• DocumentCode
    3259343
  • Title

    Ultra high optical nonreciprocity using silicon microring resonators

  • Author

    Li Fan ; Varghese, Leo T. ; Jian Wang ; Yi Xuan ; Weiner, Andrew M. ; Minghao Qi

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. & Birck Nanotechnol. Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-10 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    193
  • Lastpage
    194
  • Abstract
    An ultra high nonreciprocal transmission ratio of 40 dB is achieved using an all-silicon optical diode. By experimentally studying the power dynamics of individual microring resonators, we investigate the device mechanism and offer improvements.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; micro-optics; microcavities; optical resonators; photodiodes; silicon; Si; all-silicon optical diode; nonreciprocal transmission ratio; optical nonreciprocity; power dynamics; silicon microring resonators; Insertion loss; Noise measurement; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical saturation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Waikoloa, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5059-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614453
  • Filename
    6614453