Proposal to Produce Coupled Resonator-Induced Transparency and Bistability Using Microresonator Enhanced Mach–Zehnder Interferometer

Author

Lu, Ying ; Xu, Lijuan ; Shu, Meiling ; Wang, Peng ; Yao, Jianquan

Author_Institution

Tianjin Univ., Tianjin

Volume

20

Issue

7

fYear

2008

fDate

4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

529

Lastpage

531

Abstract

We propose a microresonator scheme for a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which a microresonator is side coupled to one arm and the other is inserted in the other arm, to produce coupled resonator-induced transparency (CRIT) and absorption (CRIA) effects. In this system, CRIT and CRIA effects with one effect next to another over a frequency range when two microresonators are identical and Fano-resonance line shape when the sizes of two microresonators are unequal are achieved. We also theoretically investigate the improving optical bistability characteristic based on CRIT.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; micro-optics; microcavities; optical bistability; optical resonators; transparency; Fano-resonance line shape; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; bistability; coupled resonator; coupled resonator-induced absorption; coupled resonator-induced transparency; microresonator; Arm; Atom optics; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical bistability; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Proposals; Bistability; coupled resonator-induced transparency (CRIT) and absorption (CRIA); microresonator;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2008.918886

Filename

4468805