Title :
An add-drop ring resonator interferometer sensor with high sensitivity
Author :
Yundong Zhang ; Kaiyang Wang ; Xiaoqi Liu ; Xuenan Zhang
Author_Institution :
Nat. Key Lab. of Tunable Laser Technol., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China
Abstract :
We propose an add-drop ring resonator interferometer with high sensitivity. We theoretically demonstrate this add-drop ring resonator configuration with a compact size enables the simultaneously producing fast light and slow light. We also theoretically calculate the sensitivity of the add-drop ring resonator interferometer as a sensing system. The sensitivity of our configuration can achieve 13.48/rad, which is enhanced by 6.46/rad compared to that of the traditional single-bus ring resonator which is 7.02/rad. This proposed structure enables highly sensitive, compact and stable sensors.
Keywords :
light interferometers; optical resonators; optical sensors; add-drop ring resonator configuration; add-drop ring resonator interferometer sensor; sensitivity; Couplers; Optical interferometry; Optical ring resonators; Sensitivity; Sensors; Slow light; interferometer; resonator; sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Sensing Technology (ICST), 2013 Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wellington
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5220-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSensT.2013.6727666