Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) play an important role in transporting and processing analog information. Reconfigurable optical computing chip can meet the needs of implementing miniaturized and multi-functional signal processors which has become a research hotspot in recent years. Here, we designed and fabricated a reconfigurable photonic integrated computing chip based on a quadrilateral MZI topology network. Several analog signal processing functions including temporal differentiation, integration and Hilbert transformation are experimental demonstrated with a processing bandwidth of 40 GHz. By reconfiguring optical path and changing the spectral ratio of the MZI structure in the network, the functions can be switched and the operation order can be tuned. The quadrilateral network is universal and can be extended to a larger network structure in the future.
Microwave photonic systems have huge potential for both existing and future applications, including radar, radiofrequency sensing and modern wireless communications due to their distinct advantages in terms of ultra-wide bandwidth, flexible tunability, and immunity to electromagnetic interference. There is a strong research trend in microwave photonic systems towards integration and miniaturization, resulting in multiple radio frequency functions on a single chip which is both compact and light weight. Thus integrated microwave photonics has attracted a lot of attentions and achieves significant improvements in last ten years. In this paper, we will review some research progresses on silicon-based integrated microwave photonics in our group, including highly efficient micro heater on silicon photonic chip, chip-scale microwave waveform generation, on-chip true time delay, and microwave photonic processing and measurement. Our schemes are all fabricated on silicon-on-insulator chips and have advantages of compactness and capability to integrate with electronic units. These chips may motivate the great application potentials in silicon-based integrated microwave photonics.
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