• DocumentCode
    1625743
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    39
  • Lastpage
    41
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0826-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324079
  • Filename
    6324079
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1625743