• DocumentCode
    2246969
  • Title

    Low-power light control with light in high Q/V silicon microring resonators

  • Author

    Xiao, Shijun ; Shen, Hao ; Khan, Maroof H. ; Qi, Minghao

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate critically coupled silicon microring resonators with intrinsic Q close to 300,000 and mode volume Vap20times(lambda/ne)3. For sub-mW optical power, large pump induced resonance shifts were observed for applications in all-optical switching.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; microcavities; optical resonators; optical switches; silicon; Si; all-optical switching; low-power light control; microring resonators; resonance shifts; Lighting control; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Silicon; (130.3120) Integrated optical devices; (130.4815) Optical switching devices; (190.1450) Bistability; (190.4390) Nonlinear optics, integrated optics; (230.5750) Resonators;
  • 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
    4571906
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2246969