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Terahertz bandwidth photonic Hilbert transformers based on synthesized planar Bragg grating fabrication

Terahertz bandwidth photonic Hilbert transformers based on synthesized planar Bragg grating fabrication
Terahertz bandwidth photonic Hilbert transformers based on synthesized planar Bragg grating fabrication
Terahertz bandwidth photonic Hilbert transformers are proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The integrated device is fabricated via a direct UV grating writing technique in a silica-on-silicon platform. The photonic Hilbert transformer operates at bandwidths of up to 2 THz (~16nm), which is at least ten fold greater bandwidth than any previously reported experimental approaches. Achieving this performance requires detailed knowledge of the system transfer function of the direct UV grating writing technique, this allows improved linearity, and yields THz bandwidth Bragg gratings with improved spectral quality. By incorporating a flat-top reflector and Hilbert grating with a waveguide coupler an ultra wideband all-optical single-sideband filter is demonstrated.
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Sima, C.
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Gates, J.C.
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Holmes, C.
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Mennea, P.L.
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Mennea, P.L.
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Sima, C., Gates, J.C., Holmes, C., Mennea, P.L., Zervas, M.N. and Smith, P.G.R. (2013) Terahertz bandwidth photonic Hilbert transformers based on synthesized planar Bragg grating fabrication. Optics Letters, 38 (17), 3448-3451. (doi:10.1364/OL.38.003448).

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Terahertz bandwidth photonic Hilbert transformers are proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The integrated device is fabricated via a direct UV grating writing technique in a silica-on-silicon platform. The photonic Hilbert transformer operates at bandwidths of up to 2 THz (~16nm), which is at least ten fold greater bandwidth than any previously reported experimental approaches. Achieving this performance requires detailed knowledge of the system transfer function of the direct UV grating writing technique, this allows improved linearity, and yields THz bandwidth Bragg gratings with improved spectral quality. By incorporating a flat-top reflector and Hilbert grating with a waveguide coupler an ultra wideband all-optical single-sideband filter is demonstrated.

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Published date: 1 September 2013
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 360037
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/360037
ISSN: 0146-9592
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ORCID for J.C. Gates: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-5987
ORCID for C. Holmes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9021-3760
ORCID for M.N. Zervas: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0651-4059
ORCID for P.G.R. Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-718X

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Date deposited: 22 Nov 2013 13:21
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:27

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Author: C. Sima
Author: J.C. Gates ORCID iD
Author: C. Holmes ORCID iD
Author: P.L. Mennea
Author: M.N. Zervas ORCID iD
Author: P.G.R. Smith ORCID iD

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