Experimental realization of an on-chip all-optical analogue to electromagnetically induced transparency

We provide the first experimental observation of structure tuning of the electromagnetically induced transparencylike spectrum in integrated on-chip optical resonator systems. The system consists of coupled silicon ring resonators with $10\text{ }\text{ }\ensuremath{\mu}\mathrm{m}$ diameter on silicon, where the coherent interference between the two coupled resonators is tuned. We measured a transparency-resonance mode with a quality factor of 11 800.

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