scholarly journals Enhanced efficiency thermo-optic phase-shifter by using multi-mode-interference device

2020 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Bharat Pant ◽  
Weiwei Zhang ◽  
Denh Tran ◽  
Mehdi Banakar ◽  
Han Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insertion Loss ◽  
Phase Shifter ◽  
Power Saving ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Power Reduction ◽  
Free Carrier ◽  
Modulation Region ◽  
Multi Mode ◽  
Mode Interference ◽  
Additional Phase

We demonstrate a method for power reduction in thermo-optic based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) by using the multimode region of a 2x2 Multi-Mode-Interferometer (MMI) as the modulation region. The light is circulated through the same multimode region twice and therefore utilizes the already present change in temperature leading to additional phase change, and an increase in efficiency. Power saving of 29.6% compared to a conventional thermo-optic phase shifter using single mode waveguides has been experimentally demonstrated. The reported devices show minimal insertion loss penalty compared to generic devices and do not add any additional fabrication complexity. Such an approach could also be applied to higher speed devices, for example those employing free carrier effects.

scholarly journals Enhanced efficiency thermo-optic phase-shifter using multi-mode-interference device

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharat Pant ◽  
Weiwei Zhang ◽  
Denh Tran ◽  
Mehdi Banakar ◽  
Han Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Shifter ◽  
Multi Mode ◽  
Mode Interference

Performance and Reliability of a MEMS-based tunable optical filter operating in the 1565 nm-1525 nm wavelength range

2002 ◽  
Vol 722 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. Sriram ◽  
B. Strauss ◽  
S. Pappas ◽  
A. Baliga ◽  
A. Jean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Silicon Nitride ◽  
Line Width ◽  
Insertion Loss ◽  
Optical Filter ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Reliability Testing ◽  
Silicon Nitride Membrane ◽  
Tunable Optical Filter ◽  
Extensive Performance

AbstractThis paper describes the results of extensive performance and reliability characterization of a silicon-based surface micro-machined tunable optical filter. The device comprises a high-finesse Fabry-Perot etalon with one flat and one curved dielectric mirror. The curved mirror is mounted on an electrostatically actuated silicon nitride membrane tethered to the substrate using silicon nitride posts. A voltage applied to the membrane allows the device to be tuned by adjusting the length of the cavity. The device is coupled optically to an input and an output single mode fiber inside a hermetic package. Extensive performance characterization (over operating temperature range) was performed on the packaged device. Parameters characterized included tuning characteristics, insertion loss, filter line-width and side mode suppression ratio. Reliability testing was performed by subjecting the MEMS structure to a very large number of actuations at an elevated temperature both inside the package and on a test board. The MEMS structure was found to be extremely robust, running trillions of actuations without failures. Package level reliability testing conforming to Telcordia standards indicated that key device parameters including insertion loss, filter line-width and tuning characteristics did not change measurably over the duration of the test.

scholarly journals Peta-bit-per-second optical communications system using a standard cladding diameter 15-mode fiber

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Rademacher ◽  
Benjamin J. Puttnam ◽  
Ruben S. Luís ◽  
Tobias A. Eriksson ◽  
Nicolas K. Fontaine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wavelength Division Multiplexing ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Capacity Limits ◽  
Wavelength Division ◽  
Core Networks ◽  
Space Division Multiplexing ◽  
Space Division ◽  
Data Rates ◽  
Multi Mode

AbstractData rates in optical fiber networks have increased exponentially over the past decades and core-networks are expected to operate in the peta-bit-per-second regime by 2030. As current single-mode fiber-based transmission systems are reaching their capacity limits, space-division multiplexing has been investigated as a means to increase the per-fiber capacity. Of all space-division multiplexing fibers proposed to date, multi-mode fibers have the highest spatial channel density, as signals traveling in orthogonal fiber modes share the same fiber-core. By combining a high mode-count multi-mode fiber with wideband wavelength-division multiplexing, we report a peta-bit-per-second class transmission demonstration in multi-mode fibers. This was enabled by combining three key technologies: a wideband optical comb-based transmitter to generate highly spectral efficient 64-quadrature-amplitude modulated signals between 1528 nm and 1610 nm wavelength, a broadband mode-multiplexer, based on multi-plane light conversion, and a 15-mode multi-mode fiber with optimized transmission characteristics for wideband operation.

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