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Wideband and continuously-tunable fractional photonic Hilbert transformer based on a single high-birefringence planar Bragg grating

Wideband and continuously-tunable fractional photonic Hilbert transformer based on a single high-birefringence planar Bragg grating
Wideband and continuously-tunable fractional photonic Hilbert transformer based on a single high-birefringence planar Bragg grating

We propose and experimentally demonstrate wideband and continuously tunable fractional-order photonic Hilbert transformers (FrHT). These are realized by a single apodized planar Bragg grating within a high-birefringence planar substrate. The fractional order of the FrHT is continuously tuned and precisely controlled by changing the polarization state of the input light. The experimental characterization demonstrates an operating bandwidth up to 120 GHz with amplitude ripples below 3 dB. The optical phase shift response is directly measured to verify the proposed tuning property, demonstrating transform orders of around 1, 0.7, and 0.5. This approach is simple, stable, and compact compared to other existing methods and has great potential in the fields of ultrafast all-optical signal processing.

1094-4087
20450-20458
Zhang, Zijing
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Gates, James C.
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Smith, Peter G.R.
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Liu, Deming
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Cai, Binchen
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Yu, Yu
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Huang, Meng
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Lian, Zhenggang
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Posner, Matthew T.
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Gates, James C.
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Smith, Peter G.R.
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Zhang, Zijing, Sima, Chaotan, Liu, Bolan, Cai, Binchen, Gao, Yuan, Zhang, Minming, Shen, Li, Yu, Yu, Huang, Meng, Lian, Zhenggang, Posner, Matthew T., Gates, James C., Smith, Peter G.R. and Liu, Deming (2018) Wideband and continuously-tunable fractional photonic Hilbert transformer based on a single high-birefringence planar Bragg grating. Optics Express, 26 (16), 20450-20458. (doi:10.1364/OE.26.020450).

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We propose and experimentally demonstrate wideband and continuously tunable fractional-order photonic Hilbert transformers (FrHT). These are realized by a single apodized planar Bragg grating within a high-birefringence planar substrate. The fractional order of the FrHT is continuously tuned and precisely controlled by changing the polarization state of the input light. The experimental characterization demonstrates an operating bandwidth up to 120 GHz with amplitude ripples below 3 dB. The optical phase shift response is directly measured to verify the proposed tuning property, demonstrating transform orders of around 1, 0.7, and 0.5. This approach is simple, stable, and compact compared to other existing methods and has great potential in the fields of ultrafast all-optical signal processing.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 July 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 July 2018
Published date: 6 August 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 423044
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/423044
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: 0701c7a1-21a5-4656-8a3d-7d61acf17763
ORCID for James C. Gates: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-5987
ORCID for Peter G.R. Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-718X

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Date deposited: 13 Aug 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:18

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Author: Zijing Zhang
Author: Chaotan Sima
Author: Bolan Liu
Author: Binchen Cai
Author: Yuan Gao
Author: Minming Zhang
Author: Li Shen
Author: Yu Yu
Author: Meng Huang
Author: Zhenggang Lian
Author: Matthew T. Posner
Author: James C. Gates ORCID iD
Author: Peter G.R. Smith ORCID iD
Author: Deming Liu

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