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A STUDY OF ERBIUM–YTTERBIUM-CODOPED POLYMER WAVEGUIDEAMPLIFIER
Dan Zhang,1,2 Daming Zhang,2 Xu Liang,3 Fei Wang,2
and Donghui Guo1
1 Department of Electronic Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen361005, China; Corresponding author: [email protected] State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College ofElectronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun130012, China3 Xiamen Microelectronic Integrated Technology R&D Center,Mobile, AL, USA
Received 6 December 2010
ABSTRACT: In this article, organic/inorganic hybrid matrix dopedwith Er3þ,Yb3þ nanoparticles was synthesized and used as the corematerial to fabricate the waveguide amplifier. The absorption and
luminescence spectra of the material were characterized. An X-rayphotoelectron spectroscopy analysis was performed to characterize the
changes on the surface elemental composition of the material in thereactive ion etching processes. An embedded channel waveguides basedon this material were demonstrated. Optical gains of 2.3 and 3.5 dB/cm
at 1534 and 1550 nm wavelengths, respectively, were obtained indifferent dimensions of waveguides. VC 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Microwave Opt Technol Lett 53:2157–2160, 2011; View this article
online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26193
Key words: optical gain; polymer; erbium-doped waveguide amplifier
1. INTRODUCTION
In recent years, rare earth-doped polymer waveguide amplifiers
have attracted much attention in dense wavelength division mul-
tiplexed systems [1–7]. They can be used to compensate various
losses at the optical telecommunication windows because of
their near-infrared emissions. Polymer materials [8–10] are
promising candidates as hosts of rare earth ions because of their
ease of fabrication, compatibility with other materials, and low
optical loss in the near-infrared wavelength range. However, the
bottlenecks are the insolubility of rare earth ions in polymers
and the luminescent quenching from CAH and OAH bonds in
polymer. These problems can be overcome by encapsulating
rare earth ion with organic ligands [11] and doping them into a
organic/inorganic hybrid matrix host.
In this work, Er3þ,Yb3þ-codoped nanoparticles with organic
ligands were synthesized. The nanoparticles were doped in or-
ganic/inorganic hybrid matrix as the core material to fabricate
the waveguide amplifier. The absorption and photoluminescence
spectra were characterized. Optical gains at 1534 and 1550 nm
wavelengths were demonstrated. The fabrication method of
waveguides was studied.
2. FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMERCHANNEL WAVEGUIDES
2.1. MaterialsOleic acid, ErCl3�6H2O (99.99%), YbCl3�6H2O (99.99%), and
LaCl3�7H2O (99.99%) were used to prepare the oleic acid-modi-
fied LaF3:Er,Yb nanoparticles according to the method of the lit-
erature [12]. The molar ratio of LaF3:Er,Yb was 15:1:4. LaF3
was an ideal host of lanthanide elements because of its low pho-
non energy, thus the nonradiative loss of the excited state of the
lanthanide ions could be minimal [13]. The organic/inorganic
hybrid matrix, of which the main components were metacrylo-
propyltrimethoxysilane (Aldrich, 98%) and zirconium tetraiso-
propoxide (Aldrich, 70 wt.% in propanol) [14], was selected
as a host of nanoparticles. (Diphenylphosphoryl)(mesityl)
Figure 1 The absorption spectrum of the nanoparticles powder
Figure 2 The room-temperature fluorescence spectrum of Er3þ in
LaF3:Er,Yb nanoparticle-doped organic/inorganic hybrid matrix, excited
at 976 nm with 90 mW pump power
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methanone was added as photoinitiator to perform the photopo-
lymerization. The concentration of nanoparticles in organic/inor-
ganic hybrid matrix could be up to 50 wt.%. The refractive
index of the organic/inorganic hybrid matrix doped with
LaF3:Er,Yb nanoparticles was 1.512 at 1534 nm wavelength.
2.2. Spectroscopic CharacterizationFigure 1 shows the absorption spectrum of the nanoparticles
powder. The spectrum consisted of seven absorption bands, cor-
responding to the transitions from the ground state 4I15/2 to the
excited states 4I13/2, 4I11/2, 4I9/2, 4F9/2, 4S3/2, 2H11/2, and 4F7/2.
The exploitation of the efficient energy transfer from Yb3þ to
Er3þ ions and the strong pump absorption from Yb3þ ions were
key issues to achieve good performance. Figure 2 shows the
room-temperature fluorescence spectrum for the 4I13/2 to 4I15/2
transition of Er3þ in LaF3:Er,Yb nanoparticle-doped organic/inor-
ganic hybrid matrix, excited at 976 nm with 90 mW pump power.
2.3. XPS for the FilmTo obtain sufficient amplification in the centimeter-long device,
high concentration of nanoparticles was required. However, inor-
ganic components, which largely existed in the material, made it
difficult to directly etch waveguides with rib or rectangular core
cross-section. An X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) anal-
ysis was used to characterize the changes on the surface elemen-
tal composition of the sample in the RIE processes. One sample
was prepared by spin coating the core material onto silicon wa-
fer to form a 1.5-lm thick film. Then the film was etched by
SF6/O2 gas. Table 1 shows the elemental composition of the
sample’s surface before and after etch for 30 min. The binding
energy peaks of lanthanum (La3d; 851.9, 835.9 eV), fluorine
(F1S; 684.8 eV), oxygen (O1S; 531.5 eV), and carbon (C1S; 284.5
eV) elements were obtained before and after etch. The fraction of
La remained almost unchanged, while the O and C content
decreased and the F content increased after etch. The O and C
elements existed as silicon oxide and CAH bonds were formed in
the core material. They could react with the chemically reactive
gases SF6 and O2, respectively. Therefore, their concentrations
decreased after etch. The small quantity of O and C elements was
mainly because of the gas surface absorption when the sample
was exposed into air. The high concentration of F element mainly
resulted from the gas surface absorption when the sample was
etched by SF6. As the contents of Zr and Si elements were low
in the material, they were not reflected in the Table 1.
According to the XPS analysis, we conclude that when the
sample is sufficiently etched by chemically reactive gases, the
main remainder of this material is LaF3. For the sample with
high content of nanoparticles, the area density of LaF3 is large.
It is very difficult to directly etch waveguides with rib or rectan-
gular core cross-section. Therefore, the embedded waveguides
were designed and fabricated instead.
2.4. Fabrication ProcedureThe organic/inorganic hybrid matrix doped with LaF3:Er,Yb
nanoparticles was used as the core material for the waveguide.
A polymethylmethacrylate-glyciclyl-methacrylate (PMMA-
GMA) with a 10-lm thickness was first spin coated onto a Si sub-
strate to form the bottom cladding layer. Grooves were fabricated
in PMMA-GMA by standard photolithography and then were filled
by the core material. A 4-lm-thin PMMA-GMA was finally spin
coated onto the core to form the top cladding. The refractive index
TABLE 1 Composition and Elemental Loss Determined byXPS for the Sample, Before and After 30 min RIE Process
Element Eb (eV)
Atomic % of Elements
Before After
C1S 284.5 44 12
O1S 531.5 24 11
F1S 684.8 24 67
La3d 851.9, 835.9 8 10
Figure 3 A schematic of the channel waveguide structure
Figure 4 A schematic of the experimental setup for the optical gain measurement. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available
at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
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of cladding was 1.489 at 1534 nm wavelength. A schematic of the
channel waveguide structure was given in Figure 3.
2.5. Measurement of GainWe used a tunable laser source operating between 1510 and
1590 nm (Santec TSL-210) as the signal source and a 976 nm
laser diode as the pump source. They were coupled into the
channel waveguides using a 980/1550 nm wavelength-division
multiplexing fiber coupler. An optical spectrum analyzer (Ando
AQ-6315A) was used to receive the output signal. Figure 4
shows a schematic of the experimental setup for the optical gain
measurement. Figure 5 displayed a 4.5 dB relative gain at 1534
nm wavelength measured with a cross-section of 8 � 6 lm2
waveguide in a 2-cm-long device. The launched pump power was
128 mW, and the input signal power was 0.12 mW. Because of
the 80-nm wide FWHM of the luminescence spectrum, the gain
could also be observed at 1550 nm wavelength. Figure 6 shows
the output power at 1550 nm wavelength as a function of pump
power. The input signal power was varied from 0.05 to 0.5 mW.
For the fixed input signal power, the gain gradually increased
with the increment of pump power and then followed by gain sat-
uration. At 120 mW pump power and 0.05 mW signal power, a
maximum gain of 3.5 dB/cm was obtained in a cross-section of
12 � 8 lm2 waveguide, as shown in Figure 6.
3. CONCLUSIONS
In conclusion, organic/inorganic hybrid matrix doped with
Er3þ,Yb3þ nanoparticles was synthesized and used as the core
material to fabricate the waveguide amplifier. The absorption
and photoluminescence spectra of the material were measured.
The XPS analysis was performed to characterize the changes on
the surface elemental composition of the core in the RIE proc-
esses. The embedded waveguides were designed and demon-
strated. When the pump power was 128 mW and the input sig-
nal power was 0.12 mW, an optical gain of 4.5 dB at 1534 nm
wavelength was obtained with a cross-section of 8 � 6 lm2
waveguide. Because of the wide bandwidth of the gain spec-
trum, a maximum gain of 3.5 dB/cm was obtained in a cross-
section of 12 � 8 lm2 waveguide at 1550 nm wavelength.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work is supported by Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foun-
dation (Nos: 2009J05157 and 2009H0043), National Natural Sci-
ence Foundation of China (No: 60807029), Program for New
Century Excellent Talents of Xiamen University.
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FET FREQUENCY DOUBLER WITH OUT-OF-PHASE SWITCHABLE OUTPUT ANDAPPLICATION IN BALANCEDFREQUENCY DOUBLER
Ning Yang, Christophe Caloz, and Ke WuPoly-Grames Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal,2500 Chemin Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1J4;Corresponding author: [email protected]
Received 9 December 2010
ABSTRACT: A field effect transistor (FET) frequency doubler, with 180�
out-of-phase alternate output by switching the bias status of FET at pinch-
off (Vgg � Vt) or saturation (Vgg � 0) is proposed. With such biasconditions, the former conducts in the positive half-cycle of the input
signal, while the latter conducts in the negative half-cycle. Based on thisconcept, a new frequency doubler architecture is proposed. Without aninput balun, it is more compact than conventional balanced frequency
doubler. In addition, it provides an alternate doubler with differentialoutput. To demonstrate this concept, a single-ended 5–10 GHz doublertested at the two bias conditions is designed and demonstrated
experimentally to provide opposite-phase outputs for the two cases. Theoutput phase difference error is less than 4� and over 42-dB fundamental
frequency rejection is achieved. The conversion gain measured at 10 GHzis 2.5 dB for an input power of 5 dBm. VC 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Microwave Opt Technol Lett 53:2160–2164, 2011; View this article online
at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26172
Key words: frequency doubler; balanced doubler; pinch-off and
saturation biasing; FET
1. INTRODUCTION
Millimeter-wave wireless communication and radar systems
require increasingly high-quality millimeter-wave sources. Fre-
quency multipliers are widely used in such high-frequency appli-
cations to extend the upper frequency limit of sources using
fixed or variable frequency oscillators. Indeed, the use of fre-
quency doublers cascaded with lower frequency oscillators to
form millimeter-wave sources provides more reliability and lower
phase noise than the direct design of millimeter-wave frequency
oscillators. Compared with the doublers using p-n junction varac-
tors, it is more attractive to use FETs as frequency multipliers as
they are easy process in microwave monolithic integrated circuit
(MMIC) technology, and because they can provide conversion
gain over a broad frequency band and inherent isolation between
the input and output ports [1].
However, the design of single-ended frequency doubler
requires a filter or a quarter-wavelength open-circuited stub to
effectively suppress the fundamental frequency energy present at
the multiplier’s output. In microwave integrated circuit design,
this requires significant chip area and also limits the bandwidth.
Therefore, a balanced structure is mostly used in actual designs,
which drives 180� out-of-phase inputs to two single-ended dou-
blers. Without the need of filters or resonators in the output, the
balanced topology can suppress the fundamental frequency and
other odd-order harmonic components automatically in a broad
bandwidth, while combining the required second harmonic in-
phase at the output port. Another advantage of the balanced
design is higher output power due to the ‘‘push–pull’’ operation
of the FET. However, due to the large area occupied by the
input balun or hybrid, balanced doublers often need large area.
This increases the cost, which represents a major application ob-
stacle of a balanced frequency doubler. A miniature broad-band
balanced frequency doubler comprised of a reduced-size 180�
rat-race hybrid and two distributed doublers to form a balanced
doubler configuration has been reported in Ref. 2. Another mini-
aturized balanced frequency doubler combining common gate
(CG) and common source (CS) FETs has been proposed in Ref.
3. However, the phase distance error at the harmonic output is
relatively high (20�), which limits the output gain. In Ref. 4, a
wideband CG/CS active balun is placed before the balanced
FET doubler as an integrated MMIC.
This article proposes a doubler with switched output with
180� out-of-phase. The switching is performed by changing the
gate bias voltage between the pinch-off (Vgg � Vt) and satura-
tion (Vgg � 0) states. Then, a balanced frequency doubler is pro-
posed with one FET biased at pinch-off and another FET at sat-
uration. The two bias conditions conduct the FET in opposite
cycles of the input signal alternately, and provide almost identi-
cal nonlinearity and transducer gain. When combined to form a
balanced frequency doubler, an input balun is not required in
contrast to traditional balanced frequency doublers. Besides, the
benefit of a balanced doubler is kept, i.e., suppression of funda-
mental frequency in a wideband without the needs of output fil-
ters. In addition, it provides an alternate balanced doubler with
differential output. This is beneficial to direct integration with
differential components, such as differential amplifier pairs, or
dipole antennas. To validate the concept, a single-ended doubler
with alternate 180� distance output phase is designed and meas-
ured, where the phase is controlled by the gate biasing circuit.
The measured output phase difference error is less than 4� and
the fundamental frequency rejection is higher than 42 dB. The
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