The present invention discloses a passive coherent long-wave
infrared radiation sensing
photon integrated device, belonging to the field of
infrared sensor device technology. The device comprises a substrate layer, an optical
isolation layer, an optical transmission layer, and a
metal structure layer arranged from bottom to top; the optical
isolation layer is a
silicon oxide layer; the optical transmission layer is a
lithium niobate layer, comprising a coupled
grating structure, an
optical beam splitter structure, a
bus optical transmission
waveguide structure, a coupled
waveguide structure, and a ring
resonant cavity structure; and the
metal structure layer is a periodic
metal grating structure. The device of the present invention has a
layered structure, is simple in structure, and is compatible with the
processing technology of integrated photonic devices. It can directly convert long-wave
infrared radiation signals into near-infrared signals in the communication band, which can be connected to
optical fiber communication systems for transmission. The self-
reference structure of the device can achieve coherent beat frequency of the near-infrared
signal, thereby obtaining a
signal output in the
radio frequency domain. This greatly reduces the
system testing cost while ensuring high sensitivity, and is of great significance to the development of high-performance infrared
radiation photon sensors.