Title :
Highly Sensitive Intensity Sensor Based on Interference between Coupled Microring Resonators
Author :
Yi, Huaxiang ; Zhou, Zhiping ; Citrin, D.S.
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. on Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, PU, Beijing, China
Abstract :
The coupled microring resonators interference is discussed and applied to intensity sensing. Relaxed from the requirement of high quality factor, better performance of the coupled MR intensity sensor compared with conventional MR sensor is demonstrated by the transfer matrix theory.
Keywords :
light interference; matrix algebra; micro-optics; optical resonators; optical sensors; coupled microring resonator interference; highly sensitive intensity sensor; transfer matrix theory; Fabrication; Interference; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Q factor; Resonance; Transmission line matrix methods; Waveguide junctions;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics and Optoelectronic (SOPO), 2010 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4963-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4964-4
DOI :
10.1109/SOPO.2010.5504425
