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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Adam Jones, Albuquerque, NM (US);
William A. Zortman, Corrales, NM (US);
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2013.01); G02B 6/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photonic microresonator incorporates a localized heater element within a section of an optical bus waveguide that is in proximity to the resonator structure. The application of an adjustable control voltage to the heater element provides a localized change in the refractive index value of the bus waveguide, compensating for temperature-induced wavelength drift and maintaining a stabilized value of the microresonator's resonant wavelength.