The power consumption of a variable optical attenuator（VOA） array based on a silica planar lightwave circuit was investigated. The thermal field profile of the device was optimized using the finite-element analysis....The power consumption of a variable optical attenuator（VOA） array based on a silica planar lightwave circuit was investigated. The thermal field profile of the device was optimized using the finite-element analysis. The simulation results showed that the power consumption reduces as the depth of the heat-insulating grooves is deeper, the up-cladding is thinner,the down-cladding is thicker, and the width of the cladding ridge is narrower. The materials component and thickness of the electrodes were also optimized to guarantee the driving voltage under 5 V. The power consumption was successfully reduced to as low as 155 mW at an attenuation of 30 dB in the experiment.展开更多
Silica-based planar lightwave circuit(PLC)devices can reduce transmission loss and cost in a quantum key distribution(QKD)system,and have potential applications in integration and production.A PLC-based quantum decodi...Silica-based planar lightwave circuit(PLC)devices can reduce transmission loss and cost in a quantum key distribution(QKD)system,and have potential applications in integration and production.A PLC-based quantum decoding integrated chip for multi-protocols is designed and fabricated,which is composed of variable optical splitters(VOSs),asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers(AMZIs),and variable directional couplers(VDCs).Balanced pulse-pairs of four outputs are obtained simultaneously with measured delay times of 405 ps and 402 ps,respectively.The chip has advantages in achieving high interference visibility and low quantum bit error rate(QBER).展开更多
Based on the theory of four-port resonator filters, the characteristics of four kinds of filters with single race-track, dual race-track, rectangular and MMI resonators respectively were numerically simulated by utili...Based on the theory of four-port resonator filters, the characteristics of four kinds of filters with single race-track, dual race-track, rectangular and MMI resonators respectively were numerically simulated by utilizing two-dimensional FDTD method. The relationship between the number of cascade resonators and the filtering features was also analyzed. A kind of narrow-band filters with four cascade resonators implemented on GaAlAs/GaAs planar lightwave circuits were designed and fabricated. The measurement result shows that the half-width of such filters is about 10nm, which coincides well with the numeric computation.展开更多
We formulate a “Moore’s law” for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and their spatial integration density using two methods. One is decomposing the integrated photonics devices of diverse types into equivalent bas...We formulate a “Moore’s law” for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and their spatial integration density using two methods. One is decomposing the integrated photonics devices of diverse types into equivalent basic elements, which makes a comparison with the generic elements of electronic integrated circuits more meaningful. The other is making a complex compo- nent equivalent to a series of basic elements of the same functionality, which is used to calculate the integration density for func- tional components realized with different structures. The results serve as a benchmark of the evolution of PICs and we can con- clude that the density of integration measured in this way roughly increases by a factor of 2 per year. The prospects for a continued increase of spatial integration density are discussed.展开更多
Quantum key distribution(QKD)system based on passive silica planar lightwave circuit(PLC)asymmetric Mach–Zehnder interferometers(AMZI)is characterized with thermal stability,low loss and sufficient integration scalab...Quantum key distribution(QKD)system based on passive silica planar lightwave circuit(PLC)asymmetric Mach–Zehnder interferometers(AMZI)is characterized with thermal stability,low loss and sufficient integration scalability.However,waveguide stresses,both intrinsic and temperature-induced stresses,have significant impacts on the stable operation of the system.We have designed silica AMZI chips of 400 ps delay,with bend waveguides length equalized for both long and short arms to balance the stresses thereof.The temperature characteristics of the silica PLC AMZI chip are studied.The interference visibility at the single photon level is kept higher than 95%over a wide temperature range of 12℃.The delay time change is 0.321 ps within a temperature change of 40℃.The spectral shift is 0.0011 nm/0.1℃.Temperature-induced delay time and peak wavelength variations do not affect the interference visibility.The experiment results demonstrate the advantage of being tolerant to chip temperature fluctuations.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2015AA016902)the National Nature Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61435013,61405188,and 61627820)
文摘The power consumption of a variable optical attenuator（VOA） array based on a silica planar lightwave circuit was investigated. The thermal field profile of the device was optimized using the finite-element analysis. The simulation results showed that the power consumption reduces as the depth of the heat-insulating grooves is deeper, the up-cladding is thinner,the down-cladding is thicker, and the width of the cladding ridge is narrower. The materials component and thickness of the electrodes were also optimized to guarantee the driving voltage under 5 V. The power consumption was successfully reduced to as low as 155 mW at an attenuation of 30 dB in the experiment.
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2018YFA0306403)the National Nature Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61805232).
文摘Silica-based planar lightwave circuit(PLC)devices can reduce transmission loss and cost in a quantum key distribution(QKD)system,and have potential applications in integration and production.A PLC-based quantum decoding integrated chip for multi-protocols is designed and fabricated,which is composed of variable optical splitters(VOSs),asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers(AMZIs),and variable directional couplers(VDCs).Balanced pulse-pairs of four outputs are obtained simultaneously with measured delay times of 405 ps and 402 ps,respectively.The chip has advantages in achieving high interference visibility and low quantum bit error rate(QBER).
文摘Based on the theory of four-port resonator filters, the characteristics of four kinds of filters with single race-track, dual race-track, rectangular and MMI resonators respectively were numerically simulated by utilizing two-dimensional FDTD method. The relationship between the number of cascade resonators and the filtering features was also analyzed. A kind of narrow-band filters with four cascade resonators implemented on GaAlAs/GaAs planar lightwave circuits were designed and fabricated. The measurement result shows that the half-width of such filters is about 10nm, which coincides well with the numeric computation.
文摘We formulate a “Moore’s law” for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and their spatial integration density using two methods. One is decomposing the integrated photonics devices of diverse types into equivalent basic elements, which makes a comparison with the generic elements of electronic integrated circuits more meaningful. The other is making a complex compo- nent equivalent to a series of basic elements of the same functionality, which is used to calculate the integration density for func- tional components realized with different structures. The results serve as a benchmark of the evolution of PICs and we can con- clude that the density of integration measured in this way roughly increases by a factor of 2 per year. The prospects for a continued increase of spatial integration density are discussed.
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No.2018YFA0306403)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.XDB43000000)+1 种基金Innovation Program for Quantum Science and TechnologyComputer Interconnect Technology Alliance Funding (Grant No.20220103)。
文摘Quantum key distribution(QKD)system based on passive silica planar lightwave circuit(PLC)asymmetric Mach–Zehnder interferometers(AMZI)is characterized with thermal stability,low loss and sufficient integration scalability.However,waveguide stresses,both intrinsic and temperature-induced stresses,have significant impacts on the stable operation of the system.We have designed silica AMZI chips of 400 ps delay,with bend waveguides length equalized for both long and short arms to balance the stresses thereof.The temperature characteristics of the silica PLC AMZI chip are studied.The interference visibility at the single photon level is kept higher than 95%over a wide temperature range of 12℃.The delay time change is 0.321 ps within a temperature change of 40℃.The spectral shift is 0.0011 nm/0.1℃.Temperature-induced delay time and peak wavelength variations do not affect the interference visibility.The experiment results demonstrate the advantage of being tolerant to chip temperature fluctuations.
