Fabrication of directly UV-written channel waveguides with simultaneously defined integral Bragg gratings

“…This gives a nonlinear relationship between the duty cycle and the Δnac (as shown in figure 4a). The requirement for accurate fluence matching [12] also demands precise knowledge of the system response.…”

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Terahertz bandwidth photonic Hilbert transformers based on synthesized planar Bragg grating fabrication

et al. 2013

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Terahertz bandwidth photonic Hilbert transformers are proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The integrated device is fabricated via a direct UV grating writing technique in a silica-on-silicon platform. The photonic Hilbert transformer operates at bandwidths of up to 2 THz (~16nm), which is at least ten fold greater bandwidth than any previously reported experimental approaches. Achieving this performance requires detailed knowledge of the system transfer function of the direct UV grating writing technique, this allows improved linearity, and yields THz bandwidth Bragg gratings with improved spectral quality. By incorporating a flat-top reflector and Hilbert grating with a waveguide coupler an ultra wideband alloptical single-sideband filter is demonstrated.

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“…We have determined the electrical tunability range of planar Bragg gratings with a LC overlayer to be 932.7pm (corresponding to 114GHz at λ=1561.8nm for TE polarization) with 170Vpp applied across the LC cell [1]. These samples contained channel waveguides with integral Bragg gratings defined using Direct Grating Writing (DGW) [2] and required the removal of the overclad in our 3-layer silica-on-silicon samples via chemical etching. The LC was applied to this etched window to interact with the grating and sealed with an ITO coverslip containing patterned electrodes ( Fig.1.a).…”

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Liquid crystal based tunable WDM planar Bragg grating devices based on precision sawn groove substrates

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Gates

Adikan

et al. 2009

CLEO/Europe - EQEC 2009 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference

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Current optical telecommunication systems employ dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) techniques to increase the data carrying capacity of fiber networks. Dynamic add/drop and filtering processes are crucial for the precise control of individual channels on these networks. Reconfigurable integrated optical devices, such as planar Bragg gratings, can tune the reflection wavelength over several standard channel spacings, providing the possibility for all-optical dynamic networks. Planar devices have the potential to address and tune several channels simultaneously, and have greater potential for integration than fiber equivalents.We have previously used liquid crystals (LCs) as an adaptive overlayer to tune the Bragg reflection wavelength by exploiting the large electrooptic coefficient of the LC. Electrically tunable planar devices shift the Bragg wavelength by modifying the effective refractive index of a waveguide in a multilayer substrate via LC molecular reorientation. We have determined the electrical tunability range of planar Bragg gratings with a LC overlayer to be 932.7pm (corresponding to 114GHz at λ=1561.8nm for TE polarization) with 170Vpp applied across the LC cell [1]. These samples contained channel waveguides with integral Bragg gratings defined using Direct Grating Writing (DGW) [2] and required the removal of the overclad in our 3-layer silica-on-silicon samples via chemical etching. The LC was applied to this etched window to interact with the grating and sealed with an ITO coverslip containing patterned electrodes ( Fig.1.a). However, this geometry allows the formation of line discontinuities in the LC bulk, known as disclinations, close to the grating [3]. The wavelength shift observed in these devices is not a linear function of applied field, and hysteresis was seen in the tuning curves. Fig. 1. Illustrations of (a) etched and (c) grooved tuning cells with (b) tuning data for bothTo circumvent this non-linear behaviour we have designed and tested an alternative geometry for our tunable devices. Our new groove geometry aims to relocate these disclinations far from the Bragg grating. Thus tuning of the Bragg wavelength should be a smooth function of applied voltage as the LC molecules reorient along the applied field lines. Shown in Fig.1.(c) are our new cells which are easier to fabricate than previous devices as they require no wet etching. These LC cells have grooves cut into the silica using a high precision dicing saw with cutting parameters optimized to give a smooth, high quality wall finish. Subsequently, channel waveguides with gratings can be defined alongside the groove with DGW. This allows the a.c. field to be applied vertically producing a more uniform field across the LC region. The disclinations are therefore confined to regions where the surfactant coated surfaces have perpendicular anchoring directions in close proximity to each other. This restricts the disclinations to the corners of the grooved region, thus preventing the hysteresis seen in etched samples. Fig.1.(...

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Fabrication of directly UV-written channel waveguides with simultaneously defined integral Bragg gratings

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Bragg grating based integrated photonic Hilbert transformers

Bragg grating based integrated photonic Hilbert transformers

Terahertz bandwidth photonic Hilbert transformers based on synthesized planar Bragg grating fabrication

Liquid crystal based tunable WDM planar Bragg grating devices based on precision sawn groove substrates

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