Title :
Single-band add-drop filters using anti-reflection, contra-directional couplers
Author :
Shi, Wei ; Greenberg, Mark ; Wang, Xu ; Wang, Yun ; Lin, Charlie ; Jaeger, Nicolas A F ; Chrostowski, Lukas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate a wide-bandwidth add-drop filter using silicon contra-directional couplers with a novel anti-reflection design. Single-band operation, with a bandwidth of 6.5nm and an extinction ratio of over 20dB, has been experimentally obtained.
Keywords :
antireflection coatings; extinction coefficients; integrated optics; optical design techniques; optical directional couplers; optical filters; silicon-on-insulator; Si; antireflection design; extinction ratio; silicon antireflection contra-directional couplers; single-band add-drop filters; single-band operation; wide-bandwidth add-drop filter; Couplers; Gratings; Optical interconnections; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0826-8
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324073
