An ultra-small integrated photonic circuit has been proposed,which incorporates a high-quality-factor passive micro-ring resonator(MR) linked to a vertical grating coupler on a standard silicon-on-insulator(SOI) s...An ultra-small integrated photonic circuit has been proposed,which incorporates a high-quality-factor passive micro-ring resonator(MR) linked to a vertical grating coupler on a standard silicon-on-insulator(SOI) substrate.The experimental results demonstrate that the MR propagation loss is 0.532 dB/cm with a 10μm radius ring resonator,the intrinsic quality factor is as high as 202.000,the waveguide grating wavelength response curve is a 1 dB bandwidth of 40 nm at 1540 nm telecommunication wavelengths,and the measured fiber-to-fiber coupling loss is 10 dB.Furthermore,the resonator wavelength temperature dependence of the 450 nm wide micro-ring resonator is 54.1 pm/℃.Such vertical grating coupler and low loss MR-integrated components greatly promote a key element in biosensors and high-speed interconnect communication applications.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2009CB326206)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61076111,50975266)+2 种基金the Key Laboratory Fund of China(No.9140C1204040909)the Graduate Innovation Project of China (No.20103083)the Fund for Top Young Academic Leaders of Higher Learning Institutions of Shanxi(TYAL),China
文摘An ultra-small integrated photonic circuit has been proposed,which incorporates a high-quality-factor passive micro-ring resonator(MR) linked to a vertical grating coupler on a standard silicon-on-insulator(SOI) substrate.The experimental results demonstrate that the MR propagation loss is 0.532 dB/cm with a 10μm radius ring resonator,the intrinsic quality factor is as high as 202.000,the waveguide grating wavelength response curve is a 1 dB bandwidth of 40 nm at 1540 nm telecommunication wavelengths,and the measured fiber-to-fiber coupling loss is 10 dB.Furthermore,the resonator wavelength temperature dependence of the 450 nm wide micro-ring resonator is 54.1 pm/℃.Such vertical grating coupler and low loss MR-integrated components greatly promote a key element in biosensors and high-speed interconnect communication applications.