Title :
SOI Photonic Wire Waveguide Ring Resonators using MMI Couplers
Author :
Xu, D.X. ; Densmore, A. ; Lapointe, J. ; Waldron, P. ; Cheben, P. ; Delage, A. ; Lamontagne, B. ; Janz, S. ; Schmid, J.H. ; Post, E.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Microstruct. Sci., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel SOI photonic wire ring resonator that uses a MMI coupler which has a compact size of 3times9 mum2 The resonators exhibited quality factor of 5000, and resonance depth of 20 dB
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical resonators; photonic crystals; silicon-on-insulator; MMI couplers; SOI photonic wire waveguide ring resonator; multimode-interference couplers; resonance depth; Directional couplers; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Polarization; Q factor; Resonator filters; Silicon; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2006. 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0096-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2006.1708154
