Analysis of dual-microring-resonator cross-connect switches and modulators
Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 20, pp. 7840-7853 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.007840
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Abstract
Modeling and simulation results on new, resonant, waveguided 2 × 2 switches and 1 × 1 modulators are presented here. The devices employ two coupled microrings: one fixed and one floating. The fixed ring is coupled to bus waveguides that are crossed or are locally parallel. Electrooptic and thermooptic switching at λ = 1.55 μm are investigated. A novel peaks-and-valley spectral response allows low-power switching with low crosstalk and low insertion loss. Complete switching is attained when the complex index of both rings is perturbed by Δn ~ 4 × 10-4. The modulator’s optical output power is a linear function of Δn over three to five decades of Δn.
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OCIS Codes
(230.0230) Optical devices : Optical devices
(250.5300) Optoelectronics : Photonic integrated circuits
(250.7360) Optoelectronics : Waveguide modulators
(350.3950) Other areas of optics : Micro-optics
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History
Original Manuscript: July 14, 2005
Revised Manuscript: September 7, 2005
Published: October 3, 2005
Citation
Stephen Emelett and Richard Soref, "Analysis of dual-microring-resonator cross-connect switches and modulators," Opt. Express 13, 7840-7853 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-20-7840
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