Slot waveguide ring resonators appear promising candidates for several applications in silicon photonics. Strong field confinement, high device tunability, and low power consumption are beneficial properties compared with strip waveguides. Slot waveguide ring resonators suffer, however, from rather low optical quality factors due to optical losses. This letter proposes and experimentally demonstrates a novel concept based on a partially slotted ring and a strip-to-slot mode converter. An exceptional high quality factor of ∼ 105 has been measured.

Steglich, P., Mai, C., Stolarek, D., Lischke, S., Kupijai, S., Villringer, C., et al. (2015). Novel Ring Resonator Combining Strong Field Confinement with High Optical Quality Factor. IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 27(20), 2197-2200 [10.1109/LPT.2015.2456133].

Novel Ring Resonator Combining Strong Field Confinement with High Optical Quality Factor

CASALBONI, MAURO;
2015-01-01

Abstract

Slot waveguide ring resonators appear promising candidates for several applications in silicon photonics. Strong field confinement, high device tunability, and low power consumption are beneficial properties compared with strip waveguides. Slot waveguide ring resonators suffer, however, from rather low optical quality factors due to optical losses. This letter proposes and experimentally demonstrates a novel concept based on a partially slotted ring and a strip-to-slot mode converter. An exceptional high quality factor of ∼ 105 has been measured.
2015
Pubblicato
Rilevanza internazionale
Articolo
Esperti anonimi
Settore FIS/03 - FISICA DELLA MATERIA
Settore ING-IND/22 - SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI
English
nanophotonics; optical resonators; optical waveguides; resonator filters; semiconductor waveguide; Silicon photonics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Steglich, P., Mai, C., Stolarek, D., Lischke, S., Kupijai, S., Villringer, C., et al. (2015). Novel Ring Resonator Combining Strong Field Confinement with High Optical Quality Factor. IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 27(20), 2197-2200 [10.1109/LPT.2015.2456133].
Steglich, P; Mai, C; Stolarek, D; Lischke, S; Kupijai, S; Villringer, C; Pulwer, S; Heinrich, F; Bauer, J; Meister, S; Knoll, D; Casalboni, M; Schrader, S
Articolo su rivista
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/2108/155477
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 31
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 25
social impact