Title :
Air-core resonator with widely tunable hollow waveguide Bragg reflectors
Author :
Sakurai, Yasuki ; Matsutani, Akihiro ; Sakaguchi, Takahiro ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Microsyst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We present a novel air-core resonator consisting of tunable hollow waveguide Bragg reflectors exhibiting a giant tuning range of over 100 nm in Bragg wavelength. The Q-factor for a 1 mm long air-cavity is 104.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; Q-factor; diffraction gratings; mirrors; optical tuning; optical waveguides; 1 mm; 100 nm; Bragg reflector; Bragg wavelength; Q-factor; air-core resonator; tunable hollow waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1