A. Ferraro, Giseppe Emanuele Lio, Abdelhamid Hmina, G. Palermo, J. M. Djouda, T. Maurer, R. Caputo
{"title":"High efficient plasmonic nano heaters","authors":"A. Ferraro, Giseppe Emanuele Lio, Abdelhamid Hmina, G. Palermo, J. M. Djouda, T. Maurer, R. Caputo","doi":"10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911753","url":null,"abstract":"Thanks to an optimized nanostructures arrangement, we report on temperature variation of $250^{circ} mathrm{C}$ by impinging a plasmonic device with a green laser radiation. This great temperature value is caused by the strong confinement of electric field that is due to the covering gold nano heaters with a layer of polymer + dye. A chopper-modulated impinging wave adds a new control mechanism of the thermal response. In this configuration, the proposed device reveals a maximum temperature variation of $60^{circ} mathrm{C}$ in a period (1Hz frequency). This photo-thermal behaviour can be useful for the development of breakthrough devices in emerging fields of precision medicine and nano reactor where the control of local heating is of paramount importance.","PeriodicalId":227957,"journal":{"name":"2022 Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131883538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Loredana Gabriele, G. Bellanca, J. Nanni, M. Barbiroli, F. Fuschini, G. Serafino, D. Bertozzi, V. Tralli, V. Petruzzelli, G. Calò
{"title":"On-chip wireless interconnection through reconfigurable optical phased arrays","authors":"Loredana Gabriele, G. Bellanca, J. Nanni, M. Barbiroli, F. Fuschini, G. Serafino, D. Bertozzi, V. Tralli, V. Petruzzelli, G. Calò","doi":"10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911713","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we report the design of 3 × 3 wireless routers, based on transmitting and receiving integrated Optical Phased Arrays (OPAs), which allow on-chip optical wireless interconnections. The proposed device aims at achieving reconfigurable wideband optical links between multiple nodes. The general design criteria of these routers are illustrated and performance analysis in terms of insertion loss and crosstalk for different link configurations are reported.","PeriodicalId":227957,"journal":{"name":"2022 Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131358002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photonic circuits monolithically integrated with silicon photodiodes","authors":"M. Bernard, M. Ghulinyan, F. Acerbi","doi":"10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911736","url":null,"abstract":"We report the realization of an Electronic-Photonic Integrated Circuit. We developed a monolithic process in which a photonic circuit is realized on top of silicon detectors, realized in the epitaxial substrate. Expoliting wedge technology, we developed two coupling methods to send the 850nm optical signal into the detectors. Ultimately, the same technology can be used to realize avalanche photodiodes operating in Geiger mode to acquire single photon resolving capability.","PeriodicalId":227957,"journal":{"name":"2022 Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP)","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132184537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel generation schemes for stable soliton states in optical microcavities","authors":"F. R. Talenti, T. Hansson, S. Wabnitz","doi":"10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911742","url":null,"abstract":"The excitation of Kerr optical frequency combs (OFC) is frequently non-deterministic and remains a cumber-some problem in many practical situations. While standard techniques to generate Kerr solitons in passive resonators employ a continuous wave pump, recently pulsed pumping has also been proposed. In this study we individuate and classify OFC states in a phase space defined by an experimental set of coordinates and triggered by a general super-Gaussian chirped driving field. Our numerical analysis shows how the soliton drifts caused by the phase modulation of the input field accelerate the dynamics and convergence towards a stable soliton state.","PeriodicalId":227957,"journal":{"name":"2022 Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123459188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Linewidth narrowing and stabilization from a short cavity ring laser source design for fibre sensor applications","authors":"L. Rossi, F. Bastianini, G. Bolognini","doi":"10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911708","url":null,"abstract":"A Brillouin ring laser source intended for distributed optical fiber sensing is detailed, showing high maximum output (1.5 mW), a strong linewidth narrowing effect for both the pump and the output, reaching 10 kHz linewidth and noise reduction (RIN ~ -145 dB/Hz), resulting in a high performance BRL source that can provide both pump and probe signals for BOTDA applications.","PeriodicalId":227957,"journal":{"name":"2022 Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130878113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Valvo, E. Andrianopoulos, P. Groumas, R. Mercinelli, A. Pagano, H. Avramopoulos
{"title":"Optical bench for multi-lane high-rate transceiver testing","authors":"M. Valvo, E. Andrianopoulos, P. Groumas, R. Mercinelli, A. Pagano, H. Avramopoulos","doi":"10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911733","url":null,"abstract":"Challenges about testing optical performance of new generation high rate multi-lane and multi-rate optical transceivers for 100G/400G/800G/1600G are discussed and results obtained with these new measurement techniques are presented. Advanced optical test beds and proper test methodology are illustrated, and simulation results are provided as precursors of measurement data.","PeriodicalId":227957,"journal":{"name":"2022 Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129450864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SERS detection of polyciclic aromatic hydrocarbons using coral-like nanostructured Ag-films","authors":"Angela Capaccio, A. Sasso, G. Rusciano","doi":"10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911754","url":null,"abstract":"Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are persistent organic pollutants mainly originating from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. Health and cancer risk arising from these compounds makes it quite urgent to monitor them in air, soil, and water. Since their concentrations in the environment are usually low (order of ng/L in water), highly sensitive techniques are required. Thanks to the large amount of structural information that it can offer, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) has proven to be an effective alternative to traditional chromatographic techniques for the detection of PAHs. By exploiting the plasmonic properties of metallic nanostructures, this technique allows the detection of very low analyte concentration (nano-and pico-molar range), achieving even the limit of single-molecule detection. However, due to the ineffective adsorption of PAHs onto metallic SERS-active substrates, these surfaces are generally functionalized to increase their adhesion. Such chemical modifications can surely improve the selectivity of selected compounds but might hinder the effective direct contact of analytes to the substrate surface contributing to the background SERS signal. Herein, we propose a simple and effective nanofabrication procedure to produce large-scale 3D nanoporous Ag-based SERS substrates which exhibit excellent spatial reproducibility and EF of about 107. Our substrates can detect polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons dispersed in water without any functionalization of the surface, reaching a limit of detection (LOD) of ~20 nM for pyrene (PYR). As matter of fact, the nanoporous nature combines a high density of hotspots with the capacity to trap PAH molecules through not covalent bonding, facilitating their adhesion to the metallic surface. In perspective, our outcomes demonstrate the high potentiality of our approach for chemical sensing and environmental control applications.","PeriodicalId":227957,"journal":{"name":"2022 Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124565972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimization of 50G-PON APD-based receivers","authors":"L. Minelli, A. Abdellatif, R. Gaudino","doi":"10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911721","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we approach the optimization of IM-DD systems leveraging APD-based receivers and Feed-Forward Equalization (FFE) at the receiver side (RX). We review the role of APD-based receivers in recent evolutions of IEEE and ITU-T standards for high-speed Passive Optical Networks (PON) and in particular in 50G-PON as discussed in the recently approved Recommendation ITU-T G.9804.3. We analyze different optimization methods for PAM-2 (NRZ) and PAM-4 modulation formats, based on grid search methods and analytical closed-form solutions for decision thresholds and PAM-4 internal levels. We develop our study on a simulated optical IM-DD system, transmitting at a Baud Rate Rs=50 GBaud (i.e., 50 Gbps for NRZ, 100 Gbps for PAM-4). We assess power budget gain in terms of Optical Path Loss (OPL) with respect to nominal thresholds and levels, determining that optimizations are effective (i.e., approximately 1 dB OPL gain) when the system has moderate bandwidth limitations ($B_{3dB} gt 0.5 cdot R_{s}$). Our study can be of interest in the future for a better definition of the TDEC parameter for APD-based receivers.","PeriodicalId":227957,"journal":{"name":"2022 Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP)","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121431574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"End-to-end Deep Learning for VCSEL’s Nonlinear Digital Pre-Distortion","authors":"L. Minelli, F. Forghieri, R. Gaudino","doi":"10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911760","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a novel optimization method for a Neural Network based Digital Pre-Distorter (DPD), applied in Intensity Modulation-Direct Detection transmission systems leveraging Multi-Modal Fiber and Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser. We train the DPD using End-to-end Deep Learning of the optical link, together with a Direct Learning Approach leveraging experimental measurements for modeling the transmission channel. The optimization considers VCSEL amplitude constraints, the use of an FFE at the receiver side, and the presence of a receiver non-flat Colored Gaussian Noise (CGN). We verify our optimized DPD on an experimental setup transmitting a 92 Gbps PAM-4 modulated signal. We achieve, for BER=0.01, a performance gain of more than 1 dB in terms of Optical Path Loss with respect to the best performing non-pre-distorted scenario.","PeriodicalId":227957,"journal":{"name":"2022 Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128027967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giseppe Emanuele Lio, Antonio Ferraro, T. Ritacco, D. Aceti, A. De Luca, M. Giocondo, R. Caputo
{"title":"Optical nanocavity enabling hyper resolution in 2D and 3D two photon direct writing lithography towards flat metalens","authors":"Giseppe Emanuele Lio, Antonio Ferraro, T. Ritacco, D. Aceti, A. De Luca, M. Giocondo, R. Caputo","doi":"10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOP56156.2022.9911744","url":null,"abstract":"An increasing amount of research is being devoted to improve the spatial resolution in direct laser writing (DLW) technique allowing the fabrication of complex 2D and 3D nanoscale devices. Among the various possibilities, we exploited uncommon features as extraordinary transmittance, zero re ectance, giant dephasing and epsilon-near-zero relative permittivity of a metal/insulator/metal/insulator (MIMI) planar multilayer to upgrade a standard two-photon DLW process to hyper resolution. The improved resolution opens new opportunities in the fabrication of next-generation nanoscale devices such as metalenses, photonic circuits to name a few and in thermoplamonics. A high writing resolution is crucial for industrial applications in fields like anti-counterfeiting and at optics. Having reduced the voxel size by 89% in height and 50% in width, we fabricated full-dielectric broadband metalenses and in order to demonstrate the full capability of the achieved hyper resoution flat detailed bas-relief of Da Vinci’s ”Lady with an Ermine” has been realized.","PeriodicalId":227957,"journal":{"name":"2022 Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132861752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}