Title :
Tunable Narrow Band Filters for RF Photonics
Author :
Little, Brent ; Chen, Wei ; Chu, Sai ; Chen, Wenlu ; Hryniewicz, John ; Gill, Dave ; King, Oliver ; Johnson, Fred ; Davidson, Roy ; Donovan, Kevin ; Gibson, John
Author_Institution :
Little Opt. Div., Nomadics Inc., Annapolis Junction, MD
Abstract :
We demonstrate compact, narrowband and tunable high-order microring resonator filters suitable for RF photonic applications. Sixth order filters having bandwidths of 1.5 GHz, out-of-band optical rejection ratios > 60 dB, and on-chip losses < 2 dB are highlighted
Keywords :
microwave photonics; resonator filters; 1.5 GHz; microring resonator filters; optical rejection ratios; radiofrequency photonics; sixth order filters; tunable narrow band filters; Bandwidth; Narrowband; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Radio frequency; Resonator filters; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics, 2006. IEEE Conference
Conference_Location :
Annapolis, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0408-8
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2006.1707494
