The invention provides a high-efficiency micro-ring acousto-optic modulator, which combines high sensitivity and
sound wave regulation and control capability of a micro-ring
resonator, adopts two pairs of optical waveguides and acoustic waveguides with
grating couplers, realizes flexible control of
sound wave and
light wave propagation directions, can be configured to perform common or reverse propagation, and can be used for
acoustic wave and
light wave propagation. The method is suitable for exploring the time reversal symmetry and the optical nonreciprocity of the
system. The device adopts the
sapphire substrate, by virtue of high
mechanical strength, high sound velocity and low acoustic loss, the
sound wave mode quality and transmission stability are improved, and meanwhile, high-quality integration with
silicon dioxide and
lithium niobate films is ensured; the
silicon substrate has remarkable advantages in the aspects of micro-nano
processing, heat
conductivity and electro-optical
system compatibility, and large-scale manufacturing and
system integration are facilitated. In addition, a
chalcogenide waveguide with low optical loss is introduced into the device, so that the
light field constraint and locality are enhanced, the overlapping and
coupling strength of an acousto-optic mode is improved, and meanwhile, the interface
scattering loss is reduced.