• DocumentCode
    3528299
  • Title

    A Tunable Microwave-Photonic Notch Filter Fabricated in CMOS Silicon

  • Author

    Rasras, Mahmoud S. ; Tu, K.Y. ; Patel, Sanket S. ; Gill, Douglas M. ; Chen, Y.K. ; White, A.E. ; Carothers, D. ; Pomerene, Andrew ; Beattie, Jay ; Beals, M. ; Michel, J. ; Kimerling, Lionel C.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present a fully-tunable multi-stage narrowband (625 MHz) optical notch filter that is fabricated in a silicon complementary metal oxide semiconductor foundry. Using this device, a method to cancel undesired bands (910 MHz) in microwave-photonic systems is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; microwave photonics; notch filters; optical filters; silicon; CMOS silicon; Si; multistage narrowband filter; notch filter; optical filter; tunable microwave photonics; Bandwidth; Frequency; Integrated optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonator filters; Silicon; Tuning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528596
  • Filename
    4528596