Title :
Strategies for fabricating strong-confinement microring filters and circuits
Author :
H.I. Smith;T. Barwicz;C.W. Holzwarth;M.A. Popovic;M.R. Watts;P.T. Rakich;M. Qi;R. Barreto;F.X. Kartner;E.P. Ippen
Author_Institution :
Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139. hismith@nano.mit.edu
fDate :
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We describe strategies for fabricating strong-confinement microring filters and circuits, and assert that techniques specifically tailored to microphotonics requirements provide a more efficient path to commercialization than techniques developed for semiconductor electronics.
Keywords :
"Circuits","Optical fiber polarization","Optical resonators","Optical filters","Optical waveguides","Lithography","Optical fiber couplers","Fabrication","Resonator filters","Integrated optics"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348654