Title :
High-order photonic differentiator using on-chip cascaded Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Author :
Jianji Dong ; Aoling Zheng ; Dingshan Gao ; Lei Lei ; Xinliang Zhang
Author_Institution :
Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate a high-order photonic differentiator using on-chip CMOS-compatible Mach-Zehnder interferometers, including first-, second-, and third-order differentiators. For Gaussian optical pulse injection, the average deviations of all differentiators are less than 6.5%.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optoelectronics; optical elements; Gaussian optical pulse injection; average deviations; first-order differentiator; high-order photonic differentiator; on-chip CMOS-compatible cascaded Mach-Zehnder interferometers; second-order differentiator; third-order differentiator; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Photonics; System-on-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
