Resonance characteristics of waveguide-coupled polyimide microring resonator

We report for the first time on the resonance characteristics of a polyimide-based micro-ring resonator model. The resonator consists of a microring coupled to a pair of waveguides. Using the finite-difference time-domain method, we were able to obtain resonance peaks, from which the resonance wavelength could be identified. For a resonator with a microring of 10 μm diameter, known as the minimum for a lossless microring, we found the free spectral range of 46.65 nm, and quality factor of 588. These are excellent values strongly supporting the outstanding utility and quality of the microring resonators for wavelength-division multiplexing filter applications.