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Performance Analysis of a Multi-Function Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Based Photonic Architecture on SOI Acting as a Frequency Shifter
by Gazi Mahamud Hasan, Mehedi Hasan and Trevor J. Hall
Photonics 2021, 8(12), 561; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8120561 - 9 Dec 2021
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Abstract
A photonic frequency shifter based on generalized Mach-Zehnder interferometer (GMZI) architecture is presented and experimentally validated. The circuit consists of four Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZM) in a 4 × 4 network bounded by two 4 × 4 multimode interference couplers and functionally equivalent to [...] Read more.
A photonic frequency shifter based on generalized Mach-Zehnder interferometer (GMZI) architecture is presented and experimentally validated. The circuit consists of four Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZM) in a 4 × 4 network bounded by two 4 × 4 multimode interference couplers and functionally equivalent to two parallel dual-parallel MZM (DP-MZM). The circuit can offer static bias free operation, virtual connectivity control of the components, and spatial separation of up- and down-converted carriers, which can be collected from separate ports without using any optical demultiplexing filters. Thus, the design permits remote heterodyning (advantages which cannot be obtained using a commercial DP-MZM or filter based optical frequency shifter). Experimental investigation shows deviation from ideal performance due to possible fabrication error and poor fiber-chip coupling. A carrier suppression of >20 dB and spurious sideband suppression >12 dB relative to the principal harmonics is achieved without any tuning for bias adjustment. In addition to the frequency conversion, the integration feasible circuit can also perform as a sub-carrier generator, IQ modulator, and frequency multiplier. Full article
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