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14 March 2018 On-chip microwave photonic sensor featuring silicon-polymer hybrid subwavelength grating waveguide and bowtie antenna (Conference Presentation)
Chi-Jui Chung, Xiaochuan Xu, Farzad Mokhtari-Koushyar, Ray T. Chen
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Proceedings Volume 10535, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXII; 105350G (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290982
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States
Abstract
A photonic microwave sensor based on electro-optic (EO) polymer infiltrated silicon subwavelength grating (SWG) waveguide and bowtie antenna is designed and experimentally demonstrated. The microwave sensor receives wireless microwave signals via the bowtie antenna. The electrical field between the extension bars of the bowtie antenna modulates the light guided in the SWG based Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI). Thus, microwave signals can be detected by measuring the intensity variation of light from the MZI output. The EO polymer infiltrated SWG does not require ion implantation and has low optical propagation loss. Furthermore, compared to slotted silicon waveguides, the EO polymer poling efficiency on SWG structure can be greatly increased due to wider poling separations and thus the increased breakdown voltage. In order to achieve strong microwave field enhancement, the impedance of the bowtie antennas is tailored. The optimized bowtie antennas operate at 15 GHz and provide >1000X field enhancement while only occupy an area of 7.6 mm X 0.3 mm. Leveraging the folded SWG waveguide, high EO coefficient polymer, and large field enhancement from bowtie antenna, an ultra-sensitive and compact microwave photonic sensor has been demonstrated.
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Chi-Jui Chung, Xiaochuan Xu, Farzad Mokhtari-Koushyar, and Ray T. Chen "On-chip microwave photonic sensor featuring silicon-polymer hybrid subwavelength grating waveguide and bowtie antenna (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10535, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXII, 105350G (14 March 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290982
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KEYWORDS
Antennas
Waveguides
Microwave radiation
Sensors
Microwave photonics
Polymers
Electro optic polymers
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