Title :
Ultralow-loss silicon ring resonators
Author :
Biberman, Aleksandr ; Shaw, Michael J. ; Timurdogan, Erman ; Wright, Jeremy B. ; Watts, Michael R.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate silicon ring resonators with internal quality factors of Q0=2.2×107, corresponding to record 2.7-dB/m losses. We show that the losses are bend-loss-limited, indicating that the loss limit for silicon has not been reached.
Keywords :
Q-factor; integrated optics; optical losses; optical resonators; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Si; bend-loss-limited losses; internal quality factors; ultralow-loss silicon ring resonators; Optical device fabrication; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Propagation losses; Q factor; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0826-8
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324079
