Author Affiliations
Advanced Photonics Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Schematic of micro-ring differentiator structures. (a) Single micro-ring; (b) cascaded double micro-rings
Fig. 2. Specific process of the optimization method
Fig. 3. 1.5 order differential waveforms for single micro-ring and cascaded dual micro-ring structures. (a) Input signal; (b) output signal
Fig. 4. Transmission responses of a single micro-ring and the cascaded dual micro-ring. (a) Amplitude spectra; (b) phase spectra
Fig. 5. Amplitude and phase responses of cascaded dual micro-ring structure with different orders. (a) Amplitude spectra; (b) phase spectra
Fig. 6. Differential waveforms of cascaded dual micro-ring structures with different differentiation orders
Fig. 7. Mean deviation characteristics of different differentiation orders
Fig. 8. Cross-correlation coefficients properties of different differentiation orders
Fig. 9. Energy efficiency characteristics and Dave/EE index under different differentiation orders. (a) Energy efficiency characteristics differentiation; (b) Dave/EE index differentiation
Fig. 10. Effects of the input pulse width on the differentiation result. (a) Differential waveforms under different input pulse widths; (b) effect of input signal pulse width on differentiation order
Fig. 11. Comparison of the differentiations based on a single micro-ring and the cascaded dual micro-ring. (a) Cross-correlation coefficient as a function of the input pulse width; (b) energy efficiency as a function of the input pulse width