Open AccessHigh-speed optical sensor interrogator with a silicon-ring-resonator-based thermally tunable filter
Author(s) -
Hyun-Tae Kim,
Miao Yu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
optics letters/optics index
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.42.001305
Subject(s) - fiber bragg grating , materials science , resonator , optics , free spectral range , filter (signal processing) , optical filter , time domain , grating , optoelectronics , signal (programming language) , wavelength , physics , computer science , computer vision , programming language
On-chip optical interrogators employing a silicon-ring-resonator-based thermally tunable filter (SRRTF) offer a promising solution for realizing portable, compact optical sensing systems. However, the slow interrogation speed of conventional SRRTF-based interrogators (less than a few Hz) hinders real-time sensing of dynamic parameters. In this Letter, we report a 100 kHz of high-speed optical interrogation system based on the SRRTF. The speed enhancement is achieved by using the nonlinear transient response of the SRRTF to a square-wave input voltage. The entire spectral range of the SRRTF is scanned twice during its thermal response cycle. The time-domain sensor output signal, which is obtained by scanning the SRRTF over the sensor spectrum, is converted into spectrum domain based on the experimentally characterized, time-dependent resonance wavelength shifts of the SRRTF. With this system, we demonstrate high-speed interrogation of a fiber Bragg grating sensor under dynamic temperature change (200 Hz).