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Chip-integrated optical power limiter based on an all-passive micro-ring resonator
Recent progress in silicon nanophotonics has dramatically advanced the possible realization of large-scale on-chip optical interconnects integration. Adopting photons as information carriers can break the performance bottleneck of electronic integrated circuit such as serious thermal losses and poor...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202204/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25327538 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep06676 |
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author | Yan, Siqi Dong, Jianji Zheng, Aoling Zhang, Xinliang |
author_facet | Yan, Siqi Dong, Jianji Zheng, Aoling Zhang, Xinliang |
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description | Recent progress in silicon nanophotonics has dramatically advanced the possible realization of large-scale on-chip optical interconnects integration. Adopting photons as information carriers can break the performance bottleneck of electronic integrated circuit such as serious thermal losses and poor process rates. However, in integrated photonics circuits, few reported work can impose an upper limit of optical power therefore prevent the optical device from harm caused by high power. In this study, we experimentally demonstrate a feasible integrated scheme based on a single all-passive micro-ring resonator to realize the optical power limitation which has a similar function of current limiting circuit in electronics. Besides, we analyze the performance of optical power limiter at various signal bit rates. The results show that the proposed device can limit the signal power effectively at a bit rate up to 20 Gbit/s without deteriorating the signal. Meanwhile, this ultra-compact silicon device can be completely compatible with the electronic technology (typically complementary metal-oxide semiconductor technology), which may pave the way of very large scale integrated photonic circuits for all-optical information processors and artificial intelligence systems. |
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spelling | pubmed-42022042014-10-21 Chip-integrated optical power limiter based on an all-passive micro-ring resonator Yan, Siqi Dong, Jianji Zheng, Aoling Zhang, Xinliang Sci Rep Article Recent progress in silicon nanophotonics has dramatically advanced the possible realization of large-scale on-chip optical interconnects integration. Adopting photons as information carriers can break the performance bottleneck of electronic integrated circuit such as serious thermal losses and poor process rates. However, in integrated photonics circuits, few reported work can impose an upper limit of optical power therefore prevent the optical device from harm caused by high power. In this study, we experimentally demonstrate a feasible integrated scheme based on a single all-passive micro-ring resonator to realize the optical power limitation which has a similar function of current limiting circuit in electronics. Besides, we analyze the performance of optical power limiter at various signal bit rates. The results show that the proposed device can limit the signal power effectively at a bit rate up to 20 Gbit/s without deteriorating the signal. Meanwhile, this ultra-compact silicon device can be completely compatible with the electronic technology (typically complementary metal-oxide semiconductor technology), which may pave the way of very large scale integrated photonic circuits for all-optical information processors and artificial intelligence systems. Nature Publishing Group 2014-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4202204/ /pubmed/25327538 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep06676 Text en Copyright © 2014, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder in order to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Yan, Siqi Dong, Jianji Zheng, Aoling Zhang, Xinliang Chip-integrated optical power limiter based on an all-passive micro-ring resonator |
title | Chip-integrated optical power limiter based on an all-passive micro-ring resonator |
title_full | Chip-integrated optical power limiter based on an all-passive micro-ring resonator |
title_fullStr | Chip-integrated optical power limiter based on an all-passive micro-ring resonator |
title_full_unstemmed | Chip-integrated optical power limiter based on an all-passive micro-ring resonator |
title_short | Chip-integrated optical power limiter based on an all-passive micro-ring resonator |
title_sort | chip-integrated optical power limiter based on an all-passive micro-ring resonator |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202204/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25327538 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep06676 |
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