Title :
Thermal stabilization of a microring resonator using bandgap temperature sensor
Author :
Shuyu Yang ; Xiaoliang Zhu ; Yi Zhang ; Ying Li ; Baehr-Jones, Tom ; Hochberg, Michael ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a thermal stabilization method for a microring modulator by measuring the absolute temperature of the ring and surrounding areas using two pairs of matched p-n junctions. Stabilization is accomplished without needing optical power.
Keywords :
micromechanical resonators; p-n junctions; temperature sensors; thermal stability; absolute temperature; bandgap temperature sensor; matched p-n junctions; microring modulator; microring resonator; thermal stabilization; Computers; Electrical engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8178-6
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2015.7115678
