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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

May. 12, 2011
Applicants:

Michal Lipson, Ithaca, NY (US);

Sasikanth Manipatruni, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Gustavo Wiederhecker, Campinas, BR;

Inventors:

Michal Lipson, Ithaca, NY (US);

Sasikanth Manipatruni, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Gustavo Wiederhecker, Campinas, BR;

Assignee:

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/293 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12007 (2013.01); G02B 6/2934 (2013.01); G02B 6/29382 (2013.01);
Abstract

A broadly tunable optomechanical apparatus includes a resonator component consisting of two coupled optical microring resonators disposed in a stacked relationship, an input waveguide disposed adjacent a periphery of the resonator component, and a control signal waveguide coupled to the resonator component or the input signal waveguide. A broadband optical switch includes a plurality of resonator components each of which corresponds to a selected signal wavelength, predetermined by the geometry and design of the resonator component, and a respective plurality of output signal waveguides, and a respective plurality of a control signal waveguides each coupled to a respective resonator component. Associated tuning and switching methods and applications are disclosed.


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