Time-domain analysis of resonator array buffers

Yannick Dumeige (1)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON

We present design and time-domain simulations of microresonator array optical delay lines. The proposed buffer consists of an n times m microresonator array unidirectionally coupled via a straight bus waveguide. We show that the use of a two-dimensional arrangement of resonators can compensate for the high order of dispersion and more specifically the third-order dispersion. Numerical calculations confirm that pulses can be stored in microresonator arrays without appreciable distortion. Finally, we briefly describe the detrimental effects of optical losses and technological errors.

Mots clés: Coupled microresonators; optical delay lines

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Yannick Dumeige. Time-domain analysis of resonator array buffers. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2009, 21 (7), pp.435-437. ⟨10.1109/LPT.2008.2012253⟩. ⟨hal-00474711⟩