A monolithic distributed phase shifter based on right-handed nonlinear transmission lines at 30 GHz

The epitaxial material, device structure, and corresponding equivalent large signal circuit model of GaAs planar Schottky varactor diode are successfully developed to design and fabricate a monolithic phase shifter, which is based on right-handed nonlinear transmission lines and consists of a coplanar waveguide transmission line and periodically distributed GaAs planar Schottky varactor diode. The distributed-Schottky transmission-line-type phase shifter at a bias voltage greater than 1.5 V presents a continuous 0°–360° differential phase shift over a frequency range from 0 to 33 GHz. It is demonstrated that the minimum insertion loss is about 0.5 dB and that the return loss is less than-10 dB over the frequency band of 0–33 GHz at a reverse bias voltage less than 4.5 V. These excellent characteristics, such as broad differential phase shift, low insertion loss, and return loss, indicate that the proposed phase shifter can entirely be integrated into a phased array radar circuit.

Double-groove rectangular gratings for high-efficiency wideband vertical coupling in planar-integrated optical systems

A planar-integrated optical system(PIOS)represents powerful optical imaging and information processing techniques and is a potential candidate for the realization of a three-dimensional(3D)integrated optoelectronic intelligent system.Coupling the optical wave carrying information into a planar transparent substrate(typically fused silica)is an essential prerequisite for the realization of such a PIOS.Unlike conventional grating couplers for nano-waveguides on the silicon-on-insulator platform,the grating couplers for PIOS enable to obtain a higher design freedom and to achieve much higher coupling efficiency.By combining the rigorous coupled wave algorithm and simulated annealing optimization algorithm,a highefficiency asymmetric double-groove grating coupler is designed for PIOS.It is indicated that,under the condition of the normal incidence of TE polarization,the diffraction efficiency of the-1st order is over 95%,and its average value is 97.3%and 92.8%in the C and C+L bands.The simulation results indicate that this type of grating coupler has good tolerance and is expected to be applied in optical interconnections,waveguide-based augmented reality glasses,and planar-integrated 3D interconnection optical computing systems.

Simple Raman scattering sensor integrated with a metallic planar optical waveguide: effective modulation via minor structural adjustment

We report experimental realization of Raman spectra enhancement of copper phthalocyanine, using an on-chip metallic planar waveguide of the sub-millimeter scale. The oscillating ultrahigh order modes excited by the direct coupling method yield high optical intensity at resonance, which is different from the conventional strategy to create localized ＂hot spots.＂ The observed excitation efficiency of the Raman signal is significantly enhanced,owing to the high Q factor of the resonant cavity. Furthermore, effective modulation of the Raman intensity is available by adjusting the polymethyl methacrylate（PMMA） thickness in the guiding layer, i.e., by tuning the light–matter interaction length. A large modulation depth is verified through the fact that 10 times variation in the enhancement factor is observed in the experiment as the PMMA thickness varies from 7 to 23 μm.

Planar Magnetic Integrated Harmonic Filter with Reduced EMI Noise

Through the analysis of the circuit structure and electromagnetic interference(EMI)conduction path,the structure of the traditional harmonic filter is optimized so that it has the ability to suppress EMI.Using the structure of planar magnetic integration not only ensures the basic harmonic suppression ability of the harmonic filter,but also improves the EMI suppression effect.With a single-phase voltage source 500-W SiC inverter as the platform,the feasibility and effectiveness of the design scheme are experimentally verified.The results indicated that the planar magnetic integrated harmonic EMI filter satisfies the design requirements.Additionally,the proposed planar magnetic integration scheme can significantly reduce the volume and weight of the filter and increase the power density of the entire system.

Design of the low-loss waveguide coil for interferometric integrated optic gyroscopes

With the development of manufacturing technology,the propagation loss of the planar waveguide is getting lower and lower,and the shot-noise-limited sensitivity of an HOG will be greatly improved.When the propagation loss is getting lower,improper coupling-out waveguide in the waveguide coil may lead to non-ignorable bending loss and crosstalk because of the small radius of curvature and X-junction.In this paper,different couplingout waveguides have been designed.After calculation and optimization by the beam propagation method,we found the proper coupling-out waveguide having relatively low propagation loss,which can improve the sensitivity of the HOG.