Title :
Compact bandwidth tunable microring resonators
Author :
Chen, Long ; Sherwood-Droz, Nicolas ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
Abstract :
We demonstrate microring resonators on silicon-on-insulator with bandwidth tunable from 0.1 nm to 0.7 nm, an extinction ratio of 23 dB and a footprint of less than 0.001 mm2 using interferometric couplers and thermal tuning.
Keywords :
light interferometry; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical couplers; optical resonators; optical tuning; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optical devices; bandwidth tunable microring resonators; extinction ratio; interferometric couplers; silicon-on-insulator; thermal tuning; Bandwidth; Couplers; Extinction ratio; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical tuning; Optical waveguides; Resonance; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (130.7408) Wavelength filtering devices;
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
