Selective Passive Tuning of Cavity Resonance by Mode Index Engineering of the Partial Length of a Cavity

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Hauptverfasser: Khurana, Mohit, Delfan, Sahar, Yi, Zhenhuan
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author Khurana, Mohit
Delfan, Sahar
Yi, Zhenhuan
author_facet Khurana, Mohit
Delfan, Sahar
Yi, Zhenhuan
contents Cavities in large-scale photonic integrated circuits often suffer from a wider distribution of resonance frequencies due to fabrication errors. It is crucial to adjust the resonances of cavities using post-processing methods to minimize the frequency distribution. We have developed a concept of passive tuning by manipulating the mode index of a portion of a microring cavity. Through analytical studies and numerical experiments, we have found that depositing a thin film of dielectric material on top of the cavity or etching the material enables us to fine-tune the resonances and minimize the frequency distribution. This versatile method allows for the selective tuning of each cavity's resonance in a large set of cavities in a single fabrication step, providing robust passive tuning in large-scale photonic integrated circuits. We show that proposed method achieves tuning resolution below 1/Q and range upto 10^3/Q for visible to near-infrared wavelengths. Furthermore, this method can be applied and explored in various optical cavities and material configurations.
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spellingShingle Selective Passive Tuning of Cavity Resonance by Mode Index Engineering of the Partial Length of a Cavity
Khurana, Mohit
Delfan, Sahar
Yi, Zhenhuan
Optics
Applied Physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Cavities in large-scale photonic integrated circuits often suffer from a wider distribution of resonance frequencies due to fabrication errors. It is crucial to adjust the resonances of cavities using post-processing methods to minimize the frequency distribution. We have developed a concept of passive tuning by manipulating the mode index of a portion of a microring cavity. Through analytical studies and numerical experiments, we have found that depositing a thin film of dielectric material on top of the cavity or etching the material enables us to fine-tune the resonances and minimize the frequency distribution. This versatile method allows for the selective tuning of each cavity's resonance in a large set of cavities in a single fabrication step, providing robust passive tuning in large-scale photonic integrated circuits. We show that proposed method achieves tuning resolution below 1/Q and range upto 10^3/Q for visible to near-infrared wavelengths. Furthermore, this method can be applied and explored in various optical cavities and material configurations.
title Selective Passive Tuning of Cavity Resonance by Mode Index Engineering of the Partial Length of a Cavity
topic Optics
Applied Physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04422