Characterization of mid-infrared silicon-on-sapphire microring resonators with thermal tuning

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1095-1102

  Wong, Chi Yan ^a   Cheng, Zhenzhou ^a   Chen, Xia ^a   Xu, Ke ^a   Fung, Christy K Y ^a   Chen, Yi Min ^a   Tsang, Hon Ki ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Integrated nanophotonic systems; mid infrared (mid IR); silicon nanophotonics; silicon on sapphire (SOS); temperature; waveguide devices

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; EPITAXIAL SILICON; FIXED WAVELENGTH; INTEGRATED NANOPHOTONIC SYSTEMS; MICRO RESONATORS; MICRORING RESONATOR; MIDINFRARED; Q MEASUREMENTS; Q-FACTORS; SILICON-ON-SAPPHIRE; THERMAL TUNING; THERMO-OPTIC COEFFICIENTS; WAVEGUIDE DEVICE;

INFRARED DEVICES; LASERS; NANOPHOTONICS; SILICON WAFERS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TEMPERATURE;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 84863482492     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2204734     Document Type: Article

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