Title :
Mode conversion losses in SOI photonic wire based racetrack resonators
Author :
Xia, Fengnian ; Sekaric, Lidija ; Vlasov, Yurii A.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
Abstract :
We found that in low loss SOI sub-micron photonic wire racetrack resonators, when the air gap between the resonator and access waveguide is < 120 nm, the mode conversion losses in the coupling region dominate bending and propagation losses.
Keywords :
air gaps; optical losses; optical resonators; photonic band gap; silicon-on-insulator; SOI photonic wire; access waveguide; air gap; bending loss; mode conversion losses; propagation loss; racetrack resonators; sub-micron photonic wire; Optical attenuators; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Wire;
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.2006.4627617
