Designing coupled-resonator optical waveguide delay lines

Joyce K.S. Poon*, Jacob Scheuer, Yong Xu, Amnon Yariv

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Abstract

We address the trade-offs among delay, loss, and bandwidth in the design of coupled-resonator optical waveguide (CROW) delay lines. We begin by showing the convergence of the transfer matrix, tight-binding, and time domain formalisms in the theoretical analysis of CROWs. From the analytical formalisms we obtain simple, analytical expressions for the achievable delay, loss, bandwidth, and a figure of merit to be used to compare delay line performance. We compare CROW delay lines composed of ring resonators, toroid resonators, Fabry-Perot resonators, and photonic crystal defect cavities based on recent experimental results reported in the literature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1665-1673
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume21
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2004
Externally publishedYes

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