Title :
Spiral-shaped microdisk resonator channel drop/add filters: Asymmetry in modal distributions
Author :
Lee, Jonathan Y. ; Luo, Xianshu ; Poon, AndrewW
Author_Institution :
Photonic Device Laboratory, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay, SAR, China
Abstract :
We report experiments and simulations of spiral-shaped microdisk resonator channel drop/add filters with a non-evanescently-coupled waveguide at the spiral notch. We observe asymmetry in modal distributions between the drop/add filters at the same resonance wavelengths.
Keywords :
Laser modes; Microcavities; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Resonance light scattering; Resonator filters; Silicon; Spirals;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431059
