{"title":"Polarization-Maintaining Fiber With Uniform Doping Concentration Supporting 10 Weakly Coupled Modes Designed by Swarm Intelligence","authors":"Gu Zhenyu;Ning Tigang;Pei Li;Ye Xiao;Hu Zhouyi;Li Jing;Guo Hao;Zheng Jingjing;Wang Jianshuai","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3540737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3540737","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we propose a polarization-maintaining few-mode fiber (PM-FMF) with a uniform doping concentration, capable of supporting up to 10 weakly coupled modes. The fiber features a simple structure with a perforated core, designed using a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. The proposed design achieves a minimum effective refractive index difference (<inline-formula> <tex-math>$Delta n_{text {eff}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) of approximately <inline-formula> <tex-math>$3.819 times 10^{-4}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> at 1550 nm, ensuring great mode isolation. Furthermore, the structure demonstrates robust bending resistance, with key parameters optimized to mitigate mode coupling and confinement losses. Error analyses reveal the fiber’s tolerance to fabrication imperfections, including core size, refractive index, and air-hole displacement. This design holds great potential for high-capacity, short-reach optical communication systems, such as data centers. The findings provide valuable insights for designing next-generation optical fibers with low complexity and enhanced performance.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 2","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143740165","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}
Qing-An Ding;Meiyu Jiang;Qun Niu;Jiali Ren;Liuge Du;Chunyan Liu;Fangyuan Yang;Ziyang Wang;Jinghao Lu
{"title":"Shaping Current Accurately to Suppress the Transient Chirp for Multi-Level PAM Signals of Directly Modulated DFB Lasers","authors":"Qing-An Ding;Meiyu Jiang;Qun Niu;Jiali Ren;Liuge Du;Chunyan Liu;Fangyuan Yang;Ziyang Wang;Jinghao Lu","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3527439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3527439","url":null,"abstract":"Low-cost direct modulation direct detection (DM-DD) systems in optical communications are severely limited by transient chirps when adopting higher-order modulation formats to meet the high-capacity transmission. To break through this constraint, a shaping current waveform technique combined with multi-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) is proposed to suppress the transient chirp of directly modulated distributed feedback (DFB) lasers. This pre-compensation technique only requires simply changing the injected current waveform, which in combination with phase space trajectories visualizes the effect of the technique in obtaining the optimum output from the laser. Experiments show that the pre-compensation technique can minimize the transient chirp of higher-order modulated signals and reduce the overshoot of the eye diagram. Furthermore, to further validate the effectiveness of the pre-compensation technique, the eye diagrams are compared and analyzed at the receiver side. The simulation results show that the current shaping technique achieves the desired laser output, which could improve the higher-order modulation performance of the DM-DD system.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 2","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143716535","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}
Zihan Ren;Xiucheng Xu;Weiling Guo;Haoran Gao;Wanyu Xu;Jie Sun
{"title":"Optimizing the Preparation Process of Quasi-Vertical GaN p-i-n Diode to Reduce Reverse Leakage and Increase Switching Ratio","authors":"Zihan Ren;Xiucheng Xu;Weiling Guo;Haoran Gao;Wanyu Xu;Jie Sun","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3525580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3525580","url":null,"abstract":"In order to reduce the reverse leakage current of gallium nitride (GaN) p-i-n diode and improve the switching ratio of the device, the preparation process of GaN based quasi-vertical p-i-n diode was optimized from three aspects. First, the effects of metal and oxide etching masks on GaN step etching were compared, and it was found that the device etched with metal nickel (Ni) mask had better positive characteristics than silicon dioxide (SiO2) mask. Secondly, sidewall treatment was used to repair the damaged sidewall after etching, and the repair mechanism was discussed. Finally, the passivation layer was prepared by low temperature and high temperature growth respectively, and the performance of the device under different process conditions was compared. After the optimization of the preparation process, the leakage current of the quasi-vertical p-i-n diode was reduced by three orders of magnitude compared with the control group. The optimized device exhibits an ideal factor n of 1.12, turn-on voltage (Von) of 3.34 V, specific on-resistance (Ron,sp) of 2.27 m<inline-formula> <tex-math>$Omega cdot $ </tex-math></inline-formula> cm2, positive and negative current density of 161.54 A/cm2 and <inline-formula> <tex-math>$2.55times 10^{-9}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> A/cm2, respectively, and a switching ratio of <inline-formula> <tex-math>$6.35times 10^{10}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 2","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143716427","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}
Hans Wenzel;Eduard Kuhn;Ben King;Paul Crump;Mindaugas Radziunas
{"title":"Theory of the Linewidth–Power Product of Photonic–Crystal Surface–Emitting Lasers","authors":"Hans Wenzel;Eduard Kuhn;Ben King;Paul Crump;Mindaugas Radziunas","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2024.3524133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2024.3524133","url":null,"abstract":"A general theory for the intrinsic (Lorentzian) linewidth of photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers (PCSELs) is presented. The effect of spontaneous emission is modeled by a classical Langevin force entering the equation for the slowly varying waves. The solution of the coupled-wave equations, describing the propagation of four basic waves within the plane of the photonic crystal, is expanded in terms of the solutions of the associated spectral problem, i.e. the laser modes. Expressions are given for photon number, rate of spontaneous emission into the laser mode, Petermann factor and effective Henry factor entering the general formula for the linewidth. The theoretical framework is applied to the calculation of the linewidth-power product of air-hole and all-semiconductor PCSELs. For output powers in the Watt range, intrinsic linewidths in the kHz range are obtained in agreement with recent experimental results.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142993099","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":"2024 Index IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Vol. 60","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2024.3520776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2024.3520776","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"60 6","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10812971","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142875079","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}
Qi Wang;Yingjie Ma;Bowen Liu;Runze Xia;Guixue Zhang;Yi Gu;Xue Li
{"title":"Planar InGaAs Avalanche Photodiode With Multi-Stage InAlAs/InAlGaAs Multiplication Structure","authors":"Qi Wang;Yingjie Ma;Bowen Liu;Runze Xia;Guixue Zhang;Yi Gu;Xue Li","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2024.3514814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2024.3514814","url":null,"abstract":"A planar In0.53Ga0.47As avalanche photodiode (APD) with a triple-stage cascaded InAlAs/InAlGaAs multiplication structure is designed and fabricated. Double zinc-diffusion p-n junction is formed to suppress the perimeter premature breakdown. A low dark current of 4.8 nA at around breakdown voltage is obtained at room temperature for a \u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$40~mu $ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000m diameter device with a maximum gain-bandwidth product of 216 GHz. The E-field profile is modulated by doping of a thin In0.52Al0.48As subcharge layer within each multiplication stage. Moreover, electron and hole potential wells are also introduced by the In0.52Al0.24Ga0.24As layers within each stage. The measured hole-initiated maximum gain factor and excess noise factor are 77 and F=6.3 at 200 K, respectively, which well agree with the predicted results base on the dead-space multiplication theory. These results indicate the planar multi-stage multiplication regime is a viable route for fabrication of APDs towards low excess noise while maintaining of a low dark current.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142844282","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":"Ultrafast Photodiodes With High Saturation Power Based on an Automated Intelligent Design System","authors":"Junjing Huang;Xiaofeng Duan;Kai Liu;Yongqing Huang;Xiaomin Ren","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2024.3512436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2024.3512436","url":null,"abstract":"The rapid development of inverse design algorithms and the increasing availability of high-speed computing resources have made it possible to exploit heuristic algorithms to assist the design of photonic devices. This paper presents an automated intelligent design system for semiconductor photodetectors, which is capable of identifying the optimal performance of the photodetector under arbitrary material distribution. The aforementioned method was employed for the design of a modified uni-traveling carrier photodetector (MUTC-PD), exhibiting a bandwidth of 232GHz(@-5V) and an RF output power of 16.799dBm(@100GHz). In comparison to the original structure and traditional manual scanning methods, the bandwidth of this device has been increased by 96GHz and 25GHz, respectively, which serves to illustrate the effectiveness and superiority of this approach. Furthermore, the system is also instrumental in the discovery of new material combinations and structural designs, thereby driving innovation and advancement in the field of semiconductor photodetector technology.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142993098","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":"Intradot Relaxation of Carriers and Modulation Bandwidth in Quantum Dot Lasers With Double Asymmetric Barrier Layers","authors":"Cody Hammack;Levon V. Asryan","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2024.3512435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2024.3512435","url":null,"abstract":"Electron-hole recombination outside of a quantum-confined active region presents a major challenge in conventional injection lasers. Double asymmetric barrier layers (DABLs) flanking the active region should efficiently suppress this parasitic recombination. One of the challenges still remaining in DABL lasers is the presence of excited states in the active region. In this work, the impact of such states in quantum dots (QDs) on static and dynamic characteristics of DABL QD lasers is examined. The most dramatic case is considered where carriers can only be captured into the QD excited state before decaying to the ground state and thus contributing to lasing. We show that there exist optimum values for the DC component of the injection current, QD surface density, and cavity length that maximize the laser modulation bandwidth. The maximum bandwidth itself is strongly controlled by intradot relaxation of carriers—while it remains almost unchanged at the excited-to-ground state relaxation times shorter than 0.01 ps, it drops considerably for longer relaxation times in the considered structures. A strict control of the parameters is thus essential in DABL QD lasers to increase their modulation bandwidth.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142858660","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}
Sonia M. García-Blanco;Lantian Chang;Pablo Sanchis
{"title":"Guest Editorial JQE Special Issue Dedicated to the 24th European Conference on Integrated Optics","authors":"Sonia M. García-Blanco;Lantian Chang;Pablo Sanchis","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2024.3484048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2024.3484048","url":null,"abstract":"This Special Issue is associated with the European Conference on Integrated Optics (ECIO), held on April 19–21, 2023, in Enschede, The Netherlands. This conference was the 24th in a series that started in London in 1981. After the 2022 edition held in Milan, this new edition of the conference was hosted at the University of Twente with about 210 participants. The scientific sessions of the conference were opened with a plenary session by Prof. Miloš Popović of Boston University, USA, who presented the progress in electronic-photonic integrated circuits and systems.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"60 6","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789026","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.2024.3501783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2024.3501783","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"60 6","pages":"C3-C3"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10779367","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789094","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}