Title :
Modeling of Multiband Transmission in Long Silicon Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides
Author :
Cooper, Michael L. ; Mookherjea, Shayan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA, USA
fDate :
7/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Large-scale multiresonator photonic devices and circuits cannot be efficiently modeled using finite-difference or finite-element methods alone. An improved transfer-matrix simulation method is used to show excellent agreement with measurements of multiband transmission and group delay characteristics in long silicon coupled-resonator optical waveguides.
Keywords :
finite difference methods; finite element analysis; integrated optics; optical resonators; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; coupled-resonator optical waveguides; finite-difference methods; finite-element methods; large-scale multiresonator photonic devices; multiband transmission measurement; multiband transmission modeling; photonic circuits; transfer-matrix simulation method; Delay; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Transmission line matrix methods; Optical interconnects; silicon nanophotonics; waveguide devices;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2011.2141657