Relaxation of Critical Coupling Condition and Characterization of Coupling-Induced Frequency Shift in Two-Ring Structures

Author

Tobing, Landobasa Y M A L ; Darmawan, Stevanus ; Lim, Desmond R. ; Chin, Mee-Koy ; Mei, Ting

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ. (NTU), Singapore, Singapore

Volume

16

Issue

1

fYear

2010

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

84

Abstract

We present a systematic study of two-ring-one-bus (2R1B) and two-ring Mach-Zehnder interferometer (2RMZI). By exciting the cavity modes in certain ways, it is possible to shape the transmission spectrum that may be suitable for specific applications, such as relaxation of critical coupling for the case of 2R1B or finesse enhancement for the case of 2RMZI. The deteriorating effects of resonator self-coupling known as coupling-induced resonance frequency shift is quantized. The two-ring structures are demonstrated on a silicon-on-insulator platform where good agreement is obtained between the experiment and the theory.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; laser cavity resonators; silicon-on-insulator; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; cavity modes; coupling induced frequency shift; critical coupling condition; resonator self-coupling; silicon-on-insulator; transmission spectrum; two-ring structures; Coupled resonator system; critical coupling; microring resonator; silicon-on-insulator (SOI) photonics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2027890

Filename

5401089