A comparison of modeling methods for ring resonator circuits

作者:Gad Michael*; Yevick David; Jessop Paul
来源:Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision, 2010, 27(4): 703-708.
DOI:10.1364/JOSAA.27.000703

摘要

We have previously introduced a "compound ring resonator circuit," in which several ring resonator (RR) cavities are coupled in a loop, and analyzed the resulting configuration with the coupling of modes in space (CMS) technique. In this work we compare the accuracy, simplicity and calculation time of three standard procedures, namely the FDTD, and the methods of coupling of modes in time (CMT) and CMS in the context of a two-dimensional (2D) complex ring resonator circuit. This provides a far more effective benchmark of the relative advantages of the methods than the analysis of far simpler structures performed by other authors. As part of these calculations, we further discuss the relationship between the power loss coefficients in the CMS and the CMT models. We verify that the CMT yields accurate and rapid results for small coupling coefficients and losses even for large waveguide circuits containing multiple rings.

  • 出版日期2010-4