Interferometrically-coupled traveling-wave resonators for nonlinear optics applications

Author

Atabaki, Amir H. ; Li, Qing ; Yegnanarayanan, Siva ; Chamanzar, Maysam ; Shah-Hosseini, Ehsan ; Eftekhar, Ali A. ; Soltani, Mohammad ; Momeni, Babak ; Adibi, Ali

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA

fYear

2009

fDate

12-14 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

90

Abstract

A traveling-wave resonator structure with interferometric-coupling scheme is shown to have the capability of supporting both over-coupled and critically-coupled modes, simultaneously. This device is demonstrated in SOI with an integrated microheater to tune its coupling. The application of this device for nonlinear optics is discussed.

Keywords

integrated optics; light interferometry; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; nonlinear optics; optical resonators; optical tuning; silicon-on-insulator; Interferometrically-coupled traveling-wave resonator; SOI; Si-SiO₂; critically-coupled mode; integrated microheater; microring resonator; nonlinear optics; optical tuning; over-coupled mode; Application software; Arm; Bandwidth; Copper; Couplings; Nonlinear optics; Optical computing; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009

Conference_Location

Innsbruck

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2610-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2611-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771670

Filename

4771670