{"title":"Mode-Selective by Phase-Matching Coupling to Guided Modes in Multilayer Germanium Grating for Narrow Linewidth in Wavelength Precision Photodetection","authors":"Ching-Yu Hsu;Zingway Pei;Jia-Ming Liu","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3556440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3556440","url":null,"abstract":"High-efficiency and narrow-linewidth photodetectors are critical for advanced optical communication systems, especially in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) applications. This study introduces a novel photodetector featuring a multilayer structure comprising a subwavelength grating, a Ge absorption layer, and a SiO<sub>2</sub>/Si multilayer. By utilizing the phase-matching coupling of SiO<sub>2</sub>/Si-confined modes, the devices with the gratings demonstrate a high absorbance peak of ∼97% with an ultra-narrow linewidth of ∼1 nm at 1550 nm. It is 10 times narrower than those of previous works of photodetectors integrated with phase-matching gratings. By utilizing the two-dimensional grating, the device performs polarization independently. Additionally, the inclusion of a Si spacer layer enhances design flexibility while maintaining performance. With a demonstrated bandwidth of approximately 58 GHz, the proposed photodetector is well-suited for high-speed optical communication applications. This work provides a pathway to overcoming current limitations in photodetector efficiency and spectral control, paving the way for future innovations in photonic devices.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 3","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10946127","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143883369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Non-Invasive Glucose Sensing on Fingertip Using a Mueller Matrix Polarimetry With Machine Learning","authors":"Chih-Yi Liu;Yu-Lung Lo;Wei-Chun Hung","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3575264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3575264","url":null,"abstract":"This study achieved significant predictive results using Mueller Matrix Polarimetry combined with the XGBoost algorithm for non-invasive glucose sensing of biological tissues on human fingertips. The experiment used a 660nm laser in polarimetry and incident angle optimization to enhance measurement capabilities, comprehensively obtaining properties including Linear Birefringence (LB), Circular Birefringence (CB), linear dichroism (LD), Circular Dichroism (CD), and Degree of Polarization (DoP). Phantom models simulated the interference properties of biological tissue polarization measurements. The XGBoost regression model, with feature engineering based on correlation matrices, showed consistent trends in both phantom and human measurements. As a result, the prediction results for glucose concentration in phantom mixtures were R² = 0.96 and Mean Absolute Relative Difference (MARD) = 8.67%. Furthermore, the prediction of glucose concentration on human fingertips achieved R² of 0.89, and MARD of 2.92% using the features: <inline-formula><tex-math>${{R}_1}$</tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><tex-math>${{m}_{32}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><tex-math>$S{{1}^{{{{45}}^circ }}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><tex-math>$S{{2}^{{{{45}}^circ }}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><tex-math>$S{{1}^R}$</tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><tex-math>$DoL{{P}^R}$</tex-math></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula><tex-math>${{S}_{tol}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>. It is found that for predicting human blood glucose using machine learning, CB, CD, DoP, and Total light intensity are crucial optical properties.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 3","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11018343","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144281214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Material Gain Simulation of In(As)SbBi Quantum Wells on InSb Substrate for Mid-Infrared Laser Applications","authors":"Marta Gladysiewicz","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3574886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3574886","url":null,"abstract":"The mid infrared (mid-IR) spectral range holds significant importance in laser technology because of its unique characteristics and broad range of potential applications, including gas sensing. This paper discusses the possibility of constructing structures for mid-IR lasers operating on the InSb substrate based on interband transitions. The study demonstrates the potential of bismuth-related quantum wells (QWs) and alloyed semiconductor materials for long-wavelength (LWIR) laser applications, providing insight into their electronic properties and potential for device optimization. Gain spectra were calculated for different scenarios, revealing the dominance of TE or TM modes depending on the material composition and carrier concentration. The gain spectrum widens with increasing QW width, and its intensity decreases with the growth of As. The material system under consideration is well suited for the (6–8, <inline-formula><tex-math>$mu$</tex-math></inline-formula>m) wavelength range and can be considered a promising candidate for LWIR devices.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 4","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11017609","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144299139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"High-Precision Joint Ranging Method Based on Pseudo-Random Code and Single-Tone Signal","authors":"Chaoyang Li;Zhiyong Lu;Jianfeng Sun;Fei Yang;Weibiao Chen","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3556135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3556135","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a laser joint ranging method, which integrates the pseudo-random code with the single-tone signal, is proposed for realizing high accuracy and precision. The single-tone signal utilizes a phase-shift method for high-precision ranging, while the pseudo-random code is employed to solve the distance ambiguity problem in the phase-shift method. The merging of the pseudo-random code with the single-tone signal in the digital domain and the data processing in the digital domain achieve simultaneous modulation and simultaneous ranging, which ensures the complete synchronization of the two signals during both transmission and processing. Furthermore, the pseudo-random code is band-limited, which ensures that the pseudo-random code signal and the single-tone signal do not overlap spectrally, thus preventing interference between them. The experimental results indicate that the ranging accuracy is 59.84 <inline-formula><tex-math>${bf mu m}$</tex-math></inline-formula> and the ranging precision is 14.72 <inline-formula><tex-math>${bf mu m}$</tex-math></inline-formula>. Finally, the article analyzes the selection principles of single-tone signal and pseudo-random code, providing a reference for the selection of single-tone signal and pseudo-random code in this joint ranging method.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 2","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10945597","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143817888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Vázquez;R. Altuna;Y. Jung;J. Barco-Alvárez;D. McCulloch;P. Petropoulos
{"title":"Photonics Breakthroughs 2024: Advances in B5G Radio-Power Over Fiber Fronthaul","authors":"C. Vázquez;R. Altuna;Y. Jung;J. Barco-Alvárez;D. McCulloch;P. Petropoulos","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3574445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3574445","url":null,"abstract":"Specific demands of providing power to equipment in remote areas or hazardous environments, including populated areas, requiring high throughputs and ultra-low latency in beyond 5G (B5G) mobile communications that are based on Radio over Fiber (RoF) have made Power over Fiber (PoF) attractive. This paper reviews a breakthrough of a long-distance hollow core fiber (HCF) fronthaul (up to 11.1 km) able to meet the requirements of B5G optical mobile networks, where the transmission medium is common to both 5G NR and PoF signals. This work is placed in context and compared with results provided by other authors, showing the relevance of the outcomes and subsequent future possibilities. It also creates a discussion in which the performance of other fiber technologies may be compared, as new B5G fronthauls with special attention paid to transmission in a single fiber, avoiding noise transfer between high power laser PoF source and 5G-NR data that affects the signal quality. PoF energy delivery efficiencies are also analyzed, achieving up to 9.9 % efficiency (from launched optical power to electrical power on the load) for a 3.1 km HCF and 0.9 % for a 11.1 km HCF. The PoF signal is used to supply a Bluetooth Low-Energy load.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 3","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11016695","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144243847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Performance Investigation of Low-Resolution Coherent Optical Communication System with Low-Complexity Adaptive Equalizer","authors":"Zhiyuan Chen;Xiangyong Dong;Jiaqi Gao;Zhenming Yu;Kun Xu","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3555482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3555482","url":null,"abstract":"Coherent optical communication systems are essential for modern high-speed data transmission. However, these systems face challenges related to high cost and complexity, especially in short-reach coherent optical communication systems. To address these issues, we present a low-resolution coherent optical communication system with low-complexity adaptive equalizer. The system's performance is evaluated in a 5 km 28 GBaud 16 QAM transmission scenario. The simulation results indicate that error-feedback noise shaping (EFNS) is highly effective in suppressing digital-to-analog converter (DAC) quantization noise, thereby reducing resolution demands on the DAC. Furthermore, the adaptive equalizer, based on a Stokes-domain depolarization scheme (SS-AEQ), achieves a 45% reduction in the complexity of the equalization algorithm. Compared with the 8-bit resolution DAC and the traditional 2 × 2 MIMO AEQ scheme, the system, employing 4-bit DAC for low-resolution transmission, achieves low-complexity equalization while maintaining comparable transmission performance.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 2","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10944222","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143817926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Han Wu;Ruizhi Jia;Fuling Wang;Liuge Du;Xiao Xu;Jia Zhao
{"title":"Fabrication and Performance Analysis of Single-Mode Polymer Waveguides and Devices","authors":"Han Wu;Ruizhi Jia;Fuling Wang;Liuge Du;Xiao Xu;Jia Zhao","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3573979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3573979","url":null,"abstract":"Low-cost lithography and wet development process are optimized for fabricating single-mode polymer waveguides and de-vices with small gap structures on FR4 substrate. The fabricated single-mode waveguide with core dimension of 6.04 μm × 6.05 μm exhibits the transmission loss of 1.47 dB/cm and the double-end coupling loss of 1.58 dB with single-mode fibers at 1310 nm. The relationship between the bending loss and the bending radius is also investigated, and a bending radius of larger than 20 mm is recommended. In order to verify the reliability of the optimized process in fabricating devices with small feature sizes, power splitters based on directional coupler and multimode interference are designed and fabricated, and the measurement results show good agreement with the simulation results.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 3","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11015973","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144255756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lu Dai;Yuanpeng Ding;Hui Zhang;Junjie Qi;Hongyan Shi;Jun Chu;Lei Zhang;Lei Shen;Zhaolong Liao;Shiqi Zhou;Jie Luo
{"title":"A Cladding-Pumped Device for Modal Gain Equilization Based on Rippled Few Mode Fiber","authors":"Lu Dai;Yuanpeng Ding;Hui Zhang;Junjie Qi;Hongyan Shi;Jun Chu;Lei Zhang;Lei Shen;Zhaolong Liao;Shiqi Zhou;Jie Luo","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3554555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3554555","url":null,"abstract":"To achieve mode-division multiplexing (MDM) for long-distance transmission, the development of signal amplifiers, such as erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA), is crucial. As a solution for EDFA, cladding pump has gained attention due to its low cost and high gain. This paper presents a cladding pump coupler (CP) based on double cladding passive optical fiber (DCF), fabricated using the fused taper technique, which supports the transmission of four modes: LP<sub>01</sub>, LP<sub>11</sub>, LP<sub>21</sub>, and LP<sub>02</sub>. The optical loss of this device is less than 0.3 dB, and it does not introduce new crosstalk in the transmission line, ensuring excellent mode beam quality. The fabricated device is fusion-spliced with a four-mode erbium-doped fiber (EDF), achieving very low splice loss. The EDFA based on this device exhibits outstanding performance. In the C-band, it can achieve an average gain greater than 21.56 dB, with an average differential mode gain (DMG) of 1.42 dB. When amplifying four modes simultaneously, the gain exceeds 19.21 dB, the DMG is less than 2.51 dB, and the noise figure (NF) is less than 7.348 dB. This is of great significance for enabling long-distance signal transmission in mode-division multiplexing systems.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 3","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10938589","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143840143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xue Tong;Zhenning Zhao;Yunxian Zhong;Dong Lin;Zhuangzhuang Zhu;Qing Zhong;Jinping He
{"title":"A Single Waveguide Spectrometer via Defect Scattering","authors":"Xue Tong;Zhenning Zhao;Yunxian Zhong;Dong Lin;Zhuangzhuang Zhu;Qing Zhong;Jinping He","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3554022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3554022","url":null,"abstract":"Miniaturized spectrometers show great application potential in biology, medicine, astronomy and so on. However, it is still challenging to obtain broadband spectrum and high spectral resolution simultaneously with limited size. In this study, we proposed a single waveguide spectrometer based on light scattering of the defects buried in the waveguide. The detections of the scattering light are set on the upper surface of the waveguide, as a result, tremendous detection channels can be realized even within a small structure size, which makes simultaneously high resolution and broad bandwidth detection achievable. Simulation studies show that this kind of spectrometer can exhibits an impressive bandwidth of 1000 nm, ranging from 600 to 1600 nm. Additionally, a resolution of 0.2 nm is achieved within the range of 850 to 852 nm through fine sampling. The influence factors of the performance of the spectrometer is also studied. This work provides the possibility of achieving on-chip, high-resolution, and wide-bandwidth spectrometers.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 2","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10937772","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143817833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Toward Quantum Interconnects Featuring Nanometer-to-Picometer Bandwidth Compression and THz-Range Quantum Frequency Conversion","authors":"Tim F. Weiss;Alberto Peruzzo","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3554620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3554620","url":null,"abstract":"The long-range transmission of quantum information relies on multiple interfaces between photons, acting as flying qubits, and localized memories, serving as repeaters, to mitigate transmission losses. Efficient, long-range transmission necessitates the use of short, picosecond-scale photons, which are markedly different from the narrowband, nanosecond-scale photons optimal for absorption by memory elements, typically operating at wavelengths far from telecom. In this article, we point toward designs capable of bridging these regimes, leveraging the interplay between sum-frequency generation-based quantum frequency conversion and resonant confinement in an integrated ring resonator.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 2","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10938395","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143817832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}