Title :
Band-limited optical mirrors based on ring resonators: analysis and design
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
Ring-resonator-based optical mirrors are analyzed and their characteristics numerically evaluated. The mirrors are optimized to provide high reflection in a relatively narrow band. A design procedure that relates the required coupling to the bandwidth (BW) and reflection coefficient is presented. The effect of waveguide loss on the transmission and reflection performance is computed. Group delay and dispersion under the influence of loss and circuit-parameter variations are also treated.
Keywords :
mirrors; optical design techniques; optical dispersion; optical resonators; reflectivity; band-limited optical mirrors; dispersion; group delay; reflection coefficient; ring resonators; waveguide loss; Bandwidth; Coupling circuits; Mirrors; Narrowband; Optical design; Optical losses; Optical reflection; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Group delay; optical mirror; quadratic dispersion; ring resonator;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2005.856228
