Title :
Large-area, high-Q SOI ring resonators
Author :
Guillen-Torres, Miguel A. ; Caverley, Michael ; Cretu, Edmond ; Jaeger, Nicolas A. F. ; Chrostowski, Lukas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate a large-area, low-loss ring resonator for gyroscopic applications and measured a Q of 1.7 × 106, the largest value reported to date using standard SOI techniques.
Keywords :
gyroscopes; integrated optics; optical resonators; optical sensors; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Si; gyroscopic applications; high-Q SOI ring resonators; large-area SOI ring resonators; low-loss ring resonator; standard SOI techniques; Insertion loss; Optical ring resonators; Optimized production technology; Propagation losses; Q-factor; Standards;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995381
