Increasing functionality of micro-photonic devices
Challenge: Rapid switching of optical power from one high-Q resonator to another.
- U(t) = U0(t = 0)e-(?0t / Q)
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Functionality beyond point-to-point interconnect: Example
- System Area Network MAC state machine
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Transfer of optical power between resonators
(i) Spoil Q to rapidly transfer optical power
(ii) Transient dynamics of cavity formation
(iii) Typical values, l0 = 1.5 mm, w0 = 1015 rads-1, Q ~ 103 - 104 and tph ~ 1 - 10 ps
Functional micro-photonic circuits