Title :
Novel resonance-based silicon nanophotonic structures
Author :
Soltani, Mohammad ; Atabaki, Amir H. ; Li, Qing ; Eftekhar, Ali A. ; Yegnanarayanan, Siva ; Adibi, Ali
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
The development of ultra-compact integrated nanophotonic structures for communications, sensing, and signal processing has been of great interest lately. In this review paper, we first present the requirements for practical realization of integrated nanophotonic chips and then explain how these requirements are met by using low-loss waveguides and high quality resonators with careful engineering of the coupling between them. We will show that the ultimate realization of high Q microresonators can enable a wide range of applications including very compact on-chip spectrometers, tunable filters, and sensing modules.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; nanophotonics; optical resonators; optical waveguides; reviews; silicon; Si; high Q microresonators; high quality resonators; integrated nanophotonic chips; low-loss waveguides; on-chip spectrometers; resonance-based silicon nanophotonic structures; sensing modules; tunable filters; ultracompact integrated nanophotonic structures; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2010 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7016-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2158-3234
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2010.5595658
