• DocumentCode
    688714
  • Title

    Multi-modal optical microcavities for loss avoidance

  • Author

    Shainline, J.M. ; Orcutt, Jason ; Wade, M.T. ; Meade, Roy ; Tehar-Zahav, Ofer ; Sternberg, Zvi ; Stojanovic, V. ; Popovic, Milos A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr., Comput., & Energy Eng., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate optical microcavities wherein multiple guided modes interfere to avoid scattering loss at sidewall contacts. Cavities with 62 direct silicon contacts show resonances with intrinsic quality factors near 40,000 across an 80nm spectral range.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; light scattering; micro-optics; microcavities; optical losses; silicon; Si; loss avoidance; multimodal optical microcavities; multiple guided modes; quality factor; resonances; scattering loss; sidewall contacts; silicon contacts; Arrays; Cavity resonators; Contacts; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Q-factor;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833089
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=688714