中国物理B ›› 2009, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (1): 221-224.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/18/1/036

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Optical soliton with group delay in microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides

田赫, 掌蕴东, 王号, 欧阳秋云, 王楠, 袁萍   

  1. National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
  • 收稿日期:2008-03-21 修回日期:2008-06-04 出版日期:2009-01-20 发布日期:2009-01-20
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 60272075 and 60478014), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No 2007AA12Z112) and partially supported by the program of excellent tea

Optical soliton with group delay in microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides

Tian He(田赫), Zhang Yun-Dong(掌蕴东), Wang Hao(王号), Ouyang Qiu-Yun(欧阳秋云), Wang Nan(王楠), and Yuan Ping(袁萍)   

  1. National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
  • Received:2008-03-21 Revised:2008-06-04 Online:2009-01-20 Published:2009-01-20
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 60272075 and 60478014), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No 2007AA12Z112) and partially supported by the program of excellent tea

摘要: This paper derives the dispersion relation of microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides (CROWs) without any approximation by using the transfer matrix method. Based on the established dispersion relation of CROWs it obtains the slow group velocity and dispersion coefficient. It finds that the effect of dispersion on optical pulses can be adjusted to balance the effect of nonlinearity by changing coupling coefficient or loss, so optical soliton with group delay can be obtained in microring CROWs. The optical soliton with group delay is of great significance for applications of microring CROWs in delay lines and optical buffers of future all-optical communication systems.

Abstract: This paper derives the dispersion relation of microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides (CROWs) without any approximation by using the transfer matrix method. Based on the established dispersion relation of CROWs it obtains the slow group velocity and dispersion coefficient. It finds that the effect of dispersion on optical pulses can be adjusted to balance the effect of nonlinearity by changing coupling coefficient or loss, so optical soliton with group delay can be obtained in microring CROWs. The optical soliton with group delay is of great significance for applications of microring CROWs in delay lines and optical buffers of future all-optical communication systems.

Key words: optical waveguide, optical soliton, group delay

中图分类号:  (Optical solitons; nonlinear guided waves)

  • 42.65.Tg
42.65.Wi (Nonlinear waveguides) 42.79.Sz (Optical communication systems, multiplexers, and demultiplexers?)