DocumentCode
783836
Title
Characteristics of Microring Resonators With Waveguide-Resonator Coupling Modulation
Author
Sacher, Wesley D. ; Poon, Joyce K S
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Volume
27
Issue
17
fYear
2009
Firstpage
3800
Lastpage
3811
Abstract
The general output characteristics of high quality factor microring resonators with modulated coupling strengths are derived. The results are applied to the case of a microring integrated with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer coupler to investigate the amplitude, linearity, distortion, and chirp of the output. These modulators can be designed to give low-distortion, high extinction ratio, chirp-free outputs at modulation rates only limited by the maximum modulation rate of the coupler or the free spectral range frequency of the resonator.
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical modulation; optical resonators; Mach-Zehnder interferometer coupler; coupling strength; integrated optics; microring resonator; spectral range frequency; waveguide-resonator coupling modulation; Integrated optics; optical modulation; optical resonators;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JLT.2009.2016852
Filename
4895258
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