Title :
A high-Q tunable interior-ridge microring filter
Author :
Timurdogan, Erman ; Zhan Su ; Jie Sun ; Moresco, Michele ; Leake, Gerald ; Coolbaugh, Douglas D. ; Watts, Michael R.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A tunable interior-ridge microring filter is demonstrated with a high quality factor of 1.5×105, while achieving a thermal tuning efficiency of 5.5μW/GHz. The filter demonstrates a record low insertion-loss <;0.05dB over an uncorrupted 4-THz free-spectral-range.
Keywords :
Q-factor; integrated optics; micro-optics; microcavities; optical filters; optical losses; optical resonators; optical tuning; optical waveguides; frequency 4 THz; high-Q factor tunable interior-ridge microring filter; low insertion-loss; thermal tuning efficiency; Heating; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Q-factor; Resonator filters; Silicon; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
