High $Q$-Factor Microrings Using Slightly Etched Rib Waveguides

Autor: Eric Cassan, Daniel Pascal, Taha Benyattou, Delphine Marris-Morini, B. Han, Laurent Vivien, S. Laval, Sylvain Maine, Regis Orobtchouk, J-M. Fedeli, L. El Melhaoui
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 27:1387-1391
ISSN: 0733-8724
DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2008.923257
Popis: The paper reports the design, fabrication and characterization of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) microring resonators using shallow etched rib waveguides. The variation of the Q-factor of microring resonators as a function of the ring diameter and coupling gap between the input waveguide and the ring is studied. Such structures are fabricated using e-beam lithography and reactive ion etching steps. Propagation loss of shallow etching rib waveguide has been evaluated to 0.8 dB/cm for wavelengths around 1550 nm. With a ring diameter of 100 mum and a coupling gap of 450 nm, the measured Q -factor is 35300. These results are matched by 3-D numerical optical modeling.
Databáze: OpenAIRE