Maximizing Archimedes spiral packing density area
Abstract
In this paper, we experimentally demonstrate a broadband Archimedes spiral delay line with high packing density on a silicon photonic platform. This high density is achieved by optimizing the gap between the adjacent waveguides (down to sub-micron scale) in the spiral configuration. However, care must be taken to avoid evanescent coupling, the presence of which will cause the spiral to behave as a novel type of distributed spiral resonator. To this end, an analytical model of the resonance phenomenon was developed for a simple spiral. Moreover, it is demonstrated that this distributed spiral resonator effect can be minimized by ensuring that adjacent waveguides in the spiral configuration have different propagation constants (β). Experimental validations were accomplished by fabricating and testing multiple spiral waveguides with varying lengths (i.e., 0.4, 0.8, and 1.4 mm) and separation gaps (i.e., 300 and 150 nm). Finally, a Linear Density Figure of Merit (LDFM) is introduced to evaluate the packing efficiency of various spiral designs in the literature. In this work, the optimum experimental design with mitigated resonance had a length of 1.4mm and occupied an area of 60 × 60µm, corresponding to an LDFM of 388km-1.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Oct 07, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1364/oe.470249
Entities
People
- Andrew Grieco
- Andrew Ingram
- Dhaifallah Almutairi
- Naif Alshamrani
- Yeshaiahu Fainman
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
- Office of Basic Energy Sciences
- Office of Naval Research
- University of California, San Diego