• DocumentCode
    689208
  • Title

    Athermal silicon ring resonator with Bi-material cantilever for passive thermal feedback

  • Author

    Guha, Biswajeet ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a temperature insensitive Si ring resonator by coupling the optical mode to a bi-material cantilever. We show the capability of athermal operation over 14 degrees, which can be further extended through proper optimization.
  • Keywords
    cantilevers; integrated optics; optical materials; optical resonators; silicon; thermo-optical devices; thermo-optical effects; Si; athermal operation; athermal silicon ring resonator; bimaterial cantilever; optical mode; optimization; passive thermal feedback; temperature insensitive Si ring resonator; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Temperature; Temperature sensors; Thermooptic effects;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833590