Title :
50-element cascaded-resonator devices with gapless non-evanescent coupling using double-notch-shaped microdisks on a silicon chip
Author :
Luo, Xianshu ; Poon, Andrew W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hong Kong
Abstract :
We propose many-element cascaded-resonator devices with gapless non-evanescent inter-cavity and waveguide-to-cavity coupling using double-notch-shaped microdisk resonators. We demonstrate such devices with up to 50 elements in a silicon nitride-on-silica substrate.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical couplers; optical resonators; silicon; 50-element cascaded-resonator devices; Si; double-notch-shaped microdisks; gapless nonevanescent coupling; silicon chip; Finite difference methods; Laboratories; Optical coupling; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Resonance; Silicon; Time domain analysis; Waveguide discontinuities; (230.3990) Microstructure devices; (230.5750) Resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1769-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1768-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638196
