Tunable fractional order temporal differentiator by optically pumping a tilted fiber Bragg grating

We propose and demonstrate an optically tunable photonic fractional temporal differentiator using a tilted fiber Bragg grating written in an erbium/ytterbium (Er-Yb) co-doped fiber. Thanks to the high absorption of the Er-Yb co-doped fiber, when it is pumped the refractive index is changed, and thus the phase of a cladding mode resonant wavelength is changed continuously by continuous tuning of the pumping power. By locating the wavelength of the input light wave at the location of a cladding mode resonant wavelength, a temporal differentiator with a tunable fractional order is achieved. The proposed technique is experimentally evaluated. A temporal differentiator with a tunable fractional order is demonstrated. The use of the fractional differentiator to implement temporal differentiation of a Gaussian pulse with a bandwidth of 28 and 75 GHz is also demonstrated

Continuous slow and fast light generation using a silicon-on-insulator microring resonator incorporating a multimode interference coupler

Continuously tunable slow and fast light generation using a silicon-on-insulator microring resonator (MRR) incorporating a multimode interference (MMI) coupler is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The MMI coupler is optimized for the transverse-magnetic mode. By changing the input polarization state, the self-coupling coefficient and the loss factor of the MRR are changed. The depth and the bandwidth of the MRR are tunable by tuning the self-coupling coefficient and the loss factor; thus, a tunable phase shift can be achieved at the resonance wavelength, which leads to the generation of a tunable slow and fast light. The proposed scheme is experimentally evaluated. A tunable slow light with a maximum time delay of 35 ps and a slow-to-fast light with a continuously tunable range of 102 ps are achieved for a 13.5-GHz Gaussian optical pulse by using a double-MMI coupler MRR and a single-MMI coupler MRR, respectively.Peer reviewed: YesNRC publication: Ye

Photonic fractional-order differentiator using an soi microring resonator with an MMI coupler

An optically tunable fractional order temporal differentiator implemented using a silicon-on-isolator microring resonator with a multimode interference (MMI) coupler is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Through changing the input polarization state, the self coupling coefficient and the loss factor of the designed ring resonator with the MMI coupler are changed. Correspondingly, the coupling regime is changed. Through changing the coupling regime from over-coupled to under-coupled regime, the phase shift in the resonance wavelength is changed from <\u3c0 to >\u3c0. This tunable phase shift is used to implement a tunable fractional order photonic differentiator with an order tunable from <1 to > 1. The proposed fractional order differentiator is demonstrated experimentally. A Gaussian pulse with a bandwidth of 45 GHz is temporally differentiated with a tunable order of 0.37, 0.67, 1, 1.2, and 1.3. \ua9 1989-2012 IEEE.Peer reviewed: YesNRC publication: Ye