title: Avoiding bandwidth collapse in long chains of coupled optical microresonators.
abstract: Coupled photonic oscillators and resonators are sensitive to unavoidable nanoscale disorder, and localization in periodic structures induced by disorder leads eventually to a complete collapse of the bandwidth, which is generally considered problematic for device applications. Here, we investigate the dependence of bandwidth collapse on the interresonator coupling coefficient, a parameter controllable by lithography or device operation.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, Mail Code 0407, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. smookherjea@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Shayan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mookherjea
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schneider