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Published November 15, 2004 | Published
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Wide-range tuning of polymer microring resonators by the photobleaching of CLD-1 chromophores

Abstract

We present a simple and effective method for the postfabrication trimming of optical microresonators. We photobleach CLD-1 chromophores to tune the resonance wavelengths of polymer microring resonator optical notch filters. A maximum wavelength shift of ~8.73 nm is observed. The resonators are fabricated with a soft-lithography molding technique and have an intrinsic Q value of 2.6 x 10^4 and a finesse of 9.3. The maximum extinction ratio of the resonator filters is ~34 dB, indicating that the critical coupling condition has been satisfied.

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© 2004 Optical Society of America Received July 6, 2004 J. Poon thanks J. Scheuer and L. Zhu for fruitful discussions. She is grateful for the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The financial support of the National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and Hughes Research Laboratories is gratefully acknowledged.

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