We report an interferometer-based multiplexed fiber Bragg grating (FBG) interrogator using silicon photonic technology. The photonic-integrated system includes the grating coupler, active and passive interferometers, a 12-channel wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) filter, and Ge photodiodes, all integrated on a 6x8 mm2 silicon chip. The system also includes optical and electric interfaces to a printed board, which is connected to a real-time electronic board that actively performs the phase demodulation processing using a multitone mixing (MTM) technique. The device with active demodulation, which uses thermally-based phase shifters, features a noise figure of σ = 0.13 pm at a bandwidth of 700 Hz, which corresponds to a dynamic spectral resolution of 4.9 fm/Hz1/2. On the other hand, the passive version of the system, based on a 90°-hybrid coupler, features a noise figure of σ = 2.55 pm at a bandwidth of 10 kHz, also showing successful detection of a 42 kHz signal when setting the bandwidth to 50 kHz. These results demonstrate the advantage of integrated photonics, which allows the integration of several systems with different demodulation schemes in the same chip and guarantees easy scalability to a higher number of ports without increasing the dimensions or the cost.

Ultracompact Microinterferometer-Based Fiber Bragg Grating Interrogator on a Silicon Chip / Elaskar, J.; Bontempi, F.; Velha, P.; Ayaz, R. M. A.; Tozzetti, L.; Faralli, S.; Pasquale, F. Di; Oton, C. J.. - In: JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0733-8724. - 41:13(2023), pp. 4397-4404. [10.1109/JLT.2023.3243981]

Ultracompact Microinterferometer-Based Fiber Bragg Grating Interrogator on a Silicon Chip

Velha, P.;
2023-01-01

Abstract

We report an interferometer-based multiplexed fiber Bragg grating (FBG) interrogator using silicon photonic technology. The photonic-integrated system includes the grating coupler, active and passive interferometers, a 12-channel wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) filter, and Ge photodiodes, all integrated on a 6x8 mm2 silicon chip. The system also includes optical and electric interfaces to a printed board, which is connected to a real-time electronic board that actively performs the phase demodulation processing using a multitone mixing (MTM) technique. The device with active demodulation, which uses thermally-based phase shifters, features a noise figure of σ = 0.13 pm at a bandwidth of 700 Hz, which corresponds to a dynamic spectral resolution of 4.9 fm/Hz1/2. On the other hand, the passive version of the system, based on a 90°-hybrid coupler, features a noise figure of σ = 2.55 pm at a bandwidth of 10 kHz, also showing successful detection of a 42 kHz signal when setting the bandwidth to 50 kHz. These results demonstrate the advantage of integrated photonics, which allows the integration of several systems with different demodulation schemes in the same chip and guarantees easy scalability to a higher number of ports without increasing the dimensions or the cost.
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Elaskar, J.; Bontempi, F.; Velha, P.; Ayaz, R. M. A.; Tozzetti, L.; Faralli, S.; Pasquale, F. Di; Oton, C. J.
Ultracompact Microinterferometer-Based Fiber Bragg Grating Interrogator on a Silicon Chip / Elaskar, J.; Bontempi, F.; Velha, P.; Ayaz, R. M. A.; Tozzetti, L.; Faralli, S.; Pasquale, F. Di; Oton, C. J.. - In: JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0733-8724. - 41:13(2023), pp. 4397-4404. [10.1109/JLT.2023.3243981]
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