Title :
Realization of a two-stage microring ladder filter in SOI
Author :
Masilamani, Ashok Prabhu ; Van, Vien
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
We report the design and fabrication of a two-stage microring ladder filter in the SOI material. Using thermo-optic tuning, we achieved a 4th-order filter response with flat top passband and a 100GHz bandwidth.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; integrated optics; ladder filters; micro-optics; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical filters; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optical devices; thermo-optical effects; 4th-order filter response; SOI; Si; flat top passband filter; optical design; optical fabrication; thermo-optic tuning; two-stage microring ladder filter; Bandwidth; Couplings; Heating; Optical device fabrication; Optical filters; Resonator filters; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
