Design, fabrication, and characterization of a free spectral range doubled ring-resonator filter

Author

Watts, Michael R. ; Barwicz, Tymon ; Popovic, Milos ; Socci, Luciano ; Rakich, Peter T. ; Ippen, Erich P. ; Smith, Henry I. ; Kaertner, Franz

Author_Institution

Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

27-27 May 2005

Firstpage

269

Lastpage

272

Abstract

Two-point coupling is used to double the free-spectral-range (FSR) of a ring-resonator filter. The filter, designed using rigorous electromagnetic simulations and fabricated using direct e-beam write, demonstrates 22 dB unwanted resonance suppression yielding an effective 40.8 nm FSR

Keywords

electron beam lithography; integrated optics; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical resonators; optical testing; optical waveguide filters; resonator filters; direct e-beam write; free spectral range doubled ring-resonator filter characterization; rigorous electromagnetic simulation; ring-resonator filter design; ring-resonator filter fabrication; two-point coupling; unwanted resonance suppression; Couplings; Fabrication; Finite difference methods; Integrated optics; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Resonator filters; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

1-55752-795-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2005.201748

Filename

1572814