Optics Express 2012-12-03

Dispersion engineering of thick high-Q silicon nitride ring-resonators via atomic layer deposition.

Johann Riemensberger, Klaus Hartinger, Tobias Herr, Victor Brasch, Ronald Holzwarth, Tobias J Kippenberg

Index: Opt. Express 20(25) , 27661-9, (2012)

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Abstract

We demonstrate dispersion engineering of integrated silicon nitride based ring resonators through conformal coating with hafnium dioxide deposited on top of the structures via atomic layer deposition. Both, magnitude and bandwidth of anomalous dispersion can be significantly increased. The results are confirmed by high resolution frequency-comb-assisted-diode-laser spectroscopy and are in very good agreement with the simulated modification of the mode spectrum.