Scientific Reports (Oct 2024)

Demonstration of high-frequency self-pulsing oscillations in an active silicon micro-ring cavity

  • Abdou Eltamimy Shetewy,
  • Mircea Traian Catuneanu,
  • Menglong He,
  • Kambiz Jamshidi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75295-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Abstract We experimentally investigated the self-pulsing (SP) oscillations induced by the thermo-optic, free carrier, and Kerr nonlinear effects in integrated active silicon microring resonators. We demonstrate high frequency self-pulsing oscillations (up to 30 MHz) by applying a few millivolts of reverse bias voltage to the PIN junction of the active cavity. We illustrate that the shape of those oscillations (i.e., frequency and duty cycle) can be controlled by adjusting the CW input power and applying a reverse bias voltage to the PIN junction for carrier removal. This controlling is important for synchronizing the cavity which is crucial for neural network applications. Furthermore, we utilize a mathematical model for visualizing the stability regions by numerically studying coupled mode theory in silicon microcavity under different conditions.