• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 1, 1 (2022)
Shihan Hong1, Long Zhang1, Yi Wang1, Ming Zhang1, Yiwei Xie1, and Daoxin Dai1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical & Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China
  • 2Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.437726 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Shihan Hong, Long Zhang, Yi Wang, Ming Zhang, Yiwei Xie, Daoxin Dai. Ultralow-loss compact silicon photonic waveguide spirals and delay lines[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(1): 1 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Low-loss and compact optical waveguides are key for realizing various photonic integrated circuits with long on-chip delay lines, such as tunable optical delay lines, optical coherence tomography, and optical gyroscopes. In this paper, a low-loss and compact silicon photonic waveguide spiral is proposed by introducing broadened Archimedean spiral waveguides with a tapered Euler S-bend. A 100-cm-long waveguide spiral is realized with a minimal bending radius as small as 10 μm by using a standard 220-nm-thick silicon-on-insulator foundry process, and the measured propagation loss is as low as 0.28 dB/cm. Furthermore, the present waveguide spirals are used to realize a 10-bit tunable optical delay line, which has a footprint as small as 2.2 mm×5.9 mm and a dynamic range of 5120 ps with a fine resolution of 10 ps.
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    Shihan Hong, Long Zhang, Yi Wang, Ming Zhang, Yiwei Xie, Daoxin Dai. Ultralow-loss compact silicon photonic waveguide spirals and delay lines[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(1): 1
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