Title :
Wavelength tunable polymer microring resonator filter with 9.4 nm tuning range
Author :
Yanagase, Y. ; Yamagata, S. ; Kokubun, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Japan
fDate :
6/12/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Wide range (9.4 nm) tuning of a vertically coupled microring resonator filter was demonstrated utilising a large TO coefficient of the polymer core. The power consumption was about 60 mW and no degradation of filter response was observed after a heat cycle.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical polymers; optical tuning; optical waveguide filters; refractive index; resonator filters; thermo-optical devices; 60 mW; integrated micro-heater; photonics networks; polymer microring resonator filter; refractive index; thermo-optic effect; tunable add/drop filter; vertically coupled resonator filter; wavelength tunable resonator filter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030595
