Proposed Nonlinear Microring Resonator Arrangement for Stopping and Storing Light

Author

Yupapin, Preecha P. ; Pornsuwancharoen, Nithiroth

Author_Institution

Adv. Res. Center for Photonics, King Mongkut´´s Inst. of Technol. Ladkrabang, Bangkok

Volume

21

Issue

6

fYear

2009

fDate

3/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

404

Lastpage

406

Abstract

A simple system of an all-optical system for stopping and storing is proposed. A system consists of two microring and a nanoring resonators that can be integrated into a single system. The large bandwidth is generated by a soliton pulse within a Kerr-type nonlinear medium where an all-optical adiabatic and pulse bandwidth compression can be performed. The balance between the dispersion and nonlinear lengths of the soliton pulse exhibits the soliton behavior known as self-phase modulation, which produces a constant optical output. This means that light pulse can be trapped, i.e., stopped optically within the nano waveguide.

Keywords

integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; nanoelectromechanical devices; nanophotonics; optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; optical waveguides; self-phase modulation; Gaussian pulse; Kerr-type nonlinear medium; all-optical adiabatics; all-optical system; integrated system; light stopping; light storing; nano waveguide; nanoring resonator; nonlinear microring resonator; pulse bandwidth compression; pulse trapping; self-phase modulation; soliton pulse; Optical memory; stopped light; stored light;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2009.2012503

Filename

4773167