Title :
Ultra-low-loss, high-Q, four-port resonant couplers
Author :
Rokhsari, Hossein ; Vahala, Kerry
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Ultra-low-loss four-port resonant filters (add/drop geometry) using ultra-high-Q toroid micro-cavities on a chip with waveguide-to-waveguide drop efficiency of 93%, and throughput extinction of 33 dB for narrow bandwidth (57 MHz) operation are demonstrated.
Keywords :
Q-factor; micro-optics; microcavities; optical couplers; optical losses; optical resonators; optical waveguide filters; 57 MHz; 93 percent; four-port resonant filters; resonant couplers; throughput extinction; toroid microcavities; waveguide-to-waveguide drop efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
