A dual resonator enhanced asymmetric Mach-Zehnder: Ultrafast passive thresholder for silicon-on-insulator

Alexander N. Tait; Mitchell A. Nahmias; Mable P. Fok; Paul Richard Prucnal

doi:10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318878

A dual resonator enhanced asymmetric Mach-Zehnder: Ultrafast passive thresholder for silicon-on-insulator

Alexander N. Tait, Mitchell A. Nahmias, Mable P. Fok, Paul Richard Prucnal

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Abstract

We propose and simulate a novel integrated thresholder based on nonlinear silicon microring resonators. By interfering the complementary effects of two resonators, the proposed device achieves a sharp threshold with flat one- and zero-levels.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2012 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2012
Pages	212-213
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318878
State	Published - Nov 22 2012
Event	2012 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2012 - Banff, AB, Canada Duration: Aug 6 2012 → Aug 9 2012

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Name	International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics
ISSN (Print)	2160-5033
ISSN (Electronic)	2160-5041

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Other	2012 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2012
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Banff, AB
Period	8/6/12 → 8/9/12

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Hardware and Architecture
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Tait, A. N., Nahmias, M. A., Fok, M. P., & Prucnal, P. R. (2012). A dual resonator enhanced asymmetric Mach-Zehnder: Ultrafast passive thresholder for silicon-on-insulator. In 2012 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2012 (pp. 212-213). [6318878] (International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics). https://doi.org/10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318878

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Tait, AN, Nahmias, MA, Fok, MP & Prucnal, PR 2012, A dual resonator enhanced asymmetric Mach-Zehnder: Ultrafast passive thresholder for silicon-on-insulator. in 2012 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2012., 6318878, International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, pp. 212-213, 2012 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2012, Banff, AB, Canada, 8/6/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318878

A dual resonator enhanced asymmetric Mach-Zehnder: Ultrafast passive thresholder for silicon-on-insulator. / Tait, Alexander N.; Nahmias, Mitchell A.; Fok, Mable P. et al.
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