1st Edition

Optical Microring Resonators Theory, Techniques, and Applications

By Vien Van Copyright 2017
297 Pages
by CRC Press

297 Pages 80 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

297 Pages 80 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

"a detailed, cognizant account of numerous crucial aspects of optical microring resonators" – Amr S. Helmy, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto "an excellent choice for gaining an insight into the vast potential of microring resonators" – Jalil Ali, Professor, Laser Center ISI-SIR, University of Technology, Malaysia "a thorough treatment… appeal[s]... Read more
Elements of an optical microring resonator
Dielectric optical waveguides
The vectorial wave equations The Effective Index Method and solutions of the 1D slab waveguide Waveguide dispersion Propagation loss
Optical modes in bent dielectric waveguides
Conformal transformation of bent waveguides Resonant modes in microdisks and microrings Full-vectorial analysis of bent waveguides
Coupling of waveguide modes in space
The coupled mode equations Solution of the coupled mode equations
Fabrication of microring resonators Summary
Analytical models of microring resonators
Resonance spectrum of an uncoupled microring resonator Power coupling description of a microring resonator
The add-drop microring resonator The all-pass microring resonator Phase and group delay responses of a microring resonator
Energy coupling description of a microring resonator Relationship between energy coupling and power coupling formalisms Summary
Coupled microring optical filters
Periodic arrays of microring resonators
Periodic arrays of all-pass microring resonators Periodic arrays of add-drop microring resonators Arrays of serially coupled microring resonators
Transfer functions of coupled microring optical filters Cascaded all-pass microring filters Serially coupled microring filters
Energy coupling analysis of serially coupled microring filters Energy coupling synthesis of serially coupled microring filters Power coupling analysis of serially coupled microring fil

Biography

Vien Van