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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 460-463Publisher
Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/OL.478102
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This Letter proposes an integrated topology that overcomes the bandwidth-delay product limit. The device utilizes multiple parallel Mach-Zehnder Interferometers (MZIs), offering easier control and a larger bandwidth compared to ring resonator-based solutions. Measurements in both the time and frequency domains demonstrate the functionality of this architecture.
Continuously variable true-time optical delay lines are typically subject to a constraint of the bandwidth-delay product, limiting their use in several applications. In this Letter, we propose an integrated topology that breaks the bandwidth-delay product limit. The device is based on multiple Mach-Zehnder Interferometers (MZIs) arranged in parallel, providing easier control and a larger bandwidth compared to ring resonator-based solutions. The functionality of this architecture is demonstrated with a 4-stage delay line by performing measurements in both the time and frequency domains. The delay line introduces a delay of 90 ps over a bandwidth of more than 22 GHz with a negligible group delay distortion, operates on a wavelength range of about 60 nm, and is scalable to a higher number of MZI stages.(c) 2023 Optica Publishing Group
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