• DocumentCode
    3626011
  • Title

    Maximizing the Thermo-Optic Tuning Range of Silicon Photonic Structures

  • Author

    F. Gan;T. Barwicz;M. A. Popovic;M. S. Dahlem;C. W. Holzwarth;P. T. Rakich;H. I. Smith;E. P. Ippen;F. X. Kartner

  • Author_Institution
    Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA, email: fuwan@alum.mit.edu
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    67
  • Lastpage
    68
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate 20 nm thermo-optic tuning in silicon microring resonators with 16 nm free spectral range (FSR), the largest reported full-FSR thermal tuning, with a tuning efficiency of 28 muW/GHz, enabling telecom microphotonic tunable filters.
  • Keywords
    "Optical tuning","Silicon","Optical resonators","Optical filters","Resonator filters","Temperature","Optical losses","Thermal conductivity","Wires","Optical sensors"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics in Switching, 2007
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-1121-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PS.2007.4300747
  • Filename
    4300747
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3626011