Integrated high order filters in AlGaAs waveguides with up to eight side-coupled racetrack microresonators

Author

Pozzi, Francesca ; Sorel, Marc ; Yang, Zhenshan ; Iyer, Rajiv ; Chak, Philip ; Sipe, John ; Aitchison, Stewart

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Side-coupled-integrated-spaced-sequence-of-resonators (SCISSORs) with many rings are important for controlling the behavior of light propagation. We show the linear performance of SCISSORs in high index-contrast AlGaAs in 1, 2, 4, and 8 ring configurations.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; integrated optics; micro-optics; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; optical resonators; optical waveguide filters; wide band gap semiconductors; AlGaAs; integrated high order filters; light propagation; side-coupled-integrated-spaced-sequence-of-resonators; waveguides with up to eight side-coupled racetrack microresonators; Integrated optics; Microcavities; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Resonance; (130.2790) Guided waves; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628392

Filename

4628392