Minimized losses in a cylindrical microresonator by use of a cladding: experimental and numerical study

Author

Klunder, D.J.W. ; Tan, F.S. ; van der Veen, T. ; Bulthuis, H.F. ; Sengo, G. ; Hoekstra, H.J.W.M. ; Driessen, A.

Author_Institution

Lightwave Devices Group, Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

582

Abstract

We present an experimental study of the influence of a cladding on the losses in a Si₃N₄ on SiO₂ cylindrical microresonator (MR). The experimental results are corroborated with detailed numerical simulations and examples of devices which exploit the presence of a cladding are given

Keywords

claddings; integrated optics; micro-optics; micromechanical resonators; optical losses; optical resonators; silicon compounds; PMMA cladding; Si₃N₄; Si₃N₄ on SiO₂ cylindrical microresonator; SiO₂; active tuning; add/drop multiplexer; bend losses; cladding; cylindrical microresonator; etched interfaces; laser cavity resonators; minimized losses; numerical simulations; numerical study; optical sensors; sidewall scattering losses; solid lasers; Add-drop multiplexers; Electrodes; Loss measurement; Microcavities; Numerical simulation; Passivation; Power measurement; Propagation losses; Resonance; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.968949

Filename

968949