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| Author(s): |
Souza, Mario C. M. M.
[1]
;
Barea, Luis A. M.
[1]
;
Vallini, Felipe
[1]
;
Rezende, Guilherme F. M.
[1]
;
Wiederhecker, Gustavo S.
[1]
;
Frateschi, Newton C.
[1]
Total Authors: 6
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Fis Gleb Wataghin, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Optics Express; v. 22, n. 9, p. 10430-10438, MAY 5 2014. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 15 |
| Abstract | |
Single microring resonators have been used in applications such as wavelength multicasting and microwave photonics, but the dependence of the free spectral range with ring radius imposes a trade-off between the required GHz optical channel spacing, footprint and power consumption. We demonstrate four-channel all-optical wavelength multicasting using only 1 mW of control power, with converted channel spacing of 40-60 GHz. Our device is based on a compact embedded microring design fabricated on a scalable SOI platform. The coexistence of close resonance spacing and high finesse (205) in a compact footprint is possible due to enhanced quality factors (30,000) resulting from the embedded configuration and the coupling-strength dependence of resonance spacing, instead of ring size. In addition, we discuss the possibility of achieving continuously mode splitting from a single-notch resonance up to 40 GHz. (C)2014 Optical Society of America (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 05/51689-2 - Optics and Photonics Research Center at UNICAMP |
| Grantee: | Hugo Luis Fragnito |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/57857-2 - Photonics for optical communications |
| Grantee: | Hugo Luis Fragnito |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |