Experimental demonstration of loop-coupled microring resonators for optimally sharp optical filters

Author

Popovic, Milos A. ; Barwicz, Tymon ; Rakich, Peter T. ; Dahlem, Marcus S. ; Holzwarth, Charles W. ; Gan, Fuwan ; Socci, Luciano ; Watts, Michael R. ; Smith, Henry I. ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Ippen, Erich P.

Author_Institution

Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present the first experimental demonstration of recently proposed loop-coupled resonator device concepts, with characteristic transmission zeros, enabling optimally sharp passbands for channel add-drop filter applications. Fourth-order SiN-core and Si-core strong-confinement microring-resonator designs are described.

Keywords

band-pass filters; micro-optics; optical couplers; optical filters; optical resonators; silicon; silicon compounds; Si; SiN; channel add-drop filter; loop-coupled microring resonators; optical filters; passbands; transmission zeros; Band pass filters; Filtering theory; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Passband; Resonator filters; (120.2440) Filters; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (230.5750) Resonators; (230.7370) Waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571987