A reconfigurable architecture for continuously variable optical slow-wave delay lines
Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 25, pp. 17273-17282 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.017273
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Abstract
A novel reconfigurable architecture based on slow-wave propagation in integrated optical ring resonators is proposed for the realization of variable optical delay lines. A continuously variable delay is achieved by combining a coarse discrete (digital) delay, provided by a coupled resonator slow-wave structure, with a fine continuous (analog) delay given by a cascaded ring-resonator phase-shifter. The reflective configuration of the structure enables a simple, accurate and robust tuning of the delay and provides a footprint reduction by a factor 2 with respect to conventional coupled resonator optical waveguides. Proof-of-concept devices realized in 4.4% silicon oxynitride waveguides and activated by a thermal control are discussed. Experimental results demonstrate, in both spectral and time domain, a continuously variable delay, from zero to 800 ps (2 bit fractional delay), on a 2.5 Gbit/s NRZ signal, with less than 8 dB insertion loss and less than 5 mm2 device footprint.
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OCIS Codes
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(200.4490) Optics in computing : Optical buffers
(230.4555) Optical devices : Coupled resonators
ToC Category:
Rings, Disks, and Other Cavities
History
Original Manuscript: September 28, 2007
Revised Manuscript: October 17, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: October 18, 2007
Published: December 10, 2007
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F. Morichetti, A. Melloni, A. Breda, A. Canciamilla, C. Ferrari, and M. Martinelli, "A reconfigurable architecture for continuously variable optical slow-wave delay lines," Opt. Express 15, 17273-17282 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-25-17273
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