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Ultrafast perturbation maps as a quantitative tool for testing of multi-port photonic devices.

ABSTRACT: Advanced photonic probing techniques are of great importance for the development of non-contact wafer-scale testing of photonic chips. Ultrafast photomodulation has been identified as a powerful new tool capable of remotely mapping photonic devices through a scanning perturbation. Here, we develop photomodulation maps into a quantitative technique through a general and rigorous method based on Lorentz reciprocity that allows the prediction of transmittance perturbation maps for arbitrary linear photonic systems with great accuracy and minimal computational cost. Excellent agreement is obtained between predicted and experimental maps of various optical multimode-interference devices, thereby allowing direct comparison of a device under test with a physical model of an ideal design structure. In addition to constituting a promising route for optical testing in photonics manufacturing, ultrafast perturbation mapping may be used for design optimization of photonic structures with reconfigurable functionalities.

SUBMITTER: Vynck K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5993788 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Ultrafast perturbation maps as a quantitative tool for testing of multi-port photonic devices.

Vynck Kevin K   Dinsdale Nicholas J NJ   Chen Bigeng B   Bruck Roman R   Khokhar Ali Z AZ   Reynolds Scott A SA   Crudgington Lee L   Thomson David J DJ   Reed Graham T GT   Lalanne Philippe P   Muskens Otto L OL  

Nature communications 20180608 1

Advanced photonic probing techniques are of great importance for the development of non-contact wafer-scale testing of photonic chips. Ultrafast photomodulation has been identified as a powerful new tool capable of remotely mapping photonic devices through a scanning perturbation. Here, we develop photomodulation maps into a quantitative technique through a general and rigorous method based on Lorentz reciprocity that allows the prediction of transmittance perturbation maps for arbitrary linear  ...[more]