Compact and high-resolution spectrometer via Brillouin integrated circuits

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Autores principales: Wang, Jia-Qi, Yang, Yuan-Hao, Zhu, Zheng-Xu, Lu, Juan-Juan, Li, Ming, Pan, Xiaoxuan, Ma, Chuanlong, Xiao, Lintao, Zhang, Bo, Wang, Weiting, Dong, Chun-Hua, Xu, Xin-Biao, Guo, Guang-Can, Sun, Luyan, Zou, Chang-Ling
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author Wang, Jia-Qi
Yang, Yuan-Hao
Zhu, Zheng-Xu
Lu, Juan-Juan
Li, Ming
Pan, Xiaoxuan
Ma, Chuanlong
Xiao, Lintao
Zhang, Bo
Wang, Weiting
Dong, Chun-Hua
Xu, Xin-Biao
Guo, Guang-Can
Sun, Luyan
Zou, Chang-Ling
author_facet Wang, Jia-Qi
Yang, Yuan-Hao
Zhu, Zheng-Xu
Lu, Juan-Juan
Li, Ming
Pan, Xiaoxuan
Ma, Chuanlong
Xiao, Lintao
Zhang, Bo
Wang, Weiting
Dong, Chun-Hua
Xu, Xin-Biao
Guo, Guang-Can
Sun, Luyan
Zou, Chang-Ling
contents Optical spectrometers are indispensable tools across various fields, from chemical and biological sensing to astronomical observations and quantum technologies. However, the integration of spectrometers onto photonic chips has been hindered by the low spectral resolution or large device footprint with complex multiple channel operations. Here, we introduce a novel chip-integrated spectrometer by leveraging the acoustically-stimulated Brillouin scattering in a hybrid photonic-phononic chip. The Brillouin interaction provides a dynamic reflection grating with a high reflectivity up to 50% and a fast switching time on the microsecond scale, achieving an unprecedented spectral resolution of 0.56 nm over a 110 nm bandwidth using just a single 1 mm-long straight waveguide. This remarkable performance approaches the fundamental limit of resolution for a given device size, validating the potential of the hybrid photonic-phononic device for efficient and dynamically-reconfigurable spectral analysis, and thus opens up new avenues for advanced optical signal processing and sensing applications.
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spellingShingle Compact and high-resolution spectrometer via Brillouin integrated circuits
Wang, Jia-Qi
Yang, Yuan-Hao
Zhu, Zheng-Xu
Lu, Juan-Juan
Li, Ming
Pan, Xiaoxuan
Ma, Chuanlong
Xiao, Lintao
Zhang, Bo
Wang, Weiting
Dong, Chun-Hua
Xu, Xin-Biao
Guo, Guang-Can
Sun, Luyan
Zou, Chang-Ling
Optics
Optical spectrometers are indispensable tools across various fields, from chemical and biological sensing to astronomical observations and quantum technologies. However, the integration of spectrometers onto photonic chips has been hindered by the low spectral resolution or large device footprint with complex multiple channel operations. Here, we introduce a novel chip-integrated spectrometer by leveraging the acoustically-stimulated Brillouin scattering in a hybrid photonic-phononic chip. The Brillouin interaction provides a dynamic reflection grating with a high reflectivity up to 50% and a fast switching time on the microsecond scale, achieving an unprecedented spectral resolution of 0.56 nm over a 110 nm bandwidth using just a single 1 mm-long straight waveguide. This remarkable performance approaches the fundamental limit of resolution for a given device size, validating the potential of the hybrid photonic-phononic device for efficient and dynamically-reconfigurable spectral analysis, and thus opens up new avenues for advanced optical signal processing and sensing applications.
title Compact and high-resolution spectrometer via Brillouin integrated circuits
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04444