Polymeric Mach-Zehnder interferometer using serially coupled microring resonators

doi:10.1364/OE.11.002666

Optics Express

Editor: Michael Duncan
Vol. 11, Iss. 21 — Oct. 20, 2003
pp: 2666–2671

Polymeric Mach-Zehnder interferometer using serially coupled microring resonators

George Paloczi, Yanyi Huang, Amnon Yariv, and Shayan Mookherjea »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 11, Issue 21, pp. 2666-2671 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.11.002666

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Abstract

We propose a novel geometry for a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in which one arm of the interferometer consists of serially coupled microresonators and the other a simple ridge waveguide. The device was fabricated in an optical polymer and its spectral characteristics were measured at telecommunications wavelengths. The serially coupled rings are modeled using a simple transfer matrix approach. Good agreement is found between the measurement and the theory.

OCIS Codes
(130.0130) Integrated optics : Integrated optics
(130.2790) Integrated optics : Guided waves
(160.5470) Materials : Polymers
(230.5750) Optical devices : Resonators

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History
Original Manuscript: August 26, 2003
Revised Manuscript: October 2, 2003
Published: October 20, 2003

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George Paloczi, Yanyi Huang, Amnon Yariv, and Shayan Mookherjea, "Polymeric Mach-Zehnder interferometer using serially coupled microring resonators," Opt. Express 11, 2666-2671 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-11-21-2666

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IEEE J. Lightwave Tech.

K. Oda, N. Takato, and H. Toba, �??A wide-FSR double-ring resonator for optical FDM transmission systems,�?? IEEE J. Lightwave Tech. 9, 728-736 (1991). [CrossRef]
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IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett

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IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett.

J. V. Hryniewicz, P. P. Absil, B. E. Little, R. A. Wilson, and P. T. Ho, �??Higher order filter response In coupled microring resonators,�?? IEEE Phot. Tech. Lett. 12, 320-322 (2000). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

Y. Xu, R. K. Lee, and A. Yariv, �??Propagation and second harmonic generation of electromagnetic waves in a coupled-resonator optical waveguide,�?? J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 387-400 (2000). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

A. Martinez, A. Griol, P. Sanchis, and J. Marti, �??Mach-Zehnder interferometer employing coupledresonator optical waveguides,�?? Opt. Lett. 28, 405-407 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Optics Lett.

A. Yariv, Y. Xu, R. K. Lee, and A. Scherer, �??Coupled resonator optical waveguide: a proposal and analysis,�?? Optics Lett. 24, 711-713 (1997) [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. E

S. Mookherjea, and A. Yariv, �??Kerr-stabilized super-resonant modes in coupled-resonator optical waveguides,�?? Phys. Rev. E 66, 046610 (2002 [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

M. Bayindir, B. Temelkuran, and E. Ozbay, �??Tight-binding description of the coupled defect modes in three dimensional photonic crystals,�?? Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2140-2143 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

K. Kawano, and T. Kitoh, Introduction to optical waveguide analysis (Wiley, 2001), Chap. 4. [CrossRef]
J. K. S. Poon, S. Mookherjea, G. T. Paloczi, Y. Huang, and A. Yariv, �??Matrix analysis of microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides,�?? (submitted).

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