Title :
On-chip microfluidic tuning of an microring resonator
Author :
Levy, Uriel ; Campbell, Kyle ; Groisman, Alex ; Mookherjea, Shayan ; Fainman, Yeshaiahu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a tunable optical filter with extinction ratio of 37 dB by integrating microring resonator with a microfluidic chip. Tuning is obtained by on-chip mixing of two liquids with different refractive indices.
Keywords :
micro-optics; microfluidics; optical filters; optical resonators; optical tuning; refractive index; microfluidic chip; microring resonator; on-chip microfluidic tuning; on-chip mixing; refractive indices; tunable optical filter; Extinction ratio; Microfluidics; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; (120.2440) Filters; (130.3120) Integrated optical devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627583
