Title :
Triangular-shaped coupled microrings for tolerant multi-/demulti-plexing
Author :
Ito, H. ; Ishikura, Norihiro ; Baba, Toshihiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
Triangular-shaped microring resonators simplifies the inter-ring coupling and phase tuning, and realize the box-like spectrum. 3-nm-wide passband and 19-nm FSR were measured in double and quadruple series-coupled microrings with low-loss sharp bends.
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical losses; optical resonators; optical tuning; FSR; box-like spectrum; double series-coupled microrings; interring coupling; low-loss sharp bends; phase tuning; quadruple series-coupled microrings; size 19 nm; size 3 nm; tolerant demultiplexing; tolerant multiplexing; triangular-shaped microring resonators; Couplings; Heating; Optical resonators; Photonics; Silicon; Tuning; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600265