Demonstration of OCDM Coder and Variable Bandwidth Filter Using Parallel Topology of Quadruple Series Coupled Microring Resonators

The quadruple series coupled microring resonator (MRR) can realize a boxlike spectral response and lower adjacent channel crosstalk. Utilizing these features, we demonstrated the element of Optical Code Division Multiplexing (OCDM) coding circuit using two wavelength selective switches (WSSs) consisting of quadruple series coupled MRRs laid out in parallel topology and a phase shifter incorporated in the one arm between them. In addition, a digitally variable bandwidth filter was successfully demonstrated using the same circuit as the OCDM coder.