Demonstration of a wavelength monitor comprised of racetrack-ring resonators with defect mediated photodiodes operating in the Cband

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 23450-23458

  Dey, Rajat ^a   Doylend, Jonathan ^b   Ackert, Jason ^c   Evans, Andrew ^d   Jessop, Paul ^a   Knights, Andrew ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTODIODES;

CMOS COMPATIBLE; FREE SPECTRAL RANGE; PHOTODIODE STRUCTURES; RESONANCE PEAK; UNAMBIGUOUS MEASUREMENTS; UNKNOWN INPUTS; WAVELENGTH MONITOR;

DEFECTS;

EID: 84885455497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.023450     Document Type: Article

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