Transmission characteristics of a Fabry-perot etalon-microtoroid resonator coupled system

Wei Liang, Lan Yang, Joyce K.S. Poon, Yanyi Huang, Kerry J. Vahala, Amnon Yariv

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

60 Scopus citations

Abstract

The transmission spectra of a Fabry-Perot etalon coupled to a microtoroid resonator are studied theoretically and experimentally. The resonance line shapes depend strongly on the resonance wavelength detuning and coupling strength between the two resonators. A wide variety of line shapes, ranging from a single to triple peaks, symmetric to asymmetric Fano-like peaks, and notches were predicted and observed experimentally. The capability to modify the spectral line shapes by tuning the coupling between or losses of two resonators may find applications in optical filtering, switching, sensing, and dispersion engineering.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)510-512
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume31
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 15 2006

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Transmission characteristics of a Fabry-perot etalon-microtoroid resonator coupled system'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this