We present a new electro-optic (EO) tunable bandpass filter design based on a long-period-grating-assisted asymmetric waveguide coupling mechanism. A narrow passband width of <0.2 nm and a large wavelength tuning range exceeding 30 nm can be obtained at a low driving voltage of ~16 V. This type of EO tunable filter would form key building blocks in dynamic wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical networks.
An all-optical nonlinear threshold gate based on weakly-coupled, high-order
microring resonators were investigated using the transmission matrix formalism. A Kerr
nonlinear enhancement factor of exceeding 2.5x103 can be obtained at the ring-coupling
coefficient of 0.02. Simulation results show that the nonlinear optical threshold gate has a
sharp optical intensity-dependant switching property with a low switching threshold (>
80%) of -10dBm.
A thermo-optically tunable fiber ring laser has been constructed. The laser is based on a polymer-spaced Fabry-Pérot (F-P) étalon with a cavity length of 470-µm and an ultra-low polarization-dependent loss (PDL) of <0.1 dB. A wavelength tuning range of ~1.4 nm and a high wavelength stability of ~0.02 nm have been demonstrated without involving any moving mechanical parts. Such a nonmechanical tunable fiber laser structure leads to a reduced device size and allows easy device packaging due to the ultra-low PDL of the wavelength tuning element.
A monolithically integrated high-speed true-time-delay line with embedded electrically switchable Bragg gratings was developed and characterized. Such a monolithically integrated device structure leads to a significantly reduced device size and allows a more precise RF phase control. A 40 ps reprogrammable optical true-time delay increment was acheived with a very fast switching speed of <50 µs.
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