Silicon-on-insulator microring resonator for ultra dense WDM applications

Author

Sheng, Zhen ; Liu, Liu ; He, Sailing ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Baets, Roel

Author_Institution

INTEC Dept., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium

fYear

2009

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

122

Lastpage

124

Abstract

We demonstrate design, fabrication and measurement of silicon-on-insulator microring resonators suitable for ultra dense WDM applications with a channel spacing of 0.1 nm. Considerations about applying it to practical use are also discussed.

Keywords

channel spacing; integrated optics; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical resonators; optical waveguides; semiconductor quantum wires; silicon-on-insulator; wavelength division multiplexing; SOI nanowire waveguide; Si; bus waveguide; channel spacing; coupling strength; crosstalk; drop loss; optical design; optical fabrication; sidewall roughness; silicon-on-insulator microring resonator; ultradense WDM applications; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Channel spacing; Crosstalk; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon on insulator technology; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1949-2081

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4402-1

Electronic_ISBN

1949-2081

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338316

Filename

5338316