Engineered Transitions in Photonic Cavities

Ali W. Elshaari, Stefan F. Preble

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya.
Microsystems Engineering Department, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/opj.2012.24030                

Abstract

We demonstrate for the first time, to best of our knowledge, that by engineering the states of a system of cavities it is possible to control photon transitions using non-adiabatic refractive index tuning. This is used to realize a novel photon transitions that are independent of the refractive index sign. In particular, we show through coupled mode theory and FDTD simulations that red shifts are possible in silicon resonators using the free-carrier plasma dispersion refractive index reduction.

Keywords

Integrated Optics; Resonators; Wavelength Shift

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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