Large-range tunable fractional-order differentiator based on cascaded microring resonators

doi:10.1007/s12200-016-0571-x

Front. Optoelectron.

2016, Vol. 9

Issue (3) : 399-405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-016-0571-x

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Large-range tunable fractional-order differentiator based on cascaded microring resonators

Ting YANG,Shasha LIAO,Li LIU,Jianji DONG(

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Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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Abstract

In this paper, we experimentally demonstrate an all-optical continuously tunable fractional-order differentiator using on-chip cascaded electrically tuned microring resonators (MRRs). By changing the voltage applied on a MRR, the phase shift at the resonance frequency of the MRR varies, which can be used to implement tunable fractional-order differentiator. Hence fractional-order differentiator with a larger tunable range can be obtained by cascading more MRR units on a single chip. In the experiment, we applied two direct current voltage sources on two cascaded MRRs respectively, and a tunable order range of 0.57 to 2 have been demonstrated with Gaussian pulse injection, which is the largest tuning range to our knowledge.

Keywords all-optical devices optical differentiator optical signal processing

Corresponding Author(s): Jianji DONG

Just Accepted Date: 03 August 2016 Online First Date: 06 September 2016 Issue Date: 28 September 2016

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Ting YANG,Shasha LIAO,Li LIU, et al. Large-range tunable fractional-order differentiator based on cascaded microring resonators[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2016, 9(3): 399-405.

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Fig.1 (a)−(c) Microscope images of the cascaded MRRs, zoom-in ring region of MRR2 and zoom-in grating coupler, respectively

Fig.2 (a) Measured transmission spectrum of the cascaded MRRs; (b) is the zoom-in region of two resonance wavelengths aligned

Fig.3 (a) and (b) are the measured magnitude responses and phase responses with different voltages applied on a single MRR (MRR1), respectively. The biased voltages are set at 0, 0.8, 0.9, and 1.0 V. (c) and (d) are the measured magnitude responses and phase responses with different voltages applied on two MRRs (MRR1 and MRR3), respectively. The biased voltage pairs are set at (0.95 V, 0.95 V), (0.8 V, 0.9 V), (0 V, 0.9 V), and (0 V, 0 V). In these cases, two resonance wavelengths are aligned

Fig.4 Schematic diagram of the experimental setup

Fig.5 Output waveforms of SMF with different FWHMs. (a) FWHM is 30 ps; (b) FWHM is 18 ps

Fig.6 Experimental results for MRR1. (a)−(d) are the output waveforms with different voltages applied on MRR1, corresponding to differentiation orders of 0.57, 0.71, 0.84 and 0.97 respectively. (e) is the spectra of input Gaussian pulse (blue line) and the output waveform (red line) when N =0 .97

Fig.7 Experimental results for cascaded MRR1 and MRR3. (a)−(d) are the output waveforms with different voltages applied on MRR1 and MRR3, corresponding to differentiation orders of 1.55, 1.78, 1.94 and 2 respectively. (e) is the spectra of input Gaussian pulse (blue line) and the output waveform (red line) when N =2

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