Design of compact ring resonator and Mach-Zehnder interferometer with air trenches

Seunghyun Kim; Jianhua Jiang; Gregory P. Nordin

doi:10.1117/1.2202926

1 May 2006 Design of compact ring resonator and Mach-Zehnder interferometer with air trenches

Seunghyun Kim, Jianhua Jiang, Gregory P. Nordin

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 45, Issue 5, 054602 (May 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2202926

Abstract

We discuss the design of a compact ring resonator (RR) and Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) in a low-refractive-index-contrast waveguide material system through the use of air trenches. A narrow air trench at the intersection of one input and two output waveguides can function as a high-efficiency splitter, while wider air trenches operate as waveguide bends. We first discuss the design of individual splitters and bends and then show how they can be used to realize a compact MZI and RR. The RR has a footprint of only 70×100 µm, and its optical efficiency at the drop wavelengths is ≈86%. The free spectral range and full width at half maximum are 7.2 and 0.5 nm, while the Q factor is >3,000. The MZI occupies only 165×130 µm, and its calculated optical efficiency is 90%.

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Seunghyun Kim, Jianhua Jiang, and Gregory P. Nordin "Design of compact ring resonator and Mach-Zehnder interferometer with air trenches," Optical Engineering 45(5), 054602 (1 May 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2202926

Published: 1 May 2006

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