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Avoiding bandwidth collapse in long chains of coupled optical microresonators.
Shayan Mookherjea1, Mark A Schneider
1University of California, San Diego, Mail Code 0407, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. smookherjea@ucsd.edu
Optics Letters
|December 6, 2011
Summary
Nanoscale disorder causes bandwidth collapse in coupled photonic resonators. This study explores how the interresonator coupling coefficient affects this collapse, offering insights for device design.
Area of Science:
- Photonics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Nanotechnology
Background:
- Coupled photonic oscillators and resonators are susceptible to nanoscale disorder.
- Disorder-induced localization in periodic structures can lead to bandwidth collapse.
- Bandwidth collapse is typically detrimental to photonic device performance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between interresonator coupling and bandwidth collapse in coupled photonic resonators.
- To determine how controlling the interresonator coupling coefficient impacts disorder-induced localization and bandwidth collapse.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical analysis of coupled photonic resonator systems.
- Numerical simulations to model disorder effects.
- Investigation of the role of the interresonator coupling coefficient.
Main Results:
- Bandwidth collapse is dependent on the interresonator coupling coefficient.
- The degree of coupling influences the severity and onset of localization.
- Controllable coupling offers a potential mechanism to mitigate bandwidth collapse.
Conclusions:
- The interresonator coupling coefficient is a critical parameter in managing bandwidth collapse in disordered photonic systems.
- Device design can be optimized by tuning coupling to counteract disorder effects.
- Findings provide a pathway for developing more robust photonic devices.
