Ultralow-loss silicon ring resonators

doi:10.1364/OL.37.004236

Ultralow-loss silicon ring resonators

Aleksandr Biberman, Michael J. Shaw, Erman Timurdogan, Jeremy B. Wright, and Michael R. Watts »View Author Affiliations

Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 20, pp. 4236-4238 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.004236

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate silicon ring resonators with internal quality factors of $Q_{0} = 2.2 \times 10^{7}$ , corresponding to record $2.7 dB / m$ propagation losses. Importantly, we show that these propagation losses are limited by bend loss, indicating that the propagation loss limit for silicon has not yet been reached.

OCIS Codes
(230.4000) Optical devices : Microstructure fabrication
(230.5750) Optical devices : Resonators
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides

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History
Original Manuscript: July 24, 2012
Revised Manuscript: September 7, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: September 10, 2012
Published: October 9, 2012

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Aleksandr Biberman, Michael J. Shaw, Erman Timurdogan, Jeremy B. Wright, and Michael R. Watts, "Ultralow-loss silicon ring resonators," Opt. Lett. 37, 4236-4238 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-20-4236

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M. R. Watts, M. J. Shaw, and G. N. Nielson, Nat. Photonics 1, 632 (2007). [CrossRef]
A. Biberman and K. Bergman, Rep. Prog. Phys. 75, 046402 (2012). [CrossRef]
Q. Xu, B. Schmidt, S. Pradhan, and M. Lipson, Nature 435, 325 (2005). [CrossRef]
M. R. Watts, W. A. Zortman, D. C. Trotter, R. W. Young, and A. L. Lentine, Opt. Express 19, 21989 (2011). [CrossRef]
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M. Popovíć, T. Barwicz, M. R. Watts, P. T. Rakich, L. Socci, E. P. Ippen, F. X. Kärtner, and H. I. Smith, Opt. Lett. 31, 2571 (2006). [CrossRef]
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[1] M. R. Watts, M. J. Shaw, and G. N. Nielson, Nat. Photonics 1, 632 (2007). [CrossRef]

[2] A. Biberman and K. Bergman, Rep. Prog. Phys. 75, 046402 (2012). [CrossRef]

[3] Q. Xu, B. Schmidt, S. Pradhan, and M. Lipson, Nature 435, 325 (2005). [CrossRef]

[4] M. R. Watts, W. A. Zortman, D. C. Trotter, R. W. Young, and A. L. Lentine, Opt. Express 19, 21989 (2011). [CrossRef]

[5] D. Ahn, C. Hong, J. Liu, W. Giziewicz, M. Beals, L. C. Kimerling, J. Michel, J. Chen, and F. X. Kärtner, Opt. Express 15, 3916 (2007). [CrossRef]

[6] M. Popovíć, T. Barwicz, M. R. Watts, P. T. Rakich, L. Socci, E. P. Ippen, F. X. Kärtner, and H. I. Smith, Opt. Lett. 31, 2571 (2006). [CrossRef]

[7] T. Barwicz, M. R. Watts, M. A. Popovic, P. T. Rakich, L. Socci, F. X. Kärtner, E. P. Ippen, and H. I. Smith, Nat. Photonics 1, 57 (2007). [CrossRef]

[8] D. Dai and J. E. Bowers, Opt. Express 19, 10940 (2011). [CrossRef]

[9] A. R. Johnson, Y. Okawachi, J. S. Levy, J. Cardenas, K. Saha, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta, Opt. Lett. 37, 875 (2012). [CrossRef]

[10] W. Mathlouthi, H. Rong, and M. Paniccia, Opt. Express 16, 16735 (2008). [CrossRef]

[11] H. Lee, T. Chen, J. Li, O. Painter, and K. J. Vahala, Nat. Commun. 3, 867 (2012). [CrossRef]

[12] H. Lee, T. Chen, J. Li, K. Y. Yang, S. Jeon, O. Painter, and K. J. Vahala, Nat. Photonics 6, 369 (2012). [CrossRef]

[13] J. F. Bauters, M. J. R. Heck, D. D. John, J. S. Barton, C. M. Bruinink, A. Leinse, R. G. Heideman, D. J. Blumenthal, and J. E. Bowers, Opt. Express 19, 24090 (2011). [CrossRef]

[14] R. Adar, M. Serbin, and V. Mizrahi, J. Lightwave Technol. 12, 1369 (1994). [CrossRef]

[15] M. J. Shaw, J. Guo, G. A. Vawter, S. Habermehl, and C. T. Sullivan, Proc. SPIE 5720, 109 (2005). [CrossRef]

[16] A. Gondarenko, J. S. Levy, and M. Lipson, Opt. Express 17, 11366 (2009). [CrossRef]

[17] K. Lee, D. Lim, L. C. Kimerling, J. Shin, and F. Cerrina, Opt. Lett. 26, 1888 (2001). [CrossRef]

[18] F. Y. Gardes, G. T. Reed, A. P. Knights, G. Mashanovich, P. E. Jessop, L. Rowe, S. McFaul, D. Bruce, and N. G. Tarr, Proc. SPIE 6898, 68980R (2008).

[19] P. Dong, W. Qian, S. Liao, H. Liang, C. Kung, N. Feng, R. Shafiiha, J. Fong, D. Feng, A. Krishnamoorthy, and M. Asghari, Opt. Express 18, 14474 (2010). [CrossRef]

[20] W. Bogaerts and S. K. Selvaraja, IEEE Photonics J 3, 422 (2011). [CrossRef]

[21] M. Borselli, T. J. Johnson, and O. Painter, Opt. Express 13, 1515 (2005). [CrossRef]

[22] G. Li, J. Yao, H. Thacker, A. Mekis, X. Zheng, I. Shubin, Y. Luo, J.-H. Lee, K. Raj, J. E. Cunningham, and A. V. Krishnamoorthy, Opt. Express 20, 12035 (2012). [CrossRef]

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