Adiabatic self-tuning in a silicon microdisk optical resonator

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Adiabatic self-tuning in a silicon microdisk optical resonator

Q. Lin, T. J. Johnson, C. P. Michael, and O. Painter »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 19, pp. 14801-14811 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.014801

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Abstract

We demonstrate a method for adiabatically self-tuning a silicon microdisk resonator. This mechanism is not only able to sensitively probe the fast nonlinear cavity dynamics, but also provides various optical functionalities like pulse compression, shaping, and tunable time delay.

OCIS Codes
(190.4390) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, integrated optics
(230.5750) Optical devices : Resonators
(320.5550) Ultrafast optics : Pulses
(130.3990) Integrated optics : Micro-optical devices

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Integrated Optics

History
Original Manuscript: July 11, 2008
Revised Manuscript: September 1, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: September 1, 2008
Published: September 4, 2008

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Q. Lin, T. J. Johnson, C. P. Michael, and O. Painter, "Adiabatic self-tuning in a silicon microdisk optical resonator," Opt. Express 16, 14801-14811 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-19-14801

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E. J. Reed, M. Soljacic, and J. Joannopoulos, "Color of shock waves in photonic crystals," Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 203904 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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M. Notomi, H. Taniyama, S. Mitsugi, and E. Kuramochi, "Optomechanical wavelength and energy conversion in high-Q double-layer cavities of photonic crystal slabs," Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023903 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Z. Gaburro, M. Ghulinyan, F. Riboli, L. Pavesi, A. Recati, and I. Carusotto, "Photon energy lifter," Opt. Express 14, 7270-7278 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. F. Preble, Q. Xu, and M. Lipson, "Changing the colour of light in a silicon resonator," Nat. Photonics 1, 293-296 (2007). [CrossRef]
M. W. McCutcheon, A. G. Pattantyus-Abraham, G. W. Rieger, and J. F. Young, "Emission spectrum of electromagnetic energy stored in a dynamically perturbed optical microcavity," Opt. Express 15, 11472-11480 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
P. Dong, S. F. Preble, J. T. Robinson, S. Manipatruni, and M. Lipson. "Introducing photonic transitions between discrete modes in a silicon optical microcavity," Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 033904 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. M. Yacomotti, F. Raineri, C. Cojocaru, P. Monnier, J. A. Levenson, and R. Raj, "Nonadiabatic dynamics of electromagnetic field and charge carriers in high-Q photonic crystal resonators," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 093901 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. Tanabe, M. Notomi, E. Kuramochi, A. Shinya, and H. Taniyama, "Trapping and delaying photons for one nanosecond in an ultrasmall high-Q photonic-crystal nanocavity," Nat. Photonics 1, 49-52 (2007). [CrossRef]
Y. Tanaka, J. Upham, T. Nagashima, T. Sugiya, T. Asano, and S. Noda, "Dynamic control of the Q factor in a photonic crystal nanocavity," Nat. Mater. 6, 862-865 (2007). [CrossRef]
Q. Lin, O. J. Painter, and G. P. Agrawal, "Nonlinear optical phenomena in silicon waveguides: Modeling and applications," Opt. Express 15, 16604-16644 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Borselli, T. J. Johnson, C. P. Michael, M. D. Henry, and O. Painter, "Encapsulation layers for low-loss silicon photonics," Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 131117 (2007). [CrossRef]
M. Borselli, T. J. Johnson, and O. Painter, "Beyond the Rayleigh scattering limit in high-Q silicon microdisks: theory and experiment," Opt. Express 13, 1515-1530 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. J. Johnson, M. Borselli, and O. J. Painter, "Self-induced optical modulation of the transmission through a high-Q silicon microdisk resonator," Opt. Express 14, 817-831 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. J. Kippenberg, S. M. Spillane, and K. J. Vahala, "Mode coupling in traveling-wave resonators," Opt. Lett. 27, 1669-1671 (2002). [CrossRef]
The intrnsic Q factor is referred to that originated from the intrnisic loss of the microdisk, while the loaded one is referred to that for the microdisk loaded with the coupling fiber taper. See Ref. [14].
P. E. Barclay, K. Srinivasan, and O. Painter, "Nonlinear response of silicon photonic crystal micresonators excited via an integrated waveguide and fiber taper," Opt. Express 13, 801-820 (2005).
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R.W. Boyd and D. J. Gauthier, "Slow and fast light," in Progress in Optics, Vol. 43, E.Wolf, ed. (Elsevier, 2002).
J. B. Khurgin, "Optical buffers based on slow light in electromagnetically induced transparant media and coupled resonator structures: comparative analysis," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 1062-1074 (2005). [CrossRef]
E. Tien, N. S. Yuksek, F. Qian, and O. Boyraz, "Pulse compression and mode locking by using TPA in silicon waveguides," Opt. Express 15, 6500-6506 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. Liu, R. Jones, L. Liao, D. Samara-Rubio, D. Rubin, O. Cohen, R. Nicolaescu, M. Paniccia, "A high-speed silicon optical modulator based on a metaloxidesemiconductor capacitor," Nature 427, 615-618 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Q. Xu, B. Schmidt, S. Pradhan, and M. Lipson, "Micrometre-scale silicon electro-optic modulator," Nature 435, 325-327 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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[1] E. J. Reed, M. Soljacic, and J. Joannopoulos, "Color of shock waves in photonic crystals," Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 203904 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] M. F. Yanik and S. Fan, "Stopping light all optically," Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 083901 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] M. Notomi and S. Mitsugi, "Wavelength conversion via dynamic refractive index tuning of a cavity," Phys. Rev. A 73, 051803(R) (2006). [CrossRef]

[4] M. Notomi, H. Taniyama, S. Mitsugi, and E. Kuramochi, "Optomechanical wavelength and energy conversion in high-Q double-layer cavities of photonic crystal slabs," Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023903 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] Z. Gaburro, M. Ghulinyan, F. Riboli, L. Pavesi, A. Recati, and I. Carusotto, "Photon energy lifter," Opt. Express 14, 7270-7278 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] S. F. Preble, Q. Xu, and M. Lipson, "Changing the colour of light in a silicon resonator," Nat. Photonics 1, 293-296 (2007). [CrossRef]

[7] M. W. McCutcheon, A. G. Pattantyus-Abraham, G. W. Rieger, and J. F. Young, "Emission spectrum of electromagnetic energy stored in a dynamically perturbed optical microcavity," Opt. Express 15, 11472-11480 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] P. Dong, S. F. Preble, J. T. Robinson, S. Manipatruni, and M. Lipson. "Introducing photonic transitions between discrete modes in a silicon optical microcavity," Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 033904 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] A. M. Yacomotti, F. Raineri, C. Cojocaru, P. Monnier, J. A. Levenson, and R. Raj, "Nonadiabatic dynamics of electromagnetic field and charge carriers in high-Q photonic crystal resonators," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 093901 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] T. Tanabe, M. Notomi, E. Kuramochi, A. Shinya, and H. Taniyama, "Trapping and delaying photons for one nanosecond in an ultrasmall high-Q photonic-crystal nanocavity," Nat. Photonics 1, 49-52 (2007). [CrossRef]

[11] Y. Tanaka, J. Upham, T. Nagashima, T. Sugiya, T. Asano, and S. Noda, "Dynamic control of the Q factor in a photonic crystal nanocavity," Nat. Mater. 6, 862-865 (2007). [CrossRef]

[12] Q. Lin, O. J. Painter, and G. P. Agrawal, "Nonlinear optical phenomena in silicon waveguides: Modeling and applications," Opt. Express 15, 16604-16644 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] M. Borselli, T. J. Johnson, C. P. Michael, M. D. Henry, and O. Painter, "Encapsulation layers for low-loss silicon photonics," Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 131117 (2007). [CrossRef]

[14] M. Borselli, T. J. Johnson, and O. Painter, "Beyond the Rayleigh scattering limit in high-Q silicon microdisks: theory and experiment," Opt. Express 13, 1515-1530 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[15] T. J. Johnson, M. Borselli, and O. J. Painter, "Self-induced optical modulation of the transmission through a high-Q silicon microdisk resonator," Opt. Express 14, 817-831 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[16] T. J. Kippenberg, S. M. Spillane, and K. J. Vahala, "Mode coupling in traveling-wave resonators," Opt. Lett. 27, 1669-1671 (2002). [CrossRef]

[17] The intrnsic Q factor is referred to that originated from the intrnisic loss of the microdisk, while the loaded one is referred to that for the microdisk loaded with the coupling fiber taper. See Ref. [14].

[18] P. E. Barclay, K. Srinivasan, and O. Painter, "Nonlinear response of silicon photonic crystal micresonators excited via an integrated waveguide and fiber taper," Opt. Express 13, 801-820 (2005).

[19] R. A. Soref and B. R. Bennett, "Electrooptical effects in silicon," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 23, 123-129 (1987). [CrossRef]

[20] R.W. Boyd and D. J. Gauthier, "Slow and fast light," in Progress in Optics, Vol. 43, E.Wolf, ed. (Elsevier, 2002).

[21] J. B. Khurgin, "Optical buffers based on slow light in electromagnetically induced transparant media and coupled resonator structures: comparative analysis," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 1062-1074 (2005). [CrossRef]

[22] E. Tien, N. S. Yuksek, F. Qian, and O. Boyraz, "Pulse compression and mode locking by using TPA in silicon waveguides," Opt. Express 15, 6500-6506 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[23] A. Liu, R. Jones, L. Liao, D. Samara-Rubio, D. Rubin, O. Cohen, R. Nicolaescu, M. Paniccia, "A high-speed silicon optical modulator based on a metaloxidesemiconductor capacitor," Nature 427, 615-618 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[24] Q. Xu, B. Schmidt, S. Pradhan, and M. Lipson, "Micrometre-scale silicon electro-optic modulator," Nature 435, 325-327 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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