Title :
Strongly-coupled microring resonators and the effect of non-adjacent resonator coupling
Author :
Tsay, Alan ; Van, Vien
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
Spectral characteristics of 2D arrays of strongly-coupled microring resonators are investigated using power coupling analysis. It is shown that non-adjacent resonator coupling can give rise to distinct resonance features not observed in weakly-coupled microring arrays.
Keywords :
micro-optics; microcavities; optical arrays; optical couplers; optical resonators; spectral analysis; 2D arrays; nonadjacent resonator coupling; power coupling analysis; spectral properties; strongly-coupled microring resonator;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698936