| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2014.2339365 |
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| Author | Search for: Shahoei, Hiva; Search for: Xu, Dan-Xia.1; Search for: Schmid, Jens H.1; Search for: Yao, Jianping |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Information and Communication Technologies
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | Microring resonator; Microring Resonator (MRR); Multimode interference couplers; Silicon photonics; Slow and fast light |
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| Abstract | Continuously tunable slow and fast light generation using a silicon-on-insulator microring resonator (MRR) incorporating a multimode interference (MMI) coupler is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The MMI coupler is optimized for the transverse-magnetic mode. By changing the input polarization state, the self-coupling coefficient and the loss factor of the MRR are changed. The depth and the bandwidth of the MRR are tunable by tuning the self-coupling coefficient and the loss factor; thus, a tunable phase shift can be achieved at the resonance wavelength, which leads to the generation of a tunable slow and fast light. The proposed scheme is experimentally evaluated. A tunable slow light with a maximum time delay of 35 ps and a slow-to-fast light with a continuously tunable range of 102 ps are achieved for a 13.5-GHz Gaussian optical pulse by using a double-MMI coupler MRR and a single-MMI coupler MRR, respectively. |
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| Publication date | 2014-07-15 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 21272808 |
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| Record identifier | b2f2414a-c120-4f49-9bbd-ecf82fee8963 |
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| Record created | 2014-12-03 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-22 |
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