Modeling the nonlinear add-drop microring filter

Author

Schneider, Mark A. ; Mookherjea, Shayan

Author_Institution

Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A new model is developed for the effects of the Kerr optical nonlinearity in a microring (racetrack) resonator coupled to input and output waveguides, which takes into account the nonlinearity in the couplers as well as the microring sections, as well as two-photon absorption, in the silicon-on-insulator platform. The switching intensity is 30 dB lower than predicted by existing models which assume the coupler to be linear.

Keywords

micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; nonlinear filters; optical Kerr effect; optical couplers; optical filters; silicon-on-insulator; two-photon processes; Kerr optical effect; Si-SiO₂; microring resonator; microring section; nonlinear add-drop microring filter; silicon-on-insulator platform; switching intensity; two-photon absorption; waveguide coupler; Absorption; Couplers; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Predictive models; Resonator filters; Silicon on insulator technology; (130.2790) Guided waves; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (230.5750) Resonators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5226030