在芯片上,在THz频率的反向设计的活跃波长分割多元器件
Valerio Digiorgio1, Urban Senica2, Paolo Micheletti2
1Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. vdigiorgio@phys.ethz.ch.
Nature communications
|August 19, 2025
概括
我们使用量子级联激光器开发了一个芯片上的太赫兹 (THz) 波长分割复合器. 该设备可实现先进的THz信号处理,具有宽带输出端口和最小的交叉声.
科学领域:
- 光子学是指光子学的使用方法.
- 特拉赫兹 (THz) 技术的使用.
- 集成光学 集成光学
背景情况:
- 特拉赫兹 (THz) 光谱范围提供了众多应用,但面临着硬件设计的挑战.
- 开发用于THz频率的光子集成元件是一个活跃的研究领域.
- 在THz范围内的芯片上信号处理需要先进的组件设计.
研究的目的:
- 展示一个在芯片上,在THz频率 (> 1 THz) 上运行的活跃波长分割多元器件 (WDM).
- 为了实现THz范围内的先进的芯片内信号处理.
- 为了克服THz光子元件的硬件设计挑战.
主要方法:
- 用于WDM架构的反向设计拓优化.
- 嵌入一个活跃的量子级联异构结构在一个双金属腔,用聚合物平面化.
- 集成WDM与THz量子级联激光 (QCL) 频率.
- 通过集成宽带补丁阵列天线进行外联信号,用于表面发射.
主要成果:
- 制造了一个强烈的亚波长设备,其正常化体积为V/λ3 0.5.5.
- 实现了三个宽带输出端口 (2.2 THz-3.2 THz),每一个带宽为 330 GHz.
- 在输出端口之间显示的最大交叉声量为-6dB.
- 设备作为一个独立的元件来处理THz信号.
结论:
- 在芯片上开发的THz WDM是光子集成组件的重大进步.
- 该设备可实现高效的THz信号处理和复杂化.
- 这项技术为太赫兹光谱范围的应用打开了新的可能性.
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