Title :
Athermal SOI ring resonators by overlaying a polymer cladding on narrowed waveguides
Author :
Teng, Jie ; Dumon, Pieter ; Bogaerts, Wim ; Zhang, Hongbo ; Jian, Xigao ; Zhao, Mingshan ; Morthier, Geert ; Baets, Roel
Abstract :
Athermal silicon ring resonators are experimentally demonstrated by overlaying a polymer cladding on narrowed silicon wires. The wavelength temperature dependence of the silicon ring resonator is reduced from 54.2 pm/degC to -4.9 pm/degC.
Keywords :
claddings; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical films; optical polymers; optical resonators; optical waveguides; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; Si; athermal SOI ring resonators; narrowed silicon wires; narrowed waveguides; polymer cladding; silicon ring resonator; wavelength temperature dependence; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuits; Materials science and technology; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Polymers; Silicon; Temperature dependence; athermal; silicon waveguides; wavelength temperature dependence;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-2081
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338355
