Parallel-coupled dual racetrack silicon micro-resonators for quadrature amplitude modulation

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 14892-14902

  Integlia, Ryan A ^a   Yin, Lianghong ^a   Ding, Duo ^c   Pan, David Z ^c   Gill, Douglas M ^d   Jiang, Wei ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MODULATION; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

COUPLED STRUCTURES; COUPLING CONSTANTS; CROSS-COUPLINGS; M ARY QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATIONS; MICRO RESONATORS; PARALLEL-COUPLED; PHASE ADJUSTMENT; QUADRATURE SIGNAL;

RESONATORS;

EID: 79961069541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.014892     Document Type: Article

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