• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 11, Issue 4, 591 (2023)
Liangjun Lu1,2,†,*, Hongyi Zhang1,†, Xin Li1..., Jianping Chen1,2 and Linjie Zhou1,2|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Navigation and Location Services, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2SJTU-Pinghu Institute of Intelligent Optoelectronics, Pinghu 314200, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.483540 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Liangjun Lu, Hongyi Zhang, Xin Li, Jianping Chen, Linjie Zhou, "Low temperature sensitivity on-chip Fourier-transform spectrometer based on dual-layer Si3N4 spiral waveguides," Photonics Res. 11, 591 (2023) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    On-chip Fourier-transform spectrometers (FTSs) based on Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) arrays suffer from severe central wavelength and fringe contrast variation due to fabrication errors. Even though a calibration matrix can be employed to correctly retrieve the input spectra, environmental temperature variation greatly degrades the retrieving performance. In this paper, we devise a dual-layer Si3N4 waveguide interferometer to reduce the temperature sensitivity. The beating of the even and odd supermodes in the dual-layer waveguide generates periodic intensity fluctuations in the spectrum. Since these two modes have similar modal profiles, their thermal sensitivity and propagation loss are relatively balanced, leading to a low temperature sensitivity and a high interference extinction ratio. We designed and fabricated a passive FTS based on a 32-channel dual-layer Si3N4 waveguide array. Experimental results show that the temperature sensitivity is reduced to 10 pm/°C, which is almost half that of single-layer Si3N4 MZI-based FTSs. With this chip, we accurately reconstructed various types of optical spectra, including single and two sparse laser lines, and broadband optical spectra. Our method can fit a wide wavelength range, which is a promising technology to improve the practical applications of on-chip FTSs.
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    Liangjun Lu, Hongyi Zhang, Xin Li, Jianping Chen, Linjie Zhou, "Low temperature sensitivity on-chip Fourier-transform spectrometer based on dual-layer Si3N4 spiral waveguides," Photonics Res. 11, 591 (2023)
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