Title :
Coupling Control in Polymer Microring Based High-Q Filters and Electro-Optic Modulators Using Photobleaching
Author :
Gupta, Gaurav ; Kuo, Yau-Hwang ; Tazawa, H. ; Stapleton, A. ; Liao, Yifan ; Steier, W.H. ; O´Brien, J.D. ; Dalton, L.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Precise and fast post-fabrication trimming of coupling has been demonstrated using high-intensity laser photobleaching of the coupling region in high-Q passive polymer microrings vertically coupled to chromophore-doped waveguides, and in laterally coupled electro-optic ring modulators.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguide filters; optical waveguides; chromophore-doped waveguide; coupling control; electrooptic modulator; high-Q filters; high-Q passive polymer microring; high-intensity laser photobleaching; post-fabrication trimming; Bleaching; Electrooptic modulators; Filters; Optical coupling; Optical polymers; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Photobleaching; Refractive index; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528347
