Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 2, 0213001(2019)

Design of Time Delay Network for Optical Beamforming Based on Anti-Resonant Waveguide Micro-Rings

Fangfang Shen*, Xinxin Su, Sicheng Yang, Zhenlin Wu, Mingshan Zhao, and Xiuyou Han*
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  • School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning 116024, China
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    Bandwidths for different time delay schemes. (a) Delay on two sidebands and optical carrier; (b) delay on one sideband and optical carrier; (c) delay on only one sideband
    Structural diagram of optical time delay network
    Structure of antenna array. (a) Structure of one-dimensional linear array; (b) time delay network the fourth element linear array
    Intensity response of waveguide micro-rings with different loss coefficients at κ=0.3
    Simulated time delay curve for each path of micro-ring with the maximum scan angle (+30°). (a) Simulated time delay response curves of each path for time delay network; (b) enlarged map of time delay response at anti-resonance
    Structural diagram of micro-ring assisted MZI bandpass filter
    Intensity response curves of bandpass filter
    Target delay time versus loss under different propagation losses of waveguide
    • Table 1. Coupling coefficients of micro-rings in time delay network at the maximum scanning angle

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      Table 1. Coupling coefficients of micro-rings in time delay network at the maximum scanning angle

      Angleκ11,κ12κ21,κ22κ31,κ32κ41,κ42
      -30°00.3790.620.774
      +30°0.7740.620.3790
    • Table 2. Time delay deviation value under different coupling coefficient deviations

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      Table 2. Time delay deviation value under different coupling coefficient deviations

      Coupling coefficient deviation±1%±2%±3%±4%±5%
      Delay deviation /ps0.531.081.602.202.80
    • Table 3. Gain and noise coefficients of system link under different cycle loss factors

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      Table 3. Gain and noise coefficients of system link under different cycle loss factors

      Ring loss factor αDelay-loss coefficient /(dB·ps-1)Gain /dBNoise figure /dB
      0.9929.96×10-4-30.936.5
      0.9610.00494-32.337.2
      0.9240.00983-34.138.2
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    Fangfang Shen, Xinxin Su, Sicheng Yang, Zhenlin Wu, Mingshan Zhao, Xiuyou Han. Design of Time Delay Network for Optical Beamforming Based on Anti-Resonant Waveguide Micro-Rings[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(2): 0213001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Jul. 13, 2018

    Accepted: Sep. 17, 2018

    Published Online: May. 10, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/AOS201939.0213001

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