CN201000498Y - T-tree shaped structure optical power shunt - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a T-tree shaped structure optical power splitter, which can reduce the size of the whole component under the condition of the lower loss and can realize the uniform output power, belonging to a technical field of the integration optoelectronics. The T-tree shaped structure optical power splitter comprises N T shaped splitters (1), the N is a natural number which is more than or is equal to 2, and the output terminal of the preceding stage T shaped splitter is respectively connected with the output terminal of the latter stage T shaped splitter. The utility model is characterized in that the T shaped splitter (1) comprises a multi-mold interference wave guide (6), a single model incidence wave guide (3) considered as the input terminal of the T shaped splitter is arranged at one end of the multi-mold interference wave guide (6), a V-shape slot (5) is arranged on the wave guide at the output end of the multi-mold interference wave guide (6) and the two sections of output wave guides divided by the V-shape slot (5) can be considered as two output terminals of the T shaped splitter, and an optical power modulating module (4) is arranged on the multi-mold interference wave guide (6).
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Technical field
The invention belongs to the integrated opto-electronic technical field, relate to the novel passive planar lightwave circuit device of a class, specifically a kind of T-tree optical power divider.
Background technology
Optical power divider spare (hereinafter to be referred as power splitter) is the indispensable device cell of Networks of Fiber Communications main line connecting terminal user, has obtained using widely in Fiber to the home EPON; And along with light is interconnected in application in the high-performance computer, power splitter also is one of essential device.That optical-fiber type shunt merit is divided is inhomogeneous, volume is big, is difficult to use in the occasion that needs the large port number.Planar lightwave circuit class device is based on microelectronic technique, can realize easily that large port number, merit divide functions such as even, and volume is little, is convenient to use.The scheme that realizes the planar lightwave circuit power splitter at present is to constitute branching unit by Y type shunt, slab waveguide coupling mechanism and multi-mode interference-type waveguide, forms the power splitter of T-tree by cascade.
Yet types of applications divides the requirement of uniformity coefficient more and more higher to shunt output port quantity and merit, how to realize low-loss, compact conformation, evenly the merit branch, the branch way just becomes the problem that becomes increasingly conspicuous greatly.When planar lightwave circuit realization T type shunt and 90 ° of turnings, because the wide-angle bending certainly will increase loss greatly, if will reduce the wastage, the vertical gradual structure of then necessary employing, device size extends.In addition, introduce some errors inevitably in processing and fabricating, it is inhomogeneous to cause merit to be divided.Therefore, how obtaining both balances between compactedness and loss, realize the merit branch evenly, is very crucial problem.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of T-tree optical power divider that can under more low-loss situation, reduce the size of entire device and can realize even weighing apparatus output power.
The present invention adopts following technical scheme:
A kind of T-tree optical power divider, comprise: N T type shunt, N is the natural number more than or equal to 2, be connected with input end respectively as the output terminal of previous stage T type shunt as back one-level T type shunt, it is characterized in that T type shunt comprises the multi-mode interference-type waveguide, be provided with single mode incident waveguide at an end of multi-mode interference-type waveguide as T type shunt input end, in the output terminal waveguide of multi-mode interference-type waveguide, be provided with the V-type groove and, in the multi-mode interference-type waveguide, be provided with the luminous power modulation module with two sections output waveguides separating by the V-type groove 2 output terminals as T type shunt.Between the input end of the output terminal of previous stage T type shunt and back one-level T type shunt, be provided with the right-angle turning unit, this unit is by multimode waveguide, arc waveguide and spot-size converter are formed, one end of multimode waveguide is as the input end of right-angle turning unit, the other end of multimode waveguide is connected with an end of arc waveguide, the end that the other end of arc waveguide and spot-size converter width are bigger links to each other, the other end of spot-size converter is as the output terminal of right-angle turning unit, the input end of above-mentioned right-angle turning unit is connected with the output terminal of previous stage T type shunt, and the output terminal of right-angle turning unit is connected with the input end of back one-level T type shunt.
Compared with prior art, the present invention has following advantage:
The characteristics of multi-mode interference-type waveguide type compact conformation have been merged in the present invention, having proposed a kind of novel structure makes government office in feudal China's light wave can form right-angle turning under the situation than low-loss, low polarization influence, reduced the size of entire device greatly, loss is reduced to 0.5dB.Added adjustable module simultaneously, balanced output power.In conjunction with the characteristics of compactedness, help the integrated large-scale production of monolithic of device.
T-tree power splitter is made of 1 * 2 branching unit cascade.This unit is on the basis of traditional multi-mode interference-type waveguide splitter, add the V-type groove in the exit end center, constitute T type shunt, suitably choose the opening angle of V-type groove and the horizontal wide ratio of multi-mode interference-type waveguide, can reduce the loss that light wave is brought by the wide-angle bending.Be balanced output power, in the multi-mode interference-type waveguide, added adjustable module.For reducing the loss that brings by the crooked cascade of degree of having a bowel movement, designed a kind of novel right-angle turning cellular construction.This structure has effectively reduced the influence of bending loss and polarization.Add spot-size converter at output terminal, with the waveguide connection next stage shunt of single mode operation.
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Fig. 1 is a T-tree power divider structure synoptic diagram.
Fig. 2 is a T type shunt structural representation.
Fig. 3 is the right-angle turning cell schematics.
Fig. 4 is the cross-sectional view of incident end waveguide.
Fig. 5 is the eigenmode field pattern of incident end waveguide 3, and Fig. 5 a is that TE mould field pattern, Fig. 5 b are TM mould field pattern.
Fig. 6 is 1 * 2 shunt TE mould Propagation Simulation mould field pattern.
Fig. 7 is 1 * 2 shunt TM mould Propagation Simulation mould field pattern.
Fig. 8 is that waveguide is operated in the normalization input and output energy of continuous wave excitation T type branching unit under the TE mould state and the graph of relation of propagation distance.
Fig. 9 is that waveguide is operated in the normalization input and output energy of continuous wave excitation T type branching unit under the TM mould state and the graph of relation of propagation distance.
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With reference to Fig. 1, Fig. 2, a kind of T-tree optical power divider, comprise: N T type shunt 1, N is the natural number more than or equal to 2, be connected with input end respectively as the output terminal of previous stage T type shunt as back one-level T type shunt, it is characterized in that T type shunt 1 comprises multi-mode interference-type waveguide 6, be provided with single mode incident waveguide 3 at an end of multi-mode interference-type waveguide 6 as T type shunt input end, in the output terminal waveguide of multi-mode interference-type waveguide 6, be provided with V-type groove 5 and, in multi-mode interference-type waveguide 6, be provided with luminous power modulation module 4 with two sections output waveguides separating by V-type groove 52 output terminals as T type shunt.Above-mentioned luminous power modulation module can adopt disclosed module in the prior art, for example: and University of Electronic Science and Technology's journal 2005 VOL.34, among the NO.6, by reaching the clouds, Qiu Kun, Liu Ping, the luminous power modulation module in the document that king one writes " a kind of research of New type of S OA-MZI optical power equalizer ".
With reference to Fig. 3, between the input end of the output terminal of previous stage T type shunt and back one-level T type shunt, be provided with right-angle turning unit 2, this unit is made up of multimode waveguide 7 arc waveguides 8 and spot-size converter 9, one end of multimode waveguide 7 is as the input end of right-angle turning unit 2, the other end of multimode waveguide 7 is connected with an end of arc waveguide 8, the end that the other end of arc waveguide 8 and spot-size converter 9 width are bigger links to each other, the other end of spot-size converter 9 is as the output terminal of right-angle turning unit 2, the input end of above-mentioned right-angle turning unit 2 is connected with the output terminal of previous stage T type shunt, and the output terminal of right-angle turning unit 2 is connected with the input end of back one-level T type shunt.
With reference to Fig. 4, Fig. 5, light wave is from waveguide 3 incidents of Fig. 2, and waveguide 3 is a single mode waveguide, and Fig. 4 is the cross-sectional view of waveguide 3, and Fig. 5 is the eigenmode field pattern of waveguide 3, and wherein Fig. 5 a is a TE mould mould field pattern, and Fig. 5 b is a TM mould mould field pattern.By multi-mode interference-type waveguide 6, suitably choose 6 length breadth ratio, by from mirror effect, can strengthen peaks such as Fig. 6 so that light wave is concerned with two of exit end generations, shown in 7.In the ideal case, these two peaks are owing to device profile symmetry, and index distribution is even, and intensity is identical, the luminous power five equilibrium.
But under actual conditions, because all kinds of errors that produce in the actual processing and making process are difficult to accomplish the power five equilibrium.Be balanced output power, in multi-mode interference-type waveguide type 6, added an adjustable module 4.This module can be made of mechanism such as electrooptical effect, acoustooptic effect, thermo-optic effect, magneto-optic effects, regulate the merit proportion by subtraction of output by the index distribution that changes device, divide the inhomogeneous purpose that reaches balanced output power thereby can compensate the merit that all kinds of error that produces in the actual processing and making process brings.
For improving the compactedness of device, right-hand member center in multi-mode interference-type waveguide type 6 adds V-type groove 5 as shown in Figure 2, do not increase the size of extra output slab waveguide, directly with the two-way light wave separately and form right-angle turning, in multi-mode interference-type waveguide inside thus reduced the size of shunt; Suitably choose the opening angle of V-type groove 5 and the width of outgoing waveguide and can reduce the loss that the wide-angle bending brings.
For further improving the compactedness of device, adopted right-angle turning unit 2 in cascade place of adjacent two shunts.The right-angle turning of light wave has further improved the compactedness of device.The light wave of being told by V-type groove 5 at first enters the incident end waveguide 7 of right-angle turning unit 2, reduces the loss that right-angle turning brings thereby make it be operated in the multimode state, and the arc waveguide of multimode operation simultaneously can reduce the influence of polarization; Through arc waveguide 8, adopt spot-size converter structure 9 at exit end, carry out the conversion of mode of operation, with the waveguide of single mode operation connect the next stage shunt so that and the situation of incident waveguide 3 consistent.Shunt 1 and right-angle turning unit 2 are carried out cascade according to the structure of Fig. 1 finally can form T-tree power splitter, wherein N can be 8,16,32,64 or the like.
Fig. 6～9 provide the numerical analysis result of 1 * 2 branching unit, and this unit size is 20 * 20 μ m
2, the merit proportion by subtraction reaches 1: 1.Fig. 8 is the TE mould, and Fig. 9 is the TM mould.Dotted line is an intake among the figure, and solid line is the output energy from the output port of right-angle turning unit 2.By Fig. 8, the 9 low 0.5dB that are about of loss of T type branching unit as can be known, the polarization influence is little.
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1, a kind of T-tree optical power divider, comprise: N T type shunt (1), N is the natural number more than or equal to 2, be connected with input end respectively as the output terminal of previous stage T type shunt as back one-level T type shunt, it is characterized in that T type shunt (1) comprises multi-mode interference-type waveguide (6), be provided with single mode incident waveguide (3) at an end of multi-mode interference-type waveguide (6) as T type shunt input end, in the output terminal waveguide of multi-mode interference-type waveguide (6), be provided with V-type groove (5) and, in multi-mode interference-type waveguide (6), be provided with luminous power modulation module (4) with two sections output waveguides separating by V-type groove (5) 2 output terminals as T type shunt.
2, T-tree optical power divider according to claim 1, it is characterized in that between the input end of the output terminal of previous stage T type shunt and back one-level T type shunt, being provided with right-angle turning unit (2), this unit is made up of multimode waveguide (7) arc waveguide (8) and spot-size converter (9), one end of multimode waveguide (7) is as the input end of right-angle turning unit (2), the other end of multimode waveguide (7) is connected with an end of arc waveguide (8), the end that the other end of arc waveguide (8) and spot-size converter (9) width are bigger links to each other, the other end of spot-size converter (9) is as the output terminal of right-angle turning unit (2), the input end of above-mentioned right-angle turning unit (2) is connected with the output terminal of previous stage T type shunt, and the output terminal of right-angle turning unit (2) is connected with the input end of back one-level T type shunt.
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