• DocumentCode
    688717
  • Title

    Improving the dimensional tolerance of microrings with adiabatically widened bends

  • Author

    Mikkelsen, Jared C. ; Sacher, Wesley D. ; Jayatilleka, Hasitha ; Bojko, Richard J. ; Poon, Joyce K. S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Silicon microrings with widened waveguides have higher dimensional tolerances than conventional designs with single-mode wire waveguides. We show microrings where the resonance wavelength shifts from waveguide width variations are reduced by a factor of 2.5.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; micro-optics; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; adiabatically widened bends; dimensional tolerance; resonance wavelength shifts; silicon microrings; single-mode wire waveguides; waveguide width variations; widened waveguides; Optical device fabrication; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Standards; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833092