CN209640529U - Planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer based on sub-wave length grating - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a kind of planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer based on sub-wave length grating.The utility model is that laser input light source passes through input waveguide into the wavelength division unit being made of sub-wavelength grate structure, by the optical signal reverse coupled of some wave band, after connection waveguide, carry out the output detection of optical signal, remaining optical signal will continue onwards transmission by wavelength division unit, the wavelength division unit with sub-wavelength grate structure is also passed through, the reverse coupled output of different optical signals is carried out, m-th wavelength division unit equally obtains different optical signals.Therefore, by M cascade wavelength division units, the output of the signal of M different wave length can be obtained altogether, and realizing has the Wave decomposing multiplexer in the channel M, and according to optical reciprocity principle, this structure is capable of forming multiplexer.The utility model has the characteristics that be easily integrated, compact-sized, low energy consumption, at low cost, can meet the practical application request of modern large capacity optical communication system well.
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Technical field
The utility model belongs to field of optoelectronic devices, and in particular to a kind of plane light wave guided wave based on sub-wave length grating
Division multiplexer.
Background technique
Demand with the mankind to modern data service is growing, and it is logical to be badly in need of Accelerating The Construction high-speed, the light of large capacity
The paces of communication network and data center.It is one of key to be multiplexed with the optical-fiber network device of technical way.Wavelength-division multiplex is made
It for technology more mature at present, is widely used in optical communication network, Novel wave separation multiplexer needs to have being easily integrated, energy
Consume the features such as low, at low cost.
The integrated wavelength division multiplexer of planar optical waveguide can satisfy the demand of novel multiplexer.The compatible plane of CMOS technology
Waveguide is integrated, can form mass production, being more advantageous to reduces cost, energy saving.With on piece laser, modulator, spy
It is integrated to survey device, the very high chip of integrated level can be formed, pushed the miniaturization of system.Therefore, on piece wavelength multiplexing
Technical comparing is crucial and has very big prospect.The planar waveguiding structure theory of sub-wavelength grate structure since proposition by favor,
The wavelength division multiplexer of Planar Lightwave Circuit Technology based on sub-wavelength grate structure has the technical advantage different from other structures, has
Frequency spectrum flat-top, the feature that bandwidth tuning range is big, compact-sized.Therefore, the sub-wave length grating knot based on Planar Lightwave Circuit Technology
The wavelength division multiplexer of structure has biggish market potential.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this utility model is that proposing a kind of planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer based on sub-wave length grating.This reality
Wavelength-division is realized using sub-wavelength grate structure with novel, and in conjunction with being easily integrated of planar optical waveguide, low energy consumption, at low cost etc.
Advantage realizes on piece wavelength-division multiplex function.
The utility model proposes the planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer based on sub-wave length grating, the device is by following part
Constitute: input light source (1), input connection waveguide (2), sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3), output connection waveguide (4), output are visited
Survey wavelength division unit (6), the wavelength division unit (7) in m-th channel in unit (5), second channel.
The basic principle is that can laser input light source (1) through input connection waveguide (2) enter by sub-wavelength grate structure
The sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3) of composition, by the optical signal reverse coupled of some wave band, after connecting waveguide (4) by output,
Optical signal enters output probe unit (5), remaining optical signal will continue onwards transmission by sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3),
The wavelength division unit (6) for also passing through second channel with sub-wavelength grate structure, carries out the reverse coupled of different optical signals
Output, the wavelength division unit (7) in m-th channel equally obtain different optical signals.Therefore, by M cascade wavelength division units, altogether
The output of the signal of M different wave length can be obtained, realizing has the Wave decomposing multiplexer in the channel M.
The input light source (1) is tunable laser, can have the characteristics that on piece is integrated.
The sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3) is the directional coupling structure that sub-wave length grating is formed, will be required
Signal light realizes selection by way of reverse coupled.
Output connection waveguide (4) has to be insulated from sub-wave length grating waveguiding structure to general single mode waveguiding structure
The low damage output of signal is realized in the effect crossed.
The output probe unit (5), being can be to the photodetector that optical signal is read out.By sub-wave length grating wave
Sub-unit (3) selected optical signal is detected, and realizes the optical signal output of some wavelength.
All waveguides are Planar integration optical waveguide.
What the utility model had has the advantages that:
(1) based on the wavelength division multiplex device of Planar Lightwave Circuit Technology, there is component compact, it is compatible with CMOS technology,
Be easy to single-chip integration light source, detector, it is at low cost the features such as.
(2) structure of sub-wave length grating is used, so that wavelength-division multiplex unit is compact-sized, there is bandwidth tuning range
Greatly, the characteristics of frequency spectrum flat-top, to reduce wavelength-division multiplex system complexity.
(3) it by the optimization design of sub-wave length grating, to carry out apodization to frequency spectrum, to reduce interchannel crosstalk, improves
Device performance.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer of the utility model based on sub-wave length grating.
In figure: input light source (1), input connection waveguide (2), sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3), output connection waveguide
(4), wavelength division unit (6), the wavelength division unit (7) in m-th channel in probe unit (5), second channel are exported.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit.
Fig. 3 is the simulated spectrum figure of four-way wavelength division multiplexer.
Specific embodiment
The utility model is described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawing.
As shown in Figure 1, a kind of planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer based on sub-wave length grating, successively includes defeated from left to right
Enter light source (1), input connection waveguide (2), sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3), output connection waveguide (4), output probe unit
(5), the wavelength division unit (6) in second channel, the wavelength division unit (7) in m-th channel.Can laser input light source (1) through inputting
Connection waveguide (2) enters the sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3) being made of sub-wavelength grate structure, by the optical signal of some wave band
Reverse coupled, after connecting waveguide (4) by output, optical signal enters output probe unit (5), remaining optical signal will pass through sub- wave
Long grating wavelength division unit (3) continues onwards transmission, also passes through the wavelength-division list in second channel with sub-wavelength grate structure
First (6), carry out the reverse coupled output of different optical signals, and the wavelength division unit (7) in m-th channel equally obtains different light letters
Number.Therefore, by M cascade wavelength division units, the output of the signal of M different wave length can be obtained altogether, and realizing has the channel M
Wave decomposing multiplexer.
The wavelength division unit (6) in second channel inside contains sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3) and output detection
The structure of unit (5) realizes the 2nd different wavelength signals output.
The wavelength division unit (7) in the m-th channel inside contains wavelength division unit (3) and exports the knot of probe unit (5)
Structure realizes the different wavelength signals output of m-th.
Output connection waveguide (4) has to be insulated from sub-wave length grating waveguiding structure to general single mode waveguiding structure
The low damage output of signal is realized in the effect crossed.
The output probe unit (5), being can be to the photodetector that optical signal is read out.By sub-wave length grating wave
Sub-unit (3) selected optical signal is detected, and realizes the optical signal output of some wavelength.
The sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3) is the directional coupling structure that sub-wave length grating is formed, will be required
Signal light realizes selection by way of reverse coupled.Specifically it is made of the waveguide of sub-wave length grating and Bragg grating.Such as
Shown in Fig. 2, lower section is the general single mode waveguide with Bragg grating, and top is the sub-wave length grating wave with Bragg grating
It leads, forms directional coupler apart from two close waveguides, reverse coupled output is formed to the wavelength of needs.
In order to inhibit the positive coupling in reverse coupler, two waveguides have carried out asymmetric design.In addition, in order to inhibit
The secondary lobe that waveguide optical grating internal reflection is formed, two waveguides have carried out the design of apodization respectively.Side mode suppression can be improved by design
Ratio processed, signal cross-talk between smaller channels.
As shown in Fig. 2, apodization can be realized by the following method, the distance g (n) of two of them waveguide meets:
Wherein, N is the periodicity of grating, and R and a are constants.In formula (2), g0For the initial waveguide distance of coupler.
In addition, the unilateral displacement L (n) of Bragg grating on common waveguide meets:
Wherein, T is the period of waveguide optical grating.
Embodiment:
By taking four-way wavelength division multiplexer as an example, emulation obtains the spectrogram by grating after apodization optimizes.Such as Fig. 3 institute
Showing, four channels all have the flat-top bandwidth of 11nm, and in this bandwidth, the insertion loss in four channels is respectively less than 0.5dB,
Crosstalk is less than -25dB between adjacency channel, and non-adjacent interchannel crosstalk is less than -35dB, has excellent performance.According to the method, change
Design the structural parameters of grating, such as screen periods, raster width, the reverse coupled of available different wave length, different bandwidth
Frequency spectrum can obtain the wavelength division multiplexer of M port number by cascading M reverse coupler.Final optimization pass obtain based on sub- wave
The wavelength division multiplexer of long optical grating construction has the characteristics that frequency spectrum flat-top, bandwidth tuning range are big, compact-sized, can satisfy communication
The demand of standard.
Claims (7)
1. the planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer based on sub-wave length grating, it is characterised in that from left to right successively include input light source
(1), input connection waveguide (2), sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3), output connection waveguide (4), output probe unit (5), the
Wavelength division unit (6), the wavelength division unit (7) in m-th channel in two channels;Can laser input light source (1) through input connect wave
It leads (2) and enters the sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3) being made of sub-wavelength grate structure, by the reversed coupling of the optical signal of some wave band
It closes, after connecting waveguide (4) by output, optical signal enters output probe unit (5), remaining optical signal will pass through sub-wave length grating
Wavelength division unit (3) continues onwards transmission, also passes through the wavelength division unit (6) in second channel with sub-wavelength grate structure,
The reverse coupled output of different optical signals is carried out, the wavelength division unit (7) in m-th channel equally obtains different optical signals;Therefore,
By M cascade wavelength division units, the output of the signal of M different wave length can be obtained altogether, and realizing has the Wave Decomposition in the channel M
Multiplexer.
2. the planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer according to claim 1 based on sub-wave length grating, it is characterised in that described
Sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3) be directional coupling structure that sub-wave length grating is formed, required signal light is passed through anti-
Selection, and waveguide and Bragg grating structure of the sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3) by sub-wave length grating are realized to the mode of coupling
At, lower section is the general single mode waveguide with Bragg grating, and top is the sub-wave length grating waveguide with Bragg grating, away from
Two close waveguides form directional coupler, form reverse coupled output to the wavelength of needs.
3. the planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer according to claim 2 based on sub-wave length grating, it is characterised in that:
In order to inhibit the positive coupling in reverse coupler, two waveguides carry out asymmetric design;While in order to inhibit Waveguide
The secondary lobe that grid internal reflection is formed, two waveguides have carried out apodization design respectively, improve side mode suppression ratio.
4. the planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer according to claim 3 based on sub-wave length grating, it is characterised in that pass through
Following method realizes apodization, wherein the distance g (n) of two waveguides meets:
Wherein, N is the periodicity of grating, and R and a are constants;In formula (2), g0For the initial waveguide distance of coupler;
In addition, the unilateral displacement L (n) of Bragg grating on common waveguide meets:
Wherein, T is the period of waveguide optical grating.
5. the planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer according to claim 1 based on sub-wave length grating, it is characterised in that:
The wavelength division unit (6) in second channel inside contains sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3) and output probe unit
(5) structure realizes the 2nd different wavelength signals output;
The wavelength division unit (7) in the m-th channel inside contains wavelength division unit (3) and exports the structure of probe unit (5),
Realize the different wavelength signals output of m-th.
6. the planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer according to claim 1 based on sub-wave length grating, it is characterised in that:
Output connection waveguide (4), which has from sub-wave length grating waveguiding structure to general single mode waveguiding structure, is insulated transition
The low damage output of signal is realized in effect.
7. the planar optical waveguide wavelength division multiplexer according to claim 1 based on sub-wave length grating, it is characterised in that: described
Output probe unit (5), can to the photodetector that optical signal is read out, will sub-wave length grating wavelength division unit (3) it is selected
The optical signal selected is detected, and realizes the optical signal output of some wavelength.
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