Physical systems with topological properties are robust against disorder. However, implementing them in integrated photonic devices is challenging because of the various fabrication imperfections and/or limitations that affect the spectral response of their building blocks. One such feature is strong backscattering due to the surface wall roughness of the waveguides, which can flip the propagating modes to counterpropagating modes and destroy the desired topological behavior. Here, we report a study on modeling, designing and testing an integrated photonic structure based on a sequence of two taiji microresonators coupled with a middle link microresonator (a taiji-CROW device, where CROW stands for coupled resonator optical waveguides). Our study provides design constraints to preserve the ideal operation of the structure by quantifying a minimum ratio between the coupling coefficients and the backscattering coefficients. This ratio is valuable to avoid surface roughness problems in designing topological integrated photonic devices based on arrays of microresonators.

On the spectral response of a taiji-CROW device / Aslan, Bülent; Franchi, Riccardo; Biasi, Stefano; Ali, Salamat; Pavesi, Lorenzo. - In: OPTICS EXPRESS. - ISSN 1094-4087. - 32:9(2024). [10.1364/oe.514629]

On the spectral response of a taiji-CROW device

Franchi, Riccardo;Biasi, Stefano;Ali, Salamat;Pavesi, Lorenzo
2024-01-01

Abstract

Physical systems with topological properties are robust against disorder. However, implementing them in integrated photonic devices is challenging because of the various fabrication imperfections and/or limitations that affect the spectral response of their building blocks. One such feature is strong backscattering due to the surface wall roughness of the waveguides, which can flip the propagating modes to counterpropagating modes and destroy the desired topological behavior. Here, we report a study on modeling, designing and testing an integrated photonic structure based on a sequence of two taiji microresonators coupled with a middle link microresonator (a taiji-CROW device, where CROW stands for coupled resonator optical waveguides). Our study provides design constraints to preserve the ideal operation of the structure by quantifying a minimum ratio between the coupling coefficients and the backscattering coefficients. This ratio is valuable to avoid surface roughness problems in designing topological integrated photonic devices based on arrays of microresonators.
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Aslan, Bülent; Franchi, Riccardo; Biasi, Stefano; Ali, Salamat; Pavesi, Lorenzo
On the spectral response of a taiji-CROW device / Aslan, Bülent; Franchi, Riccardo; Biasi, Stefano; Ali, Salamat; Pavesi, Lorenzo. - In: OPTICS EXPRESS. - ISSN 1094-4087. - 32:9(2024). [10.1364/oe.514629]
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