Title :
Titania-clad microresonators on SOI with athermal performance
Author :
Alipour, Payam ; Atabaki, Amir Hossein ; Eftekhar, Ali Asghar ; Adibi, Ali
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We propose the use of titanium dioxide as cladding material to reduce the temperature sensitivity of silicon-based microresonators. The advantages of using titanium dioxide over the conventional alternatives are discussed, and experimental results are presented.
Keywords :
Microcavities; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Polymers; Refractive index; Resonance; Temperature sensors; Titanium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
