Title :
Integrated high-quality factor silicon-on-sapphire ring resonators for the mid-infrared
Author :
Shankar, Raji ; Bulu, Irfan ; Loncar, Marko
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate high-quality (Q) factor grating-coupled silicon-on-sapphire ring resonators, operating around 4.5 μm. Total Q-factors of 151,000 and intrinsic Q-factors of 278,000 are measured, enabling applications in nonlinear wavelength generation and other areas.
Keywords :
Q-factor; diffraction gratings; integrated optics; optical couplers; optical resonators; silicon-on-insulator; Q factor; Si-Al2O3; grating-coupled resonators; integrated silicon-on-sapphire ring resonators; midinfrared photonics; nonlinear wavelength generation; quality factor; Couplings; Gratings; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Q-factor; Silicon; Silicon on sapphire;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5803-3
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2013.6644468
