Tu-Lu Liang;Wei Shao;Zi-Ye Xiao;Mei Yu;Lingyan Zhang;Wei Zhang;Jin Shi
{"title":"Optimization Methods for the Design of Compact and Broadband Adiabatic Couplers","authors":"Tu-Lu Liang;Wei Shao;Zi-Ye Xiao;Mei Yu;Lingyan Zhang;Wei Zhang;Jin Shi","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3554459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3554459","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, optimization methods for the design of the compact and broadband adiabatic couplers are presented. Two definitions of an uncoupled waveguide system are introduced: the first involves connecting one of the two silicon waveguides to a boundary, directing its eigenmodes to the boundary, while the second removes one of the waveguides, resulting in eigenmodes confined to the remaining waveguide. The efficient design of adiabatic couplers is achieved by correcting and fitting the refractive indices of the even and odd eigenmodes in these uncoupled systems. The length of the adiabatic coupler designed by the proposed optimization method can be substantially reduced compared to the conventional linear adiabatic coupler. Calculations for the operating bandwidth of the designed adiabatic coupler show that the proposed optimization method can indeed achieve a paramount wide range of operating bandwidths (power transmission efficiencies of more than 90% are achieved for wavelengths from 1406 nm to 3775 nm). A comparison with other design methods demonstrates that the proposed optimization approach yields a coupler with higher efficiency than previous methods. These findings highlight the potential of this optimization strategy for designing high-performance adiabatic couplers with complex geometries in integrated optics.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 2","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143856244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics information for authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3549251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3549251","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 1","pages":"C3-C3"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10935772","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143667479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research with the World!","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3553339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3553339","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 1","pages":"2-2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10935775","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143667271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gain and Threshold Improvements of 1300 nm Lasers Based on InGaAs/InAlGaAs Superlattice Active Regions","authors":"Andrey Babichev;Evgeniy Pirogov;Maksim Sobolev;Sergey Blokhin;Yuri Shernyakov;Mikhail Maximov;Andrey Lutetskiy;Nikita Pikhtin;Leonid Karachinsky;Innokenty Novikov;Anton Egorov;Si-Cong Tian;Dieter Bimberg","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3553022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3553022","url":null,"abstract":"A detailed experimental analysis of the impact of active region design on the performance of 1300 nm lasers based on InGaAs/InAlGaAs superlattices is presented. Three different types of superlattice active regions and waveguide layer compositions were grown. Using a superlattice allows to downshift the energy position of the miniband, as compared to thin InGaAs quantum wells, having the same composition, being beneficial for high-temperature operation. Very low internal loss (~6 cm−1), low transparency current density of ~500 A/cm2, together with 46 cm−1 modal gain and 53 % internal efficiency were observed for broad-area lasers with an active region based on a highly strained In0.74Ga0.26As/In0.53Al0.25Ga0.22As superlattice. Characteristic temperatures <inline-formula> <tex-math>$T_{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math>$T_{1}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> were improved up to 76 K and 100 K, respectively. These data suggest that such superlattices have also the potential to much improve VCSEL properties at this wavelength.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 2","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143856088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zi Wang;Brian Pamukti;Fan-Chang Meng;Shien-Kuei Liaw;Chien-Hung Yeh;Jem-Kun Chen
{"title":"Single-Longitudinal Mode Ytterbium-Doped Fiber Laser Using Four 2 × 2 Fiber Couplers for Multiple Subring Ring Cavities","authors":"Zi Wang;Brian Pamukti;Fan-Chang Meng;Shien-Kuei Liaw;Chien-Hung Yeh;Jem-Kun Chen","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3548944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3548944","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present a single-longitudinal mode (SLM) Ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL) featuring a six-subring cavity (SSRC) structure. The YDFL achieves SLM output through use of the SSRC architecture. We evaluated the stability of both wavelength and power during the experimental measurements. The results show that the wavelength and power fluctuations over one hour were less than 0.01 nm and 0.03 dB, respectively. Measurements confirmed that the YDFL, with the SSRC structure, operates stably in a SLM state. Finally, by applying Lorentzian fitting to the measured data, a linewidth of 2.4 kHz was obtained.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 2","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143856270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}