Modeling of SOI-based MRR by coupled mode theory using lateral coupling configuration

Author

Hazura, H. ; Menon, P. Susthitha ; Majlis, Burhanuddin Yeop ; Hanim, A.R. ; Mardiana, B. ; Hasanah, Lilik ; Mulyanti, Budi ; Mahmudin, D. ; Wiranto, G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Microeng. & Nanoelectron. (IMEN), Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

19-21 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

422

Lastpage

425

Abstract

We present the modeling of a first order waveguide-coupled microring resonator (MRR) by coupled mode theory (CMT) using transfer matrix model. The design topology is based on the lateral coupling configuration and single mode propagation which is integrated on a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) platform. Performance parameters including Free Spectral Range (FSR) and Quality Factor (Q-factor) are investigated. For verification, we compare these results with the results obtained from the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) commercially available software. We found that both results agree well with each other.

Keywords

Q-factor; coupled mode analysis; finite difference time-domain analysis; optical couplers; optical waveguides; resonators; silicon-on-insulator; CMT; FDTD commercially available software; FSR; Q-factor; SOI-based MRR modeling; coupled mode theory; design topology; finite difference time domain commercially available software; first order waveguide-coupled MRR; first order waveguide-coupled microring resonator; free spectral range; lateral coupling configuration; performance parameters; quality factor; silicon-on-insulator platform; single mode propagation; transfer matrix model; Couplings; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical waveguide theory; Q factor; Refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE), 2012 10th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2395-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2394-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMElec.2012.6417177

Filename

6417177