• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 5, Issue 6, 689 (2017)
Yiming Zhong1, Linjie Zhou1、*, Yanyang Zhou1, Yujie Xia1, Siqi Liu1, Liangjun Lu1, Jianping Chen1, and Xingjun Wang2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.5.000689 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yiming Zhong, Linjie Zhou, Yanyang Zhou, Yujie Xia, Siqi Liu, Liangjun Lu, Jianping Chen, Xingjun Wang, "Microwave frequency upconversion employing a coupling-modulated ring resonator," Photonics Res. 5, 689 (2017) Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Schematic structure of the coupling-modulated silicon ring resonator. Inset depicts the cross-sectional view of rib waveguides. (b) Resonance ER change upon modulation. (c) A frequency-doubled microwave signal is generated by beating the ±1st-order sidebands at a PD.
    Fig. 1. (a) Schematic structure of the coupling-modulated silicon ring resonator. Inset depicts the cross-sectional view of rib waveguides. (b) Resonance ER change upon modulation. (c) A frequency-doubled microwave signal is generated by beating the ±1st-order sidebands at a PD.
    Evolution of a resonance notch profile with the bias voltage V2. V1 is fixed at 3 V.
    Fig. 2. Evolution of a resonance notch profile with the bias voltage V2. V1 is fixed at 3 V.
    Extracted waveguide effective refractive index change as a function of PN junction bias voltage.
    Fig. 3. Extracted waveguide effective refractive index change as a function of PN junction bias voltage.
    SR changing with the input microwave power. V1 and V2 are fixed at 3 V.
    Fig. 4. SR changing with the input microwave power. V1 and V2 are fixed at 3 V.
    Experimental setup for microwave frequency upconversion measurement.
    Fig. 5. Experimental setup for microwave frequency upconversion measurement.
    Output optical spectrum when the critically coupled microring resonator is modulated by a 7 GHz microwave signal with (a) 5 and (b) 10 dBm power. Output electrical spectrum when the input microwave frequency increases from 3 to 9 GHz with (c) 5 and (d) 10 dBm power.
    Fig. 6. Output optical spectrum when the critically coupled microring resonator is modulated by a 7 GHz microwave signal with (a) 5 and (b) 10 dBm power. Output electrical spectrum when the input microwave frequency increases from 3 to 9 GHz with (c) 5 and (d) 10 dBm power.
    Modeled and measured SR at various microwave frequencies for 5 and 10 dBm input microwave power, respectively.
    Fig. 7. Modeled and measured SR at various microwave frequencies for 5 and 10 dBm input microwave power, respectively.
    Yiming Zhong, Linjie Zhou, Yanyang Zhou, Yujie Xia, Siqi Liu, Liangjun Lu, Jianping Chen, Xingjun Wang, "Microwave frequency upconversion employing a coupling-modulated ring resonator," Photonics Res. 5, 689 (2017)
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