• DocumentCode
    1681541
  • Title

    Thermally-induced nonlinearity and optical bistability in Si3N4 microring resonators

  • Author

    Arbabi, Amir ; Lu, Ping-Keng ; Griffin, Benjamin G. ; Goddard, Lynford L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on the nonlinear response and optical bistability in the transmitted and reflected signals of Si3N4 microrings. Micro-second temporal dynamics of the response suggest that the nonlinear behavior is due to the thermo-optic effect.
  • Keywords
    micro-optics; micromechanical resonators; optical bistability; silicon compounds; microring resonators; nonlinear behavior; optical bistability; thermally-induced nonlinearity; thermo-optic effect; Couplings; Measurement by laser beam; Optical bistability; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Power measurement; Reflection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326720
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1681541