Title :
Hybrid photonic molecules
Author :
Peng, Bo ; Ozdemir, Sahin Kaya ; Zhu, Jiangang ; Yang, Lan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Washington Univ. in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
We report spectral tuning of coupled whispering-gallery-mode microresonators formed with different geometries and materials. Thermal tuning is utilized to achieve spectral overlap and mode splitting is studied as a function of coupling distance.
Keywords :
geometrical optics; micro-optics; micromechanical resonators; molecules; optical tuning; coupled whispering-gallery-mode microresonators; coupling distance; geometries; hybrid photonic molecules; materials; mode splitting; spectral overlap; spectral tuning; thermal tuning; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Photonics; Silicon compounds; System-on-a-chip; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
