Multi-lane integrated transmitter chips are key components in future compact optical modules to realize high-speed optical interconnects.Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)photonics have emerged as a promising platform fo...Multi-lane integrated transmitter chips are key components in future compact optical modules to realize high-speed optical interconnects.Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)photonics have emerged as a promising platform for achieving high-performance chip-scale optical systems.Combining a coarse wavelength-division multiplexing(CWDM)devices using fabrication-tolerant angled multimode interferometer structure and high-performance electro-optical modulators,we demonstrate monolithic on-chip four-channel CWDM transmitter on the TFLN platform for the first time.The four-channel CWDM transmitter enables high-speed transmissions of 100 Gb/s data rate per wavelength channel(i.e.,an aggregated date rate of 400 Gb/s).展开更多
Arrayed waveguide grating is a versatile and scalable integrated light dispersion device,which has been widely adopted in various applications,including,optical communications and optical sensing.Recently,thin-film li...Arrayed waveguide grating is a versatile and scalable integrated light dispersion device,which has been widely adopted in various applications,including,optical communications and optical sensing.Recently,thin-film lithium niobate emerges as a promising photonic integration platform,due to its ability of shrinking largely the size of typical lithium niobate based optical devices.This would also enable multifunctional photonic integrated chips on a single lithium niobate substrate.However,due to the intrinsic anisotropy of the material,to build an arrayed waveguide grating on X-cut thin-film lithium niobate has never been successful.Here,a universal strategy to design anisotropyfree dispersive components on a uniaxial in-plane anisotropic photonic integration platform is introduced for the first time.This leads to the first implementation of arrayed waveguide gratings on X-cut thin-film lithium niobate with various configurations and high-performances.The best insertion loss of 2.4 dB and crosstalk of−24.1 dB is obtained for the fabricated arrayed waveguide grating devices.Applications of such arrayed waveguide gratings as a wavelength router and in a wavelength-division multiplexed optical transmission system are also demonstrated.展开更多
Optical modulators have been and will continue to be essential devices for energy-and cost-efficient optical communication networks.Heterogeneous silicon and lithium niobate modulators have demonstrated promising perf...Optical modulators have been and will continue to be essential devices for energy-and cost-efficient optical communication networks.Heterogeneous silicon and lithium niobate modulators have demonstrated promising performances of low optical loss,low drive voltage,and large modulation bandwidth.However,DC bias drift is a major drawback of optical modulators using lithium niobate as the active electro-optic material.Here,we demonstrate high-speed and bias-drift-free Mach–Zehnder modulators based on the heterogeneous silicon and lithium niobate platform.The devices combine stable thermo-optic DC biases in silicon and ultra-fast electro-optic modulation in lithium niobate,and exhibit a low insertion loss of 1.8 d B,a low half-wave voltage of 3 V,an electro-optic modulation bandwidth of at least 70 GHz,and modulation data rates up to 128 Gb/s.展开更多
A compact and high-performance coarse wavelength-division multiplexing(CWDM) device is introduced with a footprint of 2.1 mm × 0.02 mm using an angled multimode interferometer structure based on a thin-film lithi...A compact and high-performance coarse wavelength-division multiplexing(CWDM) device is introduced with a footprint of 2.1 mm × 0.02 mm using an angled multimode interferometer structure based on a thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN) platform.The demonstrated device built on a 400 nm thick x-cut TFLN shows ultra-low insertion losses of <0.72 dB.Measured 3 dB bandwidths are 12.1 nm for all channels,and cross talks from adjacent channels are better than 18 dB.Its peak wavelength positions comply with the CWDM standard with a channel spacing of 20 nm.The filter bandwidth of the proposed CWDM device can be tuned by adjusting the structural parameters.This demonstrated CWDM device will promote future realization of multi-channel and multi-wavelength transmitter chips on TFLN.展开更多
基金This work is supported partially by the National Major Research and Development Program(2019YFB1803902)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(62135012,62105107)+3 种基金Leading Innovative and Entrepreneur Team Introduction Program of Zhejiang(2021R01001)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2021A 1515012215,2021B1515120057)Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province(2019A050510039)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2021QNA5001).
文摘Multi-lane integrated transmitter chips are key components in future compact optical modules to realize high-speed optical interconnects.Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)photonics have emerged as a promising platform for achieving high-performance chip-scale optical systems.Combining a coarse wavelength-division multiplexing(CWDM)devices using fabrication-tolerant angled multimode interferometer structure and high-performance electro-optical modulators,we demonstrate monolithic on-chip four-channel CWDM transmitter on the TFLN platform for the first time.The four-channel CWDM transmitter enables high-speed transmissions of 100 Gb/s data rate per wavelength channel(i.e.,an aggregated date rate of 400 Gb/s).
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(62135012,92150302,U23B2047,62321166651)Leading Innovative and Entrepreneur Team Introduction Program of Zhejiang(2021R01001)“Pioneer”and“Leading Goose”R&D Program of Zhejiang(2023C01139).
文摘Arrayed waveguide grating is a versatile and scalable integrated light dispersion device,which has been widely adopted in various applications,including,optical communications and optical sensing.Recently,thin-film lithium niobate emerges as a promising photonic integration platform,due to its ability of shrinking largely the size of typical lithium niobate based optical devices.This would also enable multifunctional photonic integrated chips on a single lithium niobate substrate.However,due to the intrinsic anisotropy of the material,to build an arrayed waveguide grating on X-cut thin-film lithium niobate has never been successful.Here,a universal strategy to design anisotropyfree dispersive components on a uniaxial in-plane anisotropic photonic integration platform is introduced for the first time.This leads to the first implementation of arrayed waveguide gratings on X-cut thin-film lithium niobate with various configurations and high-performances.The best insertion loss of 2.4 dB and crosstalk of−24.1 dB is obtained for the fabricated arrayed waveguide grating devices.Applications of such arrayed waveguide gratings as a wavelength router and in a wavelength-division multiplexed optical transmission system are also demonstrated.
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFB1803900)National Natural Science Foundation of China(11690031,11761131001)+6 种基金Guangzhou Science and Technology Program(201707010096)Key RD Program of Guangdong Province(2018B030329001)Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program(2017BT01X121)Innovation Fund of WNLO(2018WNLOKF010)Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(2019B121204003)Project of Key Laboratory of Radar Imaging and Microwave Photonics,Ministry of Education(RIMP2019003)Opening funds from State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies of China,Sun Yat-sen University(OEMT-2018-KF-04)。
文摘Optical modulators have been and will continue to be essential devices for energy-and cost-efficient optical communication networks.Heterogeneous silicon and lithium niobate modulators have demonstrated promising performances of low optical loss,low drive voltage,and large modulation bandwidth.However,DC bias drift is a major drawback of optical modulators using lithium niobate as the active electro-optic material.Here,we demonstrate high-speed and bias-drift-free Mach–Zehnder modulators based on the heterogeneous silicon and lithium niobate platform.The devices combine stable thermo-optic DC biases in silicon and ultra-fast electro-optic modulation in lithium niobate,and exhibit a low insertion loss of 1.8 d B,a low half-wave voltage of 3 V,an electro-optic modulation bandwidth of at least 70 GHz,and modulation data rates up to 128 Gb/s.
基金National Major Research and Development Program (2019YFB1803902)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)(61961146003, 91950205)+1 种基金Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2021A1515012215)Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province (2019A050510039)。
文摘A compact and high-performance coarse wavelength-division multiplexing(CWDM) device is introduced with a footprint of 2.1 mm × 0.02 mm using an angled multimode interferometer structure based on a thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN) platform.The demonstrated device built on a 400 nm thick x-cut TFLN shows ultra-low insertion losses of <0.72 dB.Measured 3 dB bandwidths are 12.1 nm for all channels,and cross talks from adjacent channels are better than 18 dB.Its peak wavelength positions comply with the CWDM standard with a channel spacing of 20 nm.The filter bandwidth of the proposed CWDM device can be tuned by adjusting the structural parameters.This demonstrated CWDM device will promote future realization of multi-channel and multi-wavelength transmitter chips on TFLN.
