Relaxation of critical coupling condition and characterization of coupling-induced frequency shift in two-ring structures

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-84

  Tobing, Landobasa Y M A L ^a   Darmawan, Stevanus ^a   Lim, Desmond R ^a   Chin, Mee Koy ^a   Mei, Ting ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coupled resonator system; Critical coupling; Microring resonator; Silicon on insulator (SOI) photonics

Indexed keywords

COUPLED RESONATOR SYSTEMS; CRITICAL COUPLING; MICRORING RESONATOR; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) PHOTONICS; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS;

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; RESONANCE;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 76949106027     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2027890     Document Type: Article

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