Ring Resonators for Integrated Optics Applications

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dc.contributor.authorGad, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-03T15:30:45Z
dc.date.available2012-01-03T15:30:45Z
dc.date.issued2012-01-03T15:30:45Z
dc.date.submitted2011
dc.description.abstractIntegrated ring resonators have attracted a considerable interest in optical communications because of their small size and wide range of applicability. Here we consider several aspects of these devices, beginning with a tunable hybrid ring resonators consisting of a silicon over insulator (SOI) ring covered with a polymer layer in a variable electric field. Varying the field changes the polymer refractive index and consequently the resonance condition of the cavity. This device offers a large degree of optical confinement together with a high modulation speed. Subsequently, we design and present fabrication results for a Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) multiplexer/demultiplexer formed from a series of ring resonators with two channels separated by 50 GHz each that is predicted to exhibit a free spectral range (FSR) of 100 GHz , signal dispersion less than 30 ps/nm and a signal cross-talk less than -23 dB. Finally, we analyze the application of the coupled ring waveguide circuit to rotation sensors based on the Sagnac phase shift. Here, however our analysis indicates that a single ring, of the same area exhibits a higher degree of sensitivity to rotational motion than a multiple ring circuit.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/6427
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectRing Resonatorsen
dc.subjectInttegrated Opticsen
dc.subjectWDMen
dc.subjectGyroscopeen
dc.subject.programPhysicsen
dc.titleRing Resonators for Integrated Optics Applicationsen
dc.typeDoctoral Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeDoctor of Philosophyen
uws-etd.degree.departmentPhysics and Astronomyen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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