Ring Resonators for Integrated Optics Applications
dc.comment.hidden | No permission is required for the publication of this thesis. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Gad, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-03T15:30:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-01-03T15:30:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-01-03T15:30:45Z | |
dc.date.submitted | 2011 | |
dc.description.abstract | Integrated 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.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6427 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.pending | false | en |
dc.publisher | University of Waterloo | en |
dc.subject | Ring Resonators | en |
dc.subject | Inttegrated Optics | en |
dc.subject | WDM | en |
dc.subject | Gyroscope | en |
dc.subject.program | Physics | en |
dc.title | Ring Resonators for Integrated Optics Applications | en |
dc.type | Doctoral Thesis | en |
uws-etd.degree | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
uws-etd.degree.department | Physics and Astronomy | en |
uws.peerReviewStatus | Unreviewed | en |
uws.scholarLevel | Graduate | en |
uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |