Ultra-compact directional couplers and race-track microcavity resonators as building blocks for WDM devices

Author

Chin, M.K. ; Youtsey, C. ; Zhao, W. ; Peirson, T. ; Wu, S.L. ; Ren, Z. ; Wang, R. ; Wang, L. ; Zhan, Y.G. ; Ho, S.T.

Author_Institution

Nanovation Technol. Inc., Evanston, IL, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Abstract

We have designed, fabricated and demonstrated ultra-compact directional couplers (<30 /spl mu/m) and "race-track" micro-resonators as nano-photonic building blocks for a range of WDM devices, including ultra-compact directional couplers, channel-dropping filters, 1/spl times/N demultiplexers and 2/spl times/2 crossbar switches.

Keywords

micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical directional couplers; optical fabrication; optical switches; optical waveguide filters; wavelength division multiplexing; 1/spl times/N demultiplexers; 2/spl times/2 crossbar switches; OC equipment; WDM devices; building blocks; channel-dropping filters; nano-photonic building blocks; optical filters; race-track micro-resonators; race-track microcavity resonators; ultra-compact directional coupler design; ultra-compact directional coupler fabrication; ultra-compact directional couplers; Coupling circuits; Directional couplers; Microcavities; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Polarization; Switching circuits; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834623

Filename

834623