photonics and electronics to be integrated for ultra-fast data transfer in networks.In practical applications,silicon photonics started with optical interconnect transceivers in the data-com first,and has been now extended to innovative applications such as multi-port optical switches in the telecom network node and integrated optical phased arrays(OPAs)in light detection and ranging(LiDAR).This paper overviews the progresses of silicon photonics from four points reflecting the recent advances mentioned above.CMOS-based silicon photonic platform technologies,applications to optical transceiver in the data-com network,applications to multi-port optical switches in the telecom network and applications to OPA in LiDAR system.

Efficient stochastic parallel gradient descent training for on-chip optical processor

In recent years,space-division multiplexing(SDM)technology,which involves transmitting data information on multiple parallel channels for efficient capacity scaling,has been widely used in fiber and free-space optical communication sys-tems.To enable flexible data management and cope with the mixing between different channels,the integrated reconfig-urable optical processor is used for optical switching and mitigating the channel crosstalk.However,efficient online train-ing becomes intricate and challenging,particularly when dealing with a significant number of channels.Here we use the stochastic parallel gradient descent(SPGD)algorithm to configure the integrated optical processor,which has less com-putation than the traditional gradient descent(GD)algorithm.We design and fabricate a 6×6 on-chip optical processor on silicon platform to implement optical switching and descrambling assisted by the online training with the SPDG algorithm.Moreover,we apply the on-chip processor configured by the SPGD algorithm to optical communications for optical switching and efficiently mitigating the channel crosstalk in SDM systems.In comparison with the traditional GD al-gorithm,it is found that the SPGD algorithm features better performance especially when the scale of matrix is large,which means it has the potential to optimize large-scale optical matrix computation acceleration chips.

Wavelength-mode pulse interleaver on the silicon photonics platform

We report an 8-channel wavelength-mode optical pulse interleaver on a silicon photonic chip.Wavelength-and mode-division multiplexing techniques are combined to increase the repetition rate of the pulses without adding the complexity of a single dimension.The interleaver uses a cascaded Mach–Zehnder interferometer architecture as a wavelength-division(de)multiplexer,an asymmetric directional coupler as a mode(de)multiplexer,and various lengths of silicon waveguides as delay lines.A pulse sequence with a time interval of 125 ps is implemented with the repetition rate being eight times that of the initial one.The demonstrated wavelength-mode multiplexing approach opens a new route for the generation of high-speed optical pulses.

Numerical investigation on photonic microwave generation by a sole excited-state emitting quantum dot laser with optical injection and optical feedback

Based on three-level exciton model,the enhanced photonic microwave signal generation by using a sole excited-state(ES)emitting quantum dot(QD)laser under both optical injection and optical feedback is numerically studied.Within the range of period-one(P1)dynamics caused by the optical injection,the variations of microwave frequency and microwave intensity with the parameters of frequency detuning and injection strength are demonstrated.It is found that the microwave frequency can be continuously tuned by adjusting the injection parameters,and the microwave intensity can be enhanced by changing the injection strength.Moreover,considering that the generated microwave has a wide linewidth,an optical feedback loop is further employed to compress the linewidth,and the effect of feedback parameters on the linewidth is investigated.It is found that with the increase of feedback strength or delay time,the linewidth is evidently decreased due to the locking effect.However,for the relatively large feedback strength or delay time,the linewidth compression effect becomes worse due to the gradually destroyed P1 dynamics.Besides,through optimizing the feedback parameters,the linewidth can be reduced by up to more than one order of magnitude for different microwave frequencies.

基于PolM的微波光子线性优化链路

文中提出一种利用偏振调制器(PolM)提高系统无杂散动态范围(SFDR)的方案,并进行了仿真验证。实现线性优化的原理是通过对微波光子链路中上下两路光载波进行完全抑制和部分抑制,使生成不同来源的三阶交调失真(IMD3)在电域实现自抵消。仿真结果表明,IMD3的抑制比可达到61.9 dB,系统的三阶无杂散动态范围可达到107 dB·Hz^(2∕3)。该方案具有结构简单、实施难度低、大工作带宽和大动态范围的优势,在宽带无线通信、雷达、电子战系统中具有较大的应用潜力。

基于锁模光学频率梳的高速数据传输

大数据时代网络数据流量的爆炸式增长给通信系统的容量和数据传输速率带来极大的挑战.本文基于锁模光学频率梳的宽光谱范围和高相位相干性提出了一种高频正交幅度调制信号生成方法,通过电光调制器对光学频率梳进行幅度相位整形并下变频至射频域,生成携带编码信息的高速、高阶、低相位噪声的调制信号,再结合锁模光学频率梳窄线宽、多波长的特性,仅使用单个激光器即可实现基于波分复用技术的大规模并行高速通信.仿真验证了该方案的可行性,随后在100 m的自由空间光链路中使用光子微波信号进行16元正交幅度调制通信实验,实现了误码率低于10^(–6)的14 Gbit/s数据传输.

基于激光器RIN抑制的宽带低噪声微波光传输技术

微波光子链路中的核心器件激光器、调制器、光电探测器均为有源器件,在微波信号的电光光电转换过程中会引入额外的噪声,导致微波信号的噪声性能恶化,高的噪声系数会降低电子信息系统的灵敏度、动态范围、探测精度等关键性能指标,因此抑制噪声成为实现高性能微波光子系统的关键。文章针对当前激光器噪声较高的限制,提出采用常规分布反馈(DFB)激光器与光放大器、窄带光子滤波相组合的方式来抑制激光源噪声,实现微波光子链路的宽带低噪声。建立了微波光子链路传输模型,分析了链路性能与器件参数之间的映射关系。实测对比了采用该组合光源方案与常规微波光子链路的噪声性能,结果表明采用高功率光源结合光滤波可对激光器远端相对强度噪声(RIN)实现高的抑制,通过优化,噪声系数较常规水平可改善15dB以上。

离散色散光域傅里叶变换的延时和带宽扩展研究

光域傅里叶变换为射频频谱分析提供了一种新的解决方案。光域傅里叶变换主要受限于大的二阶色散的获得,而离散傅里叶变换只需要控制离散点的相位,理论上可以解决大色散的获得问题。文章利用光纤环作为离散色散器件,用线性调频信号作为待测信号,进行了光域离散傅里叶变换的研究。该系统是一个快速傅里叶变换系统,每次变换用时约2.07ns。用示波器观测线性调频信号变换前与变换后的波形延迟,可以测出该系统的变换延时,约为100ns,其延时大小主要取决于系统中的光纤长度。该系统可以实现对信号的不间断处理。为了扩展系统的瞬时带宽,对片上集成光微环组方案的可实现性进行了分析。

光频梳下变频信号光纤延时频率恢复方法

针对光频梳下变频信号接收过程中存在的频率信息丢失问题,提出了一种基于频率-相位映射的信号频率恢复方法,该方法使用可调光纤延迟线在两路光频梳变频链路之间产生一组固定已知的时延,时延在信号原始频率与下变频信号相位差之间建立映射关系,利用该映射关系可以从测得的相位差计算出信号的原始频率。分析了时延值等参数对频率恢复的影响,估计了该方法对相位测量不确定度的限值要求,最后给出了该方法具体实施方案中关键参数的设置策略。所有下变频信号的相位差可以通过快速傅里叶变换等数据处理一次性得出,因此该方法的时间代价和计算成本几乎不随着信号个数增加而增加。在不考虑下变频信号混叠的情况下,本文所提出的方法在理论上对处理信号的数量没有限制,因此相比于已有的光频梳下变频信号频率恢复方法,在多信号频率恢复方面更具有优势。

PS@SiO_(2)微球的合成及其三维光子晶体的光学性能

以乙烯基三乙氧基硅烷为硅源,通过其在碱性条件下的水解缩聚,在聚苯乙烯(PS)微球表面包覆乙烯基修饰的二氧化硅(Vi-SiO_(2))壳层制备PS@SiO_(2)微球,并通过刮涂法进一步制得PS@SiO_(2)三维光子晶体。对比了PS微球在包覆Vi-SiO_(2)前后的微观形貌、粒径和化学组成的差异,分析了PS@SiO_(2)光子晶体的形貌和光学性能。结果表明:Vi-SiO_(2)在PS微球表面形成了均匀且光滑的外壳,并且Vi-SiO_(2)的包覆对PS微球的单分散性和球形度无明显影响。由4种不同粒径的PS@SiO_(2)微球自组装的三维光子晶体都具有规则的面心立方结构,其结构色随PS@SiO_(2)微球粒径的增大发生红移,并且都具有虹彩效应。

用于FBG解调的AWG芯片的设计、仿真与制备

设计、仿真并制备了一种用于光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)解调的阵列波导光栅(AWG)芯片。该芯片基于SOI衬底进行制备,并在AWG的输入/输出波导、阵列波导与平板波导之间采用双刻蚀结构进行优化。经仿真,该AWG的插入损耗为1.5 dB,串扰小于-20 dB,3 dB带宽为1.5 nm。优化后的AWG芯片采用深紫外光刻技术、电感耦合等离子体等技术制备。经测试,该AWG的插入损耗为3 dB,串扰小于-20 dB,3 dB带宽为2.3 nm。搭建了基于该AWG的解调系统,解调实验结果表明,该系统在0.8 nm范围内的解调精度可达11.26 pm,波长分辨率为6 pm。

中红外硅基光波导的发展现状

作为硅光子集成芯片中基本无源器件的硅基光波导是进行光信号传输的通道,其具有良好的性能,且与CMOS(Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)工艺相兼容因而得到广泛应用。用于电信和数据中心的硅光子集成电路已逐步走向商业化。近年来,中红外波段在自由空间通信、传感以及环境监测等领域的潜在应用受到研究者们的广泛关注。文中分析了中红外硅基光波导的研究现状,归纳了SOI(Silicon on Insulator)、GOSI(Ge-on-SOI)、SOS(Si on Sapphire)、GOS(Ge-on-Si)、SGOS(SiGe-on-Si)、SON(Si-on Si_(3)N_(4))、GON(Ge-on Si_(3)N_(4))等波导材料平台和SOPS(Si on Porous Si)、Undercut、Pedestal、Freestanding、Suspended、LOCOS(Local Oxidation of Silicon)以及等离子体结构等制造工艺平台的研究成果。迄今为止,多数单晶硅在MIR(Mid-Infrared)平台的传播损耗大约在0.7~3.0 dB·cm^(-1)。文中讨论并对比了不同类型波导的应用前景,为中红外硅基光波导的研发、应用和商业化提供了参考。