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Adiabatic self-tuning in a silicon microdisk optical resonator

Lin, Q. and Johnson, T. J. and Michael, C. P. and Painter, O. (2008) Adiabatic self-tuning in a silicon microdisk optical resonator. Optics Express, 16 (19). pp. 14801-14811. ISSN 1094-4087 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:LINoe08b

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Abstract

We demonstrate a method for adiabatically self-tuning a silicon microdisk resonator. This mechanism is not only able to sensitively probe the fast nonlinear cavity dynamics, but also provides various optical functionalities like pulse compression, shaping, and tunable time delay.


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Additional Information:© 2008 Optical Society of America. Original Manuscript: July 11, 2008. Manuscript Accepted: September 1, 2008. Revised Manuscript: September 1, 2008. Published: September 4, 2008. The authors would like to thank Jidong Zhang, Matt Eichenfield, Raviv Perahia, and Paul Barclay for helpful discussions. This work is supported by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the programs of Parametric Optical Processes and Systems (POPS) and Electronic and Photonic Integrated Circuits (EPIC).
Uncontrolled Keywords:Micro-optical devices; nonlinear optics; optical resonators
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