Title :
Low Power Thermal Tuning of Second-order Microring Resonators
Author :
R. Amatya;C.W. Holzwarth;M. A. Popovic;F. Gan;H.I. Smith;F. Kartner;R.J. Ram
Author_Institution :
Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
fDate :
5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Efficient thermal tuning of 36 pm/K and 60 muW/GHz is shown for high-index-contrast silicon nitride second-order filters. Their compact size, large free-spectral range, low tuning power, and silicon compatibility make these resonators attractive for photonic integration.
Keywords :
"Optical tuning","Optical resonators","Optical filters","Optical ring resonators","Optical waveguides","Resonator filters","Optical modulation","Silicon compounds","Integrated optics","Photonic integrated circuits"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
2160-9004
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452439
