Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 11, 1113001(2019)

Delay Test of Tunable Silicon Nitride Micro-Ring Based on Optical Vector-Network Analysis

Xuemeng Xu, Pengfei Zheng, Jing Li, Hong Hong, Huimin Yang, Ruohu Zhang, and Binfeng Yun*
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  • Advanced Photonics Center, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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    The tunable delay of the silicon nitride micro-ring can be indirectly obtained by measuring the phase characteristics with the high-frequency resolution optical vector-network analysis method. However, the delay-spectrum-measurement stability of the silicon nitride micro-ring is seriously affected by some factors such as phase noise, laser-carrier-frequency fluctuation, and signal-to-noise ratio of the measurement system. This study experimentally analyzes these effects on the delay spectrum measurement of the silicon nitride micro-ring. By optimizing the measurement system and data processing method, a high-resolution measurement is achieved with delay and extinction ratio resolutions of approximately 10 ps and 0.04 dB, respectively. This work provides important reference value for the silicon nitride micro-ring measurement and paves the way for its applications in microwave photonic beamforming systems.

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    Xuemeng Xu, Pengfei Zheng, Jing Li, Hong Hong, Huimin Yang, Ruohu Zhang, Binfeng Yun. Delay Test of Tunable Silicon Nitride Micro-Ring Based on Optical Vector-Network Analysis[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(11): 1113001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: May. 6, 2019

    Accepted: Jul. 24, 2019

    Published Online: Nov. 6, 2019

    The Author Email: Yun Binfeng (ybf@seu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS201939.1113001

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