Patent ID: 9703037
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A device configured to detect electromagnetic radiation within a range of wavelengths, the device comprising: a substrate; a plurality of resonators on the substrate, each of the resonators of the plurality of resonators being resonant at a predetermined wavelength of electromagnetic radiation within said range of wavelengths, and at least some of the resonators being arranged to operate in different resonance orders within said range of wavelengths; and a waveguide on the substrate, the waveguide being coupled to the plurality of resonators for guiding electromagnetic radiation to the plurality of resonators, wherein a resonance order of each resonator along the waveguide is selected to provide a maximum coupling of light into the resonators, wherein said range of wavelengths is a range defined by an operating spectral bandwidth of the device, and wherein the plurality of resonators includes a plurality of resonator pairs each having two resonators arranged to be resonant at adjacent wavelengths, and the resonators within each resonator pair are arranged to operate in different orders.