Title :
Tunable bandwidth microring resonator filters
Author :
Little, Brent ; Chu, Sai ; Chen, Wei ; Hryniewicz, John ; Gill, Dave ; King, Oliver ; Johnson, Fred ; Davidson, Roy ; Donovan, Kevin ; Chen, Wenlu ; Grubb, Steve
Author_Institution :
Infinera Corp, Annapolis, MD
Abstract :
Tunable bandwidth, tunable line-shape filters are realized by incorporating Mach-Zehnder interferometers as directional coupler elements within higher order microring resonators. A flat-top bandwidth tuning range of 2.7 GHz to 21 GHz is demonstrated.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; directional couplers; micromechanical resonators; resonator filters; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; directional coupler; frequency 2.7 GHz to 21 GHz; microring resonator filters; tunable bandwidth resonator filters; tunable line-shape filters; Adaptive filters; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Directional couplers; Filtering; Matched filters; Radio frequency; Resonant frequency; Resonator filters; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729401
