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Photonics Research 第2卷 第3期

Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Department of Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
2 Department of Physics, Huzhou University, Huzhou 313000, China
3 Department of Applied Physics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
A quasi-Bessel beam (QBB) is suitable for laser ablation because it possesses a micrometer-sized focal spot and long depth of focus simultaneously. In this paper, the characterizations of QBBs formed by the ideal axicon and oblate-tip axicon are described. Strong on-axis intensity oscillations occur due to interference between the QBB and the refracted beam by the oblate tip. Using the axicon for laser ablation was theoretically investigated. Simple analytical formulas can be used to predict the required laser parameters, including the laser pulse energy, the generated fluence distributions, and the beam diameters.
Laser beam characterization Laser beam shaping Laser materials processing 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 03000082
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710119, China
2 Institut fur Technische Optik, Universitat Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
3 Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson-MUSC Bioengineering Program, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
When structured illumination is used in digital holographic microscopy (DHM), each direction of the illumination fringe is required to be shifted at least three times to perform the phase-shifting reconstruction. In this paper, we propose a scheme for spatial resolution enhancement of DHM by using the structured illumination but without phase shifting. The structured illuminations of different directions, which are generated by a spatial light modulator, illuminate the sample sequentially in the object plane. The formed object waves interfere with a reference wave in an off-axis configuration, and a CCD camera records the generated hologram. After the object waves are reconstructed numerically, a synthetic aperture is performed by an iterative algorithm to enhance the spatial resolution. The resolution improvement of the proposed method is proved and demonstrated by both simulation and experiment.
Digital holography Holographic interferometry Interference microscopy Phase measurement 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 03000087
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
2 Space Astronomy group, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore-560017, India
The detection efficiency of a gaseous photomultiplier depends on the photocathode quantum efficiency and the extraction efficiency of photoelectrons into the gas. In this paper we have studied the performance of an UV photon detector with P10 gas in which the extraction efficiency can reach values near to those in vacuum operated devices. Simulations have been done to compare the percentage of photoelectrons backscattered in P10 gas as well as in the widely used neon-based gas mixture. The performance study has been carried out using a single stage thick gas electron multiplier (THGEM). The electron pulses and electron spectrum are recorded under various operating conditions. Secondary effects prevailing in UV photon detectors like photon feedback are discussed and its effect on the electron spectrum under different operating conditions is analyzed.
Detectors Photodetectors Photomultipliers Ultraviolet 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 03000092
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Institute for Photonics-Electronics Convergence System Technology (PECST), Japan
2 Photonics Electronics Technology Research Association (PETRA), West 7 SCR, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
3 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, West 7 SCR, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
4 Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
One of the most serious challenges facing exponential performance growth in the information industry is the bandwidth bottleneck in interchip interconnects. We propose a photonics–electronics convergence system in response to this issue. To demonstrate the feasibility of the system, we fabricated a silicon optical interposer integrated with arrayed laser diodes, spot-size converters, optical splitters, optical modulators, photodetectors, and optical waveguides on a single silicon substrate. Using this system, 20 Gbps error-free data links and a 30 Tbps/cm2 bandwidth density were achieved. This bandwidth density is sufficient to meet the interchip interconnect requirements for the late 2010s.
Integrated optics devices Optical interconnects Optoelectronics 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 030000A1
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
2 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
We report uniaxial tensile strains up to 5.7% along <100> in suspended germanium (Ge) wires on a silicon substrate, measured using Raman spectroscopy. This strain is sufficient to make Ge a direct bandgap semiconductor. Theoretical calculations show that a significant fraction of electrons remain in the indirect conduction valley despite the direct bandgap due to the much larger density of states; however, recombination can nevertheless be dominated by radiative direct bandgap transitions if defects are minimized. We then calculate the theoretical efficiency of direct bandgap Ge LEDs and lasers. These strained Ge wires represent a direct bandgap Group IV semiconductor integrated directly on a silicon platform.
Integrated optics materials Laser materials 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 030000A8
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 The University of Tokyo, School of Material Engineering, 7-3-1 Hongo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2 NTT, Microsystem Integration Laboratories, Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
We describe a polarization rotator based on a parallel-core structure consisting of a silicon nanowire waveguide and a silicon-nitride waveguide. The 60-μm-long rotator provides a polarization extinction ratio of more than 10 dB with excess loss of less than 1 dB. In addition, the extremely wide bandwidth of more than 150 nm expected from calculations is confirmed in experiments. A study of the fabrication tolerance of our rotator indicates that fabrication error of around 25 nm is allowable.
Polarization-selective devices Polarization-selective devices 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 03000A14
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Institute for Photonics-Electronics Convergence System Technology (PECST), Japan
2 Photonics Electronics Technology Research Association (PETRA), West 7SCR, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
3 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), West 7SCR, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
4 Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
A hybrid integrated light source was developed with a configuration in which a laser diode (LD) array was mounted on a silicon optical waveguide platform for interchip optical interconnection. This integrated light source is composed of 13-channel stripes with a pitch of 20 or 30 μm. The output power of each LD in the 400 or 600-μm long LD array was over 40 mW at room temperature without cooling. An output power uniformity was 1.3 dB including an LD array power uniformity. The use of a SiON waveguide with a spot size converter resulted in an optical coupling loss of 1 dB between an LD and SiON waveguide. The integrated light source including 52 output ports demonstrated a reduction in the footprint per channel. We also demonstrated a light source with over 100 output ports in which the number of output ports is increased by using a waveguide splitter and multichip bonding. These integrated light sources are practical candidates for use with photonic integrated circuits for high-density optical interconnection.
Optical interconnects Integrated optics devices Diode laser arrays 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 03000A19
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Samsung Electronics, 1 Samsungjeonjaro, Hwasungshi, Gyoung-gido, 445-330, South Korea
2 the same as above
We present photonics technology based on a bulk-Si substrate for cost-sensitive dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) optical interface application. We summarize the progress on passive and active photonic devices using a local-crystallized Si waveguide fabricated by solid phase epitaxy or laser-induced epitaxial growth on bulk-Si substrate. The process of integration of a photonic integrated circuit (IC) with an electronic IC is demonstrated using a 65 nm DRAM periphery process on 300 mm wafers to prove the possibility of seamless integration with various complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor devices. Using the bulk-Si photonic devices, we show the feasibility of high-speed multidrop interface: the Mach–Zehnder interferometer modulators and commercial photodetectors are used to demonstrate four-drop link operation at 10 Gb/s, and the transceiver chips with photonic die and electronic die work for the DDR3 DRAM interface at 1.6 Gb/s under a 1∶4 multidrop configuration.
Optoelectronics Integrated optics devices 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 03000A25
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Gestionale e Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
2 Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, via Trento 30, 20871 Vimercate (MB), Italy
3 CNIT National Laboratory of Photonic Networks, 56124 Pisa, Italy
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
In this paper we report TE-mode phase modulation obtained by inducing a capacitive charge on graphene layers embedded in the core of a waveguide. There is a biasing regime in which graphene absorption is negligible but large index variations can be achieved with a voltage–length product as small as VπLπ~0.07 V cm for straight waveguides and VπLπ~0.0024 V cm for 12 μm radius microring resonators. This phase modulation device uniquely enables a small signal amplitude <1 V with a micrometer-sized footprint for compatibility with CMOS circuit integration. Examples of phase-induced changes are computed for straight waveguides and for microring resonators, showing the possibility of implementing several optoelectronic functionalities as modulators, tunable filters, and switches.
Optical communications Integrated optics materials Integrated optoelectronic circuits Modulators 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 03000A34
Author Affiliations
Abstract
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
A silicon-on-insulator-based adiabatic waveguide taper with a high coupling efficiency and small footprint is presented. The taper was designed to reduce the incidence of mode conversion to higher-order and radiation modes inside the waveguide. In connecting a 0.5-μm-wide output waveguide and a 12-μm-wide input waveguide of a grating coupler, a compact 120-μm-long taper was demonstrated, achieving a transmission of 98.3%. Previously, this transmission level could only be achieved using a conventional linear taper with a length of more than 300 μm.
Integrated optics Waveguides planar Wavelength conversion devices 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 03000A41
Author Affiliations
Abstract
Department of Engineering Science, The University of Electro-Communications, 182-8585 Tokyo, Japan
ErxY2?xSiO5 and ErxYbyY2?x?ySiO5 crystalline thin films were investigated to apply to the high-gain media for silicon photonics. In addition to the sol–gel method, the directed self-assembly approach, using layer-by-layer deposition techniques, was also introduced to improve the crystallinity. The relaxation processes in Er ions were discussed to clarify the contribution of the energy transfer and cooperative upconversion. After optimization of the Er content, a Si photonic crystal slot ErxY2?xSiO5 waveguide amplifier was fabricated, and a 30 dB/cm modal gain was demonstrated. This achievement demonstrates the potential for compact and high optical gain devices on Si chips.
Rare-earth-doped materials Optical amplifiers 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 03000A45
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 3-1, Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi 243-0198, Japan
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
3 Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
4 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
Integrated optics Integrated opticsmaterials Optoelectronics 
Photonics Research
2014, 2(3): 03000GP1