Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR)

Enhanced dispersive and nonlinear properties of coupled ring resonators by using an embedded microrings configuration

Xiaoyan Zhou, Lin Zhang, Andrea M. Armani, Hao Zhang, Wei Pang

Published Jun 1, 2013• 1 citation

Abstract

We study both the intensity and phase responses in embedded rings operated in analogy to electromagnetically induced transparency. Different phase regimes have been identified, which correspond to different optical nonlinear enhancement characteristics.

DOI: 10.1109/cleopr.2013.6600445

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