• DocumentCode
    2243867
  • Title

    Demonstration of low power, thermally stable second-order microring resonators

  • Author

    Amatya, R. ; Holzwarth, C.W. ; Smith, H.I. ; Ram, R.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Thermal tuning with an efficiency of 40 muW/GHz/ring is demonstrated in silicon-rich silicon nitride second-order microring resonators. Open-loop thermal stability of the resonant frequency is measured to be within 400 MHz for these resonators.
  • Keywords
    low-power electronics; optical resonators; thermal stability; low power thermally stable second-order microring resonators; open-loop thermal stability; resonant frequency; silicon-rich silicon nitride second-order microring resonators; thermal tuning; Circuit optimization; Circuit stability; Frequency measurement; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical tuning; Resonator filters; Silicon compounds; Thermal stability; Wavelength measurement; (230.5750) Resonators; (230.74-8) Wavelength filtering devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571779