Fully reconfigurable optomechanical add-drop filters

Fully reconfigurable add-drop filters (ADFs) have important applications in optical communication and information processing. Here, we demonstrate a broadly tunable add-drop filter based on a double-disk cavity optomechanical system, side-coupled with a pair of tapered fiber waveguides. We investiga...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2022-10, Vol.121 (18)
Main Authors: Lei, Yuechen, Hu, Zhi-Gang, Wang, Min, Gao, Yi-Meng, Zuo, Zhanchun, Xu, Xiulai, Li, Bei-Bei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air gaps
Applied physics
Coupling coefficients
Data processing
Optical communication
Piezoelectricity
Reconfiguration
Tuning
Waveguides
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Summary:Fully reconfigurable add-drop filters (ADFs) have important applications in optical communication and information processing. Here, we demonstrate a broadly tunable add-drop filter based on a double-disk cavity optomechanical system, side-coupled with a pair of tapered fiber waveguides. We investigate the dependence of the through (drop) efficiency on coupling rates between the cavity and two waveguides by varying cavity-waveguide distances. By optimizing the cavity-waveguide coupling rates, a drop efficiency of 89% and a transmission of 1.9% have been achieved. Furthermore, tuning of the ADF is realized by changing the air gap of the double disk using a fiber tip, which is controlled by a piezoelectric nanostage. Benefiting from the large optomechanical coupling coefficient and the mechanical compliance of the double-disk microcavity, a tuning range of 8 nm has been realized using a voltage of 7 V on the piezoelectric nanostage, which is more than one free spectral range of the cavity. As a result, both the through and drop signals can be resonant with any wavelength within the transparent window of the cavity material, which indicates that the ADF is fully reconfigurable.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/5.0114020