Title :
Multi-modal optical microcavities for loss avoidance
Author :
Shainline, J.M. ; Orcutt, Jason ; Wade, M.T. ; Meade, Roy ; Tehar-Zahav, Ofer ; Sternberg, Zvi ; Stojanovic, V. ; Popovic, Milos A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Comput., & Energy Eng., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate optical microcavities wherein multiple guided modes interfere to avoid scattering loss at sidewall contacts. Cavities with 62 direct silicon contacts show resonances with intrinsic quality factors near 40,000 across an 80nm spectral range.
Keywords :
Q-factor; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; light scattering; micro-optics; microcavities; optical losses; silicon; Si; loss avoidance; multimodal optical microcavities; multiple guided modes; quality factor; resonances; scattering loss; sidewall contacts; silicon contacts; Arrays; Cavity resonators; Contacts; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Q-factor;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
