CN108646344B - Single input and multi-output optical switch based on nonlinear optical sublattice - Google Patents

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CN108646344B
CN108646344B CN201810415171.9A CN201810415171A CN108646344B CN 108646344 B CN108646344 B CN 108646344B CN 201810415171 A CN201810415171 A CN 201810415171A CN 108646344 B CN108646344 B CN 108646344B
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Abstract

The present invention provides a kind of single input and multi-output optical switches based on nonlinear optical sublattice, including first wave conducting shell, second waveguide layer and third ducting layer, the setting of first wave conducting shell is arranged between third ducting layer and first wave conducting shell in second waveguide layer top, second waveguide layer;Second waveguide layer includes nonlinear waveguide, and the first wave conducting shell and third ducting layer include linear waveguide;Nonlinear waveguide is sinusoidal pattern waveguide, and linear waveguide is screw type waveguide;Optical switch further includes an input port and at least two output ports.The present invention can choose different output ports according to actual needs, and photoswitch corresponding to each output port cut-offs threshold value difference, increases flexibility in practical applications.

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Single input and multi-output optical switch based on nonlinear optical sublattice
Technical field
The invention belongs to optic communications and optical logic calculating field, are related to optical switch, and in particular to one kind is based on non-thread The single input and multi-output optical switch of property photonic crystal lattice.
Background technique
With being constantly progressive for science and technology, the continuous development of communication network updates, and traditional photoswitch has been unable to meet The demand of current each application field.Such as: mechanical optical switch, volume is very much not easy of integration, and response speed is slow;Microelectronics light is opened It closes, though having preferable processing compatibility, insertion loss is big, and switch is unstable, and response speed is only in musec order etc..With The development of photon technology, and the appearance of the photonic crystal lattice with multidirectional periodic structure provided for optical switch technology New approaches.The control to light is realized by photonic crystal lattice, and then successfully develops full light photonic crystal lattice photoswitch, has broken tradition The technical barrier of photoswitch.However, general full light photonic crystal lattice photoswitch only exists single input/mono- output at present, it is unfavorable for To the flexible modulation of optical signal.
Summary of the invention
In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention intends to provide a kind of based on nonlinear optical sublattice Single input and multi-output optical switch solves full light photonic crystal lattice photoswitch in the prior art and only exists single input/mono- output, unfavorable In the flexible modulation to optical signal the problem of.
In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problem, the present invention is realised by adopting the following technical scheme:
A kind of single input and multi-output optical switch based on nonlinear optical sublattice, including first wave conducting shell a, second waveguide Layer u and third ducting layer b, on the top second waveguide layer u, second waveguide layer u is arranged in third wave for the first wave conducting shell a setting Between conducting shell b and first wave conducting shell a;
The second waveguide layer u includes (N+1) a nonlinear waveguide, and the first wave conducting shell a includes N number of linear waveguide, Third ducting layer b includes N number of linear waveguide bn, wherein N is the positive integer greater than 4;
The nonlinear waveguide is sinusoidal pattern waveguide, and linear waveguide is screw type waveguide;
The optical switch further includes an input port and at least two output ports.
Further, the linear waveguide of the first wave conducting shell a be located at two nonlinear waveguide connecting line midpoints just on Side, the linear waveguide of the third ducting layer b are located at the underface at two nonlinear waveguide connecting line midpoints.
Further, there is coefficient of coup C in layer between the every two adjacent nonlinear waveguide1, adjacent linear wave Lead has layer coupling coefficient C between nonlinear waveguide2, wherein C2:C1For more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 2.
Further, the central waveguide position of serial number n=0 on the input face, output is arranged in one input port The waveguide position of serial number n ∈ [- 6,15] is arranged in output face in port.
Further, the screw type waveguide and sinusoidal pattern waveguide pass through after formula (1) is modulated and are formed;
In formula (1), n is waveguide serial number;ωu,n、ωa,n、ωb,nRespectively first wave conducting shell a, second waveguide layer u, third The eigenfrequency of n-th of waveguide in ducting layer b;ωΓxFor the long axis of screw type waveguide;ωΓyFor the short axle of screw type waveguide; ω is waveguide static state resonant frequency,C is the light velocity=3x10 in vacuum8M/s, a0For waveguide radius, n1To adjust Waveguide index after system, n2For substrate refractive index, and M ω=ωuabu, wherein M=1,WithRespectively u layer before modulation, a layers, b layers of waveguide static state are total to Vibration frequency, n1u, n1a, n1bU layer, a layers, b layers of waveguide index before respectively modulating;ΓxFor the modulated amplitude in the direction x;ΓyFor The modulated amplitude in the direction y;Γx=sin (ψ), Γy=cos (ψ);ψ is initial phase, ψ=π/4;Z is the direction of propagation;Fx(z) it is Refractive index modulation function of the waveguide in the direction x;Fy(z) the refractive index modulation function for waveguide in the direction y.The present invention and existing skill Art is compared, and is had the following technical effect that
In the shape of a spiral, nonlinear waveguide is in sinusoidal to linear waveguiding structure in the present invention, brilliant using the photon of this structure Lattice, can choose different output ports according to actual needs, and photoswitch corresponding to each output port cut-offs threshold value not Together, the flexibility of this photoswitch in practical applications is increased.
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Fig. 1 (a1) is schematic structural view of the invention before modulating, and Fig. 1 (a2) is the preceding schematic cross-section of the invention of modulation;Fig. 1 It (b1) is structural schematic diagram of the invention after modulating, Fig. 1 (b2) is schematic cross-section of the invention after modulating;
Fig. 2 is nonlinear dispersion relation schematic diagram of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the light distribution schematic diagram in present invention output section.
Explanation is further explained in detail to particular content of the invention below in conjunction with attached drawing.
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Specific embodiments of the present invention are given below, it should be noted that the invention is not limited to implement in detail below Example, all equivalent transformations made on the basis of the technical solutions of the present application each fall within protection scope of the present invention.
Embodiment 1:
As shown in Figure 1, the present embodiment provides a kind of single input and multi-output optical switch based on nonlinear optical sublattice, packet Including first wave conducting shell a, second waveguide layer u and third ducting layer b, first wave conducting shell a setting is on the top second waveguide layer u, and second Ducting layer u is arranged between third ducting layer b and first wave conducting shell a;The second waveguide layer u includes (N+1) a nonlinear wave It leads, the first wave conducting shell a includes N number of linear waveguide, and third ducting layer b includes N number of linear waveguide bn, wherein N is greater than 4 Positive integer;Nonlinear waveguide is sinusoidal pattern, and linear waveguide is screw type waveguide;Optical switch further include an input port and At least two output ports.
Since waveguide is geometry modulation type in the present invention: (a layers) of first layer are to rotate clockwise helix waveguide, the Two layers (u layers) are the sine waveguide of the direction x modulation type, (b layer) of third layer to rotate helix waveguide counterclockwise, therefore whether the When two ducting layers or the first/tri- ducting layer input light wave, three layers of waveguide can all show left-right asymmetry light intensity in output face Distribution;Since there are Kerr nonlinearity effects for the second layer in the present invention, so each waveguide output intensity will be entered light intensity It influences.When second waveguide layer inputs light wave, with the increase of incident intensity, different waveguide can be exported in second waveguide layer Light wave.As long as determining detector power response threshold value, multi output end output light wave can be obtained, to realize that multi output optics is opened It closes;When first or third ducting layer input light wave, with the increase of incident intensity, light wave will be at the first/tri- ducting layer center The output of binary channels light wave and the output of single channel light wave are realized at waveguide position.
Specifically, the linear waveguide of first wave conducting shell is located at the surface at two nonlinear waveguide connecting line midpoints, described The linear waveguide of third ducting layer is located at the underface at two nonlinear waveguide connecting line midpoints.
There is coefficient of coup C in layer between the every two adjacent nonlinear waveguide1, adjacent linear waveguide and non-linear There is layer coupling coefficient C between waveguide2, wherein C2:C1For more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 2;
Wherein, an input port is arranged in any waveguide, and at least two output ports are respectively set in waveguide in office.
As shown in Fig. 1 (a2), c1,c2For modulation before layer in layer coupling coefficient;As shown in Fig. 1 (b2), C1,C2 For the effective coupling coefficient after modulation;Therefore the eigenfrequency of linear type waveguide need to be modulated, to linear type waveguide sheet The modulation of sign frequency can pass through the combination result parameter F to linear type waveguidex,FyModulation realize that the present invention passes through formula (1) eigenfrequency of waveguide is modulated:
In formula (1), n is waveguide serial number;ωu,n、ωa,n、ωb,nRespectively first wave conducting shell a, second waveguide layer u, third The eigenfrequency of n-th of waveguide in ducting layer b;ωΓxFor the long axis of screw type waveguide;ωΓyFor the short axle of screw type waveguide; ω is waveguide static state resonant frequency,C is the light velocity=3x10 in vacuum8M/s, a0For waveguide radius, n1To adjust Waveguide index after system, n2For substrate refractive index, and M ω=ωuabu, wherein M=1,WithRespectively a layers before modulation, u layers, b layers of waveguide are quiet State resonant frequency, n1u, n1a, n1bEach layer waveguide index before respectively modulating;ΓxFor the modulated amplitude in the direction x;ΓyFor the side y To modulated amplitude;Γx=sin (ψ), Γy=cos (ψ);ψ is initial phase, ψ=π/4;Z is the direction of propagation;FxIt (z) is wave Lead the refractive index modulation function in the direction x;Fy(z) the refractive index modulation function for waveguide in the direction y.After ovennodulation, wave The coefficient of coup between leading introduces the phase factor of a φ, meets φ=2M ψ, which realizes the Equivalent Magnetic Field of light wave Effect, as shown in Fig. 1 (b2).The geometry of linear waveguide becomes helical form, the geometry of nonlinear waveguide after this external modulation It is as shown in Figure 1 that shape becomes sinusoidal pattern.In the present invention, φ=pi/2, effective coupling coefficient C2/C1=1.2704.In the present invention Helix waveguide structure laser ablation production can be carried out in nonlinear material.
Fig. 2 is the dispersion relation curve of non-linear dependence of the present invention, it can be seen that the dispersion curve after ovennodulation is not About origin symmetry Fig. 2 (b), the light field of output plane will be no longer uniformly distributed at this time;With the enhancing of nonlinear interaction, color Non-dramatic song line restores symmetry status [Fig. 2 (d)], and output face light field will be uniformly distributed at this time.
30 nonlinear waveguides are chosen in this example, using non-linear layer central waveguide as input waveguide [Fig. 3 (a1)] With output waveguide, it is denoted as n=0.When introduce modulation after optical field distribution it is uneven, output waveguide is without light intensity, photoswitch at this time In closed state [Fig. 3 (a2-a4)];With the increase of input light intensity, the light wave of output face gradually tends to symmetrical [Fig. 3 (a5-a7)], choose at this time it is different cut-off threshold value photoswitch and have different cut-off state;When input light intensity is sufficiently strong, It will appear soliton state, this light switch is opened.In actual operation, multiple waveguides may be selected as output waveguide, different is defeated The photoswitch of out position has different responses to light intensity, and the optical switch of single input and multi-output may be implemented;When first or third Ducting layer, i.e., using linear layer central waveguide as input waveguide when [Fig. 3 (b1)], with the increase of incident intensity, light wave will be The output of binary channels light wave and single channel light wave output [Fig. 3 (b2-b8)] are realized at first/tri- ducting layer central waveguide position.

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1. a kind of single input and multi-output optical switch based on nonlinear optical sublattice, which is characterized in that including first wave conducting shell A, second waveguide layer u and third ducting layer b, on the top second waveguide layer u, second waveguide layer u is set for the first wave conducting shell a setting It sets between third ducting layer b and first wave conducting shell a;
The second waveguide layer u includes N+1 nonlinear waveguide, and the first wave conducting shell a includes N number of linear waveguide an, third wave Conducting shell b includes N number of linear waveguide bn, wherein N is the positive integer greater than 4;
The nonlinear waveguide is sinusoidal pattern waveguide, and linear waveguide is screw type waveguide;
The optical switch further includes an input port and at least two output ports, and one input port setting is in office In one waveguide, at least two output port is arranged in any waveguide.
2. the single input and multi-output optical switch according to claim 1 based on nonlinear optical sublattice, which is characterized in that The linear waveguide of the first wave conducting shell a is located at the surface at two nonlinear waveguide connecting line midpoints, the third ducting layer b Linear waveguide be located at the underface at two nonlinear waveguide connecting line midpoints.
3. the single input and multi-output optical switch according to claim 2 based on nonlinear optical sublattice, which is characterized in that There is coefficient of coup C in layer between the every two adjacent nonlinear waveguide1, between adjacent linear waveguide and nonlinear waveguide With layer coupling coefficient C2, wherein C2:C1For more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 2.
4. the single input and multi-output optical switch according to claim 1 based on nonlinear optical sublattice, which is characterized in that The central waveguide position of serial number n=0 on the input face is arranged in one input port, and output port is arranged in output face The waveguide position of serial number n ∈ [- 6,15].
5. the single input and multi-output optical switch according to claim 1 based on nonlinear optical sublattice, which is characterized in that The screw type waveguide and sinusoidal pattern waveguide pass through after formula (1) is modulated and are formed;
In formula (1), n is waveguide serial number;ωu,n、ωa,n、ωb,nRespectively first wave conducting shell a, second waveguide layer u, third waveguide The eigenfrequency of n-th of waveguide in layer b;ωΓxFor the long axis of screw type waveguide;ωΓyFor the short axle of screw type waveguide;ω is Waveguide static state resonant frequency,C is the light velocity=3x10 in vacuum8M/s, a0For waveguide radius, n1After modulation Waveguide index, n2For substrate refractive index, and M ω=ωuabu, wherein M=1,WithRespectively modulate u layers first, a layers, b layers of waveguides static state Resonant frequency, n1u, n1a, n1bU layer, a layers, b layers of waveguide index before respectively modulating;ΓxFor the modulated amplitude in the direction x;Γy For the modulated amplitude in the direction y;Γx=sin (ψ), Γy=cos (ψ);ψ is initial phase, ψ=π/4;Z is the direction of propagation;Fx(z) Refractive index modulation function for waveguide in the direction x;Fy(z) the refractive index modulation function for waveguide in the direction y.
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