Title :
Spiral-Shaped Microdisk Resonator Channel Drop/Add Filters: Asymmetry in Modal Distributions
Author :
Lee, Jonathan Y. ; Luo, Xianshu ; Poon, Andrew W.
Author_Institution :
Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hong Kong
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 :
channel bank filters; laser cavity resonators; microdisc lasers; optical filters; optical waveguides; resonator filters; channel drop-add filters; modal distribution; nonevanescently-coupled waveguide; spiral notch; spiral-shaped microdisk resonator; Laser modes; Microcavities; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Resonance light scattering; Resonator filters; Silicon; Spirals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453282
