• DocumentCode
    2327837
  • Title

    Short waveguide microcavity with adiabatic modal conversion

  • Author

    Silberstein, E. ; Peyrade, D. ; Lalanne, Ph. ; Talneau, A. ; Chen, Y. ; Chavel, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. d´´Opt., CNRS, Orsay, France
  • Volume
    6
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    34
  • Abstract
    A waveguide based microcavity with short taper has been realized by incorporating four identical 8-groove tapers at the four reflector extremities. The microstructure has an overall length of 14 μm and consists of two first-order Bragg mirrors with very narrow slits (90 nm) and of four series of slits with progressively varying widths (tapers). A comparison with a non-tapered cavity evidences the beneficial effect of the taper approach on both the Q factor and the peak transmission at resonance.
  • Keywords
    mirrors; optical planar waveguides; resonance; Q factor; adiabatic modal conversion; first-order Bragg mirrors; peak transmission at resonance; reflector extremities; short taper; waveguide based microcavity; Dielectrics; Etching; Microcavities; Mirrors; Nanostructures; Optical device fabrication; Photonic crystals; Photonic integrated circuits; Q factor; Resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.989036
  • Filename
    989036