Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 15, 1513001(2022)

Phase-Change Material Based Photonic Digital-to-Analog Converter for Arbitrary Waveform Generation

Pengxing Guo1,2, Peng Zhao1,2, Weigang Hou1,2、*, and Lei Guo1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Communication and Information Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China
  • 2Institute of Intelligent Communication and Network Security, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China
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    Weighted resistor network
    MR at different states. (a) MR in detuned state; (b) MR in resonance state
    MR structure and its transmission curve diagram. (a) MR structure and its parameter configuration; (b) transmission curves of "drop" port before and after EO tuning
    Schematic diagrams of optical waveguide with integrated GST. (a) Schematic diagram of optical waveguide structure; (b) schematic diagram of cross-section of optical waveguide
    Effect of GST with different crystallization rate on transmittance of optical waveguides. (a) Schematic diagram of electric field intensity in waveguide; (b) transmittance change of waveguide
    N- bit PDAC based on MR and photonic PCM
    Test diagram of 4-bit PDAC based on MR and photonic PCM
    Insertion loss of MR under different input digital signals. (a) Modulation signal is "0011"; (b) modulation signal is "1100"; (c) modulation signal is "0101"; (d) modulation signal is "1010"
    Numerical simulation results. (a) Modulation signal of MR1; (b) modulation signal of MR2; (c) modulation signal of MR3; (d) modulation signal of MR4; (e) simulation results of PDAC based on MR and splitters; (f) simulation results of proposed PDAC based on MR and GST
    Analog output and linear fitting under different input digital signals
    Waveform quantization shapes and filtered waveforms generated by configuring input signal. (a)(d) Square wave; (b)(e) sawtooth wave; (c)(f) triangle wave
    Simulation results of ENOB. (a) Quantized output by configuring input signal; (b) filtered output sine waves
    • Table 1. Working condition of 4-bit PDAC

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      Table 1. Working condition of 4-bit PDAC

      a1a2a3a4State of MR1State of MR2State of MR3State of MR4Output
      0001OffOffOffOnP/16
      0010OffOffOnOffP/8
      0100OffOnOffOffP/4
      1100OnOnOffOff3P/4
      1110OnOnOnOff7P/8
      1111OnOnOnOn15P/16
    • Table 2. Comparison of performance of PDAC based on MR and GST and PDAC proposed in recent years

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      Table 2. Comparison of performance of PDAC based on MR and GST and PDAC proposed in recent years

      PDAC structureSpeed /(GSa·s-1ENOB /bitResolution /bitS or E
      PDAC using a blue frequency chirp24101.912E
      PDAC using MZIs25103.754S
      PDAC using optical analog multiplexing2686.17E
      Proposed PDAC253.634S
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    Pengxing Guo, Peng Zhao, Weigang Hou, Lei Guo. Phase-Change Material Based Photonic Digital-to-Analog Converter for Arbitrary Waveform Generation[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(15): 1513001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Jan. 24, 2022

    Accepted: Mar. 7, 2022

    Published Online: Aug. 4, 2022

    The Author Email: Hou Weigang (houwg@cqupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.1513001

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