Abstract
A new model is developed for the effects of the Kerr optical nonlinearity in a microring (racetrack) resonator coupled to input and output waveguides, which takes into account the nonlinearity in the couplers as well as the microring sections, as well as two-photon absorption, in the silicon-on-insulator platform. The switching intensity is 30 dB lower than predicted by existing models which assume the coupler to be linear.
© 2009 Optical Society of America
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