Fast and low energy-consumption integrated Fourier-transform spectrometer based on thin-film lithium niobate

Autor: Wang Xijie, Ruan Ziliang, Chen Kaixuan, Chen Gengxin, Wang Mai, Chen Bin, Liu Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Nanophotonics, Vol 13, Iss 21, Pp 3985-3993 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2192-8614
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0219
Popis: Integrated miniature spectrometers have impacts in industry, agriculture, and aerospace applications due to their unique advantages in portability and energy consumption. Although existing on-chip spectrometers have achieved breakthroughs in key performance metrics, such as, a high resolution and a large bandwidth, their scanning speed and energy consumption still hinder practical applications of such devices. Here, a stationary Fourier transform spectrometer is introduced based on a Mach–Zehnder interferometer structure on thin-film lithium niobate. Long and low-loss spiral waveguides with electro-optic tuning are adopted as the optical path scanning elements with a half-wave voltage of 0.14 V. A high resolution of 2.1 nm and a spectral recovery with a bandwidth of 100 nm is demonstrated under a high-speed and high-voltage scanning in the range of −100 V to +100 V at up to 100 KHz. A low energy consumption in the μJ scale per scan is also achieved.
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