Silicon microspheres for wavelegth division multiplexing in the THz band

Ali Serpengüzel; Onur Akatlar

doi:10.1117/12.646389

1 March 2006 Silicon microspheres for wavelength division multiplexing in the THz band

Ali Serpengüzel, Onur Akatlar

Proceedings Volume 6125, Silicon Photonics; 61250T (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.646389
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2006, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Microspheres possess high quality factor morphology-dependent resonances, i.e., whispering gallery modes. Additionally, silicon is proving itself to be an excellent optical material. We have studied the feasibility of silicon microspheres as a optical filters at THz communication frequencies. The silicon microsphere has a radius of 500 μm and a refractive index of 3.4. Elastic scattering spectra are calculated for TE and TM polarizations for wavelengths between 90 μm and 100 μm in the THz communication band. The high quality factor morphology dependent resonances are found to have a repetitive mode spacing of 1.2 μm.

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Ali Serpengüzel and Onur Akatlar "Silicon microspheres for wavelength division multiplexing in the THz band", Proc. SPIE 6125, Silicon Photonics, 61250T (1 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.646389

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