Title :
Azimuthal position dependent optical drop filters based on periodically patterned silicon microring resonators
Author :
Lee, Jonathan Y. ; Fauchet, Philippe M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
Using the unique beating patterns in periodically-patterned ring resonators operating in the slow light regime, we demonstrate a novel drop filter with channels outputs depending on the relative azimuthal position between the input and drop port waveguides.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; micro-optics; optical filters; optical resonators; optical waveguides; silicon; slow light; Si; drop port waveguides; input port waveguides; microring resonators; optical drop filters; periodically patterned silicon; periodically-patterned ring resonators; relative azimuthal position; slow light; unique beating patterns; Optical device fabrication; Optical filters; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Resonator filters; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8338-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053743
