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Microcomb-driven silicon photonic systems

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  • Haowen Shu

    (Peking University)

  • Lin Chang

    (University of California Santa Barbara)

  • Yuansheng Tao

    (Peking University)

  • Bitao Shen

    (Peking University)

  • Weiqiang Xie

    (University of California Santa Barbara)

  • Ming Jin

    (Peking University)

  • Andrew Netherton

    (University of California Santa Barbara)

  • Zihan Tao

    (Peking University)

  • Xuguang Zhang

    (Peking University)

  • Ruixuan Chen

    (Peking University)

  • Bowen Bai

    (Peking University)

  • Jun Qin

    (Peking University)

  • Shaohua Yu

    (Peking University
    Peng Cheng Laboratory)

  • Xingjun Wang

    (Peking University
    Peng Cheng Laboratory
    Peking University)

  • John E. Bowers

    (University of California Santa Barbara)

Abstract

Microcombs have sparked a surge of applications over the past decade, ranging from optical communications to metrology1–4. Despite their diverse deployment, most microcomb-based systems rely on a large amount of bulky elements and equipment to fulfil their desired functions, which is complicated, expensive and power consuming. By contrast, foundry-based silicon photonics (SiPh) has had remarkable success in providing versatile functionality in a scalable and low-cost manner5–7, but its available chip-based light sources lack the capacity for parallelization, which limits the scope of SiPh applications. Here we combine these two technologies by using a power-efficient and operationally simple aluminium-gallium-arsenide-on-insulator microcomb source to drive complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor SiPh engines. We present two important chip-scale photonic systems for optical data transmission and microwave photonics, respectively. A microcomb-based integrated photonic data link is demonstrated, based on a pulse-amplitude four-level modulation scheme with a two-terabit-per-second aggregate rate, and a highly reconfigurable microwave photonic filter with a high level of integration is constructed using a time-stretch approach. Such synergy of a microcomb and SiPh integrated components is an essential step towards the next generation of fully integrated photonic systems.

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  • Haowen Shu & Lin Chang & Yuansheng Tao & Bitao Shen & Weiqiang Xie & Ming Jin & Andrew Netherton & Zihan Tao & Xuguang Zhang & Ruixuan Chen & Bowen Bai & Jun Qin & Shaohua Yu & Xingjun Wang & John E. , 2022. "Microcomb-driven silicon photonic systems," Nature, Nature, vol. 605(7910), pages 457-463, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:605:y:2022:i:7910:d:10.1038_s41586-022-04579-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04579-3
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    1. Bowen Bai & Qipeng Yang & Haowen Shu & Lin Chang & Fenghe Yang & Bitao Shen & Zihan Tao & Jing Wang & Shaofu Xu & Weiqiang Xie & Weiwen Zou & Weiwei Hu & John E. Bowers & Xingjun Wang, 2023. "Microcomb-based integrated photonic processing unit," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Xuguang Zhang & Zixuan Zhou & Yijun Guo & Minxue Zhuang & Warren Jin & Bitao Shen & Yujun Chen & Jiahui Huang & Zihan Tao & Ming Jin & Ruixuan Chen & Zhangfeng Ge & Zhou Fang & Ning Zhang & Yadong Liu, 2024. "High-coherence parallelization in integrated photonics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Chen-Guang Wang & Wuyue Xu & Chong Li & Lili Shi & Junliang Jiang & Tingting Guo & Wen-Cheng Yue & Tianyu Li & Ping Zhang & Yang-Yang Lyu & Jiazheng Pan & Xiuhao Deng & Ying Dong & Xuecou Tu & Sining , 2024. "Integrated and DC-powered superconducting microcomb," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.
    4. Yuanbin Liu & Hongyi Zhang & Jiacheng Liu & Liangjun Lu & Jiangbing Du & Yu Li & Zuyuan He & Jianping Chen & Linjie Zhou & Andrew W. Poon, 2024. "Parallel wavelength-division-multiplexed signal transmission and dispersion compensation enabled by soliton microcombs and microrings," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
    5. Matthew Garrett & Yang Liu & Moritz Merklein & Cong Tinh Bui & Choon Kong Lai & Duk-Yong Choi & Stephen J. Madden & Alvaro Casas-Bedoya & Benjamin J. Eggleton, 2023. "Integrated microwave photonic notch filter using a heterogeneously integrated Brillouin and active-silicon photonic circuit," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    6. Liangliang Min & Haoxuan Sun & Linqi Guo & Meng Wang & Fengren Cao & Jun Zhong & Liang Li, 2024. "Frequency-selective perovskite photodetector for anti-interference optical communications," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    7. Bitao Shen & Haowen Shu & Weiqiang Xie & Ruixuan Chen & Zhi Liu & Zhangfeng Ge & Xuguang Zhang & Yimeng Wang & Yunhao Zhang & Buwen Cheng & Shaohua Yu & Lin Chang & Xingjun Wang, 2023. "Harnessing microcomb-based parallel chaos for random number generation and optical decision making," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    8. Chenghao Lao & Xing Jin & Lin Chang & Heming Wang & Zhe Lv & Weiqiang Xie & Haowen Shu & Xingjun Wang & John E. Bowers & Qi-Fan Yang, 2023. "Quantum decoherence of dark pulses in optical microresonators," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.

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