Title :
Increasing the spectral bandwidth of optical frequency comb generation in a microring resonator using dispersion tailoring slotted waveguide
Author :
Yan Yan ; Matsko, A. ; Changjing Bao ; Maleki, Lute ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
A chromatic dispersion tailored composite Si3N4-SiO2 waveguide microring resonator allows generating significantly broader Kerr optical frequency combs, as compared with an identical conventional Si3N4 microring resonator, under the same optical pumping conditions.
Keywords :
micro-optics; optical Kerr effect; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; optical resonators; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; Kerr optical frequency combs; Si3N4-SiO2; chromatic dispersion tailored composite waveguide; dispersion tailoring slotted waveguide; microring resonator; optical frequency comb generation; optical pumping conditions; spectral bandwidth; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656519