Optical Bistability in a Silicon Waveguide Distributed Bragg Reflector Fabry-Perot Resonator

被引:35
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作者
Grieco, Andrew [1 ]
Slutsky, Boris [1 ]
Tan, Dawn T. H. [1 ]
Zamek, Steve
Nezhad, Maziar P. [1 ]
Fainman, Yeshaiahu [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, San Diego, CA 92093 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Fabry-Perot resonators; integrated optics; optical bistability; FILTER;
D O I
10.1109/JLT.2012.2197731
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We demonstrate optical bistability in a silicon waveguide Fabry-Perot resonator formed by a pair of distributed Bragg reflectors. In the bistable regime, the output power of the resonator ceases to be uniquely determined by the input power because multiple powers within the cavity satisfy the resonance condition. Pulsating behavior is observed within the resonator output, and is attributed to noise within the experimental setup driving the resonator between the multiple allowed output powers.
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页码:2352 / 2355
页数:4
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