Title :
Demonstration of low power, thermally stable second-order microring resonators
Author :
Amatya, R. ; Holzwarth, C.W. ; Smith, H.I. ; Ram, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Thermal tuning with an efficiency of 40 muW/GHz/ring is demonstrated in silicon-rich silicon nitride second-order microring resonators. Open-loop thermal stability of the resonant frequency is measured to be within 400 MHz for these resonators.
Keywords :
low-power electronics; optical resonators; thermal stability; low power thermally stable second-order microring resonators; open-loop thermal stability; resonant frequency; silicon-rich silicon nitride second-order microring resonators; thermal tuning; Circuit optimization; Circuit stability; Frequency measurement; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical tuning; Resonator filters; Silicon compounds; Thermal stability; Wavelength measurement; (230.5750) Resonators; (230.74-8) Wavelength filtering devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
