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Opt Lett. 2004 Nov 15;29(22):2584-6. doi: 10.1364/ol.29.002584.

Wide-range tuning of polymer microring resonators by the photobleaching of CLD-1 chromophores.

Optics letters

Joyce K S Poon, Yanyi Huang, George T Paloczi, Amnon Yariv, Cheng Zhang, Larry R Dalton

Affiliations

  1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, MC 136-93, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 15552652 DOI: 10.1364/ol.29.002584

Abstract

We present a simple and effective method for the postfabrication trimming of optical microresonators. We photobleach CLD-1 chromophores to tune the resonance wavelengths of polymer microring resonator optical notch filters. A maximum wavelength shift of -8.73 nm is observed. The resonators are fabricated with a soft-lithography molding technique and have an intrinsic Q value of 2.6 x 10(4) and a finesse of 9.3. The maximum extinction ratio of the resonator filters is -34 dB, indicating that the critical coupling condition has been satisfied.

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