Title :
Super-ring resonators: Taking advantage of resonance variability
Author :
Cardenas, Jaime ; Morton, Paul A. ; Khurgin, Jacob B. ; Poitras, Carl B. ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We show that 20 microresonators collectively behave as a single resonance and are controllable with a single voltage signal, thereby exploiting the inherent variability of microresonators enabling multi-ring Balanced SCISSOR devices with two drive signals.
Keywords :
micro-optics; micromechanical resonators; optical resonators; microresonators; multi-ring balanced SCISSOR devices; super-ring resonators; Delay; Heating; Microcavities; Resonant frequency; Silicon; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
