{"title":"Design Principles and Performance Limitation of InGaN Nanowire Photonic Crystal Micro-LEDs","authors":"Yakshita Malhotra;Xianhe Liu;Zetian Mi","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3511344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3511344","url":null,"abstract":"While micro-LEDs are crucial for ultrahigh resolution micro-displays, the efficiency of currently reported micro-LEDs degrades dramatically with decreasing size. Recently, the bottom-up nanowire approach has shown promise to break the efficiency bottleneck of this size effect. In this article, we investigated the design of nanowire photonic crystal structure for micro-LED applications and revealed its correlation with the Purcell effect. Key performance characteristics including efficiency, emission directionality, and spectral linewidth are thoroughly studied. For an LED structure with low internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of 10% due to high non-radiative recombination, an enhancement of ∼30% is found viable by using a properly designed photonic crystal. High emission directionality and a narrow spectral linewidth (∼ 5 nm) can be obtained with 60% of the light being emitted within a 20° acceptance angle.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10777399","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142859256","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":"Advanced Bends and Micro Ring Resonators in Silicon Nitride Photonic Waveguides for C-Band","authors":"Jeong Hwan Song;Tangla D. Kongnyuy;Mathias Prost;Aritrio Bandyopadhyay;Sarvagya Dwivedi;Diego Carbajal Altamirano;Cian Cummins;Sandeep Seema Saseendran;Philippe Helin;Joost Brouckaert;Marcus Dahlem","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3509312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3509312","url":null,"abstract":"We present the design and experimental evaluation of low-loss advanced bends in silicon nitride (SiN) waveguides for the C-band. The advanced bends, with a radius of 25 μm, exhibit a bending loss of approximately 0.025 dB per 90°, comparable to the loss of a circular bend with a radius of 50 μm. Consequently, the 25 μm radius advanced bend is proposed for routing in SiN photonic integrated circuits to reduce the overall footprint. Furthermore, the use of these advanced bends in micro ring resonators results in quality factors of 5.8 × 10\u0000<sup>3</sup>\u0000 and 5.5 × 10\u0000<sup>4</sup>\u0000, with relatively large free spectral ranges and extinction ratios for radii of 15 μm and 25 μm, respectively.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10771684","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142810385","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-Volatile Reconfigurable Optical Digital Diffractive Neural Network Based on Phase Change Material","authors":"Qiaomu Hu;Jingyu Zhao;Chu Wu;Rui Zeng;Xiaobing Zhou;Shuang Zheng;Minming Zhang","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3508052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3508052","url":null,"abstract":"Optical diffractive neural networks have sparked extensive research due to their low power consumption and high-speed capabilities in image processing. Here we propose and design a reconfigurable all-optical diffractive neural network structure with digital non-volatile optical neurons. The optical neurons are built with Sb\u0000<sub>2</sub>\u0000Se\u0000<sub>3</sub>\u0000 phase-change material and can switch between crystalline and amorphous states with no constant energy supply. Using three reconfigurable non-volatile digital diffractive layers and 10 photodetectors connected to a reconfigurable resistor network, our model achieves an accuracy of 94.46% in the handwritten digit recognition task. Moreover, the fabrication and assembly robustness of the proposed optical diffractive neural network is verified through full-vector diffractive simulation. Thanks to its reconfigurability and low energy supply, the digital optical diffractive neural network holds great potential to facilitate a programmable and low-power-consumption photonic processor for optical-artificial-intelligence.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10770557","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142777729","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":"Correlation Between Recombination Dynamics and Quantum Barrier Thickness in InGaN-Based Micro-LEDs","authors":"Mengyue Mo;Ying Jiang;Penggang Li;Zhiqiang Liu;Xu Yang;Weifang Lu;Jinchai Li;Kai Huang;Junyong Kang;Rong Zhang","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3506779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3506779","url":null,"abstract":"To tackle the efficiency droop, we employed an epitaxial structure engineering approach and utilized SimuLED software to thoroughly investigate the influence of the quantum barrier (QB) thickness on the performance of Micro-LEDs, and delve into the corresponding carrier transport behavior. The results demonstrate that the effect of QB thickness on the performance of Micro-LEDs is closely related to injection current density. Within the current density range of 0–30 A/cm\u0000<sup>2</sup>\u0000, a thicker QB layer leads to a higher internal quantum efficiency (IQE) for Micro-LEDs. Conversely, when the current density is in the range of 30–100 A/cm\u0000<sup>2</sup>\u0000, employing a thinner QB layer in the LED structure can yield higher IQE values. In addition, this work suggests that tunneling effects and Quantum Confined Stark Effect (QCSE) dominate at different current densities, resulting in an opposite dependency of IQE on QB thickness. Furthermore, our findings indicate that adjusting QB thickness can significantly affect both the peak external quantum efficiency (EQE) and peak current density of Micro-LEDs.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10767358","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142859261","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}
Lihong Zhu;Wuling Liu;Jiahan Qin;Ye Shao;Shaoyang Tan;Jun Wang
{"title":"High Power 780 nm Broad-Area DFB Laser With Narrow Spectral Width","authors":"Lihong Zhu;Wuling Liu;Jiahan Qin;Ye Shao;Shaoyang Tan;Jun Wang","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3507802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3507802","url":null,"abstract":"The 7xx nm laser diode is the core pump source for Diode Pumped Alkali Vapor Laser (DPAL). For these applications, high power and narrow spectral width are essential. Traditional Fabry-Pérot (FP) diode lasers can provide high continuous output power, but their spectral width is too broad for many applications. By burying a Bragg grating within the semiconductor, a narrow and temperature-stable spectrum can be achieved. In this paper, we investigate the factors limiting the power enhancement of distributed feedback (DFB) lasers and characterize the grown gratings using transmission electron microscopy. We discuss the effects of grating coupling strength, wavelength detuning, and oxygen contamination in the grating region on performance. Under optimized growth conditions, a high-performance 780 nm DFB laser based on InGaAsP/InGaP gratings has been developed, achieving a continuous output power exceeding 10 W, which is the highest power for a 780 nm DFB laser to date. The spectral linewidth (FWHM) is less than 0.5 nm, and the device maintains locking across the entire operating current and a wide temperature range.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10769983","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142859255","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":"Practical and Accurate Evaluation of Numerical Aperture and Beam Quality Factor in Photonic Crystal Fibers by Mechanical Learning","authors":"Mengda Wei;Meisong Liao;Liang Chen;Yinpeng Liu;Wen Hu;Lidong Wang;Dongyu He;Tianxing Wang;Shizi Yu;Weiqing Gao","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3506622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3506622","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a convolutional neural network (CNN) model, enhanced with the convolutional block attention module (CBAM), designed to accurately predict the beam quality factor M\u0000<sup>2</sup>\u0000, and numerical aperture (NA) of photonic crystal fibers. The integration of CBAM significantly improves the model's feature extraction capability by enabling it to focus on key features and filter out irrelevant information. Simulation results demonstrate that the model achieves a mean relative error of only 0.381% for M\u0000<sup>2</sup>\u0000 and 2.293% for NA, outperforming convolutional models without attention mechanisms. With a prediction time of approximately 7 ms, the model allows for rapid and efficient predictions of M\u0000<sup>2</sup>\u0000 and NA. Moreover, when the noise factor remains below 0.32, the model's prediction error shows minimal fluctuation, highlighting its robustness. Comparative experimental analysis further validates the model's effectiveness. This approach offers a reliable and efficient solution for fast, accurate measurement of M² and NA, with significant implications for the prediction and analysis of beam performance in various applications.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10767412","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142859257","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":"Computational Ghost Imaging With Bessel Beam for Axial Objects","authors":"Jingjing Wu;Zixuan Yang","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3505913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3505913","url":null,"abstract":"In ghost imaging (GI) techniques, if the illumination patterns used in the reconstruction algorithm do not match that incident on the object's surface, the reconstructed image will be blurred. Here, we propose a computational GI system based on Bessel beams (Bessel-GI). Owing to the diffraction-free property of Bessel beams, Bessel-GI can image objects at different, unknown axial positions. It can also image multiple objects at various axial positions and axially moving objects. Specifically, the depth information of the objects can be reflected in the image size. A change in the object's position will scale the Bessel-GI imaging result, and we provide a theoretical analysis of the scale factor. The experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and utility of Bessel-GI, as well as the accuracy of the scaling factor obtained from the theoretical analysis. Bessel-GI has potential applications in moving object GI and 3D-GI. Additionally, the combination of Bessel-GI with microscopy imaging can be effectively applied to non-axial scanning microscopic GI techniques.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10766930","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142761397","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":"Ultra-Compact 1 × 4 Optical Power Splitter Based on Variable-Length Segment Optimized Inverse Design","authors":"Yongchen Wang;Hangming Fan;Zhe Yuan;Junlin Pan;Longquan Dai;Qi Yang;Mengfan Cheng;Ming Tang;Deming Liu;Lei Deng","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3505893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3505893","url":null,"abstract":"Fixed-length segment (FLS) optimization method offers a way to realize the high-efficiency analog inverse design of nanophotonic devices. However, due to the limitation of the variable dimensions and restricted search space, this method can hard to simultaneously achieve large bandwidth, compact size, and efficient performance when dealing with high-dimension design. Here, we propose a highly efficient variable-length segment (VLS) based inverse design method, aiming to solve complex analog inverse design and fully demonstrate the targeted performance. It divides the optimized region into several tapered segments of unequal length and inserts a subwavelength transition waveguide between each tapered segment, which can expand the search space of the algorithm, thus making it easier to obtain a better locally optimal solution. As typical complex proof-of-concept examples, a 1 × 4 power splitter on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform is chosen to demonstrate the validity of our design paradigm. The simulation results show that, compared with the conventional FLS, VLS has about 4–5 times higher efficiency and obtains better optimization performance. In our experiment, the fabricated device has a compact footprint of 9.8 μm × 4.9 μm and is complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible. The measured insertion loss and the uniformity are less than 0.58 dB and 0.8 dB, respectively. In addition, the tolerances to fabrication errors are also investigated. Our work may find important applications in the advanced design of future nanoscale high-quality optical devices.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10767169","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142777804","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":"Flat Supercontinuum Generation From a Phosphorus-Doped Fiber","authors":"Kailong Li;Rui Song;Li Jiang;Zhiyong Pan;Zhiping Yan;Jing Hou","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3504277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3504277","url":null,"abstract":"Phosphorus-doped fiber has great advantages in supercontinuum (SC) generation because it can narrow the gap between Raman-related peaks and valleys owing to its special Raman gain. In this paper, a random fiber laser (RFL) structure and a main oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) structure are used to pump a self-made phosphorus-doped fiber. The results show that the output spectrum of the latter structure is more favorable in spectral flatness improvement. The 15 dB bandwidth covers from 690 nm to 2320 nm and the output power is 15.1 W. In the range of 1076 -2010 nm, the spectral intensity fluctuates within 3 dB. To the best of our knowledge, the spectral range and flatness are the best among SC generation based on phosphorus-doped fiber methods, which provide a solution for improving the spectral characteristics of the SC","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10759786","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142777727","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":"A Recording Structure for Extending the Detection Angle in Off-Axis Digital Holography","authors":"Yuanyuan Liu;Feiyan Hu;Qingwen Liu","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3502671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2024.3502671","url":null,"abstract":"In digital holography, the sampling of the object wavefront is determined by the spatial resolution of the image sensors, which limits the angle range of the object wavefront. In this letter, we propose a recording structure for enlarging the detection angle in off-axis digital holography. Spatial angular multiplexing is realized by adding a small aperture in the object beam, and the spherical wave is employed as the reference light. The experiment result indicate that the new recording structure can achieve a range of 14.5 degrees, which exceeds four times the angular capacity of conventional optical path detection methods. This proposed angle-multiplexed recording technique has the potential to enhance the demand and applicability of large field of view measurements in digital holography.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10758778","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142777851","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}