• DocumentCode
    1013886
  • Title

    Importance of Intrinsic- Q in Microring-Based Optical Filters and Dispersion-Compensation Devices

  • Author

    Hossein-Zadeh, Mani ; Vahala, Kerry J.

  • Author_Institution
    California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    7/15/2007 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1045
  • Lastpage
    1047
  • Abstract
    We investigate the impact of the intrinsic-Q of the resonant poles on the performance of multiring-based optical filters and dispersion-compensating devices. We highlight the role of quality factor by defining figures-of-merit for some specific filter configurations.
  • Keywords
    optical dispersion; optical filters; optical resonators; dispersion-compensation devices; filter configurations; microring resonators; microring-based optical filters; multiring-based optical filters; resonant poles; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Insertion loss; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Q factor; Resonator filters; Dispersive media; optical filters; optical microresonators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2007.899456
  • Filename
    4252138
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1013886