Light Combining for Interferometric Switching

Interferometric switching as a routing method in sequence of coupled optical microresonators is explored. Mach-Zhender interferometry is extended to systems of side-coupled integrated sequences of resonators (SCISSORs) and coupled resonators optical waveguides (CROWs). We generalized Coupled Mode Th...

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Main Authors: Marco Masi, Mattia Mancinelli, Paolo Bettotti, Lorenzo Pavesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Optics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/130517
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Summary:Interferometric switching as a routing method in sequence of coupled optical microresonators is explored. Mach-Zhender interferometry is extended to systems of side-coupled integrated sequences of resonators (SCISSORs) and coupled resonators optical waveguides (CROWs). We generalized Coupled Mode Theory (CMT) to a system of three coupled waveguides. The two bus interferometric switching functions of SCISSOR and CROW resonant structures are investigated. A novel switching device based on three input phase modulation ports is presented. This device displays a wide range of switching behaviors which might lead to new interesting applications.
ISSN:1687-9384
1687-9392