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Realization of ultra-compact and high contrast ratio all-optical 4-to-2 encoder based on 2D photonic crystals
Parandin Fariborz 1
Chimawi Gailan I. Kareem 2
Olyaee Saeed s_olyaee@sru.ac.ir

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1 grid.472625.0 0000 0004 0494 0956 Department of Electrical Engineering, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
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Optical encoders are widely used circuits in digital systems. One of the most critical features of an optical encoder is the power values in two logic states; low and high. The difference between these two values is expressed with the contrast ratio (CR) parameter. This research has designed and simulated an optical encoder based on a two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal with four inputs and two outputs. The results show that the proposed structure has low power in low mode and high intensity in high mode. This difference in two logical modes has caused the proposed encoder to have CR = 19.8 dB, which is improved compared to previous works. Also, the proposed structure is very compact and its footprint is as small as 96.88 µm2. The data speed for the designed encoder is BR=2Tb/s. This encoder can be used in high-speed optical integrated circuits with low error according to the obtained values.

Keywords

Optical encoder
Photonic crystals
Photonic bandgap
Optical integrated circuits
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Engineering
Optics and photonics
Physics
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pmcIntroduction

So far, various electronic circuits have been designed based on transistors, in which electrons are used as charge carriers. In other words, the transistor is used as the building block of the encoder. With the increase in information and the need for very high-speed processors, designing digital circuits based on optical structures is necessary. One of the suitable structures for designing all kinds of digital circuits is photonic crystals1–6.

Photonic crystals are alternating structures of insulating or dielectric materials that reflect a range of light wavelengths. These structures alternate in one, two, or three dimensions7–12. Two-dimensional photonic crystals have more applications than other types. Two-dimensional photonic crystals can be created by placing dielectric rods regularly in two dimensions. When light shines in an alternating direction, some wavelengths of light cannot enter the structure and are reflected. To use photonic crystals as optical waveguides, the wavelength of light sources should be in the range of photonic bandgap (PBG)13–16.

The property of PBG is used to design many logic circuits, which can be referred to as all types of logic gates. So far, many circuits have been reported for designing optical logic gates such as NOT, OR, AND, XOR, and XNOR17–24.

Also, combined circuits, such as decoder, encoder, multiplexer, adder, and subtractor, have been designed using photonic crystals. Encoders designed optically based on photonic crystals often have a large size or the optical power in low and high modes does not differ much25–32. Some of these encoders have structural complexity and ring resonators are used in them. In this article, an attempt is made to design a structure that has a suitable size and a simple structure that makes it easier to build. Also, attention has been paid to the difference between two logic values, low and high, to increase the contrast ratio (CR) parameter17,33–35.

In this manuscript, first, a basic photonic crystal structure is considered to design the desired optical encoder. Then the band structure analysis was done to determine PBG. According to the band structure results, the appropriate wavelength will be determined for the sources. In selecting the structure, it has been tried that the wavelength of optical fiber communication can be used in it. Then the waveguide paths are created to transmit light from the inputs to the output so that the light is transmitted from 4 inputs to 2 outputs based on the function of the encoder. The number of defective rods is considered a variable to optimize the desired structure, and by changing them, the best outputs are obtained.

Optical encoder based on photonic crystals

Digital encoders are circuits that take input data and produce its equivalent binary code in the output. According to the truth table of the decoder, at any time, only one of the entries can be in the logical state “1”. The truth table of the 4-to-2 encoder is listed in Table 1.Table 1 The truth table of 4-to-2 encoder.

Inputs	Outputs	
I0	I1	I2	I3	X	Y	
1	0	0	0	0	0	
0	1	0	0	1	0	
0	0	1	0	0	1	
0	0	0	1	1	1	

First, the location of the input and output sources and the path of the waveguides must be determined to design the desired encoder. Figure 1 shows the schematic of the proposed structure to reach the desired encoder. The figure shows that the encoder has four inputs, I0,I1,I2, and I3 and two outputs, X and Y.aFig. 1 Schematic of the proposed structure for the optical encoder.

To create the final optical encoder circuit, a two-dimensional photonic crystal structure, including silicon rods in air, is selected. The selected lattice for this structure is hexagonal, which includes 17 rods in the X-direction and 19 rods in the Z-direction. The lattice constant for this structure is equal to 0.58 μm, and the radius of the rods is equal to 0.116 μm. Therefore, the footprint of the proposed structure is as small as 96.88 µm2. The band structure calculations have been used to investigate the behavior of light in this structure. These calculations were obtained using the plane wave expansion (PWE) method. The band structure results are shown in Fig. 2.Fig. 2 The band structure calculations and photonic band gap.

Results and discussions

Figure 2 shows that a photonic band gap has been created in the range of λ = 1.28–2.08 µm. In this design, the wavelength used for light sources is 1.55 μm, which is used in fiber optic telecommunications. In the next step, the inputs and outputs are determined by creating line and point defects in the photonic crystal, and the waveguide paths are selected to connect the inputs and outputs. Figure 3 shows the designed encoder and the paths of inputs and outputs. As seen in Fig. 3, the inputs are on the left side, and the outputs are on the right side of the structure.Fig. 3 The final structure for the optical encoder.

In the path of inputs I1 and I2, two rods with radius r1 are placed as defect rods, which can be changed to obtain optimal results in the output. Also, in the input path I3, a defect rod with radius r0 is considered a defect rod.

To optimize the outputs (decrease power in logical 0 mode and increase optical power in logical 1 mode), defect rods r0 and r1 are considered variable parameters, and by changing them, the output powers are obtained in two logical modes. To optimize the outputs, the defect rods r0 and r1 are considered as variables, and by changing them, the output powers are obtained in two logical states. Considering that the input I0 has no connection with the outputs, the amount of power in the outputs does not have much dependence on this input. Therefore, the optimization has been done for the other three inputs.

In the first case where I1=1, the optical power at the X and Y outputs has been calculated for different values of r0 and r1. The diagram of these changes is shown in Fig. 4. In this case, the outputs should be X = 1 and Y = 0. Therefore, it should be seen that the highest power for the X output and the lowest power for the Y output occur for what values of r0 and r1.Fig. 4 Output optical power for I1=1 for some values of r0 with respect to r1 in (a) X output and (b) Y output.

Figure 4a shows that high power values for X and low power values for Y occur simultaneously in the range of r0=0.00-0.2μm and in the range of r1=0.00-0.05μm. The optical power at the Y output is also shown in Fig. 4b. According to this figure, it can be seen that in the same range where the output of X is acceptable, the output of Y also has a suitable response.

According to the symmetry of two inputs I1 and I2, the same analysis is also true for the outputs in the case of I2=1, and the high-power values for Y and low power values for X will have a diagram similar to Fig. 4. Of course, in this case, X output should have the lowest value and Y output should have the highest value. This situation occurs in the range r0=0.00-0.2μm and in the range r1=0.00-0.05μm. Then the outputs are checked and calculated for state I3=1. In this case, the optical power at the outputs has been calculated for different values of r0 and r1. Figure 5 shows the diagram of these changes.Fig. 5 Output optical power for I3=1forsomevaluesofr0withrespecttor1 in (a) X output and (b) Y output.

Considering that in this case, both outputs are expected to be in logic 1 state, the optical power in both outputs should be high. Figure 5 shows that for a number of radii r0 and r1, the optical power is high. According to both graphs of Figs. 4 and 5, it can be seen that the best condition for the encoder to have the best response occurs in the radii of r0=0.04μm and r1=0.04μm. According to the results, the simulation has been done for this state, and the optical power diagram in the outputs has been calculated. Figures 6, 7, 8, 9 show these diagrams.Fig. 6 Output optical power for I0=1.

Fig. 7 Output optical power for I1=1.

Fig. 8 Output optical power for I2=1.

Fig. 9 Output optical power for I3=1.

Figure 6 shows the output power when the input is I0=1. The obtained figure shows that in this case both outputs have very little light power and can be considered as logic 0. The power measured in the outputs in this case is 0.01 W/µm2 in the X output and 0 in the Y output.

Figure 7 shows the optical power diagram in the outputs when the input I1=1. In this case, the output in X is equal to 1.3 W/µm2, and in the output, Y is equal to 0.00. These outputs mean that X can be considered as logic 1 and Y as logic 0.

In the next case where the input is I2=1, the output power is also measured and its diagram is shown in Fig. 8. In this case, the situation is the opposite of the previous one, that is, X output must have low power and Y output must have high power. According to Fig. 8, which confirms this situation, it can be shown that the optical power at X output is equal to 0 and the power at Y output is equal to 1.37 W/µm2. In other words, the X output has a logical 0 state and the Y output has a logical 1 state.

In the last case, where the input is I3=1, the power is calculated in terms of time in the outputs and the results of these calculations are shown in Fig. 9. In this case, both outputs have high power, which was expected. The power measured in both outputs is the same for this mode, and their value is equal to 0.95 W/µm2. It can be said that this power is equivalent to logic 1 in both X and Y outputs.

For the designed encoder, the CR parameter is defined as14:1 CR=10logP1,minP0,max

According to this relationship, the lowest value of power is considered to be logical 1, and the highest value is logical 0. With this definition, the CR value obtained for the designed encoder will be 19.8 dB. A high value of CR indicates a high power difference in two logic states, high and low.

This increase in the value of CR reduces the error in detecting logical values 0 and 1 in the outputs. Figure 10 can be used to show how the power is distributed in the waveguide paths after reaching stability. Figure 10 shows how the optical power is distributed in the waveguide paths for different input modes. This figure also shows the status of high or low powers in the outputs, which is consistent with the previous results.Fig. 10 Output optical power distribution for (a) I0=1, (b) I1=1, (c) I2=1, and (d) I3=1.

To calculate the data transmission speed or bit rate (BR), an optical pulse is given to the I3 input, in which case both outputs are set to 1. The width of this pulse should be enough for the outputs to be in a stable state. Then, the pulse is interrupted, and the output graph is obtained. Figure 11 shows the output response diagram to the input pulse.Fig. 11 The response of the outputs to the input pulse.

Figure 11 shows that the total time for the outputs to reach a stable state at the maximum point after applying the pulse and to reach zero after the pulse is stopped is 0.5 ps. Therefore, the bit transfer speed can be obtained as BR=1T=2Tb/s. The obtained BR value is good for the proposed encoder, and this optical encoder is suitable for high-speed integrated circuits. The reason for the high speed of the proposed encoder is its small size and the use of simple waveguides and short paths. Table 2 compares the important parameters of the proposed encoder with those of the 4-to-2 encoders presented in other works.Table 2 Comparison between the proposed encoder and other works.

Structure	Time delay (ps)	CR (dB)	Footprint (µm2)		
30	125	6	132	2019	
32	2	–	1225	2016	
33	0.2	–	880	2017	
35	0.3	–	1500	2020	
36	0.36	–	174.24	2020	
37	0.24	8.59	259	2023	
38	1.5	16.98	410	2023	
This work	0.5	19.8	96.88	2024	

The proposed structure has a longer delay time than some previous works, but this difference is not very big. In this design, the size of the proposed structure is reduced by about 26% compared to the best work in Table 230. Also, the value of CR indicates the high difference between the two power values in high and low logical states, which reduces the detection error in the output.

Figure 12 shows the output spectrum for different input modes. In this figure, the output power is shown in terms of wavelength. As can be seen in the figure, the structure's best performance is at the 1.55μm wavelength, which is used in today's optical fiber communications. The encoder responds correctly at wavelengths around 1.55μm; that is, with wavelength changes around the main wavelength, this structure still works correctly.Fig. 12 The output spectrum of the output ports.

Conclusions

This paper used photonic crystals to design an optical encoder with a small size and high CR. One of the characteristics of this structure was that the waveguide paths were simple, and few simple defects were used, which makes it suitable for design and construction. The power of the light source in the “off” state was used to define logic 0, and the source in the “on” state was used to define logic 1. The simulation results showed that this structure has very low power in logic 0 and high power in logic 1. Increasing the power difference in the 0 and 1 states has increased the CR parameter, which has made the designed circuit have less error for measuring logical values (CR = 19.8 dB). Also, the high speed of the designed encoder (BR=2Tb/s) and its footprint (96.88 µm2) were other advantages of this structure.

Acknowledgements

This work was undertaken in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University and Nano-photonics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratory (NORLab), Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University.

Author contributions

G.I.K.C. designed and simulated the structure, F.P. supervised, completed the simulation results, and wrote the manuscript, S.O. verified the structure, edited, and prepared the final draft of the manuscript. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was supported by the Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University under grant number 5973.84.

Data availability

The datasets used and analysed during the current study available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

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