An XOR/XNOR optical logic circuit with two cascaded microring resonators and two U-bend waveguides is proposed. The microring resonators are made of electro-optical polymer and modulated through linear electro-optical effect. Two electrical signals are applied to the two microrings, and simultaneous XOR and XNOR operations are demonstrated in two different operating modes. We also use scattering matrix method to analyze the analog output spectra, and find that different inputs like ‘00' and ‘11' can lead to different extinction ratios in output spectra at certain wavelengths, even though their digital outputs are the same.
为实现长距离传输及亚波长尺度的模式限制,在传统介质加载型表面等离子结构的基础上,设计了一种微孔介质加载混合表面等离子体波导,采用时域有限差分法(FDTD)对该波导模式场分布及传输特性进行了相应的研究。研究表明所设计的波导结构具有较强的局域场限制,通过在孔内填充增益介质,使混合等离子体波导的传输损耗得到了补偿,输出端的表面等离子激元实现了增益放大。结果表明,通过调整波导的几何参数和电磁参数,可以显著提高波导的场限制,降低波导本身的损耗,其中当孔与金属之间距离为44 nm时,波导的损耗达最小约为-13 d B/μm。这一设计可以为光子器件集成提供一定的理论和实验借鉴价值。
We design custom-shaped modes for a sixfold symmetric photonic quasi-crystal fiber （PQF）, an optical fiber with a sixfold symmetric quasi-periodic array of air holes in the cladding region. The supermodes of the PQF are calculated by the finite element method, and the coupling of an in-phase supermode for the quasi-periodic optical fiber is numerically optimized to obtain identical values. The optimization is guaranteed by the selection of appropriate PQF design parameters. The eigenvalue equation associated with a seven-core PQF is derived from a coupled mode equation. We realize mode shaping and provide the far-field distribution mode of PQFs. The results are beneficial for the structural design and uniform distribution of the in-phase supermodes of PQFs.
